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roti kapra aur sukhan
it appears im related to two of the eight pureblood kokni families
i find the obnoxious self-perception (and to some extent that in IMs in general) of AMU as elite frankly ridiculous. if anything it is a cesspool of mediocrity in most disciplines. historicity does not a university make.
The founders of Deoband were offered supervisory roles overseeing religious education in Aligarh's MAO College (precursor of AMU). They refused because it gave space to Shias
em dash 😭😭
It’s clear you either haven’t read “India, Bharat and Pakistan” or you’ve chosen to dismiss it through an ideological lens. J. Sai Deepak’s work is a rigorously sourced, civilizationally grounded rebuttal to colonial narratives—drawing from archives, Indic texts, and legal…
Japanese ambassadors in general seem quite happy with their lives
I hear my opponents have travel plans…
I hear my opponents have travel plans…
waiting with bated breath for the playlist of this urdu course on gulistan e saadi to drop... the intro video portends amazing things to come
reasons to learn bangla: 1. shottojit ray/mrinal sen/ritwik ghatak 2. robindronath thakur
Satyajit Ray was crazy for this
It seems that the GHF "distribution centers" of Gaza is run through a system similar to the Hunger Games. Food boxes are piled in the center. At 2 am, the aid gate opens, and queueing Gazans rush and fight to seize them. This, + the pitch black darkness outside the zone, + the…
great book, if not as a cookbook (havent tried any of the recipes yet) then as a mini-repository of lore about muslim cuisines of the subcon from kerala to panjab to manipur. just one complaint- they missed kokni cuisine 🥲
