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This Deepavali, a lamp worth lighting: Smriti, @mid_org's record of India’s civilizational heritage, now holds over 11 lakh manuscript records and 1 lakh inscriptions, free to search, in one place.
That is roughly a tenth of the 1 crore+ manuscripts India’s national survey has mapped, and about a third of the 3 lakh inscriptions estimated to survive. To our knowledge, no other open platform brings Indian manuscripts and inscriptions together, at this scale.
When we, @Shreyas_mysuru, @SudarshanHS, @RahulDewanV2 & I, started on this journey a year ago, the intent was: a dataset that is public & free. What we have managed so far is owed to our donors, teammates, volunteers, custodians and partners.
This year, there are two priorities:
1. A platform for researchers and enthusiasts to add to and correct the knowledge base.
2. Fresh digitisation grants to partner institutions, for which we are raising a corpus of ₹15 crore.
A request to every donor: be our ambassador. Every hour spent fundraising is an hour not spent digitising. If you would like to help or volunteer, please write to [email protected] or DM @midf_org.
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
smriti.midf.org.in
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மக்கள் மனங்களில் புதிய நம்பிக்கையையும், புத்துணர்வையும், மகிழ்ச்சியையும் மலரச் செய்யும் தீபாவளித் திருநாளில், அனைவருக்கும் எனது மனமார்ந்த நல்வாழ்த்துகள்!
இருள் நீங்கி ஒளி பிறக்கும் நாளாகவும், தீமைகள் அழிந்து நன்மைகள் பெருகும் வெற்றித் திருநாளாகவும் கொண்டாடப்படும் தீபாவளிப் பண்டிகையைப் பாதுகாப்போடும், மிகுந்த உற்சாகத்தோடும் கொண்டாடி, அளவற்ற அன்பையும், மகிழ்ச்சியையும் அனைவருடனும் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வோம்.
இல்லங்கள்தோறும் ஆனந்தம் பெருகி, அனைவரின் வாழ்விலும் புது நம்பிக்கை பிறந்து, உற்சாகம் பொங்கிப் பெருகும் நாளாக இத்திருநாள் அமையட்டும்!
#CMJosephVijay
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Deepavali is almost here! Here’s what some Singaporeans are looking forward to most this Festival of Lights! Wishing everyone a joyous and meaningful Deepavali! 🪔
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Deepavali Nalvaalthukkal!
🪔
#MalaysiaMADANI
#YakinMADANI
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GO released on agricultural land conversion, based on the content and deduction, it only looks like for cases where agricultural land is being converted into residential or commercial by individuals based on :
🔸Not for Chennai or IT spaces within it:
The G.O. title and appendix explicitly state these amendments apply exclusively to "Non-planning Areas," which legally excludes established, regulated zones like the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
With areas such as CMA land usage or zoning conversion is a different process , totally unrelated to this.
🔸Not for government infrastructure projects:
The rules require an affidavit confirming "that no other poromboke, government or any other lands not belonging to the applicant are included" as per this G.O, proving it targets private property rather than state land acquisitions. 🤷🏽♂️
🔸Only for private individuals/developers:
The mandate to upload a "Self-attested copy of the sale deed" and a "Proposed layout" shows this is for private owners, whereas government infrastructure projects bypass this process entirely and instead follow specific legislation like the Tamil Nadu Land Acquisition Act.
If the deduction is right it would only serve justice to those hypocrites who cry out loud while asked to give up land for govt. infrastructure projects over compensation, instead only later sell it off to plot real estate brokers. 🤷🏽♂️
Not sure why we are thinking it is going to affect infra projects , if someone can explain otherwise incase the above deduction is not right.
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Do you feel India should depend on other countries for processing the critical minerals that power our future?
I certainly don’t!
Lithium, nickel, cobalt…these are essential for EVs, batteries, electronics and defence. Yet, we remain heavily dependent on imports of refined materials.
To address this, the Cabinet has approved a scheme to change this.
Key highlights:
New critical mineral processing plants.
Capital subsidy to boost investment.
Greater domestic value addition.
Stronger supply chains.
The principle is clear...India must have capabilities to build technologies of the future!
pib.gov.in/PressReleaseDetai…
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Turn up the Volume!
🚅 Bharat’s Bullet Train is taking shape.
#Bharat_BulletTrain
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A defining milestone for India’s maritime future! In Seoul today, I met with HD Hyundai Chairman Mr. Chung Ki-sun to rapidly advance the massive $4 billion greenfield mega shipyard at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
Guided by Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji's vision, India is poised to become a core pillar of HD Hyundai's global future as it reiterates its commitment to participate as the primary strategic investor in this flagship project.
To accelerate execution on the ground, a Joint Working Group comprising officials from both sides would steer the project, aiming to finalise the joint venture structure and DPR within six months.
By combining South Korea's technological capabilities with India's massive domestic vessel demand, we are driving deep technology transfer and localised manufacturing to build a globally competitive shipbuilding ecosystem. 🇮🇳🤝🇰🇷
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There's no future of Hindus without material prosperity in 21st C.
Part of why Christian NGOs heavily oppose infrastructure projects is because that takes away a key component of helplessness which is the catalyst for proselytization.
Leftists are trying to be clever by selling a brand of Hinduism that keeps Hindus as spiritual villagers.
Doesn't work anymore when can see right through you lol.
Many have seen what is possible when your religion has an IRGC, and many will want an IRGC for themselves.
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The EDF (Export Declaration Form) rules are now in effect, and it seems like RBI and banks have conspired to create a new hell. Or actually 5 hells.
I consult for an American company. Raised October invoice. Received the Inward remittance. And bang! Mail from @HDFC_Bank detailing everything needed before the payment can be processed.
Let me tell you what the 5 hells are:
1. The hell of confusion – RBI clarified last month that the EDF rules do not apply to individuals. But looks like they haven’t told the banks. And CAs also don’t seem to know. There’s no official communication on who is exempt. Last I checked, I was an individual. No company, no LLP. But HDFC still wants me to file the EDF to credit my payment.
2. The hell of complexity – See the attached pic of the form the bank has sent in excel. It has 5 sheets. To be filled and submitted. Some abstruse acronyms like “AD” - no clue what it means. Some fields are mandatory. Some fields are to be filled by the bank. No idea which is what. And it needs a physical signature. Which leads to...
3. The hell of paperwork - They also sent a pdf with a bunch of request letters. I’m supposed to choose the right letter, print, sign, scan and submit. Creating more paper today is incredibly silly. And, I suppose, someone in the bank will have to upload all this somewhere. Reminds me of those hand-filled immigration forms. Pointless.
4. The hell of repetition – At least for me, most of the details are constant. One client, one payment. If it’s a one-time exercise, fine. I’ll grit my teeth and get it done. But no. These details have to be given month after month. Else… no payment will be credited.
5. The hell of unpreparedness – It would have been simple enough for RBI or HDFC to create an online portal for this. With dropdowns, saved formats, contextual help, etc. to at least make this easy. But that would be too convenient, no? So, they’ve chosen to dump the entire burden on the taxpayer.
I have no opinion or understanding of why this is needed. Maybe it is critical information. Okay! But why make the process so confusing and painful?
And poor communication has meant that the banks have just passed on the pain to the exporter, and even CAs can’t help.
Basically RBI & HDFC feel I should consult less, and comply more. Maybe my client will also agree :)
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Yttrium oxide costs $9/kg in China and $1,150/kg outside it. Japan could run short by year-end. China’s export controls squeeze foreign factories while feeding its own. Make in India needs Mine in India. And the capacity to refine what we dig up
ft.com/content/ebd3244a-9120…
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CMDA has given a clarification on the alleged status of the approval for a particular property development's FSI, which is borderline ok !
But what makes me really uncomfortable is the whole point of why a city planning agency even needs to release a press note like this to answer an allegation from a YouTube channel that knows nothing about urban planning. 🤷🏽♂️
How are they going to increase the FSI for the promised three corridors for office space development? It makes them look fragile, as every Tom, Dick, and Harry will come up with something controversial about urban planning just for views and engagement with gullible viewers.🫣
And I saw a bunch of ruling party supporters defending how a premium FSI of 4.8 is applicable for a 54-foot versus a 60-foot road-facing site.
In the first place, the development rules of the CMDA are already antiquated and require changes based on benchmarking against global and Indian peer cities.
This site in particular has two metro stations within a 500–600 meter distance. Having such a high-density transit line nearby and still debating over 6 feet of road margin is stupid in the first place, if the rule on paper is not practical aligning to actual ground reality needs to be done on transparent manner that's it !
Let alone this site, the CMDA really needs to revise its rule book for the entire CMA to practical terms in their new master plan. It is not just about this site, but about how any idiot can dictate how a 15-million populated region works. The same happened with the Parandur airport,fear-mongering and the misinformation peddled by some delusional influencers! This is being done during all the government regimes by these crooks.😏
For God's sake urban planning organizations and any political party supporters shouldn't engage in sycophancy or dance to the tunes of some political YouTube paithyams and sutrusoozhal mentals.🙄
In the end, this will only drive the city's growth into a ditch. 😏 Chennai has already suffered a lot due to these zombies.
🙏🏽Please don't make it a victim of your pandering to some delusional YouTuber influencer & his followers !! 😵💫
#Chennai
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ANNOUNCING Pramāṇa, the most comprehensive database of Indian primary sources ever created.
Any
- text (including recensions, commentaries, commentaries on commentaries etc.)
- inscription, coin type...
- foreign text relevant to India
- digitizations of Archaeological survey this, Epigraphica XYZ, whatever
you can think of, is in here.
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Will the Hindu Bear Arms? A white supremacist spent thirteen minutes in the Balaji temple lot on day one of Navarātri. Nobody inside knew. What Jews, Sikhs and Black churches built after their attacks, and what our temples must do before Diwali.
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H elite has petty soul. Blaming peasantry is dodging the real problem.
H self-perception itself has been brainrotted by various ideologies that sprung up in late 19th & early 20th C.
"we wuz spiritual n sheeeit". H elite has not conducted an honest self-critical review of mistakes of the past.
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Going to gigaquote this shit-philosphy of yours with an excerpt from Nietzsche. Hope it helps.
Also, the underdog story isn't exactly new, it is just as old as stories of power (think David and Goliath).
If you need to choose a side, choose a weaker side.
Cheerleader of the power is the weakest and pettiest character of a movie or a myth.
Government has all the powers in the world,
No where in history has govt been right whenever the cities have been fortified for citizens.
When police face peaceful civilians, behind them are standing powers of exploitation.
The support shall go to the weaker.
One who is sweating.
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People mistake authoritarianism for something else: Ethnos-ideological clarity. That's what matters for superstates.
The United States is a nation of White Anglo Saxon Protestants with democracy as the vehicle to spread WASP domination. Even immigration to the United States was done to increase the domination of the American WASP class.
China is a nation of Han Chinese with Communism (and now industrial capacity) as a vehicle to spread Han domination.
USSR was a nation of Russians and Slavs with Communism to spread Russian domination.
Islamic Republic of Iran is a nation of ethnic Persians with Palestinianism/Islamism as a global ideology.
The Hindus have to do soul searching. Democracy is only a hindrance because the Hindus have turned democracy into a system where political parties win elections on giving ethnic quotas to Hindus to become a clerk in the government, or to give cash to villagers.
The villages of India must be disenfranchised. The aspiring clerk has to be put into a factory. There must be ideological dissemination from the top. Peasants have to be groomed into officers who will carry out orders at the factory line or the battlefield.
There is no greater way to project ideology than the build up of grand cities, factories, weapons. For the last 70 years, we have been "forced" to do these things because the US & China, being ideological, have forced us to do the bare minimum. Were it not for China to test nukes in 1964, the Hindus, being the spiritual villagers they are, would've never embarked on the quest to get the bomb, or them to launch spy sattelites for Pakistan in 1990s, ISRO would've never grown. As much as we have conflicts with China, they're our North Star.
Indian politicians are drawn from peasants without the ideological training a peasant must undergo to become a statesman. As a result, villagers in power of one of the largest superstates that will ever exist in human history are ruining us. This isn't even a jibe at any political party because they're all like this.
Those Indians drawn to authoritarianism believe it will yield China-like sparkling megacities and world-beating companies. But war-torn Myanmar and bankrupt Zimbabwe are examples of where autocratic rule often leads. [My take]
wsj.com/opinion/indias-best-…
