Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra
Don’t fall into the trap set by anti-Hindus. People of all Varnas and all Jatis are Hindus. Don’t denigrate Hindus on the basis of caste. For your information, I am a Shudra.
I critiqued Savarkar because he not only politicised Hindu religious identity but also de-religionised and territorialised it by hijacking the religious term Hindutva, which Chandranath Basu had coined as a modern, indigenous synonym for Sanatana Dharma. That apart, I immensely respect.
https://x.com/MNageswarRaoIPS/status/1970403705351467120?t=TNtj4WwWgdcwDzRkdPPNlQ&s=19
Though both Ambedkar and Periyar were very familiar with the works of Karl Marx, there is little to prove that they engaged with Hegel in their writings. Yet if, as Slavoj Zizek says in his blurb for Hegel’s India, we have to “discern the traces of what would have been India’s Hegel,” careful comparative readings of these thinkers and Hegel can throw new light on understanding social and economic inequalities in India. More than anyone else, intellectuals and activists challenging entrenched casteism and the upsurge of Hindu fundamentalism in India will be eternally grateful for Hegel’s India. 15 December 2017
Have always wondered how Humans almost are clean slate when they are born every single one of them versus every other animal on planet that knows exactly how to behave as soon as they are born. Something in human DNA done in past that makes us different and almost forever adapt
https://x.com/ashishraval/status/1970373834827276734?t=YHu8GAomNQG-CrhYhneFVA&s=19
They often internalize a survival-first, opportunity-maximization mindset. Having fought through India’s brutal competition and then adapted abroad, they prioritize stability and advancement over confrontation.
Indian schooling and social conditioning emphasize respect for hierarchy, avoiding conflict, and delivering within constraints. These traits translate well into multinational boardrooms, where CEOs are expected to follow board guidance without challenging its authority too aggressively.
https://x.com/mks91_/status/1970327120783253620?t=1d5KGXt8huBxnyIUW_yEBQ&s=19
Indians, specially Hindus, are trained to compartmentalize issues and not mix-up personal / family loyalties with those of community's / company's. Even for domestic issues like reservations or politics, we behave the same way - nothing unusual with American CEOs of Indian origin
The credo "Seva is Dharma, Uphold your dharma, Do your karma, Don't expect immediate rewards" is deeply ingrained in us. If an Indian is a cobbler, instead of a CEO, he'd still happily focus on cobbling and finds his path to god in doing his duty. same with Indian CEOs.
Doing business is never seen as amoral in India, it is treated as worshipping of Lakshmi. So, Indian CEOs are right in simply focusing on their business and value creation. Indian gov't also wouldn't, rightly so, expect them to change that credo.
https://x.com/Patriot_Analyst/status/1970343389532127385?t=GuxTVugSKR1HiyEICGshwg&s=19
Influencers like this often get politics wrong because their goal is engagement, not understanding. They have no incentive to develop depth, and being wrong carries no cost, and truth plays little role in their success. That’s the tragedy of our time: the loudest voices with the widest reach are the most divorced from facts, shaping opinion through hype instead of substance.
https://x.com/free_thinker/status/1970099543565128186?t=Q5DjNUH7hNre36hrjZ0EKQ&s=19
Everything is low effort now. The true curse of humans is laziness. Addiction to comfort.
https://x.com/Vidyut/status/1970117047851089955?t=z7NZSEs_KdlyFzOOaEvKEQ&s=19
Hakuna Matata (From "The Lion King") youtu.be/0MxulhivCvI?fe… via @YouTube
https://x.com/patralekha2011/status/1760719585383428163?t=XTNtbh0d_n1dUaRbp3WlIw&s=19
always makes me smile :)
The Lion King - Hakuna Matata (HD) youtu.be/xB5ceAruYrI via @YouTube
https://x.com/calamur/status/1057859999454691328?t=sM5vMgB3qo9i6TIuGN34OA&s=19
Baba Nagarjun’s poem “Om” remains one of the fiercest cries against tyranny. In darker times it echoed as dissent; I remember looping Zubeen’s haunting rendition of it. Today, in his absence, it feels even more urgent to listen again. What a loss.
https://x.com/DilliDurAst/status/1970395431831212515?t=RK0M2vR_sZUVWZWj4YlIkQ&s=19
Ila Mitra, was active, in the erstwhile united Bengal to begin with. She came into the struggle for a different kind of India which also included a different kind of social structure.
https://x.com/epw_in/status/1969817031978414470?t=y0cBVviHOxMp33ma8I21uw&s=19
The Begum and the Dastan by Tarana Husain Khan ...what a delightful book this turned out to be!
https://x.com/RakhshandaJalil/status/1425864563816239109?t=qU8RsZAOilE8R1079eVaTw&s=19
Reading Rudrangshu Mukherjee’s A Begum and a Rani... about Begum Hazrat Mahal and Rani Lakshmi bai . Someone should make a film on it. But without Ms Ranaut!!!
https://x.com/RakhshandaJalil/status/1423244571228524557?t=MQrgRUi0MmydTGWweAjGIw&s=19
बहुत ही ग़ज़ब की पुस्तक, भाषा मानो कल कल बहती पहाड़ी नदी। छोटे छोटे वाक्यों में एक क़स्बा, एक मास्टर और एक हाथी जैसे धीरे धीरे आकार लेता जा रहा हो।
https://x.com/saket71/status/1970182466427138093?t=8YHgxiAirAt3HmJuVFabGg&s=19
Visitors were introduced to rare plants like Equisetum, also known as the gold indicator plant. Rasmi A.R., Head of the Botany Department, explained, “This plant is a valuable tool for biogeochemical prospecting, as its tissues can indicate the presence of gold deposits in the surrounding soil.”
The exhibition featured an impressive array of specimens, including algae, fungi, lichen and bryophytes. A special stall showcased a geological timeline, tracing the evolution of plants from algae to pteridophytes and gymnosperms.
Scientists have discovered that ants, after collecting grains and seeds which they need to store for the winter, actually break them into halves before storing in their nests. This is because by breaking the seeds into half, it stops them from germinating despite the most perfect conditions.
https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1970528483974557845?t=iMqt3IyLB7lSF-gDjv-0vA&s=19
The human subcortex (figure 1, brown/beige), underneath the neocortex, has not changed much in the last 500 million years. It is thought to be like electricity for a TV, necessary for consciousness, but not enough on its own.
There’s a word in Japanese (tsundoku). It means buying books and letting them pile up without reading. Nope! It is not laziness, but the belief that books represent potential knowledge, even unread.
https://x.com/tiwa_made/status/1967726323222360108?t=zuPBC4aR0rRjLXQ_a04_lg&s=19
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