Notices tagged with india, page 11

This year I want to start reading a new #book each #Sunday and to continue it if I like the first 50 pages.

This Week: "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World" by William Dalrymple.

He discusses the Indosphere - the spread of Indian trade, culture, art, religion, and science across Eurasia from Rome to South Asia between 250 BCE - 1200 CE.

Verdict: Will Keep Reading!

#Bookstodon #AmReading #History #Histodons #India #TootSEA @histodons @antiquidons #AncientHistory

A cool video about the Indian Chinese (mostly Hakka) community in Kolkata, India

#Kolkata #Calcutta #India #Diaspora #Chinese

Google Search prioritises ultranationalist outlets more prominently, thereby fueling a global disinformation campaign amid heightened diplomatic tensions.

According to a report published by Techglobal Institute, for instance the search engine giant populates its search with content from Indian media over Bangladeshi media – even when the actual issue in question has taken place in Bangladesh.
In doing so, it casts aside local, original journalism on a story rooted in Bangladesh in favour of an avalanche of divisive coverage from neighbouring India, according to a report published by Techglobal Institute. 

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/google-search-erases-bangladeshi-journalism-favour-indian-media-report-1030196

#Bangladesh #JusticeForSaiful #Hindutva #India #IndiaOut #GlobalSouth #USA #Genocide #HumanRights #News #Fediverse #Dhaka #ShameOnGodiMedia #Google #journalism

Lawyers seek acquittal, new trial for human smugglers convicted after family died at Manitoba-U.S. border

#NewTrial #Manitoba #CanadaUSborder #India #HumanSmuggling

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/harshkumar-patel-motions-acquittal-new-trial-human-smuggling-trial-1.7422999?cmp=rss

After many years, I've decided to try to give learning #Hindi another try. I lived in #India for five years but at an international university so English was the lingua franca. I've been told I have a good ear for the sounds but have not made a real effort to learn. Learning #languages is daunting for someone who doesn't like the feeling of making mistakes like me. The goal is one letter a day until I get the whole alphabet!

#LanguageLearning #2025Goals #PersonalGoal #Kaizen

'Mythical Beasts with #Elephants'.

c1610 CE #IndianMiniaturePainting in #NimQalam (Pen Drawing Art style where elements are supplemented by pale colours) from #Mughal ruler #Jahangir's atelier at #Agra now on view at Victoria and Albert #Museum #London exhibition: "The Great #Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence" till 5th May.

#MastoArt #ArtHistory #IndianHeritage #Art #History #Histodons #IndianHistory #Paintings #MughalArt #MughalPainting #Museums #Painting #MughalEmpire #India

@mittimithai@neenster.org @ninapaley@spinster.xyz

Taking it to the reducio ad absurdam: if there truly was an untapped talent pool of tens of thousands of MENSA-level engineers, in #India, then it would be trivially easy for #SiliconValley VCs to fund a multi-million-dollar startup in India and hire local talent.

The existing procedural hurdles under the #H1B program are not very demanding, but hiring locally, directly in India, would be even faster.

Plenty of Brahman generational wealth, too, to coinvest in a proposal.

@11112011@annihilation.social

Yes, but #India is 1.4 billion people. Such a talent pool, you can't possibly compete with the top 0.001% of competitive shitters.

"Suzuki Motor's former longtime leader Osamu Suzuki dies at 94"
"[He] turned the Japanese minivehicle maker into a global player with an overwhelming dominance in India's car market"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241227/p2g/00m/0bu/034000c
#Suzuki #kei #India

@dcc@annihilation.social @freepatriot@merovingian.club

So much d-space trolling about #INDIA IS A POOPOO COUNTRY!!! JEET MAN TOO STUPID FOR #TOILET!!! And we oversimply and ignore how caste works in India

because that might shine too critical a light on #capitalism and class hierarchy

Manmohan Singh's decisions that shaped a billion lives

#ImpactOnBillionLives #Legacy #India #ManmohanSingh #GoodAndBadTimes

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4zg690py9o

Latest crowdfunded changeset in #Mumbai #India. Took me close to an hour.

> Lokhandwala - add 22 POIs, 3 street lamps, 2 manholes, 2 building parts, apartment complex; improve building geometries
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/160558164

https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#160558164

#OpenStreetMap

Christmas Eve in our house!

- Hot cocoa with oat milk (with a sad attempt at oat milk whipped cream);

- Books to read with cocoa;

- Pav Bhaji;

- And DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (DDLJ)

Merry Christmas everyone! May your year be filled with light and love!

- Sean, Ruchika, and Viraj

#Christmas #ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas #Cocoa #Vegan #Bookstodon #Books #Japan
#IndianFood #PavBhaji #PavBhajiTime #Cinema #Bollywood #DDLJ #ShahRukhKhan #SRK #Kajol #India #MastIndia #Movies #Family #Love

#India spends $715 million on academic journals, but with the wrong kind of #openaccess - https://walledculture.org/india-spends-715-million-on-academic-journals-but-with-the-wrong-kind-of-open-access/ well, that's a pity #goldoa #diamondoa

India spends $715 million on academic journals, but with the wrong kind of open access

Numerous articles here on Walled Culture have chronicled the struggles to turn the aspirations of open access to knowledge into reality. The central reason people do not have free digital access to all academic knowledge is that publishers have been successful in subverting attempts to provide it. Publishers are strongly motivated to undermine open access, since its successful implementation […]

#apcs #businessModels #diamondOa #funders #gatesFoundation #goldOa #grants #india #openAccess #plos #profits

https://walledculture.org/india-spends-715-million-on-academic-journals-but-with-the-wrong-kind-of-open-access/

The latest crowdfunded changeset in #Mumbai #India. Took me about 2.5 hours.

> Lokhandwala - add 47 POIs, building details, 5 building parts, 5 entrances, 3 manholes, 2 poles; improve 2 building geometries
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/160160994

https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#160160994

#OpenStreetMap

Latest crowdfunded changeset in #Mumbai #India. Took me roughly 2.5 hours (again).

> Lokhandwala - add 30 POIs (27 shops, 2 amenities, office), 2 buildings, 8 building parts, 4 entrances, 3 apartment complexes, manhole, 6 street lamps; improve 4 building geometries
https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/160290609

https://osmlab.github.io/changeset-map/#160290609

#OpenStreetMap

1926 Anchor Line To Gibraltar, Egypt, and India Elephant Travel Poster.
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#TravelPoster #Artwork #Egypt #India #Elephant #Gibralter #Ephemera #Retro #Vintage

Pro-Palestine extremists are targeting India 🇮🇳 with cyber attacks due to it's perceived stance against Hamas terrorism and support for Israel 🇮🇱
About 50 cyber attacks :kali_linux_g: motivated by geopolitics were recorded each day in India during 2024.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/pro-palestine-hacktivist-groups-target-india-amid-gaza-conflict/articleshow/116184519.cms

#palestine #gaza #hamas #israel #cyberattack #cybersecurity #terrorism #india #news #war

In Slate ,I explained that car bloat is now a global problem, not just an American one.

Worldwide, SUVs alone now comprise ~half of new car sales. The avg European car gets 1 cm wider every 2 years.

That's bad news for climate change, as well as for safety.

GIFT LINK:
https://slate.com/business/2024/12/giant-cars-suvs-pick-up-trucks-global-europe.html?tpcc=giftedarticle

#cars #safety #europe #india