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[QQT: DON’T POLITICIZE]1/18Since just the first signs of the second wave, this man has acted out his own worst caricature instead of stepping up to the plate and at least

[QQT: COVID KILLER FOUND?]1/21Just received this as a forward. Breakthrough treatment for COVID-19, it announces. Very upbeat, very positive. Not sure if our media has picked up on it yet.

[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.

[QT: HOW TO STEAL A PROPHET]1/101About a hundred miles from Aurangabad, on NH-222, is a quaint little village called Pathri. Only a few years before the Sepoy Mutiny, the region

[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

[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

[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

[QUICK THREAD: PUNCTUATION]1/24At first, there was nothing. Not even space. That's because ancient scripts like Chinese and Sumerian were all logographic, i.e. a single glyph or "letter" represented an entire

[QUICK THREAD: WHOSE BIRYANI?]1/9The following screenshot landed in my DM this morning. Found it intriguing, so decided to waste some time on it. This very short thread is about what

[THREAD: FROM TURTLES TO JANTAR MANTAR]1/58Long ago, a man got into a tiff with a turtle, kachhapa in Sanskrit. And emerged victorious, upon which he and his progeny assumed the

[THREAD]1/17Vinayak and Lakshmi were incredibly blighted on the baby-making front. First was a boy but he died before they could even carouse. Two more followed and met the same fate.

[QUICK THREAD: THE YAVANAS]1/22Long, long ago, a people inhabited the regions around the Aegean Sea — Roughly what's today Greece and western Turkey. They were called the Pelasgians. Classical Greek