Anirudh Kanisetti
Public historian, author of #LordsOfEarthAndSea and #LordsOfTheDeccan: new histories of South India. Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. Columnist @ThePrintIndia.
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3 days ago |
flipboard.com | Anirudh Kanisetti
9 hours agoCountries are commonly defined by their geographic location, their national flag, and often the languages spoken by its people. This not only reveals how people communicate, but it also serves as a window into the history and culture of a place. Many nations have a prominent, primary language; some …
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4 days ago |
theprint.in | Anirudh Kanisetti
Anthropologist and historian Thomas Trautmann, in Dravidian Kinship (1981), also found a Dravidian substrate in many place-names in Maharashtra, and pointed out that Dravidian cultural practices—such as first-cousin and maternal uncle-niece marriages—are practiced by a few castes in Sindh and even Gujarat. Speakers of Dravidian languages, and their descendants, are extremely widespread. Given this vast geographic range, it’s natural to ask: who were the ‘original’ Dravidian speakers?
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1 week ago |
theprint.in | Anirudh Kanisetti
In the centuries after, the trajectory of Indian mathematics is somewhat unclear. Around the 4th century BCE, Jains were developing an expansive cosmology, with vast distances and eras of time. Mathematician George Gheverghese Joseph, in The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics, provides some examples.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Anirudh Kanisetti
NowHeavy rains and flooding in Bengaluru have led to widespread disruption, with Uber facing backlash on social media for charging excessive fares. A user shared on X that he was charged an unusually high price for a short 12 km ride while stuck in the rain with his family and a kid. For the unversed, …
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2 weeks ago |
theprint.in | Anirudh Kanisetti
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Delhi, meet the Cholas. I'll be in conversation with the erudite @RishiMajumder of @IndianHistory_C the coming Tuesday, May 27, at @alliancefrdelhi . We'll be talking about the world of medieval South India: politics, society, architecture, gender. @juggernautbooks @Chikisarkar https://t.co/V21uo88jVr