There are a lot of scary things in the world but what Modi is doing in India is right up there. I dropped by Twitter to look for an old post and (spoiler: mistake) hit Trending and found a flood of Modi-fan racists screaming obscene insults at Muslims. Modi is consciously whipping up racist rage against a 200-million-strong group of citizens. If this gets out of control the cost in human lives could exceed many big wars put together. #India#BJP#Hindutva
Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India has just gone for its third printing in #India and a US/UK edition is due out soon from Watkins.
It's an illustrated encyclopaedia of 300+ folkloric fiends from every corner of the country and all eras of history, from Vedic necromancers to the Devchars of Portuguese Goa to Saamri from the Ramsay Brothers films.
Its multiple story threads and attempts to satirise India’s government sit awkwardly with the action, but there’s much to admire in Dev Patel‘s frenzied, ultraviolet genre spectacle....Shot and choreographed with a kineticism that never veers too far into the sleekly balletic, the fight scenes here are often enthralling...
Here’s an audio glimpse and a couple of moments in time of the daily life in India. At this time of year, the vetting season is pretty alive. There are multiple weddings per day and the accompanying parties that go along with those weddings. The traditions of a traditional Gujarati wedding Appear to get wilder every day. It feels like there’s a competition among people to make weddings as expensive as possible. The more expensive they are, the more they can show off. #India
India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon by rover, completing a scientific mission that was first attempted in 2019 but ended in catastrophic failure due to a software glitch...
India blocks 14 apps including #element, @briar, threema, imo etc
"While tracking down one of the communication, agencies found that the mobile application does not have representatives in India and it is difficult to track down activities happening on the app".
This is a dangerous precedent and opens the door to ban any app/service not having a presence in India. We should challenge this order in the Supreme Court.
Woahh. John Deere, the company that once said farmers don’t have the right to repair their John Deere #tractors themselves or through independent third parties have now landed in #India. @mastodonindians
In the face of increasing cyber and malware attacks on defence as well as critical infrastructure across the country, the Defence Ministry has decided to replace the Microsoft Operating System (OS) in all computers connected to the Internet with a new OS, Maya, based on open-source Ubuntu developed locally.
Hmm, wonder how many heat exposure incidents there will be at Coachella this weekend... very high risk of 100F temperatures per NWS San Diego. #Coachella#PalmSprings#India#heatwave#CAwx
We can live ayurvedically and substitute natural, non-dairy milks and cheeses, avocado, raw almonds, and raw tahini for stolen animal breast milk, cheese, butter, and ghee.
In this way, we can experience the benefits of Ayurveda without harming anybody.
The video highlights guy (or gal) is not going to be happy, but this bowling effort from #Australia from the 11th over onwards has been one, as they say, for the ages.
Only 3 overs from 32 (so far) have gone for more than 6 runs. Completely throttled the dangerous #India batting attack. Wonderfully disciplined line and length under extreme pressure.
All major Indian trade unions have called upon the govt to scrap agreement with Israel to export Indian workers & appealed to workers to boycott Israeli products & refuse to handle Israeli cargo.
What's currently getting in the way of the #India - UK #trade deal?
Now it seems the Indian Govt. is keen to get national insurance contributions paid by temporary staff in the UK (mainly in the IT sector) transferred back to India... the UK, of course, wants to hold on to the money even though the #workers concerned would never receive an associated pension in the UK.
Oh dear, quiet state #wagetheft has been exposed... and the Indians (unsurprisingly) are not happy
Interview: Prof Ganesh Devy on attempts to distort history and his battle to preserve it
Eminent linguist and historian Prof. Ganesh Devy spoke to The Federal during his recent visit to Chennai for a discussion on the book, 'Indians: histories of a civilisation'.
In this freewheeling chat, the historian talks about this book of which he is one of the editors; he also touches upon the central government's attempts at rewriting history and on the imposition of Hindi. Placing Tamil language's heritage in the global context, Prof Devy argues why the BJP government's approach towards language is dangerous and needs to be countered.
Ola's Bhavish Agarwal is on a tirade against linkedin.
People are missing the point. I think the core issue is that linkedin should not delete his comment, even if they dont agree with the contents of it. Bhavish might have a politically incorrect (or correct) take on using pronouns, but either ways its not LinkedIn's job to delete his comment until and unless it runs fouls of government guidelines.
Monkey Man review: a thrilling ultraviolent spectacle (www.bfi.org.uk)
Its multiple story threads and attempts to satirise India’s government sit awkwardly with the action, but there’s much to admire in Dev Patel‘s frenzied, ultraviolet genre spectacle....Shot and choreographed with a kineticism that never veers too far into the sleekly balletic, the fight scenes here are often enthralling...
India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moon's water-rich south pole (www.newscientist.com)
India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon by rover, completing a scientific mission that was first attempted in 2019 but ended in catastrophic failure due to a software glitch...
No ‘export of workers’ to Israel, say trade unions in India (www.nationalheraldindia.com)
All major Indian trade unions have called upon the govt to scrap agreement with Israel to export Indian workers & appealed to workers to boycott Israeli products & refuse to handle Israeli cargo.