Sourabh

@sourabhb
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29, mumbai boy. academic editor, qualitative researcher. hanging in there.
Why I'm here?i like mastodons. toot.
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LikesFootball. Journalism. Memes. Photography.
Interested inPolitics, climate change, history and culture.
Oh dear....... RIP servers. #Twitter is starting to crash, and Mastodon's signups are spiking. I repeat, when #Mastodon crashes wait until tomorrow, we will be here.
twitter truly living upto its dumpster fire rep today.
Chaayos is doing facial recognition in India. Just took a video of it. Seriously, wtf?
Alauddin Khilji thought of himself as the second Alexander - Sikander e Sani.
He wanted to perpetuate his memory with a tower four times the size of the Qutub Minar....
But as Robert Burns said
“The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley"
( often go awry)
So all we have is an unfinished minar...

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28047867/bcci-plans-sweeping-changes-lodha-reforms-threat?platform=amp#click=https://t.co/tSNsrwqBIc

Proposed changes include giving unprecedented powers to the BCCI secretary.
Who is the BCCI secretary?
Mr. Jay Shah.

BCCI plans sweeping changes, Lodha reforms under threat

Proposals to amend constitution will give Ganguly, secretary Shah longer terms and more powers, won't need Supreme Court approval | ESPNcricinfo.com

The #AyodhyaVerdict decides nothing about ancient history (that being the realm of historians). But it communicates quite clearly modern India's values and the permissibility of using mob violence against religious minorities. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rss-chief-welcomes-ayodhya-verdict-appeals-for-calm/articleshow/71981901.cms
RSS chief welcomes Ayodhya verdict, appeals for calm | India News - Times of India

India News: Asserting that the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue highlighted "truth and justice", RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said it should not

Mike's one piece of advice for new Mastodon users - dive into that Federated column and follow ANYONE and EVERYONE who looks like they've posted anything at all interesting to you. Just hammer the button. There's no penalty for mistakes. Go wild.

Later, when your Home timeline is buzzing, go in and unfollow people you decide you're not enjoying so much now.

Then do that again a few times. Then some more. Forever.

Guys . As more and more people start tooting , consider the fact that we are adding on to the server load and do consider donating to patreon or something
Finally am reading my TL , the major frenzy is over. Now it’s up to us to use this site for effective communication, entire news media Indian & International are talking about our exodus to Mastodon. We have created history guys, don’t leave the momentum #India
@Meezaan You can read the unedited chapter, as printed in the Pakistani edition of Aurangzeb, here: http://audreytruschke.com/truschke-aurangzeb-the-man.pdf