# Prodosh Aich
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'''Dr. Prodosh Aich''' (born 1933) is a retired [Bengali](/source/Bengali_people)-[Indian](/source/Indian_people) professor, formerly of the [University of Oldenburg](/source/University_of_Oldenburg), and the author of several books.[[University of California, Riverside](/source/University_of_California%2C_Riverside) - {{cite web|url=http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/bronze/aich.htm |title=Lügen mit langen Beinen — Dr Horst Friedrich, FMES, Wörthsee, Germany — THE "INDO-EUROPEANS" AND THE CONCEPT OF "LANGUAGE FAMILIES"; - In: MIDWESTERN EPIGRAPHIC JOURNAL, Volume 17, Number 2, 2003|quote=Prodosh Aich, a Bengali Indian who has, however, for decades been a member of the German academic Establishment. He has studied ethnology, philosophy, and sociology at Cologne University and has taught sociology at universities in Cologne, Rajasthan (India), and Oldenburg. |publisher=faculty.ucr.edu|accessdate=2012-02-13}}]
He is chiefly known for his German language publication ''Lies With Long Legs'', (''Lügen mit langen Beinen''), that questions the foundations and veracity of [Indology](/source/Indology), [Indologist](/source/Indologist)s, [Aryan](/source/Aryan)s, [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit), [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism), [Indo-European](/source/Indo-European_languages)-language families and race along with many more.[{{cite web |url=http://haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=11325&SKIN=B |title="Fundamentals of Indology wrong" , "Max Mueller a Swindler" - Interview with Prof Prodosh Aich |publisher=haindavakeralam.org |accessdate=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215004720/http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=11325&SKIN=B |archive-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}][{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduwisdom.info/aryan_invasion_theory2.htm|title=Motives of the British East India Company — To convert and Conquer|publisher=hinduwisdom.info |accessdate=2012-02-13}}]
==Biography==
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He was born in 1933 in Calcutta (now [Kolkata](/source/Kolkata)), India. He did his high school and philosophical studies in India, and studied sociology, ethnology, and philosophy at the [University of Cologne](/source/University_of_Cologne) in Germany. He also taught sociology at the [University of Rajasthan](/source/University_of_Rajasthan), [University of Cologne](/source/University_of_Cologne) and [Oldenburg University](/source/University_of_Oldenburg).[[http://prodosh-aich.de/authors.html PRODOSH AICH was born in Calcutta in 1933] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130211185333/http://prodosh-aich.de/authors.html |date=2013-02-11 }}][[SpringerLink](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media) - {{cite journal|journal=Minerva|volume=1|issue=4|page=530|doi=10.1007/BF01107193 |publisher=Springer, Part of Springer Science+Business Media |quote=Dr.Prodosh Aich ..research associate of the institute for Sociology at University of Cologne|title=Contributors|date=Summer 1963}}]
He has published many essays and papers in readers and journals and made several documentary films as well as authored several books.