Indira Sarma

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[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

Can't believe this has to be tweeted again.

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వెనుకటి గుణమేల మాను వినురాసుమతీ!

#13thcenturywisdom #IYKYK

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

@aspiringpeasant Just signed, thank you for posting about this - I wasn't aware of it.

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

[Languages are] witness to the diverse and varying ways in which the human cognitive faculties perceive the world."

https://t.co/mSrJGMXIbi

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

"If our reality becomes filtered through a much more limited linguistic set... could our thinking change?"

Already happening. AI is just this trajectory on steroids.

https://t.co/JpNYfNaAwv

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

Countless human ways - varied by terrain/ climate/ flora/ fauna - of aligning and co-creating with this life intelligence. Unimaginable knowledge, wisdom, insight. All increasingly erased over these 500 years, w/no signs of stopping, no appreciation of what is being destroyed.

[akhivae @akhivae]

And by cultural threat I mean the sheer dominance of English over Indian languages in white collar industries. It's reputation as a status symbol and the fact that the top 10% of Indians are increasingly shifting to English as a first language.

[akhivae @akhivae]

Technically speaking English is a much bigger cultural threat to South Indian languages than Hindi, though it is seldom seen that way, as it is a second language to everyone hence no ethnic community has an advantage in it.

[Irene ojuok @OjuokIrene]

We also need to ensure more of the wild fruit and fodder trees are restored in their landscapes. Local/indigenous knowledge is key in strategizing climate response for community adaptation in drylands. Prolonged and severe drought will continue due to CC

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

Spent today under a tree canopy. Tree shade is the best shade.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

On a 90 degree day, this tree canopy is heaven. More tree canopies on every street, please.

[Natalia Barbour @natalia_barbour]

All cities should be designed to account for children playing outside being a necessity and not a luxury.

[Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @OlufemiOTaiwo]

"To him, knowledge should be easily accessible. “I grow these crops on my land and then give the seeds to farmers and to anyone who wants them. In return, I encourage them to multiply the crops and to include them in their diet,” says Shaji"

https://t.co/LrTCPjYrN3

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

Now if only I could remember a single thing that happened yesterday 😒

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

At the the National Children’s Chorus spring concert at National City Christian Church watching my kiddo’s bestie and other gorgeous children perform. This whole scene is so my jam. #joy

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

Turns out, some 25 years later, I still remember the entire alto harmony and every word to Mendelssohn’s Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah.

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

“I wish to see more parents being motivated to teach their children their mother tongue instead of abandoning it for English.” Amen! Thank you @sikeedlanga.

https://t.co/2llYzaNa5x

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

“‘Language is intrinsically connected to our culture and more importantly, to our identity’… [The] vision for the project is revitalized Indigenous languages and culture for the next seven generations.”

https://t.co/OfaMfVHkHV

[Indira Sarma @indirasarma]

“Language grows out of a place… the creatures, the plants, the landscape, the climate – are all represented … [the] relationships of humans to the more than human, but also all those other relationships to each other.”

https://t.co/7ElUgaFIF0

[Irene ojuok @OjuokIrene]

Totally agree. We cannot move forward without building on our past