New podcast on all things related to Vijayanagara Empire! Great fun talking to @maneesht and @gaurav_lele @raghman36 @omarali50 @razibkhan @TheEmissaryCo

@KarikadaiBoy Oh no... Never realized Madan Lal was such a fine batsman!

@KarikadaiBoy Who is it?

My idle speculation - First wave - ikSvAkus. Perhaps not strictly vedic. Penetrated the gangetic plain very early and set up kingdoms there? Second wave - Rgvedic Aila tribes. Bharatas/Kurus belong to this lineage. Based on the upper gangetic plain (West UP, Delhi, Haryana) Third wave - Maybe some western lines like shalvas/madras/ kekeyas?

@arejay_c I think ikSvAkus operated in the east? While bharatas stayed in the brahmavarta region With little interaction

Attitude towards Vedic tradition is markedly different for me vs relatives I see pArAyaNa and homas as a Time Machine to the late Bronze Age. Upholding the tradition of the Aryas from the remote past when my ancestors were in holy brahmavarta They see it as ritual devices to address issues in our lives and solve quotidian problems. As means to get stuff done

@van_vij Yes, this "fair" NI thing is such a delusion...do they even look around them... Most NI are dark

Reminded of the time all those years back, when I used to force my grandmother to read Enid Blyton to improve her English

The silent era comedians have aged so well Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd are still loved by fans and critics alike The early sound comedians (early 30s) OTOH have mostly faded. Very dated. Laurel and Hardy for instance. Even Marx brothers fare slightly better than L&H The screwball comedy of the late 30s and early 40s has aged well. Still very watchable like the silent era classics

A lot has to do with disgruntled Americans with bad Indian bosses in the office

@entropied2223 Hadlee idolized Lillee as a teen and regarded the latter as his hero

@entropied2223 For a v long time your average North Indian youngster’s attitude was - Try to get into IIT/REC If not smart enough then do BA/BCom No middle ground ! This has changed only in the past 15 years or so

@teasri Bengal had elite human capital but not enough engineers even there Mushrooming of tech institutions is a southern phenomenon and to some extent maharashtra It started in the south in the 80s

A lot of India’s problems can be solved by just letting the private money open technical schools for profit Don’t be obsessed with IIT/ IIM/ NIT We need volume. We need institutes by the hundreds