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Our daily life is organised by “information”. World wide. A continuously increasing flow of „information“ leading to more and more consolidated social and political order. „Information“ is brought to us not only through the so-called print and electronic media, but also by our environment, by the family, by educational institutions, etc. extensively. But, where does information come from, where is it produced, who puts it into circulation, what are the channels, how fast does it reach us from its source? Can we really find out? Is it important to know all the facts?

These are the reasons, these are the backgrounds that made our search for answers to our rather harmless questions so difficult, so complicated: who the “Aryans” are, the “Indogermans” and the “Indoeuropeans”? Who they are, since when has their existence been known, how has it become known that they existed, who discovered them, and how, why and for what purpose? But we have made progress in our search. With the help of our unusual questions. And as it seems, we have banged on the Pandora’s box and it is open now.”

Prodosh Aich was born in Calcutta in 1933. High School and studies in philosophy in India. Studies in ethnology, philosophy and sociology at the University of Cologne. University teacher and publicist Taught sociology at Cologne (Germany), Rajasthan (Jaipur, India) and Oldenburg (Germany) universities. Besides books he has published many papers in Readers and learned journals, made radio features and documentary films, in all around 100 titles and participated in radio and television talk-shows. He is still an Indian though he lives for a longer period in Germany than most Germans.

“Lies with long legs” is the 9^th book by Prodosh Aich. “Coloured amongst whites” (1962), “The Indian university (1971), “Social Work” (1972), “As further decline is threatened ...” (1973), “How democratic is local politics in cities?” (1977), “Chances and boundaries of “project-study” (1978), “City-Hall Plunderers” (1986). “The Thorns on a righteous Path“ (2000)

The publication of “The Indian University” and “City-Hall Plunderers” were sabotaged. “The Thorns on a righteous Path“ includes "The Indian University" and narrates the tale of this dispute as a documentary which went on for thirty years.