Vishal Ganesan (@vjgtweets) 's Twitter Profile
Vishal Ganesan

@vjgtweets

Attorney. Interested in diaspora culture and politics, dharma, and NBA hoops. I also curate @HindooHistory on Instagram and Twitter

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HindooHistory (@hindoohistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer, 1918 "12th EPISODE" "The Eagle's Eye" "Showing 'THE GREAT HINDOO CONSPIRACY' "How Imperial German Recruited, Trained and Armed a Force in America to Foment a Rebellion in India Against England" #HindooHistory

The Bridgeport Times and Evening Farmer, 1918

"12th EPISODE"

"The Eagle's Eye" 

"Showing 'THE GREAT HINDOO CONSPIRACY'

"How Imperial German Recruited, Trained and Armed a Force in America to Foment a Rebellion in India Against England"

#HindooHistory
Vishal Ganesan (@vjgtweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The conventional view is that the modern age in India began with the advent of British rule in the late 18th century, but in some ways this narrative distracts from the fundamental transformation of Indic thought in the 16th century in response to Islamic incursion, which

The conventional view is that the modern age in India began with the advent of British rule in the late 18th century, but in some ways this narrative distracts from the fundamental transformation of Indic thought in the 16th century in response to Islamic incursion, which
OK Then (@okaythenme) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ancient Southeast Asian history is just so fascinating and so underrated, you had, Chinese pirates roaming the seas and torching cities, massive royal city-state empires that had huge populations, most larger than cities in Europe at the time, Portuguese adventurers coming

Asad🗽🍎 (@asadfromnyc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A Desi guy operating a falafel stand is a perfectly normal scene in any multiethnic city, which Metropolis is. The only people who take issue with these things are second gen suburban diasporoids whose lack of exposure leads them to think that cultural parochialism is radical.

"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux (@bretdevereaux) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is simply and obviously wrong in easily demonstrable ways, from the expansiveness of Roman citizenship to the incorporation of Persian elites under Alexander and the Seleucids (however poorly) to obvious things like the numbers of Scots in key posts in the British Empire.

Renu Mukherjee (@renumukherjee1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I don’t think this comparison works here, as the demographic category of “Asian American” is much more disparate than “Jewish American.” Rather, I’d ask: What could an American President do to win the support of Hindu Indians? Of Vietnamese? Of Chinese? Of Bangladeshis? Etc.

Vishal Ganesan (@vjgtweets) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Caste" has been the primary lens through which the west has interpreted India for hundreds of years, mostly b/c it provided missionaries with a simple foil against which they could elevate the supremacy of Protestantism. Hindu civilization, which is defined by caste, is

Sanjay Narayan (@sanjaynarayan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Vishal Ganesan This is right. Upwardly mobile college graduates and newcomers have seen that the prevailing ethos in society has been to regurgitate progressive nostrums, and claim victimhood as status. Because they objectively cannot claim to be victims—because of higher wealth, education,

Razib 🥥 Khan 🧬 📘✍️📱 (@razibkhan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

as someone who came into adulthood in the 1990s, i felt race becoming less and less salient btwn 1990 and 2010. then stuff started changing after 2010 tho i didn't notice it too much but definitely after 2014

HindooHistory (@hindoohistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The morning news, February 04, 1900 SWAMI CALLS THEM MISSIONARY MYTHS Denies All Stories of Suttee, Also of Infant and Juggernaut Sacrifices He Says No Crocodiles Could Live in the Swift Flowing Ganges and Offers Explanation of What He Calls American Mistakes Concerning the

The morning news, February 04, 1900

SWAMI CALLS THEM MISSIONARY MYTHS

Denies All Stories of Suttee, Also of Infant and Juggernaut Sacrifices 

He Says No Crocodiles Could Live in the Swift Flowing Ganges and Offers Explanation of What He Calls American Mistakes Concerning the
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“Every one in this country appears to be familiar with the horrible story of the Juggernaut. I myself never heard until I came here of the supposed custom the Hindus have of throwing themselves under its wheels to obtain salvation. I was once at a festival where it was used, and

Dwarkesh Patel (@dwarkesh_sp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New episode w Lewis Bollard - a deep dive on the surprising economics of the meat industry. 0:00:00 – The astonishing efficiency of factory farming 0:07:18 – It was a mistake making this about diet 0:09:54 – Tech that’s sparing 100s of millions of animals/year 0:16:16 –

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Just $1 can help avert 10 years of farmed animal suffering. I decided to give $250,000 as a donation match to FarmKind after learning about the outsized opportunities to help. FarmKind directs your contributions to the most effective charities in this area. Please

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"India is the most idolatrous country upon the face of the globe. Wherever you go, you may see idols on the roadside on every high hill, or under ever green tree, idols pained with the most hideous countenance. You have seen pictures of the idols in India. You will have noticed

Peron (@syrojaziran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

20k Indian merchant-moneylenders in Iran in the 1600s; 8k in Central Asia in the late 1800s. Mostly Hindus, with some Muslims, Jains, and Sikhs.

20k Indian merchant-moneylenders in Iran in the 1600s; 8k in Central Asia in the late 1800s. Mostly Hindus, with some Muslims, Jains, and Sikhs.
T. Greer (@scholars_stage) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pakistan: responsible for more American deaths than any other country this century. No country is so skilled at extracting American largesse and using it against American interests. Any foreign policy that treats the Pakistanis preferentially is not “America 1st.”