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Parsing the Harappan Trail

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  "๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง. ๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง๐ฌ. ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ."     ๐ด ๐‘๐‘–๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ด๐‘˜โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ตโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘. ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ "๐‘ข๐‘ " ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค "๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ " ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘‰๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™, ๐ถ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘.     "๐“๐ก๐ž

A whisper from the grave

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"The nature of truth, has baffled philosophers all over the world for ages. Like the Holy Grail, it is envisioned differently by different persons in different times and tracts. People who pursue the truth single-mindedly must of necessity tread the lonely path beset with travails and tribulations bereft of expectations of help from anyone except their own conscience to guide them."   There is enough said about the book and enough assailed about the author. There is nothing new there. However, looking at the general clamour to discredit the author and her book, here are my few pointers on what I think. Most people trumped the book as malicious propaganda with no proof of fact. Some jumped the guns saying where are the recordings? why was it not presented in a Court of law? Very valid question. With the current polarized environment there is a widespread tendency to create and spread false news for propaganda rampantly. So, one has to be careful in seeing through