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Book recommendations

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There exists a significant percentage of urban English educated middle class who can no longer speak or read their mother tongue fluently. There are many who can't string a single sentence together without throwing in some English (source: me). It's...

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There are not only people with varying degree of consciousness but there are pour soul even today who do not have any consciousness. They just do things. Most famous example in India, is Dasarath Manjhi, he was not conscious but at a fleeting mom...

#727

/erg/ e-reader general

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E-reader discussion and shill thread. Post pics, experiences, reviews, and whatever else about e-readers. FAQ: >is the reading experience just like a physical book? Yes and no. E-ink looks extremely similar to actual paper, but it obviously doesn't have the tactile feel of a book in hand with flipping pages, book weight, etc. >why should I buy one then? Modern features like brightness, bookmarking, highlighting, fonts, layout, dictionary search, etc. Load thousands of e-books with no issue. Extremely portable. Save a lot of money. An e-reader should last you 5 years, minimum. Plenty of people still use e-readers that have lasted over a decade. >ok, will I miss physical books? I haven't so far, the reading experience has been quite pleasant for me, but ymmv. >what are my options? I recommend sticking to big brands like Kindle and Kobo. There are others, but I'm not sure about their presence in Indian market. >can I read PDFs? Sure, if you hate yourself. More expensive models with larger screen size, like the Kindle Scribe, can let you do things like annotate and take notes, but for smaller models I do not recommend. This includes things like textbooks, research papers, etc. >can I read manga? Sure. The larger the screen the better, but even 6-7" models are servicable for most manga. You might have to pinch and zoom from time to time depending on the typesetting though. >do I have to charge it often? Not really. A single charge should last a couple of weeks at least. >are e-readers expensive? A decent budget is between 10k-20k. There are more expensive models out there, or even cheaper, but I'd recommend sticking to well known brands with a large community and support. This is for new devices btw. The refurbished market needs more research. Some models will need to be imported, so costs will vary. >do you recommend color? I haven't done extensive research into color models, but the general consensus seems to be that the tech isn't quite there yet. The colors tend to be washed out and not vibrant. Feel free to prove me wrong. >which models do you recommend then? I've personally used the Kindle Basic, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kobo Clara BW. For most people the Basic is fine, but stock may vary. Paperwhite and Kobo Clara BW have similar price, and the Paperwhite has a 6.8" screen compared to Clara BW's 6". There is a bit of a glare on Paperwhite screen though, so I prefer the Clara BW. Anons can chip in with their own reviews for these and other models and brands, such as Boox, Pocketbook. >where can I get e-books? Considering only English for now, you can buy them on Amaazon Kindle store or Kobo store. If you prefer sailing the seas to look for treasure, try sites like z-library and Anna's Archive. >A NOTE ON THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF INDIC LANGUAGE SUPPORT Kindle only supports Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, and Tamil. Even then, the book selection is trash, optimization for Indic scripts is trash, do not recommend for Indic languages currently. They might add support later, but Amazon in general has some shady practices, so I've stopped shilling Kindles. Kobo supports Indic scripts without having to wait for 15 fucking seconds every page turn like the Kindle. Only issue is that indic language ebooks are not popular and thus cannot be found on either store.

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E-reader discussion and shill thread. Post pics, experiences, reviews, and whatever else about e-readers. FAQ: >is the reading experience just like a physical book? Yes and no. E-ink looks extremely similar to actual paper, but it obviously ...

#723

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Happy VijayDashami Bhachan. Let's remember the Capture of Delhi 1771, and the Ousting of British from India in 1947. Celebrate the removal of Mlecchas from our homeland.

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What did I think of it

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Gandhian conception of society and Duty. >"You will permit me to say that you are on the wrong track. I feel sure that I can draw up a better charter of rights than you have drawn up. But what good will it be? Who will become its guardian ? If yo...

#715

Didn't know there was a new Dan Brown novel out bhachanners

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Reading it now. It's great. Feel like I'm back in my school and college days.

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#681

Greco-Romans

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They were way ahead of there time, unlike them not a single indian empire focused much on art & literature except guptas, classical and medieval era indian sculptures are the only ones that come near them, their aesthetics were perfect, not even late...

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virginty gone of this board by my bdl

#686

Ayatollah

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The Ayatollah had all of Victor Hugo's works translated to Persian, has a complete collection of Rousseau's works and quotes Honore De Balzac in his speeches quite often. Which Indian Leader do you think is capable of doing all this ?

#657

Youtube essays

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Have you seen any Indian humanities student creating such essays or writing about the current or past works other than seething or kanging about one or other material? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhfFBbVtFg Also, please share similar essays ...

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was there a time ever in history north and south Indians fought?

#642

हिंदी दिवस

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भारतचैन के सभी मित्रों को हिंदी दिवस की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ। इस अवसर पर अपनी पसंदीदा कविता या कोई भी हिंदी लेखन साझा करें

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For Nehru National Development was not just limited to scientific,economic and social gains but individual gains, at a Personal level. For Nehru a strong Nation only developed when the personalities of Individuals living in this politic grew to be de...

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Bihari Pyscho

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Bihari Pyscho

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I wake up at 5:00 A.M. sharp, feeling the crisp northern air kiss my face. The ceiling fan whirs above me, the rhythmic hum a soundtrack to my awakening. My mattress is firm, just the way I like it—any softer, and the body decays. I sit up, exhale slowly, and feel the weight of the morning settle into my bones. Another day in this cursed nation. Another day in this beautiful nation. I step out, feeling the earth beneath my bare feet. Raw. Elemental. The sky is still bruised with traces of dawn. My lota—a sturdy steel relic of hygiene and tradition—gleams in my hand. I trek toward the woods, breathing in the petrichor of damp soil and cow dung. Nature. Organic. Zero-waste sanitation. My foot brushes against a discarded Kurkure wrapper. A reminder that the civilization I belong to is in a state of rapid entropy. I squat. A primal stance. The position aligns my chakras, ensuring maximum evacuation efficiency. Westerners wouldn’t understand. They sit on cold porcelain thrones, straining their colons, detached from the land, from tradition. Pathetic. Once done, I cleanse myself with the cool, biting water. The lota is an instrument of purity, a humble yet sophisticated counter to the Western obsession with dry, abrasive paper. I feel clean, spiritually and physically. I am not like them. Back at my residence, I begin my skincare routine. I splash my face with icy water from my balti—direct from the borewell, untouched by municipal incompetence. My magga distributes it evenly, a baptism of sorts. I don’t use chemical-laden Western products. Instead, I rub my skin with Multani mitti, allowing it to absorb excess oil, drawing out impurities. I let it sit, feeling the mask tighten around my face like the pressures of existence itself. I rinse it off, the water cascading down my chest in rivulets, a fleeting moment of indulgence before the day’s obligations begin. I dry myself with a coarse gamcha, exfoliating the last remnants of sleep from my body. Every action is deliberate. Every ritual has purpose. Now, the real work begins. Bharatchan. I log onto /kama/. Primitive desires must be sated before intellectual pursuits commence. A quick, clinical release. No emotions. No distractions. Just dopamine and clarity. Refreshed, I navigate to /b/. The Blackpill. The unfiltered truth. I post about the demographic decline, geopolitical decay, the inevitability of collapse. No one will listen. No one ever does. But I do it anyway. I glance at the clock. Majdoori awaits. The daily grind. The eternal cycle of labor and survival. I take a deep breath. The mask is on. The day begins.

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I wake up at 5:00 A.M. sharp, feeling the crisp northern air kiss my face. The ceiling fan whirs above me, the rhythmic hum a soundtrack to my awakening. My mattress is firm, just the way I like it—any softer, and the body decays. I sit up, exhale sl...

#607

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Most beautiful and based coin by an Indian king?

#324

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Suggest some non-fiction books yaar, I would like to explore Indian authors but anything welcome. Currently reading... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMbF9e2j-l0

#595

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Right wing theorists of India of the old days? Aside from Savarkar.

#592

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This passage by Savarkar is a good counter to the "British left by heart" narrative.

#527

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Thinking of starting to read philosophy, where do I start?

#543

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All the stuff I found in Lucknow State Museum.

#571

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Was there a difference in the Racial element of the House of Sisodiyas compared to other Rajputs?

#278

Arms & Armors General

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Post and discuss medieval armor and weaponry of various culture

#252

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Even if she believed Hitler is the ninth avatar of Vishnu, her views are quite relevant till date. What do bhachcels think of her? Have you guys read her other works?

#510

Who were pindaris?

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Which religion did they mostly belonged to? That Veer movie(salman's) gave me impression that they were hindus. But recently I was surfing about them and found out most of them were muslim.

#504

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>are you into literature and philosophy? >yes anan, I read Sylvia Path, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka and Dostoevsky. >😐

#493

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Post some anti semite ebooks because I want to collect some for reading. Specially I'm looking for a ebook published around 2015s which covers all topics on kikes. Also contains some names of self hating kikes and their writings.

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Which book should i read next

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Help

#214

Temple of the Golden Pavilion

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>Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer >Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temp...

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anyone else use goodreads? interested in if anyone here actually reads or just larps like /b/tards when they talk about getting dumped by a woman and need to mention they read [insert extremely popular philosopher] here to humblebrag

#416

reconstruction of old arts and architecture using AI

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I saw one damaged art and tried to see reconstruction of it using AI. Should we try more of these?

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/MSART/ - Mega Sāhitya & Itihāsa Resources Thread

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Post links for downloading ebooks, megadumps, internet libraries, docrels to spoonfeed other /sa/folks.

#399

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What are some kino books that one should read before dying, yaaron? It can also be novel, graphic novel, manga, comic, etc.

#113

sf

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Post Science Fiction anons have read, I recently read PKD's Ubik

#135

My favorite book

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How many of you have read it? If you read this and the book "determined" it is kind of the ultimate blackpill(can't think of a better word, sorry), you will never see the world in the same way.

#229

pajitland sahitya explained

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>muh oppression >muh garib >muh gand me sariya >muh soyciety >muh garib again Even (by the way I am a nigger) book like rashmirathi is a failed attempt to show the oppressed karna as a chad kek The only good piece of literature that's worth re...

#314

Old books

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Not the place to ask, but how do I rid myself of old books I don't like having on my shelf. Shit I bought as a teen. I don't want to give out genre fiction to a library lmao. Post upaay.

#335

Grecian Nugget

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Despite having been ravaged by the Medes and denigrated by the Persian juggernaut for centuries, Classical Attic Greek, spoken by the Ionians became the language of the old testament.

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>he reads fiction

#320

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I could take a BBC BBC BBC BBC OG hotwife of Turks

#302

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The Ahar Banas culture that arose independently from Ivc was vastly distinct from it. It is the only culture that produced weapons outside of Arya's and Ivc. Thus the Rajasthani and Tamil people have a right to be proud of their aasi ancestors along...

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It has begun….

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Billions must read

#309

Annihilation of Caste

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His thought-process mirrors that of a lot of based Hindu nationalists as well (Savarkar, Aurobindo, etc), but he reaches an entirely different conclusion with it. Was Ambedkar correct?

#268

who do y’all think was the better mughal ruler?

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i used to think aurangzeb was more based, and he was kinda hitler coded too. but the more i look into it, he tanked the entire mughal empire. he was too obsessed with religion, ruined the economy, and pissed off literally everyone (even other muslims...

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Religion is the opium of the people of the people; along with patriotism And now economics is the opium What about sexual intercourse; was that an opium of the people? But drink was a sovereign opium of the people, oh, an excellent opium. Although so...

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What do /iti/haskars think about the Alabanian rule of Rome?

#274

This is my geeta

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This book has changed my life, this is the peakest book I've read in a long time, I wish to be like john Romero but I have to fix a lot of things in my life to even reach 10% of his power

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Use Hardcover instead of GoodReads to track and review your boox https://hardcover.app/ Their manifesto: Frustrated by inconsistencies every time we used Goodreads, and out of spite for Amazon, we decided to do something about it. We set out...

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Sylvia Path…

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>be born in a rich family >be extremely good looking (in the 50s) >be tall (5’8) >go to bestest of best kallej in America >date multiple chads >gets pumped and dumped by them >suffering.mp4 >write shit ton of poetry on “true pain and suffering...

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Doomer reading bucketlist

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I’m gonna destroy myself

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/erg/ e-reader general

/erg/ e-reader general

Didn't know there was a new Dan Brown novel out bhachanners

Didn't know there was a new Dan Brown novel out bhachanners

(Moved from >>>/b/ to >>>/sa/)

Greco-Romans

Greco-Romans

Ayatollah

Ayatollah

Youtube essays

Youtube essays

हिंदी दिवस

हिंदी दिवस

Bihari Pyscho

Bihari Pyscho

Arms & Armors General

Arms & Armors General

Who were pindaris?

Who were pindaris?

Which book should i read next

Which book should i read next

Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Temple of the Golden Pavilion

reconstruction of old arts and architecture using AI

reconstruction of old arts and architecture using AI

/MSART/ - Mega Sāhitya & Itihāsa Resources Thread

/MSART/ - Mega Sāhitya & Itihāsa Resources Thread

sf

sf

My favorite book

My favorite book

pajitland sahitya explained

pajitland sahitya explained

Old books

Old books

Grecian Nugget

Grecian Nugget

It has begun….

It has begun….

Annihilation of Caste

Annihilation of Caste

who do y’all think was the better mughal ruler?

who do y’all think was the better mughal ruler?

This is my geeta

This is my geeta

Sylvia Path…

Sylvia Path…

Doomer reading bucketlist

Doomer reading bucketlist