Quick notes: Western diet, Ionic wind...

• Western diet triggers microbial extinctions: Burgers and fries have nearly killed our ancestral microbiome.



• Ionic Wind: First ever plane with no moving parts takes flight. How the world’s first solid-state aircraft used ‘ionic wind’ to fly




• Secular BJP: Bawakhaleshwar temple, Navi Mumbai

Navi Mumbai: Bawakhaleshwar temple being demolished. A big Hindu temple being brought down using brutel force citing land legality reason.

How many "intolerant" Hindus created ruckus across India? pic.twitter.com/mrpKAzZTKN

— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) November 21, 2018




• Murder??? Wait, what?! Christian Colonizers Demand Justice for Christian Who Attempted to Colonize an Indigenous Tribe



• Leave the Sentinelese alone: The quality of life among the Sentinelese and others is not “primitive” and is very refined. When a tribal Jarawa gives a gift to anothers, something like a bow and arrow or a shell-necklace or some food, the gift-giver presents the gift with great reverence. The other man does not take it straightaway. He takes his own time. Are we like this? Social mores are such that an individual knows that when he commits a wrong, he has to punish himself. There is no tribal chief, council or panchayat to enforce anything. Such an individual isolates himself. The community indicates its disapproval by not looking at him, not talking to him. If food is in short supply, they will share. Nobody starves. If there is plenty, they will feast. Those who bring a hunted turtle, wild boar or honey, do not advertise their claims over it. Selfishness is unknown. The clans follow monogamy. There are no free-for-all sexual orgies. Close relatives do not marry each other. The absence of attire does not mean anything to them. They believe that the body is nature’s gift and should be treated with respect. 



• Insight into the Sentinel Island:

There's been a lot of talk about the missionary killed by the natives of North Sentinel Island. They're probably so aggressive because of this weirdo, Maurice Vidal Portman. So here's a big thread about this creep and some facts from my decade-long obsession with the island. pic.twitter.com/rfOVjfU2ZY

— Respectable Lawyer (@RespectableLaw) November 23, 2018




• Devotion with Sri Mooji:

Sentinelese demonstrate survival skills

A selection of comments from WaPo and other sources on Missionary intruder killed by Sentinelese tribe:

So the Sentinelese kill a missionary the moment he lands. No wonder this tribe has successfully survived 60,000 years on their own. They know trouble when they see it.

Someone forgot to tell this guy that historically if you’re going to bring Jesus to a new people you’re supposed to bring an army, and lots of blades and guns to help convince the new people how much Jesus loves them, in case they can’t see clearly on their own or have any silly attachments to any other gods they may have been worshiping for a few thousand years or so

By spreading the word, Christian missionaries think they're saving "primitive" tribes from going to Hell. What kind of God would send people who have never even heard of Chistianity to Hell?

Not only did he break the law, but this man was holding out a hope that he could single handedly convert an entire island to Christianity. However unlikely that would have been, he basically dreamed of carrying out a cultural genocide and erasing beliefs these people may have held

Reading that the Indian govt had created a "buffer zone" to protect these last few indigenous tribes from outside influences gives me a lot of respect for the Indian govt. The Indian govt also gave Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people a santuary in their country in 1959. Deeds are stronger than words indeed!

A willful intruder into the sanctity of the home of other people for thousands of years.

Misguided Christian colonization attempt ignores tribe's collective, resounding "Not Interested."

You're freedom of religion should never effect My freedom from your religion

Christianity depends heavily on dividing humans into the saved and the damned, with the saved free to do pretty much whatever they want to the damned. Scapegoating is built in.

Arrogant evangelical risks killing an entire Neolithic people with diseases to which they have no immunity. The Sentinelese clearly don't want your civilization or your gospel. Unless invited, stay the f off indigenous territory. #AbolishProselytism https://t.co/5cYzyUQg1J pic.twitter.com/M9jISUq9IE

— The Decolonial Atlas (@decolonialatlas) November 21, 2018

Prof Harari on lies and the Bible:

He's a missionary, not a tourist.

And the first time they met a colonizer, the British kidnapped six Sentinelese, two elders and four children.

The entire group of abductees fell ill. The elders died and the sick children were abandoned with "gifts". https://t.co/vfv1Lg9KeA

— Andrew Parsons (@adrparsons) November 21, 2018

Gunmen Attack China's Consulate in Karachi

Gunmen have attacked China's consulate in Karachi:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-blast/gunmen-attack-chinese-consulate-in-pakistans-karachi-sources-idUSKCN1NS0AM

Quick notes: Rafale configuration, Rice straw...

• Courting trouble on the Rafale: The detailed configuration of weapon systems on the Rafale needs to be a closely guarded secret. Giving out the details of pricing will surely help our adversaries to guess the configuration and take countermeasures......... A small piece of advice to the legal fraternity. Now that you have entered the dangerous terrain of security policy making, educate yourself by at least reading these two books -- Arms and Influence and Strategy of Conflict.



• A market for straw: Ikea wants to turn rice straw into household wares in a move that could end up reducing a major source of pollution in India.



• Dieselgate: NGT directs Volkswagen's India unit to deposit Rs 1 bn in emission case



• Inaction by BJP is deplorable:

Inaction by BJP is deplorable. https://t.co/aN9wTemacY

— राजीवः श्रीनिवासः (@RajeevSrinivasa) November 19, 2018




• Education:
  Prashanth and Anuradha Palakurthi: Indian couple from US donate $1 Million To BITS-Pilani.
  
  Serving the master race: Infosys begins construction on its $35M U.S. Education Center in Indianapolis
  
  How many IIT students devote energy for research, asks Pranab Mukherjee.



• O Ranga Sayee: Master Anantharaman and other child prodigies.

Who Gave Him the Sign?

Twitter CEO has posed with sign saying "smash Brahminical patriarchy"

https://www.opindia.com/2018/11/jack-dorsey-poses-with-a-placard-that-declares-smash-brahminical-patriarchy-netizens-furious/

Trump Says Pakistan Does Nothing for US

Trump again doubled down on his criticism of Pakistan, saying he ended aid for them because they do nothing for the US:

https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-pakistan-knew-about-laden-s-hideout-ended-aid-as-they-don-t-do-anything-for-us-trump-2687118

GSAT-29 Raised into Final Orbit

GSAT-29 has been raised into its final orbit, enabling it to provide high-speed laser communication links to both J&K and the Northeast. It's also equipped with a special "geo-eye" camera, which allows continuous visual surveillance of the region from high in geo-stationary orbit (basically able to monitor large objects like foreign naval ships in the area):

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/gsat-29-placed-final-703583.html