Ajay Verghese has done an in-depth study revealing how the British incited caste conflict that contrasted with princely state rule (caste conflict remains higher in British-ruled areas to this day compared to princely state-ruled areas).

Link: stanfordpress.typepad.com/blog/2016/03/d…

Glad to see so many fence sitters finally realizing the below…

The genesis of the reservation system in India.

From my latest video on the early days of the Indian Republic (Link Below) 👇🏽

'May the Bengali arm strengthen India's arm, may the Bengali's word vindicate India's word, may the Bengali never waywardly decide to make himself worthless by seceding from the sadhana [pursuit]of India's Mukti [complete emancipation].'

-Rabindranath Tagore, Mahajati Sadan,1939

All protests should be measured against Gandhi & MLK

Holding their mettle & forcing discipline onto their followers granted them massive long-term victories both institutionally & ideologically

Protests that devolve into riots & violence usually only grant short-term reprieves.

Modi is really bringing the ideas of the Old India of his opponents & his own New India to a head.

The stakes of the election heighten as hushed acceptance & business-as-usual meet brazen challenges & an 'India beyond.'

Will Durant gives a 6-point 'estimation' of Gandhi after carefully observing & critiquing him:

1. First, though leaping far ahead of the moral consciousness of mankind, which is yet tribal arid national, he has helped the international organization of industries and states to…

Eclipse rituals are detailed across India.

Most surprising is that many involve feeding crocodiles?!

Otherwise many normal customs such as bathing and praying.

Crystal clear political nous 👇🏽

Never realized the amount of nautical terms used in everyday English until I watched this video.

English is a language of & carried by the sea 🌊⛵️

Having created more than ~15000 images and played with LLMs more than sanity usually permits, I am excited to extend this 2-day workshop!

Have received a lot of interest on using generative AI creatively for Indic and cultural themes. This is an opportunity to get initiated.

Will Durant details British critique against Indian Nationalism...which sounds strikingly similar to modern Western critique against Hindu Nationalism:

'The outstanding feature of this social philosophy, to a Western mind, is its typical resemblance to the romanticism of…

Both foreign & domestic Indian press did not even have 1/10th of the reaction to statements concerning the eradication of Hinduism, calls for violent redistribution on caste lines, & open election denial by the opposition.

The delta between the above & below is why Modi wins.

The kidnapping of underage Hindu girls to marry 40 something+ Muslim men is a weekly occurrence in Pakistan.

Yet completely absent in any conversation in most South Asian publications, activist organizations, & academia abroad.

Why?