Only time I read paper newspapers now is when I’m in India. First thing that caught my eye was the kerfuffle around statues of regional atheism-positive party’s founding father Periyar. Good question. Is active atheism a religion to be separated from state?🤔
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The current leader of same party (or main fork DMK rather) was also named for Stalin during a Stalin-positive era. I’m for atheism-positive state affirmative action but not so sure about this.
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It’s an Indian newspaper so of course the news is going to skew pro-snek and anti-dog
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Tabloid headline of the day
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International relations slightly bullish as well
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We conclude today’s India news bulletin with some Chola history snippets. Timely for me since I’m headed to Thanjavur tomorrow with family for a quick tour of the famous Chola temple there, which I haven’t seen before.
TIL copper for chola bronzes came from Jordan.
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Just noticed this detail: the Indian penal code section 428 under which the poisoners of the stray dogs are charged is “mischief by killing or maiming animals” … Indian legalese always seems to contain weird language like this. Mischief???
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I think this might be because of the trailer release of Mani Ratnam's Ponneyin Selvan - 1 and not an out of the blue story they decided to write on


