Friday, May 03, 2024

Courtesan has freedom, agency, and enterprise

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

My dad would make me sleep on his stomach in my childhood, cuddle my hair and tell me “Baaga Chaduko Talli.”( Study very well Maa.) 

As a middle class girl, I had just education to climb up the social ladder.

This left a deep mark on me. 

We are the poorest in my extended family. I knew the only way to succeed was through education...

https://twitter.com/Priya_Kruthi/status/1785914076981334233?t=2mMjNKUZX3liZMDRYO6F0g&s=19

.What an amazing and totally relatable story….the selfless sacrifices they made, got so many of us to where we are today. A generation of the 50’s-80’s those years of want, rationing and raddi-sellers as benefactors….@snigam @sagarikaghose @rammadhav_ @ShashiTharoor @ashishchauhan

https://twitter.com/DILIPtheCHERIAN/status/1742628329042440265?t=6e1EBqF3-6sjec-CVnX9Dg&s=19

Reflecting on life situations midway, at least, without covering a major part, can be warped for the results are a little bit away. Life is nothing but earning memories which get erased partially on a continuous basis.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEra/status/1658069345585487872?t=REpzYO1K8_ytDx-GUs0lNA&s=19

WHY WOMEN OF THIS GENERATION DO NOT WANT TO LIVE WITH IN-LAWS

Came across this post by @SrishtiRajjj & what she has written makes a lot of sense. Times change & people should prepare to change along with times. Happiness never thrives in control

https://twitter.com/DeepikaBhardwaj/status/1785970464990568894?t=1xXsHtELrOYieaCQxHXrTw&s=19

Women are choosing to stay single and childfree not bec they hate men or western influence, but they are registering the exhaustion of women around them - colleagues, friends, relatives - and choosing not to raise a husband alongside a baby and do disproportionate labour

https://twitter.com/MasalaBai/status/1783332838018052541?t=g9mLHdzNH0lpZsTjJ1SFfQ&s=19

Gurus in India feel women are pollution and so promote celibacy, even within marriage. This makes men pure we are told. But Hindu gods get married - Shiva, Vishnu, Ram, Krishna....even though modern "dharmic" posters rarely if at all show wives (or even mothers)

https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1780820158694473961?t=TlLwbSLHZp6NpJetHNlfDg&s=19

India's bestselling mythologist @devduttmyth is my guest this week. In this episode, we focused on Devdutt new book, 'Sati Savitri: And Other Feminist Stories They don't Tell You' and have brought to light many issues related to Feminism and Goddess.

https://twitter.com/Sumitsameer1/status/1782398605573206147?t=hI1PmQEhA0ydT34RjGgbEw&s=19

Evolving discoveries surrounding the mystical Indian herb Soma bear testimony to how mythology changes over space and time, and new ideas are shared through the same old stories

Read More .... 

From Vedic Soma to Puranic Amrut 

toi.in/y3P1-Y

https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1781995343141286067?t=763PxQBTFK-vHlTmVZ4t-Q&s=19

History of the civilised world....

Religion = cult with an army/terrorists

Language = dialect with an army/terrorists

Nation = tribe with an army/terrorists

Logic = beliefs with an army/terrorists

https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1786231449886306467?t=q4XaR1X2T9Y8IGpTk4h4xQ&s=19

This happens for two reasons in my experience:

1. We confuse measurable criteria (diversity) with intellectual and emotional capacities and capabilities 

2. We seek common ground (lowest common denominator) through combative debate and argument, rather than LISTENING to diverse ideas and churning a new solution.

https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1783011701375578481?t=arTykv16KJWJxlWbv0ig9g&s=19

The Kama Sutra draws attention to the tension between the monogamous housewife and the polygamous courtesan. The former has access to status, power, dignity and nobility while the latter has freedom, agency and enterprise. The two belong to very different worlds. This was part of Indian culture for over 2,000 years. This system was broken down brutally by the British with the support of nationalists, who saw the courtesan culture as a sign of corruption and debauchery. In this one aspect, the nationalists and the colonialists agreed.

Read More ecoti.in/CKgEga

https://twitter.com/devduttmyth/status/1779303179739656447?t=PfRAaTx7-34s5E7oeEh79w&s=19

“Bhansali seems to have sacrificed authenticity and historical accuracy of every kind to accommodate grandeur.”

The man is *obsessed* with grandeur which looks nice but I wonder why when life is rarely that grand, especially for courtesans I’d imagine.

https://twitter.com/gar_i_ma/status/1786104169880752253?t=z9GmSX4xlWHvIXkQX3N-jw&s=19

Lawrence Buell, Professor of American Literature Emeritus at Harvard University talks us through the origins of the phrase 'The Great American Novel' and nominates five novels as contenders.

https://twitter.com/five_books/status/1786139853928751497?t=3eGJuokZadlZUIM52-jRpA&s=19

One of the best documentaries I ever watched on the Partition of India, was a BBC documentary titled "Partition of India, the Day India Burned". Had first-hand accounts from witnesses who saw the carnage in "Punjab", including Mountbatten's daughter.

https://twitter.com/Akshobh/status/1786115205321076931?t=0CN3FuWcJFHZ2BhnHbU3Og&s=19

Dr. Kamini Gogri explores the lives of reformers like Pt. Banarsidasa, Acarya Vijayavallabha Suri, and contemporary leaders like Upadhyaya Amar Muni, advocating for modern education and temple rejuvenation.

#Jainism #Digambara #Jain @IndicaOrg

https://twitter.com/indicatoday/status/1786146143543374241?t=sktQsh9Q3RItGkpvlT295g&s=19

Arthur Avalon (John Woodroffe) is an example of a western person who discovered something of value in a foreign land and was willing to approach it with shraddha, bhakti and vishwas and applied that characteristic ability of a western mind to learn, absorb and translate that into writing. And there are even today many wonderful people in all parts of the world. 

https://twitter.com/aatmavalokana/status/1786203280550269137?t=7SDLJriQb25YWmoNOFgGCA&s=19

The Process of Illness Invading the Body and the Means to Reject It sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/05/03/the… via @santoshk1

https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1786180086699598055?t=6e7CkGp8G9ZJ01wnYpAw3g&s=19

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๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ - ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ 25 - 5

(๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ - ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ 25 - 4)

๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป

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srianandyoga.com

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https://twitter.com/shrikant_soman/status/1786241717185716300?t=quno85zevl3pndYMVW4swA&s=19

During elections, it is a challenge to separate the voter’s own personal experience from propaganda. Establishing this distinction is essential to understanding the impact of various election campaigns and what may influence voter choices. | @SobhanaNair

https://twitter.com/TheHinduComment/status/1786257892066123885?t=DsMS8mL4BvY0hCDMQkWyhw&s=19

There is no question that there is an emerging xenophobic and nativist flank on the Canadian right. Some of these folks have emerged from the Freedom Convoy and some are part of Diaglon. 

For the most part, these people are a joke just like their fictitious meme country Diaglon.  Relative to some conservatives in the US pushing the envelope on social issues, these people are mediocre and not especially smart.  They're just angry and bitter all the time at their precarity. They have nothing intelligent or constructive to offer.  

In recent months, they have made it clear that they despise people of colour, immigrants, Jews and other non Christians. And for some reason they have a visceral hatred of Hindus... 

https://twitter.com/rupasubramanya/status/1786119238496752117?t=ir75ZL68ZXD88kNRIummTA&s=19

If someone like me who has lived in Canada for most of my adult life is being called an "invited guest", or that I'm not fully integrated into Canadian society, and that I should go back to India for standing up for religious freedom in Canada, when in fact I've stood up for Canadian values, history, culture, and the freedom convoy, etc. then we're looking at something that is very ugly and divisive.

You missed all the action from December when I was defending the Hanuman statue at a private Hindu temple on the grounds of religious freedom then! I think that's what opened my eyes. They believe freedom for themselves and not for others.

https://twitter.com/rupasubramanya/status/1786208828377190640?t=z6FgINbfAd3Mztt5L4Ob_w&s=19

People are indoctrinated by religion from the moment they are born as that’s the basic cultural marker  . Even an “atheist” like Dawkins identifies as culturally Christian . So this is vs them thingy going away - maybe we should just ignore . It’s just who we are . And they are .

https://twitter.com/hrnext/status/1786259499332026612?t=jrjDitw6VQGuXuiDx3s9lw&s=19

Immigration provides America with that cutting edge that takes them ahead of other nations on tech innovation as well as soft power . But it’s tearing that country apart as it’s no longer a melting pot but a nation of warring tribes .

https://twitter.com/hrnext/status/1786260226850935118?t=cIBALWGcjO7Lr-ZBSVnfSg&s=19

Any theorising on Indian politics should consider Indians as Indians and not merely Hindus. That's the basic flaw.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEra/status/1785914920657416479?t=3QsIFF5ytsE6vXb4zPhI4g&s=19

My art-Using egs the article tell how the BJP & Congress manifestos reflect two views and thinking.
It quotes Swami Vivekananda & Sri Aurobindo whose wisdom shows the way for Bharat.
esamskriti.com/e/National-Aff… @CharuPragya @AdityaRajKaul @GautamDesiraju @amitsurg @JaipurDialogues

https://twitter.com/NayyarSanjeev/status/1786252642991432186?t=3ymy_F4WAiEv_wKUXQ85kQ&s=19

I have a hard time reading my Sri Aurobindo books because I have to stop and reflect constantly on what I just read. It's gonna take me years to finish them haha. Mind-blowing information.

https://twitter.com/ChrisBonesCast/status/1786256386046697737?t=UMmRWUNN_gZpSYslQ5hTZA&s=19

Read Graeber's "Debt." Human intelligence cannot be reduced to calculation of exchange value. Or at least we should resist such reductions.

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1786103694481838401?t=bzFHcDpUQY_YrgnTRsTRtQ&s=19

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