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Ashutosh Mehndiratta

@ashutosh_1906

Author: ‘India and Faraway Lands: 5,000 Years of Connected History’ (amazon.in/dp/B0BQZ9FKWV). @UofAlabama alumnus

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Rare traces of Jainism beyond the Indian subcontinent: Bronze figures of Jinas from Ken-Bulun in the Chüy Valley of Kyrgyzstan, 800 - 1200 CE, Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek (images from Williams and Yu-ping's essay in the BM Silk Roads exhibition book, 2024).

Rare traces of Jainism beyond the Indian subcontinent: Bronze figures of Jinas from Ken-Bulun in the Chüy Valley of Kyrgyzstan, 800 - 1200 CE, Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek (images from Williams and Yu-ping's essay in the BM Silk Roads exhibition book, 2024).
P. Chidambaram (@pchidambaram_in) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is a deeply emotional moment for me to speak about Dr Manmohan Singh The life and work of Dr Manmohan Singh and the period from 1991 till 2014 will be a golden chapter in the history of India. I worked closely with him for many years. I have not met a person more humble and

It is a deeply emotional moment for me to speak about Dr Manmohan Singh

The life and work of Dr Manmohan Singh and the period from 1991 till 2014 will be a golden chapter in the history of India.

I worked closely with him for many years. I have not met a person more humble and
John Crotty (@itsjohncrotty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An extraordinary week for Ireland has seen its history revised & diminished by a U.S Senator & British commentators They repeat 80 year old anti-Irish slurs & 20th century thinking The subject is Irish neutrality in WW2 What is the truth? (1)

An extraordinary week for Ireland has seen its history revised & diminished by a U.S Senator & British commentators

They repeat 80 year old anti-Irish slurs & 20th century thinking

The subject is Irish neutrality in WW2

What is the truth? (1)
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Whether history will be kinder to Dr Manmohan Singh or not, I believe that there are two indelible footprints of Dr Singh on the pages of history One, during his ten-year tenure, he delivered an average GDP growth rate of 6.8 per cent a year Two, according to UNDP, the UPA

Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹🔻🔻🔻 (@angeloinchina) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HUGE China trade surplus. The problem (for the US) ? China is not taking any more US debt anymore, instead China is recycling its US trade surplus into > - Belt and Road initiative - Gold - tangible assets investments We are facing the same critical point that led to the Opium

HUGE China trade surplus.
The problem (for the US) ? China is not taking any more US debt anymore, instead China is recycling its US trade surplus into > 
- Belt and Road initiative 
- Gold
- tangible assets investments

We are facing the same critical point that led to the Opium
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"We grew up in a troubled world, and here we are, still in a troubled world. It will always be so because humans are troublesome by nature" - Ruskin Bond, Author

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Old pics of Delhi's famous markets from the post-Independence years: 1. Connaught Place on the night of Independence, 1947 2. Chandni Chowk's fountain area 'returning to normal' after the chaos of Partition 3. Ghaffar Market, Karol Bagh, soon after it was opened in March 1952

Old pics of Delhi's famous markets from the post-Independence years:

1. Connaught Place on the night of Independence, 1947

2. Chandni Chowk's fountain area 'returning to normal' after the chaos of Partition

3. Ghaffar Market, Karol Bagh, soon after it was opened in March 1952
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The discovery of a 1.4-metre-tall Buddha head, along with tablets and stupas, some over 1,500 years old, in #Odisha’s Ratnagiri has brought the remote village into the limelight and attracted scholars from as far away as Egypt. The excavation has unearthed important historical

The discovery of a 1.4-metre-tall Buddha head, along with tablets and stupas, some over 1,500 years old, in #Odisha’s Ratnagiri has brought the remote village into the limelight and attracted scholars from as far away as Egypt. The excavation has unearthed important historical
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The King of England is being pimped out by a here today gone tomorrow pound-shop politician. Oh how our Great Britain has been betrayed...

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"Munshi Newal [Naval] Kishore, a Hindu made his mark in the history of #Quran publishing. He was presumably the world’s first publisher to issue a finely lithographed Quran at the sensational price of one rupee and eight annas in 1868. This was the first time that the Quran was

"Munshi Newal [Naval] Kishore, a Hindu made his mark in the history of #Quran  publishing. He was presumably the world’s first publisher to issue a finely lithographed Quran at the sensational price of one rupee and eight annas in 1868. This was the first time that the Quran was
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Could this moment be a prelude to Trump Pyrrhic victory on the US current deficit? As every textbook teaches us, the current account deficit is equal to the financial account surplus. The US has a current account deficit in part because its assets (treasuries, private debt and

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Babasaheb said, I started the Siddharth College in Mumbai which, out of a total of 2,400 students, 160 are ours. I spent Rs 21,000 for them. He said (again and again), educational institutions occupy as important a place as politics. The progress of a community lies in the hands

Babasaheb said, I started the Siddharth College in Mumbai which, out of a total of 2,400 students, 160 are ours. I spent Rs 21,000 for them.

He said (again and again), educational institutions occupy as important a place as politics. The progress of a community lies in the hands
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I agree entirely with this analysis, which conforms to my own unscholarly assessment of what is going on. I also agree that this trend will be unstoppable among everyone who has access to AI. I thought initially that the answer lies in more compulsory book-reading assignments

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#THTIndoFest2025 brings together leading experts to explore how India was perceived, experienced & recorded by travellers from distant lands through the centuries. “Wanderers and Witnesses: Travellers' Tales of India” Jun 16-21 12 talks Register at : bit.ly/THT_Register

#THTIndoFest2025 brings together leading experts to explore how India was perceived, experienced & recorded by travellers from distant lands through the centuries.

“Wanderers and Witnesses: Travellers' Tales of India”

Jun 16-21

12 talks

Register at : bit.ly/THT_Register
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Congratulations to Zohran Kwame Mamdani on your incredible victory. Your campaign proves what can happen when a grassroots movement stands up to corporate greed, defends the humanity of Palestinians, and makes no apology for its belief in a more equal & affordable society for all.

Congratulations to <a href="/ZohranKMamdani/">Zohran Kwame Mamdani</a> on your incredible victory. 

Your campaign proves what can happen when a grassroots movement stands up to corporate greed, defends the humanity of Palestinians, and makes no apology for its belief in a more equal &amp; affordable society for all.
Soutik Biswas (@soutikbbc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Test cricket is like a slow-burn novel - and this one ended with a John le Carré twist. This one had it all - grit and redemption, spilled chances, bravery under fire, resilience stretched to the edge, and a final heartbreak. #INDvsENGTest (picture: Getty Images)

Test cricket is like a slow-burn novel -  and this one ended with a John le Carré twist. This one had it all - grit and redemption, spilled chances, bravery under fire, resilience stretched to the edge, and a final heartbreak.
#INDvsENGTest (picture: Getty Images)