Subject: An IAS Officer recounts...Indians, when will we grow!
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Difference between India & Swiss
Friday, August 16, 2013
WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN 2002, WE ARE INTERESTED IN 2022 INDIA.
What do you think ???
Subject: FW: Use your own judgement & forward.......Gujarat.......Namo.
Think...Recently, India's most well-known film script-writer Salim Khan
(actor Salmaan Khan's father) has said to a senior journalist in an
interview: "Does anyone remember who the chief minister of Maharashtra
was during the Mumbai riots which were no less deadly than the Gujarat
riots of 2002?
Does anyone recall the name of the chief minister of UP during
Malliana and Meerut riots or that of the Bihar CM when the Bhagalpur
or Jamshedpur riots under Congress regimes took place?
Do we hear names of earlier chief ministers of Gujarat under
whose charge, hundreds of riots took place in post-Independence India?
Does anyone remember who was in-charge of Delhi's security when
the 1984 massacre of Sikhs took place in the capital of India?
How come Narendra Modi has been singled out as the Devil
Incarnate as if he personally carried out all the killings during the
riots of 2002?"
No speck of doubt about what Salim Khan has said.
When one says Gujarat's agriculture growth is 10-11% since whole
last decade
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says he made the Asia's biggest solar plant,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says Gujarat is the only state in the whole of India to
provide 24*7 and 365 days electricity to almost all of its 18,000
villages,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says - World Bank's statement of 2011 said, Gujarat
roads are equivalent to international standards,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says Gujarat is the first State in country to have
"high speed wireless Broadband service in its all 18,000 villages,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says Forbes Magazine rated Ahmadabad as the fastest
growing city in India and 3rd in the world,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says Gujarat Tourism is growing faster than ever before,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says according to central govt's Labour Bureau's
report, Gujarat has the lowest unemployment rate in country,
The other says 2002 Riots!
When Narendra Modi is being chosen as the best current Indian leader in
almost all surveys & polls again and again
The other says 2002 Riots!
When one says 2003-2013 are the only 10 straight years in
Gujarat history which are totally riot-free,
The other STILL says 2002 Riots!
But when we remind them about riots which occurred during
Congress and in Communist Party rule :
1947 Bengal.................................5,000 to 10,000........DEAD............ ...............CONGRESS RULE.
1964 Rourkela..............................2,000................. .......DEAD................... ........CONGRESS RULE.
1967 Ranchi..................................200................. ..........DEAD................ ...........CONGRESS RULE.
1969 Ahmedabad.........................512....................... ....DEAD...................... .....CONGRESS RULE.
1970 Bhiwandi..............................80.................... .........DEAD................. ..........CONGRESS RULE.
1979 Jamshedpur..........................125..................... ......DEAD.................... .......CPIM RULE (COMMUNIST PARTY)
1980 Moradabad...........................2,000................... .....DEAD..................... ......CONGRESS RULE.
1983 Nellie Assam..........................5,000........................ DEAD.......................... CONGRESS RULE.
1984 anti-Sikh Delhi.......................2,733......................... DEAD.......................... CONGRESS RULE
1984 Bhiwandi................................146................. ..........DEAD................ ...........CONGRESS RULE
1985 Gujarat....................................300.............. ............DEAD.............. .............CONGRESS RULE
1986 Ahmedabad.............................59.................... ........DEAD.................. .........CONGRESS RULE
1987 Meerut.....................................81............... .............DEAD............. .............CONGRESS RULE
1989 Bhagalpur.................................1,070............. ...........DEAD............... ...........CONGRESS RULE
1990 Hyderabad................................300 PLUS..................DEAD.... ......................CONGRESS RULE
1992 Mumbai....................................900 TO 2000.............DEAD......... ................CONGRESS RULE
1992 Aligarh.......................................176........... ................DEAD.......... ...............CONGRESS RULE
1992 Surat..........................................175.......... .................DEAD......... ................CONGRESS RULE
they become totally deaf ..................because they have no answer.
Congress is a government of hypocrites.
The youth of India says:....................................................... .............................. ................
We are not interested in 2002, We are interested in 2022
LOOT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN INDIA FROM TEMPLES.
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It would seem, for instance, that under a Temple Empowerment Act, about 43,000 temples in Andhra Pradesh have come under Government control and only 18 per cent of the revenue of these temples have been returned for temple purposes, the remaining 82 per cent being used for purposes unstated.
Apparently even the world famous Tirumala Tirupati Temple has not been spared. According to Knapp, the temple collects over Rs 3,100 crores every year and the State Government has not denied the charge that as much as 85 per cent of this is transferred to the State Exchequer,much of which goes to causes that are not connected with the Hindu community. Was it for that reason that devotees make their offering to the temples? Another charge that has been made is that the Andhra Government has also allowed the demolition of at least ten temples for the construction of a golf course. Imagine the outcry writes Knapp, if ten mosques had been demolished.
It would seem that in Karanataka, Rs. 79 crores were collected from about two lakh temples and from that, temples received Rs seven crores for their maintenance, Muslim madrassahs and Haj subsidy were given Rs 59 crore and churches about Rs 13 crore. Very generous of the government.
Because of this, Knapp writes, 25 per cent of the two lakh temples or about 50,000 temples in Karnataka will be closed down for lack of resources, and he adds: The only way the government can continue to do this is because people have not stood up enough to stop it.
Knapp then refers to Kerala where, he says, funds from the Guruvayur Temple are diverted to other government projects denying improvement to 45 Hindu temples. Land belonging to the Ayyappa Temple, apparently has been grabbed and Church encroaches are occupying huge areas of forest land, running into thousands of acres, near Sabarimala.
A charge is made that the Communist state government of Kerala. wants to pass an Ordinance to disband the Travancore & Cochin Autonomous Devaswom Boards (TCDBs) and take over their limited independent authority of 1,800 Hindu temples. If what the author says is true, even the Maharashtra Government wants to take over some 450,000 temples in the state which would supply a huge amount of revenue to correct the states bankrupt conditions
And to top it all, Knapp says that in Orissa, the state government intends to sell over 70,000 acres of endowment lands from the Jagannath Temple, the proceeds of which would solve a huge financial crunch brought about by its own mismanagement of temple assets.
Says Knapp: Why such occurrences are so often not known is that the Indian media, especially the English television and press, are often anti-Hindu in their approach, and thus not inclined to give much coverage, and certainly no sympathy, for anything that may affect the Hindu community. Therefore, such government action that play against the Hindu community go on without much or any attention attracted to them.
Knapp obviously is on record. If the facts produced by him are incorrect, it is up to the government to say so. It is quite possible that some individuals might have set up temples to deal with lucrative earnings. But that, surely, is none of the governments business? Instead of taking over all earnings, the government surely can appoint local committees to look into temple affairs so that the amount discovered is fairly used for the public good?
Says Knapp: Nowhere in the free, democratic world are the religious institutions managed, maligned and controlled by the government, thus denying the religious freedom of the people of the country. But it is happening in India. Government officials have taken control of Hindu temples because they smell money in them, they recognise the indifference of Hindus, they are aware of the unlimited patience and tolerance of Hindus, they also know that it is not in the blood of Hindus to go to the streets to demonstrate, destroy property, threaten,loot, harm and kill (generally or Normally )
Apparently even the world famous Tirumala Tirupati Temple has not been spared. According to Knapp, the temple collects over Rs 3,100 crores every year and the State Government has not denied the charge that as much as 85 per cent of this is transferred to the State Exchequer,much of which goes to causes that are not connected with the Hindu community. Was it for that reason that devotees make their offering to the temples? Another charge that has been made is that the Andhra Government has also allowed the demolition of at least ten temples for the construction of a golf course. Imagine the outcry writes Knapp, if ten mosques had been demolished.
It would seem that in Karanataka, Rs. 79 crores were collected from about two lakh temples and from that, temples received Rs seven crores for their maintenance, Muslim madrassahs and Haj subsidy were given Rs 59 crore and churches about Rs 13 crore. Very generous of the government.
Because of this, Knapp writes, 25 per cent of the two lakh temples or about 50,000 temples in Karnataka will be closed down for lack of resources, and he adds: The only way the government can continue to do this is because people have not stood up enough to stop it.
Knapp then refers to Kerala where, he says, funds from the Guruvayur Temple are diverted to other government projects denying improvement to 45 Hindu temples. Land belonging to the Ayyappa Temple, apparently has been grabbed and Church encroaches are occupying huge areas of forest land, running into thousands of acres, near Sabarimala.
A charge is made that the Communist state government of Kerala. wants to pass an Ordinance to disband the Travancore & Cochin Autonomous Devaswom Boards (TCDBs) and take over their limited independent authority of 1,800 Hindu temples. If what the author says is true, even the Maharashtra Government wants to take over some 450,000 temples in the state which would supply a huge amount of revenue to correct the states bankrupt conditions
And to top it all, Knapp says that in Orissa, the state government intends to sell over 70,000 acres of endowment lands from the Jagannath Temple, the proceeds of which would solve a huge financial crunch brought about by its own mismanagement of temple assets.
Says Knapp: Why such occurrences are so often not known is that the Indian media, especially the English television and press, are often anti-Hindu in their approach, and thus not inclined to give much coverage, and certainly no sympathy, for anything that may affect the Hindu community. Therefore, such government action that play against the Hindu community go on without much or any attention attracted to them.
Knapp obviously is on record. If the facts produced by him are incorrect, it is up to the government to say so. It is quite possible that some individuals might have set up temples to deal with lucrative earnings. But that, surely, is none of the governments business? Instead of taking over all earnings, the government surely can appoint local committees to look into temple affairs so that the amount discovered is fairly used for the public good?
Says Knapp: Nowhere in the free, democratic world are the religious institutions managed, maligned and controlled by the government, thus denying the religious freedom of the people of the country. But it is happening in India. Government officials have taken control of Hindu temples because they smell money in them, they recognise the indifference of Hindus, they are aware of the unlimited patience and tolerance of Hindus, they also know that it is not in the blood of Hindus to go to the streets to demonstrate, destroy property, threaten,loot, harm and kill (generally or Normally )
Many Hindus are sitting and watching the demise of their culture. They need to express their views loud and clear Knapp obviously does not know that should they do so, they would be damned as communalists. But it is time some one asked the Government to lay down all the facts on the table so that the public would know what is happening behind its back. Robbing Peter to pay Paul is not secularism. And temples are not for looting, under any name.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Bring out the power of God within yourself by cleansing & waking the godly power in you.
The disciple awakens from within, it is like a rebirth happening
22 July 2013, Amritapuri
After many years, Amma was physicially present for Guru Purnima in Amritapuri. Even though she had just arrived the previous day from her two month-long world tour, Amma came to the stage at 10.30 am for the function. The celebrations began with Amma’s Pada Puja, which was performed by Swami Amritaswarupananda accompanied by the chanting of the Guru Gita and Vedic mantras.
After the Pada Puja and chanting of Amma’s 108 names, all the Swamis offered a garland to Amma. Amma’s Guru Purnima message was then shown on the video screens.
In the message Amma said: “One may ask, “The scriptures say that God is within us and not different from our true nature. Then why should we seek refuge in a Satguru?” It is true that God is within us. We are, in truth, the embodiment of Sachidananda—pure existence, pure consciousness, pure bliss. But have we experienced this truth? No, it is being veiled by our ego. We hold the key to the massive treasure chest within us, but that key has become rusty due to a long period of lack of use. Just as we remove rust from a regularly key by applying grease, so too we have to remove the rust of our ahamkara and vasanas—our sense of “I” as a limited body and mind and our deep-rooted tendencies. This will help us realize our true nature. It is for this purpose that we seek refuge in a Satguru.
In the message Amma said: “One may ask, “The scriptures say that God is within us and not different from our true nature. Then why should we seek refuge in a Satguru?” It is true that God is within us. We are, in truth, the embodiment of Sachidananda—pure existence, pure consciousness, pure bliss. But have we experienced this truth? No, it is being veiled by our ego. We hold the key to the massive treasure chest within us, but that key has become rusty due to a long period of lack of use. Just as we remove rust from a regularly key by applying grease, so too we have to remove the rust of our ahamkara and vasanas—our sense of “I” as a limited body and mind and our deep-rooted tendencies. This will help us realize our true nature. It is for this purpose that we seek refuge in a Satguru.
However much the guru tries to awaken the disciple, unless the disciple is ready to awaken from within, it will never happen. It’s easy to awaken someone who is sleeping, but it is impossible to awaken someone pretending to be asleep. When you break an egg by force, it puts an end to a life, but when the shell breaks from within, life is created anew. In a similar way, when the disciple awakens from within, it is like a rebirth happening. He or she awakens to their true nature. Being with a Satguru is like being a chick being warmed by the body of the mother hen. The guru’s presence creates the favorable climate in which the seeds of divinity within the disciple can sprout. The guru provides us opportunities. It is up to the disciple as to how they are used.
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Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences; Amrita University Healthcare Campus, Kochi; Amrita University Campus Coimbatore; Amrita university Campus Amritapuri and Amritapuri Ashram.
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