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This time of the year, the #ObituaryOfTheDay thread takes a really depressing turn, with day after day of obits of young men lost in the Kargil War, thanks to the delusional Musharraf who thought India would just acquiesce to his idiotic fantasies
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If we open almost any global culinary history book, we will find a common narrative: Ancient Europeans & Mesopotamians were the masters of baking bread, while ancient Indians only knew how to boil grains/fry them on a flat griddle. Baking, we are told, was introduced to India much later through Middle Eastern & Central Asian migrations.
This is a complete historical distortion.
Long before the 1st medieval wood-fired ovens of Europe were built, the chefs & engineers of the Indus Valley Civilization had already mastered the physics of thermal radiation, refractory clay engineering & controlled baking.
The ultimate weapon against the imported baking myth lies buried in the soil of Kalibangan (an ancient Indus Valley city in modern-day Rajasthan) & Harappa. During excavations, archaeologists unearthed several perfectly preserved, subterranean (underground) & overground cylindrical clay ovens dating back to 2500 BCE.
These ovens are structurally identical to the modern Indian tandoor. They feature thick, smooth clay walls designed to trap a massive amount of heat from a bed of charcoal/wood embers at the base.
We do not build a sophisticated, structurally reinforced vertical clay cylinder just to boil water/roast a piece of meat on a stick. The physical architecture of a vertical cylindrical oven serves exactly 1 scientific purpose: to trap hot air, creating a convection & radiant heat environment, which is the exact thermodynamic definition of baking.
Baking requires an incredibly high level of metallurgical & ceramic sophistication. If we take regular river clay, build an oven & subject it to intense, direct fire, the moisture inside the clay expands rapidly, causing the walls to crack/collapse/explode. The Harappans solved this through advanced material science:
They blended their clay with precise ratios of sand, quartz & organic binders like cattle dung/husk. This created what modern engineers call refractory ceramics, materials that can absorb immense thermal energy w/o structurally failing.
The interior walls were finished with a smooth, fine slips so that raw dough could be slapped directly onto the hot vertical surface, baking it via conduction on 1 side & intense radiant air heat on the other.
Now, to bake, we need a grain that can form a cohesive dough. While India later became synonymous with rice, the Indus Valley Civilization was heavily reliant on wheat & barley. Archaeologists have found massive public granaries packed with carbonized remains of Triticum aestivum (bread wheat) & barley.
They did not just boil these grains into porridge. The discovery of heavy stone saddle querns (grinding stones) & flat mullers at every residential unit proves that grains were systematically milled into fine flour. This flour was kneaded with water, shaped into flat/raised loaves & baked inside those ancient clay ovens.
When we look at the modern Indian kitchen today, whether it is a rustic village chulha/a tandoor in a dhaba/the traditional baked breads of North & Western India, we are not looking at borrowed traditions from the West/the Middle East. Our ancestors were masters of the oven when the Pyramids were still being built. They mapped out how clay interacts with fire, how dough behaves under radiant heat & built a baking legacy that has remained unbroken for 1000s yrs.
The next time someone claims baking is a Western/foreign concept, tell them about the ancient clay ovens of Kalibangan.
HOLY SHIT.
I've always avoided to say this, as i was lacking concrete proof of this...
But, now i think its time..
Congress IT cell is the part of larger anti india nexus which operates with the sole purpose of dehumanising indians to such an extent that people don't even hesistate to commit physical violence against indians.
Tarun uploaded a video of bangladeshi man, farrukh abdullah, who was licking photos of a lady, and deliberately labelled him as an indian.
But thats not it, the interesting part is that he did it right after the anti india telegram channel uploaded it on 8:03 AM IST.
THE MASKS ARE FALLING OFF!!
More than 300 humans have been killed in West Bengal just because they supported BJP - they were hacked to death, women raped and paraded naked, even children were not spared, BUT you wouldn't find a single video of Ravish Kumar talking about them and pointing out the barbarism of Mamata Banerjee and TMC.
People who were oppressed for long finally showing their anger are BJP workers for this Dalaal.
4 din mein democracy khatre mein aa gayi!
"We have spoken with the Master of the vessel Liaki Freedom, who has confirmed that all crew members are safe and that the reported information is false, says Ministry of External Affairs on reports of the vessel with Indian crew hit by military strike.
He is Brigadier Aryan Verma. He is just 20, making him the youngest brigadier ever, anywhere in the world.
He was preparing for NEET and failed twice. He then told his family that he had been selected as a brigadier in the Army. He rented a car, put a flag and stars on it, hired two bouncers, and started roaming around Shahjahanpur posing as a senior Army officer.
He was caught after two retired Army personnel found it hard to believe that such a young brigadier existed, especially one moving around with private security.
His father is a Horticulture Inspector, and his mother is a teacher in the Basic Education Department, and it's surprising they believed such an obvious fabrication by their son.
TMC loot saga being exposed today is just the tip of the iceberg.❗️
The rot runs far deeper, with corruption embedded into the very system. For years, TMC consumed Bengal like termites, hollowing out it from within.
𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐉𝐏 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭.
Five years ago, in Comilla, Bangladesh, under a Durga Puja pandal, a horrific conspiracy was allegedly hatched against Hindus by placing a Quran under the feet of the Durga idol.
What followed was severe violence: over 500 Hindu homes were set on fire, and more than 23 Hindus were killed, reportedly in response to allegations of blasphemy.
CCTV footage was later examined. It showed a Muslim youth personally carrying the Quran into the pandal. The footage revealed that it was indeed this youth who placed the Quran there.
At that time, Sheikh Hasina’s government was in power. Upon interrogation, the youth stated that Baharuddin had instructed him to place the Quran in exchange for 50,000 (currency unspecified).
Following this, the Bangladesh police began searching for Baharuddin. However, no trace of him was found.
Two days ago, someone reportedly spotted Baharuddin in Kolkata, India, and a video of him circulating online confirmed this sighting.
This morning, Kolkata police arrested the alleged terrorist Baharuddin.
It was reported that his wife, son, parents, and five other family members — eight people in total — were living peacefully in Kolkata. They were said to possess Indian documents including Aadhaar cards and ration cards, indicating that official documentation had been obtained in India.
Chief Ministers have come and gone, but in all my years I have never witnessed this kind of pent-up rage as is now directed at Mamata Banerjee and her nephew.
What they ran was a grotesque hybrid of mafia and gulag.
And the greater shame? The complicity of the media, the educated class, and the so-called elite. They enabled it. They rationalised it. They helped crush dissent.
The vulnerable were extorted. Political opponents, especially those who supported the BJP were hounded, brutalised, and silenced through unspeakable acts. It is unforgivable.
What we are seeing today: eggs thrown, heads tonsured, white sarees draped in chilling symbolism is still a fraction of what Bengal endured.
And yet, the old Indian instinct will be to ‘move on.’
That instinct has cost us dearly before. History is witness: suppressed anger does not dissipate, it ferments.
There must be, there should be consequences.
By law, first and foremost.
But ‘moving on’ is certainly not an option.
"Indian Navy safely recovers an unexploded missile warhead from a crude oil tanker, MT Olympic Life, off the Kochi coast. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker, which did not have any Indian nationals onboard, was on passage from Fujairah, UAE, to Kochi reported an explosion in its hull, while off the coast of Oman on 26 May 2026. A specialist Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Southern Naval Command was deployed after reports indicated a projectile had penetrated the hull and lodged inside a fuel tank. The team successfully isolated the detonation mechanism and extracted the warhead. No Indian nationals were onboard the vessel." - India's Ministry of Defence
Nowcast-3 [Severe weather warning for #Delhi & NCR] ⚠️
Strong #Duststorm with winds gusting upto 60-110km/h followed by Light-Moderate Rains, Isolated Heavy Rains, Hailstorms and lightning with thunder is ongoing over various parts of #Haryana will now impact #Delhi and #Gurgaon, #Noida, #Ghaziabad, #Faridabad and nearby areas will witness aforementioned activities in next 1-1.5 hrs.
•Seek shelter immediately a plume of dust and storm cloud will be visible at the western horizon.
•Wind speed will remain high in outer skirts and open areas of Delhi between 60-110km/h where as highly urban areas will witness winds between 40-80km/h
•Rainfall with varying intensity will continue for 1-2 hours with mild breeze till 12-1am.
#DelhiRains
बड़कू ने मेरी जिंदगी बर्बाद कर दिया, मेरे वीडियो वायरल करने की धमकी देता है, मुझे ब्लैकमेल करता। मेरे माँ-बाप कहीं मुंह दिखाने लायक़ नहीं बचे…..इसलिए मैं आत्महत्या कर रही हूं
ये वीडियो बनाकर BSC टॉपर सृष्टि मिश्रा ने अपनी जान दे दी। MP के पन्ना की इस दर्दनाक घटना पर चारों तरफ़ शांति है….
खैर, आप 370 की बिरयानी पर पोस्ट करते हैं। इंगेजमेंट मिलेगा। किसी परिवार के न्याय से क्या मतलब?
Ajay Parmar’s struggle after surviving the AI171 crash is truly heartbreaking. Beyond the physical injuries, he has endured immense social, financial, and mental challenges, yet he continues to fight on. His story stands as a powerful testament to courage, resilience, and the indomitable human spirit.
For the full story and an in-depth analysis of the hardships he has faced since this tragic accident, be sure to watch Khabargaon.
On Roadz Car Rental, Bangalore. Their driver ran a car over me when I asked for my ₹2,000 refund back. Customer care straight up threatened me. This is what local goons in this city do to outsiders. They think people from other states are easy targets. @BlrCityPolice@ONROADZ1
"Action and inquiry against the captain, why risk the lives of the crew. I lost my son. Govt must take a tough stance", says Rajesh Sharma, the father of 23-year-old sailor Aditya Sharma, who died after US attacked vessel off Oman coast.
Ads on Meta social media platforms advertising "Slum Walking Tours" in India. A Google search is full of these tours in every part of India. Some even offer "Luxury slum walking tours."
These tours are said to profit the operators with little money trickling down to improve the conditions of the poor. In fact, it commodities poverty and creates too many vested interests for slums to exist.
When the govt wants to clear a slum and build better housing for the poor dwellers, there's immediate pushback. And I'm not sure what permissions are taken from local govts for these tours. But I think the govt must definitely pay attention to these mushrooming tours.
@MEAIndia@tourismgoi@incredibleindia@CMOMaharashtra@CMODelhi