The Patiala Necklace & Met Gala 2022, a story about how rich India was & how Westerners continue to appropriate Indian Heritage, a thread:

Since, #MetGala24 just happened, let me take you back to Met 2022 and how Emma Chamberlain wore a necklace that belonged to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala.

Those of you who don’t know her, Emma Chamberlain is a famous American YouTuber, Content creator and was also the brand ambassador of Cartier in 2022.

What caught everyone’s eye is her outfit at 2022 Met was her necklace.
In 1911, Jacques Cartier met Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala in India. In 1925, the Maharaja brought 20 trunks of precious stones to Paris, each trunk heavily guarded. He had them reset at Maison Cartier. In 1928, the luxury-loving Maharaja tasked Cartier with creating a ceremonial necklace featuring the massive De Beers diamond, which weighed 234.65 carats. The diamond, inherited from his father Rajinder Singh of Patiala, was acquired in 1889 at the Paris Universal Exhibition. It's the world's seventh-largest diamond. The Patiala Necklace, comprised five rows of platinum chains with 2,390 diamonds & Burmese rubies, was the most expensive jewel of its time. It stood as one of Cartier's largest commissions ever.

WikiLeaks released diplomatic documents that mentioned how Saudi institutions were pumping millions in India to promote Wahhabism to counter Iran’s Shia influence in India around the years 2011-2013

$4.5 million were pledged in Kerala alone. For those who don’t know, ISIS also… https://t.co/Mdl9m8tKvJtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Govt of Saudi Arabia pledged to 9 such institutions in states like Kerala, UP, West Bengal & Maharashtra

A thread about Dhruv Rathee’s views on Quran, Ramayan & Bible.

When there was a terror attack in Germany, Dhruv Rathee mentioned Quran. Quran: 23:5

Hadees: Tirmidhi: 4:21:2687