An exploration of Indian culture & style. It's influence & impact over the next century. Food, arts, business, spirituality + more. B(Eng)Lon, MA. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

Jamaica
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Bits from my trip to #India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ โ€“ such an amazing civilisation and a big part of my ancestry. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐ŸŒ
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๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐Ÿ˜ #India is home to over 60% of the remaining Asian elephant population in the wild, making #Indian wildlife reserves critical to the species' survival.
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๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿ™ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ 4 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ด. From Lord Ganesha & Airavata to the Gaja-Sena of ancient armies, elephants embody wisdom, power and prosperity. ๐Ÿ•‰๏ธ
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๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿ“ก ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐ŸŒ€ @MetserviceJA and Ministers launched the system and outlined next steps for forecasting and recording. ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ For more info follow: @matthewsamuda
Tomorrow we join the team of @MetserviceJA in commissioning our Doppler Radar, and outlining the next phase of development in our forecasting and recording capabilities. See you then.
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๐——๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐Ÿ“ก ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต. ๐ŸŒ€ That shift reveals speed and direction, letting forecasters track storms, rain, and wind. ๐ŸŒช๏ธ
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๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐——๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ: ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ 1 ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐Ÿ” ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜–๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 1996, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช. #India has homegrown fast food chains: Burger Singh & Faasos
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McDonald's India launched a plant-based "Protein Plus" slice made with soya and pea protein in July 2025. ๐Ÿ” A joint report by Asia Research & Engagement and FICCI projects annual per capita protein consumption rising from 9.5 kg in 2025 to 30 kg by 2070. ๐Ÿ“ˆ
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๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ: ๐—›๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต? ๐Ÿฅ— ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: ๐˜จ๐˜บ๐˜ฎ-๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด & ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐Ÿ’ช
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๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ'๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ฑ-๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿง€ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต. ๐Ÿ‹ Mild, milky & firm, it doesn't melt, so it holds its shape in curries. ๐Ÿ›
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ท๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—จ๐—ฝ #Jamaica. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐Ÿ™ The Indian High Commission & Kingston #Bengal Group marked Durga Puja at the #Hindu Temple with songs & cultural performances.๐Ÿช” #India Follow: @hcikingston
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๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ. ๐Ÿ›• The Sanatana Dharma Mandir in Kingston, the capital city, is #Jamaica's first government-recognized #Hindu temple. ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ”ธBuilt in the 1970s by Pandit Munaeshwar Maragh. ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ”ธHosts #Diwali, #Navratri & Ganesh Puja. ๐Ÿช”
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๐—–๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ: ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŒ€ ๐˜๐˜”๐˜‹ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐ŸŒŠ Winds up to 125 km/h, gusts to 140. Odisha on alert. โš ๏ธ Follow the stream. ๐Ÿ‘‡ youtu.be/NBeIZ33qf2I
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๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น. ๐ŸŒ€ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐ŸŒŠ Winds up to 135 km/h, 3 dead. โš ๏ธ #Jamaicans extend condolences and stand in solidarity with #India. ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ
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๐—–๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐ŸŒ€ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 28 ๐˜–๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. โฐ IMD expects winds of 125-135 km/h and a 1-1.5 m storm surge near Kakinada and Yanam. ๐ŸŒŠ Follow IMD bulletins. Stay Safe. โš ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ
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๐—–๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐ŸŒ€ This channel helped me prepare for Hurricane Melissa. ๐ŸŒช๏ธ Areas affected by Cyclone Arnab may find this useful. ๐Ÿ‘‡ youtu.be/9iA6gBUK_2Q
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#India stay safe! ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Cyclone Arnab.
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๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ข๐—  + ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐ŸŒ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜Š๐˜ˆ๐˜™๐˜๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜”-๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜•๐˜Ž๐˜ˆ81, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ. @kaminajsmith ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ #India's ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ @DrSJaishankar & CARICOM ministers reaffirmed commitment to multilateralism & collaboration in international fora. ๐Ÿค
#ICYMI | Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of India have reaffirmed their commitment to multilateralism and continued collaboration in international fora. The two parties met on the margins of the recently concluded Eighty-First Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81) for the Seventh Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM and India. The Meeting, co-chaired by the Honourable Melvin Bouva, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Cooperation of the Republic of Suriname and Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), and H.E. Dr S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, reviewed the state of CARICOM-India relations. ๐Ÿ”—Click the link to read the full story โžก๏ธ caricom.org/caricom-india-coโ€ฆ
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๐——๐—ผ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜. ๐Ÿ™ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ. ๐Ÿƒ ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฅ. ๐ŸŽฏ The Bhagavad Gita taught this 2,500 years ago. ๐Ÿ“œ Focus on doing your best work, not on the reward. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Learn more ๐Ÿ‘‡
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The Bhagavad Gita is an ancient Indian holy book. It tells of a warrior, Arjuna, who doesn't want to fight in a war. His friend & guide, Krishna, talks him through it. The main lessons: โžก๏ธ Do your duty, even when it's hard. โžก๏ธ Do your best work, & don't obsess over the result.
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