“Mk Stalin derogates Sarasvati Civilization as “mythical”, Tries to rewrite History through Keezhadi to peddle Aryan-dravidian Myth and satiate DMK’s separatist itch”, The Commune Mag, June 14, 2025:
“Following Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s statement that more scientific studies and concrete conclusions are needed on the Keeladi excavations, DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin reignited the North-South Aryan-Dravidian cultural debate. Instead of directly releasing the official radiocarbon dating results from the U.S.-based Beta Analytic laboratory — which claims Keeladi’s antiquity — Stalin responded by citing news reports and peer-reviewed articles as scientific evidence, turning the exchange into petty political barbs.
Taking to his official X account, Chief Minister Stalin declared, “Even when confronted with carbon-dated artefacts and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) reports from International Laboratories on the #Keezhadi excavations, they continue to demand “more proof.” And here is the “Proof”. But on the contrary, despite strong opposition from respected historians and archaeologists, the BJP continues to promote the mythical Sarasvati Civilisation.
They do so without credible evidence, while dismissing the rigorously proven antiquity of Tamil culture. When it comes to #Keezhadi and the enduring truth of Tamil heritage, the BJP-RSS ecosystem recoils — not because evidence is lacking, but because the truth does not serve their script. We fought for centuries to unearth our history. They fight every day to erase it. The world is watching. So is time…….”
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