Firsthand account of death by Indian teenager who went dead for nearly 52 seconds
Blog By: Shruti Srivastava
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Blog By: Shruti Srivastava
Firsthand account of death by Indian teenager who went dead for nearly 52 seconds
Firsthand account of death by Indian teenager who went dead for nearly 52 seconds
Shruti Srivastava
The most intriguing aspect of life is DEATH And the irony is unlike birth death is inevitable A human brain is such that it does not fear of what it knows it fears of what it doesn t like what happens after deathAfter reading endless tales of people sharing their postdeath experience humans have come down to two conclusions there is a white light between life and death and you meet other dead peopleA user on Quora recounts his frightening encounter with death and narrates the exact series of events that happened during the 52 seconds of his death We bet this spinechilling narration is something you have never heard or read before I have been dead for 52 seconds on the Operation Table and then again when I was in the ICU I slipped into coma This happened in 2012 when a truck crushed me under its 12 wheelsI still remember that as I inched closer to the huge gap that is between the first 4 wheels and the last 6 wheels of a long trailer truck my brain was in the process of diluting the colors from the world I could see everything was turning black and white as my body was preparing itself to take the blowWhen I finally fell and the last 6 wheels went over my spine and legs the pain was excruciating At that moment I had broken my entire rib cage my legs were crushed but they were still attached to my body My liver was cut in half and the half was floating inside my body My left kidney burst not being able to handle the pressure of the truck on me and I dislocated many many bones on my body A part of my face near the eyes flew off to reveal the bones underneath My circulatory system was devastated and I developed a heart blockageSo after giving anesthesia the doctors concluded that I had 5 chance of survival and they performed an experimental surgery on me for 8 hours between which I supposedly diedI know what others have told you but at that moment when I was dead I saw my recently deceased grandmother who was patting me on my temples Everything was in black and white Nothing except my eyes were moving so she started patting harder and called out my name she kept calling and calling and calling until I decided I would put my entire might to answer her I opened my mouth and gasped struggling for air My grandmother looked at me and smiled And then I came back to the real world and subconsciously felt the cold operating table and blaring AC inside the Theatre Maybe she had appeared before me to push back my spirit in my body so that I could live againA day after my operation my condition wasnt improving on top of that I was hallucinating and had a bad cold and was unable to breathe It was only then doctors found out my left lung was damaged and was not working properly and both of the lungs had fluid filled within them So they put me in an automatic breathing machine which pushes air into your lungs It is extremely painful and makes you extremely thirsty However I didnt last the night and slipped into a coma when nobody was lookingIt was then when I saw that my brain was playing back everything it had recorded for the 18 years I had lived in first person However I found out I can switch to third person on my will So I saw my own birth my first day at school my first fight at 3 years of age my first song that I sung at 4 years of age things that I normally didnt remember I also saw myself slipping into a comaEverything was okay at first but then the playback in my brain went into an infinite loop when the order of events reached my accident It was repeatedly showing me what happened in those brief 2 seconds when my body had shut itself down and everything went black The eyes and the brain were still recording the events it seems And it was an unending loop It was painful and I was crying to make myself stop I screamed out at myself the third person me but I wouldnt listenthe first person me I dont know how much I screamed and how much I suffered fighting the endless battle with myself And then I fell asleep tired It was a timely dream of falling that woke myself up still in third person and had enough force to stop the recording from playingIn my dream I saw my grandmother and I were swinging in the playground when I was 4 I remember she swung so hard that it threw me off balance and I hurtled towards the ground from a height of 5 feet It was that falling sensation that saved me by waking me up Again my grandmothers memories had saved meAfter those events I quickly recovered Both my feet were to be amputated as the popliteal artery in both were snapped but the doctors healed them I started walking backwards on the 17th day and started walking front on the 22nd day I was discharged from the hospital on the 36th day and started college only after 20 days afterI dont know if I gave an appropriate answer to your question I just shared what I had feltThe most intriguing aspect of life is DEATH And the irony is unlike birth death is inevitable A human brain is such that it does not fear of what it knows it fears of what it doesn t like what happens after deathAfter reading endless tales of people sharing their postdeath experience humans have come down to two conclusions there is a white light between life and death and you meet other dead peopleA user on Quora recounts his frightening encounter with death and narrates the exact series of events that happened during the 52 seconds of his death We bet this spinechilling narration is something you have never heard or read before I have been dead for 52 seconds on the Operation Table and then again when I was in the ICU I slipped into coma This happened in 2012 when a truck crushed me under its 12 wheelsI still remember that as I inched closer to the huge gap that is between the first 4 wheels and the last 6 wheels of a long trailer truck my brain was in the process of diluting the colors from the world I could see everything was turning black and white as my body was preparing itself to take the blowWhen I finally fell and the last 6 wheels went over my spine and legs the pain was excruciating At that moment I had broken my entire rib cage my legs were crushed but they were still attached to my body My liver was cut in half and the half was floating inside my body My left kidney burst not being able to handle the pressure of the truck on me and I dislocated many many bones on my body A part of my face near the eyes flew off to reveal the bones underneath My circulatory system was devastated and I developed a heart blockageSo after giving anesthesia the doctors concluded that I had 5 chance of survival and they performed an experimental surgery on me for 8 hours between which I supposedly diedI know what others have told you but at that moment when I was dead I saw my recently deceased grandmother who was patting me on my temples Everything was in black and white Nothing except my eyes were moving so she started patting harder and called out my name she kept calling and calling and calling until I decided I would put my entire might to answer her I opened my mouth and gasped struggling for air My grandmother looked at me and smiled And then I came back to the real world and subconsciously felt the cold operating table and blaring AC inside the Theatre Maybe she had appeared before me to push back my spirit in my body so that I could live againA day after my operation my condition wasnt improving on top of that I was hallucinating and had a bad cold and was unable to breathe It was only then doctors found out my left lung was damaged and was not working properly and both of the lungs had fluid filled within them So they put me in an automatic breathing machine which pushes air into your lungs It is extremely painful and makes you extremely thirsty However I didnt last the night and slipped into a coma when nobody was lookingIt was then when I saw that my brain was playing back everything it had recorded for the 18 years I had lived in first person However I found out I can switch to third person on my will So I saw my own birth my first day at school my first fight at 3 years of age my first song that I sung at 4 years of age things that I normally didnt remember I also saw myself slipping into a comaEverything was okay at first but then the playback in my brain went into an infinite loop when the order of events reached my accident It was repeatedly showing me what happened in those brief 2 seconds when my body had shut itself down and everything went black The eyes and the brain were still recording the events it seems And it was an unending loop It was painful and I was crying to make myself stop I screamed out at myself the third person me but I wouldnt listenthe first person me I dont know how much I screamed and how much I suffered fighting the endless battle with myself And then I fell asleep tired It was a timely dream of falling that woke myself up still in third person and had enough force to stop the recording from playingIn my dream I saw my grandmother and I were swinging in the playground when I was 4 I remember she swung so hard that it threw me off balance and I hurtled towards the ground from a height of 5 feet It was that falling sensation that saved me by waking me up Again my grandmothers memories had saved meAfter those events I quickly recovered Both my feet were to be amputated as the popliteal artery in both were snapped but the doctors healed them I started walking backwards on the 17th day and started walking front on the 22nd day I was discharged from the hospital on the 36th day and started college only after 20 days afterI dont know if I gave an appropriate answer to your question I just shared what I had feltContent courtesy Quora
Reasons to Drink Warm Turmeric Water Every Morning
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Reasons to Drink Warm Turmeric Water Every Morning
Reasons to Drink Warm Turmeric Water Every Morning
Srivastava
1 Fights inflammation naturallyChronic inflammation is found to be a contributor to many common Western diseases It turns out that curcumin is very antiinflammatory It is so incredibly powerful that it matches and even succeeds the effectiveness of some antiinflammatory drugs2 Protects your brainCognitive disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer s are often linked to decreased levels of BrainDerived Neurotrophic Factor BDNF which is a type of growth hormone Researchers have discovered that curcumin positively influences the levels of BDNF and may help reverse certain brain diseases or agerelated decline of our brain functions3 AntiCancer PropertiesCurcumin a component of turmeric is a powerful antioxidant Antioxidants are substances that help protect your body from unstable molecules that can damage cellsThese benefits are only the tip of the iceberg of what turmeric can do for you4 Improves digestionResearch studies have shown that eating turmeric on a daily basis helps in releasing of bile which is believed to help in digestion of food5 Protect your heartCurcumin has shown to prevent blood clotting and remove plaque buildups in the arteries In a study published in the journal Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletinin 2011 researchers from Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciencesin Japan found that three weeks of supplementation with the turmeric compound curcumin significantly improved cardiac health in male rats who had been given an injection to induce an autoimmune disease of the heart6 Soothes symptoms of ArthritisA small 2012 study of RA patients showed that a curcumin product worked better on joint pain and swelling than a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug NSAID called diclofenac7 Delays aging and improves longevityCurcumin belongs to this group and it is one of the most potent therapeutic agents belonging to turmeric Free radicals and inflammation are believed to play a major role in aging and curcumin affects both8 Helps Reverse Type 2 DiabetesIn 2009 Biochemistry and Biophysical Research Communications published a study out of Auburn University that explored how supplementing with turmeric can help reverse diabetes9 Protects Your LiverTurmeric one of the most powerful foods for maintaining a healthy liver has been shown to actively protect the liver against toxic damage and even regenerate damaged liver cells Turmeric also boosts the natural production of bile shrinks engorged hepatic ducts and improves overall function of the gallbladder another bodypurifying organ10 Helps Alkalize Your BodyTurmeric is a High Alkaline Herb As you know cancer thrives in an acidic environment and doesn t survive in a normal more alkaline environment
Is 21st Dec 2012 DDay for Humanity
Blog By: CA Subramanian Iyer
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Blog By: CA Subramanian Iyer
Is 21st Dec 2012 DDay for Humanity
Is 21st Dec 2012 DDay for Humanity
CA Subramanian Iyer
BREAKING NEWS DATE 20TH DECEMBER 2012 As per latest reports available with NASA and Government agnecies worldwide D Day of th Earth has been postphoned to 21st December 3012 THIS BLOG DENIES ALL DOOMSDAY PREDICTION ON 21ST DECEMBER 2012 THE BLOG IS NETURAL AND SEEKS OPINIONS This blog is dedicated to Sarita Chaubey Spiritual Sister Credits to Posts made byDebayan Gupta Yona J Soumaya Krishan Sharma Cosmic Entity Ca Chander Shekar for sharing valuable Scientific and Vedantic information about 21122012 and Raj Ujjval Saha for his critical review of the blogMAJORITY OPINION SO FAR Science will be keeping its date with Spiruality on 21st December 2012 Latest important news REUTERS 28102012 Massive 77 mg earthquake hits British Columbia of Canada TOI 14092012 63 Mg Earquake shakes Indomesia Tsunami warning not issued Why Mayan Calendar is given so much importancThe Modern world belived that the Earth was fixed and was the center of the universe and the Sun Moon and stars rotated around Earth as stated in the Bible For the 1st time Nicolaus Copernicus rewrote the astomical laws in 1543 just before his death saying that earth was rotating the sun by publishing his epochal book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium Galileo agreed with Copernicus and was put under house arrest 4000 miles away in Central America the Mayans who were far advanced in astronomy had in 3125 BC had clear views about earth rotating the sun the planets stars Galaxy equinox etc and were maintaining the Mayan Calendar which made predictions millions of years into the future The Mayans Culture and knowledge was destroyed by the Spanish Conquest around 1590 1600 What ever has remained of thier knowledge has been now recognized as of great importance in the 20th Century About Mayan EmpireThe Mayan Empire centered in Central America reached the peak of its power and influence around the sixth century AD The Mayans were very advanced in hieroglyph writing calendarmaking and mathematics The Classic period spanned AD 250900 and saw the rise of major cities including Tikal in what is now Guatemala and the construction of vast stepped pyramidsThe Mayans meticulosuly maintianed a Calendar known as Long Count Knowlege of Mayan astronoimical calendars came from books produced centuries after their society declined The most famous is the Dresden Codex which dates from the 11th or 12th century The Dresden Codex was the summit artistically calligraphically and intellectually The Mayan calendar suddenly ends on 21st December 2012 which date we are fast approaching There has been a huge amount of controversial discussion going on as to why the Mayan Calendar has ended on 21st Dec 2012 What has destiny in store for us on that day The Mayan cities were abandoned by AD 900 Since the 19th century scholars have debated what might have caused this dramatic decline MAYAN CALENDAR Why is 21st December 2012 considered so importantThe date December 21st 2012 AD represents an extremely close conjunction of the Winter Solstice Sun with the crossing point of the Galactic Equator Equator of the Milky Way and the Ecliptic path of the Sun what the ancient Maya recognized as the Sacred TreeThis is confirmed by Astophysists and also spirutualists This is an event that has been coming to resonance very slowly over thousands and thousands of years It will come to resolution at exactly 1111 am GMT 1111 is a Star GatePortal Prime NO 130000 in the Long Count EARTH WOBBLING AROUND IN THE MILKY WAY As seen from the image above our Sun and planatery system wobbles in the Milky way and once in 25800 years alingns with the Milky Way Galatic Equator This alignment is expecected to take place on 21st December 2012 at 1111 GMT What does the alignment signifyScientists and astophysists say that the movement to wards the alignment and the alignment itself exposes our planatery system to increased doses of radiation bombardment from our Celestial neighbours increase in temperatures earthquakes tsunamies extreme climates droughts very heary rainfall snow fall etc as there will be an increase in the gavitational forces Added to this we are also in the middle of a Sun39s Pole Shit and too an uneven polar shit on the Sun as per the Hinode Obervatory Data which is also causing increse in Solar39storms earth quakes volcano activity etc We have in fact been experiencing major earthquakes tsunamies exceptionally heavy rainfall snowfall since 2005 and some of the heaviest in the 201112 USA has worst drought since 1956 due to extreme climatic conditions in 2012 There is also a reported increase in the Solar flare activityas shown in the image taken recentlyHeavy solar radiation bombarments was seen on 9th March 2012 and affected flights and telecom servies as reported in the press TOI 14072012 Biggest Solar Strom hits earth and more are predicted A stream of solar wind flowing from this coronal hole will reach Earth on July 1617th 2012 possibly stirring geomagnetic storms Highlatitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras Earthquake path during June July 2012If the have a close look at the recent eathquakes above 60 magnitude on the Reichter scale it seems to more focused in the Asian region Indonasia China Japan Taiwan Russia Hindukush mountians Pakistan Almost one major earthquake every week We have 23 non Asian earthqukes one in New Zeland Bulgaria and ArgentinaThere is a spurt in the no of earthquakes above 600 magniture on the Reichter scale in July 2012 almost one every day again more focused in Asia Storms during June July 2012 Focused more in USA UK and China with 13 mil affected in USA alone and severl dead in Tibet and Assam in India and also ChinaWhat does all this mean to usExcept for the Vedic scriptures Kali Yug will last for 4 32 000 yrs and only 5 000 yrs have elasped so far Media is strongly publicising that calendars like Mayan IChing Hopi calendars prophesize an end on 21st December 2012 AND a new beginning there after The big Question is END TO WHAT The world as we know it NO NO NO is the ans The Web Bot Project prediction about the Twin Towers proved accurate and the Twin Towers fell on 9112001 The Web Bot Project is also making predictions about 21st Dec 2012 which is worth reading You Tube also has predictions about 21st Dec 2012 predictions worth watching though there is more of media hype in them Links shared by Ujjwal 21122012 NASA AND MAYANational Geography 21072012 1600 year old Mayan TempLe discovered which says WORLD IN NOT ENDING IN 21ST DEC 2012 Dramatic New Maya Temple Found Covered With Giant Faces Archaeological gold mine illuminates connection between king and sun god El Zotz in what39s now Guatemala was one of the smaller kingdoms but one apparently bent on making an big impression By 2010 archaeologists working on a hilltop near the ancient city center had discovered 45foottall 13metertall Diablo Pyramid Atop it they found a royal palace and a tomb believed to hold the city39s first ruler who lived around AD 350 to 400Around the same time Houston and a colleague spotted the first hints of the Temple of the Night Sun behind the royal tomb on Diablo Pyramid Only recently though have excavations uncovered the unprecedented artworks under centuries of overgrowthThe sides of the temple are decorated with 5foottall 15metertall stucco masks showing the face of the sun god changing as he traverses the sky over the course of a dayRelated Unprecedented Maya Mural Found Contradicts 2012 39Doomsday39 Myth Also See End of World in 2012 Maya 39Doomsday39 Calendar ExplainedIt is not a end but only a new beginingDoes this mean 1 The end of this world on 21st Dec 2012 NO NO NO2Then an evolution in conscionoussness to a higher level Possible3 Peace prosperity will prevail on earth Quite Possible4 Day of Enlightment will dawn on 21st December 2012 Planetary positions are favorable for thisSCIENTIFIC OPINION BY JOYDEEP CKRABORTHY PARTICLE PHYSICSTAs a theoretical physicist I liked your spiritual part of the blog simply bcoz I am yet to understand the concept of conciousness but as far as the physical details are concerned well there is some misinfo Firstly according to the latest data NEITHER THE SUN NOR THE EARTH ARE GOING TO CROSS THE GALACTIC PLANE FOR THE NEXT 29 MILLION YEARS AND THE SUN IS AROUND 100 LIGHT YEARS AWAY FROM THE GALACTIC PLANE Then what is gonna happen in 2012 As far as physics is concerned nothing is gonna happen for the only special thing that is happening will be the fact that the earth is going to cross the equatorial plane in DECEMBER 2012 a thing that happens twice a yearNothing else is gonna happenAt the end when nothing will happen they will just extend the date to perhaps 2034 just like they did in 1998by the way these type of things were discussed in1998 too when there could relatively have been a greater cause for fear as the solstice points had crossed the galactic equator but we physicists then too knew that nothing was gonna happen as that was only a result of the coordinate system nomenclatureFor me the Mayan or any other calendar doesn39t hold significant as any physical reaction must have a corresponding physical action and in this case there is no such physical action Only a few completely unnatural things eg a large chunk of invisible dark matter coming towards us can cause such a strong excess gravitational field and I am 999999 sure about this that the Mayans could not have predicted theseWe should put a limitation to our imagination if we are devoid of facts as an evil mind is a devil39s workshop Things like extra solar flares or the shifting of poles till now are perceived to be completely normal for newer things like these keep on appearing every yearI keep a close watch on these type of things this year the media hype is making them noticeable to the general publicAnd as for the spirituality part I couldn39t grasp it I request u to please help me in this regardMAJORITY OPINION1 DOOMSDAY PREDICTION IS ONLY MEDIA HYPE TO MAKE MONEY2 INCREASE IN NATURAL CALAMITIES DUE TO GALATIC ALIGNMENT IS HAPPENING AND WILL CONTINUE TILL 2014 3 WE WILL BE EVOLVING TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CONSCIONOUSSNESS PROVIDED WE MAKE THE EFFORT Debayan Gupta Yona4Lightage Masters GIVE UP ALL NEGATIVE EMOTIONS LIKE GREED LUST JEALOUSY ANGER IF WE DO NOT GIVE UP NEGATIVITY WE WILL BE AFFECTED ADVERSELY SPREAD THE LIGHT OF LIFE IS THE MESSAGEINTERESTING INFORMATION Reuters 06082012 Super Solar strom will knock out power grids and casue severe damage 7 chances says Nasa1 NASA SAYS THAT SUNS39S POLES WILL REVERES END OF 2012 WHICH WILL RELEASE HIGH ENERGY PROTONS WHICH WILL IMPACT EARTH WITH SEVERE SOLAR STROMS AND AND SOLAR FLARES EARTH QUAKES AND VOLCANO ACTIVITY CHECK THIS LINK 2 HINODE MISSION CONFIRMS THAT SUNS POLE SHIFT IS IN PROGRESS3 HINDU 23042012 POLE REVERSAL IS UNEVEN NASA SUN WILL HAVE 4 POLES AS PER HINODE DATA 4 INCREASE IN SOLAR FLARES NOTICED SINCE MARCH 2012 DAILYGALAXY NASA5 BBC SAYS EVEN THOUGHT NOTHING MAY HAPPEN IT IS PRUDENT TO BE PREPARED CHECK THIS LINK5 As per TOI dt 06052012 one out of every 7 people think that the world will end on 21122012 6 Mayans din39t predict end of world on 21st December 2012 but only their calendar ended on that day and a new calendar began on 22nd December 2012 according to BBC News It also marks the date of the retun of thier GOd to earth8 Earth39s North pole shifting at faster rate of 40 Kms per year and one degree every 5 yrs is causing alarm 9 Cosmic Entity It is Sacred Triple Birth of the Sun for Mayans and not Doomsday on 2112201210 EarthSky 21122012 is only the end of a calander and begning of a new one and NOT end of the world Reuters dt 11052012 Archaeologial find at Xultan in Guatemala of Mayan Calendar and Murals of 2000 BC stun the world Does this find predict evolutoin of the human race Read On The Xultun find is the first find where all of the cycles have been found tied mathematically together in one place representing a calendar that stretches more than 7 000 years into the futureThe preservation of the 5000 year old artwork surprised archaeologists given the dwelling39s shallow depth The oldest known Mayan calendar found in Xuyan on 11052012 with predicitons running into million of years into the futureThis calendar is dated around 2000 BC long before the new civilized world became aware of astronomy in 1543 ADAstronomical tables including four long numbers that represent a cycle lasting up to 25 million days were found on the east wall The astronomical cycles and corrections were used to predict cycles of Mars and Venus and the lunar eclipses far into the future LATEST NEWS UPDATED ON 1409201252 REUTERS 28102012 Massive 77 mg earthquake hits British Columbia of Canada 51 REUTERS 01092012 Massive 71 earthquake shakes Columbia No casualities reported50 TOI 14092012 63 Mg Earquake shakes Indomesia Tsunami warning not issued 49 The Hindu 14092012 Volcaneo erupts in Guatemala Red Alert Alarm Sounded People being evacuated48 BBC 09092012 Nicaragua39s San Cristobal Volcano becomes active on 08092012 Forces massive evaquation47 CNN 08092012 Massive earthquake batters China 56 mg 80 dead and several missing46 REUTERS 06092012 Massive 76 Mag earth quake hit Costa Rica 2 dead and several burried Buildings collapse45The Hindu 31082012 Massive 79 Mag earth quqke hits Philippine Coast Tsunami warning issued44 CNN 28082012 A major Mag 74 Earthquake heits off Coast El Salvadore Tsunami warning issued43 Reuters 20082012 66 Mg hits Indonesia 2nd in two days 6 dead several missing What is happenning 42 Reuters 18082012 62 mg Earthquake hits Indonesia39s Sulawesi Island41 Reuters 15082012 Massive 75 Mg hits East Russian Coast Off Japan No Tsunami warning 40 Reuters 11082012 Two Massive earthquakes above 62 mg in Iran Kills more than 200 and 1500 injured Details awailted 39 Reuters 07082012 Zewzeland Volcano errupts after 100 yrs spewing fire ash and thounderous booms 38 Reuters 29072012 60 mag earthquake hits Pasific coast off Mexico37 Reuters 29072012 Earth Quake 65 strikes Paua New Guinea Coast No tsunami warning36 Swissinfo29072012 66 mag earthquake hits Indonesia35 Alertnet 27062012 600 mag earthquke hits Mauratius 34 Reuters 27072012h Severe tornado thunderstrom strikes New York 2 dead and one lac without electricity33 Reuters 22072012 Prediction of heaviest rans comes trueBeijing under seige Heaviest rains in 60 years nonstom on 212202012 having a range of 6718 inches70 reported dead and heavy damage to the Captial of China Flights cancelld and subways flooded 32 National Geogr 21072012 1600 year old Mayan TempLe discovered which says WORLD IN NOT ENDING IN 21ST DEC 201231 TOI 21072012 Newzeland hit by 58 mg Earthquake No dmages reproted 30 THe Hindu 19072012 Earthquake 57 mg shakes Hindukush Srinagar within a week29 BBC 19072012 Ice Berg the size of a city 120 sq km breaks off Another with an area of 800 sa km expected to break of shortly leading to catastrophy28REUTERS 18072012 Drought spreads to record levels in USA27 BBC 17072012 World economy in a precarious state due to eurozone crisis26 BBC 17072012 USA has worst drought since 1956 due to extreme climatic conditions in 201225 TOI DT 14072012 Massive Solar strom Class XL4 grade Solar flares to hit earth at 500 GMT on 14072012 with massive coronal mass ejection Communication satilites may be knocked out 24 HIndu 13072012 Hindukush Mountians Pakistan Afganistan Inda shaken by 65 Mg earthquake23 TOI 04072012 World wide inexplained erratic weather phenomanea perplexes scientists 22 Reuters 04072012tEarth quake 70 Mg rattles New Zeland no casualities repoted21 Reuters 03072012 Unpresented heat in Eastern USA for 3rd aday after severe strom paralysis 3 mil peope power grdis are damaged20 TOI 01072012 69 MG EQ hits south China Several dead and damaged caused19 Hindu 24062012 61 Mg earthquake hits Kamatchk peninsula in Russia 18 HINDU 24062012 57 mg earthquake hits Yunanan province in China 2 dead 17 TOI Dt 23062012 66 magniture earthquake hits Jatkarta in indonasia No damage or casuality reported so far16 REUTERS 06062012 60 Mag earthquake shakes Taiwan No casualities reportd15 CNN 05062012 62 M earthquake strikes Off Panama South Coast No casualities 14 USA TODAY 04062012 Earthquake 61mag shakes Jakarta Capital of Indonesia Details awaited13 NZHERAL 29052012 64 magnitured Earthquake reported in Argentina Details of casualities awaited12 TOI 2952012 600 magnitude earthquake hits Italy 2nd time in a weekHeavy damage to property 25 reported dead11 TOI 28052012 Brazilian Astronomer gives proof of existenance of Planet X beyond Pluto It is 4 times the size of Jupiter CNN report is now confirmed about Planet Tyche or Nibiru Read more about this on View Zone 10 24052012 Novinite Earthquake 600 mag hits Bulgaria Severe damage caused No deaths reported9 CNN 23052012 Earthquake 600 magnitude hits Italy 7 dead and severe damage caused 8 TOI DT 21052012 Asteroid weighing 1 40 000 tons may come very close to earth on 13th Feb 2013 Massive damage to life property expected Communications and Nuclear sites will be damaged But earth will not be destroyed Is this the Planet X or Neibru Read TOI 7 The Hindu 23042012 Meteor hits Sierra Neveda Mountians in USAExplosion seen over a 960 Kms radius6 BBC NEWS 21042012 Mexico39s Popocathepetl Volcano spews burning rocks and evacuation is in progress50 HT 21042012 Earthquake 68 on RS in Indonesia Paupa4 REUTERS 17042012 Strong earth quakes rock Chile measuring 65 on the RS3 REUTERS 11042012 One Meter high Tsuami and 87 Magnitude earthquake off Indonesia Alert sounded2 TOI 03042012 Japan warns of future risk of 34 meter 112 feet high tsunami in the wake of a massive earthquake APPRECIATIONS Samrudhi Dash 10082012 The best blog that I have ever read And i fully agree with u Hats Off from me Stan Dorman 05072012 0609 pmThis is the best post i39ve read so far on Rumors of Doomsday 21st Dec 2012Thanks a lot for this awesome postManmohan Kumar Jul 02 2012 at 0142 pmIyer this blog literally picked from trashes 2 times at least is renovated beyond belief Keep it upAtul Bafna Jun 27 2012 at 0721 pmThanks nice work On December 21 2012 a rare cosmic alignment including this solar system will experience a major event that happens only every 258 million years The last time no humans lived on EarthPromila Ummatt Jun 26 2012 at 0347 pmExcellent blog keeping fingers crossed God knows BESTIsha Singh Jun 25 2012 at 0610 pmGood informationfor now lets just live in the present momentArchana Kumar Jun 24 2012 at 0753 pmThank you sir for such a nice and informative blogAmeen Syed Jun 20 2012 at 0617 pmIndeed the event is a fact and well explained in the blogSunita Rajiv Jun 18 2012 at 0629 pmThanks a lot for sharing such valuable information with us allIt will interest my students and fascinate people like mePriyanka Ravish Jun 18 2012 at 0318 pmSir A very good blog to be read I go with your finishing touch LETS DENY ALL RUMORS OF DOOMS DAY Shiva Prasad Mb Jun 16 2012 at 0520 pmI am better informed after reading the article Many thanks for writing the article which is full of factsSavarnya Abhishek Jun 15 2012 at 0649 pmA superb compilation of factsManoj Kumar Baranwal Jun 15 2012 at 0127 pmThanks for a great Blog Mr Subramanian Iyervery informativevery interestingPartha Mahavishva Jun 14 2012 at 0658 pmVery nice and Informative blog TOI 04032012 Boom for Business of Boom HOW TO SURVIVE THE END OF THE WORLD The internet is abuzz with rumours that the French town of Bugarach will survive the apocalypse because of its magical mountain The mayor wants the army brought in as we get closer to the end of the world The Mayans said the world will end on Dec 21 So central America is getting a sudden influx of tourists including many from India And yes sales of underground bunkers have gone up Atul Sethi TNNMAYAN TEMPLETHIS CARTOON FROM WEB BLOT SAYS ALL THAT IS TO BE SAID ABOUT 21ST DECEMBER 2012 THIS BLOG SPECIFICALLY DENIES ALL RUMORS OF DOOMSDAY ON 21ST DEC 2012
British blogger shares her experience on being Masturbated at in public placetwice
Blog By: Shruti Srivastava
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Blog By: Shruti Srivastava
British blogger shares her experience on being Masturbated at in public placetwice
British blogger shares her experience on being Masturbated at in public placetwice
Shruti Srivastava
She has a soul that loves to travel and experience new adventures and a voice that doesn t mind letting people know to keep their minds in their own businesses So when Lucy Hemmings a British blogger student settled in Mumbai India decided to share her experiences of traveling in India she didn t shy away from mentioning incidences where she was masturbated at in public By the time she turned 26 Lucy had traveled at least half of the world before she decided to settle in Mumbai She spent some eventful years in India most of her experiences went pleasant and a few did disturb her stay In her blog she shared with fellow travelers about two incidences where she was openly masturbated by Indian men here s what she wrote A few days ago I was sitting in a bus stop in Mumbai India The local guy that I had paid no particular attention to moved closer From the corner of my eye to my horror I realised that he had pulled out his penis and was masturbating staring intently at me I felt sickAs much as I hate to admit it this isn t the first time it s happened to me In fact chances are if you ve ever been to India you ll have bumped into at least one traveller who has experienced this sort of behaviour or heard of someone else who it has happened to I ve spent countless hours with other travellers picking apart why men do it why they seem to think it s okay why dignity seems to disappear when there s foreign female flesh on showThe first time this happened to me was back in 2012 I was 23 and it was my first trip to a developing country Along the way I d met an Australian girl Gemma and we ended up spending 3 months or so travelling India together At the time we were wandering through Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram Or The Beatles Ashram to you and I in the northern town of Rishikesh when I spotted a man hiding in the bushes watching us and wankingMy horror quickly turned to hysterical laughter Gemma and I screamed profanities laughed pointed and threw rocks at him Laughing empowered me I felt we sent a very clear message that we weren t intimidated by him and that we thought he was pathetic It was because of this that the next time a man masturbated in front of me I was travelling alone at this point and in a train station I felt perfectly comfortable laughing as loudly as I could catching the attention of every person in that station screaming LOOK AT THIS DISGUSTING MAN WITH HIS TINY PENIS OUT HOW EMBARRASSING The man skulked off I laughed for a while and that was it I spent no more time thinking about itFast forward three years and to the man a few days ago I m not entirely sure why I felt so different and why this time affected me so much Obviously I m a few years older and an ounce or so more careful but I still feel like I m the same freespirited and optimistic person why was this experience so difficult for me For days afterwards I was nervous walking anywhere on my own I stopped making eye contact at anyone in the street and I started carrying a pocket knife I only ate in busy restaurants sitting near families with children and I stopped smiling at any men even the familiar faces of men who ran the guesthouse I was staying inAfter much much deliberation and analysis of my own feelings I realised I was angry for three reasonsThis man took away my freedomI LOVE that I m a yes girl I love that if an opportunity comes my way then rarely do I think through the reasons why I shouldn t I say yes and I pack my bags I follow my heart but I listen to my head I love that I have so many stories that start with Well I got talking with this guy in a restaurant and next we re exploring an abandoned village or Yeah I met this couple and next thing you know I m dancing in their wedding Both true storiesMy adventurous and curious nature is something I hold so dearly as a part of who I am but I felt like this disgusting pervert of a man had snatched it away from me For the three days following that experience I have very little to talk about I kept myself to myself and questioned decisions I had made in the past Was I stupid to have taken what I would now call a riskHe made me question whether I was right to defend India throughout the rape trials and India in general actuallyThroughout the widely publicized Delhi bus rape case I felt like my love for India was constantly being tested People in my local town who knew nothing more about India than what a chicken korma tastes like made scathing comments on what a filthy country it is and how wrong Indian culture is On a normal day I am totally besotted with India I m so willing to talk of the endless reasons why India is without a doubt my favourite country to travel and I ve recurrently made it my mission to convince others that they should travel there too Throughout the trial I devoted ludicrous amounts of time explaining to idiots who frequented the bar I was working in why they were wrong and why this news story was only one miniscule aspect of life in IndiaI was beginning to question these original feelings and wondering if the miniscule aspect was in fact far more serious and prevalent than I had recently observed through my rosetinted glassesI was playing by India s rules why wasn t India playing backThroughout the day here in India I cover myself completely I usually dress in Indian clothes a salwar kameez a type of long tunic and loose trousers even when it is swelteringly hot I look at men wearing shorts with envy and wish I could put on my hotpants and bikini top On the rare occasion an opportunity to swim presents itself I still wear long trousers and a long shirt despite the fact that wearing clothes makes doing handstands really difficult Except of course in Goa the Magaluf of IndiaI was once in Amritsar a city in the north of India to see The Golden Temple the holiest place on earth for Sikhs when an American girl walked past me in hotpants I felt so cross that this girl was disobeying India s customsAnyway my point is is that I make a huge effort to fit in with Indian traditions when I m here Is it too much to ask for this man to wait twenty minutes until he s home to beat one outI decided to put some feelers out for other people with similar experiences I put up a message on a Travel Blogging Community I belong to asking if people had ever had comparable encounters When I logged in the next day I was horrified to see that it was happening to people every dayOne girl Aleah Phils Of Solitary Wanderer experience stood out the most to me she was repeatedly groped during Holi festival in Varanasi India and had learned that this type of harassment actually has a name Eve Teasing Yes Eve as in Adam and Eve referring to the temptress nature of Eve and disturbingly placing responsibility on the woman as the tease After I read her blog post I could only imagine how horrible this was for herScarily this wasn t just happening in India in fact in just one day I had heard from over 45 girls who had experienced this in over 20 countries I d even heard from a handful of men who d been flashed at or gropedI hit the threeday mark of feeling uneasy I decided I absolutely would not allow this man and his tiny penis to make me feel this way After I had gone through the three reasons why I had felt so frustrated I felt slightly better It seems knowledge really is power The support from others that had similar experiences helped too In a slightly depressing sort of way But in short I think I just made a conscious decision not to allow this man to take who I am as a person As I said before I love smiling at people Why should I be made to stop now There are far far more incredible adventures that have come from smiling than horrible ones like this Courtesy LucySmilesAway
GURUDEV RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
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GURUDEV RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
GURUDEV RABINDRA NATH TAGORE
Pravin Agrawal
Tagore c 1915 the year he was knighted byGeorge V Tagore repudiated his knighthood in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 19191Signature in Bengali scriptRabindranath Tagore Bengali 7 May 1861 7 August 1941 sobriquet Gurudev was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region39s literature and music Author of Gitanjali and its profoundly sensitive fresh and beautiful verse 2 he became the first nonEuropean to win theNobel Prize in Literature in 19133 In translation his poetry was viewed as spiritual and mercurial his seemingly mesmeric personality flowing hair and otherworldly dress earned him a prophetlike reputation in the West His elegant prose and magical poetry remain largely unknown outside Bengal4 Tagore introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India5A Pirali Brahmin6789 from Calcutta Tagore wrote poetry as an eightyearold10 At age sixteen he released his first substantial poems under the pseudonymBh nusi ha Sun Lion which were seized upon by literary authorities as longlost classics511 He graduated to his first short stories and dramas and the aegis of his birth name by 1877 As a humanist universalist internationalist and strident antinationalist he denounced the Raj and advocated independence from Britain As an exponent of the Bengal Renaissance he advanced a vast canon that comprised paintings sketches and doodles hundreds of texts and some two thousand songs his legacy endures also in the institution he founded VisvaBharati UniversityTagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures His novels stories songs dancedramas and essays spoke to topics political and personal Gitanjali Song Offerings Gora FairFaced and GhareBaire The Home and the World are his bestknown works and his verse short stories and novels were acclaimed or panned for their lyricism colloquialism naturalism and unnatural contemplation His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems the Republic of India39s Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh39s Amar Shonar Bangla The composer of Sri Lanka39s national anthem Sri Lanka Matha was a student of Tagore and the song is inspired by Tagore39s style 12Contents show Early life 1861 1878Main article Early life of Rabindranath TagoreThe youngest of thirteen surviving children Tagore was born in the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta India to parents Debendranath Tagore 1817 1905 and Sarada Devi 1830 1875 13 Tagore family patriarchs were the Brahmo founders of the Adi Dharm faith The loyalist Prince Dwarkanath Tagore who employed European estate managers and visited with Victoria and other royalty was his paternal grandfather14 Debendranath had formulated the Brahmoist philosophies espoused by his friend Ram Mohan Roy and became focal in Brahmo society after Roy39s death1516The last two days a storm has been raging similar to the description in my song Jhauro jhauro borishe baridhara amidst it a hapless homeless man drenched from top to toe standing on the roof of his steamer the last two days I have been singing this song over and over as a result the pelting sound of the intense rain the wail of the wind the sound of the heaving Gorai River have assumed a fresh life and found a new language and I have felt like a major actor in this new musical drama unfolding before me Letter to Indira Devi17Rabi was raised mostly by servants his mother had died in his early childhood and his father travelled widely18 His home hosted the publication of literary magazines theatre and recitals of both Bengali and Western classical music featured there regularly as the Jorasanko Tagores were the center of a large and artloving social group Tagore39s oldest brother Dwijendranath was a respected philosopher and poet Another brother Satyendranath was the first Indian appointed to the elite and formerly allEuropean Indian Civil Service Yet another brother Jyotirindranath was a musician composer and playwright19 His sisterSwarnakumari became a novelist Jyotirindranath39s wife Kadambari slightly older than Tagore was a dear friend and powerful influence Her abrupt suicide in 1884 left him for years profoundly distraughtTagore largely avoided classroom schooling and preferred to roam the manor or nearby Bolpur and Panihati idylls which the family visited2021 His brother Hemendranath tutored and physically conditioned him by having him swim the Ganges or trek through hills by gymnastics and by practicing judo and wrestling He learned drawing anatomy geography and history literature mathematics Sanskrit and English his least favorite subject22 Tagore loathed formal education his scholarly travails at the local Presidency College spanned a single day Years later he held that proper teaching does not explain things proper teaching stokes curiosity23Sketch by Gaganendranath Tagore of Rabi in 1877 the year of the first Bh nusi ha poem It knocks at the doors of the mind If any boy is asked to give an account of what is awakened in him by such knocking he will probably say something silly For what happens within is much bigger than what comes out in words Those who pin their faith on university examinations as the test of education take no account of this23 After he underwent an upanayan initiation at age eleven he and his father left Calcutta in February 1873 for a monthslong tour of the Raj They visited his father39s Santiniketanestate and rested in Amritsar en route to the Himalayan Dhauladhars their destination being the remote hill station at Dalhousie Along the way Tagore read biographies his father tutored him in history astronomy and Sanskrit declensions He read biographies of Benjamin Franklin among other figures they discussed Edward Gibbon39s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and they examined the poetry of K lid sa24 In midApril they reached the station and at 2 300 metres 7 546 ft they settled into a house that sat atop Bakrota Hill Tagore was taken aback by the region39s deep green gorges alpine forests and mossy streams and waterfalls25 They stayed there for several months and adopted a regime of study and privation that included daily twilight baths taken in icy water2627He returned to Jorosanko and completed a set of major works by 1877 one of them a long poem in the Maithili style of Vidyapati they were published pseudonymously Regional experts accepted them as the lost works of Bh nusimha a newly discovered 17thcentury Vaishnava poet28 He debuted the shortstory genre in Bengali with Bhikharini The Beggar Woman 2930 and his Sandhya Sangit 1882 includes the famous poem Nirjharer Swapnabhanga The Rousing of the Waterfall Servants subjected him to an almost ludicrous regimentation in a phase he dryly reviled as the servocracy31 His head was waterdunked to quiet him32 He irked his servants by refusing food he was confined to chalk circles in parody of Sita39s forest trial in the Ramayana and he was regaled with the heroic criminal exploits of Bengal39s outlawdacoits33 Because the Jorasanko manor was in an area of north Calcutta rife with poverty and prostitution 34 he was forbidden to leave it for any purpose other than traveling to school He thus became preoccupied with the world outside and with nature Of his 1873 visit to Santiniketan he wrote What I could not see did not take me long to get over what I did see was quite enough There was no servant rule and the only ring which encircled me was the blue of the horizon drawn around these solitudes by their presiding goddess Within this I was free to move about as I chose35 Shelaidaha 1878 1901Because Debendranath wanted his son to become a barrister Tagore enrolled at a public school in Brighton East Sussex England in 187817 He stayed for several months at a house that the Tagore family owned near Brighton and Hove in Medina Villas in 1877 his nephew and niece Suren and Indira Devi the children of Tagore39s brother Satyendranath were sent together with their mother Tagore39s sisterinlaw to live with him36 He briefly read law at University College London but again left school He opted instead for independent study of Shakespeare Religio Medici Coriolanus and Antony and Cleopatra Lively English Irish and Scottish folk tunes impressed Tagore whose own tradition of Nidhubabuauthored kirtans and tappas and Brahmo hymnody was subdued1737 In 1880 he returned to Bengal degreeless resolving to reconcile European novelty with Brahmo traditions taking the best from each38 In 1883 he married Mrinalini Devi born Bhabatarini 1873 1902 they had five children two of whom died in childhood39Photo by John Rothenstein Hampstead 1912In 1890 Tagore began managing his vast ancestral estates in Shelaidaha today a region of Bangladesh he was joined by his wife and children in 1898 Tagore released hisManasi poems 1890 among his bestknown work40 As Zamindar Babu Tagore crisscrossed the riverine holdings in command of the Padma the luxurious family barge He collected mostly token rents and blessed villagers who in turn honoured him with banquets occasionally of dried rice and sour milk41 He met Gagan Harkara through whom he became familiar with Baul Lalon Shah whose folk songs greatly influenced Tagore42 Tagore worked to popularise Lalon39s songs The period 1891 1895 Tagore39sSadhana period named after one of Tagore39s magazines was his most productive18 in these years he wrote more than half the stories of the threevolume 84storyGalpaguchchha29 Its ironic and grave tales examined the voluptuous poverty of an idealised rural Bengal43Santiniketan 1901 1932Main article Middle years of Rabindranath TagoreIn 1901 Tagore moved to Santiniketan to found an ashram with a marblefloored prayer hall The Mandir an experimental school groves of trees gardens a library44 There his wife and two of his children died His father died in 1905 He received monthly payments as part of his inheritance and income from the Maharaja of Tripura sales of his family39s jewelry his seaside bungalow in Puri and a derisory 2 000 rupees in book royalties45 He gained Bengali and foreign readers alike he published Naivedya 1901 and Kheya 1906 and translated poems into free verse In November 1913 Tagore learned he had won that year39s Nobel Prize in Literature the Swedish Academyappreciated the idealistic and for Westerners accessible nature of a small body of his translated material focussed on the 1912 Gitanjali Song Offerings46 In 1915 the British Crown granted Tagore a knighthood He renounced it after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacreIn 1921 Tagore and agricultural economist Leonard Elmhirst set up the Institute for Rural Reconstruction later renamed Shriniketan or Abode of Welfare in Surul a village near the ashram With it Tagore sought to moderate Gandhi39s Swaraj protests which he occasionally blamed for British India39s perceived mental and thus ultimately colonial decline47 He sought aid from donors officials and scholars worldwide to free villages from the shackles of helplessness and ignorance by vitalising knowledge4849 In the early 1930s he targeted ambient abnormal caste consciousness and untouchability He lectured against these he penned Dalit heroes for his poems and his dramas and he campaigned successfully to open Guruvayoor Temple to Dalits5051Twilight years 1932 1941Main article Latter life of Rabindranath TagoreIn Berlin 1930Tagore39s life as a peripatetic litterateur affirmed his opinion that human divisions were shallow During a May 1932 visit to a Bedouin encampment in the Iraqi desert the tribal chief told him that Our prophet has said that a true Muslim is he by whose words and deeds not the least of his brothermen may ever come to any harm Tagore confided in his diary I was startled into recognizing in his words the voice of essential humanity52 To the end Tagore scrutinised orthodoxy and in 1934 he struck That year an earthquake hit Bihar and killed thousands Gandhi hailed it as seismic karma as divine retribution avenging the oppression of Dalits Tagore rebuked him for his seemingly ignominious inferences53 He mourned the perennial poverty of Calcutta and the socioeconomic decline of Bengal He detailed these newly plebeian aesthetics in an unrhymed hundredline poem whose technique of searing doublevision foreshadowed Satyajit Ray39s film Apur Sansar5455 Fifteen new volumes appeared among them prosepoem works Punashcha 1932 Shes Saptak 1935 and Patraput 1936 Experimentation continued in his prosesongs and dancedramas Chitra 1914 Shyama1939 and Chandalika 1938 and in his novels Dui Bon 1933 Malancha 1934 and Char Adhyay 1934Clouds come floating into my life no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky Verse 292 Stray Birds 1916Tagore39s remit expanded to science in his last years as hinted in VisvaParichay 1937 collection of essays His respect for scientific laws and his exploration of biology physics and astronomy informed his poetry which exhibited extensive naturalism and verisimilitude56 He wove the process of science the narratives of scientists into stories in Se 1937 Tin Sangi 1940 and Galpasalpa 1941 His last five years were marked by chronic pain and two long periods of illness These began when Tagore lost consciousness in late 1937 he remained comatose and near death for a time This was followed in late 1940 by a similar spell He never recovered Poetry from these valetudinary years is among his finest5758 A period of prolonged agony ended with Tagore39s death on 7 August 1941 aged eighty he was in an upstairs room of the Jorasanko mansion he was raised in5960 The date is still mourned61 A K Sen brother of the first chief election commissioner received dictation from Tagore on 30 July 1941 a day prior to a scheduled operation his last poem62 I39m lost in the middle of my birthday I want my friends their touch with the earth39s last love I will take life39s final offering I will take the human39s last blessing Today my sack is empty I have given completely whatever I had to give In return if I receive anything some love some forgiveness then I will take it with me when I step on the boat that crosses to the festival of the wordless end TravelsAt the Majlis Tehran 193263Between 1878 and 1932 Tagore set foot in more than thirty countries on five continents64 In 1912 he took a sheaf of his translated works to England where they gained attention from missionary and Gandhi prot g Charles F Andrews Irish poet William Butler Yeats Ezra Pound Robert Bridges Ernest Rhys Thomas Sturge Moore and others65 Yeats wrote the preface to the English translation of Gitanjali Andrews joined Tagore at Santiniketan In November 1912 Tagore began touring the United States66and the United Kingdom staying in Butterton Staffordshire with Andrews39s clergymen friends67 From May 1916 until April 1917 he lectured in Japan and the United States68 He denounced nationalism69 His essay Nationalism in India was scorned and praised it was admired by Romain Rolland and other pacifists70Our passions and desires are unruly but our character subdues these elements into a harmonious whole Does something similar to this happen in the physical world Are the elements rebellious dynamic with individual impulse And is there a principle in the physical world which dominates them and puts them into an orderly organization Interviewed by Einstein 14 April 193071Shortly after returning home the 63yearold Tagore accepted an invitation from the Peruvian government He travelled to Mexico Each government pledged US100 000 to his school to commemorate the visits72 A week after his 6 November 1924 arrival in Buenos Aires 73 an ill Tagore shifted to the Villa Miralr o at the behest of Victoria Ocampo He left for home in January 1925 In May 1926 Tagore reached Naples the next day he met Mussolini in Rome74 Their warm rapport ended when Tagore pronounced upon Il Duce39s fascist finesse75 He had earlier enthused without any doubt he is a great personality There is such a massive vigour in that head that it reminds one of Michael Angelo s chisel A firebath of fascism was to have educed the immortal soul of Italy clothed in quenchless light76On 14 July 1927 Tagore and two companions began a fourmonth tour of Southeast Asia They visited Bali Java Kuala Lumpur Malacca Penang Siam and Singapore The resultant travelogues compose Jatri 192977 In early 1930 he left Bengal for a nearly yearlong tour of Europe and the United States Upon returning to Britain and as his paintings exhibited in Paris and London he lodged at a Birmingham Quaker settlement He wrote his Oxford Hibbert Lectures and spoke at the annual London Quaker meet78 There addressing relations between the British and the Indians a topic he would tackle repeatedly over the next two years Tagore spoke of a dark chasm of aloofness79 He visited Aga Khan III stayed at Dartington Hall toured Denmark Switzerland and Germany from June to midSeptember 1930 then went on into the Soviet Union80 In April 1932 Tagore intrigued by the Persian mystic Hafez was hosted by Reza Shah Pahlavi8182 In his other travels Tagore interacted with Henri Bergson Albert Einstein Robert Frost Thomas Mann George Bernard Shaw HG Wells and Romain Rolland838485 Visits to Persia and Iraq in 1932 and Sri Lanka in 1933 composed Tagore39s final foreign tour and his dislike of communalism and nationalism only deepened52WorksMain article Works of Rabindranath TagoreDancing Girl undated oiloncanvasTagore39s Bengalilanguage initials are worked into this RoTho wooden seal stylistically similar to designs used in traditional Haida carvings Tagore embellished his manuscripts with such art86Known mostly for his poetry Tagore wrote novels essays short stories travelogues dramas and thousands of songs Of Tagore39s prose his short stories are perhaps most highly regarded he is indeed credited with originating the Bengalilanguage version of the genre His works are frequently noted for their rhythmic optimistic and lyrical nature Such stories mostly borrow from deceptively simple subject matter commoners Tagore39s nonfiction grappled with history linguistics and spirituality He wrote autobiographies His travelogues essays and lectures were compiled into several volumes including Europe Jatrir Patro Letters from Europe and Manusher Dhormo The Religion of Man His brief chat with Einstein Note on the Nature of Reality is included as an appendix to the latter On the occasion of Tagore39s 150th birthday an anthology titled Kalanukromik Rabindra Rachanabali of the total body of his works is currently being published in Bengali in chronological order This includes all versions of each work and fills about eighty volumes87 In 2011 Harvard University Press collaborated with VisvaBharati University to publish The Essential Tagore the largest anthology of Tagore39s works available in English it was edited by Fakrul Alam and Radha Chakravarthy and marks the 150th anniversary of Tagore s birth88Music and artTagore composed 2 230 songs and was a prolific painter His songs compose rabindrasangit Tagore Song which merges fluidly into his literature most of which poems or parts of novels stories or plays alike were lyricised Influenced by the thumri style of Hindustani music they ran the entire gamut of human emotion ranging from his early dirgelike Brahmo devotional hymns to quasierotic compositions89 They emulated the tonal color of classical ragas to varying extents Some songs mimicked a given raga39s melody and rhythm faithfully others newly blended elements of different ragas90 Yet about ninetenths of his work was not bhanga gaan the body of tunes revamped with fresh value from select Western Hindustani Bengali folk and other regional flavours external to Tagore39s own ancestral culture17 Scholars have attempted to gauge the emotive force and range of Hindustani ragas the pathos of the purabi raga reminded Tagore of the evening tears of a lonely widow while kanara was the confused realization of a nocturnal wanderer who had lost his way In bhupali he seemed to hear a voice in the wind saying 39stop and come hither39Paraj conveyed to him the deep slumber that overtook one at night s end17 Reba Som Rabindranath Tagore The Singer and His Song91Tagore influenced sitar maestro Vilayat Khan and sarodiyas Buddhadev Dasgupta and Amjad Ali Khan90 His songs are widely popular and undergird the Bengali ethos to an extent perhaps rivaling Shakespeare39s impact on the Englishspeaking world It is said that his songs are the outcome of five centuries of Bengali literary churning and communal yearning Dhan Gopal Mukerji has said that these songs transcend the mundane to the aesthetic and express all ranges and categories of human emotion The poet gave voice to all big or small rich or poor The poor Ganges boatman and the rich landlord air their emotions in them They birthed a distinctive school of music whose practitioners can be fiercely traditional novel interpretations have drawn severe censure in both West Bengal and BangladeshFor Bengalis the songs39 appeal stemming from the combination of emotive strength and beauty described as surpassing even Tagore39s poetry was such that the Modern Review observed that there is in Bengal no cultured home where Rabindranath39s songs are not sung or at least attempted to be sung Even illiterate villagers sing his songs Arthur Strangways of The Observer introduced nonBengalis torabindrasangit in The Music of Hindostan calling it a vehicle of a personality that go behind this or that system of music to that beauty of sound which all systems put out their hands to seize92In 1971 Amar Shonar Bangla became the national anthem of Bangladesh It was written ironically to protest the 1905 Partition of Bengal along communal lines lopping Muslimmajority East Bengal from Hindudominated West Bengal was to avert a regional bloodbath Tagore saw the partition as a ploy to upend the independence movement and he aimed to rekindle Bengali unity and tar communalism Jana Gana Mana was written in shadhubhasha a Sanskritised register of Bengali and is the first of five stanzas of a Brahmo hymn that Tagore composed It was first sung in 1911 at a Calcutta session of theIndian National Congress and was adopted in 1950 by the Constituent Assembly of the Republic of India as its national anthemAt sixty Tagore took up drawing and painting successful exhibitions of his many works which made a debut appearance in Paris upon encouragement by artists he met in the south of France93 were held throughout Europe He was likely redgreen color blind resulting in works that exhibited strange colour schemes and offbeat aesthetics Tagore was influenced by scrimshaw from northern New Ireland Haidacarvings from British Columbia and woodcuts by Max Pechstein86 His artist39s eye for his handwriting were revealed in the simple artistic and rhythmic leitmotifs embellishing the scribbles crossouts and word layouts of his manuscripts Some of Tagore39s lyrics corresponded in a synesthetic sense with particular paintings17TheatreWith niece Indira Devi inValmiki Pratibha 1881At sixteen Tagore led his brother Jyotirindranath39s adaptation of Moli re39s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme94 At twenty he wrote his first dramaopera Valmiki Pratibha The Genius of Valmiki In it the pandit Valmiki overcomes his sins is blessed by Saraswati and compiles the R m yana95 Through it Tagore explores a wide range of dramatic styles and emotions including usage of revamped kirtans and adaptation of traditional English and Irish folk melodies as drinking songs96 Another play Dak Ghar The Post Office describes the child Amal defying his stuffy and puerile confines by ultimately falling asleep hinting his physical death A story with borderless appeal gleaning rave reviews in Europe Dak Ghar dealt with death as in Tagore39s words spiritual freedom from the world of hoarded wealth and certified creeds9798 In the Nazibesieged Warsaw Ghetto Polish doctoreducator Janusz Korczak had orphans in his care stage The Post Office in July 194299 In The King of Children biographer Betty Jean Lifton suspected that Korczak agonising over whether one should determine when and how to die was easing the children into accepting death100101102 In midOctober the Nazis sent them to Treblinka103In days long gone by I can see the King39s postman coming down the hillside alone a lantern in his left hand and on his back a bag of letters climbing down for ever so long for days and nights and where at the foot of the mountain the waterfall becomes a stream he takes to the footpath on the bank and walks on through the rye then comes the sugarcane field and he disappears into the narrow lane cutting through the tall stems of sugarcanes then he reaches the open meadow where the cricket chirps and where there is not a single man to be seen only the snipe wagging their tails and poking at the mud with their bills I can feel him coming nearer and nearer and my heart becomes glad Amal in The Post Office 1914104 but the meaning is less intellectual more emotional and simple The deliverance sought and won by the dying child is the same deliverance which rose before his imagination when once in the early dawn he heard amid the noise of a crowd returning from some festival this line out of an old village song Ferryman take me to the other shore of the river It may come at any moment of life though the child discovers it in death for it always comes at the moment when the I seeking no longer for gains that cannot be assimilated with its spirit is able to say All my work is thine 105 W B Yeats Preface The Post Office 1914His other works fuse lyrical flow and emotional rhythm into a tight focus on a core idea a break from prior Bengali drama Tagore sought the play of feeling and not of action In 1890 he released what is regarded as his finest drama Visarjan Sacrifice95 It is an adaptation of Rajarshi an earlier novella of his A forthright denunciation of a meaningless and cruel superstitious rites 106 the Bengali originals feature intricate subplots and prolonged monologues that give play to historical events in seventeenthcentury Udaipur The devout Maharaja of Tripura is pitted against the wicked head priest Raghupati His latter dramas were more philosophical and allegorical in nature these included Dak Ghar Another is Tagore39s Chandalika Untouchable Girl which was modeled on an ancient Buddhist legend describing how Ananda the Gautama Buddha39s disciple asks a tribal girl for water107In Raktakarabi Red or Blood Oleanders a kleptocrat rules over the residents of Yakshapuri He and his retainers exploits his subjects who are benumbed by alcohol and numbered like inventory by forcing them to mine gold for him The naive maidenheroine Nandini rallies her subjectcompatriots to defeat the greed of the realm39s sardar class with the morally roused king39s belated help Skirting the goodvsevil trope the work pits a vital and joyous l se majest against the monotonous fealty of the king39s varletry giving rise to an allegorical struggle akin to that found in Animal Farm or Gulliver39s Travels108 The original though prized in Bengal long failed to spawn a free and comprehensible translation and its archaic and sonorous didacticism failed to attract interest from abroad3 Chitrangada Chandalika and Shyama are other key plays that have dancedrama adaptations which together are known as Rabindra Nritya NatyaNovelsTagore wrote eight novels and four novellas among them Chaturanga Shesher Kobita Char Odhay and Noukadubi Ghare Baire The Home and the World through the lens of the idealistic zamindarprotagonist Nikhil repudiates the frogmarch of nativism terrorism and religious querulousness popular among segments of the Swadeshi movement A frank expression of Tagore39s conflicted sentiments it was conceived of during a 1914 bout of depression The novel ends in grody HinduMuslim interplay and Nikhil39s likely death from a head wound109Gora nominated by many Bengali critics as his finest tale raises controversies regarding connate identity and its ultimate fungibility As with Ghare Baire matters of selfidentity j ti personal freedom and religion are lividly vivisected in a context of family and romance110 In it an Irish boy orphaned in the Sepoy Mutiny is raised by Hindus as the titular gora whitey Ignorant of his foreign origins he chastises Hindu religious backsliders out of love for the indigenous Indians and solidarity with them against his hegemoncompatriots He falls for a Brahmo girl compelling his worried foster father to reveal his lost past and cease his nativist zeal As a true dialectic advancing arguments for and against strict traditionalism it tackles the colonial conundrum by portraying the value of all positions within a particular frame not only syncretism not only liberal orthodoxy but the extremest reactionary traditionalism he defends by an appeal to what humans share Among these Tagore highlights identity conceived of asdharma111In Jogajog Relationships the heroine Kumudini bound by the ideals of ivaSati exemplified by D ksh yani is torn between her pity for the sinking fortunes of her progressive and compassionate elder brother and his foil her roue of a husband Tagore flaunts his feminist leanings pathos depicts the plight and ultimate demise of women trapped by pregnancy duty and family honour he simultaneously trucks with Bengal39s putrescent landed gentry112 The story revolves around the underlying rivalry between two families the Chatterjees aristocrats now on the decline Biprodas and the Ghosals Madhusudan representing new money and new arrogance Kumudini Biprodas39 sister is caught between the two as she is married off to Madhusudan She had risen in an observant and sheltered traditional home as had all her female relationsOthers were uplifting Shesher Kobita translated twice as Last Poem and Farewell Song is his most lyrical novel with poems and rhythmic passages written by a poet protagonist It contains elements of satire and postmodernism and has stock characters who gleefully attack the reputation of an old outmoded oppressively renowned poet who incidentally goes by a familiar name Rabindranath Tagore Though his novels remain among the leastappreciated of his works they have been given renewed attention via film adaptations by Ray and others Chokher Bali and Ghare Baire are exemplary In the first Tagore inscribes Bengali society via its heroine a rebellious widow who would live for herself alone He pillories the custom of perpetual mourning on the part of widows who were not allowed to remarry who were consigned to seclusion and loneliness Tagore wrote of it I have always regretted the endingStoriesA Nandalal Bose illustration for The Hero part of the 1913 Macmillan release of The Crescent MoonTagore39s threevolume Galpaguchchha comprises eightyfour stories that reflect upon the author39s surroundings on modern and fashionable ideas and on mind puzzles29Tagore associated his earliest stories such as those of the Sadhana period with an exuberance of vitality and spontaneity these traits were cultivated by zamindarTagore s life in Patisar Shajadpur Shelaidaha and other villages29 Seeing the common and the poor he examined their lives with a depth and feeling singular in Indian literature up to that point113 In The Fruitseller from Kabul Tagore speaks in first person as a town dweller and novelist imputing exotic perquisites to an Afghan seller He channels the lucubrative lust of those mired in the blas nidorous and sudorific morass of subcontinental city life for distant vistas There were autumn mornings the time of year when kings of old went forth to conquest and I never stirring from my little corner in Calcutta would let my mind wander over the whole world At the very name of another country my heart would go out to it I would fall to weaving a network of dreams the mountains the glens the forest 114The Golpoguchchho Bunch of Stories was written in Tagore39s Sabuj Patra period which lasted from 1914 to 1917 and was named for another of his magazines29 These yarns are celebrated fare in Bengali fiction and are commonly used as plot fodder by Bengali film and theatre The Ray film Charulata echoed the controversial Tagore novellaNastanirh The Broken Nest In Atithi which was made into another film the little Brahmin boy Tarapada shares a boat ride with a village zamindar The boy relates his flight from home and his subsequent wanderings Taking pity the elder adopts him he fixes the boy to marry his own daughter The night before his wedding Tarapada runs off again Strir Patra The Wife39s Letter is an early treatise in female emancipation115 Mrinal is wife to a Bengali middle class man prissy preening and patriarchal Travelling alone she writes a letter which comprehends the story She details the pettiness of a life spent entreating his viraginous virility she ultimately gives up married life proclaiming Amio bachbo Ei bachlum And I shall live Here I liveHaimanti assails Hindu arranged marriage and spotlights their often dismal domesticity the hypocrisies plaguing the Indian middle classes and how Haimanti a young woman due to her insufferable sensitivity and free spirit foredid herself In the last passage Tagore blasts the reification of Sita39s selfimmolation attempt she had meant to appease her consort Rama39s doubts of her chastity Musalmani Didi eyes recrudescent HinduMuslim tensions and in many ways embodies the essence of Tagore39s humanism The somewhat autoreferential Darpaharan describes a fey young man who harbours literary ambitions Though he loves his wife he wishes to stifle her literary career deeming it unfeminine In youth Tagore likely agreed with him Darpaharan depicts the final humbling of the man as he ultimately acknowledges his wife39s talents As do many other Tagore stories Jibito o Mrito equips Bengalis with a ubiquitous epigram Kadombini moriya proman korilo she more nai Kadombini died thereby proving that she hadn39tPoetryTagore39s poetic style which proceeds from a lineage established by 15th and 16thcentury Vaishnava poets ranges from classical formalism to the comic visionary and ecstatic He was influenced by the atavistic mysticism of Vyasa and other rishiauthors of the Upanishads the BhaktiSufi mystic Kabir and Ramprasad Sen116 Tagore39s most innovative and mature poetry embodies his exposure to Bengali rural folk music which included mystic Baul ballads such as those of the bard Lalon117118 These rediscovered and repopularised by Tagore resemble 19thcentury Kart bhaj hymns that emphasise inward divinity and rebellion against bourgeois bhadralok religious and social orthodoxy119120 During his Shelaidaha years his poems took on a lyrical voice of the moner manush the B uls39 man within the heart and Tagore39s life force of his deep recesses or meditating upon the jeevan devata the demiurge or the living God within17 This figure connected with divinity through appeal to nature and the emotional interplay of human drama Such tools saw use in his Bh nusi ha poems chronicling the RadhaKrishna romance which were repeatedly revised over the course of seventy years121122The time that my journey takes is long and the way of it longI came out on the chariot of the first gleam of light and pursued my voyage through the wildernesses of worlds leaving my track on many a star and planetIt is the most distant course that comes nearest to thyself and that training is the most intricate which leads to the utter simplicity of a tuneThe traveller has to knock at every alien door to come to his own and one has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the innermost shrine at the endMy eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said 39Here art thou39The question and the cry 39Oh where39 melt into tears of a thousand streams and deluge the world with the flood of the assurance 39I am39 Song XII Gitanjali 1913123Tagore reacted to the halfhearted uptake of modernist and realist techniques in Bengali literature by writing matching experimental works in the 1930s124 These include Africa and Camalia among the better known of his latter poems He occasionally wrote poems using Shadhu Bhasha a Sanskritised dialect of Bengali he later adopted a more popular dialect known as Cholti Bhasha Other works include Manasi Sonar Tori Golden Boat Balaka Wild Geese a name redolent of migrating souls 125 and Purobi Sonar Tori39s most famous poem dealing with the fleeting endurance of life and achievement goes by the same name hauntingly it ends Shunno nodir tire rohinu po i Jaha chhilo loe g lo shonar tori all I had achieved was carried off on the golden boat only I was left behindGitanjali is Tagore39s bestknown collection internationally earning him his Nobel126Hungary 1926Song VII of Gitanjali 39 Amar e gan chhe echhe tar sh kol longkarTomar kachhe rakhe ni ar shajer hongkar longkar je majhe p e mil nete a al k re Tomar k tha hake je tar mukh ro jh ngkar Tomar kachhe kha e na mor kobir g rbo k ra M hakobi tomar paee dite chai je dh raJibon loe j ton kori jodi sh rol b shi go i Apon shure dibe bhori s kol chhidro tarTagore39s freeverse translation My song has put off her adornmentsShe has no pride of dress and decorationOrnaments would mar our union they would comebetween thee and me their jingling would drown thy whispersMy poet39s vanity dies in shame before thy sightO master poet I have sat down at thy feetOnly let me make my life simple and straight like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music127 Klanti Weariness Klanti amar kh ma k ro probhu P the jodi pichhie po i kobhuEi je hia th ro th ro k pe aji mont ro Ei bedona kh ma k ro kh ma k ro probhu Ei dinota kh ma k ro probhu Pichhonpane takai jodi kobhuDiner tape roudrojalae shukae mala pujar thalae Shei mlanota kh ma k ro kh ma k ro probhuGloss by Tagore scholar Reba Som Forgive me my weariness O LordShould I ever lag behindFor this heart that this day trembles soAnd for this pain forgive me forgive me O LordFor this weakness forgive me O Lord If perchance I cast a look behindAnd in the day39s heat and under the burning sunThe garland on the platter of offering wilts For its dull pallor forgive me forgive me O Lord128 Tagore39s poetry has been set to music by composers Arthur Shepherd39s triptych for soprano and string quartet Alexander Zemlinsky39s famous Lyric Symphony Josef Bohuslav Foerster39s cycle of love songs Leo Jan ek39s famous chorus Potuln lenec The Wandering Madman for soprano tenor baritone and male chorus JW 443 inspired by Tagore39s 1922 lecture in Czechoslovakia which Jan ek attended and Garry Schyman39s Praan an adaptation of Tagore39s poem Stream of Life from Gitanjali The latter was composed and recorded with vocals by Palbasha Siddique to accompany Internet celebrity Matt Harding39s 2008 viral video129 In 1917 his words were translated adeptly and set to music by AngloDutch composer Richard Hageman to produce a highly regarded art song Do Not Go My Love The second movement of Jonathan Harvey39s One Evening 1994 sets an excerpt beginning As I was watching the sunrise from a letter of Tagore39s this composer having previously chosen a text by the poet for his piece Song Offerings 1985130PoliticsMain article Rabindranath Tagore39s political viewsGurudev and the Mah tm Ahmedabad 1920Tagore39s political thought was tortuous He opposed imperialism and supported Indian nationalists 131132133 and these views were first revealed in Manast which was mostly composed in his twenties40 Evidence produced during the Hindu German Conspiracy Trial and latter accounts affirm his awareness of the Ghadarites and stated that he sought the support of Japanese Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake and former Premier kuma Shigenobu134 Yet he lampooned the Swadeshi movement he rebuked it in The Cult of the Charka an acrid 1925 essay135 He urged the masses to avoid victimology and instead seek selfhelp and education and he saw the presence of British administration as a political symptom of our social disease He maintained that even for those at the extremes of poverty there can be no question of blind revolution preferable to it was a steady and purposeful education136137So I repeat we never can have a true view of man unless we have a love for him Civilisation must be judged and prized not by the amount of power it has developed but by how much it has evolved and given expression to by its laws and institutions the love of humanity S dhan The Realisation of Life 1916138Such views enraged many He escaped assassination and only narrowly by Indian expatriates during his stay in a San Francisco hotel in late 1916 the plot failed when his wouldbe assassins fell into argument139 Yet Tagore wrote songs lionising the Indian independence movement140 Two of Tagore39s more politically charged compositions Chitto Jetha Bhayshunyo Where the Mind is Without Fear and Ekla Chalo Re If They Answer Not to Thy Call Walk Alone gained mass appeal with the latter favoured by Gandhi141 Though somewhat critical of Gandhian activism 142 Tagore was key in resolving a Gandhi Ambedkar dispute involving separate electorates for untouchables thereby mooting at least one of Gandhi39s fasts unto death143144Repudiation of knighthoodTagore renounced his knighthood in response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the repudiation letter to Chelmsford the Vicerory he wrote The time has come when badges of honour make our shame glaring in the incongruous context of humiliation and I for my part wish to stand shorn of all special distinctions by the side of those of my countrymen who for their so called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings 1Santiniketan and VisvaBharatiTagore despised rote classroom schooling in The Parrot39s Training a bird is caged and forcefed textbook pages to death145146 Tagore visiting Santa Barbara in 1917 conceived a new type of university he sought to make Santiniketan the connecting thread between India and the world and a world center for the study of humanity somewhere beyond the limits of nation and geography139 The school which he named VisvaBharati had its foundation stone laid on 24 December 1918 and was inaugurated precisely three years later147 Tagore employed a brahmacharya system gurus gave pupils personal guidance emotional intellectual and spiritual Teaching was often done under trees He staffed the school he contributed his Nobel Prize monies 148 and his duties as stewardmentor at Santiniketan kept him busy mornings he taught classes afternoons and evenings he wrote the students39 textbooks149 He fundraised widely for the school in Europe and the United States between 1919 and 1921150ImpactTh kurova ulice PragueTagores t ny Balatonf redEvery year many events pay tribute to Tagore Kabipranam his birth anniversary is celebrated by groups scattered across the globe the annual Tagore Festival held in Urbana Illinois Rabindra Path Parikrama walking pilgrimages from Calcutta to Santiniketan and recitals of his poetry which are held on important anniversaries66151152Bengali culture is fraught with this legacy from language and arts to history and politics Amartya Sen scantly deemed Tagore a towering figure a deeply relevant and manysided contemporary thinker152 Tagore39s Bengali originals the 1939 Rab ndra Rachan val is canonised as one of his nation39s greatest cultural treasures and he was roped into a reasonably humble role the greatest poet India has produced153Who are you reader reading my poems an hundred years henceI cannot send you one single flower from this wealth of the spring one single streak of gold from yonder cloudsOpen your doors and look abroadFrom your blossoming garden gather fragrant memories of the vanished flowers of an hundred years beforeIn the joy of your heart may you feel the living joy that sang one spring morning sending its glad voice across an hundred years The Gardener 1915154Tagore was renowned throughout much of Europe North America and East Asia He cofounded Dartington Hall School a progressive coeducational institution155 in Japan he influenced such figures as Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata156Tagore39s works were widely translated into English Dutch German Spanish and other European languages by Czech indologist Vincenc Lesn 157 French Nobel laureate Andr Gide Russian poet Anna Akhmatova 158 former Turkish Prime Minister B lent Ecevit 159 and others In the United States Tagore39s lecturing circuits particularly those of 1916 1917 were widely attended and wildly acclaimed Some controversies involving Tagore possibly fictive trashed his popularity and sales in Japan and North America after the late 1920s concluding with his near total eclipse outside Bengal4 Yet a latent reverence of Tagore was discovered by an astonished Salman Rushdie during a trip to Nicaragua160By way of translations Tagore influenced Chileans Pablo Neruda and Gabriela Mistral Mexican writer Octavio Paz and Spaniards Jos Ortega y Gasset Zenobia Camprub and Juan Ram n Jim nez In the period 1914 1922 the Jim nezCamprub pair produced twentytwo Spanish translations of Tagore39s English corpus they heavily revised the The Crescent Moon and other key titles In these years Jim nez developed naked poetry161 Ortega y Gasset wrote that Tagore39s wide appeal owes to how he speaks of longings for perfection that we all have Tagore awakens a dormant sense of childish wonder and he saturates the air with all kinds of enchanting promises for the reader who pays little attention to the deeper import of Oriental mysticism Tagore39s works circulated in free editions around 1920 alongside those of Plato Dante Cervantes Goethe and TolstoyTagore was deemed overrated by some Graham Greene doubted that anyone but Mr Yeats can still take his poems very seriously Several prominent Western admirers including Pound and to a lesser extent even Yeats criticised Tagore39s work Yeats unimpressed with his English translations railed against that Damn Tagore We got out three good books Sturge Moore and I and then because he thought it more important to know English than to be a great poet he brought out sentimental rubbish and wrecked his reputation Tagore does not know English no Indian knows English4162 William Radice who Englished his poems asked What is their place in world literature163 He saw him as kind of countercultural bearing a new kind of classicism that would heal the collapsed romantic confusion and chaos of the 20th century162164 The translated Tagore was almost nonsensical 165 and subpar English offerings reduced his transnational appeal anyone who knows Tagore39s poems in their original Bengali cannot feel satisfied with any of the translations made with or without Yeats39s help Even the translations of his prose works suffer to some extent from distortion EM Forster noted of The Home and the World that the theme is so beautiful but the charms have vanished in translation or perhaps in an experiment that has not quite come off Amartya Sen Tagore and His India4List of worksThe SNLTR hosts Tagore39s complete Bengali works as does Tagore Web including annotated songs Translations are found at Project Gutenberg and Wikisource More sources are belowOriginalBengali Poetry Bh nusi ha h kurer Pa val Songs of Bh nusi ha h kur1884 ManasiThe Ideal One1890 Sonar TariThe Golden Boat1894 GitanjaliSong Offerings1910 GitimalyaWreath of Songs1914 BalakaThe Flight of Cranes1916Dramas ValmikiPratibhaThe Genius of Valmiki1881 VisarjanThe Sacrifice1890 RajaThe King of the Dark Chamber1910 Dak GharThe Post Office1912 AchalayatanThe Immovable1912 MuktadharaThe Waterfall1922 RaktakaraviRed Oleanders1926Fiction NastanirhThe Broken Nest1901 GoraFairFaced1910 Ghare BaireThe Home and the World1916 YogayogCrosscurrents1929Memoirs JivansmritiMy Reminiscences1912 ChhelebelaMy Boyhood Days1940 English Thought Relics1921original 1 TranslatedEnglish Chitra1914text 1 Creative Unity1922text 2 The Crescent Moon1913text 3 The Cycle of Spring1919text 4 Fireflies1928 FruitGathering1916text 5 The Fugitive1921text 6 The Gardener1913text 7 Gitanjali Song Offerings1912text 8 Glimpses of Bengal1991text 9 The Home and the World1985text 10 The Hungry Stones1916text 11 I Won39t Let you Go Selected Poems1991 The King of the Dark Chamber1914text 12 The Lover of God2003 Mashi1918text 13 My Boyhood Days1943 My Reminiscences1991text 14 Nationalism1991 The Post Office1914text 15 Sadhana The Realisation of Life1913text 16 Selected Letters1997 Selected Poems1994 Selected Short Stories1991 Songs of Kabir1915text 17 The Spirit of Japan1916text 18 Stories from Tagore1918text 19 Stray Birds1916text 20 Vocation1913166 Adaptations of novels and short stories in cinemaSacrifice 1927 Balidaan Nanand Bhojai and Naval GandhiNatir Puja 1932 The only film directed by Rabindranath TagoreMilan 1947 Nauka Dubi Nitin BoseKabuliwala 1961 Kabuliwala Bimal RoyUphaar 1971 Samapti Sudhendu RoyLekin 1991 Kshudhit Pashaan GulzarChar Adhyay 1997 Char Adhyay Kumar ShahaniChokher Bali 2003 Chokher Bali Rituparno GhoshKashmakash 2011 Nauka Dubi Rituparno GhoshSome more classics from regional cinema BengaliNaukadubi 1947 Noukadubi Nitin BoseKabuliwala 1957 Kabuliwala Tapan SinhaKshudhita Pashaan 1960 Kshudhita Pashan Tapan SinhaTeen Kanya 1961 Teen Kanya Satyajit RayCharulata 1964 Nastanirh Satyajit RayGhare Baire 1985 Ghare Baire Satyajit RayElar Char Adhyay 2012 Char Adhyay Bappaditya Bandyopadhyaysharing this blog
Extra Marital Affairs Why this Happens in Astrologically
Blog By: Suman Munshi
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Extra Marital Affairs Why this Happens in Astrologically
Extra Marital Affairs Why this Happens in Astrologically
Suman Munshi
I was going through this article in September 2012 issue of astromindsclubcom and found it very much in depth in analysis of modern days problems due to lack of ethical and spiritual standard maintained by us It is easy to blame a person who is at fault but have we ever wondered that our fate and planets could be behind this Author of the original text in the magazine was trying to show what was behind actually for such condition Extra marital relation or illicit relation has a connection in our planets and stars topic is in the page 3840 of the magazine Which Planets are behind Unfaithful Partner Extra Marital Relation By ParamaPerhaps root cause of all problem is break of trust in any relation we deal with In case of those relation which are based on mutual trust love dependency on physical and mental need suffers most if any one breaksMarriage or Live in relations are top on the list which gets affected due to this breaks Today we will discuss a teething issue which is now a days concern for all most every other house hold Fast life style lack of time for each other unsatisfied sex life coupled with tension and financial pressure makes and ideal candidate for Extra Marital Condition But fortunately not all of them have to pass through this hale like condition but do really suffer while other partner feels they are enjoying but in actual they are also victim of the problemI have came across many clients from almost all walks of life who has faced this problem in last 10 yearsDue to fast life style we are running after materialistic physical pleasure demand for not required items and to achieve these we are using all means and modes which may be not be inline with ethical and moral standards In present days a group of person is trying to take advantage while other side is ready to give the facilities to fulfill unethical sexual desire One is running after another just to have physical pleasure where no mental bondage of relation is there Love has taken a back seat and crude enjoyment physical desire is now the driver for such relation Right from the social networking sites to the circle of friends people are getting involved in illicit relations out side marriage Why such thing happens Why a person gets involved in the 1st place itself Do planets have any influence on the same Does the Natal Chart indicates that you are going to have a extra Marital relation Lets see the basic causes of extra marital relations as per Ancient Vedic Astrology way According to this method influence of Mars Rahu or Ketu in 4th 6th 12th house or 5th from 7th house or 5th of 7th is influenced by malefic planets or Jupiter and Venus connection in 5th of 7th House indicates that person will suffer from illicit or extramarital relation If 7th or 2nd lord is influenced by or viewed by Venus or Venus is in these place or 10th lord is in 7th with Venus the person will fall in to illicit relation due to strong sexual desire apart from that if 7th lord is connected with Rahu or Ketu then every possibility this person will fall in the trap of extra marital or illicit relation Also review of transit of planets needs to be judged during that time for the person is extremely required for the correct prediction We will examine these factors from a person s birth chart who was suffering from these problems This person is a well placed IT professional with big organization having a lovable wife with complete family and good fortune in terms of family wealthThere is absolutely no reason socially or financially or other wise for worry in this person s personal or professional life But still he is involved in such relation See the chart below in the magazineLets see what are the factors made him debauch 1 Sun and Mercury in 7th house2 7th lord Venus in 6th with Saturn Jupiter3 Ascendant lord is in 8th with Star of Mercury 18N Jyestha Nakshatra relation with Mercury in 7th through star4 Rahu in 4th and connected with Aslesha has increased the effect5 Person s Sun Mercury is under influence Star of Rahu means Sun Rahu Mercury under Star exchange condition6 In addition to the above 7th house is surrounded by Saturn and Mars which is a malefic effect on its own7 Person was having Rahu s Mahadasha and Mercury s Antar Dasaha If we deep study the Nabangsha Chart then we can find that 1 Saturn and Venus in 7th house and Venus seen by Mars2 7th Lord Mars is in 4th with Rahu infected Mars has worked like catalyst to connect Venus and Rahu So in natal chart Venus Rahu Mars is connected This indicates lack of moral and ethical character With minimum chance he will be involved in illicit relation Natal chart or in birth chart person s Rashi is Leo Moon in Sun s planet and Sun in 7th with Rahu s Planet and Moon seen by Rahu indicates the person is short tempered fickle minded person can not stay in any subject for long This had effect on her married life as well Hot temper was a negative factor in married life 4th house with Rahu indicates lack of peace at homely life Sun Mercury in 7th House indicates that her wife has independent opinion on life Hence less compatibility in life with wife Budhaditya yoga helps to take her independent decision Human mind is complex in nature no one knows when it will be ticked off by any word positively or negatively We have many lacks in our duties and responsibilities but still we think we are correct A common ally bye no one tries to understand them We try to see others small issues as bigger one and try to by pass our own faultsIn case of this person also same has happened He was blaming every thing on his wife and cleared of all his wrong deeds as after effect of his wife s problem Person s 7th lord 2nd lord which are at 6th house with Jupiter Saturn so relation with wife will be quarrel sum Saturn will give frustration in addition Earlier we have seen Sun Mercury connected with Rahu s star and in 7th house Mars is effected by 8th lord and lord of Asc Rahu s 9th sight Now if we consider Stars we can see that Rahu Mars Venus Jupiter connected relation has created a circumference of illicit relation Now Mar is in Mercury s Star Jyestha Mercury is in Rahu s Star Swati and Rahu in Mercury s Star Aslyesha Venus is in Monn s Star Hasta and Jupiter is in Sun s Star Uttar Phalguni moon in Sun s Star Uttar Phalguni So Rahu Venus Mars are connected through exchange of Stars relations The person had illicit relation earlier also but he did not confess in front of me but I saw when he came to me it was Mercury Mahadasha At that point of transit time 2nd house of the native Taurus is filled with Sun Mercury Venus Jupiter Ketu together In opposite Rahu was having direct sight on that group of planets Mas was on Leo in the transit that is Birth Rashi or Zodiac Mars was giving 4th sight to Rahu in Scorpio So Rahu as catalyst making connection between planets in Taurus and Mars indirectly This kind of planet constellation indicates person is having illicit physical relation at that point of time with out mental obligation in natal chart similar formation observed as like in transit After discussion I found that this to be true He was having a relation with a lady apart from his wife just to fulfill his sexual physical need and do not have any intention to make it a marriage just the lust for enjoyment He has no burden on his shoulder for this as if this has been planned by God and hence he has no fault on that part How much debouch a person can be He is blaming God for his misdeeds and unethical act So after this analysis I have come to the conclusions that our life is controlled by our birth chart planetary position So we must review our horoscope with experts to check if any kind of this planetary connections are there then we must be extremely cautious to avoid such temporary enjoyment as this only gives you momentary enjoyment with permanent damage to relations Which can not be fixed by any meansYou can not harm your partners feelings and trust just because of your own illicit relation This could be a medically unhealthy to as chance of STD Sexually Transmitted Disease due to multiple sex partner is paramount This kind of relation breaks the family and makes child orphan despite of they had every right to live a happy life So I suggest for god sake ask pardon to god and your partner and live a happy life I have suggested this person to have counseling by doctors of mental health along with meditation and daily puja of Lord Balaji to get back to normal life apart from standard stones as remedy
BANGALORE a metropolitan city
Blog By: Pravin Agrawal
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Blog By: Pravin Agrawal
BANGALORE a metropolitan city
BANGALORE a metropolitan city
Pravin Agrawal
Bengaluru metropolitan city Clockwise from top UB City Infosys Glass house at Lal Bagh Vidhana Soudha Shiva statue Bagmane Tech ParkBengaluruLocation of Bengaluruin Karnataka and IndiaCoordinates12 58 0 N 77 34 0 ECoordinates 12 58 0 N 77 34 0 ECountryIndiaRegionBayaluseemeStateKarnatakaDistrictsBangalore UrbanMayorSharadamma1CommissionerShankarlinge Gowda2Population Density Metro8 425 9703 3rd 2011 11 371 km2 29 451 sq mi 8 499 3994 5th 2011Time zoneIST UTC0530Area Elevation7410 km2 286 sq mi5 920 metres 3 020 ftCodesshowWebsitewwwbbmpgovinBangalore b l r also rendered Bengaluru needs IPA is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City for its gardens and parks and was once called a pensioner39s paradise6 Located on the Deccan Plateau in the southeastern part of Karnataka Bangalore is India39sthird most populous city7 and fifthmost populous urban agglomeration Bangalore is well known as a hub for India39s information technology sector It is among the top 10 preferred entrepreneurial locations in the world8A succession of South Indian dynasties ruled the region of Bangalore until in 1537 AD Kempe Gowda a feudatory ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire established a mud fort considered to be the foundation of modern Bangalore Following transitory occupation by Maratha and Mughal the city remained under the Mysore kingdom Bangalore continued to be a cantonment of the British and a major city of the Princely State of Mysore which existed as a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj Following the independence of India in 1947 Bangalore became the capital of Mysore state and later KarnatakaToday as a large city and growing metropolis Bangalore is home to many wellrecognized colleges and research institutions in India Numerous public sectorheavy industries software companies aerospace telecommunications and defence organisations are located in the city Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India because of its position as the nation39s leading IT exporter91011 A demographically diverse city Bangalore is a major economic and cultural hub and the second fastest growing major metropolis in India12Contents show editEtymologyThe name Bangalore is an anglicised version of the town39s name in the Kannada language Benga ru be u ru listen The earliest reference to the name Bengaluru was found in a ninth century Western Ganga Dynasty stone inscription on a v ra gallu literally hero stone a rock edict extolling the virtues of a warrior In this inscription found in Begur Bengaluru is referred to as a place in which a battle was fought in 890 It states that the place was part of the Ganga Kingdom until 1004 and was known as Bengavaluru the City of Guards in Halegannada Old Kannada13 An article published in The Hindu statesAn inscription dating back to 890 CE shows Bangalore is over 1 000 years old But it stands neglected at the Parvathi Nageshwara Temple in Begur near the city written in Hale Kannada Old Kannada of the 9th century CE the epigraph refers to a Bengaluru war in 890 in which Buttanachetty a servant of Nagatta died Though this has been recorded by historian R Narasimhachar in his Epigraphia of Carnatica Vol 10 supplementary no efforts have been made to preserve it14An apocryphal though popular anecdote recounts that the 11th century Hoysala king Veera Ballala II while on a hunting expedition lost his way in the forest Tired and hungry he came across a poor old woman who served him boiled beans The grateful king named the place bendakaaluru Kannada literally town of boiled beans which eventually evolved into Bengal ru1516On 11 December 2005 the Government of Karnataka announced that it had accepted a proposal by Jnanpith Award winner U R Ananthamurthy to renameBangalore to Bengaluru17 On 27 September 2006 the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike BBMP passed a resolution to implement the proposed name change 18 which was accepted by the Government of Karnataka and it was decided to officially implement the name change from 1 November 20061920However this process has been currently stalled due to delays in getting clearances from the Union Home Ministry21editHistoryMain article History of BangaloreLady Curzon hospital in the Bangalore Cantonment was established in 1864 and later named after the first wife of theViceroy of India Lord CurzonAfter centuries of the rule of the Western Gangas Bangalore was captured by the Cholas in 1024 which later passed on to the Chalukyacholas in 1070 In 1116 the Hoysala Empire overthrew the Cholas and extended its rule over Bangalore Modern Bangalore was founded by a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire Kempe Gowda I who built a mudbrick fort and a Nandi Temple in the proximity of modern Bangalore in 1537 Yelahanka is one of the oldest towns in Karnataka and it is believed that it has a history of more than 500 years It is the home town for the ruling king called Kempegowda under a provision given by Krishnadevaraya who built Bangalore City Kempe Gowda referred to the new town as his gandubh mi or Land of Heroes16Bangalore city map circa 1924 from Murray39s 1924 HandbookWithin Bangalore the town was divided into smaller divisions each called a pete IPA pe te The town had two main streets Chikkapete Street which ran eastwest and Doddapete Street which ran northsouth Their intersection formed the Doddapete Square the heart of Bangalore Kempe Gowda39s successor Kempe Gowda II built four towers that marked Bangalore39s boundary Myth says that the city would befall great calamity if it extended beyond these four towers22 During the Vijayanagara rule Bangalore was also referred to as Devar yanagara and Kaly napura Auspicious CityBangalore Palace built in 1887 was home to the rulers of MysoreAfter the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire Bangalore39s rule changed hands several times In 1638 a large Bijapur army led by Ranadulla Khan and accompanied by Shahji Bhonsle defeated Kempe Gowda III and Bangalore was given to Shahaji as a jagir In 1687 the Mughal general Kasim Khan defeated Ekoji IVenkoji son of Shahaji and then sold Bangalore to Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar 1673 1704 of Mysore for 300 000 rupees2324 After the death of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II in 1759 Hyder Ali CommanderinChief of the Mysore Army proclaimed himself the de facto ruler of Mysore The kingdom later passed to Hyder Ali39s son Tippu Sultan known as the Tiger of MysoreBangalore fort was captured by the British armies under Lord Cornwallis on 21 March 1791 during the Third AngloMysore War and formed a centre for British resistance against Tippu Sultan 25 being incorporated into the British Indian Empire after Tippu Sultan was defeated and killed in the Fourth AngloMysore War1799 The British returned administrative control of the Bangalore p t to the Maharaja of Mysore choosing only to retain the Cantonment under their jurisdiction The 39Residency39 of Mysore State was first established in Mysore in 1799 and later shifted to Bangalore in the year 1804 It was abolished in the year 1843 only to be revived in 1881 at Bangalore and to be closed down permanently in 1947 with Indian independence The British found it easier to recruit employees in the Madras Presidency and relocate them to cantonment area during this period The Kingdom of Mysore relocated its capital from Mysore city to Bangalore in 183126 Two important developments during this period contributed to the rapid growth of the city the introduction of telegraph connections and a rail connection to Madras in 1864Tipu Sultan39s Palace BangaloreIn the 19th century Bangalore essentially became a twin city with the p t whose residents were predominantly Kannadigas and the cantonment created by the British whose residents were predominantly Tamils27 Bangalore was hit by a plague epidemic in 1898 that dramatically reduced its population New extensions in Malleswaram and Basavanagudi were developed in the north and south of the p t Telephone lines were laid to help coordinate antiplague operations and a health officer was appointed to the city in 1898 In 1906 Bangalore became the first city in India to have electricity powered by thehydroelectric plant situated in Shivanasamudra Bangalore39s reputation as the Garden City of India began in 1927 with the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the rule of Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV Several projects such as the construction of parks public buildings and hospitals were instituted to improve the city After Indian independence in August 1947 Bangalore remained in the new Mysore State of which the Maharaja of Mysore was the Rajapramukh28Public sector employment and education provided opportunities for Kannadigas from the rest of the state to migrate to the city Bangalore experienced rapid growth in the decades 1941 51 and 1971 81 which saw the arrival of many immigrants from northern Karnataka By 1961 Bangalore had become the sixth largest city in India with a population of 1 207 00029In the decades that followed Bangalore39s manufacturing base continued to expand with the establishment of private companies such as MICO Motor Industries Company which set up its manufacturing plant in the city Bangalore experienced a growth in its real estate market in the 1980s and 1990s spurred by capital investors from other parts of the country who converted Bangalore39s large plots and colonial bungalows into multistoried apartments30 In 1985 Texas Instruments became the first multinational corporation to set up base in Bangalore Other information technology companies followed suit and by the end of the 20th century Bangalore had firmly established itself as the Silicon Valley of IndiaeditGeographyMain article Bangalore Metropolitan EnvironmentThe Hesaraghatta Lake in BangaloreBangalore lies in the southeast of the South Indian state of Karnataka It is in the heart of the Mysore Plateau a region of the larger Precambrian Deccan Plateau at an average elevation of 920 m 3 018 ft It is positioned at 1297 N 7756 E and covers an area of 741 km 286 mi 31The majority of the city of Bangalore lies in the Bangalore Urban district of Karnataka and the surrounding rural areas are a part of the Bangalore Rural district The region consisting the Bangalore Urban and Rural districts is known as the Bangalore region The Government of Karnataka has carved out the new district ofRamanagara from the old Bangalore Rural districtThe topology of Bangalore is flat except for a central ridge running NNESSW The highest point is Vidyaranyapura Doddabettahalli which is 962 m 3 156 ft and lies on this ridge32 No major rivers run through the city though the Arkavathi and South Pennar cross paths at the Nandi Hills 60 km 37 mi to the north River Vrishabhavathi a minor tributary of the Arkavathi arises within the city at Basavanagudi and flows through the city The rivers Arkavathi and Vrishabhavathi together carry much of Bangalore39s sewage A sewerage system constructed in 1922 covers 215 km 133 mi of the city and connects with five sewage treatment centres located in the periphery of Bangalore33In the 16th century Kempe Gowda I constructed many lakes to meet the town39s water requirements The Kempambudhi Kere since overrun by modern development was prominent among those lakes In the earlier half of 20th century the Nandi Hills waterworks was commissioned by Sir Mirza Ismail Diwan of Mysore 1926 41 CE to provide a water supply to the city Currently the river Kaveri provides around 80 of the total water supply to the city with the remaining 20 being obtained from the Thippagondanahalli and Hesaraghatta reservoirs of the Arkavathi river34 Bangalore receives 800 million litres 211 million US gallons of water a day more than any other Indian city35 However Bangalore sometimes does face water shortages especially during the summer season more so in the years of low rainfall A random sampling study of the Air Quality Index AQI of twenty stations within the city indicated scores that ranged from 76 to 314 suggesting heavy to severe air pollution around areas of traffic concentration36Bangalore has a handful of freshwater lakes and water tanks the largest of which are Madivala tank Hebbal lake Ulsoor lake and Sankey Tank Groundwater occurs in silty to sandy layers of the alluvial sediments The Peninsular Gneissic Complex PGC is the most dominant rock unit in the area and includes granites gneissesand migmatites while the soils of Bangalore consist of red laterite and red fine loamy to clayey soils36Vegetation in the city is primarily in the form of large deciduous canopy and minority coconut trees Though Bangalore has been classified as a part of the seismic zone II a stable zone it has experienced quakes of magnitude as high as 4537editClimateBangalore experiences a tropical savanna climate K ppen climate classification Aw with distinct wet and dry seasons Due to its high elevation Bangalore usually enjoys a more moderate climate throughout the year although occasional heat waves can make things very uncomfortable in the summer38 The coolest month is January with an average low temperature of 151 C and the hottest month is April with an average high temperature of 336 C39 The highest temperature ever recorded in Bangalore is 389 Crecorded in March 1931 and the lowest ever is 78 C recorded in January 18844041 Winter temperatures rarely drop below 12 C 54 F and summer temperatures seldom exceed 34 35 C 100 F Bangalore receives rainfall from both the northeast and the southwest monsoons and the wettest months are September October and August in that order39 The summer heat is moderated by fairly frequent thunderstorms which occasionally cause power outages and local flooding The heaviest rainfall recorded in a 24hour period is 179 millimetres 70 in recorded on 1 October 199742hideClimate data for BangaloreMonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYearAverage high C F270806296853324903336925327909292846275815274813280824277819266799259786290842Average low C F151592166619192666215707212702199678195671194669193667191664172630156601186655Rainfall mm inches2701067202834401734631823119647098063173110243391370539419487669180471026452539221087969838181Avg rainy days0205043070648310093904017598Mean monthly sunshine hours2635248627282580241813801116114714401736189021082 3664Source no 1 WMO43Source no 2 HKO sun only 1971 199044editCivic administrationSee also Infrastructure in BangaloreBangalore City officialsMunicipal CommissionerShankarlinge Gowda2Chief Commissioner of Income TaxK Satya Narayana45MayorSharadamma1Police CommissionerJyothi Prakash Mirji45The Karnataka High Court is the supreme judicial body housed in the historic Atthara Kacheri in Karnataka and is located in BangaloreThe Vikasa Soudha situated adjacent to the Vidhana Soudha houses many state ministriesThe Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike BBMP Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation is in charge of the civic administration of the city46 It was formed in 2007 by merging 100 wards of the erstwhile Bangalore Mahanagara Palike with seven neighbouring City Municipal Councils one Town Municipal Council and 110 villages around Bangalore46 The BBMP is run by a city council composed of 250 members including 198 councillors representing each of the wards of the city and 52 other elected representatives consisting of members of Parliament and the state legislature47 Elections to the council are held once every five years with results being decided by popular vote Members contesting elections to the council usually represent one or more of the state39s political parties A mayor and deputy mayor are also elected from among the elected members of the council47 Elections to the BBMP were held on 28 March 2010 after a gap of three and a half years since the expiry of the previous elected body39s term and the Bharatiya Janata Party was voted into power the first time it had ever won a civic poll in the city48Bangalore39s rapid growth has created several problems relating to traffic congestion and infrastructural obsolescence that the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has found challenging to address A 2003 Battelle Environmental Evaluation System BEES evaluation of Bangalore39s physical biological and socioeconomic parameters indicated that Bangalore39s water quality and terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems were close to ideal while the city39s socioeconomic parameters traffic quality of life scored poorly49 The unplanned nature of growth in the city resulted in massive traffic gridlocks that the municipality attempted to ease by constructing a flyoversystem and by imposing oneway traffic systems Some of the flyovers and oneways mitigated the traffic situation moderately but were unable to adequately address the disproportionate growth of city traffic49 In 2005 both the Central Government and the State Government allocated considerable portions of their annual budgets to address Bangalore39s infrastructure50 The BBMP works with the Bangalore Development Authority BDA and the Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development Task Force ABIDe to design and implement civic projects Bangalore generates about 3 000 tonnes of solid waste per day of which about 1 139 tonnes are collected and sent to composting units such as the Karnataka Composting Development Corporation The remaining solid waste collected by the municipality is dumped in open spaces or on roadsides outside the city51The Bangalore City Police BCP has six geographic zones includes the Traffic Police the City Armed Reserve the Central Crime Branch and the City Crime Record Bureau and runs 86 police stations including two allwomen police stations52 As capital of the state of Karnataka Bangalore houses important state government facilities such as the Karnataka High Court the Vidhana Soudha the home of the Karnataka state legislature and Raj Bhavan the residence of the Governor of Karnataka Bangalore contributes three members to the lower house of the Parliament of India the Lok Sabha and 28 members to the Karnataka State Assembly53Electricity in Bangalore is regulated through the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company BESCOM 54 while water supply and sanitation facilities are provided by theBangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board BWSSBeditEconomyMain article Economy of BangaloreSee also Housing in Bangalore and Bangalore Metropolitan EnvironmentBangalore39s 52 346 crore US1044 billion economy 2006 07 Net District Income makes it one of the major economic centres in India 55 with the value of city39s exports totalling 43 221 crore US862 billion in 2004 0556 With an economic growth of 103 Bangalore is the second fastest growing major metropolis in India 57 and is also the country39s fourth largest fast moving consumer goods FMCG market58 The Forbes magazine considers the city as one of The Next Decade39s FastestGrowing Cities59 With a per capita income of 74 709 US1 49044 in 2006 07 55 the city is the third largest hub for high net worth individualsand is home to over 10 000 dollar millionaires and about 60 000 superrich people who have an investable surplus of 45 crore US1 million andRs 50 lakh US 99 800 respectively60The headquarters of Infosys India39s second largest IT company is located in BangaloreThe headquarters of several public sector undertakings such as Bharat Electronics Limited BEL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited HAL National Aerospace Laboratories NAL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited BHEL Bharat Earth Movers Limited BEML and HMT formerly Hindustan Machine Tools are located in Bangalore In June 1972 the Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO was established under the Department of Space and headquartered in the cityBangalore is called the Silicon Valley of India because of the large number of information technology companies located in the city which contributed 33 of India39sRs 144 214 crore US 29 billion IT exports in 2006 0761 Bangalore39s IT industry is divided into three main clusters Software Technology Parks of India STPIInternational Tech Park Bangalore ITPB and Electronics City UB City the headquarters of the United Breweries Group is a highend commercial zone62 Infosysand Wipro India39s second and fourth largest software companies are headquartered in Bangalore as are many of the global SEICMM Level 5 CompaniesThe growth of IT has presented the city with unique challenges Ideological clashes sometimes occur between the city39s IT moguls who demand an improvement in the city39s infrastructure and the state government whose electoral base is primarily the people in rural Karnataka63 The encouragement of hightech industry in Bangalore for example has not favoured local employment development but has instead increased land values and forced out small enterprise64 The state has also resisted the massive investments required to reverse the rapid decline in intracity transport which has already begun to drive new and expanding businesses to other centres across India65 Bangalore is a hub for biotechnology related industry in India and in the year 2005 around 47 of the 265 biotechnology companies in India were located here including Biocon India39s largest biotechnology company6667Infosys Cognizant Wipro iGate Tata Consultancy Services Accenture Nokia Siemens Networks and US based companies like Texas Instruments Google IBM HewlettPackard Honeywell Yahoo Oracle Corporation Cisco Microsoft Intuit and Intel have their research and development centres along with their corporate offices in BangaloreeditTransportThe new Bengaluru International Airportis located in DevanahallieditAirBangalore is served by the Bengaluru International Airport IATA BLR ICAO VOBL which started operations from 24 May 2008 The city was earlier served by theHAL Airport which was India39s fourth busiest airport686970 Kingfisher Airlines has its registered office in Bangalore71 It is now the fourth busiest airport in India in terms of passenger traffic and the number of air traffic movements ATMs with about 280 per day72 The airport is around 40 km from the city centre The most hasslefree way to commute is by taxi Meru cabs and Easy cabs have taxis present in the rank at the airport There are also certain private cab companieseditRailA rapid transit system called the Namma Metro is being built A 7 km stretch from Bayappanahalli to MG Road was opened to public on 20 October 201173 Once completed this will encompass a 423 km 263 mi elevated and underground rail network comprising 41 stations It is expected to connect central locations in Bangalore to Devanahalli and the Chikballapur regions74 75 This muchdelayed project is the city s primary response to the worsening intracity transport infrastructure which has become a major deterrent to continued business growth65Bangalore comes under the South Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways Bangalore City Railway station and Yesvantpur Junction connect it to the rest of the country through the Indian Railways TheBangalore Rajdhani Express connects the city to New Delhi the capital of India Bangalore is also connected by rail to most cities in Karnataka as well as Mumbai Chennai Kolkata Hyderabad Bhopal and other major cities in India76 The sprawling Rail Wheel Factory is Asia39s second largest manufacturer of Wheel Axle for Railways and headquartered in Yelahanka BangaloreBMTC39s Volvo buses are a popular mode of commuting within Bangalore77editRoadThreewheeled green and black autorickshaws referred to as autos are a popular form of transport They are metered and can accommodate up to three passengers Taxi services within Bangalore is provided by several operators Taxis commonly called City Taxis are usually available only on call Taxis are metered and are generally more expensive than autorickshawsBuses operated by Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation BMTC are an important means of public transport available in the city and are highly reliable78While commuters can buy tickets on boarding these buses BMTC also provides an option of a bus pass to frequent users78 BMTC runs airconditioned luxury buses on major routes and also operates shuttle services from various parts of the city to the Bengaluru International Airport79 The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation operates 6 918 buses on 6 352 schedules connecting Bangalore with other parts of Karnataka as well as other states The main bus depots that BMTC maintains are the Kempegowda Bus Station locally known as Majestic Shantinagar Bus Depot and Shivajinagar Bus Depot editDemographicshidePopulation Growth CensusPop 19711 654 000 19812 922 000 767 19914 130 000 413 20015 101 000 235 20118 425 970 652 Source Census of India80 81The Nandi Temple is a popular temple located in Basavanagudi BangaloreReligion in BangaloreReligion Percent Hindus 794 Muslims 134 Christians 58 Jains 11 Others 1 Distribution of religions Includes Sikhs 01 Buddhists 01 With an estimated population of 85 million in 2011 4 Bangalore is the third most populous city in India and the 28th most populous city in the world82 Bangalore was the fastestgrowing Indian metropolis after New Delhi between 1991 2001 with a growth rate of 38 during the decade Residents of Bangalore are referred to as Bangaloreans in English Bengaloorinavaru in Kannada83The cosmopolitan nature of the city has resulted in the migration of people from other states to Bangalore 84 which has in recent years given rise to tensions between immigrants and locals85 Scheduled Castes and Tribes account for 143 of the city39s population Besides Kannada other major languages spoken in the city are Tamil Telugu Hindi English86 A good number of Konkani speakers have settled in Bangalore since last century from Canara districts of Karnataka and Goa87 Similarly Marathi is spoken by a small but significant minority of the society88According to the 2001 census of India 794 of Bangalore39s population is Hindu roughly the same as the national average89 Muslims comprise 134 of the population which again is roughly the same as the national average while Christians and Jains account for 58 and 11 of the population respectively double that of their national averagesAngloIndians also form a substantial group within the city Women make up 47 of Bangalore39s population The city has a literacy rate of 89 90 Roughly 10 of Bangalore39s population lives in slums91 a relatively low proportion when compared to other cities in the developing world such as Mumbai 50 and Nairobi 60 92 The 2008 National Crime Records Bureau statistics indicate that Bangalore accounts for 85 of the total crimes reported from 35 major cities in India93 editCultureMain article Culture of BangaloreThe Lal Bagh Glass House at night known for its flower shows it is now aheritage monumentBangalore Karaga one of the oldest and most important festivals in the heart of BangaloreYakshagana a theatre art often performed in the town hallDasara a traditional celebration of the old Kingdom of Mysore is the state festival and is celebrated with great vigourBangalore is known as the Garden City of India94 because of its greenery and the presence of many public parks including the Lal Bagh and Cubbon ParkThe city celebrates its most important and oldest festival Karaga Shaktyotsava or Bangalore Karaga95 Deepavali the Festival of Lights transcends demographic and religious lines and is another important festival Other traditional Indian festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi Ugadi Sankranthi Eid ulFitr and Christmas are also celebratedBangalore is home to the Kannada film industry which churns out about 80 Kannada movies each year96The diversity of cuisine is reflective of the social and economic diversity of Bangalore Roadside vendors tea stalls and South Indian North Indian Chinese and Western fast food are all very popular in the city Udupi restaurants are very popular and serve predominantly vegetarian regional cuisine Bangalore has a wide and varied mix of restaurant types and cuisines and Bangaloreans deem eating out as an intrinsic part of their culture so much that Bangalore Restaurant Week an event that involved some of the best restaurants in Bangalore was held between 12 to 21 November 2010In May 2012 Lonely Planet ranked Bangalore among the world39s top 10 cities to visit97Bangalore is also a major center of Indian classical music and dance Classical music and dance recitals are widely held throughout the year and particularly during the Ramanavami and Ganesha Chaturthi festivals The Bengaluru Gayana Samaja has been at the forefront of promoting classical music and dance in the cityThe city has a vibrant English and regional language theatre scene with organisations such as Ranga Shankara and Chowdiah Memorial Hall leading the way Bangalore is also sometimes called as the Pub Capital of India and is one of the premier places to hold international rock concerts98 editSister citiesBangalore is currently twinned with three sister cities99100101CityRegionCountryMinsk Minsk Region BelarusSan Francisco California United StatesCleveland Ohio United States editSportsThe M Chinnaswamy Stadium is Bangalore39s premier cricket stadiumCricket is the most popular sport in Bangalore A significant number of national cricketers have come from Bangalore including former Indian cricket team captainsRahul Dravid and Anil Kumble Some of the other players who have represented India include Javagal Srinath Gundappa Vishwanath Syed Kirmani E A S Prasanna Venkatesh Prasad Sunil Joshi Robin Uthappa Vinay Kumar Roger Binny and Abhimanyu Mithun Many children play gully cricket on the roads and in the city39s many public fields Bangalore39s main international cricket stadium is the M Chinnaswamy Stadium which has a seating capacity of 55 000102 and has hosted matches during the 1987 Cricket World Cup 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2011 Cricket World Cup The Chinnaswamy Stadium is also the home of India39sNational Cricket AcademyThe Indian Premier League franchise Bangalore Royal Challengers the Premier Hockey League franchise Bangalore Hifliers and the Karnataka Premier Leaguefranchisees Bangalore Brigadiers and Provident Bangalore are based in the city India39s Davis Cup team members Mahesh Bhupathi103 and Rohan Bopanna104also reside in Bangalore The city hosts the Women39s Tennis Association WTA Bangalore Open tournament annually Beginning September 2008 Bangalore has also been hosting the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open ATP tournament annually105 Bangalore is also home to the Bangalore Rugby Football Club BRFCBangalore has a number of elite clubs like Century Club The Bangalore Golf Club the Bowring Institute and the exclusive Bangalore Club which counts among its previous members Winston Churchill and the Maharaja of Mysore106 The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC is based in Bangalore Other sports personalities from Bangalore include national swimming champion Nisha Millet world snooker champion Pankaj Advani and former All England Open badminton champion Prakash PadukoneeditEducationIndian Institute of Science the premier institute of science inIndiaSee also Education in India and List of educational institutions in BangaloreUntil the early 19th century education in Bangalore was mainly run by religious leaders and restricted to students of that religion107 The western system of education was introduced during the rule of Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar when two schools were established in Bangalore Subsequently Wesleyan Mission established a school in 1851 and the Bangalore High School which was started by the Government in 1858108In postindependent India schools for young children are mainly based on the kindergarten form of education109 Primary and secondary education in Bangalore is offered by various schools which are affiliated to one of the boards of education such as the Secondary School Leaving Certificate SSLC ICSE CBSE IB and NIOS110 Schools in Bangalore are either government run or are private both aided and unaided by the government111 After completing their secondary education students either attend Pre University PUC or continue High School in one of three streams Arts Commerce or Science112 Alternatively students may also enroll in Diploma courses Upon completing the required coursework students enroll in general or professional degrees in universities The Bangalore University established in 1886 provides affiliation to about 500 colleges with a total student enrolment exceeding 300 000 The university has two campuses within Bangalore Jnanabharathi and Central College113Indian Institute of Science which was established in 1909 in Bangalore is the premier institute for scientific research and study in India114 Nationally renowned professional institutes such as the National Centre for Biological Sciences NCBS National Institute of Design NID National Institute of Fashion Technology NIFT National Law School of India University NLSIU the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore IIMB the Indian Statistical Institute and International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore IIITB are located in Bangalore114 The city is also home to the premier mental health institution in India National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro SciencesNIMHANS Bangalore also has some of the best medical colleges in the country like St John39s Medical College SJMC and Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute BMCRI The M P Birla Institute of Fundamental Research research institute has a branch location located in Bangalore115editMediaThe first printingpress in Bangalore was established in the year 1840116 In 1859 punjab kesri became the first English biweekly newspaper to be published in Bangalore117 and in 1860 Mysore Vrittanta Bodhini became the first Kannada newspaper to be circulated in Bangalore116 Currently Vijaya Karnataka and The Times of India are the most widely circulated Kannada and English newspapers in Bangalore respectively closely followed by the Prajavani and Deccan Herald both owned by the Printers Mysore Limited the largest print media house in Karnataka118119Bangalore got its first radio station when All India Radio the official broadcaster for the Indian Government started broadcasting from its Bangalore station on 2 November 1955120 The radio transmission wasAM until in 2001 Radio City became the first private channel in India to start transmitting FM radio from Bangalore121 In recent years a number of FM channels have started broadcasting from Bangalore122 The city also has India39s Oldest Amateur Ham Radio Club Bangalore Amateur Radio Club VU2ARC123124 celebrating its Golden Jubilee along with Hamfest India HFI 2009 this November125 amongst various clubs for HAM radio enthusiasts There are two operational community radio stations in Bangalore called Radio Active and Ramana Voices managed by Mahaveer Jain College and Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy of the Blind SRMAB respectively The latter is being comanaged by a media advocacy group in Bangalore called VOICESBangalore has a number of newspapers and magazines that cater to the varied interests number of news channels operate in the city as well as in the state too Magazines like Open and 080 cater to lifestyle citizen issues and fashion newspapers like MidDay Bangalore Mirror Vijaya Karnataka provide localised news updates On the web Explocity provides listings information Deccan Herald The Times of India and The Hindu provide epaper servicesBangalore got its first look at television when Doordarshan established a relay centre here and started relaying programs from 1 November 1981126 A production center was established in the Doordarshan39s Bangalore office in 1983 thereby allowing the introduction of a news program in Kannada on 19 November 1983126 Doordarshan also launched a Kannada satellite channel on 15 August 1991 which is now named DD Chandana126 The advent of private satellite channels in Bangalore started in September 1991 when Star TV started to broadcast its channels127 Though the number of satellite TV channels available for viewing in Bangalore has grown over the years 128 the cable operators play a major role in the availability of these channels which has led to occasional conflicts129 Direct To Home services are also available in Bangalore now130The first Internet service provider in Bangalore was STPI Bangalore which started offering internet services in early 1990s131 This Internet service was however restricted to corporates until VSNL started offering dialup internet services to the general public at the end of 1995132 Currently Bangalore has the largest number of broadband Internet connections in India133SHARING THIS BLOG
Mumbai guy tried helping an unconscious woman but the society didnt let him
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Mumbai guy tried helping an unconscious woman but the society didnt let him
Mumbai guy tried helping an unconscious woman but the society didnt let him
Shruti Srivastava
A Mumbai guy found a woman in mid20s lying unconscious outside Urban Tadka restaurant She was believed to be a victim of street fight and awaited immediate medical aidBut what happened next is a deep shame for the societyOften we come across incidents where ignorance costs life But then there are some that cost humanity December 16 2012 does that ring a bellThat night a girl lost her life parents lost their daughter humanity lost its hope and society lost its conscience What followed by was dharnas protests campaigns and policy reforms but has it really made any change in our mindsetsHe posted the horrifying encounter which left a shameful memory and deep hatred for the society in his mind forever Read whole story here To the Mumbai Police and the Urban Tadka chain of restaurantsTonight at 1245 am November 6 I was standing near the gate of the Urban Tadka restaurant located off the WE Highway near Thakur Complex smoking a cigarette when I heard some screams emanating from within the restaurant When I tried to locate the source all I could see was the restaurants staff crowded around two men and women The men seemed to be waving liquor bottles around cheering the woman that was hitting another The woman on the receiving end couldn t or wouldn t fight back and was knocked out a few seconds later Meanwhile a crowd of 1520 patrons joined the audience So far not one of them tried to break it up The crowd followed the two men and the woman outta the gate as the other one lied unconscious on the ground The manager of the restaurant asked the crowd to depart stating that there was nothing more to see When I asked him what he planned to do about the woman lying by the door he assured me that she would regain consciousness in a few minutes and leave As I tried to force my way through the gate a few others joined me and we tried to find out what happened and why no one came to her aid We were told not to touch her as we might face serious trouble upon further questioning the manager simply said Sir ladies ka matter he Beech me padoge to jail jaoge That pissed me off to no end I tried to revive her by splashing some cold water on her face but it didn t help I asked for a chair lifted her off the ground and sat her down She began breathing heavily and as I tried to hold her head up I felt the bump at the back of her skull I knew right then that she had a concussion and called for an ambulance The local hospital flat out denied any help stating that they cannot bring in patients who have suffered injuries in a street fight without a policeman escorting the victim The policemen showed up 20 minutes after the fact and as they walked up they said to each other beer piya he isne jaane de hosh aaega to dekh lenge and when I showed them the inch deep cuts on her arm that were bleeding profusely they said that those aren t fresh she got them a week ago and left the premisesI tried for the third time now to slap her and shake her and it worked The minute she regained consciousness the cops came running through the gates and instead of asking after her they catch me by the collar and ask me who I am and why I m touching her After I explained the whole damn thing again they gave me a choice either leave now or come to the station and wait in the cell with her till the woman constable arrives to file the case I m ashamed to say that I took the easy way out but not before I made sure that she was capable of leaving After she assured me I left with a bitter taste in my mouth and a deep hatred for the society that I live in a society where a 20 year old girl is judged and left for dead by the very fing people who swore to protect us no matter what the circumstancesIs this what my sister and every other girl should expect when they are in such dire need of the EMS And whatever the shit happened to all you men out there who are supposed to look out for our sisters FB post Rajiv ChemburkarNote Certain words were modified due to objectionable content
Lal Bagh ka Raja Ganapati in Mumbai wish Fulfilling Ganesha
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Lal Bagh ka Raja Ganapati in Mumbai wish Fulfilling Ganesha
Lal Bagh ka Raja Ganapati in Mumbai wish Fulfilling Ganesha
Pravin Agrawal
I think u all heard about lal bagh ka raja ganesh of mumbaiit is the famous ganapati of mumbai crores of people visit there ganesh chaturti from all over india and the intersting part if he fulfill the wished of devotes200 sureall the film personalities visit this ganesh every yearThe Lalbaugcha Raja King of Lalbaug is undoubtedly the most famous Ganesh statue in Mumbai The mandal was founded in 1934 and has grown to be the most visited one in the cityIf you want to see the lengths people are prepared to go to for devotion the Lalbaugcha Raja is the idol to visit It draws an average of 15 million people a day astonishing People simply believe that this Ganesh idol can fulfill their wishes and there39s a lot of media attention on itThere are two main lines to see the idol a general line and line for those wanting to make a vow or get a wish fulfilled navas The navas line takes devotees right to the idol39s feet whereas the general line offers viewing darshan from a distance of around 10 meters away Until recently it was common for the navas line to stretch snakelike for over five kilometers However the organizer has started providing huge air conditioned tents in the adjacent ground to accommodate everyoneLocation GD Ambedkar Road Lalbaug central MumbaiNearest Railway Station Walking distance from Lower Parel Curry Road and Chinchpolki stationsWaiting Time Can be 20 hours or more in the navas line General line takes around five hoursWhen to Visit It39s open around the clock However the busiest time is in the evening until midnightThe procession for the immersion visarjan starts out at 10 am from the Lalbaug market on the final day of the festival and takes the following route Lalbaug Bharat Mata Theatre Lalbaug Sane Guruji Marg Byculla Railway Station Clare Road Nagpada Dunkan Road Don Taki Sant Sena Maharaj Marg Kumbharwada Suthar Gully Madhav Baug CP Tank VP Road Opera House Girgaon ChowpattiLalbaug is a locality in Mumbai Bombay India Lalbaug lies in the approximate centre of Mumbai near Dadar and Parel and has been a famous centre for reunions of Hindus during their festivals especially the Ganesh festival There are prominent Ganeshotsav organizations in and around Lalbaug as well as many sculpture workshops Prior to the Ganesh festivals these workshops are flooded with varioussized statues of Ganesha the elephantheaded God which the people worship Lalbaug also marks the centre of different mills that flourished in Mumbai during British rule The Kohinoor Mill the Finlay Mill and the Morarjee Mill to name a few At that time most of the community worked in these mills and it was a major source of livelihood for a majority of themContentsHistoryThe Mandal formerly known as 39Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal Lalbaug39 was founded in 1934 1 because of a vow Navas for construction of the present Lalbaug Market at its existing place The market place at Peru Chawl was shut down in 1932 Hence the fishermen and vendors who used to sit in the open place prayed to Ganesha for a permanent place for their market With the consistent efforts and support of the then local CouncillorLate Shri Kuwarji Jethabhai Shah Dr V B Korgaonkar Shri Nakhawa Kokam Mama Bhausaheb Shinde Dr U A Rao and the local residents the landlord Rajabai Tayyabali agreed to give a plot for construction of a market As fulfillment of their wish the fisherman and the traders established the Ganesh Idol on 12 September 1934 The idol was dressed in the customary fashion of fisherman and since that day forward the Lord Ganesh has become popular as it fulfills the wishes of devotees The Mandal was formed in the era when the freedom struggle was at its peakDue to the communal riots in 1946 orders were issued to change the route of the Ganesh Immersion Procession However the then officebearers of the Mandal refused to change the route and after 21 days the procession followed the same route under the supervision of then Volunteers Pandurang alias Babu Sayle M S Pawar and Dattaram Joshi After independence the agenda of the Mandal was modified and accordingly the Mandal decided to contribute to the uplift of the country The Mandal donated its available assets to the Kasturba Fund the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Fund in 1947 and to Bihar Flood Relief Fund in 1959 The social issues were also highlighted in the plots during Ganesh FestivalDuring Silver Jubilee Year in 1958 two different plots viz 39Geeta Upadesh39 and 39Kaliya Mardan39 were set for 5 days each In this Silver Jubilee year eminent speakers such as M L Patil Honorable Minister of Bombay State Honorable Ganapatrao Tapase Honorable Govindrao Adik Honorable Maloji Nimbalkar Municipal Corporator Dr Narvane Govinrao Mahashbde Dy Editor Navakaal Vasantrao Kate Govardhandas Mapara of Kamgar Seva Sadan Kakasaheb Tambe delivered speechesAfter 1958 the number of devotees of Lalbaugcha Raja increased substantially Hence in 1960 the entertainment programmes and speeches were discontinued In the same year 39Navaratri Utsav39 was started and the programmes were organized during Navaratri Festival These transitions were carefully and neatly carried out by Chandrakant Khadye Chunilal Rathod Pranjivan Mehta and Shankar More During this period Late Shri Shamraom V Bodhe handed over the Hanuman Temple to the MandalDuring 1948 to 1968 the Mandal started some new traditions like 39Shri Satyanarayan Mahapooja39 39Pansupari Samarambha Get Together Function39 The Get Together Function is the ceremony of felicitation by offering roll of betel leaf with betel nuts known as PanSupari in Marathi During this get together eminent personalities of different fields office bearers of various mandals and wellwishers are invited This creates a friendly atmosphere for coordination and exchange of views for better performance of the festival and helps in improving relation among various mandals In this manner the mandal established a warm relationship with some mandals of Kumbharwada Durgadevi Duncan Road Kamathipura Khetwadi Navi Amrutwadi etc The participation of local mandals at night was started to control heavy number of devoteesDuring 1934 to 1968 Kunwarji J Shah Dr V B Korgaonkar H B Korgaonkar Dr U A Rao Dr Manju Madar Ramchandra Tawate B D Bandekar Raghunath Khamkar Pranjeevan Mehta Rambali Halwai Ram Jadhav were mainly responsible for development of the Mandal The amount accumulated from the Mandal activities was mainly used for development of the nation Mandal did its bit by contributing to the National Fund during floods at Bihar in 1959 and during the wars in 1962 and 1965In 1969 new generation came up with wide view under the leadership of Late Shri Vasantrao Bhosale Space requirement arose due to great extent of workload of the Mandal In 1970 renovation of the Hanuman Temple was proposed Accordingly the renovation work was commenced in 1971 and completed in 1973 along with a new office for the Mandal In 1975 Idol of Amba Mata Goddess Amba was established in the temple and the religious duties of Navratri festival were carried out in the temple thereafterSince 1976 a part of the balance amount of the Mandal was deposited as 39Shikshan Imarat Nidhi39It is the first mandal who contributed Rs1 Lakh to the 39Army Central Welfare Fund39 in 1999 for the families of the soldiers who scarified their lives to uphold the dignity of the Nation at Kargil and the same was handed over to then Governor of Maharashtra State Dr PC AlexanderVisarjan Tarafa Traditionally the Ganesh idols are immersed in water during its Visarjan Hence in order to immerse the idol of Lalbaugcha Raja Mandal always takes proper precautions so that the visarjan takes place in a manner the Raja deserves Accordingly after consulting some experts and experienced persons Mandal has purchased a Tarafa Iron Raft which makes it possible to dissolve the idol of Lalbaugcha Raja in deep sea water conveniently The Tarafa is prepared by Ms AV Engineering In 201011 the tarafas were imported from AustraliaPresent dayIn 2009 the Mandal expected around 10 million people to visit This 39Great Raja39Firstlook of lalbaugcha raja 2012 Mumbai Ganesha Chaturthi is one of the most important Hindu festival in India Itis the day on which Lord Ganesha the son of Lord Shiva and Parvati wasborn The festival of Ganesha Chaturthi is celebrated with lot of devotionand zest in all the parts of India but with particular interest in MumbaiAs many as 6000 idols of Ganesha are commissioned for Ganesha Chaturthi inMumbai alone Lalbaugcha Raja Mumbai s most popular and famous Ganeshapandal Lalbaghcha Raja is visited by lakhs of people during GaneshChaturthi festival Lalbaugcha Raja Ganapathi is famous for fulfilling thewishes of its worshipers and devotees This day is also known as VinayakaChaturthi or Vinayaka Chavithi in many parts of the country Lalbaugcha Rajais attracting many visitors both online and in person Here is the latestphotos of Lalbaugcha Raja 2012Note Please forward the link of this 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The Architecture Of Thought
Blog By: Soumaneel Konar
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Blog By: Soumaneel Konar
The Architecture Of Thought
The Architecture Of Thought
Soumaneel Konar
Take a step backAnalyse your thoughts from a third person s perspective The healthy ones the nasty ones all of them A simple thought trail can teach you more about yourself than you d thinkEvery individual thought you have stimulates one or more new ones These in turn generate multiple others In essence from the moment you wake up in the morning you generate a convoluted network of thoughts everydayThe sequence in which your thoughts progress shape some of the most important decisions of your life and also who you are as a human beingThere s a documentary I watched a couple of years ago which was made after a 23 year old woman was raped and murdered on a bus in India in 2012 There were interviews with the rapists and I still remember one particular interview out of the four as clear as day While watching as the man kept talking I kept forming a mental image starting from his first word to his last and how he interconnected all his thoughts inside his head I tried to view the entire incident from his perspective inculcating his morals and his mentality in generalOnce it was over I paused the documentary and analysed the thought trail I d attempted to create I blankly stared at the computer screen in bewilderment In all my life among the countless people I d interacted with never had I thought someone could have a mindset that obnoxious From the first word he d uttered that was a part of his first idea to the way he connected that to his subsequent thoughts it made my stomach churn Was it poverty lack of education poor upbringing I didn t knowApart from matters as serious as this you can scrutinize an activity as simple as buying a tshirt Say you see a blue tshirt in a store and you like it What were the preceding thoughts that made you draw that inference Did it catch your attention owing to the possible fact that you ve tried on similar blue tshirts before and you make them look good Does the girlguy you re into have a thing for the colour blue Do you have a thing for the colour blue Did you see some advertisement the previous week where a ripped model looked good in that TShirt I could go on and onThe point I m trying to make is every fibre responsible for your mentality can be traced from the thoughts you have and the way you interconnect them to form a network of thoughtsCreating a trail of thought to analyse your daily trails of thought help you introspect and get to know yourself better That s what this piece aims to achievePhotograph clicked by Rupam Bhattacharya
Why is December 21 2012 so special
Blog By: Julia Fernandes
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Blog By: Julia Fernandes
Why is December 21 2012 so special
Why is December 21 2012 so special
Julia Fernandes
There have been many doomsday fears and all sorts of predictions and talks doing the rounds on the Internet And as the big day approaches the rumours are getting stronger But what exactly is going to happen on December 21st 2012 and why is it really so special Galactic alignmentTo begin with on December 21 2012 at exactly 1111 am the earth will be in exact alignment with the sun and the center of the Milky Way Galaxy This is a rare astrological event that occurs once every 26 000 years This has been so far the easiest and the simplest graphical explanation I have come across on the Internet to explain the galactic alignment which I would like to share refer to the image on the left Image source httpwwwmaya12212012com2012galactichtml In simple words before December 2012 we were on top of the Milky Way On December 21st 2012 we will be exactly on level with the crust at the Galactic Equator where galactic gravity is the strongest After 2012 we will be passing through the bottom zone viewing the Milky Way from the South A new cycle beginsAccording to available information the Mayan calendar is based on five cycles of time with each period lasting 5 125 years Apparently we are now at the end of one of these cycles Not just that it is also said that we are at the end of the fivecycle period I guess that explains the origin of all the doomsday fears 1111In terms of numerology when you add 2112 2012 you get a master number 11 It cannot be a coincidence that the age we are entering into is also the age of the Aquarius which happens to be the 11th sign of the zodiac It is strange that many people all over the world keep seeing this master number I am one of them I don t wear a wrist watch But in a strange way at precisely 1111 or 1212 or even my birth time 1155 am I happen to look at the time on my computer or I happen to catch 1111 or 1212 on my mobile It felt strange when in the midst of work or anything that I am doing suddenly my eyes observe 1111 or 1212 I don t do anything except acknowledge the sovereignty of that particular time I just stop whatever I am doing Today I understand the 1111 significance It was as if the universe was giving us a sign of the things to come Some others feel that it works like guidance from the universe giving you a sign that whatever you re feeling or doing at that particular moment is right Move into new DimensionThis date also heralds the transition to the fifth dimension Currently it is said that we are in the third dimension 3D where our thoughts and beliefs are rigid For example the concept of unconditional love does not exist in the 3rd dimension But if you have experienced or felt unconditional love or peace you have actually moved into a fourth dimensional 4D consciousness It is also said that on an individual level the transition from 3rd to 5th dimension will be hard for some Source httpwwwin5dcomwhatdoyoumeanthe3rddimensionisgoingawayhtml Higher levels of consciousnessI love gazing at the stars moon sky admiring nature It is said that you derive energy when you look at the stars So yesterday night as usual I went out to my balcony and was gazing at the stars and talking something Then I remembered that only the sun was missing from my conversation I got up in the morning forgot all my talks and rushed through the day While I was sitting in the train despite the train being crowded and despite sitting in that part of the compartment where the sun s rays cannot reach me the sun s rays reached my face almost to the point of hurting my eyes for a good two to three minutes I looked around and found the rays were only upon my face Then I remembered my last night s conversation and smiled to myself It was as if the sun was telling me Julia I got your message from the stars and moon and here I am I don t know if this constitutes as higher levels of consciousness but yes I have become more attuned to nature ConclusionAll said and done one can conclude that a shift is definitely going to happen Not from within but from outside this time from our solar system Will there be a DNA upgrade ascensions to higher levels of consciousness end of the world new dimensions nobody really knows After reading everything I could on this subject all I can say is that stay positive and send love light and peace to all including yourself This time no Happy New Year but a Happy Positive New Age to all
Spircon Light and Sound on the Path Sant Mat
Blog By: Sant Mat
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Blog By: Sant Mat
Spircon Light and Sound on the Path Sant Mat
Spircon Light and Sound on the Path Sant Mat
Sant Mat
Spircon Light and Sound on the Path Digest of Spiritual Quotes Satsang Discourses and Announcements Sant Mat recognizes the great Sages and Saints of the different traditions who are accomplished in the spiritual goal of human life Sant Mat respects the Saints Prophets and Sages of all traditions Buddha Mahavira Jesus Christ Guru Nanak Kabir Rumi Baha39u39llah Mira Bai etc Furthermore Sant Mat believes in the uninterrupted continuation of the emergence of Saints Masters Sant Satgurus on this Earth NOTE To enjoy all the spiritual quotes articles photos art and icons below if you39re viewing this via email always click Display Images or Show Images for full HTML colors fonts and images Contents Below In This IssueMailingBlogDigest Spircon 2013 Agra Announcement Toward a Science of Consciousness Focus On What Matters Various Links to Podcasts Online Books Blogs and Websites Behold the Universes Within You Excerpts from Swami Ji39s Letters From Master To Disciple A Tree of Sant Mat The Murar Declaration and the InterFaith Spircon 2010 A Historic Event Held in Agra A Basis For Fellowship Those Who Attended Article An Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive Spirituality Kirpal Singh and the Lesson of Nag Hammadi Gnostic Scriptures Found in Egypt Kabbalah and Inner Light Sound Mysticism The Hidden Words of Baha39u39llah Prophet and Mystic of the Bahai Faith A Radhasoami Prayer by Shiv Brat Lal and The Cave of Hands Links PODCAST Inner Space Close Your Eyes And See Spiritual Awakening Radio Program Length 60 Minutes Click to Stream or Download MP3httpbitlyT0nLaj Many More PodcastsOnDemand Spiritual Awakening Radio and Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts via Youtube HealthyLifeNet and Blog Talk Radio GO TOhttpwwwSpiritualAwakeningRadiocomarchivehtml Background An Introduction to Sant Mat Spirituality GO TOhttpwwwFacebookcomSantMatRadhasoamiinfo Sant Mat Library Online Recommended Reading GO TO httpwwwSpiritualAwakeningRadiocomlibraryhtml Sant Mat Blog With Extensive Archive and Search EnginehttpSantMatRadhasoamiBlogspotcom Daily Spiritual Quotes via Facebook Twitter and TumblrhttpwwwFacebookcomSantMatRadhasoamihttpTwittercomSantMathttpSantMatTumblrcom EmailMailing Lists and RSS Feeds via Yahoo GroupshttpgroupsYahoocomgroupSantMatFellowshipAlso Sant Santati Spiritual Awakening at Yahoo etc Major InterFaith Sant Mat and Radhasoami Event Toward Science of Consciousness Spircon 2013 March 3rd Through the 9th to be Held in Agra For More Information GO TOhttpbitlyOxy9U9 Focus On What Matters The essence of life is in remembering God Kabir We are all pilgrims treading the same path and desirous of reaching the same destination ultimatelyHuzur Maharaj Come up O lions and shake off the delusion that you are sheep you are souls immortal spirits free blest and eternal ye are not matter ye are not bodies matter is your servant not you the servant of matter Swami Vivekananda Having been blessed with this human form one must make proper use of their 39Pradhan Buddhi39 or Supreme intellect by utilizing it for the attainment of SelfRealization and thus make fruitful or productive this human birth The Shri Paramhans Advait Mat Granth The desire of an individual to be free from sufferings and to attain the happiness of absolute peace is naturally present in the hearts of all The purpose of Sant Mat is to provide a system which fulfills the desires of attaining absolute peace Maharshi Mehi Be regular and lovingly devoted to your holy meditations as that is the central pivot around which the whole sacred teaching revolves and therein an all around development of the soul is granted Kirpal Singh Spiritual Elixir What matters is the bead that only bows to the Beloved And the tongue that only speaks in adoration of GodSant Namdev Be ready at all times for the gifts of God and always for new ones Meister Eckhart German Mystic Be at peace with your own soul Then heaven and earth will be at peace with you Enter eagerly into the treasurehouse that is within you And you will see the things that are in heavenFor there is but one single entry to them both The ladder that leads to the Kingdom in hidden within your soul Dive into yourself andin your soul you will discoverThe stairs by which to ascend Saint Isaac of Nineveh From Master to Disciple Excerpts from Swami Ji39s Letters Always remember the Lord My blessings to you are that with a sincere mind sincere spirit sincere love sincere devotion sincere yearning and sincere attention in the contemplation of the Guru you may peruse this letter He is present with you all the time in Shabd Form Therefore banish all worry and look with sincere attention and spirit and you will get His vision Always remember the Lord and knowing that He is always with you imbue yourself with His love Lord in Shabd Form is always with you and is never far Have patience and you will get a glimpse of True Light Be saturated with His love and yearning Keep away from evil tendencies and leanings Combating with mind and its forces remain absorbed in Shabd Rest assured that His loving memory will always remain with you inwardly in a subtle form This gift is bestowed on you as a matter of grace for you have done nothing to incur so much of Huzur39s pleasure as to deserve such a great gift Just as a charitable person gives to an importunate beggar out of his habitual compassion so to you also He has given given given I wish you all health and happiness but keep uppermost in your mind Bhajan Dhyan and devotion to the Supreme Being The Grace of the Supreme Being on you is the same as it was before Attune yourself to the Will of the Lord Renouncing all thoughts of the past and future keep your spirit immersed in Shabd at the time of Bhajan Fix your spirit in Shabd and Shabd is in Gagan Fill your heart with yearning and heart is at Trikuti Unite your spirit with Shabd and see beauteous sights The Til is located within Sukhmana an artery of the human body which lies between Ida on the right and Pingla on the left and the form of Jyoti is in the Til Sit in Bhajan after making your mind and spirit calm with the help of love and yearning By the Grace of the Guru your object will be gained rest assured and have no fear whatsoever Soami Ji Maharaj39s Letters To Huzur Maharaj Know Thyself and the Inner Master Realize your real form within and then proceed further with your Surat attentionfaculty of the soul Radhasoami enjoins upon you to ascend and meet the Shabd Guru Soami Ji Maharaj Sar Bachan Poetry Book One When your eye turns inward in the brain and you see the firmament within and your spirit leaves the body and rises upward you will see the Akash in which is located Sahasdalkanwal the thousand petals of which perform the various functions pertaining to the three worlds Its effulgence will exhilarate your spirit Hidayatnama or Esoteric Instructions Sar Bachan Poetry Volume One Swami Ji MaharajSant Radhasoami Sahib Rigorous practice of inner meditation will unravel the fourteen levels the seven levels of 39Pind39 or body and the seven levels of 39Brahmaand39 or the macrocosmos namely Ajnaa Chakra SahasraDalKamal Shoonya MahaShoonya Bhanwar Gufaa and Sat Lok But for this to happen you will have to while alert focus your attention at the place prescribed by the Guru On reaching into the 39Shoonya39 or Void you will listen to the Sound or Word the Sound primeval or Quintessential Sound through which God has been calling you right from the beginning since you separated from Him Param Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras Behold the Universes Within You by Learning the Right Method from an Accomplished Guide Forwarded post by Pravesh K Singh That a droplet is contained inside the ocean is common knowledgeBut very rare are those who can behold the ocean universes to be contained within the droplet body Sant Kabir Sahab The Drop is within the Sea and the Sea is within the dropWho gets to know experience this He who has learnt the right skill Guru Nanak Dev Sleeping alertly without slipping into the state of ignorance or unawareness yogis visualize the various cosmos within their wombs Goswami Tulsidas Just as applying that lampblack meditators the accomplished beings and the wiseRelish seeing the wondrous spectacles of numerous stellar bodies mountains and forests within them Goswami Tulsidas All the features of the Macrocosmos are there within the body Jnana Sankalini Tantra As in the body so in the UniverseAs in the Universe so in the body Yajur Veda All knowledge is within all deities live withinAll holy places lie within but can be seen only with the art taught by the Guru Jnana Sankalini Tantra The Cosmos is within the body I have seen what lies even beyond these Sant Tulsi Sahab We entered the house of realization we witnessed the bodyThe whirling skies the manylayered earth the seventythousand veils we found in the bodyThe night and the day the planets the words inscribed on the Holy Tablets the hill that Moses climbed the Temple and Israfil39s trumpet we observed in the bodyTorah Psalms Gospel Quran what these books have to say we found in the bodyEverybody says these words of Yunusare true Truth is wherever you want itWe found it all within the body Poem 4 Page 20 The Dervish Way by Sufi mystic Yunus Emre The microcosm is hidden in the creation of manand the macrocosm is the outer universeBut for prophets the outer universe is the microcosmwhile the inner universe is the macrocosm The Conversations Maqalat of Shams of TabrizHazret Shams alDin of Tabriz Rumi39s master A Tree of Sant Mat The Murar Declaration and the InterFaith Spircon 2010 A Historic Event Held in Agra We are all pilgrims treading the same path and desirous of reaching the same destination ultimately Satsang movement has been started to spread the true religion and peace and tranquility in the world and to draw people towards the Holy Feet of Huzur Radhasoami Dayal This object can be better served by maintaining mutual affection and brotherly relations among different Centres of Radhasoami Faith and working in cooperation to attain the common goal 39as the object of worship of everyone is the same ie Merciful Radhasoami and the Original Home of everyone is the same ie the Abode of Radhasoami and the real teachers of everyone are the same Bani and Discourses of Merciful Radhasoami obviously then all should have amity and heartfelt love and affection for each other39 Huzur Maharaj Prem Patra The letter of Invitation was sent to Revered Leaders of seven Centres and also the draft of proposed Declaration on the lines of the one adopted by the Sabha at Murar was sent for consideration Revered Baba Kehar Singh ji Maharaj of Taran Taran and Revered Kanwar Singh Sahab of Dinod participated in the Conclave The Revered Leaders of Beas and Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission Delhi were going to be out of India on the dates set for the Conclave Revered Baba Gurinder Singh ji Maharaj of Beas promising to visit Dayalbagh before the end of the celebrations did come on 16th March 2011 He met Revered Dr Prem Saran Satsangi Sahab and the two Leaders signed a General Statement declaring that in all humility the two Satsangs declare once again their adherence in true letter and spirit to the guidelines contained in the Joint Statement of Param Guru Sahabji Maharaj and Baba Sawan Singh ji Maharaj signed in 1932 Revered Babaji was welcomed by President Radhasoami Satsang Sabha on behalf of Satsangis of Dayalbagh of whom 70008000 were present and Satsang held Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission has conveyed full support for Murar Declaration Revered Agam Prasad Mathur Sahab of Pipal Mandi participated in the SPIRCON Seminar as Chief Guest of Honour and has indicated his support for the Declaration Mahantji of Tulsi Math of Hathras attended SPIRCON throughout Representatives of Soami Bagh and Dr Hazra Group too were invited of which the latter attended SPIRCON The Murar Declaration A Basis For Fellowship Param Purush Puran Dhani Soamiji Maharaj was pleased to declare the Satsang open to general public on the occasion of Basant in the year 1861 This can be said to be the day when Radhasoami Faith was started To mark the completion of 150 years of this momentous occasion a yearlong celebrations were organised in Dayalbagh and in all the Branches affiliated to it beginning from Basant 2010 and culminating at Holi 2011 Coincidentally during this period Radhasoami Satsang Sabha which is the main organising body of Dayalbagh Satsang also completed its 100 years in March 2010 Apart from a Special Meeting for thanksgiving held on 26th March 2010 the precise date at Dayalbagh a special session of the Sabha was also held at Murar which is the birthplace and home of Param Guru Sarkar Sahab the fourth Revered Leader of the Faith and under whose inspiration the Sabha was formed In this year of general rejoicing and thanksgiving it was felt that it would be in fitness of things to send out a message of goodwill and cooperation to various Satsang Centres inspired by the Message of Param Guru Huzur Maharaj the second Revered Leader of the Faith in the Prem Patra We are all pilgrims treading the same path and desirous of reaching the same destination ultimately Satsang movement has been started to spread the true religion and peace and tranquility in the world and to draw people towards the Holy Feet of Huzur Radhasoami Dayal This object can be better served by maintaining mutual affection and brotherly relations among different Centres of Radhasoami Faith and working in cooperation to attain the common goal 39as the object of worship of everyone is the same ie Merciful Radhasoami and the Original Home of everyone is the same ie the Abode of Radhasoami and the real teachers of everyone are the same Bani and Discourses of Merciful Radhasoami obviously then all should have amity and heartfelt love and affection for each other39 It was considered desirable that the Radhasoami Satsang Sabha Dayalbagh should issue a Declaration emphasising the need for maintaining brotherly and good relations amongst all Centres which would help in spreading the Message of Huzur Radhasoami Dayal faster and more effectively and bring about understanding of the Religion The joint statement issued by Param Guru Sahabji Maharaj the Fifth Revered Leader and the Founder of Dayalbagh and Baba Sawan Singh ji Maharaj the second Revered Leader of Beas Satsang when he visited Dayalbagh in 1932 provided the guiding principle The Joint Statement stated that because of the understanding reached about the commonality of fundamental beliefs held and practices followed at the two Centres Satsangis connected with Radhasoami Satsang Sabha Dayalbagh and Beas Satsang will be able to maintain brotherly and affectionate relations with each other Both the Satsangs will make arrangement for their Satsang independently and every Satsangi will have the right to join the Satsang of his choice and to follow the lead of Head of the Satsang Whose Guidance he likes The Satsangis would make effort to strengthen the relations of brotherly love They should abstain from unnecessarily instilling their own ideas and feelings in the minds and hearts of other Satsangis THE CONCLAVE Those Who Attended In keeping with the concept of Murar Declaration and its objective it was considered desirable to enlarge the basis for cooperation among different Centres of Radhasoami Faith in the light of the observations made by Param Guru Huzur Maharaj as cited in the note regarding Murar Declaration Hence immediately following the twoday Seminar on Religion of Saints 39Sants39 Radhasoami Faith Spiritual Consciousness Studies SPIRCON2010 which was held under aegis of Dayalbagh Educational Institute Deemed University and in which practitioners and scholars of Sant Mat from India and various parts of the world participated it was decided to hold a Conclave of Leaders of different traditions of Radhasoami Faith on 14th November 2010 at Dayalbagh In sending out invitations for participation for the Conclave three criteria were identified that they should 1 recognise Param Purush Puran Dhani Soamiji Maharaj as Avtar of Radhasoami Dayal 2 accept Radhasoami Naam as the true Nij Naam and consider 3 the practice of Surat Shabda Yoga under the guidance of a living Sant Satguru as the way for attaining salvation Accordingly the letter of Invitation was sent to Revered Leaders of seven Centres and also the draft of proposed Declaration on the lines of the one adopted by the Sabha at Murar was sent for consideration Revered Baba Kehar Singh Ji Maharaj of Taran Taran and Revered Kanwar Singh Sahab of Dinod participated in the Conclave The Revered Leaders of Beas and Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission Delhi were going to be out of India on the dates set for the Conclave Revered Baba Gurinder Singh ji Maharaj of Beas promising to visit Dayal Bagh before the end of the celebrations did come on 16th March 2011 He met Revered Dr Prem Saran Satsangi Sahab and the two Leaders signed a General Statement declaring that in all humility the two Satsangs declare once again their adherence in true letter and spirit to the guidelines contained in the Joint Statement of Param Guru Sahabji Maharaj and Baba Sawan Singh ji Maharaj signed in 1932 Revered Babaji was welcomed by President Radhasoami Satsang Sabha on behalf of Satsangis of Dayalbagh of whom 70008000 were present and Satsang held Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission has conveyed full support for Murar Declaration Revered Agam Prasad Mathur Sahab of Pipal Mandi participated in the SPIRCON Seminar as Chief Guest of Honour and has indicated his support for the Declaration Mahantji of Tulsi Math of Hathras attended SPIRCON throughout Representatives of Soami Bagh and Dr Hazra Group too were invited of which the latter attended SPIRCON At the Conclave held on 14th November 2010 a Declaration was issued signed by Leaders of Dayalbagh Satsang Dinod and Taran Taran Satsang DECLARATION The following is the text of the Declaration which was signed by Revered Dr PS Satsangi Sahab Revered Baba Kehar Singh Sahab and Revered Kanwar Singh ji Radhasoami Dayal incarnated Himself in the year 1818 in the form of Param Purush Puran Dhani Soamiji Maharaj in this world for the redemption of jivas On Basant day in 1861 He declared open His Satsang to public in general which was an event of unparalleled Mercy since the beginning of creation By His grace Satsang has been making steady progress ever since The Nijdhar has continued to function in different human forms continuously We have the assurance that the Nijdhar will not return until it had completed its task of redemption of all the jivas 2 In course of time several Centres of Radhasoami Satsang have got established It is with the strength of Nijdhar that the Sant Satgurus of different Centres are maintaining progress of their respective communities 3 We are all pilgrims treading the same path and desirous of reaching the same destination ultimately Satsang movement has been started to spread the true religion and peace and tranquility in the world and to draw people towards the Holy Feet of Huzur Radhasoami Dayal This object can be better served by maintaining mutual affection and brotherly relations among different Centres of Radhasoami Faith and working in cooperation to attain the common goal as the object of worship of everyone is the same ie Merciful Radhasoami and the Original Home of everyone is the same ie the Abode of Radhasoami and the real teachers of everyone are the same Bani and Discourses of Merciful Radhasoami obviously then all should have amity and heartfelt love and affection for each other 4 As Satsang completes 150 years it is the right time to take an initiative in this direction We recognise all those belonging to larger Radhasoami community who satisfy the following criteria A Recognise Param Purush Puran Dhani Soamiji Maharaj as Avtar of Radhasoami Dayal B Accept Radhasoami Naam as the true Nij Naam and C the practice of SuratShabdaYoga under the guidance of a living Sant Satguru as the way for attaining salvation In order to strengthen the Satsang movement for attainment of its goal we make the following declaration 1 That all Satsang Centres and the Satsangis affiliated to them would maintain and promote brotherly relations and affectionate behaviour towards the followers of Radhasoami Faith attached to different Centres 2 Each Centre will continue to make separate arrangement for Satsang as it deems proper It will be open to a Satsangi to join any Centre according to hisher inclination and to follow the lead of the Sant Satguru Whose Guidance heshe wants 3 Each Centre will be free to manage its properties according to its wishes but access to the shrines under their management will be provided to the followers of the Faith attached to different Centres 4 No Satsangi by any written word or utterance will make any statement which may be derogatory to other Satsang nor try to instil hisher ideas and feelings in the minds of others We enjoin upon Satsangis attached to various Centres to follow this Declaration in letter and spirit NOTE For the benefit of some in the West it should also be said Surat Shabd Yoga in all of the abovementioned communities is taught to students at no cost There is no charge no money involved whatsoever in order to learn the practice There are no membership fees or payments required for membership dues or monthly discourses In order to qualify to learn the Inner Light and Sound meditation practice known as Surat Shabd Yoga one simply needs to be willing to learn from a living teacher adhere to the vegetarian diet and the other basic ahimsa principles universally taught in all of the Sant Mat communities listed above An Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive Spirituality Kirpal Singh and the Lesson of Nag Hammadi by James BeanCopyright October 2012 All Rights Reserved The old school approach of sectarianism consists of a narrow belief that one39s own path is the oneandonly true one That39s the oldfashioned approach of shutting out the rest of humanity and the cosmos Fundamentalism can be a kind of mental tyranny or idolatry the worship of one39s own beliefsystem or interpretation as a god a finger pointing at the moon that often gets mistaken for the moon itself I love this passage from Maharshi Mehi on the dangers of sectarianism showing how hardheaded and hardhearted sectarianism is a form of violence Sectarianism according to enlightened Masters is not a virtue It is a vice Coexist In different times and different places saints appear and their followers name their religion according to the sage or saint who propounded that tradition The appearance of differences can be attributed to time place and language This gives rise to various labels for the common views held by all religions Likewise due to excessively zealous followers these seeming differences are often amplified When all sectarianism and the temporal and linguistic aspects are removed the basic principles of all the saints are in accord and the voices of the saints are in harmony There are the great world religions Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Taoism Zoroastrianism Judaism Christianity Islam Sikhism the Bahai Faith AboriginalIndigenousNative AmericanSami People etc In addition to comparative religion there is also comparative mysticism the study of various schools of spirituality or mystics that are or once were operating within many of these abovementioned faith communities East and West Viewing religions through this particular lens one39s list may include Kabbalah Gnosticism Valentinians Barbeloites Nassenes Manichaeans Cathers Bogomils Hesychasm Eastern Orthodox mysticism Syriac and other forms of Monasticism Quietism the Beguines Gottesfreunde or Friends of God to name a few in the Christian category Sufism numerous lineages of Saints Sant Satgurus and Bhaktas based in India The great Seth wrote this book He placed it in the mountain that is called 39Charaxio 39 in order that at the end of the times and the eras it may come forth and reveal the great invisible eternal Spirit The Gospel of the Egyptians The Godwritten holy secret book Gospel of the Egyptians The Nag Hammadi Library In December 1945 a collection of ancient scriptures fifty two books was unearthed near the village of Nag Hammadi in Egypt These texts had been placed in a clay storage jar sealed and buried sometime during the Fourth Century AD They most likely were hidden there at the time by monks who lived at a nearby monastery founded by Saint Pachomius They would have been sacred texts once part of the library of this monastic community one of several Pachomian monasteries operating in Egypt The god of time illusion has put a cover over the teachings of Saints and thus concealed them from humanity Swami Ji Maharaj Rather than confining themselves to only reading the Old and New Testaments or teachings exclusively from Orthodox Christian sources these monks had a surprisingly diverse collection of writings that can only be characterized as interfaith and multitradition In other words they were also studying the scriptures of other religions and mystical movements of their day The papyrus codices of the Nag Hammadi scriptures includes Christian texts such as the Gospel of Thomas a collection of the earliest known sayings of Jesus Dialogue of the Saviour Gospel of Mary Magdalene the Book of Thomas the Spiritual Athlete Teachings of Silvanus and Apocalypse of James Parts I II There are also many examples of mystical or Gnostic Jewish texts Perhaps the oldest book of the Nag Hammadi library Eugnostos the Blessed is one of many that originate with a sect known as the Sethians who practised a somewhat Kabbalahlike form of Jewish mysticism Several important Nag Hammadi books are part of the Corpus Hermeticum sacred texts of the Hermetic tradition an esoteric religious and philosophical mystery school or school of spirituality based in Egypt attributed to Hermes Trismegistus ThriceGreatest Hermes These include The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth Heavens or Planes Asclepius and The Vegetarian Prayer of Thanksgiving Scholars have noticed there is a strong influence of Neoplatonism a mystical philosophy based on the teachings of Plato present in many of the Nag Hammadi texts and Gnostic gospels Both the Corpus Hermeticum and Nag Hammadi Library refer to India on a couple of occasions and one Nag Hammadi book by the name of Zostrianos mentions the Persian Prophet Zoroaster The books of Nag Hammadi are in the Coptic language and are copied by monks from much earlier Greek manuscripts Some of the writings seem to originate in Syria just north of Israel including the Gospel of Thomas Sayings of Jesus and book of Mar Sanes The Sentences of Sextus is a Pythagorean text a collection of proverbs popular with many during the early centuries CE The Pythagoreans were as the name suggests followers of Pythagoras a sect that believed in a fascinating combination of mathematics and mystical beliefs and practices including reincarnation transmigration of the soul and hearing the Music of the Spheres the Harmony of All Harmonies They also adhered to a vegetarian diet In fact for most of the last two thousand years in the western world the word vegetarian has been synonymous with Pythagorean such was their influence on Pagan Jewish and Christian traditions Vegetarians have been referred to as Pythagoreans up until recently when the word vegetarian became fairly popular Some of the scriptures of Nag Hammadi are from a moderate more mainstream Gnostic Christian movement called the Valentinians founded by Saint Valentinus of Alexandria Many suspect that many of the Pachomian monks had been followers of Valentinus and brought their scriptures with them when they joined the monastery near Nag Hammadi From the point of view of the monks contemplating the words of these scriptures their interest was not a schizophrenic or contradictory eclectic spirituality All these writings do have much in common common themes and threads a universal wisdom that transcends narrow religious sectarian boundaries a rich treasuretrove of spirituality What a fascinating version of Christianity these people had a faith once entrusted to the Saints Book of Jude Wisdom leads the soul to the place of God The Sentences of Sextus Nag Hammadi Library The Lesson of Nag Hammadi These codices or scriptures of Nag Hammadi were buried after Bishop Athanasius condemned the use of noncanonical books in his infamous Festal Letter of 367 AD As a new conservative sectarian hardline leadership with it39s lists of approved and banned books imposed itself upon the monastic communities of Egypt it is believed that some monks took these forbidden books from the monastic library and hid them away thus rescuing them from certain destruction and this freespirited act ended up preserving them for future generations Now this collection of the sayings of Jesus known as the Gospel of Thomas rather than being the victim of censorship and the bookburning hysteria of the Fourth Century has it39s own website The Gospel of Mary Magdalene illustrating the leadership role of women during the early days of Christianity instead of being forever wiped from the pages of history is now the subject of great interest by many openminded spiritual seekers around the world The tyrant will not be able to take away happiness The Sentences of Sextus Nag Hammadi Library And there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed There is nothing buried that will not be raised Gospel of Thomas Planetary Lobotomy The loss of the Nag Hammadi Library and the destruction of the Library of Alexandria represent two spectacular examples of 39Planetary Lobotomy39 the unrestrained wanton destruction of the knowledge of humanity At least in the case of Nag Hammadi a large percentage of the texts have been restored to us Beware of today39s Athanasius types The spirit of Athanasius lives on in each generation seeking to take freedoms away seeking to blow up statues of Buddhas and Saints forbidding the study of unauthorized spiritual wisdom deliberately causing books to go out of print causing trouble for many seeking souls ever thinking up new rules and regulations The results of the imposition of overreaching rulemaking control and censorship in spiritual organizations despite the usual good intentions that are advertised ultimately leads to the loss of knowledge and wisdom of the Masters the dumbing down of a tradition The Pharisees and the scholars have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them They have not entered nor have they allowed those who want to enter to do so As for you be as sly as snakes and as simple as doves Gospel of Thomas As I39ve written in the past 39there is no permanent Institution or University of Mysticism but a declinerenewal process a continuous pattern of Masters making a fresh start in new locations remaining free to exist in genuineness and authenticity without a hierarchy of scribes and an evergrowing caste of Pharisees running the show surrounding the Master blocking him from our view Let39s just stick with visiting with the Master around the Bodhi or Banyen Tree of simplicity The true Masters do spend time with their disciples Personal interviews You bet Make every effort to enjoy their company whenever you can during this lifetime while both you and they are in the body The Master says What your own eyes cannot see your human ears do not hear your physical hands cannot feel and what is inconceivable to the human mind that I will give you The Gospel of Thomas Wisdom of the Twin Lynn Bauman White Cloud Press Administrative religious councils have been at war with enlightened souls since the beginning of time and ultimately seek to retire and replace living Masters altogether I remain suspicious of the institutionalization process the thirst and eagerness on the part of some to building ever larger buildings creating new committees and councils for themselves to rule over Only mystics care about mysticism Do not lay down any rule beyond what I ordained for you nor promulgate law like the lawgiver or else it will dominate you Yeshua Gospel of Mary Magdalene The Example of Kirpal Singh 18941974 Sant Kirpal Singh advised his students to follow a satsang template that included a long reading list of potential scriptures and sources of inspiration or instruction For the subject of a talk we may take up the hymns from any scripture preferably from the Masters of the Sound Current It may be supplemented by apt quotations from the parallel writings of other Master Saints The Holy Gospels themselves are full of such material as may fit in with such a context The illustrations from various Masters are essential so as to bring out the essential unity in the teachings of all the Saints Instructions For Holding Satsang by Sant Kirpal Singh To fill the human heart with compassion mercy and universal love which should radiate to all countries nations and peoples of the world To make a true religion of the heart as the ruling factor in one39s life To enable each one to love God love all serve all and have respect for all as God is immanent in all forms My goal is that of oneness I spread the message of oneness in life and living This is the way to peace on earth This is the mission of my life and I pray that it may be fulfilled Kirpal Singh Kirpal Singh was a prolific writer publishing scores of books over the years quoting from most every world scripture mystic poet philosopher and great Master that has ever existed spanning the centuries very much embodying this same curiosity and inclusive universal spirituality we find present in the Nag Hammadi Library of Egypt May the legacy of both always be remembered and honored for all time to come Kabbalah and Inner Light Sound Mysticism The mystical spirit that craves for a direct encounter with God for a fresh illumination of soul is not content with pondering a tradition even a mystical tradition To gain this boon the mystic must travel the lone road of meditation of struggling with his own opaque material self to break the barrier that separates him from God and to enter directly into contact with the divine mystery Rabbi Ben Zion Bokser SimranZikhrRememberingRepeating God39s Names To Thy Name and to Thy remembranceis the desire of our soulWith my soul have I desired Thee in the nightYea with my spirit within mehave I sought Thee earnestly Hebrew Bible Isaiah 26 89 And nothing lies in the power of a manKnow then that peace comes from understanding His WillSo wear His Name like a charm around your neck Meditating on Him alone And no harm shall approach you One can attain to the Spiritual World through the practice of outward and inward holiness excessive love of God and the delight in His recollection zikr and Holy Names Abraham heHasid Jewish Sufi mystic Ascending Through the Heavens Repeating Names of God The first century Rabbi Akiva ascended through the seven heavens and the seven palaces in the highest heaven by means of passwords uttered to the angelic gatekeepers His meetings with God were characterized by luminosity Joan Borysenko Seven Paths to God The Ways of the Mystic The Five Names Panch Naam of the Sethians a JewishGnostic Movement in Antiquity Name One Armozel of the first region Name Two Oroiael of the second region Name Three Daveithe of the third region Name Four Elethe of the fourth regionThe Fifth AeonFifth Name not translatedthe Divine is the allencompassing SelfBegotten OneThe Nag Hammadi Scriptures Throughout Jewish history many of the rabbis and sages believed that direct experience of God is possible resulting in a higher type of knowledge than can be gained by means of intellect Aside from the visions of the prophets recorded in the Bible the rabbis based this belief on the passage in Psalms O Taste and see that the Lord is good Happy is the man that taketh refuge in Him Psalm 349 The word taste is very graphic tangible and nonintellectual It suggests knowledge through direct experience of the divine essence rather than by thinking or reasoning Similarly many Indian and Muslim mystics have sung of their experience of the Divine in meditation as tasting the inner ambrosia the spiritual food and as drinking the inner nectar The rabbis of the Talmud interpreted God39s command to Abraham in the Bible lekh lekha go to yourself Genesis 1212 as meaning go within yourself The Jewish mystics of the Sufi tradition as well as the later Kabbalists of Safed and elsewhere practiced various forms of meditation in order to obtain knowledge of God For example according to the thirteenthcentury Spanish Jewish mystic Isaac ibn Latif even the highest type of intellectual understanding reaches only the back of the Divine but a picture of the face of the Lord can be gained through supraintellectual ecstasy which is an experience even higher than prophecy Ibn Latif calls this type of direct perception the beatitude of supreme communion Meditation is the proper mystic training that brings the soul in direct contact with the divine reality and the beatitude of supreme communion In meditation one learns to detach the soul from the mind and body and merge it in the Lord its Source The spiritual Master the mystic comes to this world to teach a method of freeing the soul the spark from the shell of mind and illusion so it can merge back into God This is the real unification or yoga All saints teach that the creation came from the Word the holy Name of God the Shabd the divine energy of life the divine music the audible life stream which activates the creation and manifests as sound and light emanating from EnSof the realm of pure Spirit The goal of spiritual practice is to reverse this process of creation on an individual level of the soul39s separation from the divine source and imprisonment in matter Jewish mystics call it tikkun 39fixing 39 but Indian mystics simply describe it as the merging of the soul into its divine source so that it never again has to experience separation and imprisonment in the material creation Miriam Bokser Caravella The Holy Name Mysticism in Judaism Close one eye and open the other Close one to the world and all that is therein and open the other to the hallowed beauty of the Beloved The Hidden Words of Baha39u39llah O Son Of Dust Blind thine eyes that thou mayest behold My beauty stop thine ears that thou mayest hearken unto the sweet Melody of My Voice empty thyself of all learning that thou mayest partake of My knowledge and sanctify thyself from riches that thou mayest obtain a lasting share from the ocean of My eternal wealth Blind thine eyes that is to all save My beauty stop thine ears to all save My Word empty thyself of all learning save the knowledge of Me that with a clear vision a pure heart and an attentive Ear thou mayest enter the court of My holiness The Hidden Words of Baha39u39llah Radhasoami Prayer O August Radhaswami Lord of the Soul Thou Living Self and Living Master Beneficent Father and Mother of AllBe merciful make us Thine own And thus save us from the snares of TimePast are the Golden Age and others Unknowing of the Heavenly Melody proper Yet now art Thou Merciful in this hard DarkAge To chant in loud and lucid strains the SacredWord O Lord having descended into this planebelow Helpest Thou the living entities To span the WorldlyOcean acrossTo cast off the Trinity and reach the FourthAbode Whence the Living Name unfolds And the Living Mastership Bathed in Glory and Effulgent Light Thy servant tenders this Solemn PetitionGrant us even The Regionless Region The Chief Abode the Sphere of Bliss The Holy Refuge at Thy Feet MY LORD Prayer of Sant Daata Dayal Ji Shiv Brat Lal Light On Ananda Yoga The Yoga of Happiness Sant Bani Books 1982 with the encouragement of Steve Morrow Note I was friends with the late Steve Morrow who once upon a time had an interfaith Sant Mat satsang at his home in Texas called Sant Mat Fellowship 39I was here39 More than 9000 years ago some people felt it was important to let us know they lived on the surface of our planet by leaving an image of their hand in a cave that is now called 39The Cave of Hands39 in Patagonia Argentina This has now become a World Heritage site
Margashirsha the most auspicious month of the year
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Margashirsha the most auspicious month of the year
Margashirsha the most auspicious month of the year
Pravin Agrawal
Margashirsha month is full of devotion and dedication Margashirsha Purnima is celebrated on Friday 28th December 2012 Devotees ca be seen involved in Bhajans Kirtans etc throughout this month There are rallies of these devotees which can be seen early morning during this month There is a great importance of Lord Krishna in this month The Lord himself says that he is the Margashirsha month out of all the months In Satyug Devas considered the first day of Margashirsha month to be the beginning of the year During this month baths should be taken in rivers and Tulsi and roots of Tulsi plant should be used Namo Narayanaya mantra or Gayatri mantra should be recited while taking a bathMargashirsha MonthMargashirsha month is related to Lord Krishna It is believed that this month is related to Margashira Nakshatra Margashira Nakshatra is one of the 27 Nakshatras and this month s Purnima comprises of this Nakshatra This month is known as Margashira month because of the same reasonThis month is also known as Magsar Agahan and Agrahayan Donations baths etc are of great importance during this month Lord Krishna told the importance of this month to Gopis and said that taking a bath in the Yamuna river during this month gets a person closer to him Hence taking baths in a river is considered extremely sacred during this monthSignificance of Margashirsha PurnimaTaking baths in river Ganga is considered sacred during this month just like other months including Kartik Magh Vaishakh etc Margashirsha Purnima is considered very important Lord Satyanarayana should be worshipped on the day of Margashirsha Purnima as it relieves of all problems and sinsDonations and charities are considered to relieve a person of all his sins if he does so on the day of Udyatithi Purnima It is believed that doing these things on this day gives 32 time better results than usual Hence Margashirsha Purnima is also known as Battisi PurnimaDattatreya JayantiMargashirsha Purnima is also celebrated as Dattatreya Jayanti It is believed that Lord Dattatreya was born on this day According to religious texts Lord Dattatreya is known as an incarnation of all Lord Brahma Vishnu and Mahesh Dattatreya is believed to possess qualities of both the Lord and the Master and hence is also known as GurudevadattaAccording to beliefs Dattatreya was born on the day of Purnima in Margashirsha month during Pradosh Kal According to Shrimad Bhagvatgita Dattatreya acquired knowledge from 24 masters Datta community originated because of him Many different templs devoted to him can be seen in southern India Worshipping Lord Dattatreya on the Purnima of Margashirsha month relieves a person from all problems and sinsMargashirsha Purnima PoojaFasting and worshipping on Margashirsha Purnima fulfills all wishes and a person is relieved of all problems Lord Vishnu Narayana is worshipped on Margashirsha Purnima A person should take a bath wear white clothes should fast and should recite Om Namo Narayana mantra A small Yagya should be performed while sitting in a square Prasad should be consumed and distributed among everyone Lord Vishnu Narayana should be worshipped and food arrangements should be made for Brahmanas Donations should also be madeMoon should also be worshipped on Margashirsha Purnima This is because its is believed that Moon was covered with Amrit on this day Colthes should be distributed among the females of the family including sisters mother daughters etc Margashirsha Month is the ninth month in a traditional Hindi calendar followed in North India Margashirsha Month 2012 begins on November 29 and ends on December 28 Mokshada Ekadasi Dattatreya Jayanti and Gita Jayanthi are observed in this month This calendar is followed mainly in Uttar Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Uttarakhand Rajasthan Haryana Bihar and Chhattisgarh and other North Indian states A month in these regions is calculated from the day after Purnima or full moon to the next Purnima The current year in the Hindi Calendar is Saka 2069 Note It must be noted that Margashirsha month in calendars followed in Maharashtra Gujarat Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka begins on December 14 and ends on January 11 2013 Chaturthi Vrat or Sankashti Ganesh Chaturti in Margashirsha Month 2012 is on December 2 The Chandrodaya or Moonrise time as per North Indian calendars is 835 PM Margashirsha Month 2012 Krishna and Shukla PakshaMargashirsh Month Krishna Paksha waning phase of moon is from November 29 2012 to December 13Margashirsha Month Shukla Paksha waning phase of moon is from December 13 2012 to December 28 2012 Margashirsha Month Ekadasi Vrat in North IndiaUttapatti Ekadasi December 9Mokshada Ekadasi December 23 Margashirsha Month Pradosh Vrat in North IndiaPradosh December 11Pradosh December 25 Margashirsha Amavasi in Hindi Panchang in North IndiaAmavasya is on December 13 2012The Amavasi begins at 448 PM on December 12 2012 and ends at 226 PM on December 13 2012 Margashirsha Purnima in Hindi CalendarPurnima is on December 28 2012 The Purnima begins at 1242 PM on December 27 and ends at 246 PM on December 28 Festivals and auspicious days in Margashirsha Month 2012 in North India Kal Bhairav Ashtami December 6Guha Skanda Champa Sashti December 18Vivah Panchami December 17Geeta Jayanti December 23Dattatreya Jayanti December 27
Extensive analysis on nonveg food a must read
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Extensive analysis on nonveg food a must read
Extensive analysis on nonveg food a must read
shri Dattaswami
Interpretation of Scripture on Nonvegetarian Food O Learned and Devoted Servants of God July 15 2012 Dr Nikhil asked Swami that several participants in a spiritual meeting quoted the Veda and the other scriptures which speak in favor of nonvegetarian food They asked him about Swami speaking against the nonvegetarian food Dr Nikhil asked Swami about this Swami gave the following message in reply to that Reply of Swami Eating the nonvegetarian food is one issue and killing a living being to collect the flesh out of it is another issue The first issue does not involve any sin because the nonvegetarian food or flesh or meat contains the same ingredients as those of a vegetarian item The same carbohydrates the same proteins the same vitamins the same minerals etc exist in both meat and vegetables Therefore to eat the flesh of a living being which died naturally through old age is not a sin Kapalikas a sect of Hinduism eat the dead bodies and therefore they are not considered as sinners since this sect of religion is respected But the flesh of the living being which dies due to old age is not recommended because generally the death of an old living being happens due to some disease Then the flesh of such a living being is not good for the reasons of health But the living being might have been killed through some accident or by some cruel animal and the flesh left over may be hygienic In such case the nonvegetarian food need not be rejected on the ground of sin because the eater of such flesh neither killed it nor had any intention to kill it In any case there is no sin in eating the nonvegetarian food provided you neither kill the living being nor you should be responsible for killing it You may say that you eat the meat but you did not kill the living being directly with your hands Since you eat the meat you have become the consumer of the meat The butcher who kills the animals or birds kills these animals or birds only for the sake of consumers in his business Therefore even though you did not kill the living being directly with your hands you have become the indirect supporter of it by eating the meat Hence you have to share the sin If you finding the killed living being through an accident and if you collect its flesh you do not share the sin But beware that your taste of such accidental meat may increase slowly and you may kill the animal directly or indirectly in course of time for the meat Hence it is better to avoid the meat from the beginning itself The sin comes only if you kill the living being directly or become responsible for its killing indirectly and you have to face the punishment of such a sin You may find the Veda or the scriptures speaking about the nonvegetarian food and killing of a living being in sacrifice By this you should not think that the Veda or the scripture provokes you to kill the animal In fact the scripture controls you to kill the animal by suggesting the sacrifice to be done in a specified season like spring only VasanteVasantejyotishaayajeta The sacrifice called Jyotishtoma should be performed only in spring season By this you control the killing of animal in other seasons You cannot totally oppose the killing of animal in the beginning itself Instead of killing the animal every day or every week you can allow the killing of animal once in a year only This reduces the killing of the animal gradually and finally you can avoid the killing forever This is just like running along a running bull for some distance before you control it We cannot control the running bull in the very first step itself You have to run along with it for sometime before you control it Such running of a person should not be misunderstood as encouragement of running Even if the person does not run the bull will run Even if the scripture does not advise the killing of animal in the sacrifice to be performed once in a year the killing of the animal for the meat will not be stopped In fact the killing of the animal in the absence of such instruction will take place more frequently Shankara had clarified this point in His commentary by saying that the defective nature of the human being Pravrutti is not encouraged by the Veda Following the defective nature of the human being the Veda suggests the sacrifice This does not mean that the Veda initiates the defective nature in the human being Shankara said Shastramjnapakamnatukarakam This means that the scripture gives the advice based on the naturally existing defective nature in the human being and that the scripture is not the initiator of the defective nature Scripture Aims in Total Eradication of Defective Nature with Time In fact if you analyze carefully the advice given by the scripture is also in the direction of total eradication of the defective nature in course of time The scripture says that the fisherman should not catch fish in the river Ganga By this the scripture controls the catching of fish in one place at least The scripture further says that the fisherman should not catch the fish on the days of Divine festivals at least By this the scripture is controlling the killing of fish on some days at least Finally the scripture says that you should not kill the fish at any place on any day and such stage is called as Mahavratam which is irrespective of place and time You should not mistake that the scripture encourages the killing of fish on other days and in other rivers This is the wrong side of the conclusion and this is said to be the misunderstanding of the scripture The correct side is that the scripture tries to control the sin gradually by restricting in one place and on some days at least Allowing the sin on other days does not mean encouraging the sin Control brings the reduction of sin and slowly the sin can be completely eradicated Bhavabhooti says in Uttararamacharitam that the cow is killed when the guest comes Eshagowhmatamatayate This is the indication of reduction of sin which means that you should not kill the cow for your sake on other days This avoids killing the cow frequently for the sake of your food The complete control of the sin can be found in the Veda that the person killing a cow should be shot dead Goghnamseesenaviddhyamah Therefore the scripture always tries to control the sin and never encourages the sin Eating the meat is not a sin if you limit the vision to the process of eating and the eaten material But you indirectly encourage the killing of animal by eating the meat since the animals are only killed for the sake of consumers The meaning of the Maamsa meat is that you will become the animal and the presently killed animal will become the butcher in the next birth Maamsahyathaahinastipashchaatjanmanitathaaaham tam hanishyaami The animal during the process of killing thinks that the butcher should become the animal and it should become the butcher in the next life so that the butcher should understand the pain in the process of killing The medical science has already investigated that the proteins in the meat are secondary and therefore the flesh is not a healthy food The proteins in the vegetables are primary and are good for health If all the humanity is confined to vegetarian food only there is no dearth of food on this earth because the omnipotent God is capable of supplying the vegetarian food to all the living beings Of course there will be very little pain even to the plants while cutting the vegetables and leaves But this pain is extremely negligible compared to the pain experienced by the animals and birds in the process of killing The plants and trees also should not be cut Only the fruits and leaves can be plucked Parvati was called Aparna since She did penance eating the leaves which fell from the trees and She never even plucked those leaves This is the extreme step of nonviolence However the negligible sin can be overlooked like the minor error in scientific experiments Somebody has beaten a person That is also pain But killing the same person gives extreme pain There is quantitative difference in the sin By qualitative similarity you should not say that beating is equal to killing The nonvegetarians argue that the plants also experience pain in the process of plucking the leaves and hence killing the animal is equal sin Both are sins but both are not quantitatively equal The extremely minor sin can be overlooked and neglected Therefore such argument is not valid You should carefully understand the scripture before you quote it If you do not properly understand it it becomes misquotation Hence the analysis is important The scripture analysis and experience are the three sides of the authority The analysis is the most important The experience of a defective person may be wrong and cannot be an authority The scripture also may be wrong due to the interpolation of some mischievous person Only the analysis can decide the truth When Swami Vivekananda was speaking some point somebody pointed out that Shankara said the same point in opposing way Then Vivekananda told that Shankara may be wrong What is the meaning of this Shankara can never be wrong But some ignorant person might have introduced a wrong statement in the commentary of Shankara and that statement may be the opposing point Therefore every statement of the commentary of Shankara should be analyzed with perfect sharp logic and scientific analysis We find often people saying that so and so told in a different way You should not care for anybody except for your sharp logical analysis Sometimes you might have misunderstood the scripture as said above Scripture like the Veda was never interpolated by anybody since it was preserved through recitation from the beginning In such case misunderstanding of the scripture is possible Such misunderstanding also vanishes by the sharp analysis Therefore accept anything only when it is filtered through the perfect scientific analysis
Official Witch of India Ipsita Roy just made shocking claims about these 2 haunted places in India
Blog By: Shruti Srivastava
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Blog By: Shruti Srivastava
Official Witch of India Ipsita Roy just made shocking claims about these 2 haunted places in India
Official Witch of India Ipsita Roy just made shocking claims about these 2 haunted places in India
Shruti Srivastava
For Ipsita Roy daughter of an Indian diplomat father and royal mother choosing Wicca as her religion and profession was just as normal as decision to go ahead with Medical or engineering She dedicated her life to dispelling myths about witchcraft and its healing power by building a Wiccan brigade that carries out psychic investigations in search of what lies beyond the grasp of the naked skeptical eyeHer initiative The Wiccan Brigade and the Brigaders is aimed to get the country rid of fears about witchcraft that plague even the socalled modern Indian Recently the brigade conducted expeditions around two of most haunted places in India Bhangarh fort and the Chanakya BNR Hotel to seek the truth behind the ghostly existence Here s what they had to say Bhangarh fort Our findings revealed that this was no ordinary ghost story We photographed from eight different cameras strange lights dusky shapes which followed us around and luminous orbs in the exorcism chamber They also reported of some malevolent energy in some parts that was aware of the teams presence That chamber responded to our thoughts and prayers for peace and many trapped souls seemed to find a healing and release It was akin to a cleansing Chanakya BNR HotelIn 2012 the team explored a heritage hotel in Puri Orissa The property said to be more than 100 years old and has a reputation for being haunted by the past Strange manifestations were seen and felt by many of the team and inexplicable signs came forth in photographs Watch this CCTV footage of man believed to be in possession of a spirit Look at the glass door at the end of the video
