Comments on: Of things brown http://www.gnxp.com/new/2003/02/24/of-things-brown/ Genetics Tue, 03 Apr 2018 05:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.27 By: razib http://www.gnxp.com/new/2003/02/24/of-things-brown/#comment-31012 Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:32:00 +0000 #comment-31012 the more we talk about this-the more it seems obvious that talking about “indians” just doesn’t make sense. not only is each ethnic group different, within ethnic groups there are strong caste differences (bengali brahmins for instance are WAY over-represented in the diaspora compared to say namasudras i would guess).

]]> By: Ikram Saeed http://www.gnxp.com/new/2003/02/24/of-things-brown/#comment-31011 Wed, 26 Feb 2003 07:14:00 +0000 #comment-31011 Part of the Tamil focus comes out of Razib’s Tiny-Tamil-Penis story. “Tiny-Tamil-Penis” — the phrase is so catchy it ought to be in a musical.

“Do, a deer, a female deer”
“Penis, a tiny tamil penis”
“Ray, a name I call myself”
Etc.

More seriously, the bimodal wealth/success distribution is interesting in itself. And then the Tamil diaspora is large enough that most any grad student knows a tamil or two. The same can’t be said for Oriya-speakers.

]]> By: Oleg http://www.gnxp.com/new/2003/02/24/of-things-brown/#comment-31010 Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:08:00 +0000 #comment-31010 I’m going to try & cut down the brown orientation of this blog a bit

Why? Browns, despite composing ~1/6th (1/5th?) of the world’s population, are a group that we non-browns know very little about. It’s good to get some news about people from the subcontinent and its surrounding areas.

]]> By: Sen http://www.gnxp.com/new/2003/02/24/of-things-brown/#comment-31009 Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:24:00 +0000 #comment-31009 What’s up with all this talk about Tamils lately? They seem to be getting a fair amount of attention for an ethnic group that makes up only 1/20 of India’s population.

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