#INDIA

Unknown Cricket Facts (Thread):1)Bhausahib Nimbalkar was on 443*, with one day to go in a first-class match, just 9 short of the then world record 452* held by Bradman, but was
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This is a #Thread to understand how different parties of India's neighboring countries view and relation for India namely** Bangladesh** Sri Lanka** Maldives** Afghanistan ** Nepal( finally to know Geopolitics
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Dear Tweeples, today am gonna take you on tour to Varanasi; a City which is said be close to the heart of Mahadev Himself. While Varanasi is known for Kashi
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A talk by Somnath Waghmare on the ‘Assertion of Dalit Identity in Contemporary Cinema’ at 6pm, live on Secular Art Movement Maharashtra’s FB page. #India #Dalits #Cinema #Art #onlinetalk #representation
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Alright folks, a little primer on Hindutva or the Hindu Right Wing, to which presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has ties. This is meant for Americans without much, if any, prior
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What I wish to convey is that in the post-Covid world, India's elite are not suddenly going to be convinced of the towering idea that the underprivileged deserve the same
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It's #internationalmacaqueweek and everyday we will highlight different macaque species found in India #Indianprimates #macaques *PS: All the distribution maps are taken from the IUCN website1. The cute face aka
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Thread with a list on some histories of partition: The other day I met someone who told me very little has been written on the partition of India. This is
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When you look at India in the 2 decades before 2014, what you see are govts that prioritized economic development & consequently, our global standing. The only blip on this
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[ IPL Thread]It used to be a massive thing when a player left a tour for personal reasons. Whether it be Michael Clarke in NZ to break up with Lara
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Tata Consumer - 'Sampann' Numbers (Good Results)Revenue up 13% (11% in constant currency), EBITDA 54% and PAT 82% F&B products demand for in home consumption was buoyant Out of home
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Savarna-Brahmin 'merit', their mediocrity and plagiarism. Thread. Y'day, Indian Express withdrew researcher & former member of PM’s Economic Advisory Council Shamika Ravi's piece after allegations of plagiarism. Shamik
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A short thread on variants.There are a number of cases of variants of concern (VOC) and variants under investigation (VUI) in the UK.Here I will focus on just four of
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In most countries, conservatism involves "nostalgia" for fairly immediate pastE.g. In US, it is nostalgia for 1950s (before Sexual revolution)But in India, Hindu life from 18th/19th cen is not that
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Another PhD student told me, in the spring before I began my doctoral program, that my experiences before grad school would not be validated/important...(1/6) ...To the contrary. I know now,
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I am thinking more and more these days that Sanskrit and Hindi need not be seen as two different languages,but as two different registers of a single language continuum.Other Indian
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