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Origin of the week?

Mythologies behind Seven-day Week The Origin A week is a unit of time equal to seven days. The seven-day week stems from ancient Mesopotamia around 600 BCE. The earliest evidence of an astrological significance of a seven-day period is a decree of king Sargon of Akkad around 2300 BC. Akkadians venerated the number seven, and the key celestial bodies visible to the naked eye numbered seven (the Sun, the Moon and the five closest planets). Some ancient and traditional cultures had different week lengths, including ten days in Egypt and an eight-day week for ancient Romans , who later switched to a seven-day week.Historically, indigenous Indian timekeeping relied on a luni-solar system divided by lunar phases (tithis), months, and fortnights (pakshas). The adoption of the seven-day week (Vara) occurred alongside Indo-Greek and Mesopotamian cultural exchanges, eventually solidifying in Sanskrit astronomical texts like the Surya Siddhanta and Pancasiddhantika between the 1st and...
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Bend it like British Asian Fans of English Soccer - A Satirical Take

FIFA World Cup 2026 Hysteria in USA We Americans are living through a soccer hysteria at the moment as we are in the middle phase of 2026 FIFA world cup. And why not ... the whole world loves soccer?  I’m just trying to understand why a lot of us are obsessed with the English club football.  I understand the passionate love for sports. But I am genuinely trying to understand why this passionate allegiance for a football club that has nothing to do with you?  British Asians make up around 7% - 9% of the UK population. They practically run the nation’s corner shops, pharmacies, tech sectors, and the government. Yet, on the pitch of the world’s most watched football league, the representation of British Asians hovers somewhere around 0.1% . To put that into perspective, you are statistically more likely to spot a rare albino squirrel riding a unicycle through London than you are to see a British South Asian starting at center-back for Chelsea. How does the love affai...
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How Cannons changed the History of India?

History of Cannons Cannons were first developed and used in China sometime between the 12th and 13th centuries, evolving from earlier gunpowder weapons like the fire lance.  Earlier Chinese Cannon - 12th Century During the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, the Mamluk Turks used a cannon to defeat the Mongols. This was the first use of a cannon in Islamic history that used a gunpowder formula. Super-sized cannons were used by the troops of Mehmet II to capture Constantinople, in 1453. Mughal Cannons Conquers India Impact of Cannons in Battle of Panipat Cannons were the game-changing advantage that allowed Babur ’s small army to defeat the massive, traditional forces of the Delhi Sultanate led by Ibrahim Lodhi . They fundamentally altered the battlefield through superior firepower, psychological warfare, and defensive fortification. At the First Battle of Panipat (1526), Babur understood this advantage and his cannons artillery by tying together hundreds of wooden carts ( Arab...
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The Problem of British Racist Thought Process

  Racist View of Sikhs in UK Racism in the United Kingdom has a long history and includes structural discrimination and hostile attitudes against various ethnic minorities. The extent and the targets have varied over time. It has resulted in cases of discrimination, racial slurs, racially motivated attacks, riots, and segregation. Racism towards Sikhs Among the populations targeted historically and today have been the Sikhs, who as a visible minority with their turbans have experienced racism for over 100 years in UK. Sikhs often face Islamophobic attacks due to misidentification, underscoring ignorance of cultural and religious differences. These cultural and religious illiteracy, coupled with the visible Sikh identity, has led to bias, bigotry, discrimination, and violence against Sikhs for generations. Both Sikh men and women are at an increased risk of suffering from racism. The APPG for British Sikhs in its 2020 report defines anti-Sikh hate as " Any incident or crime which i...
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Genetic Heritage of Punjabi Communities

The social structure of Punjab is a complex blend of agrarian traditions, religious principles (primarily Sikhism and Hinduism), and a distinctive caste system that operates often in contrast to the egalitarian ideals of Sikhism. Despite Sikhism’s formal rejection of the Hindu caste system, the caste remains a crucial identifier in rural and urban Punjab, influencing social relations and marriage. The society is strongly organized around a caste-based hierarchical structure that is less rigid than other parts of India but still deeply influential. Even the Muslim Punjabis of Pakistan belong to this social structure with genetic kinship with Sikh and hindu Punjabis. Here are the key communities of the social structure of Punjabis: Brahmins - priests, scholars, teachers Khatri - warriors, rulers,urban landowners Arora - merchants, urban landowners Bania - shopkeepers, traders Rajput - warriors, rulers Jatt - farmers, agricultural landowners Tarkhans - carpenters, artisa...
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