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[sachin @Phiber_0ptik]

@elonmusk All the very best

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@avarakai It says status quo to be maintained. Hormuz remains closed and gulf states will still bleed money. Don't know how far this will go

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@MidoReigh If there's something the mallus excel at, it's gatekeeping. They will capture the job market solely by excluding others. If mallus leave bengaluru their state may become bankrupt in 3 months

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@centureshgowda @narendramodi The moment I see "lol" i know I'm dealing with a room temperature iq moron. Now just so you know NK contributes 23% of GDP, your own region contributes 12%.
Once NK and tulu nadu break away, you and your fellow thieves will be left with a begging bowl

[The Kaipullai @thekaipullai]

Today, I was reading about something called the Mandela Effect.

It is actually a very interesting psychological phenomenon. In this, a large group of people share the exact same false or distorted memory of a historical event. A mass delusion of some sort.

The name of this effect came from the mass false memory, that Nelson Mandela died in prison. When in reality, he didn't

There are many examples of Mandela effect in the world, and one of which is very popular in India. And it pertains to Islamic invasions.

Most of us believe that Indian kings of the time were pushovers and they usually folded and ran at the first sight of Islamic invading armies.

This memory has been reinforced with history books telling us how Ghazni invaded us 17 times or how Ghori defeated us and installed an Islamic Sultanate that ruled India forever after that, etc etc

This makes us think, we always lost.

The reality however, is slightly different.

Because we are never taught about the following battles. Battles which can bust the Mandela effect prevalent on this subject.

Battles in which Indian kingdoms, sometimes alone, sometimes together, smashed, annihilated and routed the invaders, over both land and the sea.

These are those battles, that we are never told about.

637 CE - An Arab force under the Umar Caliphate invades what is today's Thana, get their ass kicked by the Chalukya Empire, They tried to repeat it in both Bharuch and Dabhol, with similar ending.

738 CE - A confederation of Chalukyas, Pratiharas, Bappa Rawal and other Mewar Chiefs, destroy the Ummayad armies in the Battle of Rajasthan. The rout was total. So much for the narrative that we kept fighting amongst ourselves.

739 CE - A naval invasion of Sindhi Arabs, was defeated by the unknown Saindhava Dynasty on the Saurashtra Coast

758 CE - The Arabs launched a second naval invasion, but the result was the same. They were totally annihilated by the Saindhava King Krishnaraja off Saurashtra coast

776 CE - A third and final naval invasion was launched by Arab Sindhis. Records say more than a thousand ships were launched.

We don't know the exact number, but what we do know that they were so badly routed by the Saindhava King Agukka, that the Arabs gave up on their intentions to invade India for the next 250 years.

1021 CE - Mahmud Of Ghazni laid Siege to the Lohkot Fortress defended by the Lohara Dynasty of Kashmir. He tried to capture it for more than a month, but the Loharas repelled all the attacks. Finally Mahmud of Ghazni was forced to Withdraw and he never subjugated the Loharas till the end.

1034 CE - Raja Suheldev of Shravasti, destroys the Armies of Salar Masud, the nephew of Mahmud of Ghazni, in what is called the Battle of Bahraich.

And by destroyed, I meant the entire Ghaznavid army was annihilated. There is even a nice book written on it by @authoramish Do read it

1034 CE - Now this one is a subject for a very good movie.

Ahmad Niyaltigin, the Ghaznavid governor of Punjab, raided the prosperous city of Benaras, which was held at that time by the Kalachuri King Gangayadeva. The usual pillage and destruction followed.

What happened after that, was a little different. Because Gangayadeva didn't keep quiet. He followed the Ghaznavid army, caught up with them at Kangra, which was then under Ghaznavi control and routed them.

1043 CE - A confederacy of Raja Bhoja of Paramaras, Karna of the Kalachuris, the Chahamanas and the Tomaras, recover a good chunk of the territories lost to the Ghaznavids in the previous decade of invasions.

Our history books teach us we lost. Not the fact that we actually recovered our territories quickly afterwards.

1109 CE - Ghaznavids again raid Kannauj and take prisoner the Gahadavala king Madanachandra. His son defeats the Ghaznavids, secures his father and sends them scurrying back where they came from.

1178 CE - 13 years before the battle with Prithviraja, Muhammad of Ghor tries to invade India thru Rajasthan. He meets a determined army, led by the by Regent Queen Naikidevi of the Solankis (Chaulukyas).

The Solankis totally annihilate the Ghurid army, in what we call the Battle of Kasahrada, and send them scurrying into the desert, with no water and provisions. Most of the army dies in the retreat and Muhammad of Ghor himself was lucky to make it back home in one piece.

1204 CE - When Qutub Ud Din Aibak expanded the Ghurid Rule in the Gangetic belt and captured the fortress of Kalinjar, located in present day Banda in UP, from the Chandelas. King Trilokyavarman, mounted a counter attack, recaptured the fort, killed every single member of the Ghurid Army.

So Qutub ud Din Aibak marched against them with a new army, which was routed in the Battle of Kakadadaha, fought in present day Lalitpur district of UP.

Aibak didn't return after that and Chandelas continued to rule for another 115 years.

All of us talk about repeated Invasions and Plunder and what not.

I will never understand why nobody actually talks about the resistance and defeats that we repeatedly inflicted on these armies, over land and sea, for more than 300 years.

P:S: I may have missed out on some more battles. Please do point them out in the comments section. I will be very happy.

P:P:S: All these battles are marked on https://t.co/qxLVr1muHi. You can see the territorial changes post some battles on the site.

[sachin @Phiber_0ptik]

@centureshgowda @narendramodi A mysuri duffer talking about feudal families 😂😂. It's you guys who have alienated half the population and run the state into the ground

[sachin @Phiber_0ptik]

What a life! Seen and done it all

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

You think you’ve met some tough sailors?

Let me introduce you to one of the most badass sailors ever Commander Bill King, Royal Navy.

This absolute BADASS survived SIX YEARS of submarine warfare during WWII. No significant breaks. As other submarine captains were getting slaughtered by Germans, he kept returning to even the odds.

The he decided the best way to recover from the experience was to sail ALONE around the world in a 42-foot sailboat.

And somehow, that’s not even the craziest part of his story.

King was born in 1910. His father was killed fighting in WWI. At just 12 years old, he entered the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth.

By the outbreak of WWII, he was commanding British submarines.

Think about what that meant.

No nuclear propulsion. No modern sonar. No satellite intelligence. No helicopter rescue waiting overhead.

Just diesel engines, batteries, torpedoes, and a steel pressure hull separating you from a horrible death.

He fought through the Battle of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean campaigns before taking command of HMS Telemachus in the Pacific.

In July 1944, King hunted down and sank the Japanese submarine I-166 in the Strait of Malacca.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order TWICE, along with the Distinguished Service Cross.

He was reportedly the ONLY British submarine commander to remain in submarine command from the beginning of WWII to its end.

SIX YEARS.

Imagine the accumulated stress of six years hunting enemy warships while knowing that one depth charge could send you and your entire crew to the bottom.

The war ended, but it never really left him.

King later admitted that the experience had reduced him to a nervous wreck.

So what did he do?

He bought a ruined castle in Ireland, took up farming, and eventually decided he needed to get away from EVERYTHING.

In 1968, at the age of 58, he entered the inaugural Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.

The mission?

Race 9 other competitors to be the first to sail alone, nonstop, around the entire planet.

He built the 42-foot junk-rigged schooner named Galway Blazer II.

No GPS. No Starlink. No weather routing. No EPIRB.

Just celestial navigation, seamanship, and a lifetime of experience surviving in places where mistakes get people killed.

He sailed south into the Atlantic.

Then the Southern Ocean came looking for him.

A monstrous storm capsized his boat, destroying his masts.

King survived, rigged emergency sails, and eventually made it to South Africa.

Race over.

Worse? He lost the race to a young Merchant Navy officer.

You laugh but the other Royal Navy commander whose boat sunk in that race, was so embarrassed by being shamed by other naval officers that he hung himself.

Most men would have called it quits.

Not Bill King.

He tried again.

And again.

On a subsequent attempt, something enormous, possibly a shark or whale, slammed into his boat off Australia, punching a hole in the hull.

He spent DAYS making emergency repairs at sea.

Again, he survived.

Finally, in 1973, at the age of 62, SIXTY TWO, he completed his solo circumnavigation.

He had survived two world wars’ worth of family tragedy, six years of submarine combat, a dismasting, a capsizing, and a terrifying collision at sea.

And he was STILL sailing.

In 1975, the Cruising Club of America awarded him its prestigious Blue Water Medal.

But there’s one more part of his story I find extraordinary.

Decades after King sank the Japanese submarine I-166, the son of one of the Japanese sailors killed aboard that submarine visited him in Ireland.

Instead of hatred, the two families developed a friendship.

They planted trees together as symbols of peace.

Think about that.

A submarine commander who had spent years trying to kill the enemy ultimately found friendship with the family of a man he’d killed in battle.

Bill King lived to be 102 YEARS OLD. He simply refused to die.

Fair winds Commander 🫡

[sachin @Phiber_0ptik]

@ANI That delinquent needs a lobotomy, not counselling. The parents need chinese style re education

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@ians_india That delinquent is a future nirbhaya level criminal. The useless mouth needs to be segregated or lobotomised

[Dr Mouth Matters @GanKanchi]

Please circulate - Ten Things a Hindu can do While using English Language: - written by Francois Gautier (check his Facebook page. He knows more Hinduism than many of us)
# 01.
Please stop using the term "God fearing" - Hindus never ever fear God. For us, God is everywhere and we are also part of God. God is not a separate entity to fear.
It is integral.
# 02.
Please do not use the meaningless term "RIP" when someone dies. Use "Om Shanti", "Sadhgati" or "I wish this atma attains moksha/sadhgati /Uthama lokas". Hinduism neither has the concept of "soul" nor its "resting". The terms "Atma" and "Jeeva" are, in a way, antonyms for the word "soul".(to be understood in detail)
# 03.
Please don't use the word "Mythology" for our historic epics (Ithihaas) Ramayana and Mahabharata. Rama and Krishna are historical heroes, not just mythical characters.
# 04.
Please don't be apologetic about idol worship and say “Oh, that's just symbolic". All religions have idolatry in kinds or forms - cross, words, letters (calligraphy) or direction.
Also let's stop using the words the words 'idols', 'statues' or 'images' when we refer to the sculptures of our Gods.
Use the terms 'Moorthi' or 'Vigraha'. If words like Karma, Yoga, Guru and Mantra can be in the mainstream, why not Moorthi or Vigraha?
# 04.
Please don't refer to Ganesh and Hanuman as "Elephant god" and "Monkey god" respectively. You can simply write Shree Ganesh and Shree Hanuman.
# 05.
Please don't refer to our temples as prayer halls. Temples are "devalaya" (abode of god) and not "prarthanalaya" (Prayer halls).
# 06.
Please don't wish your children "black birthday" by allowing them to blow off the candles that are kept on top of the birthday cake. Don't throw spit on the divine fire (Agni Deva). Instead, ask them to pray: "Oh divine fire, lead me from darkness to light" (Thamasoma Jyotirgamaya) by lighting a lamp. These are all strong images that go deep into the psyche.
# 07.
Please avoid using the words "spirituality" and "materialistic". For a Hindu, everything is divine. The words spirituality and materialism came to India through evangelists and Europeans who had a concept of Church vs State. Or Science vs Religion. On the contrary, in India, Sages were scientists and the foundation stone of Sanatan Dharma was Science.
# 09.
Please don't use the word "Sin" instead of "Paapa". We only have Dharma (duty, righteousness, responsibility and privilege) and Adharma (when dharma is not followed). Dharma has nothing to do with social or religious morality. 'Paapa' derives from Adharma.
# 10.
Please don't use loose translation like meditation for "dhyana" and 'breathing exercise' for "Pranayama". It conveys wrong meanings. Use the original words.
Remember, the world respects only those who respect themselves!
Please pass it on so that people can understand about Hindu Dharma....

[sachin @Phiber_0ptik]

@IndianCatalyst1 @eagleeye_p @Gabbar0099 I have seen and experienced worse in bengaluru esp in hopefarm jn and shivaji nagar. Plus a fun fact for you Bengaluru is the 3rd most violent metro after Delhi and Mumbai

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@Ayush90588474 They have taken the whole love for silence and calm to such ridiculous lengths that people have got isolated from each other, plus most cities and towns go dead after 6pm, you don't even see people outside. Easy to lose your mind esp if without family

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@IndianCatalyst1 @eagleeye_p @Gabbar0099 It's the reality all over India, your pretending it doesn't happen in the south doesn't change a thing

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@IndianCatalyst1 @eagleeye_p @Gabbar0099 The point was about parking disputes escalating into needless violence. You clearly didn't see or learn anything

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@fitt_dino @Gabbar0099 Add to that most uncooperative attitude and highly exaggerated sense of self importance

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@IndianCatalyst1 @eagleeye_p @Gabbar0099 You clearly haven't driven around in Pune, chennai or Bengaluru

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@HPhobiaWatch Not just jobs, it's education too, so much for 100 percent literacy. In fact if the mallus leave bengaluru, their state might become bankrupt in 3 months

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@Kalshi_Film For me, it would be this scene from titanic

[sachin @Phiber_0ptik]

@thekaipullai If you check out the science/tech content by creators such as Mark Rober, Steve Mould, Smarter Everyday, you will realize indian YT scene is light years behind them.
I would say it is so because of the distinct lack of DIY culture amongst Indians.