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03/02/2021 (things i learned)
- carnatic instruments - venu, nadaswaram, thavil, mridangam
- THERE'S A MOVIE ABOUT HINDUSTANI MUSIC (The Disciple 2020)
- exif data in gimp
- astrolabe
- bios whitelists
- fairphone makes awesome (wholly responsible) videos
- stupid RPi is so problematic.. dont know why it's not connecting to
my router...
- #IndiaAgainstPropaganda is SO IRONIC
- Watched The Disciple (2020). Absolutely entrancing and powerful.
Sharad Nerulkar couldn't bear to accept the truth. They revealed it
near the end that he learned it since he was young from the american
collector dude but tucked it away deep throughout his life and left
him in that state for the rest of his life. I feel the backdrop of the
transition to modernity served perfectly as a _ not because it enhances
his flaws and weaknesses but precisely because it is THE reason for
the breaking down of the entire culture.
I see it this way, the movie succeeds most in a capturing-a-strong-
personal-emotion sense by following the path of Nerulkar's life to
mediocrity. However, it is about so much more than that; I myself
went in expecting a Whiplash style strive for legendary status but am
left with the raw reality of the british colonisation of india: new forces
much more powerful than any individual's most intense desire and even
thousands of years of cultural development.