Roshan Krishna

Qui totum vult totum perdit. ~ Seneca.| Tryst with Destiny. | Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. ~ William Pitt the Elder.|

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

"We have said repeatedly that we will not tolerate any communalism in this country and that we are building a free secular State, where every religion and belief has full freedom and equal honour , where every citizen has equal liberty & equal opportunity."~Jawaharlal Nehru.

[The Paperclip @Paperclip_In]

In the late 1920s, a young Indian woman boarded a ship bound for Germany to do her PhD. Her name was Irawati Karve. And she was about to take on one of the most dangerous ideas of her time.

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[Saganism @Saganismm]

“The fundamental defect of modern education is that it is too mechanical and does not inspire enough curiosity."

-- Bertrand Russell

[Sherlock Holmes. @221B_ELEMENTARY]

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. SH

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

@eleganceonly That is, 4 years of surviving some of Twitter's weirdest posts lol

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

#MyXAnniversary

[Otto von Bismarck @Aamman7]

#OTD Charles V abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor, dividing his vast empire between his son Philip II (who received Spain and the Netherlands) and his brother Ferdinand I (who received the imperial titles).

[Otto von Bismarck @Aamman7]

The Peace of Prague was signed by the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire OTD 1866, effectively ending the German war. The Deutscher Bund was dissolved and Prussian hegemony was exercised by through the Norddeutscher Bund and treaties with the southern states.

[Encyclopaedia Britannica @Britannica]

On August 15, 1947, India became free after two centuries of British rule.

Independence was achieved by a collective effort that was extraordinary in scale and intensity.

[Love your Inner Classical Music Geek @LoveInner]

Remembering Dmitri Shostakovich, who died 50 years ago today.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Happy Birthday to one of the titans of Quantum Mechanics, Paul Dirac, born 123 yrs ago today.
Dirac is one of the pioneers of Quantum mechanics and the first physicist to predict the existence of anti-matter. He received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Erwin Shcrödinger.

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

@eleganceonly Lol ok..

[Sherlock Holmes. @221B_ELEMENTARY]

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE, must be the truth? SH

[Otto von Bismarck @Aamman7]

The Treaty of Berlin was signed on 28 July 1742 and officially ended First Silesian War. The two signatories were Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and Queen of Bohemia, and the Prussian king Frederick II.

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

@221B_ELEMENTARY @shimachi15 Jeremy Brett>>>>>

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

@eleganceonly Oh yes I am waiting for that 🤞

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

@eleganceonly Meanwhile my name..
Literally the most banal one here..

[Roshan Krishna @10Roshankrishna]

@eleganceonly