I often see this kind of #electricity distribution board on YouTube being hand built in #India (often in utility/workshop area near incoming supply).

One thing I've always wondered is why the bayonet #lampholder is mounted there, surely the lamp will glare in the eyes of anyone trying to use it? Or is it just to test lamps so see if they are working?

Also why do very few people wire up protective #earth on these things when they are feeding 3 pin sockets?

@dubh We'll need to be very selective in whom to get to the local grid and whom to leave off.

People dont "need" to be on a grid anymore. Stand-alone off-grid installations are reliable enough to provide power. Can have a mosque (every house in #Pakistan has access to one) set up production, and all people need to do is connect a wire to it.

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@dubh great link, thanks!

echoes what I think is the only way forward: abandon the grid in its current form. Trying to prop-up an outdated and inefficient grid on the backs of one segment of slightly better off households, and using this as a justification for its continued existence is harmful to everyone's interests.

#Pakistan #SouthAsia #GlobalSouth #Energy #EnergyTransition #Solar #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis

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Professor Sarah Paine of the Naval War College talks about key decisions by Khrushchev, Mao, Nehru, Bhutto, & Lyndon Johnson that shaped the whole dynamic of South Asia today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkO84MsmyM

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Garlic ✧

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a species of bulbous flowering plants in the genus Allium. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chives, Welsh onion, and Chinese onion. It is native to Central Asia, South Asia, and northeastern Iran. It has long been used as a seasoning and culinary ingredient worldwide, with a history of several thousand years ...

#Allium #SouthAsia #CentralAsia #Asia #Iran #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlic

I initially misidentified the #cheetah as a #leopard and thought "gosh, those dudes are brave!"

The #cat is very well behaved, and not blatantly stealing the food, and the men are behaving like this is all completely normal - it does seems fairly tame and I suspect its going to be given the leftovers anyway

Chrismukkah isn't the only hybrid holiday around. Diwaloween (or maybe, Hallowali) comes every few years, when Diwali, the festival of light, coincides with Halloween. This year is the first time it's happened since 2016. Here, Religion News looks at how it's celebrated, from trick-or-treating at the temple to sparklers lighting the night, and what it says about South Asian American culture. “I think this is a sign of one of the many ways that Hindu and other South Asians who celebrate Diwali and festivals this time of year are making America their own in some way and participating in these rituals,” said Shana Sippy, associate professor of religion and chair of Asian studies at Centre College.

https://flip.it/uug0Qn

Someone approached me about tutoring in East Asia Studies...

I have a degree in South Asia Studies.

Because all the various "asias" are the same. Am I right???

3 #men #arrested in #stabbing #murders of two #trans #women in #Pakistan.

The #men reportedly #confessed to being part of an #organizedcrime #gang targeting the local #transgender #community

122 trans people in #KhyberPakhtunkhwa #Province have been killed since 2009, but there have been zero convictions.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthAsia #Pakistan #SayHerName #SayTheirNames

https://www.advocate.com/crime/arrest-killing-trans-women-pakistan

South Asian film festival this week at the Roxie

https://www.thirdi.org/