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FOR A SPIRITUAL SWARAJ

TRUE SPIRITUALITY COMES IN PHASES, PHYSICALLY, VITALLY, MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. UNTIL OUR MINDS ARE SPIRITUAL, THE NEW AGE OF SPIRITUALITY DOESN'T ARISE. NATURE IS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN TAKING THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY ALONG. SRI AUROBINDO STATED ‘SPIRITUALITY IS INDIA’S ONLY POLITICS, THE FULFILLMENT OF SANATAN DHARMA IS THE ONLY SWARAJ’

“BENGAL VIOLENCE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL CONCERN”

SUNIL AMBEKAR SAID THAT THE VIOLENCE IN BENGAL SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED JUST AS A PROBLEM RESTRICTED TO THE STATE, IT’S A NATIONAL THREAT. PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY MUST TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND COMPEL THE CONSTITUTIONAL APPARATUS TO CURE THIS MENACE

“KEEP SOCIETY ABOVE INDIVIDUAL WHILE DOING SOCIAL WORK”

RSS SARSANGHCHALAK DR MOHAN BHAGWAT CALLED UPON PEOPLE TO MAKE COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO BRING ABOUT A POSITIVE CHANGE IN SOCIETY

WHEN LAWYERS JUDGE JUDGES

THOSE WHO MAKE NOISE CLAIMING THAT ‘NO HOPE LEFT’ IN INDIAN JUDICIARY ARE THEMSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SITUATION

DISRUPTOR GANG

DESPITE THE UNION GOVERNMENT’S PRAGMATIC EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE THE VALLEY WITH THE REST OF BHARAT, KASHMIRI POLITICIANS DON’T AGREE WITH THE IDEA OF ONE NATION, ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE FLAG AND ONE LAW FOR ALL. THEY CONTINUE TO HARP ON THE AGENDA OF SEPARATIST IDEOLOGY

DOWN THE SLOPE

THE NEW SPATE OF SELECTIVE KILLINGS OF KASHMIRI HINDUS, SIKHS AND MIGRANT WORKERS FROM OTHER STATES OF BHARAT IS AIMED AT BLOCKING THE NEW COURSE OF HISTORY IN KASHMIR

DOUBLE DOWN ON CORRUPTION

DEVENDRA FADNAVIS HAS SAID IN CLEAR WORDS THAT THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS WHICH NEED A DETAILED INVESTIGATION, BUT THESE INVESTIGATIONS CANNOT GO ON FOR A LONG TIME AND CANNOT BE A FARCE

KCR SURRENDERS BEFORE ISLAMISTS

ISLAMISTS CALLING FOR BEHEADING OF SUSPENDED BJP MLA T RAJA SINGH HAD A FIELD DAY, THANKS TO THE SUPPORT FROM ASADUDDIN OWAISI’S AIMIM AND NONCHALANT ATTITUDE OF THE POLICE

BANGLA CONNECTION

THE WORRYING FACT ABOUT THE RECENT ARREST OF JIHADI MASTERMIND MUFTI MUSTAFA IN ASSAM PROVES BEYOND DOUBT THAT ABT, THE BANGLADESH WING OF AL-QAEDA IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, WAS FINANCING THE SPREAD OF JIHAD IN THE NORTH EASTERN STATE

NOT ONLY BHARAT, BANGLADESH TOO WANTS TO REPATRIATE THEM

ROHINGYA MUSLIMS HAVE BECOME A SECURITY CONCERN FOR BANGLADESH AS THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMES IS ON THE RISE

DEMOGRAPHY JIHAD

IN A CONCERTED AND SYSTEMATIC MANNER, ROHINGYAS ARE BEING SETTLED IN AREAS IN A BID TO ALTER THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE AREA. IT IS HIGH TIME THAT THE GOVERNMENT PROBE THE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE PROVIDING LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AND PUSHING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

MASTER OF MANIPULATIONS

ARVIND KEJRIWAL MAKES REPEATED U-TURNS WHETHER IT WAS MISUSING ANNA HAZARE TO FULFIL HIS POLITICAL AMBITION OR USING AND THEN REMOVING FOUNDING MEMBERS OF AAP

AAP-KARI SCAM: NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND KEJRIWAL

SAB GOLMAAL HAI: HOW DELHI CHIEF MINISTER’S DEPUTY MANISH SISODIA MADE CHANGES IN THE DELHI EXCISE POLICY TO HELP LIQUOR BARONS AND PARTY FINANCIERS CAUSING A HUGE LOSS TO THE STATE EXCHEQUER

Reviving The Glory Of Bharatiya Education

After Independence, the education system remained as a continuation from the British era. The earnest focus of the government to implement the nep, 2020 will go a long way in reviving our ancient educational glory

SINDH’S SORROW

NARRATIVES OF DISPLACEMENT, DISORIENTATION AND TRAUMA IN SINDH MAKES US REVISIT THE HORROR OF PARTITION. THERE IS A NEED TO DELVE DEEP INTO THE SINDH STORY, THE SINDHI PREDICAMENT AND FORMULATE A SOLUTION

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A COLONISING TOOL

THE BRITISH INTRODUCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN BHARAT TO EFFECTIVELY SUBJUGATE AND MAKE THEIR PRESENCE ON THE SUB-CONTINENT GAINFUL AND LASTING

GIVING WINGS TO SPIRITUAL NATIONALISM

THE GROWTH OF THE MASSIVE INDIAN LANGUAGE PRINT CULTURE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CREATING A PUBLIC SPHERE LARGELY DOMINATED BY HINDU PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS OF SANATAN DHARMA AND VEDANTA

PEASANT REVOLTS

IN INDIA, THE COMMERCIALISATION OF AGRICULTURE TOOK PLACE NOT TO FEED THE INDUSTRIES OF INDIA BUT TO FEED THE INDUSTRIES OF ENGLAND

UPRISINGS IN NORTH EAST

THE NORTH EAST INDIA WAS NEVER A PEACEFUL AREA FOR THE BRITISH. SOMEWHERE IN SOME CORNER IN SOME TRIBE ARMED FIGHT WAS HAPPENING TILL 1947 TILL WE ACHIEVE OUR FREEDOM. BRITISH FORCES DEFEATED TRIBES OF NORTH EAST INDIA DUE TO SUPERIOR ARMS, FIREPOWER AND DECEPTION, AND LACK OF EXPERIENCE ON THE PART OF TRIBALS TO FIGHT A MODERN REGIMENTED WELL TRAINED PROFESSIONAL ARMED FORCE

PLUNDERING FORESTS

THE TRIBALS WERE REDUCED TO BEING LANDLESS AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THE USE OF FOREST PRODUCE, ON SHIFTING AGRICULTURE AND ON HUNTING PRACTICES. THIS LED TO THE LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD FOR THE TRIBALS. COLONIAL FOREST POLICIES HAD MAJOR IMPACTS ON THE INDIAN FOREST ECOSYSTEM BY DEFORESTATION

WEAPONISING WORDS

WHEN THE BRITISH FOUND THAT CERTAIN BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS WERE REVIVING NATIONALISTIC PASSIONS, THEY USED CENSORSHIP TO CURB FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

A SACRED OCCASION

BHARAT DID NOT ACHIEVE FREEDOM IN A DAY. IT TOOK YEARS OF STRUGGLE BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO BRAVED BULLETS AND BATONS TO SHOW COLONIALS WITH SHEER DETERMINATION THAT THEY WOULD RID THEMSELVES OF THE SHACKLES OF SLAVERY. THE DESIRE FOR COMPLETE FREEDOM AND SELF-GOVERNANCE GAVE US AN INDEPENDENT BHARAT THAT WE NOW CHERISH AND AIM TO KEEP PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS

SWAYAMSEVAK’S SATYAGRAHA

STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN CONTEMPORARY AGITATIONS AND THE ABIDING TASK OF NATION-BUILDING CAN BE CHALLENGING. DR KESHAV BALIRAM HEDGEWAR MET THIS CHALLENGE BY INSULATING HIS NASCENT ORGANISATION (RSS) FROM THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF AGITATIONS BUT ALLOWING SWAYAMSEVAKS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM

SANGH & FREEDOM STRUGGLE

FROM REVOLUTIONARIES TO SATYAGRAHIS EVERYBODY CONTRIBUTED TO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE. AFTER PARTICIPATING ALL MOVEMENTS, DR HEDGEWAR FOUNDED RSS TO ORGANISE THE SOCIETY BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER AND NATIONAL THOUGHT

NATIONAL RESISTANCE

AS THE BRITISH STARTED ITS EXPANSIONIST POLICIES, PEOPLE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ROSE IN REVOLT AGAINST THE FOREIGNERS. THE MOTIVATION IN ALL THESE POPULAR MOVEMENTS WAS THE DESIRE TO PROTECT THE SVATA (SELFHOOD)

REIGN OF THE WEST

EUROPEAN COLONIALISM BEGAN IN THE 15TH CENTURY WHEN THE PORTUGUESE LAUNCHED THE AGE OF DISCOVERY IN SEARCH OF ‘GOLD, GOD, AND GLORY’

RECLAIMING SOUL

AS WE CELEBRATE AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REVISIT THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE BHARATIYA FREEDOM MOVEMENT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SWA (“OUR SELFHOOD”), WHICH HAS MUCH TO INSPIRE OUR PEOPLE AND WILL, HOPEFULLY, UNFOLD ITS TRUE MEANING TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR TIMES. THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO REVISIT, REFINE AND REINVENT OUR LOST ‘COLLECTIVE TRUTH’ ABOUT THE WHOLE NARRATIVE OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE, TO EXPLORE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE AS WELL AS TO CHANGE OUR PERSPECTIVES TO ANALYSE THE UNFOLDING TRUTHS ABOUT OUR PAST AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY

POWER SHIFT

DURING THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, PM NARENDRA MODI HAS PUSHED INDIA'S GLOBAL INFLUENCE BOTH ON STRATEGIC MATTERS AS WELL AS ON THE SOFT POWER FRONT

NOT A CAKEWALK

AS BHARAT CELEBRATED 75TH INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH LOT OF POMP AND GAIETY, IT NEEDS TO INTROSPECT AND BALANCE THE CONTRADICTIONS

BHARAT@100: A CITIZEN CHARTER

TO BECOME A DEVELOPED COUNTRY IN TRUE SENSE, THERE SHOULD BE A CHANGE IN THE MINDSET OF ITS CITIZENS. IT IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS MORE ON DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES RATHER THAN RIGHTS