> the Anthropological Survey of India (ANSI) seeks to “establish (the) Indian role in the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa” because “modern humans could have taken the ‘southern route of dispersal’, utilising the coastlines to travel from Africa, through Arabia, across the Indian subcontinent and then into South-East Asia and finally into Australia”.
> Secondly, the ANSI wants to understand the genetic diversity of Indian populations among various ethnic groups in different regions of India based on direct re-sequencing of haploid genomes. By its own admission, under this project, the ANSI has studied 75 communities comprising 7,807 blood samples from different parts of the country. These communities include the Jarawa, Nicobarese, Andh, Kathodi, Madia, Malpaharia, Munda, Bhoi Khasi, Nihal, Toto, Dirang Monpa, Paitei, Lepcha and a host of others.
To me, this reads like standard anthropology... not some sort of Hindutva Herrenvolk project.
Leaving out this, while quoting other parts of it, from the linked New Indian Express article is rather disingenuous:
> The Kolkata-based Anthropological Survey of India (ANSI), which has, “of late”, expressed “disinclination” to proceed with the exercise to trace the genetic origins of early Indians because the issue is “politically loaded”, is also part of this project which was initially conceived in 2019. A budget of `10 crore has been earmarked for procuring the DNA profilers and the other related scientific gadgets, sources said.
So while the 'standard anthropology' part is most likely true, the manner in which science is being done in the India, I willing to bet:
a. The funding for the project is being provided under the pretext that the 'conclusions' of the 'study' would be in line with the agenda of the current administration
b. Regardless of the actual discovery made, the results would be spun to offer legitimacy to the cockeyed histories that the current administration likes to peddle.
Edit: a quick search for the Rakhigarhi Research Project (led by the person conducting this 'study') should tell you all you need to know about this 'Aryan-washing' exercise :
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[ 2.1 ms ] story [ 20.5 ms ] thread> the Anthropological Survey of India (ANSI) seeks to “establish (the) Indian role in the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa” because “modern humans could have taken the ‘southern route of dispersal’, utilising the coastlines to travel from Africa, through Arabia, across the Indian subcontinent and then into South-East Asia and finally into Australia”.
> Secondly, the ANSI wants to understand the genetic diversity of Indian populations among various ethnic groups in different regions of India based on direct re-sequencing of haploid genomes. By its own admission, under this project, the ANSI has studied 75 communities comprising 7,807 blood samples from different parts of the country. These communities include the Jarawa, Nicobarese, Andh, Kathodi, Madia, Malpaharia, Munda, Bhoi Khasi, Nihal, Toto, Dirang Monpa, Paitei, Lepcha and a host of others.
To me, this reads like standard anthropology... not some sort of Hindutva Herrenvolk project.
> The Kolkata-based Anthropological Survey of India (ANSI), which has, “of late”, expressed “disinclination” to proceed with the exercise to trace the genetic origins of early Indians because the issue is “politically loaded”, is also part of this project which was initially conceived in 2019. A budget of `10 crore has been earmarked for procuring the DNA profilers and the other related scientific gadgets, sources said.
So while the 'standard anthropology' part is most likely true, the manner in which science is being done in the India, I willing to bet:
a. The funding for the project is being provided under the pretext that the 'conclusions' of the 'study' would be in line with the agenda of the current administration
b. Regardless of the actual discovery made, the results would be spun to offer legitimacy to the cockeyed histories that the current administration likes to peddle.
Edit: a quick search for the Rakhigarhi Research Project (led by the person conducting this 'study') should tell you all you need to know about this 'Aryan-washing' exercise :
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=Rakhigarhi+Research+Project
> “of late”, expressed “disinclination” because “politically loaded”
...read as boilerplate to me, but you may be correct that it's intended to suggest a deeper issue. Thanks for RTFA!