The British say God Save the King.
The Americans say God Bless America.
The Indians say Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.
Does this tell you something?
“God Save the King/Queen” is the National Anthem of the United Kingdom. It is also one of the two national anthems of New Zealand, and the royal anthem of Canada, and other Commonwealth Realms, as well as the anthem of the British Royal Family. [link]
“God Bless America” is an American patriotic song originally written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. It is sometimes considered an unofficial national anthem of the United States.[1] It also served as the inspiration for another anthem, Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land”, which was written in response to it. [link]
“Om Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu” (Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu) means “May Eternal Peace & Goodwill Prevail in the Whole World” [link]
Also,
Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu
Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu
Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu
Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu
Sarve bhavantu sukhinah
Sarve santu niraamayaah
Sarve bhadraani pashyantu
Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet
Meaning:
Auspiciousness (swasti) be unto all;
Peace (shanti) be unto all;
Fullness (poornam) be unto all;
prosperity (mangalam) be unto all.
May all be happy! (sukhinah)
May all be free from disabilities! (niraamayaah)
May all look (pashyantu)to the good of others!
May none suffer from sorrow! (duhkha)
Thanks to Indian Institute of scientific heritage.
solitairebala
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
MURDOCKS ON A KILLING SPREE.
MURDOCKS THE MURDERERS.
As their name indicates Rupert and his son James Murdock the billionaire media tycoons has been running the worst media empire in our world’s history. For sensationalizing news items they were using hacking of phones and voice mails interceptions of hundreds or even millions of important personalities and also the most vulnerable including a British teenager, who later was murdered, in the world. What has now come out in the open is only the tip of the iceberg.
He can not have made such a fortune in a short span with out crime behind such acts. It was not at all surprising to note that his so called friends and cronies included the British Prime ministers, top Police officers along with all those who mattered in the country. He did admit in the British parliament that he was a regular visitor to the British Prime ministers, but always went through the back doors as was the arrangement. They also submitted their ignorance that almost millions of pounds were paid without their knowledge to settle, out of court litigations, when ever it became necessary each time some one among the victims went to court to expose them.
Their modus operandi is such that they pay bigwigs to get scoops for their news stories at time who knows? May even have made things happen and then make big news out of that happening. Their motto was to make money what ever be the cost, which later can be made up by selling more copies of the newspaper due to the sensation created from such news stories which they make or procure from their big connections and by way of hacking or intercepting voice mails. Journalist ethics is a word unknown to them. No one could have questioned them for the very people supposed to have been keeping watch over their actions were in the list of their monthly pay cheques or their buddies in the action.
The body language and the way the senior was making his points were arrogant as he was banging on the desk on each occasion he made a point, as if he is the judge himself with the hammer. He himself declared that the News of the World newspaper in Britain was only one percent of his business empire and he cared least to talk to the big officials of the said newspaper as he had his other 99 percent business to take care of in other words, he has made himself very clear to his rivals that shutting down the 150 odd years old newspaper is nothing in comparisons to what he actually owns. We can surmise from the above statements that he has become such a big fish that our worlds nets and laws are not enough to punish him for his wrong doings, leave alone the fact that no one will dare to show guts to stand up to him and point a finger at him because of his powers and attitude is such that he can go to any extend. ‘Murderous’ as his very name suggests without a second thought any one who stands on his way. Corporate responsibilities are not in his agenda. He is one of the greediest people as the man who attacked him with the shaving cream rightly muttered.
We do have so many Murdock’s among our Indian journalists as well for sure, Radia tapes were only a sample, and more will come out in the open very soon.
But eventually he too will have to pay back for his sins in a manner the Great lord decides, but not the British Lords anyway.
Solitairebala.
As their name indicates Rupert and his son James Murdock the billionaire media tycoons has been running the worst media empire in our world’s history. For sensationalizing news items they were using hacking of phones and voice mails interceptions of hundreds or even millions of important personalities and also the most vulnerable including a British teenager, who later was murdered, in the world. What has now come out in the open is only the tip of the iceberg.
He can not have made such a fortune in a short span with out crime behind such acts. It was not at all surprising to note that his so called friends and cronies included the British Prime ministers, top Police officers along with all those who mattered in the country. He did admit in the British parliament that he was a regular visitor to the British Prime ministers, but always went through the back doors as was the arrangement. They also submitted their ignorance that almost millions of pounds were paid without their knowledge to settle, out of court litigations, when ever it became necessary each time some one among the victims went to court to expose them.
Their modus operandi is such that they pay bigwigs to get scoops for their news stories at time who knows? May even have made things happen and then make big news out of that happening. Their motto was to make money what ever be the cost, which later can be made up by selling more copies of the newspaper due to the sensation created from such news stories which they make or procure from their big connections and by way of hacking or intercepting voice mails. Journalist ethics is a word unknown to them. No one could have questioned them for the very people supposed to have been keeping watch over their actions were in the list of their monthly pay cheques or their buddies in the action.
The body language and the way the senior was making his points were arrogant as he was banging on the desk on each occasion he made a point, as if he is the judge himself with the hammer. He himself declared that the News of the World newspaper in Britain was only one percent of his business empire and he cared least to talk to the big officials of the said newspaper as he had his other 99 percent business to take care of in other words, he has made himself very clear to his rivals that shutting down the 150 odd years old newspaper is nothing in comparisons to what he actually owns. We can surmise from the above statements that he has become such a big fish that our worlds nets and laws are not enough to punish him for his wrong doings, leave alone the fact that no one will dare to show guts to stand up to him and point a finger at him because of his powers and attitude is such that he can go to any extend. ‘Murderous’ as his very name suggests without a second thought any one who stands on his way. Corporate responsibilities are not in his agenda. He is one of the greediest people as the man who attacked him with the shaving cream rightly muttered.
We do have so many Murdock’s among our Indian journalists as well for sure, Radia tapes were only a sample, and more will come out in the open very soon.
But eventually he too will have to pay back for his sins in a manner the Great lord decides, but not the British Lords anyway.
Solitairebala.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
RELIGIOUS & CHARITY TRUSTS' HIDING FORTUNES,AS PARKING PLACE FOR ILL GOTTEN FUNDS.
WHY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR FORTUNES HIDDEN BEHIND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS?
Recent searches conducted in Sri Anandapadmanabhan temple [Trivandrum]vaults has come out with hidden wealth, which can not be valued at its face value as the treasure belongs to an era which is thousands or at least hundreds of years old hence, the antique value can only be assumed [A rough estimate puts it around $50 billions] and the search is not completely over yet, much more may come out in the open.
Second revelation of recent time was the Sathya Sai Baba Trust, which again has so much wealth hidden and open, all of which does require any declaration what so ever, neither the source nor the volume, under our rules governing the charitable and religious trusts acts. The whole fund is free from any income tax, as are the cases of millions of our country’s Trusts in India which itself is basically wrong, since the government squeezes blood and sweat of those people with an income of more than Rs.150000/- per year [Govt. servants and the common salaried class]
These trusts are the parking place for all ill gotten money from our system, looted out through corrupt politicians or even through terrorists activities by most illegal and banned organizations being run around the globe in the name of charity and supposed to be meant for the down trodden and the poorest. Also belonging to those crooked business class, who thinks their sins can be erased by donating a sum to the temple like Tirupathi or any other religious institutions.
In reality the Government has made their job very easy with tax holidays and the unlimited cap on its income or expenditure, which has no binding rules to go through audit or publishing the activities and the details of expenditure and sources of the so called donations or donors etc. No questions asked from which country or which person it came and for the purposes for which the money is being spend or how much is really there in such entities and so on.
No religion or god has ever preached to collect taxes from the rulers or the people around the globe on his/her behalf. It is a way of keeping idle funds hidden for a time or certain undisclosed future endeavors of its real owners, which surely are not the common poor guys, but mostly belongs to those scheming bigwigs.
It is high time that our populace is turning their attention to these undisclosed fortunes which belongs to the common people of our country and not certainly the deity. Those who keep it on behalf of the deity, while denying their citizen of their basic rights, are in fact attracting the wrath of the deity itself. They sure will be the first ones to be punished for such acts, which are cruel and unethical by any god’s standards. First and foremost duty of any ruler is to ensure food, at least one meal, daily for the hungry people and water for the thirsty,then let them think of saving for the future.
May the lord show us the way to unearth such fortunes at these troubled times.
Solitairebala.
Recent searches conducted in Sri Anandapadmanabhan temple [Trivandrum]vaults has come out with hidden wealth, which can not be valued at its face value as the treasure belongs to an era which is thousands or at least hundreds of years old hence, the antique value can only be assumed [A rough estimate puts it around $50 billions] and the search is not completely over yet, much more may come out in the open.
Second revelation of recent time was the Sathya Sai Baba Trust, which again has so much wealth hidden and open, all of which does require any declaration what so ever, neither the source nor the volume, under our rules governing the charitable and religious trusts acts. The whole fund is free from any income tax, as are the cases of millions of our country’s Trusts in India which itself is basically wrong, since the government squeezes blood and sweat of those people with an income of more than Rs.150000/- per year [Govt. servants and the common salaried class]
These trusts are the parking place for all ill gotten money from our system, looted out through corrupt politicians or even through terrorists activities by most illegal and banned organizations being run around the globe in the name of charity and supposed to be meant for the down trodden and the poorest. Also belonging to those crooked business class, who thinks their sins can be erased by donating a sum to the temple like Tirupathi or any other religious institutions.
In reality the Government has made their job very easy with tax holidays and the unlimited cap on its income or expenditure, which has no binding rules to go through audit or publishing the activities and the details of expenditure and sources of the so called donations or donors etc. No questions asked from which country or which person it came and for the purposes for which the money is being spend or how much is really there in such entities and so on.
No religion or god has ever preached to collect taxes from the rulers or the people around the globe on his/her behalf. It is a way of keeping idle funds hidden for a time or certain undisclosed future endeavors of its real owners, which surely are not the common poor guys, but mostly belongs to those scheming bigwigs.
It is high time that our populace is turning their attention to these undisclosed fortunes which belongs to the common people of our country and not certainly the deity. Those who keep it on behalf of the deity, while denying their citizen of their basic rights, are in fact attracting the wrath of the deity itself. They sure will be the first ones to be punished for such acts, which are cruel and unethical by any god’s standards. First and foremost duty of any ruler is to ensure food, at least one meal, daily for the hungry people and water for the thirsty,then let them think of saving for the future.
May the lord show us the way to unearth such fortunes at these troubled times.
Solitairebala.
Monday, June 27, 2011
COALITION POLITICS TAKING INDIA DOWN.
AS the main party admits it is their compulsion of coalition politics which is plaguing the country in all fronts. They are scared of taking tough and decisive actions towards their partners of UPA [2],the worst period witnessed as far as the corruption issues,rotting food grains while hungry people are dying and mass scale suicides. Then the government announces it is their compulsion of coalition politics , which refrains them from taking actions though they are aware of all the above happenings.
What kind of argument is that? It might as well be a kind gesture to the people of India if they resign and announce elections rather than continuing in office for the benefit of their coalition partners. What amount would it have taken to make proper facilities for the rotting food grains to be stocked by FCIs, it would not have been more than what the government/people already lost due to insensitivity and inaction due to their so called compulsions and the colossal loss to the exchequer due to 2g scam alone. Not leaving behind the CWG episode, with their own Mr.Kalmadi took away millions. More over the games played by each component of their coalition in WB appeasing the Maos, The Maharashtra strong man with one foot in ICC, while the other on food and agriculture, his state recording the most number of farmer suicides. Who cares, for we have to please our coalition partners for it is our compulsion to stay in power.
Recent elections suggests that In West Bengal the Maos won, in Kerala the religious fanatics won, Assam was won by the votes of migrant Bangladeshi duel citizens,in Tamilnadu people disapproved and took all the money and still voted against those who paid money to them. What is there for celebration ,the Congress have lost face and are running now like any other so called power mongers would do. Jayalalitha was spot on when she mentioned about Mr.Chidambaram, in their own words the tirades of a guy who never got elected. Every guy in TN knows he lost his election and somehow using the govt.machinery, money at his disposal made some adjustments which may or may not come out in the open , for we are not very sure about our own judiciary any more after KGB fiasco. The corporate politics nexus is out in the open as never before. Earlier there used to be some discretion while doing underhand business , now it is out there in the open and still the govt. think no one knows are has seen.
Projecting a PM who was honest, but has interests to be protected is his compulsion. In all the above situation where do our countrymen get justice? UPA [1] was far better and their performance guided by CPM & CPI only got them a mandate for the second time, which they conveniently forgot. The reason of going nuclear and dancing to the tunes of Mr.Bush led business interests of US was the wrong thing to do as time will prove.
May the lord show mercy on the poor Indians.
What kind of argument is that? It might as well be a kind gesture to the people of India if they resign and announce elections rather than continuing in office for the benefit of their coalition partners. What amount would it have taken to make proper facilities for the rotting food grains to be stocked by FCIs, it would not have been more than what the government/people already lost due to insensitivity and inaction due to their so called compulsions and the colossal loss to the exchequer due to 2g scam alone. Not leaving behind the CWG episode, with their own Mr.Kalmadi took away millions. More over the games played by each component of their coalition in WB appeasing the Maos, The Maharashtra strong man with one foot in ICC, while the other on food and agriculture, his state recording the most number of farmer suicides. Who cares, for we have to please our coalition partners for it is our compulsion to stay in power.
Recent elections suggests that In West Bengal the Maos won, in Kerala the religious fanatics won, Assam was won by the votes of migrant Bangladeshi duel citizens,in Tamilnadu people disapproved and took all the money and still voted against those who paid money to them. What is there for celebration ,the Congress have lost face and are running now like any other so called power mongers would do. Jayalalitha was spot on when she mentioned about Mr.Chidambaram, in their own words the tirades of a guy who never got elected. Every guy in TN knows he lost his election and somehow using the govt.machinery, money at his disposal made some adjustments which may or may not come out in the open , for we are not very sure about our own judiciary any more after KGB fiasco. The corporate politics nexus is out in the open as never before. Earlier there used to be some discretion while doing underhand business , now it is out there in the open and still the govt. think no one knows are has seen.
Projecting a PM who was honest, but has interests to be protected is his compulsion. In all the above situation where do our countrymen get justice? UPA [1] was far better and their performance guided by CPM & CPI only got them a mandate for the second time, which they conveniently forgot. The reason of going nuclear and dancing to the tunes of Mr.Bush led business interests of US was the wrong thing to do as time will prove.
May the lord show mercy on the poor Indians.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
POLITICS AFTER ALL IS THE LAST RESORT OF SCOUNDRELS
No matter how good you are. Once you enter politics mostly your names will be associated with those greedy and ruthless crooks, who are entering the scene with the sole motive of making money and also making themselves famous. Many who inherits the mantle also have to go along the prescribed lines or perish. There are no permanent enemy in politics while all are friends when it comes to looting in the names of their party while keeping a bit for them selves which itself may be worth millions of the funds meant for the poorest of our country.
The latest eye washing scenario seen in connection with the lokpal bill ended up in expected lines with those crooks after promising so much, ended up with a clean job of ending the process at least for the time being. Nothing concrete has emerged out of it while the status-quo is maintained. They choose the ones to head lokpal and they does it for the sake of creating a smokescreen and talks big to those chooser questions to the media. The nexus remains intact between the corporate, bureaucratic and politicians together harvesting and makes it bigger and bigger.Our nations 90% wealth is in the hands of less than 10% of the population [Rough estimate]
while there are another few percentage eating out commissions and part of the cake as middlemen who are conduits between these three above mentioned creed.
No body else where has got a bill drafted by fasting, just as no other country can boast of having gained independence by fasting as well.
So the country must gear up for a long haul to make these crooks pay dearly,they should not be allowed to enjoy their ill gotten wealth by no means. If Anna Hazare does not succeed then the Maos definitely will for the simple truth that the breaking point is very near as one can sense from the desperate mood of people from every nook and corner of our country.
There are mass suicides happening in one side, while on the other side so many are ill effected due to heart breaks and stress related heart ailments all over as can be seen from the mushrooming of hospitals and the business like atmosphere which exits there too, for it is time for them also to make a quick buck.
The common man has no where else to go but to fight the system or perish the equation is at last approaching our great land, once blessed by spirituality unlike the materialistic pursuits seen off late.
It is time for drastic steps and more time lost will be losing more lives. We can not afford to wait for the Govt. to deliver as it is not going to happen unless they are hard pressed and no place to hide.
The latest eye washing scenario seen in connection with the lokpal bill ended up in expected lines with those crooks after promising so much, ended up with a clean job of ending the process at least for the time being. Nothing concrete has emerged out of it while the status-quo is maintained. They choose the ones to head lokpal and they does it for the sake of creating a smokescreen and talks big to those chooser questions to the media. The nexus remains intact between the corporate, bureaucratic and politicians together harvesting and makes it bigger and bigger.Our nations 90% wealth is in the hands of less than 10% of the population [Rough estimate]
while there are another few percentage eating out commissions and part of the cake as middlemen who are conduits between these three above mentioned creed.
No body else where has got a bill drafted by fasting, just as no other country can boast of having gained independence by fasting as well.
So the country must gear up for a long haul to make these crooks pay dearly,they should not be allowed to enjoy their ill gotten wealth by no means. If Anna Hazare does not succeed then the Maos definitely will for the simple truth that the breaking point is very near as one can sense from the desperate mood of people from every nook and corner of our country.
There are mass suicides happening in one side, while on the other side so many are ill effected due to heart breaks and stress related heart ailments all over as can be seen from the mushrooming of hospitals and the business like atmosphere which exits there too, for it is time for them also to make a quick buck.
The common man has no where else to go but to fight the system or perish the equation is at last approaching our great land, once blessed by spirituality unlike the materialistic pursuits seen off late.
It is time for drastic steps and more time lost will be losing more lives. We can not afford to wait for the Govt. to deliver as it is not going to happen unless they are hard pressed and no place to hide.
THE TRAGEDIES WOMEN FACE.
As a very sensitive person I always get moved by the sad news we see each day of the suffering of humanity especially, women and children around the globe, Why are people so cruel? We see each day so many cases of rape,murder apart from the daily witnessing of the women who are beaten up by their husbands some out of drunken state while others simply are so ruthless they think they are proving their might by beating their wife or children. It is so disgusting to watch , when we are so helpless that if we get involved, their anger towards the victims are more punishing and makes us more depressed.
I have been witness to the wife beating done in front of the place where I work and puts me off for the rest of the day thinking how one can be so in sensitive towards ones' own wife or child.The motherhood of every women suffers at the hand of their husbands just so much that their children too may grow up hating the whole world for they only witness cruel behavior of their father.
I am of the opinion that there has got to be a law to deal with domestic violence to save those poor innocent victims. Our society just can not be on lookers when there is so much violence surrounding us. Strict rules and laws must be in place to take care of such women who are otherwise helpless and in most cases suffers silently or ends their life out of pure sheer helplessness.
Come on men folk, just understand the meaning of the word 'gentleman'.Those who are cruel to helpless and less powerful are actually cowards inside. Not only they are cowards but also are not gentlemen at all.
I heard of a story of one such wife who suffered so long and for so many years, that at last she decides one night that it will be better to kill the guy when he is asleep after one such drunken night rather than suffering every day and night the same cruelty and eventually, does it one night and made it look like a suicide by hanging and escapes from the horror filled life. She must have been living in hell to have committed such a crime if at all there was such a real life story for an Indian women considers her husband equal to god [Pathi devatha hai]not to forget that our women, earlier used to end up their lives by jumping in to the funeral fire to engulf and kill them too, when their husband dies which was rightly stopped by the British.
Let us hope our government comes out with some strict rules which must act as a deterring factor to save our women and children from those psycho killers, who silently kills their own kith and kin.
I have been witness to the wife beating done in front of the place where I work and puts me off for the rest of the day thinking how one can be so in sensitive towards ones' own wife or child.The motherhood of every women suffers at the hand of their husbands just so much that their children too may grow up hating the whole world for they only witness cruel behavior of their father.
I am of the opinion that there has got to be a law to deal with domestic violence to save those poor innocent victims. Our society just can not be on lookers when there is so much violence surrounding us. Strict rules and laws must be in place to take care of such women who are otherwise helpless and in most cases suffers silently or ends their life out of pure sheer helplessness.
Come on men folk, just understand the meaning of the word 'gentleman'.Those who are cruel to helpless and less powerful are actually cowards inside. Not only they are cowards but also are not gentlemen at all.
I heard of a story of one such wife who suffered so long and for so many years, that at last she decides one night that it will be better to kill the guy when he is asleep after one such drunken night rather than suffering every day and night the same cruelty and eventually, does it one night and made it look like a suicide by hanging and escapes from the horror filled life. She must have been living in hell to have committed such a crime if at all there was such a real life story for an Indian women considers her husband equal to god [Pathi devatha hai]not to forget that our women, earlier used to end up their lives by jumping in to the funeral fire to engulf and kill them too, when their husband dies which was rightly stopped by the British.
Let us hope our government comes out with some strict rules which must act as a deterring factor to save our women and children from those psycho killers, who silently kills their own kith and kin.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Suppression of mass movements always backfires.
It is a pity to see how, the central government handled the latest fast unto death threat, against black money stashed abroad by a self proclaimed Yoga Guru.[In fact no one had ever heard of him before]
The Govt's first mistake was giving him a red carpet welcome subsequently, negotiating with him,perhaps with an aim of sidelining the actual movement started by Anna Hazare.The think tanks obviously wanted the course of the movement altered and forgotten ,unfortunately it has worsened the situation and the people will certainly not forgive those responsible among big politicians, who perhaps are most vulnerable and may lose out huge amounts stashed abroad hence, the nervousness and reckless actions. It all looks like a last ditch attempt to hold on to their ill gotten wealth.
But it is too late now, for the people of the country, in the course of events evolving in the last month noticed and found the actual culprits among the ruling class and is now fully aware of their identity. The ugly drama and the extent to which they have gone on to derail the movement is so obvious, that even a blind person can tell who are the ones guilty due to their stand on the issues,dead against the process because they themselves are among the culprits.
It will be a deadly game now onwards for the people in millions will be coming out in the open and a civil war like situation can not be ruled out.
The Govt's first mistake was giving him a red carpet welcome subsequently, negotiating with him,perhaps with an aim of sidelining the actual movement started by Anna Hazare.The think tanks obviously wanted the course of the movement altered and forgotten ,unfortunately it has worsened the situation and the people will certainly not forgive those responsible among big politicians, who perhaps are most vulnerable and may lose out huge amounts stashed abroad hence, the nervousness and reckless actions. It all looks like a last ditch attempt to hold on to their ill gotten wealth.
But it is too late now, for the people of the country, in the course of events evolving in the last month noticed and found the actual culprits among the ruling class and is now fully aware of their identity. The ugly drama and the extent to which they have gone on to derail the movement is so obvious, that even a blind person can tell who are the ones guilty due to their stand on the issues,dead against the process because they themselves are among the culprits.
It will be a deadly game now onwards for the people in millions will be coming out in the open and a civil war like situation can not be ruled out.
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