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BOOKS 03 Books! Books! Books! There is no end to knowledge. All you need to do is flip through the pages to get that extra dose of infotainment. So simply read on... What is space archaeology? It is a term that describes how archae- ologists use diverse remote sensing datasets — from lasers to space-based imaging systems — to map partially-to- totally-invisible ancient features, from small walls to entire cities. Other terms are ‘satellite archaeology’, ‘satellite re- mote sensing’. Does India need it? India has an extraordinary and rich her- itage, with thousands of years of occu- pation. There have been archaeologists using satellites already in India, prov- ing their effectiveness. Satellites allow sites to be detected rapidly and over large areas, which is an advantage as India’s landscapes are varied and mas- sive. With so many archaeological sites likely to be detected from space, satellites will allow ar- chaeologists to gain an ac- curate count of sites across India; the modern threats to them; and hopefully some exciting new dis- coveries. Tell us about Globalxplorer We will be launching our free citizen archaeology platform in India later this year. This online plat- form (www.globalxplorer.org) allows anyone to look at satellite imagery and help us map potential cultural heritage. We will start in Gujarat, and over time, expand across India. The data will be shared with ASI without GPS location so that site locations may be protected. We will also be offering satellite remote sensing training for ASI and archaeol- ogy students at Indian universities with the goal of training a new generation of archaeologists in advanced mapping. What sort of hurdles do space archaeologists face? Satellites are among a number of tools available to help archaeologists gain a better understanding of the lands- capes around the sites. They are used to discover features on sites in cost- efficient ways. However, using satellites is a tool, not the means to an end. We, ultimately, have to excavate and survey the ground with all the associated hurdles, including challenges with limited time, funding. How much of India’s heritage lies buried beneath our feet? It is very hard to predict how much of our past is buried. But I do feel confident saying that over 90 per cent of most archaeological sites have not been excavated; and there are millions of sites across the globe that need to be found. I would give the same percentage for any country that contains significant archaeological sites. Several Indus Valley Civilisation sites have suffered artefact loot. A government cannot protect all the cultural assets within the boundaries of their country without first knowing where they are. Thus, step one is mapping sites, and then understanding the potential threats to them from urbanisation, looting, development, or climate change. ‘Over 90% of India’s her- itage lies buried and space archaeology can help unearth it … using satellites as a tool’ Why I wrote ‘Archaeology From Space’ When you look at what books are in the archaeol- ogy section of a bookstore, it’s mostly these pseudo-archeological books by people who write that aliens built pyramids or other outlandish theories. And that’s not what archaeology is. Archaeology is this incredibly rich field that shows the full trajectory of our humanity, all the good and all the bad, all our creativity, all of our foibles, the fact that our common humanity hasn’t evolved in 300,000 years — while our technology has. That’s really why I wanted to write this book. I wanted to show how archaeology really works, and what we actually do with the evidence we have, and how all these amazing new technologies are helping us to ask new, bigger and better questions about the past. TNN + NYT WHICH BOOK HAS THIS QUOTE? 1. “Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.” 2. “You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.” 3. “People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other.” 1. ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth 2. ‘They Both Die At The End’ by Adam Silvera 3. ‘Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda’ by Becky Albertalli ANSWERS THIS READING LIST... ...explores young adult romance via letters TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE by Jenny Han Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Cov- ey panics when every love letter that she has written — personal chronicles detailing her emotions for the boys she used to like — is mailed to their un- witting recipients. Amid the chaos, she falls for Peter Kavinsky, the sub- ject of one of her letters. The book was adapted for a film by the same name. In the se- quel, ‘P S, I Still Love You’, the pro- tagonists – Covey and Kavinsky– con- tinue their budding relationship un- til another letter recipient, Jordan Fisher, comes back into the picture. LOVE LETTERS TO THE DEAD by Nina Lacour This young adult novel begins when Laurel, a high school English student, is given a class assignment to write a letter to a dead personality. Initial- ly, she chooses to write to musician Kurt Cobain, then extends the idea and writes a series of letters to the dead — sharing her innermost thoug- hts, questions, fea- rs on falling in love... that she can’t share with anyone in her living world. Navigating young love, loss, abuse, and more, Ava Del- laira’s book is a sweet glimpse into the mind of a complicated yet in- quisitive teen girl learning to over- come a tragedy. I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU by Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin A story told through a series of texts and emails that are exchanged be- tween best friends, Avan and Gen, as they head off to first year college on the opposite sides of the country. From first loves to weird roommates, heartbreak, self- discovery and men- tal health, the two of them document every wild and awkward moment to each other. But as each changes and grows into her new life, will this friendship be able to survive the dis- tance? For all childhood friendships that have struggled to survive when one has to grow up. TRUE LETTERS FROM A FICTIONAL LIFE by Kenneth Logan To everyone in his small Vermont town, 17-year-old James Liddell is a star athlete, decent student, a happy, funny, carefree guy and a great boyfriend to Theresa. But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story about himself and his feelings for another person. Consequently, his drawers are filled with letters to the people in his world that he never intends to send out. That is until someone steals some of his letters and posts them. The author shines at creating strong, nuanced characters who behave realistically. JOHN STEINBACK’S ADVICE ON LOVE I n a letter John Steinbeck penned in 1958 to his teenage son, who had fall- en in love, the Nobel Prize winner and author of ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ de- fined ‘love’, the impor- tance of waiting for it, and the les- sons even unrequited feelings may offer. Even though this letter is from a parent to child, it remains to be one of the most elegant ex- planations, full of life lessons for us all. Here is what he wrote: ON WHAT IT IS “First, if you are in love that’s a good thing – that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.” ON THE TYPES OF LOVE “There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The oth- er is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can re- lease in you strength and courage and goodness, and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.” ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING PATIENCE “The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it. If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so; only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into con- sideration.” ON UNREQUITED LOVE “It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or an- other – but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.” ON LOSING IT “Don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.” AGENCIES With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we shine a light on authors (old and new) who used letters to express themselves TIPS How to be a sustainable reader With global average of paper consumption reaching 55kg of paper per person per year, it is high time we start borrowing and sharing books from each other A n avid reader can boast of an over- stuffed bookshelf, in which many books may not have been read. However, if you aim to be a sustainable reader, don’t shy away from borrowing a book that you want to read or share the ones you have al- ready read. “I avoid buying new books and discourage my kids as well. I spread a word among my neighbours if my son wants to read a par- ticular book. If someone has it, I borrow from them and return,” says Neha Puri, a clinical hypnotherapist from Delhi who practises sustain- ability in her daily life. Neha adds that she has a collection of comics and chil- dren’s books which she shares with others. “I have over 20 storytelling books as old as 10 years old which my children have outgrown. Instead of giv- ing away to the kabaadiwala, I spread the word in my neighbour- hood if anyone wanted them, and there have been a lot of takers,” she says. TNN The American ‘Indiana Jones’ (a scientist, professor, Egyptologist, anthropologist, author, and the 2016 winner of the $1 million TED prize) is bringing space archaeology to India. She has tied up with Archeological Survey of India to use remote sensing via satellites to map ancient Indian sites buried beneath our feet. In this interview, she decodes her work MUST SEE MUST DO FEBRUARY 12, 2020 FORGED IN FIRE, HISTORY TV18, 4.06 PM SARAH GRAHAM'S FOOD SAFARI, FYI TV18, 6.00 PM MEN IN BLACK, &FLIX, 7.00 PM THE GREAT WALL, MNX, 9.00 PM TV & MOVIES FACT: Dayananda's message was to emphasise respect and reverence for other human beings, supported by Vedic notion of the divine nature of individual - divine because the body was the temple where human essence (soul) could possibly interface with the creator. FACT: Of approximately 300 wrestling matches, Lincoln only lost one. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Abraham Lincoln, as a 21 year old in 1830, was the wrestling champion of his county in Illinois. 1809: Abraham Lincoln, American politician, was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. 1809: Charles Darwin, English naturalist, was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 1824: Religious leader Dayanand Saraswati was born. 2019: Nasa data showed the world got green- er (5%) since early 2000s, mostly due to tree planting in China, intensive farming in India. THIS DAY THAT YEAR Photo: Getty Images
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BOOKS 03Books! Books! Books! There is no end to knowledge. Allyou need to do is flip through the pages to get thatextra dose of infotainment. So simply read on...
What is space archaeology?
It is a term that describes how archae-ologists use diverse remote sensingdatasets — from lasers to space-basedimaging systems — to map partially-to-totally-invisible ancient features, fromsmall walls to entire cities. Other termsare ‘satellite archaeology’, ‘satellite re-mote sensing’.
Does India need it?India has an extraordinary and rich her-itage, with thousands of years of occu-pation. There have been archaeologistsusing satellites already in India, prov-ing their effectiveness. Satellites allowsites to be detected rapidly and overlarge areas, which is an advantage asIndia’s landscapes are varied and mas-
sive. With so many archaeologicalsites likely to be detected from
space, satellites will allow ar-chaeologists to gain an ac-
curate count of sites acrossIndia; the modern threats
to them; and hopefullysome exciting new dis-coveries.
Tell us aboutGlobalxplorer
We will be launching
our free citizen archaeology platformin India later this year. This online plat-form (www.globalxplorer.org) allowsanyone to look at satellite imagery andhelp us map potential cultural heritage.We will start in Gujarat, and over time,expand across India. The data will be
shared with ASI without GPS locationso that site locations may be protected.We will also be offering satellite remotesensing training for ASI and archaeol-ogy students at Indian universities withthe goal of training a new generationof archaeologists in advanced mapping.
What sort of hurdles do spacearchaeologists face?
Satellites are among a number of toolsavailable to help archaeologists gain abetter understanding of the lands-capes around the sites. They are usedto discover features on sites in cost-efficient ways. However, usingsatellites is a tool, not the means to an
end. We, ultimately,have to excavate and survey theground with all the associatedhurdles, including challenges withlimited time, funding.
How much of India’s heritagelies buried beneath our feet?
It is very hard to predict how much ofour past is buried. But I do feelconfident saying that over 90 per centof most archaeological sites have notbeen excavated; and there are millionsof sites across the globe that need to
be found. I wouldgive the samepercentage for any country thatcontains significant archaeologicalsites. Several Indus Valley Civilisationsites have suffered artefact loot. Agovernment cannot protect all thecultural assets within the boundaries oftheir country without first knowingwhere they are. Thus, step one ismapping sites, and then understandingthe potential threats to them fromurbanisation, looting, development, orclimate change.
‘Over 90% of India’s her-itage lies buried and
space archaeology canhelp unearth it …
using satellites as a tool’
Why I wrote ‘ArchaeologyFrom Space’When you look at what books are in the archaeol-ogy section of a bookstore, it’s mostly thesepseudo-archeological books by people who writethat aliens built pyramids or other outlandishtheories. And that’s not what archaeology is.Archaeology is this incredibly rich field thatshows the full trajectory of our humanity, all the
good and all the bad, all our creativity, allof our foibles, the fact that our commonhumanity hasn’t evolved in 300,000years — while our technology has. That’sreally why I wanted to write this book. Iwanted to show how archaeology reallyworks, and what we actually do with theevidence we have, and how all theseamazing new technologies are helping usto ask new, bigger and better questionsabout the past. TNN + NYT
WHICH BOOK HAS THIS QUOTE?
1. “Fear doesn’t shut you down; itwakes you up.”
2. “You may be born into a family,but you walk into friendships. Someyou’ll discover you should put behindyou. Others are worth every risk.”
3. “People really are like houses withvast rooms and tiny windows. Andmaybe it’s a good thing, the way wenever stop surprising each other.”
1. ‘Divergent’ by Veronica Roth 2.‘They Both Die At The End’ by AdamSilvera 3. ‘Simon Vs. The Homo SapiensAgenda’ by Becky Albertalli
ANSWERS
THIS READING LIST......explores young adult romance via letters
TO ALL THE BOYS I’VELOVED BEFOREby Jenny HanSixteen-year-old Lara Jean Cov-ey panics when every love letterthat she has written — personalchronicles detailing her emotionsfor the boys she used to like — is
mailed to their un-witting recipients.Amid the chaos,she falls for PeterKavinsky, the sub-ject of one of herletters. The bookwas adapted for afilm by the samename. In the se-
quel, ‘P S, I Still Love You’, the pro-tagonists – Covey and Kavinsky– con-tinue their budding relationship un-til another letter recipient, JordanFisher, comes back into the picture.
LOVE LETTERS TO THEDEAD by Nina LacourThis young adult novel begins whenLaurel, a high school English student,is given a class assignment to writea letter to a dead personality. Initial-ly, she chooses to write to musicianKurt Cobain, then extends the idea
and writes a seriesof letters to thedead — sharing herinnermost thoug-hts, questions, fea-rs on falling inlove... that she can’tshare with anyonein her living world.Navigating young
love, loss, abuse, and more, Ava Del-laira’s book is a sweet glimpse intothe mind of a complicated yet in-quisitive teen girl learning to over-come a tragedy.
I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOUby Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin A story told through a series of textsand emails that are exchanged be-tween best friends, Avan and Gen, asthey head off to first year college onthe opposite sides of the country.
From first loves toweird roommates,heartbreak, self-discovery and men-tal health, the twoof them documentevery wild andawkward momentto each other. Butas each changes
and grows into her new life, will thisfriendship be able to survive the dis-tance? For all childhood friendshipsthat have struggled to survive whenone has to grow up.
TRUE LETTERS FROM A FICTIONAL LIFEby Kenneth LoganTo everyone in his small Vermonttown, 17-year-old James Liddell is astar athlete, decent student, a happy,funny, carefree guy and a greatboyfriend to Theresa. But whenever
James sits down athis desk to write,he tells a differentstory about himselfand his feelings foranother person.Consequently, hisdrawers are filledwith letters to thepeople in his world
that he never intends to send out. Thatis until someone steals some of hisletters and posts them. The authorshines at creating strong, nuancedcharacters who behave realistically.
JOHN STEINBACK’S ADVICE ON LOVE
In a letter John Steinbeckpenned in 1958 to histeenage son, who had fall-en in love, the Nobel Prizewinner and author of‘The Grapes of Wrath’ de-fined ‘love’, the impor-
tance of waiting for it, and the les-sons even unrequited feelings mayoffer. Even though this letter isfrom a parent to child, it remainsto be one of the most elegant ex-planations, full of life lessons forus all. Here is what he wrote:
ON WHAT IT IS“First, if you are in love that’s agood thing – that’s about the bestthing that can happen to anyone.Don’t let anyone make it small orlight to you.”
ON THE TYPES OF LOVE “There are several kinds of love.One is a selfish, mean, grasping,egotistical thing which uses lovefor self-importance. This is theugly and crippling kind. The oth-er is an outpouring of everythinggood in you — of kindness andconsideration and respect — notonly the social respect of mannersbut the greater respect which isrecognition of another person asunique and valuable. The first
kind can make you sick and smalland weak but the second can re-lease in you strength and courageand goodness, and even wisdomyou didn’t know you had.”
ON THE IMPORTANCE OFHAVING PATIENCE
“The object of love is the best andmost beautiful. Try to live up toit. If you love someone — there isno possible harm in saying so;only you must remember thatsome people are very shy andsometimes the saying musttake that shyness into con-sideration.”
ON UNREQUITEDLOVE
“It sometimes happens thatwhat you feel isnot returned forone reason or an-other – but thatdoes not make yourfeeling less valuableand good.”
ON LOSING IT“Don’t worry aboutlosing. If it is right,it happens — Themain thing is not tohurry. Nothing goodgets away.” AGENCIES
With Valentine’sDay around thecorner, we shine alight on authors(old and new) whoused letters toexpress themselves
TIPS How to be asustainable reader With global average ofpaper consumptionreaching 55kg of paperper person per year, itis high time we startborrowing and sharingbooks from each other
An avid reader canboast of an over-stuffed bookshelf,in which many
books may not have beenread.
However, if you aim to bea sustainable reader, don’tshy away from borrowing abook that you want to reador share the ones you have al-ready read. “I avoid buyingnew books and discouragemy kids as well. I spread a
word among my neighboursif my son wants to read a par-ticular book. If someone hasit, I borrow from them andreturn,” says Neha Puri, aclinical hypnotherapist fromDelhi who practises sustain-ability in her daily life.
Neha adds that she has acollection of comics and chil-dren’s books which she shareswith others. “I have over 20storytelling books as old as 10years old which my childrenhave outgrown. Instead of giv-ing away to thekabaadiwala, Ispread the word inmy neighbour-hood if anyonewanted them,and there havebeen a lot oftakers,” shesays.TNN
The American ‘IndianaJones’ (a scientist,professor, Egyptologist,anthropologist, author,and the 2016 winner ofthe $1 million TED prize)is bringing spacearchaeology to India.She has tied up withArcheological Survey ofIndia to use remotesensing via satellites tomap ancient Indian sitesburied beneath our feet.In this interview, shedecodes her work
MUST SEE MUST DOFEBRUARY12, 2020
FORGED IN FIRE, HISTORYTV18, 4.06 PM
SARAH GRAHAM'S FOODSAFARI, FYI TV18, 6.00 PM
MEN IN BLACK, &FLIX, 7.00 PM
THE GREAT WALL, MNX, 9.00 PM
TV &
MOV
IES
FACT: Dayananda's message was toemphasise respect and reverence forother humanbeings, supportedby Vedic notion ofthe divine nature ofindividual - divinebecause the bodywas the templewhere human essence (soul) couldpossibly interface with the creator.
FACT: Of approximately 300wrestling matches, Lincoln only lost
one. In 1992, hewas inducted intothe NationalWrestling Hall ofFame. AbrahamLincoln, as a 21year old in 1830,
was the wrestling champion of hiscounty in Illinois.
1809: Abraham Lincoln, American politician,was born in Hardin County, Kentucky.
1809: Charles Darwin, English naturalist, wasborn in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
1824: Religious leader Dayanand Saraswatiwas born.
2019: Nasa data showed the world got green-er (5%) since early 2000s, mostly due to treeplanting in China, intensive farming in India.
THIS DAY THAT YEAR
Photo: Getty Images
