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In a country where monthly income of 90% of households are below ₹10000, Ambani wedding of $320 million (₹2673 crores) is obscene. Legally it maybe their money but such ostentatious expenditure is a sin against mother earth and poor.

THE PEDESTRIAN VULGARITY OF THE SUPER RICH. Copied from the FB wall of Usha Pandit. “There is a reason why the super rich Ambanis look so comic in their desperation to find an audience in the social media with their choice of over the top dresses, celebrations, milling around

you can build glass clad buildings, sprinkle hipster cafes selling strawberry matcha lattes but scratch the surface and it's still a village where thakur ki haveli mein shaadi hai and everyone is expected to go 'ram ram chotte sarkar'

Shraddhanjali Aparna avare! ಅಪರ್ಣಾ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಭಾವಪೂರ್ಣ ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾಂಜಲಿ! #AparnaVastare

When celebrations become a vulgar display of money, power and connections, you know who the real rulers are. The rest, including those in attendance and dancing are just slaves.

capitalism.

It's been 3 years since Danish Siddiqui left. Sharing some of his powerful photographs to remember him today

A thread on Karnataka's languages 🟥🟨🟩🟦🟧 created by Samarth Bharadia with iipmaps. Note: The data here is from Indian Census 2011 and by speakers, it means first language speakers (mother tongue), so if a person speaks many languages, only their first language is considered

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡ.

Are flights mandated to announce in Kannada in #bengaluruairprot ? Are Kannada speaking urban crowd looking down upon other Kannada speaking crowd in malls, cafes, etc? There’s definitely many deep problems here, & English supremacy is very much present in #bengaluru 2/2

17th Aug 2023 -ACL Surgery 25th Aug 2023 -Vinesh 29th Birthday. We made a promise to get her in best shape for Paris 6th Aug 2024-Vinesh becomes the first Indian female wrestler to reach the final of the Olympics I know she is only aiming for🥇 Stuff of dreams 🇮🇳 OGQ

Today, India is divided in two camps. The vast majority are devastated by news of Vinesh Phogat's odd disqualification on the eve of her final. But there is a tiny, wretched minority of scumbags—putting ego & political interest above patriotism & human decency—that is thrilled.

Why does current twitter feel like I am on Instagram or YouTube shorts?

Also, very common in north Karnataka, often called 'bele kadubu' or 'byali kadubu'. There is also a sweeter version of this called 'chakoli'.

How did an Indian religion, Buddhism, become the court religion of China? The answer is linked to the violent rise to power of China’s only ever woman Emperor. Raised by pious Buddhist parents, Wu Zetian left a trail of bodies in her wake as she charted a path to absolute power.

This is and has been a serious problem. Get the stray dogs out of the streets!

RIP Sitaram Yechury. Sharing his last words before he quit Rajya Sabha- “If you try to impose a uniformity, whether it is religious uniformity or linguistic uniformity or cultural uniformity, on our diversity, then this country can never remain together. It will only implode”

This should be taught across social science + architecture disciplines worldover as a case study of memoricide-through-renovation. The simplicity of the original setting was itself a historical artefact. It memorialised the pain. The makeover has disrupted that continuity.

He is really good