Notices tagged with india, page 11

#HappyHoli

c1750 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Jodhpur #Marwar #Rajasthan #India now at Los Angeles Country #Museum of #Art

'Radha & Lord #Krishna celebrating the #HoliFestival with Companions'

Happy #Holi2024 everyone

#Holi is the #Hindu #Sikh & #Jain #Festival of Colours & is now also very popular in the Western World due to its #Celebration being very vibrant

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #IndianCulture #Religion #Hinduism #Paintings

#India is not #hindu
Being hindu doesn't mean being #Indian
an Indian isn't always a #hindi speaker

Journalist Jason Koebler reaffirms my thought that an instance of Fediverse is not difficult to sign up and use. Though he talks about Mastodon here, it is applicable for Fediverse.So, Mastodon:

1. Not difficult to sign up for
2. Not difficult to use
3. Has an app like every other social media network
4. Not owned by world’s richest man
5. Not owned by a company whose main platform has been credibly accused of facilitating genocide by the United Nations
6. Not funded by the guy who made the last place, which sold itself to the world’s richest man
7. Doesn’t have a crypto thing going on
8. Free and open source
9. Administered by a crowdfunded nonprofit
10. Decentralized, portable, and interoperableI have been contacting Indian media outlets and journalists via email and private conversations for the past few weeks, asking them to publish their work on Fediverse. They most likely know everything there is to know about Fediverse and Mastodon. Since I value their work and thought that having them in Fediverse would have been advantageous for them in the mid term, I made the requests. My requests were met with silence and nominal response. They prefer Facebook, Instagram, X and Threads since they believe that they can connect with their audience better than those few in Fediverse.

Now, after reading Jason Koebler's article, I have a better understanding of this context.Anyways, I am using Threads, and I will continue to use Threads, because I am a pragmatic person who wants to connect with readers wherever they are because my livelihood and my reporting relies on it. If Threads "wins," I will submit and use it daily, probably for the rest of my career. Right now, I feel like my brain is falling out of my skull at all times because in order to spread the articles we publish on this upstart website, I need to think about the slightly different ways in which I will share it on Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, Instagram, LinkedIn, BlueSky, TikTok, etc. All things considered, I’d like to pick one and stay there, but that will result in fewer people reading our work and not meeting our readers wherever they are, which isn’t a smart move at this juncture. So, I’ll keep using Threads, but I will not become an evangelist for one of the biggest companies in the world because it is slightly less bad than the alternative, when an actually moral alternative with none of that baggage exists.#MastodonIndians #MastIndia #India

cc: @mastodonindians@a.gup.pe

Today #India celebrates #Mahashivratri #Festival, which is the day when #Hindu God #Shiva got married to Goddess Parvati

From the workshop of #Nainsukh of #Guler #HimachalPradesh this c1790 #Pahari #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Kangra of Natanarayana #Raga will be on view from 20 Sept 2024 at #Museum Rietberg's exhibition '#Ragamala: Images for all Senses' #IndianClassicalMusic

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Painting #Heritage #History #Artist #Histodons #IndianMythology #Hinduism #Art

Mahāśivarātri is a commemoration of the night-long celebration aimed at overcoming our darkness and ignorance. It denotes a multitude of events such as the manifestation of the cosmic Śivaliṅg, union of Lord Śiva and Goddess Pārvatī, and the consumption of Halāhal.

महाशिवरात्रि भगवान शिव के शिवलिंग के रूप में प्राकट्य का, उनके महादेवी पार्वती से विवाह का एवं हलाहल पान करने जैसे अनेक प्रसंगों से संबंधित तथा तामसिक वृत्तियों के दमन का उत्सव मना जाता है।
#Shivaratri #hinduism #hindu #sanatanadharma #India

@petergleick@fediscience.org

Bengaluru, home to nearly 13 million people and a global IT hub, is experiencing a severe water scarcity now.

Reference: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/what-caused-the-water-crisis-in-bengaluru-9223131/

#ClimateChange #Climate #Water #India #Bengaluru #NammaBengaluru #MastodonIndians #MastIndia

cc: @mastodonindians@a.gup.pe

I wrote earlier that the presence of Indians, from India, in Fediverse is insignificant as on today. I don’t think the situation has improved during the last three months.

Recently I came across an article in Mint Lounge where journalist Shrabonti Bagchi shares the following regarding Mastodon.I do have an account on Mastodon but even signing up for it feels hard and difficult to understand (what are “instances”?). I don’t want to be on Github, I just want my daily dose of LoLs and fights with men’s rights activists.It is unfortunate and surprising that Shrabonti Bagchi found Mastodon challenging to understand and signup. She is a senior journalist and her opinions will obviously influence readers in India. It seems likely that her ideas on Mastodon are not isolated. I read and appreciate many of her columns or reports on Mint Lounge.

The best analogy of Fediverse, including Mastodon, is email. If we understand Gmail, GMX mail, Proton mail, Tuta mail, Outlook mail, Yahoo mail etc., then we should understand Fediverse. Fediverse is a collection of interconnected servers, also called instances, that run software compatible with a set of open protocols. Isn’t that similar to email?Fediverse is a common name for social media sites that cooperate instead of competing. One can sign up for just one site, and follow anyone in the world, just like sending them an email.In my opinion, the sign up process, in any Fediverse instance, is much simpler compared to X, Instagram, Facebook etc. All one needs is a verified email account, username and password. What further simplification is required?

This article also provides excellent clarity regarding what is Fediverse and how it might affect creators. I will be glad to help anybody get started with Fediverse.

#MastodonIndians #MastIndia #India

cc: @mastodonindians@a.gup.pe

“we demonstrate that most of the genetic variation in Indians stems from a single major migration out of Africa that occurred around 50,000 years ago, with minimal contribution from earlier migration waves.” Kerdoncuff et al (2024)

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.15.580575v2

#genomics #history #India

Today in Labor History March 11, 1858: The Great Indian Mutiny, also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, ended with massacres by the British. 6,000 British troops died in the fighting. However, at least 800,000 Indians died in the fighting and from the famines and epidemics that resulted.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #sepoy #mutiny #uprising #revolt #british #colonialism #india #massacre #rebellion #independence #famine

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#FoodProduction and #Agriculture's impact on #ClimateChange

(3/n)

...currently the 👉director general of the Centre and the treasurer of the Society for Environmental Communications👈 and editor of the fortnightly magazine, #DownToEarth."2)

"#For her lifelong work, she was awarded the Padma Shri, one of the nation’s highest civilian honours, by the Government of #India.

She was also made a...

2)
https://www.cseindia.org/page/sunita-narain

Vijayā Ekādaśī
A day to worship Lord Viṣṇu in the form of Lord Gōvind - the Lord of all knowledge and sensory perception. We worship Lord Viṣṇu today seeking to maintain our composure during distressful situations and emerge victorious.

विजया एकादशी
परब्रह्म स्वरूप भगवान विष्णु के श्री गोविंद स्वरूप - ज्ञान एवं इंद्रियों के स्वामी के व्रत का दिवस। भगवान विष्णु हमें व्यसनार्त स्थितियों में धैर्यवृत्ती धारण करने तथा विजयप्राप्ति का वरदान प्रदान करें।
#hinduism #hindu #sanatanadharma #India

The Glimpse of a Loved One
(Or, a Peeping Tom?)

c1750 CE #Rajput #IndianMiniaturePainting from #Bundi #Rajasthan from the Edwin Binney collection now at San Diego #Museum of #Art USA

This theme is derived from the love-play between the #Hindu God Lord #Krishna & His Lover Radha in which the mischief reflects the all-seeing nature of God

#IndianHeritage #IndianHistory #Paintings #Histodons #History #Heritage #Artist #MastoArt #Museums #Painting #Hinduism #Religion #India #Entertainment

This is what I said a few weeks back, no, since last year, regarding the situation in #AsiaPacific #APAC.

The situation is not good at all. China is getting nearer in getting what it wants, for others to make a mistake, or a wrong move, so #China can tell the world, "they started it, we just defended ourselves".

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/03/07/news/danger-of-war-higher-marcos/1935656

P.S.

This is also why I disagree with the think-tanks who proposed an India-Japan-Philippines cooperation, India won't be able to help, their India-China issue might accidentally get dragged and turn this into a nuclear world war.

My idea is better, a Japan-Korea-Philippines alliance/sphere (with a potential to turn into a confederation in the future). We can keep it an issue about China's 10-dash line ("South China Sea" + #Taiwan) and "East China Sea".

#Philippines @pilipinas #Japan #Korea #SouthKorea #India

The #Philippines signed an P18.9-billion deal with #BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd.—an Indian-Russian joint venture—in January 2022 for three batteries of the cruise missiles as part the #PhilippineNavy’s shore-based #AntishipMissile system project. #WestPHSea

PH to get supersonic missiles soon – #India envoy
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/225785/ph-to-get-supersonic-missiles-soon-india-envoy

image source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos

Back toot: https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111684145841842974

This is not just about money. There's no love lost between #India and #China so China taking control of the #SouthChinaSea is absolutely not in India's interest. #WestPHSea

India is aiming to become a key player in the #Philippines’ military capability upgrade as it seeks to promote itself as a major arms exporter in the region.

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/226226/india-eyes-key-role-in-ph-military-modernization-plan

This should be #ASEAN's job but it's hopelessly gridlocked on #MaritimeSecurity.
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Geopolitical experts and envoys have proposed a triangular cooperation among #Philippines, #Japan, and #India, for the advancement of peace and stability in the #IndoPacific region.

According to Ambassador of India to the Philippines Shambu Kumaran, the three countries should work together in the aspect of maritime domains and security. #WestPHSea

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/226731/ph-japan-india-cooperation-urged-to-boost-indo-pacific-stability

On the history of Panchatantra. One of the books all Indians have grown up with - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zBiXa_BpM4

#history #india #books

autorickshaw drivers in #bengaluru have less chill.

#funny #tuktuk #india #MastIndia #NammaBengaluru #bangalore

I've been saying the same thing, but for me, it is much better if it is: Japan-Korea-Philippines. Which can later become a solid alliance that may lead to a #Confederacy.

It will indirectly benefit #Taiwan as well.

https://globalnation.inquirer.net/226731/ph-japan-india-cooperation-urged-to-boost-indo-pacific-stability

#Japan #Korea #Philippines #India

#India #wedding #dance #nieces #family #love #kidsarethebest