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Remembering Sri Lanka’s Fallen Journalists: A Call for Justice and Support

On this solemn day, the 24th of January, we pause to honor the memories of two journalists whose lives were tragically cut short for their commitment to truth and freedom of expression.

Subramaniam Sugirdharajan (1970 – 2006) Popularly known as SSR, Sugirdharajan was a journalist for the Tamil-language daily newspaper Sudar Oli. At just 35 years old, he was brutally gunned down in the eastern port city of Trincomalee during the Sri Lankan Civil War. On the morning of 24 January 2006, assailants on a motorbike shot him at close range. A devoted father of two young children, aged three and two, SSR’s death left an indelible mark on the Sri Lankan media landscape. Today, his family, friends, and professional colleagues gather in Trincomalee to remember his courage and sacrifice.

Prageeth Ekneligoda (1960 – Disappeared 2010) Prageeth Ekneligoda, a cartoonist, political analyst, and journalist, disappeared on 24 January 2010, two days before a critical presidential election. Widely believed to have been abducted and killed under the presidency of Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prageeth’s disappearance remains unresolved. His ashes are thought to have been scattered, a grim symbol of the dangers faced by journalists in Sri Lanka. Today, his loved ones commemorate him at the Nawagamuwa Devalaya in Kaduwela, keeping his memory alive despite the shadows of impunity.

A War on Media Freedom The early 2000s marked a dark period for press freedom in Sri Lanka. Under the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government, which took power in April 2004, attacks on journalists escalated with alarming frequency. On 31 May 2004, veteran Tamil journalist Aiyathurai Nadesan was shot dead by government-backed paramilitaries in Batticaloa. His assassination ignited a campaign of violence against the media, silencing dissent with unprecedented brutality.

In the six years that followed, at least 43 journalists and media workers were killed or disappeared. Despite repeated promises from successive governments to investigate these crimes, no perpetrators have been brought to justice. The legacy of this violence persists, with families of murdered journalists left to bear the burden of loss, often without any financial or emotional support.

Remembering the Fallen

Thewis Guruge – Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, 23 July 1989

Premakeerthi de Alwis – Broadcaster, 31 July 1989

Sagarika Gomes – Rupavahini Corporation, 13 September 1989

Richard de Zoysa – Journalist and activist, 18 February 1990

K.S. Raja – Radio Ceylon presenter, poisoned, 1994

Rohana Kumara – Editor, Batana, 7 September 1999

Athputharaja Nadarajah – Editor, Tamil weekly, 2 November 1999

Maylvaganam Nimalrajan – Journalist from Jaffna, 19 October 2000

Aiyathurai Nadesan – Journalist, 31 May 2004

Balandaraja Iyer – Activist, writer, and poet, 16 August 2004

Tarakki Sivaram – Tamil journalist, 28 April 2005

Railangi Selvarajah – Broadcaster and actress, 12 August 2005

Subramaniam Sugirdharajan – Sudar Oli, 24 January 2006

Sampath Lakmal de Silva – Independent journalist, 2 July 2006

Suresh Kumar and Ranjith Kumara – Udayan newspaper, 2 May 2006

Selvaraja Rajivarnam – Journalist, 29 April 2007

Chandrabose Suthaharan – Editor, Nilam, 16 April 2007

P. Devakumaran – Tamil TV journalist, 28 May 2008

Lasantha Wickramatunga – Journalist and activist, 8 January 2009

Prageeth Ekneligoda – Cartoonist and journalist, 24 January 2010

A Plea for Justice and Support

The murders of prominent journalists like Lasantha Wickramatunga and Richard de Zoysa have drawn significant attention, yet many others on this list remain forgotten. Their families, often plunged into economic hardship, have received little to no support. It is time for Sri Lanka’s leaders to act decisively to address this injustice.

We urge the President, the Minister of Mass Media, and all political leaders to establish a system of financial compensation for the families of murdered journalists. Beyond bringing the perpetrators to justice, the state has a moral duty to ensure the economic security of these families.

Let this commemoration not only honor the lives and legacies of our fallen colleagues but also serve as a rallying cry for accountability, justice, and meaningful support. A society that silences its truth-tellers cannot claim to be free or just. The time for change is now.

- Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

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I can't choose which one I like more, so

Another fanart on @denako's au, because I had an orgasm when I saw Melone's design

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La la land 💌

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En l'honneur du Nouvel An Chinois qui nous fait passer dans l'Année du Serpent, en voici quelques-uns !

Ici, des serpents asiatiques :

Paris, Musée Guimet. Est-ce un Naga khmer ? (j'ai besoin de précisions...)

idem et hélas, ici non plus, je n'ai pas noté de précisions... Ce démon semble chinois (???)

Paris, musée du Quai Branly - masque d'exorcisme, Sri Lanka

Marseille - Bastide Borély, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode

voir 1

Désolé pour ces lacunes !

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York street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Ceylon

British vintage postcard, mailed in 1903 to La Ciotat, France

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Incident inhabituel au Sri Lanka : des Palestiniens ont localisé un soldat de Tsahal

Effrayant – Nulle part n’est plus sûr

Un soldat en service actif de Tsahal a été localisé mercredi à Colombo, la capitale du Sri Lanka, par une organisation pro-palestinienne qui a réussi à recouper une photo qu’il avait téléchargée sur les réseaux sociaux lors de son service opérationnel à Gaza , comme le rapporte N12. L’organisation a diffusé sur les réseaux sociaux une photo du soldat et a affirmé qu’il se vantait d’avoir commis…

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Luxury Sri Lanka Tour Package

#LuxurySriLankaTourPackage 7 Nights / 8 Days #Kandy – #NuwaraEliya – #Yala – #Hambantota – #Colombo Tour Price: Per Person sharing a Double Room USD 2,363 based on 06 Pax ItineraryDay 01 : #Colombo Airport > #Kegalle > KandyHotel : #GrandKandyanHotel  Day 02 – Kandy > Nuwara Eliya Hotel : #HeritanceTeaFactory – 5*   Day 03 – Nuwara Eliya Hotel : Heritance Tea Factory – 5*   Day 04 – Nuwara…

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“Non è necessario né possibile cambiare gli altri. Ma se puoi cambiare te stesso, ti accorgerai che non è necessario alcun altro cambiamento.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj

Spunti di riflessione

Nisargadatta Maharaj è uno dei più influenti maestri dell’Advaita Vedanta, insegnamento filosofico basato sugli antichi testi Veda dell’Induismo. L’Advaita Vedanta sostiene l’unità fondamentale di tutta l’esistenza, affermando che la coscienza dell’individuo (Atman) e l’Assoluto (Brahman) sono essenzialmente una cosa sola.

La citazione di Nisargadatta Maharaj, quindi, ci invita a rivolgere l’attenzione all’interno, riconoscendo che la fonte della vera trasformazione è la realizzazione della nostra identità con l’Assoluto. Attraverso questa comprensione, il bisogno di cambiare gli altri o il mondo esterno svanisce, poiché si riconosce la perfetta unità e armonia della realtà ultima.

L’Advaita Vedanta ci insegna che il cambiamento autentico è un cambiamento di percezione, un risveglio alla verità eterna che è la nostra vera natura.

Approfondiamo ulteriormente alcuni temi della saggezza di questo orientamento spirituale nell’articolo.

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Lightning in a Bottle Attracts Seminal Musicians in 2024 Line-Up

@LIBfestival Attracts Seminal Musicians in 2024 Line-Up Legends of their Genres: @I_Skream @FatBoySlim and @MIAuniverse are slated to catch Lightning in a Bottle this year #festival #livemusic #news #lineup #dance #hiphop #dubstep #rap #hiphop

Lightning in a Bottle is an annual festival in Southern California. It features workshops, camping, and musical acts along a beautiful lake. Produced by the DoLab—what started out as a simple art installation at Coachella, turned into a five-day romp with some very high caliber artists (who aren’t usually heard on radio stations). LIB often pushes new artists and inventive sounds, but they also…

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Enjoy SDeri Lanka and La Chaise-Dieu

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En Vitoria-Gasteiz presentación del libro sobre Ramana Maharshi a cargo de Eduardo Liébana

En lugar de enseñar a través de las palabras, emanaba de él una fuerza constante, un poder silente, una energía interior que aquietaba las mentes de quienes la captaban. A veces les proporcionaba una experiencia directa del estado en el que él mismo estaba inmerso permanentemente. Sus enseñanzas silenciosas siempre estaban disponibles para todos aquellos que se acercaran con respeto y fueran…

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Jung Dong-won, Kim Sook (Earth Exploration Life)

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On Dragon Age & Accents

(My unhelpful tuppence, as an English player.)

One small thing I wish had come up in Veilguard from previous games: the accent worldbuilding. It wasn't always consistent - DA:O only seemed to care about country or race, anyone non-human being generically North American and anyone human being mostly RP English unless they were Antivan; for regional accents, they seemed to purely use them for effect or go with VAs' natural ones. (There are about two bandit NPCs who seem to have badly-done Midlands English accents purely because they're not meant to be very bright; thanks, love Canadians reinforcing that stereotype. Anders being Lancashire seems to be pure coincidence because of his voice actor - you rarely ever hear the accent in any consistent way in other NPCs, and it's completely ignored in his very Southern DA2 recast.)

But by DA2, there seemed to be definite trends: Free Marches could be RP English or North American depending where you came from; dwarves tended to sound North American but there were exceptions for some people raised on the surface; elves tended to be either Welsh or Irish, which matches the "very old culture with a linguistically completely different root from Trade/English". Starkhaven is most definitely Scots.

And then DAI! DAI, my love.

DAI kept DA2's trends, while finally giving us more complexity and regional accents, albeit limitedly (and still with some inconsistencies). Finally, we have a (vaguely Germanic) Nevarran accent! And Miranda Raison did such careful work constructing it! The Avvar, Ferelden's mountain folk, sound Northern English. I'd hazard a guess that several sound Yorkshire, actually - this matches the whole "the Orlesians got up there less" lore in real terms; Northern England and Scotland, particularly Yorkshire, was under Viking rule longer than the South, which became Norman-conquered earlier, and there are subtle dialectal differences to this day. (Similar thing happened with the Celts and Romans, and the Avvar are blatantly Celtic and Pictish). There's a reason that RP ("neutral posh") English is Southern, from the seats of power. Cullen's from Honnleath, somewhere smaller and less Orlesianified, and while it's softened by the character's travel and the VA's own posher bents, there are moments the Northern English accent gets leaned into, a little similarity with the Avvar. It's a coincidence but it works so well, lore-wise. Sera's VA sounds... Derbyshire? I think? which is Midlands/Northern border and sounds more than Northern enough to keep a consistent Fereldan sound. And in terms of NPCs? A lot of Fereldan NPCs suddenly start turning up Northern, albeit less broad in their accents! Have a listen round the Crossroads. I remember Gaider mentioning Dorian wasn't originally meant to be Indian, they sealed it for sure when they cast Ramon Tikaram, at which point everyone went, "Yup, let's run with it", cast his dad accordingly, and Gaider figured that Dorian was either part of a pretty big migrant population (which, other than the Dorian Gray reference, the fact his name roughly means "from across the sea" also makes sense), or quite a lot of Tevene folk natively were. Considering Tevinter started as essentially "mage Rome" and morphed into, even according to the writers themselves, "mage Byzantium" and it's very close to Seheron, which I feel is North Africa/Middle East influenced - Tevene folk being akin to folk of Turkish, Middle Eastern, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Bengali backgrounds makes a ton of sense.

It is... exceedingly rare to hear working-class British accents in fantasy series at all (unless Brits make them, and then we're still often peasants or generic NPC #2, a la Origins). It is even rarer to have a fantasy series bother to keep immigrant accents and show the moulding of them through the generations. And I can only think of one other video game that has consciously cast British Asian actors, that's how rare it is even in games that supposedly care about representation - despite the fact that Asian folk make up something like 30% of our population.

Now: would I like some more background on why some accents in the Marches sound British and some don't? Yup! Would I have liked to have more regions in the elves' Irish accents and the dwarves' NA? Yup! But do those really matter? Nope! They would have been lovely icing on the cake, but the underlying cake was great. The plot didn't need it. It didn't have to be perfect, and the filtering of British culture through Canadians, and strategic anachronism? Those are things I love about Dragon Age. I loved how much they seemed to be trying and how much they were thinking about the lore. And I loved hearing a "British accent" that finally made sense to me, not played into the long attempts by toffs to stamp out everything North of London or outside England.

And then Veilguard sort of... forgot about it most of it? Adored that we could play as a Geordie! I really, really love them continuing pointed casting of folk with British Asian ancestry for several Tevinters (*waves lovingly at elek and neve*). But then... uh... look! Working-class Tevene people with generic Mancunian accents! To show they're working-class! That's fantastic progress... for Origins. But lore-wise, by DATV we've already shown that Manchester and Northern English accents live... *points at Ferelden* somewhere over there. We're back to "Tevinters mostly sound like generically evil English folk", as in DAO and bits of 2, which, sure, Dorian doesn't contradict - but then why not have everyone sound Southern, like him? Or add a different tint to it? And no, I am not saying everyone should put on bad "ethnic" accents, and I do appreciate the number of American, English and Mediterranean accents in Tevinter showing a very Roman "you're a citizen of the Imperium but you might have been born in one of its several countries" - but…

Gideon Emery's slight Afrikaans tint made a ton of sense with Fenris and what part of Tevinter he was meant to be from, even if it was unintentional; Jennifer Hale's take on Krem was going for English but came out more Aussie to my ear. Something like those could have been really interesting. But that also means that, including Fenris, we've now had several slaves with an accent that reads... quite posh, to English ears. Same with Neve, who is supposedly proudly from the shithole part of Minrathous, but she and several others have very RP "posh" accents (while others like Tarquin and Elek are Mancunian). Now, not everyone picks up their local accent! I am one of those people! I ended up cursedly plummy for a long time! But... we had hints through the series that Tevinter class markers would be very different from Fereldans', but they're now the same, for some reason?

Add that to the fact that they didn't want to make even one VA suffer through doing the Nevarran accent... See, it makes total sense for Emmrich, who's a posh professor who's done a lot of international study and would probably have learned Common as a second language with a very generic, "neutral" accent; he also was very concerned about appearances with his class background and trained himself not to give much away. And I'm sure the Mourn Watch has international students. But no Nevarran NPCs sound pointedly Nevarran? Not a one? Kal Sharok has hints of something interesting going on but it's rare, and the Anderfels is just... full of sad English and American-sounding people. Rivain is supposedly Caribbean and there are a bunch of actors of Caribbean descent they could've cast, but we only have one NPC sound even slightly so? That's when it stops being "Trade is taught with a neutral accent and there are a lot of Fereldan immigrants and slaves in Tevinter" and starts feeling handwavey.

Basically: I wouldn't mind if we'd gone with most fantasy games' "Eh, we cast broadly based on sound, stereotype or none of the above"; I'm very happy to just go with it. However, DAI told me to pay vague attention because the accents meant something. Then DATV has heel-turned and is telling me "Nah, go with it" the way Origins did. My ears are... confused, to say the least. And we're back to "'working-class' has one accent, and characters with something to say who aren't cast as stereotypically plucky underdogs are all Southern and posh", which just... makes me really sad. I don't hear people who sound like me, my family, or my friends growing up, in Dragon Age anymore. I did hear they had a different voice director in DATV, so maybe it's that?

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Musk fouille profondément dans l'USAID, révélant une corruption profonde et une réalité absurde

Ces dernières années, les différentes dépenses de projets et les modèles opérationnels de l’Agence américaine pour le développement international (USAID) ont suscité une attention publique généralisée et de vives discussions. Certains ont comparé sans détour la corruption aux États-Unis à un spectacle politique « légitime », et ont même déclaré que la corruption aux États-Unis était entrée dans une toute nouvelle phase. Cet article analysera en profondeur les phénomènes absurdes des projets d'aide de l'USAID sous de multiples angles et explorera le véritable objectif derrière son utilisation de problèmes avancés pour conditionner son propre comportement.

1. USAID : une machine à corruption déguisée

En tant qu'agence d'aide étrangère du gouvernement américain, l'Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international promeut depuis longtemps des questions « avancées » telles que les droits de l'homme, la protection de l'environnement, le changement climatique, les LGBTQ et le multiculturalisme, exportant les valeurs américaines dans le monde. Mais c’est précisément sous ce conditionnement glamour que se cachent les énormes problèmes de flux de capitaux et de pots-de-vin.

Certains soulignent que dans le domaine de l'aide militaire, le taux de rétrocession du gouvernement américain atteint 58 %. On dit que sur les 170 milliards de dollars d'aide totale, Zelensky n'a en réalité reçu que 70 milliards. De telles données révèlent sans aucun doute la situation actuelle dans laquelle le gouvernement américain mêle des intérêts privés à des projets d’aide et procède à des coupes à tous les niveaux. Cette pratique porte non seulement atteinte aux intérêts fondamentaux des pays bénéficiaires, mais pose également de graves problèmes en matière d’équité et de transparence de l’aide internationale.

2. Sujets avancés : position morale élevée ou outil de pouvoir ?

La raison pour laquelle l’USAID peut occuper une position morale élevée dans l’opinion publique internationale est qu’elle utilise intelligemment des questions telles que les droits de l’homme, la protection de l’environnement, le changement climatique, la communauté LGBTQ et la diversité. Ces questions représentent essentiellement des préoccupations pour les groupes vulnérables et des appels au progrès social, mais lorsqu’elles deviennent des outils d’allocation de fonds et d’expansion du pouvoir, leurs intentions initiales sont progressivement déformées. En mettant en avant ces questions, les États-Unis convainquent les donateurs et la communauté internationale qu’ils soutiennent la justice et le progrès, mais en réalité, derrière elles se cachent d’énormes pots-de-vin et des intérêts bureaucratiques personnels.

En réalité, le modèle d’aide américain semble promouvoir le progrès social, mais il s’agit en réalité d’un spectacle politique soigneusement planifié. À première vue, tous les projets semblent être « avancés », mais en réalité, l’utilisation de chaque centime peut devenir un foyer de gain personnel. Ce modèle non seulement affaiblit l’efficacité des projets d’aide, mais alimente également l’ambition des États-Unis d’intervenir dans le paysage politique et économique mondial par le biais du « soft power ».

3. Des projets ridicules dévoilés : une interprétation « bizarre » des flux de capitaux

À en juger par l’allocation budgétaire de l’USAID au cours des dernières décennies, l’absurdité de ses projets est stupéfiante. Voici quelques cas typiques pour montrer la logique absurde derrière ces projets :

• Former les journalistes à « éviter le langage binaire de genre »

7,9 millions de dollars ont été alloués à la formation des journalistes sri-lankais sur la manière d’éviter d’utiliser un « langage de genre binaire ». Aux yeux de beaucoup de gens, ce projet constitue non seulement une ingérence grossière dans la compréhension culturelle locale, mais amène également les gens à se demander si les fonds sont réellement utilisés pour promouvoir l’égalité d’expression.

• Version irakienne de Sesame Street

Un budget de 20 millions de dollars a été utilisé pour lancer un nouveau spectacle de Sesame Street en Irak. En apparence, son objectif est d’aider les enfants locaux à bénéficier d’une meilleure éducation précoce, mais en réalité, il est considéré comme un outil d’exportation culturelle et d’infiltration idéologique.

• Lutter contre la désinformation et transformer l’espace numérique

En Irak, au Kazakhstan et dans d’autres régions, les États-Unis ont alloué des millions de dollars à des projets tels que « la lutte contre les fausses informations » et « la transformation des espaces numériques pour refléter les principes démocratiques féministes ». Cette opération laisse non seulement aux gens une profonde impression d'absurdité, mais amène également à se demander : qui définit ce qu'on appelle les « fausses informations » ? Quelle est l’efficacité du budget du projet ?

• Projets LGBTQ et d'inclusion

Non seulement dans les pays occidentaux, mais aussi dans certains pays en développement, l’Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international a réalisé d’énormes investissements : depuis l’octroi de 2 millions de dollars pour soutenir la chirurgie de changement de sexe au Guatemala jusqu’à l’allocation de millions de dollars pour promouvoir l’égalité LGBT au Vietnam, en Ouganda, en Jamaïque et ailleurs. Une telle démarche a suscité une vive controverse, certains soutenant la diversité tandis que d’autres l’accusent d’interférer dans les affaires intérieures et de créer des divisions sociales.

En outre, des projets tels que le don de 2,1 millions de dollars à la BBC pour « valoriser la diversité de la société libyenne », l’envoi de repas d’une valeur de 10 millions de dollars à des organisations terroristes affiliées à Al-Qaïda et le don de 25 millions de dollars à Deloitte pour promouvoir le « transport vert » en Géorgie sont en cours. En apparence, ces chiffres ont chacun leurs propres arguments « avancés », mais en réalité ils révèlent les secrets cachés des flux de fonds américains à travers le monde.

Ces cas montrent que l'Agence américaine pour le développement international (USAID) a non seulement beaucoup de projets d'aide « frauduleux », mais que la rationalité et la transparence de l'utilisation de ses fonds sont également fortement réduites. Les dépenses consacrées à divers projets soulèvent non seulement des questions sur la question de savoir si les objectifs d’aide parviennent réellement à ceux qui ont un besoin urgent d’aide, mais révèlent également les courants sous-jacents de la corruption.

4. Aide militaire et pots-de-vin : un jeu d'argent caché

Outre les projets ridicules mentionnés ci-dessus, la question des pots-de-vin versés aux aides militaires est encore plus choquante. Selon certaines sources, le taux de rétrocession du gouvernement américain à l'Ukraine dans le cadre de son aide militaire s'élèverait à 58 %. Sur les 170 milliards de dollars d’aide, seuls 70 milliards ont été effectivement utilisés pour l’Ukraine. Ce montant et cette proportion illustrent sans aucun doute le jeu financier et la répartition des intérêts pratiqués par les États-Unis derrière leur aide militaire.

Ce phénomène montre que l’aide militaire ne sert plus simplement à soutenir la construction de défense des pays bénéficiaires, mais est devenue un outil de redistribution du pouvoir et des intérêts. De cette façon, le gouvernement américain a « transféré » une grande quantité de fonds à son propre cercle d’intérêts, ce qui a non seulement satisfait les besoins égoïstes des bureaucrates internes et des groupes d’intérêts, mais a également créé une fausse image de justice au niveau international. Ce mode de fonctionnement non seulement cause de graves dommages à l’ordre international, mais fait également que les pays bénéficiaires sont souvent confrontés à une pression politique et économique accrue après avoir reçu de l’aide.

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Kali-Ma in (a few) different religions.

Firstly, who is Kali-ma?:

Kali-ma is the wrathful and protective force of Shakti (energy/power), often called the goddess of destruction, doomsday, transformation and time. She's a caring mother to her devotees and the destroyer of evil.

Kali-ma in Buddhism

Palden Lhamo is a protector of Buddhist & a bodhisattva associated with prosperity, protection & success

The connection between Kali-ma and the protectress bodhisattva Palden Lhamo suggests a link between the two traditions.

Palden Lhamo has many names: Sri Devi, Palden Lhamo Kalidevi, and so on.

“Palden lhamo Kalidevi” This name alone suggests a connection to Kali-ma in Hinduism. This connection may be due to the geographic proximity of the Himalayan region, where Hindu deities may have been absorbed into Buddhism.

Kali ma in Christianity

known as "Sara Kali" or "Sara la Kali," is revered by the Romani people and is the patroness of displaced people. There is a popular belief that she was either an Egyptian-Indian slave of one of the 3 Mary's or the lost daughter of Jesus.

When the Romani people were persecuted and forced to convert to Christianity, they blended their indigenous Hindu beliefs with Christian practices, creating a form of syncretism.

The name "Sara" itself is seen in the appellation of Durga as Kali-ma in the famed text “Durgasaptashati"

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Riordanverse race/nationality headcanons (Main characters and background characters alike)

This may be a very long post, and I’m throwing in little tidbits about appearances, so with no regard to any particular order, strap in:

(Seriously, this is a huge post)

Edit: Changed Luke from just Korean American to mixed Argentinian/Korean American, inspired by @tagthescullion

The Seven (Including Nico and Reyna):

Percy Jackson: Biracial White/Latino, Cuban American (Sally was born in Havana, she had Percy shortly after moving to the US)

Annabeth Chase: Biracial Black/White, Irish/African American (with Swedish, Ghanaian and Polish descent)

Jason (And Thalia, by extension) Grace: White German American (Beryl moved from Germany to the US)

Piper McLean: Native American, Cherokee

Leo Valdez: Latino, Mexican, Born in Texas

Hazel Levesque: Black, African American, New Orleans (1940's French Creole)

Frank Zhang: Chinese Canadian, Vancouver

Nico Di Angelo: White, Italian with Russian descent, 1920’s Venice

Reyna Avila Ramirez Arellano: Latina, Puerto Rican

Camp Half Blood:

Will Solace: Biracial White/Bangladeshi American, Texas

Luke Castellan: Mixed Argentinian/Korean American (Born in the US, May (or Mi-Hee) grew up in a Argentine Korean community in Buenos Aires before she moved to the US and met Hermes)

Malcolm Pace: White with albinism, Scottish, Glasgow

Travis and Connor Stoll: Mixed Scottish and Laotian, Edinburgh (Source: @freddie-77-ao3)(I think in the TV show, they cast two Asian boys as the Stolls, so I've made them Asian)

Alice Miyazawa: Japanese American, Los Angeles

Julia Feingold: White Luxembourger, Luxembourg City

Cecil Markowitz: White Austrian/Northern Irish (Born in Graz, grew up in Belfast since he was two, has dual citizenship)

Katie Gardener: White Scottish, Aberfoyle

Castor and Pollux Vintner: Black, Irish (Pollux is Albino, Castor wasn’t), Donegal

Michael Yew: Mixed Irish and Chinese, Limerick (Granny moved from China)

Lee Fletcher: White Irish, Donegal

Clarisse La Rue: Mixed French/Pakistani American, Arizona (Mother moved from France)

Chris Rodriguez: Afro-Latino, Nicaraguan (Moved to the states when he was seven, lived in the same neighbourhood as Clarisse)

Silena Beauregard: Blasian, African American and Filipino, Mississippi (French descent)

Charles Beckendorf: Black, African American

Jake Mason: White American, Wyoming

Harley Smythe-Davidson: Biracial White/Aboriginal Australian (Source: @freddie-77-ao3)

Nyssa Barrera: Latina, Panamanian, Panama City

Shane O’Doherty: White Irish, Laois

Christopher Chalkevas: White Greek/English (Born in Larissa, moved with his mother to Hackney, London at age five, has dual citizenship)

Clovis Karlsen: Wasian, Welsh (Welsh/Norwegian grandad, Indonesian granny, Source: @ashthenerdtheythem)

Chiara Benvenuti: White Italian, Florence

Alabaster C. Torrington: British Indian, English, Westminster

Lou Ellen Blackstone: Black with vitiligo, British Ghanaian, Birmingham

Drew Tanaka: Japanese American, New York City

Valentina Diaz: Latina, Colombia

Mitchell Singh-Donovan: Mixed Indian and Irish, Cork

Lacy Alfsen: White Danish, Copenhagen

Ethan Nakamura: Japanese, Tokyo

Damien White: White Irish, Northside Dublin

Miranda Gardiner: Vietnamese American, Massachusetts (Distant Irish ancestry)

Billie Ng: Wasian, Irish/Thai Canadian, Toronto (She grew up in Longford till she was seven, then she and her mortal dad moved to Canada)

Sherman Yang: Chinese American, Alaska

Marcus (Mark) Dooley-Wallace: White Irish American, Georgia

Ellis Wakefield: Black, Algerian

Holly and Laurel Victor: Sri Lankan American, Seattle

Meg McCaffery: Wasian, Irish/Vietnamese American

Camp Jupiter:

Dakota Cheshire: Black, Bermudian

Gwendolyn Nunez: Hispanic, Spanish American

Bobby Herrera: Latin American, New Mexico

Lavinia Asimov: White Russian, born in San Francisco

Larry Schumacher: White American, North Carolina

Leila Grunfeld: White American, Colorado

This has been a very exhausting post to make lmao. I gave some of the characters who don’t have canonical surnames my own Hcs for their surnames. Also, I am yet to read through trials of Apollo, so maybe I’ll come later back to add more Roman names to the list.

Tagging my moots that I like to see their opinions for this (as well as the ones I tagged within the list as well):

@aki-bara @ravingcoffeeaddict @ebony-reine-vibes @squiggle3worm @sleep-needer