Hi there, #Mastodon #India! Thanks so much for connecting! Here's a #thread of useful resources I've found to help make the UX a little easier to understand and navigate:
1. This detailed collection of resources for Mastodon, including Web and mobile clients, servers, and news bots: https://github.com/tleb/awesome-mastodon
@Deepsealioness #introductions #Mastodon #India Hello! I'm Anirudh. I'm a geopolitics researcher and amateur historian. My focus area is the early medieval Deccan, c. 600-1100, and I try to make critical understandings of history accessible through podcasting and memes.
I'm new here and am looking to connect with more like-minded folks - can I get a boost, please? :)
I think the Supreme Court's bowing to majoritarian pressure on Ayodhya underscores more than ever the need to have broad, critical understandings of India's medieval history.
I'd like to contribute to the discourse with a bunch of photo essay-ish toots about the evolution of the myriad meanings of temples and idols - in particular, their meanings in warfare. What should I start with?
RT @adam42smith
I don't usually do Zotero-fanboy hysterics, but
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!
https://www.zotero.org/support/pdf_reader_preview
RT @aimanjkhan
Remember kids, the Indian state and education system is so scared of Women's Studies and feminist scholarship, that since the last 03 years, they have been trying to cut all funding and resources of Women's Studies Centres across the country to permanently to shut them down. https://twitter.com/renhistorian/status/1366878625446830082
RT @habeeliqbal
“India entrenches use of shutdowns to suppress protests, cuts off Jammu and Kashmir.
India imposed the lion’s share of internet shutdowns in 2020, topping the global shame list — just as it did in 2018 and 2019.” https://twitter.com/accessnow/status/1367070405681442817
RT @dmcarballo
Two public talks on #CollisionofWorlds this week: 3/4 at U Albany IMS and 3/8 at U Chicago CLAS. All are welcome! https://fb.me/e/1YPip3dmG
RT @samopriya
To transliterate @avtansa's tweet for those who don't read Devanagari:
Sanskrit बुद्ध- buddʰa- ('enlightened, the Buddha') > Sogdian 𐼱𐼴𐽂 bwt ('the Buddha, Buddha-idol') > Persian بُت but ('idol') > Urdu بُت but ('idol')
So, an Indo-Aryan word ended up back in Indo-Aryan :) https://twitter.com/avtansa/status/1366174713542754305
History, art, caste, gender, economics, science, tech, politics, and most importantly, BRILLIANT puns. He/him.
Change is in the air and I'm here to witness it first hand.