adarsh mishra

Humanist, Indian based in London. You can talk to me about etymology, history, maths and cricket! 'Nation that reads, leads' is a line etched in my psyche.

[adarsh mishra @mishradarsh]

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~500 yrs ago, in Islamic Bengal, a tradition of folk tales gave birth to a fictional Muslim saint, who was transposed as a Hindu god- possibly the latest in the pantheon of deities.
A 🧵 exemplifying evolution of Puranas & origin of now-ubiquitous Hindu deity

SATYANARAYANA.

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@yajnshri The dumbness of this video is the nadir of this week for me!

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@SanjayK49297503 @Theonenameddamn Here is the reality, off a much bigger base US and China are doing far better, What's even more striking is the gap on gap per capita at PPP , the real marker of prosperity...
Source:World Bank/IMF datasets

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@UnapologeticROM @Theonenameddamn Vyapam, electoral bonds, pm cares fund, NEET , namami gange, smart city, make in India, demonetisation, COVID deaths.. road conditions no better, falling bridges, ruined MSMEs, AIIMs &IITs for name sake, pulwama pathankot, Chinese landgrab, geopolitical isolation......

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@AkkshyeTulsyan @Priyaa_Purohit Crucial point here- "everyone" has "right" to speak. But when that right is taken away by force due to political differences, it is "duty" of "everyone" to speak! Article 51 a- no. 5,7,8,11!

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@AnumaVidisha This country should not forget this generation of idiots who put India on a road to self destruction which would take at least one generation to recover from. There was so much hope in 2000-2007 period and then these WhatsApp uncles got unleashed onto India.

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@TweetBharatii @zoo_bear The non veg shot is what Hindus have been eating for centuries before the rise of dung eating hindutva brigade under the illiterate bearded oaf

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@vakibs @avtansa Well biologically, they share a common ancestor to whales and dolphins

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@Machiavelli_777 @stefdhrhsf A classic example why Biharis in India carry the perception is are-a subhuman level of intelligence, no regards for law and basic civility-the absolute epitome of human filth.

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@yusufpore @svaradarajan I was born in 1978; 1+7=8, 9+8==8 . Do I get to be twice happier than you?? ���

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@ShivAroor The rise of godi media and dimwitted , crass anchors like @shivaroor who want to call themselves journalists but ( are worse than a TV equivalent of Kantano Habimana)

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@policy_uk @ThePujaTeli Yes -the very same..I guess they were such a credit to humanity, by the yardstick on which the British colonial contributions get measured by some.

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@policy_uk @ThePujaTeli Wonder if Nazis were equally wonderful- they gave autobahns, V2 rocket, synthetic rubber, nuclear fission, the legal code etc- so what if a few low lives got killed while giving all these great things.

British empire was a despicable entity run by pure evil. Just #facts

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@curiouswavefn The first one reminds me so much of this one one of the most profound books, in my collection, covering the great man's thoughts on multitude of things.

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@krishmahesh Yes- they did. But a large part of that landmass was wasteland. That's why the global graphic is about % population covered & indeed directly addresses your point in its sub heading- "Chinese & Mughals tower over Mongols ......"

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Q: Why do school textbooks talk so much abt the Mughals?
Ans: created this Interactive visual: https://t.co/NV0PhTTQiR
Impact score= territory × years of rule
Aurangzeb scores 4,300+. Shivaji, for all his legend, scores ~24.
It's not bias. It's scale! @yusufpore

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@RamaKRoy @DrMukeshgautam Homeopathy एक fraud है जिसे खुद Germany (जहां ये ईजाद हुई) तक ने इसे defund कर दिया है। किसी भी वैज्ञानिक आंकलन पर इसके निष्कर्ष खरे नहीं उतरते। खुद कितने ही ex-homeopaths ने स्वीकारा है। सबसे बड़ा उदाहरण Homeopathy - The Undiluted Facts किताब है।

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@avtansa Indeed true, AFAIK.esp the apotropaic part. Numerous examples abound- in fact , in the Kanyakubja Brahmin (my lineage) vanshavali, one finds so many funny names in my ancestry - खट्टे, टेढ़े, गैंडे, कांगू , घासी, बुद्धू, etc

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@thekaipullai You possibly need to understand this context
https://t.co/bOQAmfychZ

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Q: Why do school textbooks talk so much abt the Mughals?
Ans: created this Interactive visual: https://t.co/NV0PhTTQiR
Impact score= territory × years of rule
Aurangzeb scores 4,300+. Shivaji, for all his legend, scores ~24.
It's not bias. It's scale! @yusufpore

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@OldM0nk Since when did Indus become a "Pakistani" river? 😂

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@MisraNityanand am trying to self-read the GobhilaGrihyaSutra from original Sansk text- by Sudhakar Malviya and came across this phrase- मूर्वा-बल्लीविशेष “दुग्ध (घ) मरुरि"ति प्रसिद्धा. Can you help -what could be meant by "दुग्ध (घ) मरुरि"?

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@RishiBhardawaj @bismil_prasad @myogiadityanath The rotten santara is just pandering to his dimwitted, WhatsApp university educated clientele!