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Journeys across Karnataka: reflections at Kankumbi

These pictures of Sri Ramlingeshwara Swami Gudi pond were shot on Feb 28, 2014. For some reason I had not posted them in...

Journeys across Karnataka: Shilpavana, Kannada University

The only visit to Kannada Vishwavidyalaya, Hampi was in December 2013. We had spent a couple of hours at the campus appreciating artworks,...

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A Chance for Healing, 170 Years After a Lakota Massacre

Dozens of personal belongings from the Rosebud Sioux tribe find their way home after spending decades in the Smithsonian collections Source link

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

The patriots weaponized Jane McCrea's death to demonize their enemies and paint Indigenous people as uniquely violent Source link

a view of Rue Cathcart, Montreal

Here are four shots of a street in Montreal. The images are similar except for one aspect. What's impressing is the way two-wheelers...

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Appomattox Court House, the village. –

We went to the Appomattox Court House National Historic Park by pure chance last summer. It was a lucky set of circumstances—a long...

The Bayeux Tapestry, the scenes, visited and explained. –

THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY, THE SCENES, EXPLAINED. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETmWpJJx5AE When William, the French Duke of Normandy, went across the English Channel in September, 1066 CE, to take...

Was Jodha Bai really Akbar’s wife? –

Part 1 here; Part 2 here We’ve arrived at the stage of our Akbar-Maryam-Jodha saga, where Emperor Akbar has married his fourth and most...

William the Conqueror, the French usurper to the English throne. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwQ1OONRxFo In 1066 CE, a French usurper, William the Conqueror, came to the English throne.  He was the Duke of Normandy, and his story...

The Queen and the Mistress –

(Part 1 of 4) THE MAN BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN: KING HENRY II OF FRANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuqgcf-MGGY Twilight lingered over the little clearing in the woods around...

Maryam, the first Hindu princess married into Akbar’s Empire. –

On the first part of this blog post, we tarried our way through the origins of the Mughal Empire until Emperor Akbar had...

Journeys across Karnataka: Shilpavana, Kannada University

The only visit to Kannada Vishwavidyalaya, Hampi was in December 2013. We had spent a couple of hours at the campus appreciating artworks,...

The Norman Conquest of England and the Bayeux Tapestry. –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjC45H58sY At the end of September, 1066 CE, William, Duke of Normandy, took a boat across the English Channel to land on the coast...

The end of the American Civil War. –

Almost from the moment that some Confederate states alienated themselves from the United States (after Lincoln was elected and before he was sworn...

trek to Hanne Gudda Ranganatha Swami Devastana

Dec 9, 2024Arrived at Ajjampur-Sokke. Met my hosts Sri Rajanna, Sri Vinay and Sri Mohan of Sokke. I was taken on a tour...

The Mughal Empire’s ruler, Akbar, and his first three wives. –

(Part 1 of 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJb29f2lGb4 On the night before we leave for Agra, I mention to our driver that we’d like to stop at the...