Very inspiring and soul stirring sambhaashanam ! Who is this Saadhu Maharaj ? He has covered all the finest aspects of Santana Dharma in this short discourse of his delivered to Sri Mohan Bhagavath, Leader of the RSS . I especially liked 2 points he highlighted: 1. Chittha Shuddhi — cultivating a clear and robust inner consciousnessContinue reading ““Chittha Shuddhi” and the “Brahmacharya ashrama” phase in life are the 2 basic building blocks for nation- building”
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“All pigs are equal but some are more equal” also implies that “…. Some pigs are unequal but some others are more unequal”.
Russia’s Supreme Court bans ‘LGBT movement’ as ‘extremist’ http://dhunt.in/R2vE5 By India Today via Dailyhunt ************ And here in India, even when the Supreme Court protects the citizenship rights of the LGBTQ community but stops short of giving them full rights of marriage , the Gays of the World condemn our country as homophobic . WhyContinue reading ““All pigs are equal but some are more equal” also implies that “…. Some pigs are unequal but some others are more unequal”.”
Sathuguru Jaggi Vasudev says “Religion is a very foreign thing to India”. Is he in denial of reality?
RELIGION IS FOREIGN TO INDIA , says Sathguru. It makes me wonder … Sathguru is undoubtedly a vigorous thinker and modern jet-age spiritualist. I truly admire him for his excellent articulation and communication skills . But if there is only thing I would fault him for as an ambassador-at-large for our ancient Indian spiritual traditionsContinue reading “Sathuguru Jaggi Vasudev says “Religion is a very foreign thing to India”. Is he in denial of reality?”
“Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: PART-2 of 8: Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023
“snaanam” If your faith is Sanatana Dharma, then you probably already know about the 3 “Rrunam-s” — the three congenital Debts of Gratitude every man is born with: (a) deva Rrunam (b) rishi Rrunam and (c) pitru-Rrnam. Hindu belief is that Man’s first debt is to the many Vedic gods or devathas (such as Varuna,Continue reading ““Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: PART-2 of 8: Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023″
“Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: PART 1 of 8: Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023
What I am going to write about in the ensuing 10- Part series of blogs on the subject is not a travelogue of a religious tourist or pilgrim. There are plenty and more of such write-ups on Kashi, Gaya, Prayag and Ayodhya that one can easily browse through on the internet. I have no intentionContinue reading ““Snaanam”, “Shraadham”, “Darsanam”, “Alinganam”: PART 1 of 8: Personal reflections on my pilgrimage to Gaya, Kashi, Prayag and Ayodhya – November 11-20, 2023″
This is India! If you can’t scale it up, don’t even try rolling it out!
Very useful Infograph indeed … if you what to understand INDIA today. It clearly shows how India is a country where almost everything that can be called social action, if it must succeed nationally, has got to be conceived, undertaken and mobilised on a degree of scale that cannot be simply anything less than grand.Continue reading “This is India! If you can’t scale it up, don’t even try rolling it out!”
To hell with population-size based Delimitation of electoral constituencies in India!
The Infograph above is an eye-opener for me. What is so striking to me about it is that Maharashtra’s number exceeds the numbers of TN + Gujarat combined and, yes, TN+ Karnataka too combined ! Also , the number for Greater Andhra (pre-partitioning) exceeds the number for Uttar Pradesh. But what this info-graph does toContinue reading “To hell with population-size based Delimitation of electoral constituencies in India!”
The Honourable yet ludicrous Mr. Kharge, Member of Parliament
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/kharge-asks-hindutva-proponents-why-they-dont-accept-buddhist-thought-when-they-believe-buddha-is-the-ninth-incarnation-of-lord-vishnu/article67453793.ece The Honourable MP from Karnataka and now President of the Indian National Congress (Sonia Gandhi) asks: “The Hindutva ideologues project Gautam Buddha as the ninth avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu. They accept the eight avatars and respect their thoughts. When it comes to the ninth avatar [Buddha], they not only disagree with the BuddhistContinue reading “The Honourable yet ludicrous Mr. Kharge, Member of Parliament”
A fitting tribute to a patriot and freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP): the man who drove Gandhism as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV)
The author of this article has waxed eloquent in paying effusive tribute to the memory of the great freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan, being commemorated on his 121st Birth Anniversary which fell on October 11th 2023. https://thewire.in/rights/bjp-rss-erase-jayaparakash-narayan-significance The author’s main grouse is that the present BJP Government has not celebrated JP in the way he deservesContinue reading “A fitting tribute to a patriot and freedom fighter, Jayaprakash Narayan (JP): the man who drove Gandhism as a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV)”
The labyrinth called the Indian Criminal Justice system
A very useful Infograph below was forwarded to me on WhatsApp this morning by a friend of mine, a very distinguished and former Judge of the High Court. Thank you so much Sir for sharing it with me. The graphic lays out the whole legal labyrinth through which the Indian Legal system works from startContinue reading “The labyrinth called the Indian Criminal Justice system”