I Want To Know About Indians.

[Sprayber]

I've looked around Libraries and online for books about India because I don't know a whole lot about the history. I was watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom the other day with the kids and I realized I don't know as much as I should about India. Is it worth pursuing? And if it is, are there any enlightening books that I may have missed about them.

[Lorizael]

Nope. They're not terribly interesting people. Find a different subject.

[BeBMan]

They have that religion of LordShivaism, which includes ritual drunki posting and worshipping their overgod "teh"

[Asher]

Re: I Want To Know About Indians.

Originally posted by Sprayber
I've looked around Libraries and online for books about India because I don't know a whole lot about the history. I was watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom the other day with the kids and I realized I don't know as much as I should about India. Is it worth pursuing? And if it is, are there any enlightening books that I may have missed about them.

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

[Zkribbler]

Re: I Want To Know About Indians.

Originally posted by Sprayber
I've looked around Libraries and online for books about India because I don't know a whole lot about the history.

I was thinking the same thing, just the other day.

As a schoolkid, I was taught that one of the four places where civilization began was on the Indus. Then Alexander invaded. After several more centuries, the colonialist came, and battled. There were a few native revolts. The Japanese tried to invade. Then there was Gandhi and the modern era.

I didn't even hear of Timur the Lame until college.

My education about this critical area is shameful.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well, regardless of all the bad press, wikipedia is a pretty good place to start.

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

[Theben]

They don't speak English real good, their houses smell like chutney, they're lousy tippers and they couldn't throw a decent breaking ball to save their lives.

[Will9]

Re: I Want To Know About Indians.

Originally posted by Sprayber
I've looked around Libraries and online for books about India because I don't know a whole lot about the history. I was watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom the other day with the kids and I realized I don't know as much as I should about India. Is it worth pursuing? And if it is, are there any enlightening books that I may have missed about them.

You are missing the more important part. Temple of Doom exposes how little people know about Americans. Many people think Shortround is wearing a Yankee's cap.

[onodera]

They are well-meaning brown people who smell funny (must be the food they eat) and can't code properly even when horsewhipped.

[LordShiva]

Temple of Doom is really a realistic documentary documenting teh edibles that Indians eat.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Damn, Sprayber, learn to use the search function! There's excellent info right here on this board about the origins of Hindu Civilization.

[Spec]

I Want To Know About Indians.

Have you heard about Google? You should try it, its really neet.

https://www.google.com

Spec.

[Riesstiu IV]

Indians live in teepees, eat maize (what the white man calls "corn"), drink fire-water (what the white man calls "whiskey"), and run casinos that attract fat, middle aged tourists wearing polo shirts.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by onodera
They are well-meaning brown people who smell funny (must be the food they eat) and can't code properly even when horsewhipped.

Too Fawnee

Seriously, try calling a help line sometime, get someone who cant speak clear eeeenglesh or even understand eeeenglesh

[Theben]

No one got my "English real good" joke.