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AR Rahman in his prime produced good pop music.
But to transcend into classical, he would have had to conjure magic like this. 🧵 (1/5)
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“We see the same stars, the sky is shared by all, the same world surrounds us. What does it matter what wisdom a person uses to seek for the truth?”
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@GraniRau I see. Arriving in India Islam said, “hey kaffir, another thug called Christian is in the line to beat you up after me, so let me prepare you for him for your own sake”, and proceeded to kick the native.
As asshat theories go, this one deserves a Christian Pulitzer.
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Islam really helped Hinduism by innoculating it against Christian influence.
Christians are more insidious because they not only use the sword, they come in under guise of trade or diplomacy and work to make networks and to convert malcontents, minorities, and women.
TweetWinger@MyselfLiberal
@sabizak @Saatvata I don’t get the point. Hindus should not resent Islamic rule because Christians (elsewhere, in an earlier time) were equally iconoclastic and brutal?
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Weird, weird experience Hagia Sophia. What a world we live in. What a strange, strange place.
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@prafullaketkar In Telugu states, Ugadi was always called the Telugu new year to distinguish it from January 1 st which is called the “English” new year. This is not a new phenomenon, and not an expression of linguistic chauvinism. The editor of RSS’s official journal should know better.
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What is Telugu new year? It is Bharatiya (Hindu) New Year, in Karnataka and Andhra Telangana it is called Ugadhi, derived from Yuga. Otherwise, Gudhi Padwa, Chaitra Pratipada, Chaitrai, Ugadhi - all means the same- starting of the Bharatiya calendar.
ANI@ANI
#WATCH | Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu: Devotees visit the Vaikundapathi Perumal Temple and offer prayers on the occasion of Ugadi, Telugu New Year. The rituals began in the early morning with Gomatha Pooja.
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Most all Indian films are below average. They lack depth, won’t leave a lasting impression. Actually, now this is a global phenomenon, Hollywood is no better. This has been the case since OTT phenomenon. It is not easy to draw audience to theaters anymore, so spectacle has replaced substance. Durandhar is actually a better entertainer in this OTT era film.
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@GabbbarSingh Durandhar 1 was a below average three hour endurance test. A meandering plot with lack lustre performances. Saw it being haed as something exceptional - general lack of quality of blywood must be a reason. Hopefully 2 is not more of a durandhar
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Since the advent of social media, when people could access an aggregate opinion, these movie critics became fossils.
Now all they do is use their column space to project their politics, it’s read by 6 other movie critics. And they scratch each others’ back. Imagine someone with one day job, announcing proudly that he won’t do it, coz his politics is hurt. :)
Raja Sen@RajaSen
Not watched Dhurandhar. Not watching 2randhar. That’s all, folks.
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Retardo, here’s what’s bothering your casteist ass. She clearly is from humble origins. Her son made it good. He is already your social equal. Your children won’t be able to put on retarded airs of being superior to his children because they can speak English — his children will not only speak the white guy’s language but they will speak it with white guy’s accent too. I can see why you are boiling. Lol.
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@MyselfLiberal @AbhishBanerj Eat some food and relax. I dont go around covering my face around any food. And I have been to 143 countries. Stfu and sit down.
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You can be a vegetarian .
You can be a vegan.
You can be anything from an omnivore to fruitarian.
Indian vegetarians need to understand a simple fact. You dont get to disrespect other people's food in your country or another country.
You dont walk around making faces, displaying a gag reflex, or covering your face.
You may not like it. Its a YOU problem. Stay away from such places.
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@TVMohandasPai Comrade @ram_guha ‘s next book is going to be on Nehru’s modesty, as exemplified in Nehru awarding Bharat Ratna to himself.
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After Nehru, who? Who wrote this? This vain person
Ramachandra Guha@Ram_Guha
“Self-admiration is always a dangerous thing in an individual. It is equally dangerous in a nation, for it makes it self-satisfied and indolent and the world passes by leaving it behind.” Jawaharlal Nehru, September 1928.
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Well using that same right to social commentary — looking at you and that woman, the class difference is palpable. There likely is a caste difference as well. You are an ugly casteist venting bile against a woman from a lower class and caste because you see your caste privilege ending. May you boil forever in helpless rage.
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@MyselfLiberal @AbhishBanerj Social commentary. Thats a fundamental right. Welcome to India! Its how we bring change. From street plays to social media shame! We oppose casteist ideas of food. Dont like it. Fuck off!
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@saaiyer @AbhishBanerj Your behavior attacking another person who did no harm to you, is not around to defend herself, is repulsive. Who are you to judge anyone or set norms for the behavior of anyone? Why do you think you have this privilege, unless you are a casteist and an elitist?
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@MyselfLiberal @AbhishBanerj Never set precedents foe bad behavior. It affects the reputation of a nation and its ppl.
The caste system is responsible for this irrefutable behavior. I will always speak against this!
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@AbhishBanerj @saaiyer The attacks on her over a matter so trivial, so innocent are disgusting to say the least. There is an online lynchmob mentality.
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@AnujGurwara You are talented. You can write film reviews without watching films.
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One of the worst things you can do to your time, your money, your brain, your intelligence and your life - is spend 4hrs watching Dhurandhar 2.
I haven’t watched the first one. Definitely not falling for this overhyped nonsense either.
And if you think - “timepass hi to hai, kya farak padta hai” - then might as well go eat adulterated food, drink contaminated water and breathe in a bit of the exhaust from a vehicle.
Same thing.
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@TheRainPoet @bekhayalime Bang on. The quotation is making the OP mad. Why is she (assuming it is a she) mad? Because it is HER intentions that are dubious. She is looking at the film with hate-filled eyes, and projecting that hate on to the film-maker.
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@bekhayalime We aren’t getting angry with the quote. Why are LeLis and Muslíms getting angry?
Nupur Sharma quotes your religious book, you get angry.
Dhurandhar quotes our religious book, you still get angry!
Chahte kya ho, BC?
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Intentions are what truly matter. Nolan quoted the Bhagavad Gita to convey Oppenheimer’s remorse over creating the nuclear bomb, while Aditya Dhar used the Gita quote to stir anger among people. Similarly, films like Swades, Lagaan, and The Legend of Bhagat Singh referenced religious texts, but their purpose was never to provoke anger.
Abhishek@MSDianAbhiii
Christopher Nolan can include a Bhagavad Gita quote in his films, but when Aditya Dhar does the same, it suddenly becomes an issue. Interesting double standards.
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What job will a B.A. in History from a non-descript college get? But that degree has raised his expectations. Actually, even among BE/BTech degree holders the problem is same. I recall a NASSCOM report from about 15 years ago that said that a large number of them were unemployable, so you had a weird situation where jobs in IT sector were going unfilled.
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Read the damn article.. The issue highlighted is employability, not education. The article clearly says India has progressed significantly adding more jobs .. but the real problem is that many degree holders lack job-ready skills.
And You’re exactly the kind of “educated but not skilled” the article is pointing at.
Abhijeet Dipke@abhijeet_dipke
Because the country is being run by the most uneducated leader it has ever seen.
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@bekhayalime Would have been nicer if it was an Islamic reference singing how Mohammad stopped people from killing each other.
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Swades is the perfect example. It included a religious reference. the entire Ramayana segment but never attempted to stir anger, instead, it aimed to uplift society. This is how religious references should be used, unlike what Dhar did in Dhurandhar 2
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Intentions are what truly matter. Nolan quoted the Bhagavad Gita to convey Oppenheimer’s remorse over creating the nuclear bomb, while Aditya Dhar used the Gita quote to stir anger among people. Similarly, films like Swades, Lagaan, and The Legend of Bhagat Singh referenced religious texts, but their purpose was never to provoke anger.
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@TheSanjivKapoor Only fools defend one with the other. Both are bad.
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Heck of a lot better than this, don't you think?
Rupak@RupakChatto
Amazing how some Bengalis revel in celebrating illegality, inconvenience and lack of progress.
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1. Their numbers increased. Mask is off, no pretense needed anymore. 2. Jihad is indefensible in civilised language. Brazening it out the is the only way out. 3. Right from Mohammad’s time, Islam always packaged massacres of non-Muslims as retaliation for victimisation of Muslims.
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The reason I completely stopped showing any empathy for Muslim victims is this 👇👇. A clear pattern of cretinous behavior like by Muslims - they are simply unable to muster even a little bit of genuine sympathy for non-Muslim victims of Muslim bigotry. You will immediately find them reflexively indulging in gaslighting or whataboutery like this wherein they are the real victims.
The reason is simple. Most of them don't even consider non-Muslims as human beings.
firefly@funny_Democracy
This is the house of Ehsaan Jafri where he was burnt along with 70 people alive when he was trying to save them from Hindus in Gujarat in 2002. in total 4-5kmuslims were murdered in Gujarat massacre When he called the CM who is now PM of India for help he got abused on the phone
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@SanUvacha I guess you know what he means: scriptural justification for genociding Jews. He is flaunting his Allah-given “rights”.
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😂 These clowns have been saying this since the 7th century.
The Muslim Cowboy@MercifulMessage
Very soon The stones and trees will speak
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Back in the Soviet era, an American and a Russian met at a European bar and got to discuss their respective countries. The American told how great life in New York was and the Russian narrated how cheap cost of living in Moscow was. For every American flex, the Russian gave two. Finally, exasperated, the American said, “We have freedom of speech in my country. I can shout: hey ho, President Reagan has gotta go!”
The Russian leaned back in his chair, smiled triumphantly, and said, “we have greater freedom of speech in the soviet union, my friend. I can shout: hey ho, son of a bitch Reagan has gotta go!”
You remind me of that Russian.
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@sachinyuvifan Of course I'm brother, that's why I have freedom of speech...
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But brother you are from Pakistan 🤯
Imtiaz@CricImtiaz
In the 80s and 90s, Bollywood was independent and often made films that openly criticized the government, army, system, and leaders. Today, its totally different, Bollywood now follows the govt's preferred narrative, showing only what the system wants people to see....
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@AbhishBanerj Also, what were called “press gangs” roamed the streets, kidnapped merchant navy sailors and forcibly conscripted them into Royal Navy. I wonder if that’s how Britain acquired the naval supremacy that enabled it beat other European states at colonising the world.
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Fun fact: The Royal Navy was essentially a pirate force.
It used to have a mandate to kidnap anyone at sea and force them to serve!
In fact, Royal Navy kidnapped 1000s of Americans and forced them to serve
It got so intolerable that America went to war with Britain in 1812.
Acyn@Acyn
Sheehy: The Royal Navy used to be a great force for good in the world. Now, they are a rust bucket. They should be showing up to support this.
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You are uncomfortable and apologetic about Indians speaking up. You want to shut them up before (you think) some white guy will do it and embarrass you. That’s the real cringe — you censoring yourself for fear that someone may mock you.
There’s no shame in pointing out the robbing and the thieving of physical resources and physical labour that the European colonial powers pulled off across the world. I don’t think there is much dispute about this, is there any? Who needs to be ashamed about theft, anyways, the thief or the victim?
Intellectual theft is far more insidious than physical theft. The west claims attributes credit for all scientific progress in the world to its own inventors. The foundation and contributions of others are either ignored, or worse, appropriated. All victors write history to glorify themselves — in the west’s narrative, they are the sole civilizing force.
This account, Parimal, is bringing a much-needed balance to that one-sided narrative.
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@s_dprasad @Fintech03 No other country has these "we used to be so great" X accounts. Living in the past betrays insecurity. To each their own but there's the cringe factor to consider.
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Apologies but Double Entry Bookkeeping which the West attributes to the Italian Luca Pacioli in 1494 was already functioning in India as the Bahi-Khata system in the 7th century.
Indian merchants did not just use standard 1, 2, 3 in their internal books. They used Mahajani/Landa scripts, which were purposefully designed to be non-convertible.
In these scripts, a 2 did no look like a character that could easily be turned into a 3/8. The characters were designed with terminating loops. If you tried to add a stroke to a Mahajani digit, it would intersect a loop in a way that looked obviously botched.
They wrote their ledgers w/o vowels. To an outsider (like a tax collector/a rival), the ledger looked like a jumble of consonants. Only the head accountant knew the key to turn those consonants into specific commodity names.
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@trainwalebhaiya @AshwiniVaishnaw Earlier, even obtaining a licence involved scrutiny. Now, you into a party fund, get the contracts, and the govt doesn't care whether the work is completed
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Length of tunnels constructed in Indian Railways:
• Till 2014: 125 km
• 2014–Present: 486 km
Source: @AshwiniVaishnaw
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