.@drdeepthimurali writes about a theft in 1821 Kerala, and what a "neettu"/നീട്ടു—official proclamations on punishments meted out to people found stealing—tells us about the lives of ordinary people at the time
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#MyNameIs Jyothis (ज्योतिस्/ജ്യോതിസ്/JOE-this). All three pronunciations are correct. It's not jonthis, joy-this, jay-yo-this or some other phonetic ship-wreck. It's Sanskrit for light or ✨celestial luminance✨
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