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11 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Covid is seeing a big resurgence in Europe. Germany just recorded 51k cases in a day. Deaths are still low but that rises only after a lag. So, we do not know yet if the vaccine will prevent a spike in deaths.
Same story in Netherlands where cases are back at peak with 12k cases/day - very high for its population size
Cases never really declined in UK and seem to be on a permanently high plateau in the 30-40k/day range. Deaths are well below peak but not negligible at 170/day and drifting up.
Russia has just scaled a new peak at 37k cases per day and deaths are also at 1200/day and rising. Similar story for Ukraine.

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A beautiful depiction of the idea of #KALI - Time - beautiful and energetic driver of universe, destructive & regenerative - held back (just about) by her love of Shiva (consciousness) 1/n

In the Shakta tradition, therefore, the somewhat anarchic nature of the universe is embodied in Kali/Bhawani - whereas the same idea in the Shaiva tradition is embodied in Shiva himself, just about held in check by Vishnu or Parvati 2/n
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Two months, shifted from @ViCustomerCare to another provider. Have paid all outstandings but am hounded daily for random new charges. This is harassment & I intent to take this up with @TRAI and Telecom Ministry. Is this common? Is it only with Voda-Idea or a general problem?
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Decided to go looking for paleolithic petroglyphs recently found in the Aravallis, just south of Gurgaon. These are the ones near Kot (not to confused with the cave paintings found in Mangar) 1/n
There are quite a lot of them scattered over a series of ridges. Here is one that that looks intriguingly like a board game (It is on a horizontal rock, so plausible). Dating unclear but could be very old, maybe 10k years plus 2/n
This is Tejbir, a local, who found the petroglyphs and is now actively looking for more in the hills. Do not believe any claims from anyone else who may claim to have "found" them. Tejbir guided them all to the sites 3/n
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On the occasion of #IndependenceDay I also visited a college established by my great grandfather Nalinaksha Sanyal in Karimpur, Nadia. Met the enthusiastic faculty and inspected the facilities. 1/n
Then I visited Dhoradaha, the ancestral village of Nalinaksha Sanyal and saw a school that he established in name of his father Radhakanta. Also visited his home, part of which has survived. 2/n
The area is perhaps 300 km from Kolkata but there are no decent highways that go to Karimpur. So it is long drive, but a beautiful rural setting once you get there.
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To commemorate #IndependenceDay I am at the ancestral home of Basanta Biswas, the revolutionary who threw the bomb on Viceroy Hardinge in 1912. This house was built by his grandfather Digamber Biswas who had led the Indigo Revolt of 1859 1/n
This place is in a remote village in Nadia, and did not have a road till well into 20th century. The access to the house was by a rivulet. A branch of the Biswas family still loves here but the house is crumbling. 2/n
There is a small memorial to Basanta Biswas at the spot he was born. This section of the house fell down decades ago, so it is now open. 3/n
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My mother's family are from Kushtia - part of Hindu majority Nadia district of Bengal. However, it fell on the wrong side of a river that was ruled as the border. They would linger for years in East Pakistan till religious persecution finally forced them seek refuge in India 1/n
My mother's grand-father Mohini Mohan Chakravarti had set up a textile mill as far of the 1905 Swadeshi movement. By 1947, it was one of the largest mills in India. It is now "enemy property" 2/n
An uncle revisited the place just after it was liberated in 1971. Their bungalows were full bodies of those tortured to death by the Pak army. We must never forget 3/n

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