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This article appears biased and unverified simply on its own language: unsupported statements and assertions. In fact there is a storm of controversy, over N.S. Rajaram and his unorthodox views on South Asia's history. Not even indicating that controversy immediately places the article in the Misplaced Pages-dangerous arenas of "NPOV" and "citation needed" and "disputed" and so on.

So I suggest a rewrite: add in ample quotation and citation of Witzel & Farmer, and of Romila Thapar, and of the many others who have commented -- favorably and unfavorably -- on Rajaram's theories, and supply links to the many online sites which discuss all of this, now.

Otherwise, this article is simply misleading. There is no reason why Misplaced Pages should suggest a position on a controversy -- in fact it should not -- but when a controversy is as "hot" as this one is, and as many experts in the field appear to disagree about it, simply omitting the controversy or glossing over its existence damages the credibility of any article which does so, and leads dangerously toward the forbidden area of "POV".

So, please do a re-write. "Balance" the pro-Rajaram with some anti-. Give readers a chance to make up their own minds, or at least to ask themselves better-informed questions about the issues Rajaram and the others raise.

--Kessler 16:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I am going to do my own "edit" to try to get rid of what I consider to be the "worst offenders" in terms of emotive language. Rajaram's views deserve to be heard, I think -- controversial or even disreputable though they may be -- but presenting them in emotive language simply alienates readers. If you want people to read this, you have to respect their intelligence. So, happy to discuss any particular change or note, here... The general topic which appears to interest Rajaram also interests me, although I am not sure that I agree with him about it. Agreement not being the point here, though, here goes... others please help too...

--Kessler 17:17, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

there isn't even much of a controversy. Rajaram is an amateur author with an ideology. Does he have any sort of notability in his own field, or is he just interesting for his indigenous Aryans hogwash? dab (𒁳) 11:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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please log in, and present your criticism on talk. You are free to request citations or representation of other views, but you cannot revert this to the fan page it used to be. Feel free to especially make a case of Rajaram being at all notable in his own field; his amateur contributions being of questionable notability. dab (𒁳) 14:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

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