"Fibonacci in his book Liber Abaci calls the system of calculations modus Indorum or method of the Indians."
No real mathematics developed in Europe till they copied Hindu Mathematics. Imagine calculus (which they also copied) with "Roman Numerals". Or advanced science. @chitraSD
Ha ha, someone "liked" a response I had made to it so it came in my notifications. I figured the new book will help Chitra ji and others.
The book shows that Leibniz, Newton and others copied as well. Or there was much earlier precedence in Sanskrit texts. C K Raju has problematized formal math that followed.
The point is that the history of the copying was erased and people the world over and non-European contributions were largely buried. It is time to tell the real story.
Over 50% of White Liberal Women have a Mental Health issue.
This thread is not to mock them, mental health issues are serious and real. But here are some insights into why "progressives" may disproportionately suffer from mental health issues. 🧵
Evie has a somewhat conservative take on this: "Progressivism is an ideology that supposedly demands quality for all, and one that keeps score to an exhausting degree.... that isn't just unrealistic, it's unsustainable."
In a dharmic gaze, equality is not only unrealistic, it is unnatural. So an ideological obsession for equality is a constant fight against nature.
From an Indic point of view, anything that takes us away from the Real, will lead to mental issues.
U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households.
If this the society to emulate?
“Older adults in the U.S. are more likely than those around the world to age alone: More than a quarter of Americans ages 60 and older live alone (27%), compared with a global average of 16%.”
Research shows that children raised in single parent households show impaired cognitive development and also a higher incidence of mental health issues.
So we build a less able next generation… is this a desired societal outcome?
Congress otoh starts its agenda on Day 1. It is very clear about its constituencies and its supporters and always takes care of them first.
The BJP is keen to appease the "opposite camp" instead and scared to do anything that might upset them. It doesn't mind riding roughshod over its supporters. They can even be killed, as in WB, and it won't act. Because someone could perceive it as "favoritism." It's a mental liability.
There are no "irreversible changes." Congress will change things the day that come back to power. Meanwhile BJP lost 10 years and an entire generation fed on toxic textbooks. They could have reinstated MM Joshi's books in a day. Just cowardice.
Many manual scavengers of today can be traced back to the Muslim invasions.
"scholars such as Malkani (1980) among others established that the Bhangis (manual scavengers) were warriors who made captives after they became the prey to the enemy, particularly Muslim invaders..."
So warriors aka kshatriyas, became bhangis due to Islamic force. So much for Islam being "emancipatory"—they created dalits.
"The people who were made captives were
forced to clean indoor latrines and to dispose of the night soil. When these captives were set free, they were not allowed to live in society, and they thus formed a separate caste of Bhangis and continued the work of scavenging.
And manual scavenging become widespread due to the other "emancipators of dalits", the British.
Manual scavenging "was expanded along with the expansion of towns or cities over the last two hundred years... it was legalized and spread across India during the British period."
I don't come from a Brahmin jaati. But I find the hate against this small minority of Brahmins in India appalling. And it is mainstreamed by the Left today though its origins are in colonial missionary scholarship which saw Brahmins as the biggest impediment for conversion of Hindus. This is why they created fake narratives of "Brahminical oppression." Naturally conversion by the White Christian saviors was the antidote to this oppression. It was the solution for which the problem was created.
Ultimately Brahmin-hate is a proxy for Hindu-hate. We must speak up against it.
Unfortunately, many on the Left who propagate this hate are also (jaati) Brahmins as part of intellectual fashion. But in Abrahamic conflicts, they will be strung up just like the others. That's who we need to wake up.
This is not speculation, it's exactly how it has happened. The Islamic army of Pakistan specifically targeted Brahmin academics in Dhaka, many of whom were Leftists. They were all slaughtered.
Have you noticed you how Indian restaurants are getting so generic. They all have the same menu. Every one has palak paneer and tandoori roti and dal makhani, from a dhaba to a 5-star. With some "hot and sour soup" and "chili manchurian" thrown in for good measure. All in English only of course, even in a dhaba in UP.
Only Mughlai and Chinese food in English is "Indian"?
I was reading the manuscript of an upcoming book from @GarudaPrakashan, "Hindi Medium Types" and this phrase struck me: “No Indian home has a tandoor, but Indian food has tandoori roti.”
How did we get so lost?
Yes, but imagine a country where no "upscale" restaurant has anything you'd eat at home. And the only place you'd get tawa roti and regular daal is at a very poor man's stall. (the middle class dhaba would have the "standard" menu).