Racism – episode 2
And how did these brilliant NDTV correspondents prove their story?
An advertisement on a new sports channel for the ongoing India-West Indies cricket series has raised many eyebrows.
No, that’s not all. Here, check this out.
And critics suggest that if that was racism, then the advertisement is also guilty of the same.
Tell you what, raising of many eyebrows was used as a Barometer in ancient India. No, I am not joking. Dr. Acharya Somuchidononanda Pandey in one of his lectures elaborated upon how in the 9th century BC, people in the kingdom of Kichilika (now Chilakaluripet) observed eyebrow movements of prisoners, to predict snow storms. In fact, Contontik – 1, the ruler of Kichilika had a separate ministry called -no prizes for guessing- Eyebrow ministry. This method of eyebrow prediction spread across India. In fact, until as recently as the, uh, 14th century, the kingdom of Sumbakoodhis (now Delhi, but of course!) had a sports event (similar to Olympics) in which athletes competed in eyebrow raising competitions. The popularity of eyebrow raising then reached such heights that, it became a language by itself. Even today, you can witness eyebrow raising (known as Kalaasal in Tamil) in Chennai: go to any TASMAC shop on the east coast road and see how the tribesmen of QuarterGovindas interact with the clerk at the counter. Be warned that provoking the tribesmen can result in them calling you names using only eyebrows [for example, thevidiya payya (bastard) is decoded as “^^ >> ^` `~ (!)” .]
What amazes me is how did the NDTV correspondents use this ancient technique to predict and break new stories? I implore the management of NDTV to share with us historians, any data related to Kalasal, Sumbakoodhis, Kichilika, and QuarterGovindas.
