1/ Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after killing Ravana on Kartika Amavasya to be crowned, lamps were lit in Ayodhya & we celebrate Diwali- so goes the well known tale. But how old is this association? A 🧵 on how Ramayana got intertwined with a harvest festival with vedic roots 2/ For starters, the ORIGINAL source - Valmiki Ramayana doesn't mention the EXACT month and /or dates of Ravana's death or lord Rama's return to Ayodhya. But it is replete with exact dates & months for other incidents, for us to make educated guesses.

1/ What connects a French christian cult, one of the most traveled folk tales in the world, Ancient Vedic God पूषा, Puranic god of wealth कुबेर . Feng Shui and an anti-cancer drug?
Read on -An etymological and literary trivia filled thread on --- Mongoose. 2/ Our story starts with the Panchtantric tale of "The Brahmin and The Mongoose" - which is one of the most traveled folktales in the world. Written sometime between 200 BC-200AD (expert opinions differ), it has made it to places as far as Russia, Mexico, Wales and Egypt.

Inspired frm @schandillia's succint thread on American Independence, here is another version of the butterfly effect: how events causing loss of the British empire in one continent led to the firm establishment of another 10000 km away & current Indo-Nepal border dispute Its a tale of an astounding man who lived a singularly remarkable life,and was as much an Indian as a British... so here is a whirlwind ride of ~50 tweets. @Schandillia this is partly thx to u that I managed to convert my blog post into a twitter thread. Hoping ppl wud like it!