#Contemporary

“Aap Chronology samajhiye” : Motabhai’s famous words are pertinent when it comes to answering how Dronacharya ended up being the Chief teacher of the royal princes of Hastinapur.Before we answer
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A daily annoyance of the lockdown has been an advert at a nearby bus stop. It uses convict imagery and a clever hologram effect to sell a wine. In normal
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Some thoughts on Prime Minister Abe’s political legacy and COVID-19 response, drawing on a forthcoming volume from @CUP_PoliSci I am co-editing with Takeo Hoshi. (1) Abe will go down in
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HP never stopped innovating. From its origins in the 1930s as a leading electronics manufacturer to its role in the birth of PCs and performance servers, it has always demonstrated
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You wanna celebrate #PRIDE2020 Month , Support Black people at the same time and in the UK theatre industry? Here are some options. A short thread (1/11) #blacklivesmatter
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A on my use of “illegal.” 1/x For years now, I have struggled with how to reclaim, or in actuality, assert, my engagement with the term illegal. 2/x In
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Dear @VegNews: I am shocked that you carried the statement by the authors of #ThugKitchen announcing their name change in your 2020 holiday issue without providing any context about their
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In absolutely no order, just the first that comes to mind that I adore so much already. Get doing! 01: Danny Brown – Ain't It FunnyThis song sounds like I'm
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Several hours later and I still feel repulsed as well as infuriated by the transgression of the Saudi Arabian government against our dear brother Abu Anas ‘Abdur-Raheem al-Huwaiti. For this
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Should we cancel Aristotle? A thread Here I’ll show why he’s problematic and why this might not be enough to cancel him. First off. Who is Aristotle? 1/17 He was
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THREAD: The ignored but beautiful history of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland Scotland had a Christian presence since at least the 3rd century, brought over by Roman soldiers stationed
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I know the world’s on fire, but a project I worked on for nearly two years (since beginning my postdoc with @chazfirestone) appears this week in PNAS. It combines philosophy
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a thread featuring and highlighting kun's many abilities and traits because he is more than your go-to answer for nct2020 and unnecessary jokes. before i get into this thread, i'd
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When people ask "when did people stop speaking Latin as a native language?" I like to answer: “Well, it was still spoken into the 9th century, though at that point
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#100books2020challenge A thread on books i hav read during 2020 inspired by @bookscache Book 1. My enemy’s enemy. Non fiction/geo politics. An insightful analysis of india-afghansitan relations especially in the
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One thing the certain boomer & capitalist genre of money saving advice for millennials, and the same kind of critiques of expenditures millennials & left twitters themselves make, is their
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