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The Sharmas, and vegetarianism in India

I just finished the books and this stood out to me. One side of my family is Jain, a small religion philosophically very similar to Buddhism, with a similar emphasis on nonviolence and the complete avoidance of harm to any human being. This includes:

No meat, obviously. Eggs are also excluded (as in the more general Indian definition of vegetarianism) No root vegetables, even, because you have to kill the whole plant to get them. Interestingly, non-lethal animal products are fine - milk, honey, wool - so it's not the same as veganism. I'm not sure what the position is on the hidden life-cost of milk i.e. the death of male calves because it's a waste to keep most around. This is common enough that retaurants will have 'Jain options' on their menu/allow you to request a Jain version of a dish, and it's a widely understood dietary requirement (though most people in India seen to think Jainism is a branch of Hinduism. It's not, it's a completly splintered-off heterodoxy, but we don't need to get into that).

They also don't use leather or silk since that does require death to produce, though my granny does have a 'peace silk' sari that's made without boiling the cocoons.

No eating after sunset and no eating food kept overnight, because they had some concept of germ theory and knew that bacteria bred more after dark. Pre-fridges, this is generally a pretty good idea in a hot country, anyway.

A yearly ritual where you meditate and ask forgiveness from any creature of any kind that you might have injured, deliberately or not. It's meant to be an acknowledgement that you've done wrong and a meditation on forgiving other people because everyone's fallible. You also exchange this with anyone you can - friends, family etc. I have very very mixed feelings about this one, how valid and meaningful it usually is in-practice and its actual effect on most people's mental health, but I'll leave that out of this post LOL

In the same vein, a prayer ritual you do at the temple where you repeat the same request for forgivness while repeatedly moving from a standing position to kneeling and prostrated with your head on the floor, the gradual standing - kneeling upright - kneeling fully - completely prostrate timed to the lines of the request. As my mum pointed out, it's also pretty good exercise, like a slowed-down bungee squat that's also gentler on your joints. I can picture El doing it for mana.

If you thought this was intense enough, the monks and nuns take it to another level. They eat nothing but boiled vegetables, lentils and grains, and I believe are not allowed to wear any clothing but what is purely plant derived, so they are closer to veganism in that sense. They have little brooms they use to sweep the path ahead of them to avoid stepping on insects (which, since they spend a lot of time on the road physically walking from place to place, presumably slows them down as much as you might imagine. They wear masks over their face to avoid inhaling small insects and keep out bacteria as much as possible (presumably the tiny insects are more of a concern if, again, you're pretty much sleeping out in the open in a rural area).

Not Jain any more, but upper-caste Hindus from some regions, essentially the priest caste, are also pretty strict vegetarians to the point that they're quite snobby about it. They are vegetarian because they consider it necessary to ritual purity, and look down on people who aren't - according to my mum, who went to uni with a lot of people like that, the reason why they accepted her relatively easily was because she was also a very strict vegetarian. I'm not sure if those guys avoid root vegetables too - mum had to start eating them at uni, anyway, because she would have struggled for food otherwise.

The Sharma family's insistence on strict mana reminded me of these practices a lot. They won't use any malia because you cannot get it without deliberately causing harm to another living being, even if that's just a blade of grass. I don't know if Novik was aware of this but it's pretty plausible and if she was, it adds a lot of context to her making El half-Indian and giving her paternal family similar beliefs. My headcanon is that they are indeed Jain - there's a pretty big community in Maharashtra/of Marathi origin.

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Called 'Monkey, Mental' By Fellow Villagers, Deepthi Jeevanji Fights Taboo To Achieve Paralympics Glory

The Paris Paralympics 2024 has shown the world that anything is achievable if one has the will. The athletes, despite challenges, have risen to glory. India's Deepthi Jeevanji is among those inspirational athletes whose journey was full of challenges, but they never gave up. Deepthi Jeevanji bagged the 16th medal for India as she won the bronze on Tuesday in the women's 400m T20 final at the ongoing Paris Paralympics 2024. The para-athlete finished the race in 55.82 seconds.

Deepthi Jeevanji had earlier won India's first gold medal at the World Athletics Para Championship in Kobe, Japan. She hails from the village of Kalleda in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.

Her parents, Jeevanji Yadhagiri and Jeevanji Dhanalaxmi, had then recalled how their daughter had to face taunts while growing up. According to a report in The Indian Express, Deepthi was born with intellectual disability, a cognitive disease hampering communication as well as adaptive skills.

“She was born during the solar eclipse and her head was very small at birth along with the lips and nose being a bit unusual. Every villager who saw her and some of our relatives would call Deepthi pichi (mental) and kothi (monkey) and tell us to send her to an orphanage. Today, seeing her become the world champion in a far-off country proves that she is indeed a special girl,” Jeevanji Dhanalaxmi, Deepthi's mother, told The Indian Express in May.

"When my husband's father died, we had to sell the farm to make ends meet. My husband would earn Rs 100 or Rs 150 a day so there were days when I had to work to support our family, including Deepthi's younger sister Amulya. Deepthi was always a calm child and spoke very little. But when the village kids would tease her, she would come home and cry. So I would make her sweet rice or, on some days, chicken and that's what made her happy."

After her daughter's big feat, Jeevanji's father Yadhagiri was emotional.

"Even though it's a big day for all of us, I could not afford to miss work. That's my bread and butter and the whole day I was thinking about Deepthi winning a medal in Paris and would tell the driver Elfer about calling other friends and their families to celebrate Deepthi's medal. She has always given us joy and this medal will also mean a lot to

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Vilarejo Macabro – Temporada 1 (The Village) SINOPSE: Na floresta de Tamil Nadu, um morador da cidade busca a ajuda de três residentes locais para encontrar sua família desaparecida, acreditando ter sido sequestrada por seres nefastos de um vilarejo macabro. Enquanto isso, um herdeiro maníaco de um império farmacêutico envia um grupo de mercenários para recuperar algo há muito tempo esquecido.…

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October 25, 2024 • Friday

Elective subject study day :) study location: dining table coz the usual storeroom was way too stuffy today lol

study time for the day: 4.5hrs :D

🎧 Paththavaikkum — Anirudh Ravichander, Deepthi Suresh

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Pictures of the eclipse by my friend Deepthi, in Indiana today.

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My immediate thoughts on the ending of the golden enclaves (spoilers):

I'm happy that El finally figured out how to not only accept her allies sticking with her in a crisis, but actually ask them to. Personal growth!

I do not understand the thing with Orion, but whatever, it's a fantasy story, I'll roll with it. In terms of understanding the plot at least. I'm not sure how I feel about "Orion really did have a monster inside of him that could have destroyed everything, but then it got killed and now he's fine." Wut. It helps that he seems to basically be the same person after. If he'd gone through some sort of personality makeover I would have lost it.

I find it hilarious that El was trying to get Orion to face his supposed trauma as a way of avoiding dealing with her own and her mom absolutely caught on to it. Very human.

I think there's something probably deeply symbolic about El combining the three spells there, I'm not up for unpacking it all but including the Scholomance "shelter all the wise-gifted children of the world" thing but making it real very much reminds me of this poem by Langston Hughes. The whole, it wasn't true but it was a good idea so let's make it true. On that note I imagine Orion is thrilled that he gets to stay in his favorite place and do his favorite activity forever. (Or as long as he lives? I'm not sure whether he's going to end up with a normal human lifespan or not.) And he'll get to see his favorite human at least some of the time.

I don't think I mentioned this earlier, but Orion being afraid he'd drain El's mana is more poignant in retrospect. Apparently there was actually a real risk there.

In terms of real world analogs, I think replacing the enclaves with golden stone enclaves works well as a metaphor for "the capitalist system is fucked up, but if you just tear it all down without a replacement, people will die." I know I was cheering for the burn it all down approach earlier, but the book did in fact do a solid job of showing the problems with that. Little 13 or 14 year old coming home from walking her grandmother's dog and everyone's just gone. Ay.

I'm very happy they found a way to cast the spells that do not rely on El having once in a millennium powers. Ideally they'd also find a way to get rid of maw-mouths that doesn't rely on her once a Millenium powers, but whatever.

I probably would have rolled with it if they'd broken the how enclaves are made news to the world and there was some massive outcry, but I do find it satisfyingly realistic that it's not that simple.

I am still confused about the Orion thing. That one kid from Argentina was OK because his shield was still mostly up. Lu was OK (ish) because the spell had been interrupted. But if someone really did have that done to them, before they were even born, that shouldn't actually be survivable, should it? But if Orion didn't survive, he shouldn't have been a person and he was a person. I don't get it. Gah.

Complaints aside, the ending does work for me. I'm buying it. I'm enjoying El eating edamame with Orion and having birds and butterflies in place of falling snake-things and finally admitting something is nice (personal growth). And it does feel like she's not entirely happy yet, she's not entirely content yet, but she wants to be and she's moving in that direction. I think she's getting there.

And I'm glad El got to reunite with her father's family. I wouldn't blame her if she never forgave Deepthi. But I think it's cool she did, and it really does sound like there weren't better options.

Speaking of lack of better options, it's aggravating that Ophelia made Domina, but...it's consistent with the book's themes that that happened and it doesn't prevent the happy ending. It's not about taking down a specific bad guy, or bad woman as the case may be. It's dealing with systemic bullshit, and actually El can do that without taking Ophelia out. Nice parallel to Liesel letting go of her revenge quest too.

I figure there's a much longer thing to be written about pacifism and themes in the scholomance, but for now: sometimes people get this weird idea that anyone committed to non-violence or anything similar, like not seeking revenge, must have had an incredibly sheltered life with no real problems. Anyways. El is definitely not that. She did have an especially kind mother, but that mother also didn't have a particularly sheltered life and she chose that path anyways. I approve of that narrative choice. (And it doesn't feel like it's floating out in nowhere either. It's grounded, like Avatar the Last Airbender is grounded, in showing all the characters as people. In ATLA, people in the Fire Nation are people, farmers and criminals and guerrilla fighters and soldiers are people, Ozai is a massive dick with an appalling absence of checks on his power but he's still a person. And every time El doesn't like someone, because of their privilege or because they're a jerk, she ends up seeing a different side of them, a way that they're vulnerable or have been hurt, a generous and giving or heroic side to them. Everyone gets to be a person. We don't see enough behind Ophelia's mask I think to really see what kind of person she is (we see more of what's his name, Shanghai Guy's) but we can reasonably assume that she is a person whose motives at least make sense to her.

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El knowing the exact history of all her terrifying spells and how she's bending the purpose to not kill people and drain their souls and suchlike isn't quite a gag, but it's a consistently repeating thing with her that I like. Also, Never Ambush The Protagonists. Even if it works in the moment, it doesn't end well.

Oh hey, it's Zheng, the little cousin who became one of El's little passel of freshmen! I wish we got more characterization with them, El playing unwilling mentor to a bunch of kiddos is a very fun mental image.

"I'm tired of demons in my house". Well that's not making the Foreshadowtron 4000 make interesting noises.

...I want Ophelia Rhys-Lake to be in this room with Liu and her family and tell me exactly how the fuck this Omelas shit is the lesser evil.

I'm reminded of a scene from Mercedes Lackey's The Fairy Godmother, where the protagonist and future godmother and her teacher discuss this phenomenon. Stories like Fair Rosalinda or Rapunzel sound romantic and sad when it's a story from long ago, far away; it's another thing when it happens to your neighbor, your friend, your sister, your daughter, right now. "Not in my kingdoms."

El, you really don't grasp just how big an impact you've made on your former classmates, even the ones you don't know or like very much.

EVEN AFTER NEARLY BEING CRUSHED INTO A MAWMOUTH LIU HEARD EL AND CALLED THE INCANTATION BACK TO HER I HAVE NO NOTES 1000/10

Orion, on one hand I get being freaked out and hoping the person who did...this to you can fix it, but I wouldn't trust someone who has you full of mindwhammy hooks basically lining your brain.

El, don't get mad at your press agent, Aadhya is putting her years of networking to good use here, we all know she's your bestie because she's practical like that. And finally, Ibrahim gets to be relevant beyond being an Orion fanboy!

I really like how the different enclaves are clearly both part of and yet separate from the cities they're in. New York is intrinsically different from Beijing, which is different from London, which isn't like Dubai. Cities 100% have different vibes to them, even if they're similar in other ways. Boston doesn't feel the same as New York, or Los Angeles.

Yes, you count as friend to Nadia too, El. You're giving all these people a hope they likely never thought they'd get to have. Not to mention everything else you've accomplished by now.

For someone who complained endlessly about her mother's way of getting through the world, it sure seems to be working for you, hon.

I don't think El realizes how badass she is here. "The attack's happening in half an hour, talk to you later, bye!" over the phone, and then killing the mawmouth off camera???

"This is the only one where you ever came home" and "There was no future in which he let me save him" says So Goddamn Much about Deepthi I can't put it into words. That's how you handle a Terrible Prophecy.

The opening moments of El furious as she does everything she can to try and drag Orion out of the Scholomance is giving me flashbacks of 1. Susan in Thief of Time outraged at Lubsang Ludd"You...𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰!" and 2. Annabeth Chase judo-flipping Percy when they're reunited at New Rome.

Just the most powerful "How fucking dare you, you goddamn idiot!" Tsundere outrage, with the added spice of "That's 𝘮𝘺 goddamn idiot!" fueling the fire.

El, honey. What, did you think Liesel would do when you forgot to check in? She's not a wait and see person, she's more likely to kick the door down and demand an answer, you know that. (also I think the audiobook narrator got a better handle on Liesel's accent in this one, she sounds more consistently German now.)

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Endometriosis and Fertility: What You Need to Know if You’re Trying to Conceive

If you’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis and are trying to conceive, it’s natural to have concerns about how this condition might affect your fertility. The good news? You’re not alone—and with the right medical guidance and treatment options, many women with endometriosis go on to have healthy pregnancies.

In a detailed video by fertility expert Dr. Hima Deepthi V., the connection between endometriosis and infertility is explained in a way that’s both informative and reassuring. Let’s take a closer look at what endometriosis is, how it can impact your ability to conceive, and what steps you can take on your fertility journey.

What Is Endometriosis?

Endometriosis is a condition where the tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus (the endometrium) grows outside the uterus—commonly on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, or pelvic lining. This tissue still behaves like it would during a menstrual cycle, thickening and shedding, but since it has no way to exit the body, it can lead to inflammation, scarring, and pain.

How Does Endometriosis Affect Fertility?

According to Dr. Hima Deepthi, endometriosis can affect fertility in several ways:

Distorted pelvic anatomy: Adhesions or scar tissue may interfere with the normal function of the fallopian tubes or ovaries.

Inflammation: Chronic inflammation in the pelvis can impair egg quality or sperm function.

Hormonal imbalances: Endometriosis can alter hormonal environments critical for ovulation and implantation.

Egg reserve impact: In some cases, especially with ovarian endometriomas (chocolate cysts), the egg reserve may be reduced.

But here’s the key message: Not all women with endometriosis will have fertility issues. The severity and location of the endometriosis play a major role in determining how much it affects your ability to conceive.

What Are Your Options If You Want to Conceive?

Dr. Hima Deepthi emphasizes a personalized approach based on age, symptoms, and fertility goals. Common treatment options include:

Medication Management Pain relief and hormonal therapies may help manage symptoms but are not typically fertility-enhancing. However, for mild cases, timed intercourse or ovulation induction may be considered.

Laparoscopic Surgery For women with moderate to severe endometriosis, minimally invasive surgery can remove or reduce endometrial implants and improve fertility outcomes.

Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART)

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) might be an option in mild cases.

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is often recommended for moderate to severe cases or if other methods are unsuccessful.

Each case is unique, and seeking early fertility consultation can significantly increase your chances of success.

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Endometriosis can feel overwhelming, especially when fertility is a concern. But many women facing the same challenge have found hope and success through tailored treatments. Dr. Hima Deepthi and her team offer expert guidance and compassionate care, helping you take informed steps toward parenthood.

Final Thoughts

If you’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis and want to conceive, don’t lose hope. Fertility treatment has come a long way, and with expert care, many women go on to build the families they’ve dreamed of.

For trusted fertility support and endometriosis care in Secunderabad, consult Dr. Hima Deepthi V.—a dedicated specialist ready to guide you every step of the way.

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Audio Credits: Composed & arranged by - Neeraj Madhav aka NJ Written and performed by Neeraj Madhav, Dabzee, Baby Jean Music produced by Rzee Mix and Master - Rzee Female Chorus - Deepthi Janardhan, Archana GK, Parvathi GK, Wafa Aslam Recording engineer - Arcado, Jisto George (Pop Media, Kochi) (c) Universal Music Group 2024 OFFICIAL SONG - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhrD7as3KJg

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damn I like the tamil version more than the telugu one

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Maybe El becomes Galadriel Higgins-Sharma in this spin-off.

This happened post-series,and no one can convince me otherwise.

AND STILL IN THAT TOPIC……. somewhere else on the spectrum, you also have Deepthi. I think Deepthi works so well as a balanced point for El, of where she can fall within the Greater Good spectrum. 

She has Gwen’s example on one side, of never justifying evil deeds. And Ophelia on the other, of justifying any evil deed for the greater good. And here she is, smack in the middle of it, because the existence of mawmouths clinches her in a position where she’s going to do evil no matter which way she chooses, so how does she choose?

If Ophelia is El’s dark future, I think Deepthi represents her hopeful future. El can’t ever be Gwen on account of the nature of her magic; instead she is much more like Deepthi, immensely gifted and immensely burdened, and all she can do is choose, and find a way to be content with her choices.

[SHARMA SPINOFF WHEN????]

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Also, El DOES have affinity for being an evil sorceress. She DOES have that destiny. This was the only thread of fate Deepthi could see in which she wasn't snapped up by Ophelia and made into a weapon. So it does make sense that the scholomance gave her mass destruction and mind control spells. That's after all - her affinity. It doesn't really seem great at practicalities.... But it actually isn't out to get you, it just has very strict rules that it reinforces ruthlessly in order to get you to DO THE. WORK and many calculations about what it can afford on the mana it's got and is governed by the law of balance also. You do something amazing - out in the void? - you get something amazing back. That's not even the scholomance sentience - that's just the nearness of the void. But when El got the Sutras, it was trying to keep her from the mawmouth. Absolutely it was. Because it recognised that El was more of an asset to everyone in the school than 30 freshmen. It had been funneling a ton of mals at her for years. I do think that. And classically, everybody thought it was all Orion.

So El was scared of herself, of her destiny, and these spells which often have the unfortunate side effect of laying waste to EVERYTHING. But also she just blocked them out as a possibility. Because 1. She doesn't want to be evil. And 2. she doesn't have the mana anyway.

And she doesn't want to go get the mana because 1. She really actually HATES enclavers and all their privilege and she's too righteous and proud 2. That would be like being power hungry and she can't be power hungry because then she'd go evil and she doesn't want to go evil

Never mind that steeping herself in mana instead of malia so she could actually experiment with her killing spells and not working herself to the bone and making everybody look at her like she's a loser inviting more rejection and disdain would have infinitely prevented many more almost breakdowns into evilness

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Paris Paralympics: India hit 20-medal milestone, surpass Tokyo tally

India surpassed its Tokyo 2020 tally to hit the 20-medal mark for the first time ever in the history of the Paralympic Games and the count is expected increase on Wednesday with the country’s para-athletes continuing their hunt for medals.

After Deepthi Jeevanji pocketed bronze in women’s 400m T20 race on her Paralympics debut in the evening. India added four more medals to its tally in Para-Athletics late on Tuesday night, with two double-podium finishes swelling its tally past it’s Tokyo haul of 19 medals.

Source: bhaskarlive.in

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“Because he understood my gift,” Deepthi said, low and terrible. “The Arjun who followed my warning, who lived, would have understood that I had made a choice. That I could have saved one—and so she, and you with her, had been taken in his place. And he refused that choice. There was no future in which he let me save him. So I didn’t warn him. I only gave him my blessing, and let him go.” Let him go despite her own grief, to have a brief time of love uncomplicated by fear, and to make the gift that he’d after all chosen eyes wide open to hand to Mum and to me, in every possible future that Deepthi could see.

oh -

oh i didn't get it the first time - it's not that he didn't want to live without them, or that he'd rather be eaten along with them, or that he couldn't stand to live on when they were traded for him - it's that he understood her. he made sure there was no future in which she could save him. not by accident by refusing to live at their expense, but deliberately. he made sure there was no him or them choice. he deliberately choose that there could not be such a choice. so she would have to choose the future where they lived

in every future where he could have lived he instead choose the same fate than in the one where they lived, so that the one where they lived would be the one she choose

that's. gods. that's -

oh my god