Not hidden. Not forbidden. Not erased from record.
Then colonial narratives rewrote them as passive.
This is what they tried to bury. 🛡️
Not hidden. Not forbidden. Not erased from record.
Then colonial narratives rewrote them as passive.
This is what they tried to bury. 🛡️
The reatored faces heavily Indian features (AI influence)
But look closer: a central figure surrounded by covered attendants. The same pattern appears in Ajanta frescoes from the same period.
The reatored faces heavily Indian features (AI influence)
But look closer: a central figure surrounded by covered attendants. The same pattern appears in Ajanta frescoes from the same period.
#uncroptruth #Decolonisation
#uncroptruth #Decolonisation
Wait. "Wife of"? Why not "husband of"? 🤔
Coverture doctrine: a married woman's legal identity absorbed into her husband's. Her surname erased. Her property transferred. Her contracts void. ⚖️
Language reveals the system. 📜
Wait. "Wife of"? Why not "husband of"? 🤔
Coverture doctrine: a married woman's legal identity absorbed into her husband's. Her surname erased. Her property transferred. Her contracts void. ⚖️
Language reveals the system. 📜
Not hidden. Not shamed. Not "illegitimate."
Just... a musician. 🎶
Before invasion rewrote what women were allowed to be.
Not hidden. Not shamed. Not "illegitimate."
Just... a musician. 🎶
Before invasion rewrote what women were allowed to be.
#GemsOfASI #8
Misclassification and misdating.
In archaeology, dates are not just numbers.
They shape narratives, hierarchies, and legitimacy.
#GemsOfASI #8
Misclassification and misdating.
In archaeology, dates are not just numbers.
They shape narratives, hierarchies, and legitimacy.
Show me one Indian epic that said: multiply to defeat the enemy.
Breed to win? That's Abrahamic.
Indian philosophy said: act without attachment to outcome.
If number wins Kaurav would have been victorious.
Show me one Indian epic that said: multiply to defeat the enemy.
Breed to win? That's Abrahamic.
Indian philosophy said: act without attachment to outcome.
If number wins Kaurav would have been victorious.
2024 excavations at Bahaj, Rajasthan: 23-meter-deep buried channel discovered beneath the surface. Settlements dated 3500–1000 BCE along its banks.
Rigveda praised her as "best of mothers, best of rivers."
2024 excavations at Bahaj, Rajasthan: 23-meter-deep buried channel discovered beneath the surface. Settlements dated 3500–1000 BCE along its banks.
Rigveda praised her as "best of mothers, best of rivers."
Only for a British clerk in 1933 to exile them again—permanently—from Delhi’s map.
96 years later, bureaucracy still winning. 😭🛐
When even the Pandavas can’t beat Indian bureaucracy.
Only for a British clerk in 1933 to exile them again—permanently—from Delhi’s map.
96 years later, bureaucracy still winning. 😭🛐
When even the Pandavas can’t beat Indian bureaucracy.
So we spray pesticides on every crop. Agrochemical industry adds ₹42,000 crore to GDP.
Then those same chemicals give us cancer. Punjab's cancer belt treats 80,000+ patients yearly. Oncology market? ₹12,500 crore in 2023. Growing at 12% annually.
So we spray pesticides on every crop. Agrochemical industry adds ₹42,000 crore to GDP.
Then those same chemicals give us cancer. Punjab's cancer belt treats 80,000+ patients yearly. Oncology market? ₹12,500 crore in 2023. Growing at 12% annually.
First? 🧐
Keeladi showed urban Tamil life at 600 BCE.
Adichanallur had iron by 3345 BCE.
Porunai had trade before Harappa was even mapped.
So who exactly kept calling it first?
First? 🧐
Keeladi showed urban Tamil life at 600 BCE.
Adichanallur had iron by 3345 BCE.
Porunai had trade before Harappa was even mapped.
So who exactly kept calling it first?
Kondane Caves, Pune. Ancient stone. Three figures. A man flanked by two women, holding hands openly.
Before invasion taught us shame, our ancestors carved intimacy into rock.
What did they know that we forgot?
#Decolonisation #UncropTheTruth
Kondane Caves, Pune. Ancient stone. Three figures. A man flanked by two women, holding hands openly.
Before invasion taught us shame, our ancestors carved intimacy into rock.
What did they know that we forgot?
#Decolonisation #UncropTheTruth
#GemsOfASI #7
Excavation suppression and selective archaeology.
Archaeology is not only about what is excavated.
It is equally about 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.
#GemsOfASI #7
Excavation suppression and selective archaeology.
Archaeology is not only about what is excavated.
It is equally about 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭.
Older than Peshwa Pune. Predates Maratha empire by 950 years.
Yet bureaucrats call it "protected." 🧵
Older than Peshwa Pune. Predates Maratha empire by 950 years.
Yet bureaucrats call it "protected." 🧵
Nov 20: Supreme Court accepts new definition.
Dec 21: Union Minister issues clarification.
Facts matter. Here's what changed — and what we need to watch. 📋⚖️
#SaveAravalli #Aravallis
Nov 20: Supreme Court accepts new definition.
Dec 21: Union Minister issues clarification.
Facts matter. Here's what changed — and what we need to watch. 📋⚖️
#SaveAravalli #Aravallis
Serpent deity. Female. Standing openly. Adorned.
Before invasion:
🐍 Serpents = wisdom
🚺 Feminine divine = worshipped
👗 Bare torso = sacred
Then colonial morality arrived.
Serpents became evil.
Goddesses needed covering.
Serpent deity. Female. Standing openly. Adorned.
Before invasion:
🐍 Serpents = wisdom
🚺 Feminine divine = worshipped
👗 Bare torso = sacred
Then colonial morality arrived.
Serpents became evil.
Goddesses needed covering.
Installed by invaders along the stairs of Bhuleshwar Temple.
A sacred murti—placed at ground level.
Should it be removed? Elevated? Restored to its rightful place?
Or does nobody care anymore?
Installed by invaders along the stairs of Bhuleshwar Temple.
A sacred murti—placed at ground level.
Should it be removed? Elevated? Restored to its rightful place?
Or does nobody care anymore?
#GemsOfASI #6
Staffing vacuum and paper protection.
India does not suffer from a monument shortage.
It suffers from a 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦.
#GemsOfASI #6
Staffing vacuum and paper protection.
India does not suffer from a monument shortage.
It suffers from a 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦.
If you coined 1,000 new words every year, you'd need 10,000 years to match it. English? 170,000 words. Mandarin? Around 370,000.
1/5
If you coined 1,000 new words every year, you'd need 10,000 years to match it. English? 170,000 words. Mandarin? Around 370,000.
1/5
Diwali: diyas blaze during Kartik's darkest new moon (late Oct/early Nov).
Hanukkah: 8 candles in December.
Christmas: trees glow on Dec 25. (Merry Xmas)
Yule, Dongzhi, Saturnalia... all cluster around winter solstice.
Why? 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 🕯️
Diwali: diyas blaze during Kartik's darkest new moon (late Oct/early Nov).
Hanukkah: 8 candles in December.
Christmas: trees glow on Dec 25. (Merry Xmas)
Yule, Dongzhi, Saturnalia... all cluster around winter solstice.
Why? 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 🕯️
One year later, AQI still breaches 400. Stubble burns continue. Vehicle restrictions failed. Odd-even died quietly.
But thank you @gupta_rekha and @BJP4India for "trying". We'll check again next winter when throats burn and schools close. 💨
One year later, AQI still breaches 400. Stubble burns continue. Vehicle restrictions failed. Odd-even died quietly.
But thank you @gupta_rekha and @BJP4India for "trying". We'll check again next winter when throats burn and schools close. 💨
Real pigment. Real hierarchy. Fictional myth of “timeless poverty.” 🎨🔥✨
The foreigner sits grounded, bowl balanced with intention; five figures, one economy.
Attention flows inward.
Real pigment. Real hierarchy. Fictional myth of “timeless poverty.” 🎨🔥✨
The foreigner sits grounded, bowl balanced with intention; five figures, one economy.
Attention flows inward.
Real sculpture. Colonial silence. Fictional prudery. 🪨🔥✨
**She** stands carved, not posed—weight shifted, torso alive, breath implied; one body, many arguments.
Real sculpture. Colonial silence. Fictional prudery. 🪨🔥✨
**She** stands carved, not posed—weight shifted, torso alive, breath implied; one body, many arguments.