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Zakir Naik and Idol worship
The field of consciousness as we know has originated from the Indian sciences, expounded further by Sri Aurobindo and further propagated by westerners like Ken Wilber. It is a science which revolves around the art of detachment to free the mind from attachment to name, fame, power, lust, greed, anger etc which blinds the person from perceiving the truth and obstructs the psychological evolution. “tvamev matach pitach tvamev, tvamev bandhuch sakhasch tvamev, tvamev vidya dravidam tvamev, tvamev sarvam mam devdev” 1: You Truly are my Mother And You Truly are my Father . 2: You Truly are my Relative And You Truly are my Friend. 3: You Truly are my Knowledge and You Truly are my Wealth. 4: You Truly are my All, My God of Gods. The Indian thought perceives mother as divine (matri devo … Read entire article »
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A Middle-East Democracy; The Perfect Oxymoron!
What is really ‘The Arab Spring,’ their hope or ours? “… democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.” - Tayyip Erdogan,PM of Turkey, 2003-present Cultures are wrought over centuries. A culture evolves, develops and calcifies slowly over generations with rote reinforcement of a set of tangible and intangible values. In fact, what you continuously choose, eventually metastasizes into your genes. This hypothesis was explored by John Cloud in a 2010 article for the TIME magazine, titled: “Why your DNA isn’t your destiny: The new science of Epigenetics reveal how the choices you make can change your genes.” The Nabataens – the secular pre-Islamic Arabs, the Dutch, and the Venetians didn’t become great merchants … Read entire article »
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‘Chanakya’s Chant’ – An intelligent man’s guide to governance and foreign policy!
Had Chānakya been a Western philosopher (like Plato or Aristotle), history probably would have treated him with much more respect. His Arthaśāstra is easily the Earth‘s first treatise on statecraft, which dealt with economy and governance, foreign policy and war strategy. Indian history, written first by the aliens and then by the left-liberal crowd, with its obsession with a nebulous ‘composite culture’, has not done justice to the great political-philosopher. Westerners, in their ineffable arrogance, used to refer to Chānakya as the Indian Machiavelli although the former preceded him by about two millennia. Writing a novel steeped in history is no easy task, because the author has to balance historical accuracy with an engaging plot. Ashwin Sanghi’s Chānakya’s Chant is a fascinating saga of two Chānakyas, the original political-philosopher of the … Read entire article »
Welcome to the future: Come down from your ivory towers folks
I am not getting enough time these days to write…but I could not resist a comment after June 2011’s Horrific Job report in USA. The U.S. economy added a paltry 18,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate climbed back up to 9.2 percent from 9.1 percent as laid off government workers continued to join the ranks of the unemployed. All the experts predicting strong job growth were proved terribly wrong…once again. …Why am I not surprised? But I am surprised and amused for sure to see all the talking heads (those economists and experts that keep telling us that the economy is getting better) were shocked after the release of this report. CNBC report says “June’s miserable jobs report has put the fear of a double dip recession back into the … Read entire article »
Binayak Sen – Connecting the dots
Fans of Dr. Binayak Sen, a Maoist sympathizer, convicted with life imprisonment for charges of sedition and anti-national activities, by trial court and whose initial bail appeal was rejected by Chhattisgarh high court, have ample reasons for jubilation in recent times. Not only did the Supreme Court grant him a bail but he was also appointed to the National Health Planning Commission’s steering committee. It is no secret that Dr Sen enjoys a huge popularity and has a long list of national and international supporters, including Nobel laureates like Amartya Sen, other prominent Indians including leftist academician Romila Thapar, Christian leader John Dayal, ill-famed activists Teesta Setalvad, self proclaimed Swami Agnivesh and Suzanna Arundhati Roy, a seditionist and a pro-Maoist herself. Statements of support for him had come from Amnesty International, The … Read entire article »
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Communal violence bill reduces Hindus to the status of Jews in pre-War Germany
A casual glance at the opening parts of NAC’s “PREVENTION OF COMMUNAL AND TARGETED VIOLENCE (ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND REPARATIONS) BILL, 2011” (PCTVB) is unnerving. The range and sweep of the draft bill is awesome to say the least. It is diabolical in design and appeared to be intended as CongI’s 2014 election manifesto. For in the aftermath of a plethora of corruption scams and the self-goals it scored in Andhra Pradesh which returned 33 MPs each in 2004 and 2009, nothing but nothing is going to prevent its decimation in the next election. Indira Gandhi began diluting the processes of democratic institutions in 1969 culminating in their complete subversion in 1975. She had then ‘incarcerated the nation’, figuratively speaking, all for pelf and profit. Her daughter-in-law decided to reduce the … Read entire article »
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India: Follow Israel’s Example!
Securing borders with a buffer zone against hostile religious states [Author's preface: How can any leader bring himself to sit across the table and negotiate peace, with someone who represents an ideology, whose mission is the outright annihilation of his people and his state? And, what can you say about a people, who choose a terrorist organization as their governing body, rather than choosing leadership that represents peaceful solutions for the future of its people. Where has all the common sense gone? Does any ideology that wants the destruction of people, just because they are different, deserve a place on this earth? Are they not better off with their virgins? Any ideology, faith or governance system that calls for the destruction of a people, solely based on their creed, race or … Read entire article »
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India: Third Most Powerful Nation or a Third Rate Nation? You Decide!
Indian government priority: Protect and serve its vast majority, the Hindus. “No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions” – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose “Freedom is not given, it is taken” – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose I will probably ruffle the feathers of many Indians, particularly those who are passionately patriotic. But unfortunately, patriotic fervor often induces our heads into the sands of gloried and unreal fantasies. We have to face up to the reality that the Indian form of governance is indeed the wrong form of government for the subcontinent. The multiple party system, under the current election laws and protocols engender convoluted, compromising and corrupt coalitions, replete with bickerings and battles over power, territory and money, putting in utterly unqualified ministers or ruling elite into power, who are … Read entire article »
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Why are The Hindus Addicted to their Abusers?
Foreign rule of India continues into the twenty-first century In the fields of Psychiatry and Psychology, addictive and co-dependent relationships have been conjectured upon, debated with published white papers, researched with seemingly definitive conclusions that explicate the convoluted relationship between the abused and the abuser. Somewhere in the vast domain of these professions, resides the clinical answer to my query. Why does the fatal relationship of Hinduism with its various alien abusers continue even today? As much as it is a rhetorical question, this is more a pithy inquiry, not a prolix meandering into the histology of this phenomenon. There could be many explanations available as opinions from varied sources, and they could all have clinical overtones. But, the source of the answer I am looking for is not in the … Read entire article »
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Arab Awakening? Middle East and Democracy is Like Oil and Water
Populations bred on intolerance can never nurture democracies “Democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the middle-east which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background” – Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish PM In Sir David Lean’s searing desert classic “Lawrence of Arabia, general Murray, the first commanding general of the English occupying force in Cairo, during the first world war, called the beginnings of the Arab revolt against the Turks “…a storm in the tea cup.” I would like to call this one “the Arab storm of the pit” as in “pit of the stomach” for it is indeed a paroxysm of rage against destitution, with no future. This is no revolt against the stifling Islamic laws, nevertheless, the mainstream press has been screaming in … Read entire article »
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