Reema Asnani
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Reema Asnani
@rasnani.bsky.social
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This was a historically bad week
April 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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April 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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"Measured in explosive force and area of devastation, Israel’s bombardment went from being the most destructive in a week to the most destructive in a year to the most destructive this century to among the most destructive in history."

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They Make a Wasteland and Call It Peace | Saree Makdisi
The Roman historian Tacitus once chronicled the last speech of Calgacus, a Caledonian chieftain rousing his troops to resist the foreign invaders of their land. “To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they g...
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January 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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January 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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As Indians share stories of Trump, here’s a Monday morning reality check
January 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Zakir Hussain's tabla is one of those threads that tie together vast swathes of contemporary South Asian music—it runs through decades of Hindustani classical, forms the backbone of the best Indo-jazz and rock fusion, and fits seamlessly into Asian Underground D&B.

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Tala Matrix
Tabla Beat Science · Album · 2000 · 10 songs
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December 16, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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Dec 2/3 is the 40th anniversary of the world's worst industrial disaster, at US-owned Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. In Sept, I spoke with Indira Jaising, former solicitor general of India, in Bangkok, at UNDP's business and human rights forum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yALU...
Bhopal’s Unfinished Business: The 40-year struggle for accountability
YouTube video by UN Responsible Business and Human Rights Forum
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December 2, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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sair kar duniya ki ghafil zindagani phir kahan
zindagi gar kuchh rahi to ye jawani phir kahan
Khwaja Mir Dars

yesterday in kosambi on the yamuna river
December 2, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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in Kausambi, near Allahabad yesterday
It was in Kausambi that Lord Buddha gave a sermon which resulted in the conversion of King Udayan to Buddhism
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December 2, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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The Diwan e Muhandis was written by Ustad Ahmad's son Lutfullah Muhandis and in one verse describes his father as the architect of #TajMahal and #RedFort

"These two represent only one aspect of his many sided genius,
And constitute just one pearl from his mine of pearls"
November 24, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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Remember the eclipse back in April?

Since eclipses are rare I practiced camera settings and timing... then changed travel plans, watched the weather like a hawk, and ended up driving quite a bit. It all worked out. I'm proudest of this image and would love to do projects like this more often.
November 12, 2024 at 1:31 AM