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Shaktivad: Epilogue (Part III)
Shaktivad is neither a new tradition, nor another philosophy about the absolute truth, of which we have too many, but a reminder of essence of all our ancient traditions, which is very much prominent in the Hindu cultural practices and history, which helped the Hindu tradition to flourish in the pale of human history and survive through the dark days of aggression. Indeed, it was the mentality of Shaktivad, which led Lord Krishna to rudely shake Arjun from his tamasic (borne out of ignorance) de...
| S Maitra |
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Shaktivad: Hinduism (Part II)
The ancient Hinduism was verily a Shaktivadidoctrine. The Vedas, the principal scripture of the Hindus, is a great guidance for the human society. It has placed the greatest emphasis on suppression of the asuric elements of the society and cultivation of knowledge. The focus of the Vedas is the constant war between the devas (people with divine traits) and the asuric people. And, all the hymns are for those, who lead people against the asuric elements. Similar is the tune of the Chandi, where th...
| S Maitra |
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Book Review: Collapse of Evil
Jared Diamonds very interesting book, Collapse, fits well with the current situation in India. He has written a book, which describes how civilizations collapse. In short it says if the decision makers are insulated from consequences of their action, that nation is doomed to fail. In other words if the policy makers are not representative of the vast majority of people, if they are elite, foreigners (in case of invasion & occupation) and insulated from the consequences of their action that civil...
| Rasik S |
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Reclaiming India
The attacks on Mumbai are reminiscent of the first Arab incursions, by sea between 634 and 637 AD through Thana, Broach and Debal. These were repulsed and led to incursions through land routes in the Northwest between 650-711 AD. Muhammad Bin Qasim finally succeeded in occupying parts of Sindh in 712 AD. In contrast to the 70 years it took to occupy Sindh in face of Hindu resistance, the Islamic armies had conquered Persia, Syria, Egypt within eight years of the Prophets death. North Africa was ...
| Subroto G |
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Shaktivad: The Vision for Action (Part I)
Scientifically, it is impossible for anyone to choose a course of action, which does not belong to any of these three categories. Without understanding the nature of these three categories of thought, it is impossible to pursue the right path. This is true for our personal life as well as for our collective (social) life.The thought for suppression of others, is known as asuric thought and the doctrine, which endorses such thoughts, is called asurvad (an asuric doctrine). Asuric people and asuri...
| S Maitra |
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"Secular" Bharat Ratna
Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award for national service. The order was established by Dr Rajendra Prasad, President of India, on January 2, 1954. Today, there are 41 Bharat Ratna winners in India, the last being Bhimsen Joshi. And yet, there are noticeable absentees. Mahatma Gandhi, the most conspicuous but since he was already elevated to the father of the nation, his posthumous soul automatically opted out of the race. But there was no Sardar Patel either, the iron man of India until 1...
| S Basu |
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Pakistan"s Unholy Trinity
It may sound simplistic. But true nevertheless. India cannot parley with Pakistan because Pakistan does not want to. This is the inevitable conclusion that one reaches after days of pondering over the issue, meticulously dissecting every facet of the problem and confronting every argument with a counter thought. The very premise of Pakistan militates against détente with India. The off and on diplomatic goodwill is but a meaningless quirk of an underlying malignant malady.The complex charade tha...
| Vivek G |
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A lesson in life - at large
Life has always taken so many absurd twists and turns that I have stopped keeping its counts. Shifting over five professions, namely software programmer, web designing, marketer, writer, editor and now publisher cum administrator, I have come to but one conclusion: If you are capable, if you can believe in you. opportunities knock on your doors.Its not easy to quit a job, for many. I have quit over forty times! You think I am lying? No-way! Its completely true. I have only quit, never was once t...
| U Prabhu |
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Growth: Best Antidote for Poverty
Sixty-one years ago leadership of two newly independent nations in South Asia embarked on two divergent paths for nation building. Ignoring consequences of the choices of 61 years ago, in 2009, to frame an Op-ed by mining statistical economic data alone may lead to stepping on a dung-pile, if not careful. For example, a pundit used statistical data to frame an Op-ed to rhetorically ask, How long will India and Pakistan continues to beg, borrow and steal to fight each other? ...
| K Bhatia |
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Narendra Modi as Prime Minister - Part I
The recent drama that evolved when Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Ratan Tata and other industrialists lauded Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi at the investors summit in Gujarat, claiming his leadership as national level material and wishing that person like him should be the next leader of the country, was quite interesting and deserves an honest appraisal....
| Arindam B |
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Modi as PM - Divisive politics - Part II
In a country plagued by religion, caste and creed based politics, which dates back from the British era and which is faithfully nurtured by most political parties, Modi stands apart. Im a living example of casteless politics. I am an OBC and I come from a most backward caste.. The fact that I have no caste base helps me because no one says I take decisions based on caste. ...
| Arindam B |
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Why we need Modi as PM? - Part III
Eminent writer-activist Mahasweta Devi, recently praised Gujarat, I have been to Gujarat many times, especially during the 2002 communal killings. ..I was deeply impressed to see the strong work culture in Gujarat. The city and village roads are well-built, even the remotest villages have electricity and access to drinking water. I was especially impressed with the medical facilities in the panchayats and local-level health centers... Comparing to the over 30 years of the communist Government ru...
| Arindam B |
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First Military Assault on Tibet - Part I
Anytime the present Dalai Lama, the Fourteenth one, is discussed in western media, China is mentioned in an accusatory tone, and blamed for committing all the horrendous crimes in Tibet. The news items give the impression that the bald and cuddly Dalai Lama is the sweetest darling second only to the teddy bear to the western hearts, which are bleeding incessantly ever since he fled Lhasa - on the 17th of March 1959 - and took refuge in India. Politicians of the West, and western media reinforce...
| N Das |
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First Assault on Tibet - British plans - Part II
In the mid-nineteenth century Britain made repeated overtures to Tibet to open a land route for trade purposes, essentially a covert design to expand the plunder of China. The Tibetans were fearful of Britain, so they always rebuffed British offers. In the first two years of the twentieth century the British made up their mind to force open Tibet, instead of waiting for Tibetan consent....
| N Das |
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Saddening case of the Indian Bureaucracy
In India there is no dearth of columnists arrogating to be experts in polity, governance and administration. But the very mirthful fact, that which I realized of late, is how less of notions do we actually have versus the bureaucracy from these columnists. And most of the articles on them are absolutely rabble rousing - that which hardly makes any sense.When Indias first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was asked as to where in administering this country was he a failure, his answer was Administr...
| U Prabhu |
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