About Yaron Matras Madaares edits Yaron Matras non Romani Professor in Linguistics at the University of Manchester with the username keeps adding the mention that the om Rom theory is the mainstream an obvious personal POV Yes it has anteriority as compared to Rajput Rom theory but is certainly no mainstream It was based simply on the assumption of a name similarity and a supposed similar low status The fact is that these two assumptions were mostly based on the anti Romani stereotypes and prejudices There are plenty of possibilities of making connections between the word Rom and words from the Subcontinent and also the peculiarities of the Romanipen do not suggest at all a low caste origin Plus the name Domba itself in the Subcontinent do not designate a specific ethnic group it is just an exonyom given by the hight caste to some unrelated groups that have their own ethnic names On these grounds this theory is dismissed as unscientific And if it finds supporters mostly among non Roma as fitting their ideas about Roma this does not mean it is mainstream The other theory is obviously well represented worldwide I did not have previous encounters with Yaron Maras but I see that this first one does not look at all as a positive one I am not a member of any Romani Union of Romania and I don t know of the existence of any such union It is sad that he resorts to such cheap intimidations probably fitting himself the image of those non Romani researchers who seem to feel threatened by Romanies who are educated or who are branded as activists as though this were automatically a bad thing as presented by Ian Hacock at Romani Origins and Romani Identity A Reassessment of the Arguments Is this a new proof that the Romani studies done by some non Romanies are some of the last contemporary studies made in a colonialistic style