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17 Oct, 7 tweets, 3 min read
My father was a “modernist.” He wanted his family to follow the latest research.

So we switched ghee for Dalda—hydrogenated vegetable oil—because “Science” said so.

Except, 20 years later, Science said the opposite. This is why tradition is a better guide on how to live.
See my thread on why tradition may be a better bet for living life than the latest scientific theory.
I wonder how much of the rise in diabetes in India is linked to this modern science.

People stopped putting ghee on rotis shifting calories from good fat to gluten-filled carbs.
Yes, ultra-polished white rice is also a gift of "modernity." Low in fibre and high on junk carbs. Traditional rice was not like this.

Allopathic medical doctors live less than the general population.

If keeping up with medical science was the way to health, shouldn’t they live longer, having so much knowledge about health?

google.com/amp/s/amp.ibti…
You mean knowledge of “modern psychology” is equally ineffective at relieving stress and managing the mind?

They should learn some traditional pranayama. Unfortunately it is not taught in medical schools. It will be, once West copies.
Cancer is a gift of the scientific “green revolution” no?

Chemical-laden farming. So advanced and modern.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
20 Oct
Now if only Hindus on Twitter had a way to influence govt policy.

Like, to fix toxic textbooks after 7 years, for instance.
UPA, with a minority govt, in months changed NDA-era textbooks and rewrote them for an anti-Hindu, pro-#ChristoIslam, slant. That's focus.

And BJP govt is still looking for "evidence", 7 years later? Like Pakistan keeps asking for "evidence" to act?

Here is a detailed study by @AtriNeeraj . Facts are well-documented. But there is no will to act.

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
16 Oct
Can you tell me what the “fundamentals” of Hinduism are and where they are defined. 😆

To counter fundamentalisms you must have fundamentals, no. Define them for Hinduism and then we can debate them.
Not very rational, are you? Some random tweet is the “fundamentals” of Hinduism? 😆

At least learn to think and construct an argument. Or read @mariawirth1’s article for a start. 😏
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
14 Oct
We are enamored of Western "advancement." But till the 19th century, and even later, the West was very primitive in understanding basic health and hygiene. They didn't "civilize" natives, but vice versa as they copied knowledge from those they colonized.

bonvoyaged.com/extraordinary-…
Most of Europe was a filthy dump, rife with poverty and disease. No wonder their biggest weapon against Native Americans was the diseases they brought from Europe.

It is only after massive transfer of wealth from loot of colonies that get basic civics.

Incas, Aztecs were more advanced than their European conquerors.

"Tenochtitlan was much larger than any European city of its time, and had wide, straight streets, stone aqueducts to bring fresh water from springs and a large, well-organized marketplace."

encyclopedia.com/science/encycl…
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
13 Oct
The issue of Savarkar's "mercy petitions" is so overblown. While Gandhi/Nehru got cushy jails, since they were no real threat, Savarkar got Kaala Paani, hard labor and torture, because he had rattled the Empire

What one writes after years of torture to get out is immaterial.
Meanwhile, there is immense record of Gandhi's active subservience to and collaboration with the British Empire, from his time in South Africa to recruitment of Indians to fight for the British in World War I (and later).

Here he pledges "unconditional service" to the Empire.
In the time period when Savarkar was forming revolutionary societies to fight for complete independence, Gandhi was pledging "unflinching devotion to duty and extreme eagerness to serve our
Sovereign" to "prove Indian Loyalty" to the British.

gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-literat… (Vol II)
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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
13 Oct
First, India needs to officially disavow China's brutal accession of Tibet and its continued occupation.
Always struck by the level of narrative management of China. Even a simple tweet on China in English will get Chinese bots on your trail.

Imagine the level of effort they put on mainstream media.

One doesn't have to imagine. Plenty of data on the level of control China exercises on worldwide media.

Meanwhile India is a sitting duck. "Kaam bolega." 😆

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Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ Profile picture
13 Oct
Argument: “English is a global need. India will develop with English-medium education.”

Me: False. Give examples of countries developing better than India without English.

Response: “But India has so many languages.”

Lol how does that prove English-medium is a “global need”?
The very same US corporations interview and hire in Chinese and Japanese and Hebrew when doing business in other countries.

MNCs adapt. The English slavery is with the Indian mind. Deliberately cultivated through policy.
Yes, English advocacy in India is part of religious zealotry, not data.

But it is also true that the policies of the Indian State have made English an essential need in India. This is why parents are choosing it.

But it’s due to State policy. NOT global necessity.
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