From being a rationalist to being a devotee

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Folks - Let's talk about race, privilege, identity, and what constitutes a legitimate claim to knowledge in the study of Indian history. THREAD #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #history #India

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So, does my race matter? Yes. I have benefited from white privilege at every stage in my life, including now. I oppose white privilege and strive to make the playing field more equal. Simultaneously, I try to use my white privilege for the greater good, to call out injustices.

Knowledge of history is not found in the water that you drink, nor in your blood that runs through your veins. Historical knowledge is gained by long, intense, laborious training.

So, folks, identity matters, but it is not the basis on which historians speak. If you want to listen to someone's views on Indian history because of their appearance, you're rejecting the very basis of academic inquiry, namely the bedrock of knowledge and analysis.

Audrey Truschke- how soul vultures lie about Indian history for cheap conversions – She belongs to a soul vulture family. Should not be allowed to enter India as her prime motivation is conversion through false narratives https://t.co/IjkeJXfnYK

https://twitter.com/Sanjay_Dixit/status/1150573989892247552?s=19

Even hotter take: Derrida's critique of Agamben is clearly motivated by personal animosity! And many Derrideans accept it due to in-group dynamics rather than a fair assessment of Agamben's work! Which is fine. There's so much to read.

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I'm working on Homo Sacer today, and it strikes me that antiquated medical texts are an "area of competence" for Agamben throughout his career. We get a good helping of that in Stanzas, in the third part of Homo Sacer, then in Use of Bodies.

We begin a new series on the enduring fight for survival of an ancient civilisation against a menacing, violent ideology: the first that has refused to submit to the onslaught, the last of the great pagan bastions..Who will win..?

#Quran #Islam #Hindus https://t.co/XuJNgnqgZZ

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The Qur’ān, the Mu’mins, the Ahl-e-Qitāb & The Kāfirs – I

A spate of violence unleashed on Hindus by Muslim mobs in the recent months in India have to be viewed in the context of a larger war of civilisation that has been going on since fourteen centuries https://t.co/XuJNgnqgZZ

All Muslims turn towards the Kaaba to pray, but this was not always so. In the initial phase of Islam, Muslims turned towards Jerusalem. It was only later that the qiblah was changed to the Kaaba, writes @mjakbar, https://t.co/KsgPAIgp13 https://t.co/E5nef6ToZI

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The Ahmedabad Session of the pre-independence Indian National Congress that met on 24 December 1921 officially appointed Mohandas Gandhi as the dictator. Read what happened next. https://t.co/Fox27LxXvM

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There's one device I want you everyone to keep in mind when reading about Hindu Princely states. Nehruvian era historians distorted their actions greatly, in order to justify the merger

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A careful reader can see Bankim Chandra ji's writing transition from being a rationalist to being a devotee through out the book. The transition, whether by intent or by destiny, is beautiful @Sai_swaroopa @AbhinavAgarwal @IndicAcademy @indictoday

https://twitter.com/IndicBookClub/status/1150707103058653184?s=19

I don’t know. Does anybody know? 😀

I would guess the outlook for sport would be similar to Yōga, or to the Mārga dance forms in Nātyaśāstra: avoid risky sports that bring harm to the body, avoid games of chance/gambling, cultivate sports that bring union to the body and mind. https://t.co/MgkDBBFcrb

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1150692399083134976?s=19

From the point of view of Nātyaśāstra, the performance is ultimately not for an audience, but for the meditative inner experience of the performer himself/herself. The same is true of sport. From a Yogic perspective, a good sport should encourage this capacity of “flow” over age.

"Nation-state borders, in their current form, cannot humanely, justly, or even efficiently accommodate the depth of transnational interconnection that characterizes our world." https://t.co/MijRiRNXVY

https://twitter.com/DissentMag/status/1150812270244638727?s=19

Climate Revolution a ‘Must Read’ for understanding our Sun driven climate as we progress deeper into the new Eddy Grand Solar Minimum. Weather extremes leading to high food prices are here now, and this book describes the expected changes from 2019-2023

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Can i have ur e mail id please....I personally involve  in waste  management policy issue which has a huge potential for livelihood https://t.co/OXYwOLZvl8 good friend from Odisha has strted a compay to provide primary health care fascility in digital platforms..Mail u detais..

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Rasagola is good as it has protein. Not eating rice or roti (including their derivatives) is the solution. Body doesn't need them at all. My Bhata chhada andolana!

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1150799486597287936?s=19

Please take a look at this seminal work. https://t.co/SszOdcDw2S @BooksPanda @ashoswai @svaradarajan

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1150815409496440834?s=19

I realised Mogubai's Tilak Kamod (Sakala Dukha Harana) rendition wasn't available on YouTube. Sharing it with all of you on her 115th birth anniversary.  https://t.co/dxWc6nPQxn #Mogubai #MogubaiKurdikar

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Magic of such timeless classic: one can't remember when & where one heard it for the first time! Whoever in our time hadn't a chance to hear it in  childhood is an unfortunate one. https://t.co/fxo3L7jdY4

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Krishna's lover Radha was not even named in Srimad Bhagavatam, the canonical text strictly followed by the Hare Krishna Vaishnavites. If I'm not wrong, several other puranas (Brahma-Vaivarta Purana, etc), suggest that Radha is fair-complexioned while Krishna isn't..

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The reality is that the religiously motivated nob violence by muslims on non muslims is the highest. Make muslims peaceful, @asadowaisi. Make muslims stop cattle theft, smuggling, mob violence, rape and lynching of innocent Hindus, especially our dalit brothers and sisters. https://t.co/eWhnn2aDs6

https://twitter.com/SpiritWithBody/status/1150658248250257408?s=19

Same logic applies to you. You believing that 'I am imposing my love for cow' is ur personal choice and is only limited to you. You can't impose your belief on me. I worship and protect whatever I want. Also, I won't get violent when some 'Vishnu Das' is lynched. Jai Shri Ram. https://t.co/pu869XQHAW

https://twitter.com/SanjeevSanskrit/status/1150628184062214145?s=19

@Auro_Mere Again gone thro’ the article  in @timesofindia ! Appears that only @iitmadras @IITKgp @IITKanpur @iitgn etc are associated with the project ‘Gandhipaedia ‘! I hope there’ll be lots of devotees of #SriAurobindo ,like you’re from @iitdelhi, who can help in ‘Auropedia’ ! https://t.co/ZF6vxVIt0T

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61) Hymns 389 - 394 (Verses 3,914 - 3,951): Description of Rig-Veda, Mandala 05, Sukta 035 to 040 (including a hymn on the legend of Svarbhanu); with #SriAurobindo's words on the true psychological significance of Soma https://t.co/wcplyyIu1q

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What is the origin of the different methods of writing,– from right to left, from left to right or, like the Chinese, vertically? SRI AUROBINDO ESSAYS IN PHILOSOPHY AND YOGA SHORTER WORKS 1910-1950 https://t.co/vha8nxnDC2 @vakibs @bennedose @Hiranyareta @Shakra_Kulish @Parikramah

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1150806321618251776?s=19

Twelve years back https://t.co/NFyh03iKoW @NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad (UP) #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

"No term was fixed to the high-pitched attempt;" -Sri Aurobindo. Savitri. Book 2, Canto 1 https://t.co/M9rgU4Vxz5

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Savitri Era Political Action: Will Durant, Paul Brunton, and Bimal Roy https://t.co/aJ6Bt7VosG

@NathTusar, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF), Shipra Riviera, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad UP #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Savitri Era of those who adore,

Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

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