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[THREAD: HISTORY OF THE HINDU TEMPLE]1/102Four hours south of Aswan in Lower Nubia, right by the Nile, is a region dotted with temple complexes built more than 3,000 years ago.
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[THREAD: WHEN GREECE RULED INDIA]1/89Some time in the 7th century AD, Sanskrit writer Bāṇabhaṭṭa did a biography on his patron, emperor Harshavardhana. It was titled Harṣacarīta and is said to
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[THREAD: ZERO]1/51Once upon a time in the land of Mesopotamia, there lived a people who engaged in commerce, had a system of weights and measures, paid in currency, and most
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[THREAD: UJJAIN — HYPE VS. FACTS]1/82Timekeeping is a 3,500-year-old tradition that goes back to Ancient Egypt and Babylon where they used giant stone obelisks for the purpose. We call them
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[QUICK THREAD: BURIDAN'S ASS]1/28An old French proverb goes, on ne fait pas boire un âne qui n'a pas soif. Translated to English, one does not make a donkey drink if
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Except, the islands were transferred to Burma by the British in 1882, 7 years before Nehru was born. Burma was separated from India (both were British colonies) by the British
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[QUICK THREAD: HAUNTED BY GANDHI]1/10There's a reason this street in Chicago is named after Gandhi, not Godse. 2/10There's a reason this Rotterdam Street is named Gandhistraat and not Nathustraat. 3/10There's
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[QUICK THREAD: THE PARADOX OF TOLERANCE]1/31Should the tolerant tolerate the intolerant? The question has given sleepless nights to political thinkers for centuries. That's because it's a paradox, but also because
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[QUICK THREAD: WHY SO SLOW]1/21Say, we're friends. You're American, I'm Indian. And we're both to cast our votes. You vote in Boston, I in Bihar. Whose vote do you think
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[THREAD: WHAT IF HE REFUSES?]1/51"Senator Jones has just informed me that the returns indicate your election, and I hasten to extend my congratulations. We have submitted the issue to the
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[THREAD: BRAHMINS, NAWABS, SHAMPOO, AND KENNEDY]1/71The White Man oppresses the Black Man. That's the most enduring statement on the Western society and its legacy. But go back a few centuries
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[THREAD: BAVARIA, BANKRUPTCY, BILLBOARDS]1/65Once upon a time in Bavaria, Germany, lived a man named Jacob Best. There, he ran a small brewery and lived off it with his wife and
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