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TheMeghdoot
MeghdootDiaries
1/ Tamralipti, one of India's first ancient ports; is identified at modern day Tamluk in West Bengal (around 100 km from Kolkata)A humble museum located on a congested shopping street
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Advaid അദ്വൈത്
Advaidism
Actor MGR's father (Melakath Gopala Menon) was banished in 1903 Smarthavicharam trial and he moved to Ceylon.In the 1903 trial, the widowed Antharjanam confessed to having slept with 15 men.
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Paul 🌹📚 Cooper
PaulMMCooper
One of the most incredible stories I came across while researching my first book was that of Robert Knox.Knox was shipwrecked in 1659 on the island of Ceylon (modern-day Sri
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Dr. Richard Duckett
richard_duckett
AWOL: Dealing with DesertersA thread https://soeinburma.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/awol-dealing-with-deserters/ From late 1943 until the Japanese attack on India in March 1944, SOE had patrol groups known a 'P Force' operating on the
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Muhammad Ariff
AriffShihab
1.@PresRajapaksa Has given his speech and pretty much told the #Muslims of #SriLanka to shut up and accept his decree on cremation.Thread 2. Never in the history of pre colonial
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Super Deluxe
sachp
I read an excerpt from “The participation of women in the social reform, political and labour movements in Sri Lanka”, a 1980 essay by Kumari Jayawardena. Below are a few
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alan lester
aljhlester
1/5 Imperial apologists put discrete acts of racialized violence such as Amritsar in the "bad" column of their absurd moral balance sheet of the British Empire, but they consistently disavow
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luwie niranjan
LuwieNiranjan
Saw several interesting discussions on twitter about the lack of post independence history in Sri Lanka. Much has been written on the July 83 riots, its chief architects the @officialunp
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baufinanciaphaster 👹
bauhiniacapital
In the #WhoaDudeNiceTrade Department... A THREADA company called Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC offers bitumen emulsions, surface coatings, mastic fillers, underbody protective coatings, bitumen primers, aluminum reflective paints, roof s
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Ferris Jabr
ferrisjabr
Cinnamon is one of the most beloved spices in the world, used in savory & sweet dishes, tea & cocktails, chewing gum, candy, perfume, medicine, and cosmetics. This time of
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Abhishek Mukherjee (@SachinAzharCT)
ovshake42
Dhyan Chand, the greatest sportsperson in Indian history was born on this day, 1905.There are many fascinating tales, some true, some false, some well publicised (meeting Bradman, for example), some
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Mimie Haris
millymie
Hello everyone Upon so many requests, here I am as a barista at CBTL, making a thread on HOW TO ORDER BEVERAGES AT THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF.Allow
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couprang :-)
scoupslesbian
mug of the day mug of the day mug of the day !!! mug of the day sorry i have missed a few days ^^ mug of the day :D
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JB
TheDilliMirror
LONDON-INDIA BUS SERVICE: MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK. As promised here are the details of bus service from London to Delhi that started in around 1955 and ended around 1978.
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Narumi Momose
HardFastAndFree
Very pertinent tweets by @RKRadhakrishn.Thread.1/21Tamils in Sri Lanka aren't one undifferentiated unit. There fall under:1. Northern Tamils.2. Eastern Tamils.3. Muslims (initiated by Sinhalese treachery).4. Plantation Tamils (of Indian
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sansanikhez sanatani
Kumar1Parashar
Whilst we celebrate gandhi jayanti today. Let's have a look at his contribution towards the Indian freedom struggle. 1. Getting India independence-Was it Gandhi that got us the independence?Clement Atlee,
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