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Jul 1, 2021 • 11 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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The erstwhile school librarian of my late father’s village, Gopalasamudram (near Tirunelveli) used to maintain an annual handwritten diary of literally everything he learned during the year. This is the diary from 1956
The list of Melakartha ragas in Carnatic music
English proverbs (occasionally with Tamil translations). Also some surprising entries
Family trees
General Knowledge. Almost like a handwritten Malayala Manorama yearbook
He was clearly devastated by the death of Nadaswaram vidwan TN Rajarathinam. There are several pages dedicated to him.
PS: Ustaad Faiyaz Khan’s observation about there being more keener listeners of music in the south
A page on the new currency system (from rupee, annas and pies to rupees and naya paisa) introduced in 1957
Number of seats in Lok Sabha and state legislatures (Gujarat is part of Bombay state till 1960)
Did you know that there used to be a 30 min time difference between Bombay & Madras and a 32 min time difference between Madras and Calcutta?
He seems to presciently leave out Pluto
There are hundreds of pages, and these are just the ones that caught my eye.

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What did people eat before European colonisation?

Here is one specific vegetarian example from Tamil Nadu. This meal is typically made once a year as part of a religious celebration to remember ancestors Image
Unsurprisingly, none of these dishes contain the following ingredients: Chillies 🌶️ , Tomato 🍅, Potato 🥔 , Cabbage, cauliflower, beans, carrot 🥕 etc. Because all of them arrived post-colonisation.
Interestingly, no coriander as well. It is estimated that coriander arrived with the Greeks (circa Alexander), so while it is tempting to believe that these dishes pre-date that, there is no corroborating evidence.
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The Anatomy of Onam Sadhya (in collaboration with @dataheartist, who did the illustrations and visual design)
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And a single line generalised recipe for each dish category (needless to say, there are many variations across Kerala)
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A thread to aggregate all the food related misinformation mythbusting posts of mine in collaboration with various nutrition, fitness and medicine experts on Instagram 👇🏼
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