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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 13d

Worth listening and thinking whether there is any truth here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK8o...

The Secret Behind India’s Independence: What Historians Don’t Tell You | Vishal Mangalwadi

YouTube video by Vishal Mangalwadi

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 13d

Do #eliteinstitutions in #India perpetuate systemic inequality based on #caste

madrascourier.com/opinion/cast...

Caste In The Corridors Of Power: How India’s Elite Institutions Perpetuate Inequality | Madras Courier

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 14d

You could say, "How astonishing!"

Or you could say, "Oh, not in this as well!"

Or you could say, "And what did you expect?!"

www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/01/1...

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias.

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people.

www.technologyreview.com

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 15d

#religions that threaten and humiliate, as well as religions that harmonise and elevate

The case in #India today

countercurrents.org/2025/10/rake...

Rakesh Kishore defined Hindutva version of Sanatana Dharma in India’s highest court | Countercurrents

There is a spiritual saying: “The Word was God.” But Rakesh Kishore, a 71-year-old senior advocate at the Supreme Court, redefined the Word to be killed—and did so in the Supreme Court of India itself...

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 17d

You may know that I started in publishing in memory of my wife, 6 years ago, at the age of 70, knowing nothing about the industry earlier.

The best way of keeping up with my progress is to have a quick glance through the latest catalogue 😊

That should soon be uploaded to www.pipparannbooks.com

Book Shop - Pippa Rann Books & Media

Please select the appropriate currency via the buttons to the right of the page. Orders from the UK & Europe are priced in pounds sterling – GBP. Orders from the US, Canada and the Americas are priced...

www.pipparannbooks.com

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 19d

A robust defence of #IndianEnglish, in time for #IndianEnglishDay (October the 5th)

www.thenewsminute.com/voices/engli...

#Hindi #languagesofindia #officiallanguagesofIndia

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 19d

Words of wisdom from #RobertEHall to inspire us this weekend

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Political Violence and Abuse of Power: Time to Join a New Team

When we take joy in the distress and ruination of other people, we make monsters of ourselves. Kat Rosenfield Charlie Kirk, assassinated.

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 21d

Travelling in #India on holiday?

Worth discovering the #Mysore #Bangalore area

www.amazon.in/Marvels-Myso...

Amazon.in

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 23d

Glad to learn that the battle for #publicmedia is not lost at least in the #USA:

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/29/p...
#media #journalism #newspapers #magazines #americanmedia

Who Will Save Public Media?

Congress eliminated the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Can philanthropy and major foundations keep public media alive?

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 23d

Warmest congratulations to #lakshmimurdeshwarpuri

indianexpress.com/article/citi...

Former diplomat Lakshmi Puri’s novel to be adapted for OTT

Puri said the reactions of the readers of her book nudged her to contemplate the transition from the written word to moving pictures

indianexpress.com

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 24d

#Ojai, #California, November the 1st, #StephenPHuyler's next public lecture
www.ojaihub.com/bridles-brah...

#memoir @gypsyincalif.bsky.social #booktok

Bridles & Brahmins: An Ojai Rebel’s Journey from Ranch Trails to the Temples of India - Ojai Hub

Bridles & BrahminsAn Ojai Rebel’s Journey from Ranch Trails to the Temples of India Over the last 40 years, Stephen Huyler has published a half-dozen books on the sacred arts of India, drawing on...

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 25d

Did you know:

you can subscribe to the "Update" published by the #UKNationalPoetryLibrary free of charge?

This poem by #DebjaniChatterjeeMBE was just picked for it www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/natio...

@poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ellenelder-poet.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social

Ruffled Feathers | Southbank Centre

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 26d

Could it be that #Trump still has a thing or two to learn - from #India?!

bobsbanter.com/your-taxes-o...

#elections #electionfunds #politics

Your Taxes-Our Re-Election Fund..!

Today, as I opened the morning paper, my coffee nearly turned cold. There it was, staring me in the face—Bihari women had each received ten thousand rupees, not from some benevolent businessman, not f...

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 27d

Not sure if "Left" is any longer an appropriate term for this but, at present I have no better to term to offer, so let's stick with "Left".

To my mind, the question raised by this piece is: Is there not a parallel situtation right around the world?

indianexpress.com/article/opin...

The legacy of Indian socialism can’t be allowed to fade away. It’s the Left we need

Its ideas are critical for us today. It’s time to recall, repurpose and renew its political and ideological resources.

indianexpress.com

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 27d

"Transformed by India" was, even for someone like me who doesn’t often read memoirs, a delight. And, although I’ve never made it to the Subcontinent, now I want to go.
— Raima Larter, in the Washington Independent Review of Books

www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...

Transformed by India: A Life | Washington Independent Review of Books

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 27d

For your listening pleasure:

a 2-minute excerpt from the audiobook of Stephen Huyler's "Transformed by India"

drive.google.com/file/d/1QNJT...

Available for purchase via www.audiobooks.co.uk/audiobook/tr...

Cover of the audiobook of "Transformed by India: A Life" by Stephen P. Huyler, the Cultural Anthropologist, Art Historian, and Photographer of Indian village life for the last half a century

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 27d

#India's descent from the sycophantic "Mughal Raj" to the meritocratic and non-sycophantic but 'loyalist' "British Raj", to the meritocratic but exploitative "Babu Raj", to now the sycophantic "Chamcha Raj"

sagarikaghose.in/columns/nare...
#MughalRaj #BritishRaj #BabuRaj #ChamchaRaj

Narendra Modi’s Happy Birthday. When sycophancy is normalised. - Sagarika Ghose

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently celebrated his 75th birthday. Among the gushingly fulsome birthday wishes to Modi, a video by actor Sudesh Berry took the veritable cake. In the video, a visibly ...

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 27d

What if your next major writing project started entirely by accident, in the middle of the night?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxz...

#PippaRannBooks #StephenPHuyler #BookTok

Story Impact E31 Stephen Huyler

YouTube video by Lisa Towles

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 28d

Breaking News!

Frank Raj's screenplay, 'To Kill a Trojan Horse' has been selected for the Semi-Finals in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards (#LAISA)!

The Finals are in December.

Meanwhile, hearty congratulations to Frank!

#losangelesinternationalscreenplayawards

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · 29d

Delighted to see the prepublication announcement of the first-ever Handbook of Punjab Studies.

Will now be an important reference source on Punjab Studies.

48 scholars from Canada, Europe, India, Pakistan, Singapore, the UK, and the USA have contributed

www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies

The Routledge Handbook of Punjab Studies offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of Punjab Studies. Chapters cover the history, politics, economics, culture, religion and society as well as t...

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · Sep 21

To all my #Jewish relatives, friends and acquaintances:

Shanah Tovah!

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · Sep 19

Did Trump thwart Modiji's #Vishwaguru dream? Is the #Hindutva project now adrift?!

thefederal.com/category/opi...

How Trump thwarted RSS’s Vishwaguru dreams, leaving Hindutva project adrift

As US snub stings and old foes China-Russia turn into uneasy partners, RSS struggles to reconcile its 100-year global Hindutva vision with harsh new realities

thefederal.com

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · Sep 15

4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT (21:30 - 23:00 BST)

At all interested in #India? And how India transformed Stephen Huyler?

Enjoy the webinar by clicking on the link "Join Zoom meeting" immediately below the graphic: calendar.ufl.edu/clas_religio...
#Indianart #Indiancrafts @indianbronson.bsky.social

A book launch and a discussion of “Transformed by India”

Join the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions for the book launch and a discussion of “Transformed by India” by Dr. Stephen Huyler. Respons...

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Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · Sep 14

More and more countries have governments who insist on an absolute right to #privacy for the govt, but less and less right to privacy for citizens
www.nationalheraldindia.com/opinion/a-so...
#transparency #justice #freedom #humanrights #governmentsVScitizens

A sovereign right to privacy — or secrecy?

‘Privacy’ has become a weapon to deny legitimate information to the public, as the Election Commission has set new standards in opacity worthy of a Goebbels

www.nationalheraldindia.com

Prabhu Guptara @prabhuguptara.bsky.social · Sep 12

#StephenPHuyler interview with #AtulSingh of @fairobserver.bsky.social

www.fairobserver.com/video/fo-tal...
@hindus4casteequity.bsky.social @hinduism.bsky.social @hinduja.bsky.social @vhpdigital.bsky.social @asharangappa.bsky.social @sanghmitra.bsky.social @sarahsanghavi.bsky.social

FO° Talks: The West Has Ignored India and Been Wrong About It for Years

In this episode of FO° Talks, Atul Singh interviews Steven Huyler about his 50-year engagement with India.

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