With the bust and former home of Noor Inayat Khan: Tipu Sultan’s descendant, member of the French Resistance, and the only Indian to have been interred, tortured and killed in Dachau.
I have always said that as a person of Indian descent, the Koh-I-Noor on the Queen Mother(?)’s head angers me less than the priceless artifacts in the V&A. Here’s one such artifact: a tampura that’s beautifully painted on with a style that’s very close to what I know as the Nirmal school of art.
And yet, the description absolutely has no clue: doesn’t mention the Ganesha in the center (which is how you traditionally start a Nirmal painting), doesn’t mention who the king and queen on either side represent (are they royalty? Are they gods?), doesn’t talk about how intricately the painter and the instrument maker collaborated to make this, doesn’t say where it was made or how it was used.
Nothing beyond a clinical description of where and when it was stolen from, and only for onlookers to gawk at it and feel cultured.
“When you put all of these stories together, a clear picture emerges. The Indian government has developed a repertoire of tactics for repressing criticism abroad, and is currently deploying all of them as part of a campaign of intimidation in the United States. Human rights activists, experts, and Indian American community organizers are aware of India’s efforts and speak of its campaign as an everyday concern for themselves and people they know.
@cydonian When I read the NY Times article talking about India’s attempts to suppress Sikhs in the US, even going to the point of attempt to murder an American Citizen on American soil I was shocked. Basically, the intelligence service of India (Research and Analysis Wing) carried out a military operation in the US with zero consequences.
Think a lot of liberals (both “pro” and against) Biden seem to be thinking that the election will be decided in the margins, with a little more turnout in MI, or WI or somewhere else.
My perception (granted, filtered down through NYT snapshots but also the recent YouGov polls) is that there’s more of pro-Trump pull than a push away from Biden. And it’s kind of solidifying now, with not too many things Biden can do to break the fever.
This feels like 2014 but for US; fascism is actually becoming popular.
No, I don’t think it’s just a matter of better media reporting or education. Think the airwaves are already blanketed out. I fear a huge majority of folk in the US have already deluded themselves into somehow thinking an actual insurrection, selling of state secrets, raping women, being all in on Putin, or lying aren’t showstoppers for presidency. Once you’ve gotten over that, anything is possible.
“Tournament staff travelling between the ten host cities found working in Ahmedabad trickiest. “Most other venues for India games were reasonably free from external interference,” said one. “Except Ahmedabad: everything was amped much more.” There, event managers came across an official whose identity remained a mystery, and whose approach was confrontational. “It was like: ‘Who are you? We don’t care who you are. What is the ICC? We will do what Mr Shah says. Mr Shah wants this or that. This is Ahmedabad.’””
I not only lost 9 kgs in seven weeks of semaglutide + diet + exercise, but my hypertension levels have jumped down two categories down. That’s down from “OMG HOW ARE YOU WALKING ALIVE” level to “Oh you’re almost normal” sort of a level.
(Tollywood took a typical Telangana jātara and stylised it by focussing on the lead actor and not the various folk characters such as the puli vēshālu, the Pōtarāju or the Gańāchāri)
(I don’t recall why Sepia Mutiny banned me, but I suspect I may have posted a long rant at some point. Didn’t complain then, not complaining now. Just an amusing reminiscence)
That doesn’t necessarily mean a uniform 1.5C increase across the world. It’ll be severely more in the equatorial regions, particularly in South East Asia, where we potentially have already seen an increase of ~3C in April/ May. https://social.vivaldi.net/@cydonian/112335789047432896
@LanguageMan1 I would like to solve problems that are facing down my throat right now, and not solve the plot of a Bruce Willis starrer, thanks.
The average temperature has increased by more than 3C in these parts, and is likely to increase even more. This will cause disruptions for food and accommodation among other things. This is happening now, not in an imagined story universe.
@cydonian This again is the result of deforestation, reducing plant life in-general (I see so many with gravel instead of plants or grass, maybe a tree thrown in here and there), the increase of solar activity, the increase of the animal and human population, etc. It's not all man made, not going to be solved the way they're going about it either and in fact they're creating more pollution in the process and countries like China, North Korea, and others certainly aren't going to comply.
I don't buy into the burden being shifted upon the US or European countries alone while others don't participate, but we're doing plenty. However, every ICE vehicle upon the planet could use less fuel, could emit fewer emissions, but that's not what those in power truly want because if they did, it could have already been accomplished.