A katar is a katar till......

ariel · 15th June 2019, 08:31 PM

Fernando,

You have nailed it!
Jens have attributed the oldest Katar to Orissa.
Jamdhar village is in the Kendrapara district. But not far away , in the Sambalpur district there is a village Katarbag.
Isn’t it obvious that these 2 villages used to be invention and production centers of this peculiar punch dagger that they called after their localities?

I am going to write a paper to The Journal of Irreproducible Results with this brilliant analysis and in the best ( or worst) tradition of academic research will appropriate full credit for this momentous discovery! Your name will not even be mentioned.
The Ig Nobel will be mine and mine alone!

After all, as Kissinger was fond of saying, academic battles are vicious because the stakes are very small.

Tongue in cheek, boys, tongue in cheek:-)

15th June 2019, 08:31 PM	#22
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Fernando, You have nailed it! Jens have attributed the oldest Katar to Orissa. Jamdhar village is in the Kendrapara district. But not far away , in the Sambalpur district there is a village Katarbag. Isn’t it obvious that these 2 villages used to be invention and production centers of this peculiar punch dagger that they called after their localities? I am going to write a paper to The Journal of Irreproducible Results with this brilliant analysis and in the best ( or worst) tradition of academic research will appropriate full credit for this momentous discovery! Your name will not even be mentioned. The Ig Nobel will be mine and mine alone! After all, as Kissinger was fond of saying, academic battles are vicious because the stakes are very small. Tongue in cheek, boys, tongue in cheek:-)