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#GemsOfASI #4
Cement conservation and irreversible damage.
One material has quietly caused more long-term damage to Indian monuments than weather, time, or worship: 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
#GemsOfASI #4
Cement conservation and irreversible damage.
One material has quietly caused more long-term damage to Indian monuments than weather, time, or worship: 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
December 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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#GemsOfASI #4
Cement conservation and irreversible damage.
One material has quietly caused more long-term damage to Indian monuments than weather, time, or worship: 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
#GemsOfASI #4
Cement conservation and irreversible damage.
One material has quietly caused more long-term damage to Indian monuments than weather, time, or worship: 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.
Bronze Tara, Nepal.
A goddess.
A protector.
A mother.
Cast in devotion centuries ago by artisans who saw the divine in feminine form.
Now? She sits behind museum glass.
Labeled. Catalogued. Separated from the prayers that gave her meaning.
A goddess.
A protector.
A mother.
Cast in devotion centuries ago by artisans who saw the divine in feminine form.
Now? She sits behind museum glass.
Labeled. Catalogued. Separated from the prayers that gave her meaning.
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Bronze Tara, Nepal.
A goddess.
A protector.
A mother.
Cast in devotion centuries ago by artisans who saw the divine in feminine form.
Now? She sits behind museum glass.
Labeled. Catalogued. Separated from the prayers that gave her meaning.
A goddess.
A protector.
A mother.
Cast in devotion centuries ago by artisans who saw the divine in feminine form.
Now? She sits behind museum glass.
Labeled. Catalogued. Separated from the prayers that gave her meaning.
AI restored image of an Indian woman, 10th century CE.
The broken nose?
Proof of her encounter with a desert cult parasite centuries ago.
Iconoclasm left its signature.
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The broken nose?
Proof of her encounter with a desert cult parasite centuries ago.
Iconoclasm left its signature.
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December 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
AI restored image of an Indian woman, 10th century CE.
The broken nose?
Proof of her encounter with a desert cult parasite centuries ago.
Iconoclasm left its signature.
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The broken nose?
Proof of her encounter with a desert cult parasite centuries ago.
Iconoclasm left its signature.
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Aurangzeb’s daughter, Zeb-un-Nissa, was a court favorite. Educated in arts, languages, astronomy, and science, she became a perceptive princess. She remained unmarried, focusing on poetry and a spiritual Sufi journey.
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Aurangzeb’s daughter, Zeb-un-Nissa, was a court favorite. Educated in arts, languages, astronomy, and science, she became a perceptive princess. She remained unmarried, focusing on poetry and a spiritual Sufi journey.
Shiva and Parvati. 1000 CE.
Holding your spouse like this—before your children—would get you scolded today.
Thanks to Victorian modesty police still patrolling our minds.
Pic AI restored and colorised. 🏛️
Holding your spouse like this—before your children—would get you scolded today.
Thanks to Victorian modesty police still patrolling our minds.
Pic AI restored and colorised. 🏛️
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Shiva and Parvati. 1000 CE.
Holding your spouse like this—before your children—would get you scolded today.
Thanks to Victorian modesty police still patrolling our minds.
Pic AI restored and colorised. 🏛️
Holding your spouse like this—before your children—would get you scolded today.
Thanks to Victorian modesty police still patrolling our minds.
Pic AI restored and colorised. 🏛️
A woman rinsing hairs while a duck looks up. What is the significance of this depiction ? Any thoughts?
Asian Civilisations Museum - by Joy of Museums, for more information, see: www.joyofmuseums.com
Asian Civilisations Museum - by Joy of Museums, for more information, see: www.joyofmuseums.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A woman rinsing hairs while a duck looks up. What is the significance of this depiction ? Any thoughts?
Asian Civilisations Museum - by Joy of Museums, for more information, see: www.joyofmuseums.com
Asian Civilisations Museum - by Joy of Museums, for more information, see: www.joyofmuseums.com
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Marble didn’t begin as “European genius”.
It began as geology, choice, and power.
By 3000 BCE, Cycladic islanders were carving marble bodies from Paros and Naxos—long before Rome learned to copy Greece. White stone wasn’t decoration. It was permanence. Memory made solid.
Marble didn’t begin as “European genius”.
It began as geology, choice, and power.
By 3000 BCE, Cycladic islanders were carving marble bodies from Paros and Naxos—long before Rome learned to copy Greece. White stone wasn’t decoration. It was permanence. Memory made solid.
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Marble didn’t begin as “European genius”.
It began as geology, choice, and power.
By 3000 BCE, Cycladic islanders were carving marble bodies from Paros and Naxos—long before Rome learned to copy Greece. White stone wasn’t decoration. It was permanence. Memory made solid.
Marble didn’t begin as “European genius”.
It began as geology, choice, and power.
By 3000 BCE, Cycladic islanders were carving marble bodies from Paros and Naxos—long before Rome learned to copy Greece. White stone wasn’t decoration. It was permanence. Memory made solid.
Women lived independently. Chose their work. Moved freely.
Then the Xitian invasions arrived. Worse than the Mughals.
Societal structures collapsed. Freedoms vanished.
What we call "tradition" today? Often just survival mechanisms from those centuries of chaos.
Then the Xitian invasions arrived. Worse than the Mughals.
Societal structures collapsed. Freedoms vanished.
What we call "tradition" today? Often just survival mechanisms from those centuries of chaos.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Women lived independently. Chose their work. Moved freely.
Then the Xitian invasions arrived. Worse than the Mughals.
Societal structures collapsed. Freedoms vanished.
What we call "tradition" today? Often just survival mechanisms from those centuries of chaos.
Then the Xitian invasions arrived. Worse than the Mughals.
Societal structures collapsed. Freedoms vanished.
What we call "tradition" today? Often just survival mechanisms from those centuries of chaos.
Mahishasurmardani: Have you noticed the intricate design of her earrings?
*Enhanced with AI for added detail.
*Enhanced with AI for added detail.
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Mahishasurmardani: Have you noticed the intricate design of her earrings?
*Enhanced with AI for added detail.
*Enhanced with AI for added detail.
Shringar!
Arulmi Kshetra Puraneswarar அருள்மி க்ஷேத்ர புராணேஸ்வரர் ?
Arulmi Kshetra Puraneswarar அருள்மி க்ஷேத்ர புராணேஸ்வரர் ?
December 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Shringar!
Arulmi Kshetra Puraneswarar அருள்மி க்ஷேத்ர புராணேஸ்வரர் ?
Arulmi Kshetra Puraneswarar அருள்மி க்ஷேத்ர புராணேஸ்வரர் ?
Kartikeya and Devasena? 10th century CE.
Both hold each other by the waist. Intimately. Naturally.
Find me a Western sculpture from this era or prior—or any era before colonialism ended—showing couples this way.
I'll wait. 🏛️
ps pic AI restored
Both hold each other by the waist. Intimately. Naturally.
Find me a Western sculpture from this era or prior—or any era before colonialism ended—showing couples this way.
I'll wait. 🏛️
ps pic AI restored
December 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Kartikeya and Devasena? 10th century CE.
Both hold each other by the waist. Intimately. Naturally.
Find me a Western sculpture from this era or prior—or any era before colonialism ended—showing couples this way.
I'll wait. 🏛️
ps pic AI restored
Both hold each other by the waist. Intimately. Naturally.
Find me a Western sculpture from this era or prior—or any era before colonialism ended—showing couples this way.
I'll wait. 🏛️
ps pic AI restored
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#GemsOfASI #3
Living temples vs dead monuments.
India’s temples were never meant to be museums.
They were designed as machines of continuity—ritual, water, fire, sound, people.
#GemsOfASI #3
Living temples vs dead monuments.
India’s temples were never meant to be museums.
They were designed as machines of continuity—ritual, water, fire, sound, people.
December 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#GemsOfASI #3
Living temples vs dead monuments.
India’s temples were never meant to be museums.
They were designed as machines of continuity—ritual, water, fire, sound, people.
#GemsOfASI #3
Living temples vs dead monuments.
India’s temples were never meant to be museums.
They were designed as machines of continuity—ritual, water, fire, sound, people.
🧵 Madakasira Hill Fort. Simhagiri. The Lion Hill. 2,936 feet of stone that held empires. Changed hands between kingdoms for 500 years. Now? Tourists walk past without knowing. 🦁
How does history this massive disappear?
#GemsofASI #MNI24
How does history this massive disappear?
#GemsofASI #MNI24
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
🧵 Madakasira Hill Fort. Simhagiri. The Lion Hill. 2,936 feet of stone that held empires. Changed hands between kingdoms for 500 years. Now? Tourists walk past without knowing. 🦁
How does history this massive disappear?
#GemsofASI #MNI24
How does history this massive disappear?
#GemsofASI #MNI24
India wants to beat China.
𝐏opulation? Already won. 1.44 billion.
𝐏ollution? AQI 493. Lungs already losing.
𝐏roduction? Racing to catch up.
China choked first, then built.
India is choking while building.
When we overtake their GDP, will we still be able to breathe?
#DelhiPollution
𝐏opulation? Already won. 1.44 billion.
𝐏ollution? AQI 493. Lungs already losing.
𝐏roduction? Racing to catch up.
China choked first, then built.
India is choking while building.
When we overtake their GDP, will we still be able to breathe?
#DelhiPollution
December 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
India wants to beat China.
𝐏opulation? Already won. 1.44 billion.
𝐏ollution? AQI 493. Lungs already losing.
𝐏roduction? Racing to catch up.
China choked first, then built.
India is choking while building.
When we overtake their GDP, will we still be able to breathe?
#DelhiPollution
𝐏opulation? Already won. 1.44 billion.
𝐏ollution? AQI 493. Lungs already losing.
𝐏roduction? Racing to catch up.
China choked first, then built.
India is choking while building.
When we overtake their GDP, will we still be able to breathe?
#DelhiPollution
E-cigarettes in Parliament? National debate.
AQI 493 choking 20 million lungs in Delhi? Not even a full session.
One annoys MPs.
The other kills citizens.
Guess which gets prime time?
We know our priorities. And they know we'll forget by Monday.
#DelhiPollution #Delhichokesonlies
AQI 493 choking 20 million lungs in Delhi? Not even a full session.
One annoys MPs.
The other kills citizens.
Guess which gets prime time?
We know our priorities. And they know we'll forget by Monday.
#DelhiPollution #Delhichokesonlies
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
E-cigarettes in Parliament? National debate.
AQI 493 choking 20 million lungs in Delhi? Not even a full session.
One annoys MPs.
The other kills citizens.
Guess which gets prime time?
We know our priorities. And they know we'll forget by Monday.
#DelhiPollution #Delhichokesonlies
AQI 493 choking 20 million lungs in Delhi? Not even a full session.
One annoys MPs.
The other kills citizens.
Guess which gets prime time?
We know our priorities. And they know we'll forget by Monday.
#DelhiPollution #Delhichokesonlies
🧵 THREAD: Sambhar Lake didn’t become salty by accident.
It is the chemical footprint of the Aravallis. 🧂⛰️
Erase the hills, and the lake doesn’t shrink.
It dies.
#SaveAravalli
It is the chemical footprint of the Aravallis. 🧂⛰️
Erase the hills, and the lake doesn’t shrink.
It dies.
#SaveAravalli
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧵 THREAD: Sambhar Lake didn’t become salty by accident.
It is the chemical footprint of the Aravallis. 🧂⛰️
Erase the hills, and the lake doesn’t shrink.
It dies.
#SaveAravalli
It is the chemical footprint of the Aravallis. 🧂⛰️
Erase the hills, and the lake doesn’t shrink.
It dies.
#SaveAravalli
India's PM inaugurating Delhi National Museum on 18 December 1960, accompanied by director-general Grace "Morley"
December 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
India's PM inaugurating Delhi National Museum on 18 December 1960, accompanied by director-general Grace "Morley"
Ume Maheshwara.
Isn't it adorable how Nandi and the Lion can be companions too?
Isn't it adorable how Nandi and the Lion can be companions too?
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Ume Maheshwara.
Isn't it adorable how Nandi and the Lion can be companions too?
Isn't it adorable how Nandi and the Lion can be companions too?
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British ASI manuals still rule India.
Not symbolically. Institutionally.
India became independent in 1947.
Its archaeology did not
British ASI manuals still rule India.
Not symbolically. Institutionally.
India became independent in 1947.
Its archaeology did not
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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British ASI manuals still rule India.
Not symbolically. Institutionally.
India became independent in 1947.
Its archaeology did not
British ASI manuals still rule India.
Not symbolically. Institutionally.
India became independent in 1947.
Its archaeology did not
"Eye" nahi lagti.
"Aankh" आंख nahi lagti.
"Drishti" दृष्टि nahi lagti
"Netr" नेत्रः nahi lagte.
But "nazar" नज़र lagti hai.
We lost our tongue to English medium schools.
Still cling to superstitions in desi.
Which colonization stuck deeper?
"Aankh" आंख nahi lagti.
"Drishti" दृष्टि nahi lagti
"Netr" नेत्रः nahi lagte.
But "nazar" नज़र lagti hai.
We lost our tongue to English medium schools.
Still cling to superstitions in desi.
Which colonization stuck deeper?
December 17, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Eye" nahi lagti.
"Aankh" आंख nahi lagti.
"Drishti" दृष्टि nahi lagti
"Netr" नेत्रः nahi lagte.
But "nazar" नज़र lagti hai.
We lost our tongue to English medium schools.
Still cling to superstitions in desi.
Which colonization stuck deeper?
"Aankh" आंख nahi lagti.
"Drishti" दृष्टि nahi lagti
"Netr" नेत्रः nahi lagte.
But "nazar" नज़र lagti hai.
We lost our tongue to English medium schools.
Still cling to superstitions in desi.
Which colonization stuck deeper?
Shiv Parvati in gender neutral attires.
10th century ce
PIC AI restored .
10th century ce
PIC AI restored .
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Shiv Parvati in gender neutral attires.
10th century ce
PIC AI restored .
10th century ce
PIC AI restored .
When Aravallis vanish:
🏜️ Desert at your doorstep → Tourism ↑
🔥 Extreme heat → AC sales ↑
💧 Groundwater dies → Packaged water ↑
🌪️ Monsoon chaos → Gurgaon floods ↓ (win!)
☁️ Air quality tanks → Purifier sales ↑
🦁 Wildlife gone → More space for us
🏜️ Desert at your doorstep → Tourism ↑
🔥 Extreme heat → AC sales ↑
💧 Groundwater dies → Packaged water ↑
🌪️ Monsoon chaos → Gurgaon floods ↓ (win!)
☁️ Air quality tanks → Purifier sales ↑
🦁 Wildlife gone → More space for us
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
When Aravallis vanish:
🏜️ Desert at your doorstep → Tourism ↑
🔥 Extreme heat → AC sales ↑
💧 Groundwater dies → Packaged water ↑
🌪️ Monsoon chaos → Gurgaon floods ↓ (win!)
☁️ Air quality tanks → Purifier sales ↑
🦁 Wildlife gone → More space for us
🏜️ Desert at your doorstep → Tourism ↑
🔥 Extreme heat → AC sales ↑
💧 Groundwater dies → Packaged water ↑
🌪️ Monsoon chaos → Gurgaon floods ↓ (win!)
☁️ Air quality tanks → Purifier sales ↑
🦁 Wildlife gone → More space for us
We changed farm laws.
Maximized rice output.
Boosted exports.
Grew GDP.
More population.
More export quotas.
Same land.
Shorter cycles.
15 days between harvests.
No machines.
No alternatives.
No choice.
Burn or starve.
They burned. 🔥🌾
We imported their pollution.
Maximized rice output.
Boosted exports.
Grew GDP.
More population.
More export quotas.
Same land.
Shorter cycles.
15 days between harvests.
No machines.
No alternatives.
No choice.
Burn or starve.
They burned. 🔥🌾
We imported their pollution.
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We changed farm laws.
Maximized rice output.
Boosted exports.
Grew GDP.
More population.
More export quotas.
Same land.
Shorter cycles.
15 days between harvests.
No machines.
No alternatives.
No choice.
Burn or starve.
They burned. 🔥🌾
We imported their pollution.
Maximized rice output.
Boosted exports.
Grew GDP.
More population.
More export quotas.
Same land.
Shorter cycles.
15 days between harvests.
No machines.
No alternatives.
No choice.
Burn or starve.
They burned. 🔥🌾
We imported their pollution.
1/12 Ever hear of the Santhal Hul? Two years BEFORE the 1857 "Sepoy Mutiny" that history books love to call India's "first war of independence," the Santhal tribes rose up in 1855 against British exploitation. This was pure grassroots fury – bows and arrows vs. an empire. Let's dive in. 🏹
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
1/12 Ever hear of the Santhal Hul? Two years BEFORE the 1857 "Sepoy Mutiny" that history books love to call India's "first war of independence," the Santhal tribes rose up in 1855 against British exploitation. This was pure grassroots fury – bows and arrows vs. an empire. Let's dive in. 🏹
1861.
Alexander Cunningham arrives with compass, tape, report.
A soldier's eye. Not a civilisation's ear.
His job? Catalogue India's past.
Not preserve it. Control it.
Royal Engineers uniform. Iron buttons bright. Doctrine dull.
Measure. Classify. Freeze.
Alexander Cunningham arrives with compass, tape, report.
A soldier's eye. Not a civilisation's ear.
His job? Catalogue India's past.
Not preserve it. Control it.
Royal Engineers uniform. Iron buttons bright. Doctrine dull.
Measure. Classify. Freeze.
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
1861.
Alexander Cunningham arrives with compass, tape, report.
A soldier's eye. Not a civilisation's ear.
His job? Catalogue India's past.
Not preserve it. Control it.
Royal Engineers uniform. Iron buttons bright. Doctrine dull.
Measure. Classify. Freeze.
Alexander Cunningham arrives with compass, tape, report.
A soldier's eye. Not a civilisation's ear.
His job? Catalogue India's past.
Not preserve it. Control it.
Royal Engineers uniform. Iron buttons bright. Doctrine dull.
Measure. Classify. Freeze.