>>you're a pakistani punjabi and you're saying that indians >>don't share that much with persians and arabs?! persoarabic >>culture had a tremendous amount of cultural influence on >>india, how could you possibly claim otherwise? > >u mean arab, indian, or european influences on afrika would >render them non-afrikan, or also as arabs/etc?
i didn't say that influence made indians into arabs, i said that your protestations that there was nothing in common was absurd.
influences >are here there everywhere, where do we choose to draw a >line?
wherever is convenient. which is why your protestations that a) indians have nothing to with arabs and b) you have a great deal in common with poor african families or whatever it was, are no more or less motivated than people who think otherwise.
BUT grouping people into >one group, when it has no practical basis, denies their >history and struggle against oppression.
they aren't in the least bit interested in your history or your struggle. now what?
i think you're wrong about sanskrit and european languages, btw, but i won't pursue it.