[Lila: My previous post reported on thewidespread use in current Tamil Nadu TV (Sun TV serials) of occult symbols drawn from mother- goddess (Amma) worship,accompanied by imagery of lamias and snakes and references to divination, seances, and black magic. Was this intended to reinforce the ...
We are not allowed to speak in Parliament, alleges Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra CNM News Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the BJP and the RSS of “suppressing” institutions meant to defend democracy in the country and alleged that Opposition members were not allowed ...
Laws such as the PTA and the ICCPR Act continued to be in place despite evidence that the PTA has been largely used against both Tamil and Muslim minorities, and the ICCPR Act was weaponized against those critical of Buddhism. Meanwhile, those inciting violence against minorities...
Motie is short, and has a low release point, but puts significant overspin on the ball, meaning some balls are quick and skiddy, while others turn sharply off the pitch. In the group stages, he bowled arguably the ball of the tournament to...
you’d be flabbergasted too. This is too surreal and supernatural to be real. Feels like something pulled out of a fiction. After I came to terms with what had just happened, I screamed my lungs out- something I would have never done in a world with the most judgmental species in exist...
To a large extent, this is perhaps inevitable, given the urgency required of reporting when a disaster strikes and the disruptions to transport that typically arise, meaning that many initial assessments are made in locations with dependable road access. Much of this type of reporting is confined...
you came” (to be discussed in detail throughout the text). This book does not attempt to suggest that the world is bad, or made o a di erent SUBSTANCE than THAT SUB- STANCE. Rather, it is a discussion o “what is” apperceived (“looks”) like, when the veil parts and “you...
As we will see, each of the two communities came into conflict with local civic authorities on this point. As we look to bovine futures, we must also reflect on the implications of caring for them through to their natural expiry. In particular, in a Hindu theological context, it is ...
Marathi is followed by Tamil, with 63 million speakers. Next comes Turkish, the language spoken in Turkey, and it has 59 million speakers. Number 18, Urdu is spoken by 58 million people. Gujarati has 44 million speakers, and Polish is also spoken by 44 million people. Number 21, which ...
While the ending for The Secret History was rather exquisite, evoking the tragic in a way that was both sad and tender, The Goldfinch ends with what feels like a sermon from Theo, desperately trying to attribute meaning to everything that had happened thus far while still assuring us that ...