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6 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Hindi/Sanskrit nomenclature for colors based on hue and saturation unlike arbitrary English naming. A name exists for every color in the color map.

From a 1955 dictionary. We lost 70 years chasing English. Imagine advancement if this had been implemented from 1947. Still time.
Dr. Raghuvira dictionary. Looking to create a project to bring it online. Are there updated GOI technical vocabularies?

Yes, we should be clear. India did not become स्वतंत्र in 1947. The तंत्र is all British. It was a mere transfer of power from White Sahibs to subservient Brown Sahibs.

The freedom struggle is now.

आवर्तन सारनी। संस्कृत नामों के साथ।

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7 Jan
Synchronized statements by Western powers on the events in Washington—all within hours of each other.

And shouldn't India be expressing concern about peaceful transition of power in the US. 😏 Or whoever is coordinating this doesn't want uppity Brown people to weigh in. ImageImage
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Violence at US #CapitolBuilding
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6 Jan
Today we take the Decimal System for granted. But this Indian invention revolutionized the world. No modern math or science is possible without it. Imagine doing astrophysics with Roman Numerals! Western Science remained primitive till the Indian import.

That's not all ...1/
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Big move. The govt APEDA manual required halal, which means the meat industry in india had to be certified by (paid) Islamic clerics. It made no sense for a secular state to mandate a religious rule. There was a big push by original #HinduCharter for this. @zeneraalstuff
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4 Jan
Ok, test your Sanskrit knowledge.

What is the meaning of the following phrase? (If you know the reference, hold back).

भद्राम्बुधिसिद्धजन्मगणितश्रद्धा स्म यद् भूपगीः
सही।

लेकिन इसका संस्कृत में कुछ और भी अर्थ बनता है क्या?

हम संस्कृत में (या अन्य भारतीय भाषा) में एक स्वयं कविता लिख सकते हैं क्या जिसका भी मूल पाई निकले?

Now this will blow your mind. In the Sanskrit verse where Pi is calculate to 32 decimal places, the claim is the known universe could be calculated to 1 molecule level. If true, they clearly they did not get this value by measurement. How? @MeruPrastara

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