Black History Moment: African Elites in India

[Julius Skrrvin]

Lol when I was just over there I was eating with a fork and my uncle was like "you must eat with the hand then only you will get the real taste"

powerful advice. I actually just started eating daalbath with my hands recently. I would eat with my hands and then move to a fork for that, but I started eating that goop with my hands there's something satisfying about it

 

[GetInTheTruck]

powerful advice. I actually just started eating daalbath with my hands recently. I would eat with my hands and then move to a fork for that, but I started eating that goop with my hands there's something satisfying about it

Breh...I had to sit on a hard ass floor and eat off a thali leaf...It was a traditional meal at my uncles house in honor of my great grandpops...priests serving the food and all that...shyt was not easy....damn right I asked for that fork

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I like that y'all aint p*ssy about flavor.. both in terms of peppers and spices. There's something very satisfying and comforting about the way our peoples eat. Picking up food with your hands, feeling it gives you that extra element of texture and sense. Mixing and matching combinations of dishes on bread to make little sandwiches that give you different tastes of everything. It may not be 'high class', but it feels right to me.

Yes a lot of indian religious traditions use cannabis as an entheogen. My pops used to smoke over there like a madman when he was younger and some people have explained it to me that use is really high, but its kinda hush hush, enforcement is inconsistent. Federally speaking, it's not considered an 'issue' like it is here.

It sucks for me cuz I hate onions, but yeah they use all kinds of shyt in their food. But you're so right, eating with your hands and some bread is just so much better than using utensils and I guess in a way it feels like I'm going back to my roots. Both of our foods got that advantage of being able to mix different stuff in that bread too it just tastes wonderful.

Breh...I had to sit on a hard ass floor and eat off a thali leaf...It was a traditional meal at my uncles house in honor of my great grandpops...priests serving the food and all that...shyt was not easy....damn right I asked for that fork

lol, usually in those situations I go out of my way to not look like some greenhorn American foreigner. Makes you adjust, prolly cuz I watched too much Indiana Jones as a kid so I'm adventurous like that.

 

[J-Nice]

go on and tell me how the caste system is any more oppressive than any other feudal social construct (it's not), by all means. I'm not denying that Indians promote nepotism and economic consolidation in other lands. I'm not denying that we have cutthroat, exploitative business practices. But that's how you win in the 21st century... My bone to pick is with the double standard some of yall have.... And the disparaging language you use.



whatever makes you feel better, man.

What does that have to do with this thread? Seems like you have a bone to pick with some posters here and chose my thread as the place to do it.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

What does that have to do with this thread? Seems like you have a bone to pick with some posters here and chose my thread as the place to do it.

My bad. Maybe @BarNone can split our posts off.

 

[J-Nice]

My bad. Maybe @BarNone can split our posts off.

You know what, after seeing that you are Indian, your perspective might lead to some interesting dialogue. Maybe we can learn more. Do Indians you know have a working knowledge of history like this?

I also apologize, because I thought you were trying to throw off the thread which is a common occurrence on this site.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

You know what, after seeing that you are Indian, your perspective might lead to some interesting dialogue. Maybe we can learn more. Do Indians you know have a working knowledge of history like this?

I also apologize, because I thought you were trying to throw off the thread which is a common occurrence on this site.

It's ok. I did derail your topic after all. Usually in topics like this indians get shyt on so I decided I'd pick it off right here, that wasn't right of me.

As for the actual topic, unfortunately it concerns a period of indian history that I haven't quite dedicated the right amount of time to, the mughal period. The mughals were very, very influential in terms of science, architecture, etc but I wouldn't say I know much about this specifics. Actually when I saw the thread title, I expected it to concern the development of early indus valley civilization like Mohenjo-daro. It's pretty clear to me that the dravidians making up some of the earliest settlements on the subcontinent. were related to australoids, who are basically black.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_and_archaeogenetics_of_South_Asia

 

[J-Nice]

It's ok. I did derail your topic after all. Usually in topics like this indians get shyt on so I decided I'd pick it off right here, that wasn't right of me.

As for the actual topic, unfortunately it concerns a period of indian history that I haven't quite dedicated the right amount of time to, the mughal period. The mughals were very, very influential in terms of science, architecture, etc but I wouldn't say I know much about this specifics. Actually when I saw the thread title, I expected it to concern the development of early indus valley civilization like Mohenjo-daro. It's pretty clear to me that the dravidians making up some of the earliest settlements on the subcontinent. were related to australoids, who are basically black.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_and_archaeogenetics_of_South_Asia

Interesting. I've begun to really dig deep into this subject and I'm currently trying to bring as much info as I can together on the subject to add to this thread. When I find more info, I will update this thread.

 

[GetInTheTruck]

It's ok. I did derail your topic after all. Usually in topics like this indians get shyt on so I decided I'd pick it off right here, that wasn't right of me.

As for the actual topic, unfortunately it concerns a period of indian history that I haven't quite dedicated the right amount of time to, the mughal period. The mughals were very, very influential in terms of science, architecture, etc but I wouldn't say I know much about this specifics. Actually when I saw the thread title, I expected it to concern the development of early indus valley civilization like Mohenjo-daro. It's pretty clear to me that the dravidians making up some of the earliest settlements on the subcontinent. were related to australoids, who are basically black.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics_and_archaeogenetics_of_South_Asia

hmm, I dunno. I think that when India was settled by humans the population was split into different groups over time. Not all Dravidians are australoids, only a segment, and those are usually the forest dwelling type. I never really liked the term Dravidian, it paints with too broad a brush.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Interesting. I've begun to really dig deep into this subject and I'm currently trying to bring as much info as I can together on the subject to add to this thread. When I find more info, I will update this thread.

I read a great book about this subject, it's hard to find tho.

 

[J-Nice]

I read a great book about this subject, it's hard to find tho.

What's it called?

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

What's it called?

http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/publications/books/054.html

For the record, I ain't buy it from amazon.

Absolutely fantastic book. Gave me a vantage point into Ethiopian history and culture that I never knew existed. Goes through the whole history of Habshis and the ancient relationship between the Horn of Africa and India.

 

[J-Nice]

http://www.eth.mpg.de/cms/en/publications/books/054.html

For the record, I ain't buy it from amazon.

Absolutely fantastic book. Gave me a vantage point into Ethiopian history and culture that I never knew existed. Goes through the whole history of Habshis and the ancient relationship between the Horn of Africa and India.

I can't find it anywhere.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

I can't find it anywhere.

I borrowed it from my stepfather, that shyt is hard to find. I'd try black bookstores, I have a hunch on where he got it from and it's a black bookstore. Yeah tho, its impossible to find. Shame cuz its a great book.

 

[Crakface]

Once upon a time...............Things change now that white supremacy rules India and your average indians dream is to come to America and help make white people rich. They aint tryin to hear about ancient alliances.