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cydonian , 6 months ago to Random

My Son: Natarāja with South East Asian characteristics lies next to bombshells from 1969. Huge craters lie next to where the ancient Champa kingdom - that ruled these parts from 8-14th centuries - built vast temple complexes comprising of Sivālayas and much more.

But the forest, the temples and bombed craters are all protected by UNESCO, and are being restored with an international team consisting of archeologists from India & Vietnam and funding from Germany and Netherlands.

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cydonian , 6 months ago to Random

Deep in #Vietnam’s jungles.

cydonian , 6 months ago to Random

Think it is fair to say the Fujian association temple is the biggest and grandest of them all.

No discounts for daughters (and son-in-law’s and their daughters) of the Hokkien clan from elsewhere though; we had to pay the same UNESCO ticket as everyone else. #hoian #vietnam

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cydonian , 6 months ago to Random

Various Sino dialectal groups have their respective clan associations/ temples along the same stretch in historic Hoi An.

This is the flip side of “events in 1975” as a society elder put to us: Chinese education was wiped out after South Vietnam fell, and many Chinese-Vietnamese emigrated out. The few who are left don’t speak Chinese much, although the older generation does. They were quite happy to speak to us in Chinese.

Lee Kuan Yew is very popular among them, and therefore, Singapore. Don’t think the many multitudes of Singaporean tourists had an actual conversation with them though.

#hoian #vietnam

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cydonian , 7 months ago to Random

The Hien Lam Pavilion at the former royal capital at Hue #Vietnam where the erstwhile Nguyen dynasty is still venerated.

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cydonian , 7 months ago to Random

The American influence on the royal palace at Hue: Bullet holes at the entrance, the king’s quarters entirely bombed in the 1960’s war.

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cydonian , 7 months ago to Random

No ART kits in many pharmacies, 7-Elevens and Foodpanda this weekend. This just as there’s a huge surge of Covid cases in Singapore.

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cydonian , 7 months ago to Random

“Jail crushes you slowly from inside,” he said. During his time behind bars, Shah was moved around to different jails and faced months of interrogation. “You get affected mentally and physically,” he said. “You reach a point where you are broken and you make peace with this new personality you become in the prison.”

At one point he was kept for 20 days in solitary confinement in a 6ft-by-6ft cell, with no communication with the outside world. The harsh conditions made him ill and he began to hallucinate. “I did not know what was going on, that was a really worse period in this whole time,” he said.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/05/kashmiri-journalist-fahad-shah-reflects-on-prison-ordeal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

cydonian , 8 months ago to Random

Tickles me no end that the Malay phrase for “teacher’s record book” is “buku rekod guru”.

Thats how we do it Telugu too; mix words derived from Sanskrit and English to form new words for contemporary times. guruvu gāri rikārd pustakam is how many would translate it.

(Not me. Would translate it as upādhāyuni yādastu pustakam. Need them words derived from Persian too, as the incomparable CP Brown would probably say)

cydonian , 8 months ago to Random

Newsclick editors still in jail for “attempts to show Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as “not parts of India”; discrediting the Indian government’s fight against Covid; funding the farmers’ agitation; and “putting up a spirited defence of legal cases” against Chinese telecom companies such as Xiaomi and Vivo. “ https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/newsclick-founder-editor-prabir-purkayastha-hr-head-amit-chakraborty-judicial-custody-dec-1-9010715/

cydonian , 9 months ago to Random

Problems with seizures of digital devices in India:

1. Digital devices currently can be seized (passwords coerced) without a stated reason, as a fishing expedition
2. People accused too can be compelled to offer devices at the risk of self incrimination,
3. integrity of devices aren’t maintained
4. No restrictions on what data can be examined
5. no privilege given to journalistic sources
6. Gathered data is not restricted and is often freely shared/ made public
   https://www.thequint.com/opinion/newsclick-case-delhi-police-powers-search-and-seizure-of-phones-laptos