Amit Schandillia
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[THE STORY OF CASTE - 3: THE HARAPPANS] For this discussion, Harappan serves as an adjective for the entire Indus Valley Civilization and not just the city of Harappa. With that o...
A quick history primer for @sudhirchaudhary. And for his critics. On May 10, 1940, Churchill took oath as PM. About 6 weeks later, France fell to Germany leaving Britain standing...
That’s not at all what it says. Not even close, but nice try manipulating for suckers. If curious, see next tweet. https://t.co/CmfLJJjcqO
[🧵 THE STORY OF CASTE 2: UNTOUCHABILITY] 1/38 There are two dimensions to caste—endogamy and untouchability. The last time we were on the subject, we only discussed endogamy. This...
[🧵 THE STORY OF CASTE] 1/52 Jean-Antoine Dubois of France came to Pondicherry in French India shortly after his ordination in 1792. On one hand he was fleeing the Revolution, on th...
Much has already been discussed about what Savarkar and Golwalkar thought of Hitler, so little can be added to it now. What hasn’t, at least not enough and not among the masses, is...
The year is 1528. Sultan Muhammad ibn Darvish, mufti (magistrate) of Balkh, is on s trip to Kabul with a caravan of merchants, camels, mules, and horses. December 26, the caravan...
Creator Brahma Preserver Vishnu Destroyer Shiva This is the norm. But the norm breaks with one Vishnu avatar that’s yet to arrive—Kalki. In Kalki, Vishnu assumes the role of Dest...
Do you like etymology? Here’s a fun one: To give is देना in Hindi. Which comes from ददाति in Sanskrit. Since Sanskrit and Persian share the same linguistic family, the equivalent...
About 2,000 years ago, a Roman workman presented emperor Tiberius with a brand new invention of his—a wine goblet unlike any other of the time. It looked beautiful and sparkled li...
First came the Portuguese who held it for almost a century before giving it away to the British in dowry. One wealthy Portuguese jew in particular—Garcia de Orta—was the key figur...
This is Dietrich Klagges. On this day in 1932, as the Interior and Education Minister of the Free State of Brunswick, he appointed a stateless man as a low-ranking employee at the...