Indophile, Temple Architecture, Amateur Historian, Heritage lover, IKS, Traveler, Public speaker, Technology, Museums, Wikipedian, Barcamper & proud Bengalurean

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23 Mar 2024
At the Civic Summit 2024 being organised by Ooravani Foundation in Bengaluru at IAT on Queens road.... #civicsummit #civicsummit2024
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Unintended side effects of Ethanol based petrol! Interesting...
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Is this nature telling you how much sugarcane juice is in your petrol nowadays? (Video from Sikkim)
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🚨 A scam that is widely used in many places. stay alert!
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Cannot make this up. TMC leader Brahmanand Chakraborty found by police hiding under a pile of sarees in Howrah, not far from Kolkata. Accused of taking “cut money” in exchange for govt housing scheme benefits.

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The famous scratching deer sculpture from Arjuna’s Penance, Mamallapuram 🦌 This beautiful Pallava-era carving was later featured on the reverse of the Indian ₹10 note series introduced in the 1970s. One of the finest examples of naturalistic stone sculpture in Indian art.
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Nice to see a political party emerge with principles, ethics focus, APJ inspired & with intention to train leaders 1st through an academy. Hope they make it truly work! More political parties must learn from these laudable initiatives. Strong foundations matter! India needs this.
Be the Change, Bring the Change! மாறுவோம் மாற்றுவோம்! wetheleader.org #WeTheLeaders #LeadTheChange
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Feel deeply for the mother who lost her brave son and soldier. Salute you and your son madam. Feel your pain. The sacrifices he and you made for the nation is immense. We bow. 🙏If only many Indians felt one hundreth as patriotic as your son and did their duty for the country...
Tonight, a prayer for the mother of Sepoy Janjal Pravin Prabhakar receiving her son’s Kirti Chakra. Young Sepoy Janjal was killed in action in July 2024 after killing 2 terrorists in Kulgam, J&K. 💔🇮🇳
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Beautiful to look at...
123456789, the teacher who designed the formation is amazing; the movement is always minimal.
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This is good use of AI to imagine how Ellora temples were made. #templearchitecture #ellora
The Kailasa Temple at Ellora defies the very definition of construction. It was not built; it was uncovered. 🔱🕉️ In the 8th century, Rashtrakuta artisans didn't stack stone upon stone. Instead, they took a solid basalt cliffside and performed the most audacious act of sculpture in human history: they carved from the top down, slicing away thousands of tons of rock to reveal a finished masterpiece hiding within the mountain. A Masterclass in Subtractive Engineering: This is not merely a temple—it is a monolith. Every towering vimana, every intricate pillared hall, every fluid elephant sculpture, and every delicate narrative relief was once part of the living rock. 🔺The Impossible Process: By carving downward, the architects had only one chance. There was no room for error; once a piece of rock was removed, it could never be replaced. 🔺A Fully Realized World: Beneath the open sky, you walk through gateway complexes, cross carved bridges, and wander through colonnades that were never assembled, but rather liberated from the earth. 🔺Artistry and Precision: The line between architecture and sculpture vanishes here. The structure, the surface, and the ornament are inseparable, carved with a level of precision that remains a staggering engineering feat over a millennium later. At Kailasa, the mountain didn't just host a temple—the mountain became the temple. It stands today as an eternal reminder of what humanity can achieve when vision transcends the limits of traditional building. 📽️chapterofdesign
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Pretty sure the first human to invent the needle just plagiarized the Common Tailorbird. 🤫 #tuesday #Tuesdayspecial

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Padma Shri for K. Pajanivel, the Man Who Kept India’s 5,000-Year-Old Silambam Tradition Alive K. Pajanivel, renowned Silambam master and dedicated promoter of India’s ancient martial arts tradition, will be honoured with the Padma Shri for his exceptional contribution to preserving and popularising indigenous martial arts and folk culture. Hailing from Puducherry, he has devoted over three decades to training thousands of students in Silambam and other traditional martial and folk art forms, while actively promoting Tamil Nadu’s 5,000-year-old weapon-based martial art across India and internationally. Through free training camps, cultural programmes, and grassroots mentorship, he has played a vital role in keeping India’s rich martial heritage alive for future generations. Pajanivel supports teaching Silambam in schools and aims to further promote it globally. His work has been vital in keeping India’s rich martial heritage alive for future generations. Credit : Hindustan Times.
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Some ones ingenuity to beat the work from home trackers. "I am active!... Errr.. my cooler is active and proxying for me!".
Human ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.
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The ramp up of cancer immunotherapy is remarkable. Now we're seeing vaccines achieve some cures or remissions in the most refractory cancers: pancreatic, melanoma, glioblastoma, renal, triple-negative breast cancer. ✓ out the new Ground Truths (link in profile)
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Oh my, this is deeply embarassing, if true.
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A 19-year old broke into India's largest high school examination system of 2M students a year, the CBSE, and was able to view and CHANGE any students' marks. He responsibly wrote to the team 3 months ago, and it took them 3 days to fix only one of the issues. Today, they took the entire website down. This is a absolute embarrassment. The futures and lives of millions rests in the hands of the utterly incompetent. There is also no mass media reporting on the matter. This topic is close to me because not only is this the education system I went through, but 12 years ago and silently for 5yrs since, I'd written about and reported a much less severe vulnerability allowing me to scrape these results too. More than a decade later, not much has changed. This 19yo, Nisarga Adhikary, wrote a great piece outlining each vulnerability he reverse engineered: - the master password leak - the client-side 2fac / OTP validation workaround - tokenless access to the entire internal app (dashboard, evaluator details, etc) setting dummy browser values - changing any password without knowing the old one - an IDOR vuln allowing you to act as any user and edit exam marks For those interested in a beautiful study in security breaches, this is a must read (link below). If there's any light at the end of the tunnel, it's that a 19yo who never went to college can do things 99% of top engineers couldn't figure out.
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It is not a fprgotten village. It is unknown North of the Vindhyas, tjats all! India is larger than one fathoms! #incredindia #templearchitecture
Before Hampi. Before Khajuraho. Before most of India’s great temples — there was Aihole. A forgotten village in Karnataka where the Chalukyas experimented with over 120 temples and changed Indian architecture forever. The real birthplace of Indian temple design. 🇮🇳
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India is forgiving & Indians a welcoming people. Even to those who have even said terrible things about Indians & India like Laura. It was good @PreetiChoudhry & @gauravcsawant brought it up. Laura followed it up with an apology. Some of her tweets on India were truly despicable
#Watch: “Some of your tweets were against India and many were later deleted. They united the left, right and centre. Do you regret posting them?” Responding to the question, Trump loyalist and American political activist Laura Loomer addressed the controversy around her past anti-India tweets. @PreetiChoudhry | @Gauravcsawant | #IndiaTodayConclave2026 #LauraLoomer #USPolitics #IndiaUSRelations #SocialMediaControversy #PoliticalDebate #IndiaTodayGlobal
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What a wonderful example of a citizen who decided to act! After the authorities apathy after repeated alerts. She decided to get paint, go in the night and paint in the accident prone spot. Inspiring. I am sure authorities will wake up after this gets viral #citizenaction #hero
புதுக்கோட்டையில் விபத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் வேகத்தடைக்கு பெயிண்ட் அடிக்கவில்லை.. இரவு நேரத்தில் வெள்ளை வண்ணம் தீட்டிய ஊர்க்காவல் படையைச் சேர்ந்த பெண்ணுக்கு குவியும் பாராட்டு.. #Pudukottai #Speedbrakerissue #Whitepaint #Women #Newstamil24x7
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So sorry to hear about this. True examples of what India stands for - excellence, pluralism & amity. Had the honour of hearing madam at IIMB's annual SPIC Macay event. Post event mam mentioned that sir couldnt make it as he was unwell. Our prayers. May he rest in peace.
Getting news of the demise of Nagaswaram Vidwan Sheikh Mehboob Subhani. He along with his wife Khalishabee were disciples of Sheikh Chinna Moulana Saheb. Hailing from Andhra they settled in TN. They were awarded the Padma Shri by @rashtrapatibhvn in @BJP4India. Atma Shanti!🙏
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Definitely embarrasses India given the ship was leaving Indian shores after a International Naval event.
A Torpedo in India’s Backyard: Why the U.S. Strike Looks Like An Unfriendly Act The U.S. torpedoing of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in India’s maritime backyard is more than a battlefield event; it is a strategic embarrassment for New Delhi. The ship had just participated in India’s flagship MILAN-2026 naval exercise, where, along with 18 other foreign warships, it sailed as a diplomatic guest of the Indian Navy. By sinking a vessel returning from an Indian-hosted multilateral exercise, Washington effectively turned India’s maritime neighborhood into a war zone, raising uncomfortable questions about India’s authority in its own backyard. In diplomatic terms, the strike violated the unwritten code of naval hospitality. Attacking a ship immediately after it leaves a host’s waters is widely seen as a slight to that host. The message to participating navies is stark: attending India’s exercises may not guarantee safety once they sail away. The implications go deeper. Prime Minister Modi’s MAHASAGAR vision — positioning India as the Indian Ocean’s “preferred security partner” — rests on the idea that New Delhi can convene cooperation and maintain stability in the region. The U.S. strike shattered that image by demonstrating that a distant power can employ lethal force in India’s maritime backyard without coordination. Worse, the attack occurred near Sri Lanka, just south of India’s maritime boundary, precisely the space India hopes to keep insulated from Middle Eastern wars. Instead, the Indian Ocean suddenly looks like an extension of that conflict. The result is a jarring paradox: Washington may see the torpedoing as legitimate wartime action against an enemy vessel, but from New Delhi’s vantage point it was an unfriendly act — one that undermined India’s diplomacy, its convening power and its claim to regional maritime leadership. In one torpedo strike, American hard power has punctured India’s carefully cultivated soft power.
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French Dassault’s CEO Éric Trappier warned the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS/SCAF) program could collapse, accusing Airbus of refusing to cooperate, saying “if Airbus maintains this position, the project is dead.” Source: Le Parisien
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