Curzon was merely a puppet

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How do we view #Mathematics? We revisit Sundar Sakkurai’s @epw_in article, which argues that mathematics is “mysterious” only because it is viewed as a logical system rather than as a verbal language. https://t.co/GTAWxpOAmM | #PiDay https://t.co/P1qHcynaHy

https://twitter.com/epw_in/status/1106173946334982144?s=19

According to Sakkurai, numbers can be used to build narratives in a manner similar to the way letters and words generate meaning in languages. Calculations, he argues, are nothing more than mathematical writings, which are comparable with English. https://t.co/0iFmUOe41Y

This ability to “proliferate narratives” is what makes mathematics unique. https://t.co/KBF7xYykMe

Indus Script standard hypertexts of 1. rim-of-jar and 2. bronze anthropomorph, signify Meluhha rebus karaṇi, kanahār 'supercargo, accountant, helmsman' https://t.co/EKNrF0iu0X via @academia

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Easier for brain to remember and suffer than to forgive and forget: Study | Health Tips and News https://t.co/IPwyQzjCaE

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His statues have been defiled and his legacy has been repeatedly declared obsolete by ruling powers. But in a world of growing inequality, chaos and crisis, his ideas continue to inspire millions in their battle for change. Salute Karl Marx on the 136th anniversary of his death. https://t.co/IC4w9gjU3d

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I had the privilege of conversing with Amartya Sen recently, on stage in Delhi, on the broad themes of nationalism, communalism, populism. He was brilliant! Watch!  https://t.co/d1qql963K9 via @thewire_in

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@svaradarajan, founding editor of @thewire_in, and @Apoorvanand_ discuss the dangers of populism and nationalism with Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

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An effective state promotes freedom and the well-being of its citizens. Tonight  Prof Sir Tim Besley & Prof Amartya Sen discuss the importance of norms, values & institutions in supporting state effectiveness. #LSESen @STICERD_LSE @LSEInequalities https://t.co/8GdLoiKdLX https://t.co/sAUC4plbtO

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Amartya Sen really is an academic rock star. Wonderful to have him back at LSE this evening. https://t.co/4uW2OHCPEA

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Prof. Amartya Sen is a legend. From development studies to complex emergencies, from gender to inequalities, I am yet to come across a course which does not refer him. Senior professors proudly announce they were his students. A #BharatRatna in every sense of the word. https://t.co/mDj9IeY2nJ

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Got to start with 'Development as Freedom' by Amartya Sen. Not only does it set out the capability approach brilliantly, it also addresses the fundamental question: What's this all for? What's the point of a society where so many people are left behind? https://t.co/pcmV2mSY5M

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#LSESen Amartya Sen discussing intrinsic goodness and instrumental goodness in the context of #reciprocity - with Dame Minouche Shafik here at the #LSE ⁦@LSEnews⁩ @LSEpublicevents⁩ ⁦ https://t.co/fvnowVhG8z

https://twitter.com/Thea_Jam/status/1105916080151760900?s=19

Amartya Sen described multi-culturalism in theory as being plural mono-culturalism in practice. Looks like he was right doesnt it? https://t.co/fFfy7cId3F

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Lack of attention on education, health magnified in Modi rule: Amartya Sen https://t.co/YuxX5nVakH

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Poetry as Socio-proctology: Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom https://t.co/fcvWPvfQDS

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Here's a free link to all these controversial heretical thoughts... Enjoy!  http://t.co/6U2ub1jlww http://t.co/DhRJ4PNbdg

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Hollow slogans about "Making your country great again" seem to have only led to a complete breakdown of value systems & disintegration of its core & essence. I don’t want greatness,pomp & glory for India. I simply want my India back #IWantMyIndiaBack

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I am so delighted to receive first copy of my book - HINDU RASHTRA. Published by @WestlandBooks #Context @karthikavk https://t.co/kP0UCg4rSN

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One problem that we have is we have tried to fight hybrid war with conventional war @atahasnain53  #vimarsha https://t.co/Ypee2oZw9A

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With all his faults, Gandhi was at least honest, even to the degree of being arrogant about his honesty, can't say that about Anna, this is where the similarity ends I think..

https://twitter.com/askatkar/status/1106118507824103426?s=19

Vivekananda benefitting by pushing the brand equity of Ramakrishna while reformulating his philosophy and reordering priorities arbitrarily can also be seen as a prior example. https://t.co/ndLIpdOoI4

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1106189284426436608?s=19

On Raghuram Rajan's interview with @tylercowen

I think he is all confused in reaction to Tyler's question on Anglo-American liberalism in India Let me elaborate (Contd..)

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So yes there is ample religious freedom in India

But the continued existence of that freedom entails neither a secular Constitution nor an irreligious state!

Mr Rajan is wrong to conflate religious freedom in India with the Nehruvian "idea of India" (that Indians mostly reject)

True

Moreover secularism in the Anglo American tradition stems from hostility to religion. America is cited as an example contrary to this. But I disagree. Even American at its founding had religious skeptics like Jefferson

In contrast, Indian secularism is hardly anti-religion

India is not a liberal state in the Anglo American sense because the latter only recognizes individual rights whereas India recognizes rights of minorities as a group in addition to their individual rights. India is consociationalist in many ways.

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The Rise & Fall of #Terroristan - my article looks Pakistan’s life cycle: birth, mid-life & possible end, rooted in Terrorism as an Instrument of policy. And India & Bharat’s responses to it.

The “Idea of India” is based on a terribly poor interpretation of Ahimsa by Gandhi and a hotch-potch ad-mix of high sounding words like pluralism, secularism, inclusiveness which were all formulated with the cynical objective of tying the hands of Bharat, gagging any speech that questioned the take-over of Bharat by the creeping support for Terroristan.

PRASHANT SINGH MARCH 6, 2019 https://t.co/VOpqk8TSZj

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Sufism tries to project a broad ‘Universalism’ & then ensnares gullible into the narrowest of dogmas.

Cults are trained to feed, take care of bakras & show them ‘affection’. And on a designated day, halal the bakra ruthlessly & make a show of piety that it is for the poor.

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SA mentions in his 15 Aug 1947 address re the nature of Independence then.

Gandhi confused masses re Ahimsa, Dharma & yet he was an adept mobilizer & shaper of mass opinion. He allowed Indian blood to be shed for WW1/2. But not for Hindus to even protect themselves. 2/n

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There are outright apologists too. In his article, ‘Revisiting the British Raj’, in Swarajya Magazine, Jaitirth Rao states that Lord Curzon and Lord Irwin were more worthy than Baba Kharak Singh and Kasturba Gandhi. He goes on to paint Lord Curzon as the saviour of Historical Monuments of Bharat by enacting the Preservation of Ancient Monuments Act of 1904

https://www.hindupost.in/colonialism-to-star-dot-star-colonialism-a-contracting-universe/

Nothing is truly vain which the One..

Savitri #SriAurobindo 

I’m sure that Curzon was merely a puppet & The Lord Himself was b/h the curtain! Partition of Bengal was a ⚡️needed badly to ignite the 🔥of Patriotism in India!  Certainly SA couldn’t Tolerate Injuries to His Mother India !! https://t.co/ipFtywn0hx

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Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF): Lord Ripon sowed the seeds of Independence of India [democracy is nothing but Yajña, or voluntary sharing. @vakibs] #SriAurobindo #WorldUnion #FiveDreams @NathTusar https://t.co/GhrjE2ujkb

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Start with Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo. The key to Vedic symbolism is found there for a subset. For whole translation following this key RL Kashyap has done work. For a high level intro to bhava behind read Roberto Calasso’s Ardor and may be Ka.

https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/1106055580823638016?s=19

Assume you have some understanding of Vedanta and Gita and ideally some sadhana behind you. Much of the Veda would be vague without a lived psychology of the aspirant. For the later specialisations of Upanishad or Tantra or various Yogas have their seeds in the Veda.

Saami..mental understanding is one thing..but to feel is better..for the Veda holds its treasure securely..approach Her as you would the Divine whose word She is. Propitiate Her for understanding, look at Her as would Prahalada at Narasimha, or Meera at Krishna.

How Hindu nationalists built on the roots of majoritarianism in India and normalised public violence

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In desperation to remain relevant so as to engineer a proletarian utopia, #Indian #intellectuals go beyond interpreting the world for the people; they prescribe the world and construct a reality which has no material foundation, says Jyotirmaya Tripathy https://t.co/IIB8Sv4OI7

https://twitter.com/IndiaFactsOrg/status/1106167432337678336?s=19

The @RSSorg is as an all-embracing organisation and it has no adversaries. The enemy of the country is an enemy of the RSS. We make no distinction.: Shri @DattaHosabale Sah-Sarkaryavah of RSS https://t.co/yUHtWwc9kW

https://twitter.com/prafullaketkar/status/1106164253336068101?s=19

“#HumanRights are fundamental and cerebral to the @UN values.”, @ASteiner’s opening statement in his special address on relationship between business and human rights @BizHRAsia https://t.co/gBbiG2lPi4

https://twitter.com/BizHRAsia/status/1106164813753917441?s=19

Economic policy sustained on a ‘growth and development model’ mostly disregarded the environment, the new model promised to be socially inclusive and ecologically sound. Join BFW Webinar. @EconomicTimes @teriin @GRAIN_org @GlobalFundWomen @NDB_int @AWID @AIIB_Official @pbloomer https://t.co/2r5UeI80aU

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Join us - The webinar on Women and Green Economy is intended to initiate a thought provoking discussion on the implication of adopting a ‘Green Economy’ on women and thereby help us determine whether it is a positive development for women and if not what is the best way forward. https://t.co/Qx5ONzJzuh

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In his mellow years, Rajam was a minimalist by conviction, moving around Chennai on a moped, clad in a short-sleeved khadi shirt or kurta and simple veshti, far removed from orthodox Brahmin sartorial styles, writes V Ramnarayan (@pnvram) https://t.co/I2y4Li6aSM https://t.co/A3pKCzRP5U

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Nationalism and the blatant leveraging of the armed forces by bringing them into political campaigning are not sure-shot formulae to attract voters, and could even end up alienating many. ~ @bombaywallah writes.

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If Modi was a pill, he would never come sugar-coated 

Like in cricket, coaches don’t win matches. Players do and they always have. Likewise, the development of the country is not merely done by any government or leader but by the citizens themselves. Coaches might tinker or straighten the player’s game, play a benevolent uncle or a stern elder brother, show a little window of opportunity, may be even a door, but they can’t win matches on their own. Same is with the leader of any country. And so while it’s important to get a good man or woman to lead, we can’t look upon him as a messiah.

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Avoiding reality is not what I wish to get into. Bharat is subject to an openly declared war on its Dharma knowledge systems. 

Denying this reality will result in omnicide.

Genesis of terror is Not Kashmir!

Terror grabbed Pakistan in 1947. It now wants Kashmir. Tomorrow Khalistan. Day after ... ?l?

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You are avoiding the basic issue of self-determination of Kashmir people which is the genesis of terror. Further, why a terrorist would oblige the ruling party just one month before the elections are declared is a mystery. So, it's obvious that so many forces and players operate.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1106023216261287937?s=19

Warts And All, The Modi Government’s Electoral Funding Reforms Are A Move Forward https://t.co/1YqCLXdgIk

https://twitter.com/prasannavishy/status/1106119902727819265?s=19

SUPERB point. This is one of the the most glaring examples of village idiot Modi's idiocy & perversity which he flaunts as cunning & shrewdness. Modi-cult is a cancer that has almost killed BJP. https://t.co/aeebXQwjnA

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“The history of most new technologies suggests that every important technological innovation does not make the preceding technology obsolete”

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Calls for 'real life' emerge as Facebook goes down for several hours https://t.co/bmZj4VYqpo

@facebook #down

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Though yesterday’s Facebook and Instagram outage gave us more time to read, it didn’t stop us taking pictures of our dogs. Check out our Instagram page and never miss an interview. https://t.co/PLAslbCQE9 https://t.co/gZi7VWMQmG

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Misc. References:

Life prods to move on and not stagnate.

[For a very long time now, I actually see no space for aesthetic experience, leave alone the promise of transformation. I don’t see the dancers somatically engaged with their own bodies, the body is actually absent!] https://t.co/qLdP7OnNCt

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1102157403041263619?s=19

[Primitive forms of propaganda have been a human activity as far back as reliable recorded evidence exists. Behistun Inscription (c.515 BC) detailing the rise of Darius I to the Persian throne is viewed by most historians as an early example of propaganda] https://t.co/kK7gYnVtej

[Human quest for unity and harmony: A psycho-spiritual approach in the light of Sri Aurobindo (Sri A.B. Patel memorial lectures) – by H. Maheshwari (Author) Publisher: Sardar Patel University (1994)] https://t.co/cMCYt9LJPC #WorldUnion #FiveDreams #SriAurobindo @SavitriEraParty

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1102567924881977351?s=19

[Man: Towards His Splendid Destiny by Samar Basu. Published by World Union, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry

The UNO, the world government, and the ideal of world union Samar Basu, World Union - 1999

Glimpses of Vedantism in Sri Aurobindo's political thought Samar Basu - 1998]

[A Golden Chain of Civilization Indic, Iranic, Semitic and Hellenic up to C.600 BC: History of Science, Philosohy and Culture in Indian Civilziation, ... G.C. Pande,  Published by Centre for Studies in Civilisations] https://t.co/hp1gRTiOjX

[Emergent: George Lewes in 1875 book Problems of Life and Mind. Henri Bergson 1907 book Creative Evolution. Samuel Alexander in Space, Time, and Deity (1920). C. Lloyd Morgan in Emergent Evolution (1923). Roy Wood Sellars's Evolutionary Naturalism (1922).] https://t.co/vfWClNmdc1

[Schopenhauer studied physiology and is impressively learned about the lungs and pancreas; it is a striking thought that his choice of university subjects might have reshaped the whole course of Western philosophy - Signature: A Journal of Theory and Canadian Literature - 1989]

How Friedrich Nietzsche used ideas from the Ancient Cynics to explore the death of God and the nature of morality https://t.co/1pHkK4wwhE https://t.co/BhSp2IkmMh

[Empathy and sympathy have no place in matters of discipline in defence forces as a nation should have a fighting force of morally upright, effective and righteous officers, HC upheld IAF flight cadet termination, calls integrity as hallmark of forces] https://t.co/LTzAeENNU8

Time to press the button https://t.co/675zFcYhDo

Instead of a Messianic superhero as a leader, a team of regional leaders sensitive to the need of making constant adjustments may be the best hope for a diverse, plural, heterogeneous country like India. - Jayita Mukhopadhyay

[Indira plunged India into...Emergency. And the confederation of India-Pakistan-Bangladesh was not destined to be in either woman’s lifetime, and looks just as improbable in today’s tempestuous times as well. But one can never say what the future holds.] https://t.co/yZhamC9TMR

[Freudian psychology belongs predominantly to the subconscious. But the psychology of Carl Jung contains many concepts and experiences that belong to the subliminal...But the subliminal cannot be called as “Unconscious” because it is much more conscious..] https://t.co/Mp2bu9FSYS

Anga, Banga, Kalinga ... https://t.co/Flaim9HdIs #OdiaSong

Immortality for mortals? Seems like a paradox, but the Vedic dharma thought of this not as an impossibility but our birthright. @davidfrawleyved https://t.co/oqa923ehve

https://twitter.com/MakrandParanspe/status/1102237378297716738?s=19

True sir, "...more writers than readers". However, there is  a real scarcity of authentic explanation, resulting in declining number of genuine Readers. 

Your posts and prof. Paranspe's talks on Sri Auribndo , are really enlightening to the totally novice readers like me. 

https://twitter.com/TilottamaChakr1/status/1103319624895078400?s=19

I am really indebted to you sir. Although your poats are a little difficult but i could understand them in my own way. And they open up a whole new world of "life divine " for me. Thanks again sir.

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