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A Japanese woodblock print depicting Krishna defeating the serpent Kaliya. The inscription 「竜宮神事」(Ryūgū Shinji) means “The Sacred Deed at the Dragon Palace,” blending Hindu and Japanese mythic imagery.

Never forget to look up whenever you visit an old temple.

The Church you visited, Tommy? Its keys are held by two Muslim families, the Nuseibehs and Joudehs, guardians since Saladin’s time in 1187. Muslims protected Christianity’s holiest site for 900 years. Your ignorance, however, remains impressively unprotected. Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧

Laura Dern dropped out of college because UCLA would not allow her to take a leave of absence to film "Blue Velvet." She gave David Lynch's script to the head of the film department in order to convince him, but he fired back at her: “First of all, if you make this choice, you

Koreans love being praised by America but look down on Southeast Asians. They cry about racism when it's against them, then mock others with the same tone. That's not confidence, it's colonial trauma recycled as pride. 🤡

A slight correction here. The Europeans did not know of negative numbers in the 7th century. They did not even know about the Hindu numerals then. It was the alleged 'father of algebra' who rejected negative numbers while translating the Indian mathematical texts. He was

Burgeoning Indian trade with the Roman Empire financed almost half the Empire’s defence expenses from Augustus’ reign. When this trade collapsed after the empire-wide plague of 166 which killed perhaps a third of its population, Europe’s maritime world fell silent. By 700 AD,

Four million men looking a bit like this helped Britain in WW2.

On behalf of all Malayalees in North India, I declare the start of Winter 2025. The coconut oil has frozen.

The Cultural Empire India Built Without Conquest William Dalrymple pulls back the curtain on a jaw-dropping truth of world history: India once shaped Southeast Asia so deeply that entire kingdoms, languages, and royal traditions were built on Indian models.This isn’t a story of

British Memsahibs worshipping the Hindu God Vishnu at an unorthodox Gurudwara Commisioned by a Muslim Emperor. India never ceases to amaze. 📍Ram Rai Durbar Sahib in Dehradun

Padmapani Bodhisattva 11th century CE, Pala period.

If you don't consciously pay attention like this, you might not even notice it in your everyday life

If you want to understand why India has failed to industrialize, read this interview with Ha-Joon Chang in Frontline. Chang points out that India’s business and finance elites don't want industrialization — and that they need to be repressed for industrialization to occur.

Full interview: frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/ind…