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Harini Nilakantan, with over 20 years of training and experience in various dance forms—most notably Bharatanatyam—delivered an outstanding Bharatanatyam fusion performance at the Dance Your Style West Qualifier: Las Vegas, held on March 21, 2026. She truly owned the stage, captivated the audience with her energy and grace, and secured a place among the Top 4 in the qualifiers, making India proud. Moments like these remind us how Indian women are shining across the globe in every field. Absolutely inspiring—kudos to her! 👏

Pune Rains

Harmonic oscillation in a levitated water drop Ultrasonic standing waves levitate a water droplet and flatten it into a disk. Modulating the sound at its resonance frequency excites harmonic shape modes creating rotating "star drops"

There is solid case for desanskritizing Kannada at all levels of education

nothing has topped this yet

This 2 months old kitten and my entire family is going through a horrible grief. The kitty who hated being touched now doesn't want to be left alone, he wants to be held and talked to. Love, love is so powerful. Even a 2 months old kitty knows it's love that would heal his heart

I am sorry, this is the worst thing I've ever read. Imagine calling a woman prostitute because she agreed to sleep with you... Dear Lord!

Bangalore is the only city where you can experience summer, winter and monsoon in the same month

The best part is that the America that Japanese people adore the most… is the same one that coastal elites call “flyover trash” They’re not autistically LARPing NY cynicism or SF polycule / LA wellness culture. They’re drawn to the heartland of the American South and all its trappings - the jacked-up trucks, backyard BBQs, country radio, big skies and the friendly "yes ma'am" drawl.

The easiest way to trigger entire Bengaluru twitter is to inform them that Whitefield, established around 1882 is older than Jayanagara - 🤣

I just realized there is no exact equivalent word for "empathy" in Hindi. Or any Indian language. Explains a lot, doesn't it. The closest one is the Sanskrit "samvedana" which is very close to empathy but not quite and is not broadly used. This concept of feeling/sharing/understanding someone else's pain, trauma and suffering is very alien to our culture. Because our culture is basically the caste system. And caste system actually actively *disincentivizes* empathy. We have words for kindness, compassion, love, charity, generosity, but not for empathy. Frankly, many older cultures don't understand and define empathy. Not just ours. It's an highly evolved concept, an high evolved word. And we we are a highly unevolved, backward culture.