Daniel Bass

South Asia Program Manager at Cornell University @SAPCornell and host of Monsoon Radio on WRFI

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@vindib_ @_vajra This book may answer some of your questions (or at least point you to sources that do): https://t.co/ODjfWWGyIf

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I have two tickets to the @joshgondelman 7:00pm special taping Friday June 21 @BellHouseNY which I’m going to have to miss. DM me if you’re interested in them

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@emilynussbaum “That Was the Greatest Song” by the Pooh Sticks https://t.co/55qfftvLdq

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@KelseyUtne Many of these links are at least 10-15 years old, but may lead you to useful content: https://t.co/pz6n65t8LC

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@vindib_ Amanda Coomaraswamy wrote a book called “Yaksas” published by the Smithsonian in 1931. He may discuss translations. Or try Gail Hinich Sutherland’s 1991 book “The Disguises of the Demon: The Development of the Yaksa in Hinduism and Buddhism”

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@Mosavi14 @newindiafndtion Congratulations! That is wonderful news

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@ficader “Brotherless Night” by V V Ganeshananthan @V_V_G addresses this very subject from page one

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@morninggloria The Booker-prize winning “Seven Moons of Maalii Almeida” by Shehan Karunatilaka

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@farahbakaari Based on this, you should have a standing exemption https://t.co/wPVcXqbQw7

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@tarikhistorias In this collective article about the 2022 protests in Sri Lanka, published just this week, Krishanta Fredericks discusses the nationalist use of Buddhist pirit chanting to drown out protesters https://t.co/254UJzrydS

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@NedBertz My auto-ethnographic research also confirms this, though the amount of ginger in a can of Canada Dry is unlikely to do much to alleviate motion sickness

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@annkpowers White Flag did a fun version of “Wuthering Heights” on the great early 90s “Freedom of Choice” new wave covers compilation. https://t.co/GPsXPY3H4T

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@jonlovett Please do not compare this with January 6. This was a grassroots protest against a corrupt president who had literally bankrupted the country. It’s a very different situation

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@Nipun_Prabhakar Are you returning to India any time soon?

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@kt_sinback Oh no! We are thinking of you all and hoping for a quick recovery.

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@KelseyUtne @HistorianDurba Congratulations Doctor K J Utne!!

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@KelseyUtne Congratulations Kelsey! This is wonderful news!

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@annkpowers Let me tell you 'bout the snakes, the fakes, the lies
The highs at all of these industry shing-dings

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My (brief) comments on the current situation in Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka is facing a crisis, with protesters demanding government accountability. “The grassroots protests … in recent weeks are unprecedented, in response to a dire economic situation," says Daniel Bass, Asian Studies professor and @SAPCornell manager.

https://t.co/HxYI7I1lb0

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@sonyahuber Slow Ride? Take it easy