gina.life

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[gina.life @gingingink]

I am born into darkness .. the only structure I have is to seek the light of love
I see a sparkle here .. A dazzle there ..

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@NewsAlgebraIND In Europe and America people queue … sometimes for ages …so why is it an issue for this entitled foreigner

[JIX5A @JIX5A]

Europe literally stole Indian fashion, and then flooded the Latin American colonies with it 🔥

[gina.life @gingingink]

@London_W4 @rakeshtomar Gosh … and that’s how the indigenous peoples of America and Australia felt

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

India turned a sleeper train into a five-star hotel on rails

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@Gabbar0099 Still trying to figure out how Sonia, a former waitress, and married to an air pilot turned politician. is one of the wealthiest woman in the world …

[gina.life @gingingink]

@rajuv A company with an army …

[BharatKeMandir @bharatkemandir]

Ornate Stone ceiling and sculptures of 12th Century Chennakeshava Temple, Belur, Karnataka

[gina.life @gingingink]

@theskindoctor13 And it’s good for a fatty liver

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@Rania_22100 75

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@karthik2k2 @yaajushi Gujaratis from East Africa can avail themselves of tours to China accompanied by an official cook who prepares meals for them in the hotel’s kitchen

[Rakesh Krishnan Simha @ByRakeshSimha]

When Guru Tegh Bahadur was asked to convert to Islam by the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb, the great saint responded:

“My answer to you is unequivocal. My Dharma is that of a Hindu. How can I forsake that which is so profoundly beloved to me? Not only does this Dharma bring happiness in this life but also the life hereafter. Nothing else equals it and only a fool would think to abandon it.”

For his refusal to convert, Aurangzeb ordered that Guru Tegh Bahadur be publicly beheaded.

Original text:

Dharam hum Hindu

Atipriya ko kin karen nikandu lok parlok ubhaya sukhani

Aan napahant yahi samani mat mileen murakh mat loi

Ise tayage pramar soi Hindu dharam rakhe jag mahin

Tumre kare bin se it nahin

Via: Social media

[gina.life @gingingink]

@sankrant @TheLaurenChen Watch this video and educate yourself Lauren

https://t.co/OuUrKw7pVw

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in.”

― Haruki Murakami

[gina.life @gingingink]

@KantInEastt Goans didn’t do as well as Hindus, Jains and Sikhs financially in East Africa …they were low paid office workers, teachers etc
Whilst other Indians prospered immensely
Identified themselves as Portuguese rather than Indians even though they were darker than Indians

[gina.life @gingingink]

@turning_axis @theskindoctor13 There is a difference between a stray dog and a mother cat … hope you can be sensitive to that … the former I would not encourage but the second is useful in any Society for the protection of the Society from mice, rats and other pests .
Unnecessary cruelty to animals is bad

[gina.life @gingingink]

@theskindoctor13 They say it was in ‘bad taste’ that I called PETA but murdering off an innocent animal is in good taste

[gina.life @gingingink]

@theskindoctor13 I’m being harangued and intimidated too by my Society for calling PETA to warn them not to kill off a female stray cat who just has kittens as they tried to capture her

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@theskindoctor13 How can a Society have so much power over tenants and flat owners? Haven’t seen this anywhere else in the world.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

If you’ve ever wondered what confidence a civilization can have at its peak, look at those walls.

A thousand years ago, in the forests of central India, a small Chandela kingdom built a temple complex so advanced in geometry, astronomy, and stone engineering that modern architects still struggle to explain parts of it.

No steel. No machines. Just craftsmen who carved sandstone like it was butter and encoded an entire worldview into a city of temples.

This is the Khujaraho Temple Complex, a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India.

[KishoreIyer @KishoreIyer5]

Why the Aryan Invasion Theory Was Invented — And Why Germans Loved It

1/
When Europeans discovered Sanskrit in the 18th–19th century, they realised something embarrassing:

Sanskrit was older, sharper, and more refined than Latin, Greek, or Germanic languages.

This flipped their entire “Europe = centre of civilisation” worldview.

2/
Colonial powers now had a problem:
“How do we explain that the world’s oldest Indo-European language is Indian?”

Easy.
Just claim Indians didn't create it.

Enter the Aryan Invasion Theory — Europe’s intellectual escape hatch.

3/
AIT solved two political needs:
• Europe remains the “origin” of civilisation
• India is recast as a land civilised by outsiders

Perfect colonial PR:
“Even your ancestors came from outside. We’re just the latest civilisers.”

4/
It also gave the British their favourite toy: divide-and-rule.
North = “Aryan”
South = “Dravidian”
Eternal conflict = “scientific”

This framework later fueled Dravidian politics, anti-Brahminism, and identity propaganda.

5/
Now the interesting part:
Why did Germany in particular become obsessed with Aryans?

Not because they had “no heritage” — but because they had NO ancient imperial heritage like Greece, Rome, or Egypt.

They needed a glorious pre-Christian identity.

6/
Sanskrit gave German thinkers a golden ticket:

A deep, ancient, prestigious lineage bypassing Rome and the Church.

“Germans = closest descendants of the original Aryans.”

From romantic nationalism → racial pseudoscience → Nazi mythology.
The slope was that slippery.

7/
Meanwhile British scholars pushed AIT because it validated empire:

“We ruled India before. Now we rule it again.”

A neat narrative loop.

German nationalists championed Aryans. British administrators weaponised Aryans.
Everybody benefited — except India.

8/
Modern evidence?
Genetics, archaeology, and hydrology all point say NO AMT/AIT:

• No invasion
• No violent elite replacement
• Cultural continuity from Harappans to today
• Movement of ideas, not a conquering race
• Saraswati dried naturally, not via invaders

The AIT is dead.

9/
AIT wasn’t science.
It was:
• European insecurity
• German nationalism
• Colonial agenda
• Missionary politics

Wrapped in a convenient philological wrapper.

10/
Aryan Invasion Theory wasn’t “discovered.”

It was manufactured — to protect European ego, justify empire, and gift Germany a fake ancient identity.

India just happened to be the stage.