The Messenger - Issue #18: Who are we
This week we are propagandizing some in-house work. Last year I (Rajesh, the person writing these words) wrote a book on India: "Who Are We?: An Enquiry into the Indian Mind and How We Came to be Who We Are." This week's Messenger illustrates some of its core ideas.
Reference Link
The illustrations were based on this excerpt from the book that was published in Scroll
Have theories of caste taken over the perception of caste in today’s India? — scroll.in An excerpt from ‘Who Are We? An Enquiry Into the Indian Mind and How We Came to Be Who We Are’ by Rajesh Kasturirangan.
Afterword
Fascinating piece about new research on cracking the Indus script
An ancient language has defied decryption for 100 years. Can AI crack the code? - Rest of World — restofworld.org Machine learning can translate between two known languages, but could it ever decipher those that remain a mystery to us?