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Monday, September 22, 2025

Interesting Headline - India Needs SuperGen To Fight Corruption

https://www.rediff.com/news/column/biswajit-dasgupta-india-needs-supergen-to-fight-corruption/20250922.htm

The Iceberg of Corruption in India - Is It an Issue under Analysis by Public, Social Activists, Politicians and Academicians?

Interesting Headline - India Needs SuperGen To Fight Corruption

https://www.rediff.com/news/column/biswajit-dasgupta-india-needs-supergen-to-fight-corruption/20250922.htm

Why use the term Iceberg?

What is reported in the press will be miniscule. What is going on is many many times that is reported in the press as arrests by Anticorruption burearus or CBI.

Many who are undertaking corrupt activities are very confident that no body will be able to prove them. It is their experience as they are mentored by many successful bureaurucrats and politicians.

23.11.2025

US News

The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon.

The case is related to the sentencing of a former nursing home magnate to three years in prison for defrauding the government of $38 million. The man, Joseph Schwartz, was alleged to have overseen a “collapsed nursing home empire” and “willfully” failed to pay employment taxes.

The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon

6.6.2024

10,000 Crore Rupees - Seized by Election Commission of India in 2024 Lok Sabha Election.

How much would have been spent by the political parties?

https://guide-india.blogspot.com/2024/06/10000-crore-rupees-seized-by-election.html

4.3.2024

The following news item regarding arrest of 2 senior NHAI officials and recovery of Rs. 1.1 crore prompted me to compile this collection of news items regarding corruption and bribes.

2 NHAI officials among 6 held by CBI bribery case, Rs 1 crore found

Mar 4, 2024,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/108186664.cms

https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/cbi-arrests-2-nhai-officials-in-bribery-case-rs-11-crore-cash-recovered20240304065112/

https://www.business-standard.com/pti-stories/national/nagpur-outer-ring-road-corruption-cbi-arrests-nhai-gm-dgm-in-rs-20-lakh-bribery-case-124030300665_1.html

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cbi-nhai-general-manager-20-lakh-bribe-9193803/

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Elections and Corruption Analysis by Voters

Election season: Is public examining the track record and behaviour of each candidate? Is it examining the track record of each political party? Is any NGO providing data, analysis and information on the same. Is any media publication providing relevant information in a neutral and objective basis.

PM Narendra Modi said in an election rally - Parivarvad parties are involved in jhoot and loot. Corruption is an issue in elections and is being emphasized by PM himself.

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News Regarding Corruption in Press

Electoral Bonds Scheme and Corruption

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Electoral bonds: A look at top buyers, other key numbers

16 March 2024 Read more at:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/electoral-bonds-a-look-at-top-buyers-other-key-numbers/articleshow/108533343.cms

Constitutionality of the Electoral Bond Scheme

Association for Democratic Reforms v Union of India

Citation: 2024 INSC 113

The Supreme Court held that the Electoral Bond Scheme was unconstitutional for violating the right to information of voters.

CASE DETAILS

Case Number:

Writ Petition (Civil) No.880/2017

Last Updated: March 15, 2024

https://www.scobserver.in/cases/association-for-democratic-reforms-electoral-bonds-case-background/

Electoral Bonds: The Safeguards of Indian Democracy Are Crumbling

MILAN VAISHNAV

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

HUFFPOST INDIA

Summary: India’s electoral bonds have only legitimized opacity. The government has promised reform, while doubling down on nefarious old habits, and this new instrument has intensified the crisis confronting India’s much-vaunted apex institutions.

https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/11/25/electoral-bonds-safeguards-of-indian-democracy-are-crumbling-pub-80428

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Explained: SC Judgment on Sita Soren Case

The Leaflet | 05 Mar 2024

Politics

India

The Bench held that corruption and bribery by members of the legislatures erode probity in public life.

https://www.newsclick.in/explained-sc-judgment-sita-soren-case

https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2014/10177/10177_2014_1_1501_51211_Judgement_04-Mar-2024.pdf

MLA Bribery: Special Leave Petition Summary (Sita Soren)

Gauri Kashyap | 8th Jun 2021

The petitioner, Sita Soren was accused of taking a bribe for a vote casted in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. A complaint was filed to the Chief Election Commissioner of India. A CBI investigation concluded that Sita Soren had received the bribe.

The petitioner was charged with criminal conspiracy under Section 120B and bribery under Section 171E of the Indian Penal Code, 1860; and for criminal misconduct by a public servant under Section 13(1)(d) of The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The Jharkhand High Court in its order noted that the petitioner did not cast her vote for the person for which she was bribed. Since the exact act for which she received the bribe did not take place, and a direct nexus between voting and the bribe did not exist, the immunity did not apply.

In 2014, Ms. Sita Soren filed an appeal against this order in the Supreme Court.

https://www.scobserver.in/reports/sita-soren-union-india-mla-bribery-special-leave-petition-summary/

Ms. Sita Soren now in BJP

JMM legislator Sita Soren, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday (19.3.2024).

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/shibu-sorens-daughter-in-law-quits-jmm/20240319.htm

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Apoorva Jayachandran

Tirupati,UPDATED: Feb 19, 2024 09:56 IST

Edited By: Karishma Saurabh Kalita

CBI arrests four Railway officials

In Short

CBI arrests four Railway officials in bribery cases.

Two officials caught red-handed while accepting bribes.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cbi-arrests-four-railway-officials-in-separate-bribery-cases-2503947-2024-02-19

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CBI arrests EPFO officers in bribery case in Lucknow

"Searches are being conducted at four locations in Lucknow on the official and residential premises of the accused," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.

January 31, 2024 03:25 pm | Updated 03:25 pm IST - New Delhi

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/cbi-arrests-epfo-officers-in-bribery-case-in-lucknow/article67796034.ece

2023

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19 October 2023

More than 118 case pending sanction to prosecute public officials for corruption.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/over-118-cases-of-corruption-involving-public-servants-await-prosecution-sanction-dopt-data/article67438427.ece

CBI registers five corruption cases against Military Engineering Services officers

According the central agency, former Garrison Engineer awarded 59 contracts to private firms between 2020 and 2023 and amount was paid to the contractors, but work was never executed.

July 22, 2023

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cbi-registers-five-corruption-cases-against-military-engineering-services-officers/article67106048.ece

2022

Thane ACB slaps Rs 8 crore corruption case on ex-BJP MLA from MiraBhayander, Narendra Mehta.

May 20, 2022

IIM-Rohtak director appointment

Govt finally admits irregularities in IIM-Rohtak director appointment; the Board should rethink his second term

Whether it was political influence or corruption that allowed Sharma to game the system, or convinced the system to lower its scrutiny, the revelations now send a warning to the IIMs.

Updated: March 18, 2022 09:08 IST

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/govt-admits-irregularities-in-iim-rohtak-director-appointment-7825183/

13-01-2022

CBI ARRESTS SENIOR MANAGER DSIIDC, DELHI AND A PRIVATE PERSON IN A BRIBERY CASE OF Rs. 1.70 LAKH

PRESS RELEASE

Dated 13.01.2022

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Senior Manager, Delhi State lndustrial and lnfrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSllDC), Delhi and a private person for demanding & accepting bribe of Rs.1,70,000/- from the complainant.

https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/NDY0Nw==

09-09-2021

CBI ARRESTS AN ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER AND A SUPERINTENDENT, CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT IN BRIBERY CASE

Press Release

Dated: 09.09.2021

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Additional Commissioner and a Superintendent, Customs Department in a bribery case of Rs.1.30 Lakh.

https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/NDU2Mg==

2020

Corruption not unique to India.

Top 10 Bribery & Corruption Stories of 2020 - International Cases

https://crigroup.com/top-10-bribery-corruption-stories/

2019

BJP’s Muralidhar Rao, 8 others booked for cheating

Mar 27, 2019

HYDERABAD: A criminal case was filed on Tuesday against BJP national general secretary P Muralidhar Rao and eight others

for allegedly collecting Rs 2.17 crore from a city-based realtor by promising him a nominated post in the central government.

Friday, November 1, 2024

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA - HSS or HSS USA

https://www.hssus.org/about-us/

https://www.facebook.com/hssus/

HSS USA Austin

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566833765838

Sava Bharati - HSS USA

in Telugu

సేవా దీపావళి హిందూ స్వయంసేవక్ సంఘ్ అమెరికా

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT3uQnzCC-4

Thursday, October 31, 2024

National Seminar on “The Concepts of Nation and Nationalism in the thoughts of Shri M.S. Golwalkar”

Seminar Announcement for Papers
Last date already over: 27 June 2017, Seminar dates are to be announced.
www.icpr.in/M.S.Golwalkar.pdf

Important points in thought and activities of Shri M.S. Golwalkar

Ancient Indian ideas and ideals are not antagonistic to universal well-being (Ekatma Manav Darshan)

The concept of nation that present Indians talk of comes from the ancient idea of Bharat Varsh, that includes territorial description and cultural description with Sanatan Dharma as the foundation.

Golwalkar’s conception of Hind Rashtra, the ideal for this territory is not theocracy. Rather it it can be branded as “Dharmocracy”. He emphasizes Dharma-centricity of Indian cultural ethos. Dharma is a very comprehensive concept enriched by several ideas and ideals, customs, traditions and practices which are beneficial to individual, society and world at large.

He spearheaded one of the strongest religious, cultural and social organizations of the world making determined efforts to inculcate in its followers a burning devotion to India and its ancient national ethos. He tried to kindle in them the spirit of dedication, moral character, service to society and its security.. He strived to arouse social consciousness, mutual goodwill, love and cooperation among them all and made them realize that castes, sects, languages etc. are secondary and the concept of the nation is supreme. People should not do anything that injures the nation and its spirit. Thus he tried to inculcate in them behavior that strengthens the spirit of national consciousness in every Indian.

About The Seminar and The Thoughts of Shri M.S. Golwalkar in Media and Books

https://newsphilosophy.wordpress.com/2017/05/28/national-seminar-on-the-concepts-of-nation-and-nationalism-in-the-thoughts-of-shri-m-s-golwalkar/

https://www.deccanpost.in/rss-leader-ms-golwalkars-views-on-nationalism-misunderstood-hrd-body

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/lqQhcXQ5MKFtDPpRtNAnmO/Decoding-RSS-ideologue-MS-Golwalkars-nationalism.html/

Books and Documents

Bunch of Thoughts - Full Book

www.rss.org/Encyc/2015/4/7/334_03_46_30_Bunch_of_Thoughts.pdf

Publication by CPIM on RSS mainly of the books of Shri M.S. Golwalkar

https://cpim.org/sites/default/files/documents/rss_book-5.pdf

Rajiv Gandhi Institute Notes on Saffronization of Education

rgics.org/sites/default/files/Saffronization%20of%20education.pdf

The invention of Hindustan: V.D. Savarkar, Subhas Chandra bose, M.S. Golwalkar, and the modernization of Hindu nationalist langauge
by Chacon, Christopher, M.A., California State University, Fullerton, 2016
http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1826827832.html?FMT=ABS
(You can download this MA thesis)

Encyclopaedia Eminent Thinkers (vol. : 20 The Political Thought Of M.S. Golwalkar)
Jai Narain Sharma
Concept Publishing Company, 2008
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Dz-5B8_jMpEC

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: National Upsurge
M. G. Chitkara
APH Publishing, 2004 - Hinduism and politics - 442 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ifuxzl9NM5sC

Political Ideas of M.S. Golwalkar: Hindutva, Nationalism, Secularism

Ritu Kohli

Deep and Deep Publications, 1993 - 148 pages

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=E8GuWoyoUSkC

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Varna Sankaramu

వర్ణము అంటే ఏమిటి.

वर्णः

https://sa.wiktionary.org/s/ffu

यन्त्रोपारोपितकोशांशः कल्पद्रुमः

वर्णः, पुं, (व्रियते इति । वृ + “कॄवृजॄषिद्रुगुपन्य- निस्वपिभ्यो नित् ।” उणा० ३ । १० । इति नः । स च नित् ।) जातिः । सा च ब्राह्मणः क्षत्त्रियो वैश्यः शूद्रश्च । एषामुत्पत्त्यादिर्यथा । यदा भगवान् पुरुषरूपेण सृष्टिं कृतवान् तदास्य शरीरात् चत्वारो वर्णा उत्पन्नाः । मुखतो ब्राह्मणाः बाहुतः क्षत्त्रियाः ऊरुतो वैश्याः पादतः शूद्रा जाताः । एतेषां वर्णानां धर्म्माः शास्त्रेषु निरूपिताः सन्ति ।

तत्र ब्राह्मणधर्म्मा उच्यन्ते । अध्ययनं यजनं दानञ्चेति । जीविका- स्त्रयः अध्यापनं याजनं प्रतिग्रहश्चेति । १ ।

क्षत्त्रियस्य त्रयो धर्म्माः । अध्ययनं यजनं दानञ्च । प्रजानां रक्षणं जीविका । २ ।

वैश्यस्य त्रयो धर्म्माः । अध्ययनं यजनं दानञ्च । चतस्रो जीविकाः । कृषिः गोरक्षणं बाणिज्यं कुशीद- ञ्चेति । ३ ।

शूद्रस्य तु ब्रह्मक्षत्त्रविशां शुश्रूषा धर्म्मो जीविका च । ४ ।

ब्राह्मणा आश्रम- चतुष्टयवन्तो भवन्ति । ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थः वानप्रस्थः सन्न्यासी च । तत्र उपनयनानन्तरं नियमं कृत्वा यो गुरोः सन्निधौ स्थित्वा साङ्ग- वेदाध्ययनं करोति स ब्रह्मचारीत्युच्यते । १ । साङ्गवेदाध्ययनं समाप्य यो दारपरिग्रहं कृत्वा स्वधर्म्माचरणं करोति स गृहस्थ उच्यते । २ । पुत्त्रमुत्पाद्य यो वनवासं कृत्वा अकृष्टपच्यफलादि भक्षयित्वा ईश्वराराधनं करोति स वानप्रस्थ उच्यते । ३ । यः सर्व्वं गृहादिकं त्यक्त्वा मुण्डित- मुण्डो गैरिककौपीनाच्छादनं दण्डं कमण्डलुञ्च विभ्रत् भिक्षावृत्तिर्निर्जने तीर्थे वा स्थित्वा केवल- मीश्वराराधनं करोति स सन्न्यासीत्युच्यते ॥ ४ ॥

क्षत्त्रियवैश्ययोस्तु प्रथमाश्रमत्रयं विहितम् ।

शूद्रस्यैक एव गृहाश्रमः ।

ईश्वराराधनन्तु सर्व्वेषां वर्णानामाश्रमाणाञ्च साधारणो धर्म्मः ।

వర్ణము అంటే వృత్తి అని అర్ధము చెప్పాలి.

వృత్తులు ప్రధానముగా నాలుగు అని వేదములో చెప్ప బడింది. ఈ నాలుగు వృత్తులలో మూడు వేదము, వేదాంగములు చదివిన వారు చేయవలసినవి. మిగిలిన వారు చేసే వృత్తులను శూద్ర వ్రిత్తి అని పేరు. ఈనాడు వేదము చదివే వాలు తగ్గిపోయారు. కాబట్టి పురాతన పధ్ధతి లో చెప్పాలంటే శూద్ర వృత్తి పెరిగింది. వేదము తెలియని వారు చేసే వృత్తిని శూద్ర వృత్తి అనే వ్యవహరించాలి. అంటే అనేక మంది మేము బ్రాహ్మణులం అనే చెప్పుకుంటున్నా వారు శూద్రులు.

వర్ణ సంకరము అనే భావం అనాది కాలం నుండి ఉన్నది. దీనికి అర్ధం ఏమిటి. వర్ణ సంకరము అంటే వృత్తిలో సమర్ధత తగ్గడం. వృత్తులలో సమర్ధత తగ్గితే సమాజములో సమస్య వస్తుంది.

వేదములో మంచి ఎలా జరుగుతుందో ఉంది. చెడు ఎలా జరుగుతుందో ఉంది. సమాజము ఒడి దుడుకులకు లోనవుతూనే ఉంటుంది. కొన్ని సార్లు మంచి చేసే వాళ్ళు పెరుగుతారు. కొన్ని సార్లు చెడు చేసే వారు పెరుగుతారు. ప్రయత్నము తోనే పని జరుగుతుంది.

వృత్తుల సమర్ధత పెంచే ప్రయత్నమూ జరిగితే అవి సమాజానికి మంచి ఎక్కువ చేస్తాయి.

profession - Meaning in Telugu

వృత్తి

ఉద్యోగము

professional development

వృత్తిపరమైన అభివృద్ధి

professional services

వృత్తిపరమైన సేవలు

professional training

వృత్తి శిక్షణ

professional associations

వృత్తి సంఘాలు

professional education

వృత్తి విద్య

professional organizations

వృత్తిపరమైన సంస్థలు

professional engineers

వృత్తి ఇంజనీర్లు

professional schools

వృత్తి పాఠశాలలు

professional life

వృత్తి జీవితం

professional experience

వృత్తి అనుభవం

https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/english-telugu/profession/profession-meaning-in-telugu

Saturday, April 13, 2024

Communalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_violence#Asia

https://www.epw.in/engage/discussion/question-communalism-writing-indian-history

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Reflections On India - Sean Paul Kelley - March 26, 2009

This article by Sean Paul Kelley is a widely circulated article on internet.

http://open.salon.com/blog/sean_paul_kelley/2009/03/26/reflections_on_india

He argues that India has four problems.

Pollution
Infrastructure
Governing elites - Bureaucracy
Corruption

My response to the article by Mr Sean Paul Kelley A DAMNING ARTICLE ON INDIA

Ravi Ramamurthy

Trustee, Aashwasan Foundation and Chief Innovator, CEO Epiance

February 16, 2020

So true. He has missed many more issues- conservative attitudes, male chauvinism, objectifying our women, pervasive narrow mindedness, prevalent corruption, caste based system etc. Despite all these qualifications, one need not sink into weltschmerz. India can be an intensely edifying experience- diversity, depth of culture and art( which I got to witness first hand during my trip to Rajasthan), melting pot of many diverse ideas, a creaking, chaotic but yet a functioning democracy, a sense of undefinable freedom of the spirit, a feeling of not being burdened, the intense ( sometimes noxious) sense of nationalism, a unique bond that brings together 500+ languages, multiple religions in an intangible but strong concept of Indianness- one can go on.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-response-article-mr-sean-paul-kelley-damning-india-ravi-ramamurthy/

Ud. 4.3.2024

Pub 21.7.2012

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Hindutva - A Collection of Articles and Ideas

6.9.2023

Essentials of Hindutva - by V.D. Savarkar

(Sometime between 1921-22 Veer Savarkar completed his historic book “Essentials of Hindutva” while still in Andamans. This was later published under the pseudo name ‘A Mahratta’)

Important Points

Page 3

Hindutva is not a word but a history. Not only the spiritual or religious history of our people as at times it is mistaken to be by being confounded with the other cognate term Hinduism, but a history in full. Hinduism is only a derivative, a fraction, a part of Hindutva.

By an 'ism' it is generally meant a theory or a code more or less based on spiritual or religious dogma or creed.

Hindutva embrases all the departments of thought and activity of the whole Being of our Hindu race.

Pagse number?

Now we are fairly in a postion to try to analyse the contents of one of the most comprehensive and bewilderingly synthetic concept known to human tongue. Hindutva is a derivative word from Hindu, we have seen that the earliest and the most sacred records of our race show that the appellation, Saptasindhu or Hapt-Hindu was applied to a region in which the Vedic nation flourished. The geographical sense being the primary one has, now contracting, now expanding, but always persistently been associated with the words Hindu and Hindusthan till after the lapse of nearly 5000 years if not more, Hindusthan has come to mean the whole cotinental country from the Sindhu to Sindhu from the Indus to the Seas. The most important factor that contributes to the cohesion, strength and the sense of unity of a people is that they should possess an internally well-connected and externally well-demarcated ' local habitation,' and a ' name ' that could, by its very mention, rouse the cherished image of their motherland as well as the loved memories of their past. We are happily blessed with both these important requisites for a strong and united nation. Our land is so vast and yet so well-knit, so well demarcated from others and yet so strongly entrenched that no country in the world is more closely marked out by the fingers of nature as a geographical unit beyond cavil or criticism, as also is the name

Hindusthan or Hindu that it has come to bear. The first image that it rouses in the mind is unmistakably of our motherland and by an express appeal to its geographical and physical features it vivifies it into a living Being. Hindusthan meaning the land of Hindus, the first essential of Hindutva must necessarily be this geographical one. A Hindu is primarily a citizen either in himself or through his forefathers of 'Hindusthan' and claims the land as his motherland. In America as well as in France the word Hindu is generally understood thus exactly in the sense of an Indian without any religious or cultural

implication. And had the word Hindu been left to convey this primary significance only, which it had in common with all the words derived from Sindhu then it would really have meant an Indian, a citizen of Hindusthan as the word Hindi does.

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The Hindus are not merely the citizens of the Indian state because they are united not only by the bonds of the love they bear to a common motherland but also by the bonds of a common blood.

They are not only a Nation but also a race-jati. The word jati derived from the root Jan to produce, means a brotherhood, a race determined by a common origin,-possessing a common blood.

All Hindus claim to have in their veins the blood of the mighty race incorporated with and descended from the Vedic fathers, the Sindhus. We are well aware of the not unoften interested objection

that carpingly questions 'but are you really a race ? Can you be said to possess a common

blood ?' We can only answer by questioning in return, 'Are the English a race ? Is there

anything as English blood, the French blood, the German blood or the Chinese blood in

this world? Do they, who have been freely infusing foreign blood into their race by

contracting marriages with other races and peoples possess a common blood and claim to

be a race by themselves ?' If they do, Hindus also can emphatically do so. For the very

castes, which you owing to your colossal failure to understand and view them in the right

perspective, assert to have barred the common flow of blood into our race, have done so

more truly and more effectively as regards the foreign blood than our own. Nay is not the

very presence of these present castes a standing testimony to a common flow of blood

from a Brahman to a Chandal? Even a cursory glance at any of our Smritis would

conclusively prove that the Anuloma and Pratiloma marriage institutions were the order

of the day and have given birth to the majority of the castes that obtain amongst us. If a

Kshatriya has a son by a Shudra woman, he gives birth to the Ugra caste; again, if the

Kshatriya raises an issue on an Ugra he founds a Shvapacha caste while a Brahman

mother and a Shudra father beget the caste, Chandal. From the Vedic story of Satyakama

Jabali to Mahadaji Shinde every page of our history shows that the ancient Ganges of our

blood has come down from the altitudes of the sublime Vedic heights to the plains of our

modern history fertilizing much, incorporating many a noble stream and purifying many

a lost soul, increasing in volume and richness, defying the danger of being lost in bogs

and sands and flows to-day refreshed and reinvigorated more than ever. All that the caste

system has done is to regulate its noble bood on lines believed-and on the whole rightly

believed-by our saintly and patriotic law-givers and kings to contribute most to fertilize

and enrich all that was barren and poor, without famishing and debasing all that was

flourishing and nobly endowed.

This is true not only in the case of those that are the outcome of the intermarriages

between the chief four castes, or between the chief four castes and the cross-born but also

in the case of those tribes or races who somewhere in the dimness of the hoary past were

leading a separate and self-centred life. Witness the customs prevalent in Malabar or

Nepal where a Hindu of the highest caste is allowed to marry a woman of those who are

supposed to be the originally alien tribes but who, even if the suggestion be true, have by

their brave and loving defence of the Hindu culture have been incorporated with and

bound to us by the dearest of ties —the ties of a common blood.

Take for example the case of a single family of the Pandawas. The sage Parashar was a Brahman. He fell in love with the fair maid of a fisherman who gave birth to the world-renowned Vyas, who in his

turn raised two sons on the Kshatriya princesses Amba and Ambalika;one of these two

sons, Pandu allowed his wives to raise issue by resorting to the Niyoga system and they

having solicited the love of men of unknown castes, gave birth to the heroes of our great

epic. Without mentioning equally distinguished characters of the same period Kama,

Babhruwahana, Ghatotkacha, Vidur and others, we beg to point out to the relatively

modern cases of Chandragupta said to have married a Brahman girl who gave birth to the

father of Ashok; Ashok who had as a prince married a Vaishya maid; Harsha who being a

Vaishya gave his daughter in marriage to a Kshatriya prince ; Vyadhakarma who is said

to be the son of a Vyadha with whom his mother, a Brahman girl, had fallen in love and

who grew to be the ' Yajnacharya of Vikramaditya, Surdas; Krishna Bhatta who being a

Brahman fell so desperately in love with a Chandala girl as to lead an open married life

with her and subsequently became the founder of the religious sect Matangi Pantha; who

nevertheless call themselves and are perfectly entitled to be recognized as Hindus. This is

not all. An individual at times by his or her own actions may lose his or her first caste and

be relegated to another. A Shudra can become a Brahman and Brahman become a Shudra.

The injunction

[The family is not really called a family; it is the practices and customs that are called a

family. One that does his duties is praised on earth and in heaven.] was not always an empty threat. Many a Kshatriya has by taking to agriculture and other occupations of life lost the respect due to a Kshatriya and were classed with some of the other castes; while many a brave man, in cases whole tribes, raised themselves to the position, the rights and titles of the Kshatriyas and were recognized as such. Being outcast from a caste, which is an event of daily occurrence, is only getting incorporated

with some other.

Not only is this true so far as those Hindus only who believe in the caste system based

on the Vedic tenets, are concerned, but even in the case of Avaidik sects of the Hindu

people. As it was true in the Buddhistic period that a Buddhist father, a Vaidik mother, a

Jain son, could be found in a single joint family, so even to-day Jains and Vaishnavas

intermarry in Gujarat, Sikhs and Sanatanis in Punjab and Sind. Moreover, today's

Manbhav or Lingayat or Sikh or Satnami is yesterday's Hindu and to-day's Hindu may be

tomorrow's Lingayat or Bramho or Sikh.

And no word can give full expression to this racial unity of our people as the epithet,

Hindu, does. Some of us were Aryans and some Anaryans; but Ayars and Nayars—we

were all Hindus and own a common blood. Some of us are Brahmans and some

Namashudras or Panchamas; but Brahmans or Chandalas—we are all Hindus and own a

common blood. Some of us are Daxinatyas and some Gauds; but Gauds or Saraswatas—

we are all Hindus and own a common blood. Some of us were Rakhasas and some

Yakshas; but Rakshasas or Yakshas—we are all Hindus and own a common blood. Some

of us were Vanaras and some Kinnaras ; but Vanaras or Naras—we are all Hindus and

own a common blood. Some of us are Jains and some Jangamas; but Jains or Jangamas—

we are all Hindus and own a common blood. Some of us are monists, some, pantheists;

some theists and some atheists. But monotheists or atheists-we are all Hindus and own a

common blood. We are not only a nation but a Jati, a born brotherhood. Nothing else

counts, it is after all a question of heart. We feel that the same ancient blood that coursed

through the veins of Ram and Krishna, Buddha and Mahavir, Nanak and Chaitanya,

Basava and Madhava, of Rohidas and Tiruvelluvar courses throughout Hindudom from

vein to vein, pulsates from heart to heart. We feel we are a JATI, a race bound together

by the dearest ties of blood and therefore it must be so.

A Hindu marrying a Hindu may lose his caste but not his Hindutva. A Hindu believing in any theoretical or philosophical or social system, orthodox or heterodox, provided it is unquestionably

indigenous and founded by a Hindu may lose his sect but not his Hindutva-his

Hinduness—because the most important essential which determines it is the inheritance

of the Hindu blood. Therefore all those who love the land that stretches from Sindhu to

Sindhu from the Indus to the Seas, as their fatherland consequently claim to inherit the

blood of the race that has evolved, by incorporation and adaptation, from the ancient

Saptasindhus can be said to possess two of the most essential requisites of Hindutva.

But what is civilization ? Civilization is the expression of the mind of man. Civilization is

the account of what man has made of matter. If matter is the creation of the Lord, then

civilization is the miniature secondary creation of man. At its best it is the perfect triumph

of the soul of man over matter and man alike. Wherever and to the extent to which man

has succeeded in moulding matter to the delight of his soul, civilization begins. And it

triumphs when he has tapped all the sources of Supreme Delight satisfying the spiritual

aspirations of his being towards strength and beauty and love, realising Life in all its

fulness and richness.

A Hindu then is he who feels attachment to the land that extends from Sindhu to

Sindhu as the land of his forefathers—as his Fatherland; who inherits the blood of the

great race whose first and discernible source could be traced from the Himalayan

altitudes of the Vedic Saptasindhus and which assimilating all that was incorporated and

ennobling all that was assimilated has grown into and come to be known as the Hindu

people; and who, as a consequence of the foregoing attributes, has inherited and claims as

his own the Hindu Sanskriti, the Hindu civilization, as represented in a common history,

common heroes, a common literature, common art, a common law and a common

jurisprudence, common fairs and festivals, rites and rituals, ceremonies and sacraments.

Not that every Hindu has all these details of the Hindu Sanskriti down to each syllable

common with other Hindus; but that, he has more of it common with his Hindu brothers

than with, say, an Arab or an Englishman. Not that a non-Hindu does not hold any of

these details in common with a Hindu but that, he differs more from a Hindu than he

agrees with him. That is why Christian and Mohammedan communities, who, were but

very recently Hindus and in a majority of cases had been at least in their first generation

most unwilling denizens of their new fold, claim though they might have a common

Fatherland, and an almost pure Hindu blood and parentage with us, cannot be recognized

as Hindus; as since their adoption of the new cult they had ceased to own Hindu

civilization (Sanskriti) as a whole. They belong, or feel that they belong, to a cultural unit

altogether different from the Hindu one. Their heroes and their hero-worship, their fairs

and their festivals, their ideals and their outlook on life, have now ceased to be common

with ours. Thus the presence of this third essential of Hindutva which requires of every

Hindu uncommon and loving attachment to his racial Sanskriti enables us most perfectly

to determine the nature of Hindutva without any danger of using over lapping or

exclusive attributes.

But take the case of a patriotic Bohra or a Khoja countryman of ours. He loves our

land of Hindusthan as his Fatherland which indisputably is the land of his forefathers. He

possesses—in certain cases they do— pure Hindu blood; especially if he is the first

convert to Mohammedanism he must be allowed to claim to inherit the blood of Hindu

parents. He is an intelligent and reasonable man, loves our history and our heroes; in fact

the Bohras and the Khojas as a community, worship as heroes our great ten Avatars only

adding Mohammad as the eleventh. He is actually, along with his community subject to

the Hindu law—the law of his forefathers. He is, so far as the three essentials of nation

( Rashtra), race (Jati) and civilization ( Sanskriti) are concerned, a Hindu. He may differ

as regards a few festivals or may add a few more heroes to the pantheon of his supermen

or demigods. But we have repeatedly said that difference in details here or emphasis there,

does not throw us outside the pale of Hindu Sanskriti. The sub-communities amongst the

Hindus observe many a custom, not only contradictory but even, conflicting with the

customs of other Hindu communities. Yet both of them are Hindus. So also in the above

cases of patriotic Bohra or a Christian or a Khoja, who could satisfy the required

qualifications of Hindutva to such a degree as that, why should he not be recognized as a

Hindu ?

' Who is a Hindu' ? is rightly answered determining the essentials of Hindutva ; and as it is only with these essentials of Hindutva, which enable us to know who is a Hindu, that this our present enquiry is

concerned, the discussion of Hinduism falls necessarily outside of our scope.

All this bitterness is mostly due to the wrong use of the word, Hinduism, to denote the religion of the majority only. Either the word should be restored to its proper significance to denote the religions of all Hindus or if you fail to do that it should be dropped altogether.

Therefore the Vaidik or the Sanatan Dharma itself is merely a sect of Hinduism or Hindu Dharma, however overwhelming be the majority that contributes to its tenets. It was a definition of this Sanatan Dharma which the late Lokamanya Tilak framed in the famous verse.

Belief in the Vedas, many means, no strict rule for worship-these are the features of the Hindu religion.

Hindu Dharma of all shades and schools, lives and grows and has its being in the

atmosphere of Hindu culture, and the Dharma of a Hindu being so completely identified

with the land of the Hindus, this land to him is not only a Pitribhu but a Punyabhu, not

only a fatherland but a holyland.

That is why in the case of some of our Mohammedan or Christian countrymen who had originally been forcibly converted to a non-Hindu religion and who consequently have inherited along with Hindus, a common Fatherland and a greater part of the wealth of a common culture—language, law, customs, folklore and history—are not and cannot be recognized as Hindus. For though Hindusthan to them is Fatherland as to any other Hindu yet it is not to them a Holyland too. Their holyland is far off in Arabia or Palestine.

The only geographical limits of Hindutva are the limits of our earth!

We have tried already to draw a clear line of demarcation between the two conceptions and protested

against the wrong use of the word Hinduism to denote the Sanatan Dharma alone.

Strengthen them if you can: pull down the barriers that have survived their utility, of castes and customs, of sects and sections: What of interdining?—but intermarriages between provinces and provinces, castes and castes, be encouraged where they do not exist. But where they already exist as between the Sikhs and Sanatanies, Jains and Vaishnayas, Lingayats and Non-Lingayats-suicideal be the hand that tries to cut the nuptial tie. Let the minorities remember they would be cutting the very branch on which they stand. Strenghten every tie that binds you to the main organism, whether of blood or language or common Motherland. Let this ancient and noble stream of Hindu blood flow from vein to vien, from Attock to Cuttack till at last the Hindu people get fused and welded into an indivisible whole, till our race gets consolidated and strong sharp as steel.

We are trying our best, as we ought to do, to develop the consciousness of and a sense of attachment to the greater whole, whereby Hindus, Mohammedans, Parsis Christians, and Jews would feel as

Indians first and every other thing afterwards.

Oh brothers, 'the limits of the Universe — there the frontiers of my country lie ?

Rigvedic Rivers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigvedic_rivers

Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat - Who Is Hindu? - Anybody who says I am Hindu - Hindi Speech

http://guide-india.blogspot.com/2017/07/sarsanghchalak-mohan-bhagwat.html

Hindutva (Hinduness) is a word coined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in his 1923 pamphlet entitled "Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?". It advocates Hindu nationalism. Members of the movement are called Hindutvavadis. According to a 1995 Supreme Court of India judgement the word Hindutva could be used to mean "the way of life of the Indian people and the Indian culture or ethos".
(Download the book from http://savarkar.org/en/encyc/2017/5/28/downloaden.html )

The Sangh Parivar champions the concept of Hindutva. The sangh parivar comprises organizations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Akhla Bharatiya Vidhyardhi Parishad, Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and many more..

Hindutva
by M.G. Chitkara

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=zqkBNr4U7cwC

Hindutva, Ideology, and Politics

A. A. Parvathy

Deep and Deep Publications, 01-Jan-2003 - 322 pages
Google Book Link - http://books.google.co.in/books?id=RpaEt8npT0sC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindutva

Against Hindutva

Hindutva is an ideology for those whose Hinduism has worn off. Hindutva is built on the tenets of re-formed Hinduism of the nineteenth century. (Reformed according to make it well-bounded, monolithic, well-organized, masculine, and capable of sustaining the ideology of an imperial state.)

Pragmatism demands that the culture must adjust to the modern world by giving up its essence to become a part of global mass culture. (Essence it to be given up?)

Maybe, post-Gandhian Hinduism will have to take advantage of the democratic process to help Hindutva to die a slightly unnatural death. (Is there post-Gandhian Hinduism?)

Hinduism Versus Hindutva
The Inevitability Of A Confrontation
Times of India, February 18, 1991.

By ASHIS NANDY

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/Socissues/hindutva.html

Recent Articles

2017

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/hinduism-versus-hindutva/story-SYB9a5bwKPqBJxbM4fPg2O.html

Hindutva is ugly, Hinduism is beautiful. Don't let the bigot fool you
http://www.dailyo.in/politics/hindutva-enemy-religious-bigotry-india-right-left-liberals-masjid-romeos-cows/story/1/17540.html

Is Hinduism the same as Hindutva?
Keep calm (about Hinduism) and ask Devdutt.
http://www.dailyo.in/lifestyle/hindutva-vs-hinduism-religion-sangh-india/story/1/16427.html

2016

Hindutva as ‘way of life’ challenged. Three persons approached Supreme Court to reverse its judgement that said Hindutva is a way of life.
Hindutva is not religion. It is not interpreting any ancient text in any one particular way.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Hindutva-as-%E2%80%98way-of-life%E2%80%99-challenged/article16077113.ece

Updated 6.9.2023, 27 September 2017, 29 July 2017

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Hindu Marriage Ritual and Mantras - Descriptions - Marriage Mantras in Vedas

New

https://ramanuja.org/sri/Web/VedicWeddingCeremony

http://www.vivaaha.org/vedic.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_wedding

Rituals in Hindu Marriages - by S. G. V. Ramanan
https://sites.google.com/site/sanatandharmaproject/mantras---rituals-in-hindu-marriages

https://archive.org/details/vivah-paddhati-sanskrit-hindi/page/n1/mode/2up

Steps in marriage
http://www.vivaaha.org/the.htm

Vivaha Samskara in Grihya-Sutras of the Four Vedas
A Comparative Study of Marriage Ceremonies
Author Name : V.R. Anil Kumar,
Binding : Hardbound
13 Digit ISBN : 9788124607497
Edition : 1st edition
Year : 2014
Pages : xvii, 476p.
Size : 23 cm
Weight (approx.) : 700 gm
List Price : INR 1200.00
Sale Price : INR 1080.00
http://www.dkprintworld.com/product-detail.php?pid=1280857365

Rig Ved HYMN LXXXV. Sūrya's Bridal. - Surya's Marriage

Files with Hindi explanation

Audio Files http://sai-katha.com/Music-Vivah-Paddhati.php (Links working 27 Jan 2015)

11 Audio files in Hindi

http://bharatbhakti.in/001-MData/Vivah-Paddhati/001.mp3

Updated 27.4.2022, 11 June 2021

Pub 26.11.2020

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Kamala Harris - Vice President Partner of Joe Biden - USA

Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan, was from Tamil Nadu, India. Her father, Donald Harris, is now a Stanford University emeritus professor of economics, emigrated from British Jamaica.

Harris was raised in Berkeley, California. She visited their mother's family in Chennai sometimes. Her parents divorced when she was seven; she visited her father in Palo Alto on weekends. When she was 12, Harris and her sister moved with their mother to Montreal, Canada, where their mother had accepted a research position at Jewish General Hospital and teaching at McGill University.She graduated in Canada in 1981.

At Howard University in Washington, D.C., she double-majored in political science and economics (B.A. 1986). She interned in the office of California senator Alan Cranston. In 1989, Harris earned her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. She passed the bar examination and gained admission to the State Bar of California on June 14, 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris

Friday, November 23, 2018

Migration from India - Information

Outflow of Workers (in thousands)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
India 809 849 610 641 627 747 817 805 781 521

Source: Table 1.1: Outflows of Workers from Selected Asian Countries, 2007–2016
Page 4 of LABOR MIGRATION IN ASIA: Increasing the Development Impact of Migration through
Finance and Technology
© 2018 Asian Development Bank Institute, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and International Labour Organization
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/410791/adbi-labor-migration-asia.pdf

Around 8 lakh workers are going abroad and doing work. As every year 2 crore persons are looking for employment in India, 8 lakh workers going out in search better opportunities elsewhere in the world is not a surprise phenomenon.

In the total immigrants world wide, In 2017, the ADB found 17 million migrants from India, while PRC (People's Republic of China) contributed some 10 million and Bangladesh about 7.5 million.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/india-has-most-outward-migrants-in-2017-says-adb-report/articleshow/66337342.cms

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Wisdom 4.0 - Wise Employment Promoting Industry 4.0 Regulation

With Best Regards to Mr. Sajid Khan - The Wisdom Coach
Wisdom 3.0
WASHINGTON, DC, WASHINGTON, DC, USA, July 5, 2018 /EINPresswire/ -- A very simple paradigm shift is all that is required to change the current chaotic world mess into an authentic wisdom powered world of harmonious order.

https://www.einpresswire.com/article/447331841/wisdom-3-0

Allow building new plants with Industry 4.0 Technology in backward industrial locations up to a cumulative capacity of 10%

Remove the Idea of Job Losses

Regulation of Industry 4.0

Allow Industry 4.0 Technology in New Units in Backward Locations - Increase Employment and Infrastructure

Now Industry 4.0 technology is being implemented world over. There are worries about employment issues due to introduction of new technology. Government has to regulate its introduction and diffusion to protect current employees. In this context, I propose that in the first installment Government may allow building new plants in backward industrial locations up to a cumulative capacity of 10%. The objectives of such a policy are allowing technological absorption and its further development concurrently with the rest of the world, backward area development and decongestion of existing industrial locations. We have to note that when already congested industrial locations are being used for further setting up facilities, new infrastructure development is not taking place. All concerned are ignoring infrastructure and overusing existing facilities. Instead, if new technology is allowed only in new backward location, infrastructure development also takes to an adequate extent.

Allowing only 10% expansion in new location with new technology may not disturb existing employment at all, as the market may absorb the new production at the reduced cost of production that the new technology may be able to produce. In this context, productivity of the new technology is an important consideration.

To my email communication campaign on this issue, I got one reply saying the limit can be increased to 20% to encourage employment in new locations.

By taking up this policy stance, Government can actively promote startups in Industry 4.0 Factories and Service Facilities.

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Use social media innovatively - Continue expressing and discussing freely - @narendramodi

Use social media innovatively. Continue expressing and discussing freely.
Greetings on #SocialMediaDay! 2018 June 30

Narendra Modi@narendramodi
30 June 2018
Greetings on #SocialMediaDay! The world of social media has played a key role in democratising our discourse and giving a platform to millions of people around the world to express their views and showcase their creativity.

Narendra Modi @narendramodi
30 June 2018
I would particularly like to congratulate my young friends for their innovative usage of social media. Their frank method of conveying opinions is extremely endearing. I urge youngsters to continue expressing and discussing freely. #SocialMediaDay
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1012961124248104960

About Social Media Day - 30 June

Friday, May 11, 2018

Vatsalya Bharati - వాత్సల్య భారతి - वात्सल्य भारति

వాత్సల్య ఆనంద భారతి స్వామి ఆరాధన దినోత్సవము 12 మే 2018.

వాత్సల్య భారతి - భారతమాత తత్వము

వాత్సల్యం సమాజాన్ని, దేశాలను చివరకు ఈ ప్రపంచాన్ని శాంతి, సుస్థిరతల ఉద్యానవనంగా మార్చే అద్భుత శక్తి. ప్రతి ఇల్లూ వాత్సల్యపు చిరునామాగా మారాలి.

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వాత్సల్యం కేవలం బాల్యపు అలంకారమే కాదు, కుటుంబాన్ని కలిపి ఉంచే ఆభరణమే కాదు. సమాజాన్ని, దేశాలను చివరకు ఈ ప్రపంచాన్ని శాంతి, సుస్థిరతల ఉద్యానవనంగా మార్చే అద్భుత శక్తి. ప్రతి ఇల్లూ ముందుగా వాత్సల్యపు చిరునామాగా మారాలి.

Visalaandhra
http://54.243.62.7/editorial/article-160236

http://www.andhrabhoomi.net/content/vahini-284

తల్లి భారతి వందనం బంగారు మట్టి చందనం

మా తల్లి భారతి వందనం బంగారు మట్టి చందనం
ఈ మట్టికి మన అర్చనం ఈ మట్టికే అభివందనం || తల్లి భారతి ||
http://www.vijayavipanchi.org/ViewFile.aspx?FileID=142

తల్లి భారతి వందనం - వాత్సల్య పూర్ణా వందనం

సుఖముగా వర్ధిల్లినాం - తనువునే అర్పింతుమమ్మా !! తల్లి భారతి
http://www.vijayavipanchi.org/ViewFile.aspx?FileID=460

ఇంటింటా భారతమాత చిత్రపటం ఉండాలి.

Download the picture from: http://www.vijayavipanchi.org/Downloads.aspx

Download the Ekaatmata Stotram - Song in praise of Bhakthas of Bharata Mata - The children of Bharata Mata who did extraordinary to service to Bharat Mata and Bharatiyas.

http://www.vijayavipanchi.org/Downloadshanlder.ashx?DownloadID=25

దేశభక్తి లేని దైవభక్తి, దైవభక్తి లేని దేశభక్తి నిరర్ధకం, నిష్ఫలం.
దేశభక్తి గల దైవభక్తి పరమార్ధము.
మన దేశం కూడా మన దైవం.
దేవుని పూజలా దేశాన్ని పూజించాలి.

దేశభక్తి - దేశసేవ - దేశశక్తి

దేశశక్తి వల్లనే దేశ ప్రజల జ్ఞాన, సౌర్య, సంపదలు వృద్హి చెందుతాయి.

దేశశక్తి వల్లనే దేశ ప్రజలు బాహ్య మరియు అంతర దుష్ట శక్తులపై విజయం సాధించి సుఖ శాంతులతో ఉంటారు.

దేశభక్తిని పెంచడం

భారతమాత సేవకుడు హిందూ ధర్మాభిమాని శ్రీ వాత్సల్యానంద భారతి స్వామి వారు

'గుండె గుండెలో భారతమాత తత్వ ప్రచారం'

http://sevabharathiap.blogspot.com/2012/05/blog-post.html

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శ్రీలు పొంగిన జీవగడ్డ భారత ఖండము - రాయప్రోలు సుబ్బారావు గారి గేయము
https://prasad-akkiraju.blogspot.in/2010/08/shreelu-pomgina-jeeva-gaddayi.html
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वात्सल्य भारति

Aarti Bharat Mata ki Jagat ki Bhagy Vidhata ki
by HareKrishna Hari Bhai
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Updated 12 మే 2018, 14 April 2018, 23 January 2018, 26 December 2017

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Earth Day Network’s Canopy Project - Donate - #AprilCool Action

Earth Day 2018 Theme: End Plastic Pollution

Earth Day - 22 April

From poisoning and injuring marine life to disrupting human hormones, from littering our beaches and landscapes to clogging our waste streams and landfills, the exponential growth of plastics is now threatening the survival of our planet.

In response, Earth Day 2018 is dedicated to providing the information and
inspiration needed to fundamentally change human attitude and behavior about plastics.

Take action to End Plastic Pollution in This #AprilCool Month

https://www.earthday.org/

Earth Day Network’s Canopy Project

In just one year, a mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen as 10 people inhale!

Earth Day Network’s Canopy Project works worldwide to strengthen communities through tree planting. Using agroforestry, sapling distribution and tree care training, we empower organizations and citizens to conserve, repair, and restore tree cover to their lands. Earth Day Network targets areas of the world most in need of reforestation, including some of the world’s poorest communities; and land degraded by logging, fires, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Our projects also focus on environmentally critical areas such the Amazon rainforest and the Boreal Forest.

Trees provide food, energy and income, helping communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability. Trees also filter the air and help reverse the impacts of climate change. In just one year, a mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen as 10 people inhale!

Since 2010, Earth Day Network has planted tens of millions of trees. Our goal for the 50 anniversary of Earth Day in 2020 is to plant 7.8 billion trees, one for every person on earth.

You can help support the Canopy Project by donating to our $1 per tree program. Each dollar you donate supports the planting of one tree.

Planting trees strengthens local economies. Every dollar spent on reforestation generates $2.50 in local downstream income and benefits. That’s huge impact for every dollar you donate!

https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/reforestation/

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Creativity - Use it in April Cool Mission - Movement

April Cool idea is creative. The message attracted attention.

The Hindi paper reports that it poured cold water April Fool messages.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/april-cool-pours-cold-water-on-april-fool/article23421324.ece

More creative thinking is required to contribute to April Cool Movement.

Creativity comes out when one thinks about a problem to solved intensely and searches the knowledge space for ideas. Many times the new idea comes suddenly. But there are some persons who consciously develop creative ideas.

Today I came across Warka Water, that is providing water to people in remote places.

Every drop counts. Save it. Provide it. Harness it.

http://www.warkawater.org/

Italian Architect Arturo Vittori
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It seems each tower costs $1000. Can you arrange finance for it. Are there any NGOs working in this field?

Think creatively to support April Cool Movement.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Be Aware of Earth Warming

Scientists at NASA on Thursday ranked last year (2017) as the second-warmest year since reliable record-keeping began in 1880, trailing only 2016. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which uses a different analytical method, ranked it third, behind 2016 and 2015.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/18/climate/hottest-year-2017.html

April Cool Movement is solution step to help the earth to cool down over some years. Please participate.

See how earth was very warm in 2015
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NASA Video

Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate carrying out global warming research have recently predicted that average global temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 °C by the year 2100.

The problem is that temperature at specific places are shooting up even now and making things miserable for people.

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/study-narrows-range-of-earths-warming-response-as-greenhouse-gases-rise-20180117-h0jg3w.html

April A to Z Challenge Post

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Ancient Indian Principles and Practices in Society - Indian Sociology - Vedic and Puranic Periods

Material Culture & Social Formations in Ancient India
R.S. Sharma
Macmillan, 2007 - India - 348 pages

The author surveys theories of social change and underlines the key role of production techniques together with climatic conditions in shaping ancient social formations. Several questions are raised: What was the extent of cattle pastoralism in early Ved
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Fr_MYDMCUE8C

Vedic Culture: The Difference It Can Make in Your Life
Stephen Knapp
iUniverse, 22-Nov-2005 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 314 pages

The Vedic tradition of India is rooted in Sanatana Dharma, the eternal and universal truths that are beneficial to everyone. It includes many avenues of self-development that an increasing number of people from the West are starting to investigate and use, including:
Yoga Meditation and spiritual practice Vedic astrology Ayurveda Vedic gemology Vastu or home arrangement Environmental awareness Vegetarianism Social cooperation Global peace And much more
Vedic Culture shows the advantages of the Vedic paths of improvement and self-discovery that you can use in your own life to attain personal awareness, happiness, and fulfillment. It also provides a new view of what these avenues have to offer from some of the most prominent writers on Vedic culture in the West, who discovered how it has affected and benefited their own lives.

For the benefit of individuals and for social progress, the Vedic system is as relevant today as it was in ancient times. Discover why there is a growing renaissance in what the Vedic tradition has to offer in Vedic Culture.
Vedic Culture: The Difference It Can Make in Your Life
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Stephen Knapp
iUniverse, 22-Nov-2005 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 314 pages
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The Vedic tradition of India is rooted in Sanatana Dharma, the eternal and universal truths that are beneficial to everyone. It includes many avenues of self-development that an increasing number of people from the West are starting to investigate and use, including:
Yoga Meditation and spiritual practice Vedic astrology Ayurveda Vedic gemology Vastu or home arrangement Environmental awareness Vegetarianism Social cooperation Global peace And much more
Vedic Culture shows the advantages of the Vedic paths of improvement and self-discovery that you can use in your own life to attain personal awareness, happiness, and fulfillment. It also provides a new view of what these avenues have to offer from some of the most prominent writers on Vedic culture in the West, who discovered how it has affected and benefited their own lives.

For the benefit of individuals and for social progress, the Vedic system is as relevant today as it was in ancient times. Discover why there is a growing renaissance in what the Vedic tradition has to offer in Vedic Culture.
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Iy9TCgAAQBAJ

Politics in India : Ancient India, Politics of Change, Modern India
M. M. Sankhdher, Gurdeep Kaur
Deep and Deep Publications, 2005 - India - 506 pages
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=veYezcrVAlcC

Sunday, December 31, 2017

BEST WISHES - HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2018

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BEST WISHES FOR HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2018

Give 2018 a positive start - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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#PositiveIndia - 5 Successes in 2017 - Prof. NRao

Shared by K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao to PMO

1. #PositiveIndia:

Employment Potential of Mudra Finance - Employment to 2 Crore Persons per Annum

Presentation of Prof K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao, NITIE in a research conference on employment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTp7Y48PQQ

I am optimistic of India's future. I became an optimist when I first came to know of Modiji's dream target of #20 Trillion India GDP. India's unemployment problem can be solved through the Mudra Finance Scheme being implemented by Government of India very successfully by meeting the credit targets.

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Narayana Rao 15 December 2017

2. #PositiveIndia - Global level intellectual contribution from India

Taylor-Narayana Rao - Principles of Industrial Engineering

Video presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU8CdWfZZdU
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3. #PositiveIndia

Blog Industrial Engineering Knowledge Center - Top 10 Global Blog

It appears in Top 10 Entries in Google and Bing searches for Industrial Engineering Blog
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/11/top-10-blogs-on-industrial-engineering.html

4. #PositiveIndia

Functions of Industrial Engineering proposed on 25 July 2017

http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2017/07/functions-of-industrial-engineering.html

5. #PositiveIndia

300 Likes in Industrial Engineering Linked Communities

for November - Industrial Engineering Knowledge Revision Plan - Support for Industrial Engineering Focus Areas
http://nraoiekc.blogspot.com/2015/01/november-industrial-engineering.html

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#PositiveIndia - #PositiveKakinada - Video Co-Prepared by Me

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What the Prime Minister Modi said on 31 December 2017 (Mann Ki Baat) Regarding #PositiveIndia?

Mann Ki Baat 31 December 2017

Heartiest New Year greetings to all of you.
Wishing the nation his greetings for the new year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it was time to transform the country from 'Positive India' to 'Progressive India', Wishing the nation his greetings for the new year.

My dear countrymen, I had talked about positivity during the previous episode of Mann Ki Baat. I am being reminded of one Sanskrit Shloka-

Utsaaho balwaanarya, Naastyutsaahaatparam balam |
Sotsaahasya cha lokeshu na kinchidapi durlabham ||

This means that a man full of enthusiasm is very strong since there is nothing more powerful than zest. Nothing is impossible for a man having positivity and zeal. In English too, it is said, ‘Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power’. During the previous episode of Mann Ki Baat, I had appealed to the countrymen to share their positive moments of 2017 and to welcome 2018 in a positive atmosphere.

I am very glad that a large number of people gave positive responses on social media platform, MyGov and the Narendra Modi App and shared their experiences. Lakhs of tweets were posted on Positive India hashtag (#), which reached out to more than nearly 150 crore people. In a way, a wave of positivity which emanated from India spread all over the world. All tweets and responses received were really inspiring. It was indeed a delightful experience. Some countrymen shared those incidents of this year which left a special impact on their minds, a very positive one at that. Some people even shared their personal achievements.

Let us enter into the New Year with such little achievements, begin our New Year and take a concrete steps in the journey from ‘Positive India’ to ‘Progressive India’.

Full text of the address
http://www.firstpost.com/india/narendra-modis-mann-ki-baat-full-text-pm-extends-new-year-wishes-in-final-address-of-2017-4282255.html

Updated 31 December 2017

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Cultural Unity of India - Shri L.K. Advani

Concept of Ishta Devata

Sarva Deva Namaskaram Keshavah Pratigachhaati.

All people of the country believe in the freedom of choice of worship by each individual and believe that all prayers reach the Paramatma, the supreme soul.

Your prayers to any divine entity is ultimately a prayer to the paramatma, the supreme soul.

All people attain salvation through prayers in their own way with bhakti in their Ishta Devata. Ahimsa of Gandhiji also comes here. Accept the bhakti of every body. Don't insist on Unitary way. Don't do violence to force people to accept your way of worship. Accept his experience of divine entities and his liking. God appears in innumerable forms and times to help persons who seek his help and divine grace.

Hindustan is Bharat Varsh. In Vishnu Puran, it is said its name was Him Varsh earlier. From Himalayas to Sea at the south it is Him Varsh, Bharat Varsh, - Hindustan. All persons living in this area are brothers and sisters (with special relations among some persons) and are Hindus only despite differences in physical shape, colour, language, food habits and the deity to whom they are praying. The literature of the land proposed crores of deities and also large number of rishis, munis, sages and learned persons. Diversity of worship is celebrated in the Hindu culture with the concept of Ishta Devata. Cultural Unity strongly advocated by Shri L.K. Advani indicates this only. All people of the country accept the freedom of choice of worship by each individual and believe that all prayers reach the Paramatma, the supreme soul. Your prayers to any divine entity is ultimately a prayer to the paramatma, the supreme soul.

Our age-old national culture runs like a silken threat uniting the multiple diversities of our society into ONE NATION and ONE PEOPLE. - Advani
http://www.bjp.org/en/media-resources/speeches/speech-by-shri-l-k-advani-at-the-release-of-the-telugu-edition-of-my-country-my-life

Our scriptures remind us, ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’ the world is one family. We pray not only for all of human life, but also for the animals, the plants and nature. Our culture teaches us — Do not only worship the Creator, but also serve the Creation! This encyclopedia was created with that in mind – service of creation, service of those who didn’t know or understand or have access to these timeless truths and insights.” - H.H. Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji
http://www.ihrf.com/encyclopedia.html

Ajmer Dargah Sharif said, ‘The essence of all faiths is to unite people and not to divide them. Just as our blood is the same color no matter what our religion so to must we learn to live together in harmony understanding and respecting each other’s religion
http://www.sadhviji.org/launch-of-the-encyclopedia-of-hinduism-at-the-vigyan-bhawan/

Raja Rammohan Roy was speaking of the Unity of God as true Hinduism in 1817. In 1821, he claimed: “No people on earth are more tolerant than the Hindoos, who believe all men to be equally within the reach of Divine beneﬁcence, which embraces the good of every religious sect and denomination.
https://swarajyamag.com/magazine/geography-culture-rootedness-a-large-heart

Jawaharlal Nehru: 'India was like some ancient palimpsest on which layer upon layer of thought and reverie has been inscribed, and yet no succeeding layer has completely hidden or erased what had been hidden previously.' All of them thus took a territorial and secular view of the nation.
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/14298/10/10_chapter%204.pdf

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Monday, September 22, 2025

Why use the term Iceberg?

The following news item regarding arrest of 2 senior NHAI officials and recovery of Rs. 1.1 crore prompted me to compile this collection of news items regarding corruption and bribes.

Elections and Corruption Analysis by Voters

News Regarding Corruption in Press

Electoral Bonds Scheme and Corruption

Ms. Sita Soren now in BJP

IIM-Rohtak director appointment

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About The Seminar and The Thoughts of Shri M.S. Golwalkar in Media and Books

Books and Documents

More Articles in Media

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Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat - Who Is Hindu? - Anybody who says I am Hindu - Hindi Speech

Against Hindutva

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

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Friday, November 23, 2018

Thursday, July 5, 2018

Allow building new plants with Industry 4.0 Technology in backward industrial locations up to a cumulative capacity of 10%

Remove the Idea of Job Losses

Regulation of Industry 4.0

Saturday, June 30, 2018

Use social media innovatively. Continue expressing and discussing freely.Greetings on #SocialMediaDay! 2018 June 30

Friday, May 11, 2018

వాత్సల్య భారతి - భారతమాత తత్వము

తల్లి భారతి వందనం బంగారు మట్టి చందనం

తల్లి భారతి వందనం - వాత్సల్య పూర్ణా వందనం

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Earth Day Network’s Canopy Project

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Every drop counts. Save it. Provide it. Harness it.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Sunday, December 31, 2017

BEST WISHES FOR HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2018

Give 2018 a positive start - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

#PositiveIndia - 5 Successes in 2017 - Prof. NRao

Shared by K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao to PMO

Employment Potential of Mudra Finance - Employment to 2 Crore Persons per Annum

Taylor-Narayana Rao - Principles of Industrial Engineering

Blog Industrial Engineering Knowledge Center - Top 10 Global Blog

Functions of Industrial Engineering proposed on 25 July 2017

300 Likes in Industrial Engineering Linked Communities

#PositiveIndia - #PositiveKakinada - Video Co-Prepared by Me

What the Prime Minister Modi said on 31 December 2017 (Mann Ki Baat) Regarding #PositiveIndia?

Saturday, December 30, 2017

Concept of Ishta Devata

Sarva Deva Namaskaram Keshavah Pratigachhaati.

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Use social media innovatively. Continue expressing and discussing freely.
Greetings on #SocialMediaDay! 2018 June 30