You understand Onam & you will understand Kerala! Malayalees-be they Muslims, Christians or Hindus- come together- to celebrate their King long sent to the netherworld by Lord Vishnu in his Vamana Avatar! ഓണാശംസകൾ-Onashamsakal!

I wish I loved anything as much as the timorous little babies who run New York Times Opinion love watering down Jamelle Bouie's headlines

Hindi understanding of Onam = Vaman, the Brahmin, shoves Mahabali under earth Malayali understanding of Onam = Mahabali rises from the earth as harvest and prosperity

I have today told the editor of the Jewish Chronicle that I can no longer continue my relationship with the paper. Here is my letter to him

Keralites gathered to celebrate #Onam, a largely secular festival reminiscent of a utopian pastoral past, with gifts, group games, new clothes, floral decorations and a lavish traditional spread served on emerald green banana leaves, writes G Anand thehindu.com/news/national/…

The Asura Who Won Hearts: Kerala's Onam Festival and Its Subversive Significance | Jawhar Sircar writes thewire.in/religion/the-a…

If only we knew who really owned the The Jewish Chronicle The only person who can be held accountable is surely BBC Director Sir Robbie Gibb since he constructed the smoke and mirrors around the purchase

I’m so glad Meghan Markle’s finally getting some positive press

We refuse to die. Tell them we’ll stay here🇵🇸❤️‍🩹💪🫂

Our ancestors snatched his youth as punishment. Living in luxury and having ppl wait on him hand and foot and this Yakubian still looks like a waterlogged rotten potato sprouting anemic bean sprouts.

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And…? Are we supposed to care, and if so, why?

Do you think she would like to give us tutorials? Because if she made the British royals' staff tremble and cry, she has lessons to teach

The story we are told in Kerala is that the wise, devout and noble asura king Mahabali, beloved by his people was brought low by the jealousy of the gods and asks only a boon that he be allowed to return to his people once a year: Onam. Vamanan is but the instrument of the gods

Yes! I had a "friend" who would take me out and say "I am going to keep you up past your bedtime!" But ... my bedtime is so I don't have seizures, which have caused me to lose teeth, have TBIs, and severe injuries. He also tried to get me drunk. Ugh

Wait what? I thought Israel was able to commit Palestinian genocide as long as it was as Zionists say on here a “gay paradise”?

This is self-preservation, not decency.

Not just significant others and family members but also friends and colleagues. ‘If you just try, you’ll be able to make it’ ‘I really want you to be there in person’ Some of us say yes because we want so much to belong. Some of us say yes because we’re afraid to say no.

Hoping my grandad, who was sent to Christmas Island in 1958 and witnessed five atomic tests, would be proud of me this evening. I never met him, but I do it all for him and his memory. #britainsatomicscandal

Reposting this because 1. I love ⁦Jadavpur University Press⁩ 2. This is such an impressive work of Graphic Experiment history #Bengal #famine #graphicnovel #colonial ⁦Aparna Nair⁩ ⁦Camelia Dewan, PhD @cameliadewan.bsky.social⁩ ⁦William Dalrymple⁩