Saturday, April 08, 2023

Nothing actually matters

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

The Greater India Experiment: Hindutva and the Northeast: by Arkotong Longkumer, Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2021, 321 pp., 30 USD (paperback) …

R Shetty - 2023
… This is in line with Deepa Reddy’s analysis of Hindutva’s ‘diffuse logic’through
which the ideology ‘is mobilized, operationalized, and made … which Hindutva
approaches other parts of the nation; this contrast is especially evident in the act of …

Selling Gāyatrī: Questioning cultural appropriation of a Mantra

N Dalal - Journal of Hindu Studies, 2023
… and Hindutva as numerically identical; rather than parsing out the historical and
political contexts that distinguish Hindutva ideology from … In the case of Gāyatrī,
Hindutva ideologies may identify the mantra as part of India’s specific nationalist …

[HTML] The Need of Union in Indian subcontinent: A Vedic perspective

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… Literatures, philosophies or darshanas, yoga and even the holistic approach to
the ecosystem is been there in Indian subcontinent … This yogic system of
education promoted the idea of ‘Integral Humanism’ as the common thread of …

[PDF] PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE AND DEVOTION WITH REFERENCE

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… Bhakti Yoga teaches them how to love without any motives-loving God and to
love God because it is good to do so, not for going to heaven, nor to get children,
wealth, or any worldly advantages. It teaches them that love itself is the highest …

All the Children are Insane, or People are Strange: The (un) holy Trinity. The Doors/Velvets/Stooges

J Robb - The art of darkness, 2023
… The Doors hinted at a musical future where all the shades of darkness were as
integral as the flickering tones of light. This new mood was first … He was the
macrobiotic yoga disciple who also began consuming large amounts of heroin when …

Ground Down and Locked in a Paperweight: Toward a Critical Psychology of Caste-Based Humiliation

Y Jogdand - Critical Philosophy of Race, 2023
Psychology limits the scope of raising questions important in the caste context. While
psychology focuses on why and how people feel humiliated, the question in the
caste context is why and how people do not feel humiliated despite incessant and …

[PDF] EFFICACY OF E-LEARNING FOR VALUE INCULCATION: A LITERATURE REVIEW

L MEHER
Education is the prime necessity of the present context. The education of 21st
century has brought a massive outflow of revolution with innovative ideas and
techniques. This has not only changed our insights but also our vision towards the …

[PDF] A Comparative Study of Love Tradition in Vidyapati and John Donne

MM Jha
Looking into the dynamics of Love tradition we can set a benchmark of platonic love
as the starting point to measure the comparison of Love expressed through the
poetry of Vidyapati and John Donne. Although scholars have agreed that we all …
A typical politically aware person goes through these 5 stages in their Twitter journey. Which stage are you in right now? Stage 1 : Joined Twitter out of curiosity. Realised that ideologies exist but currently only observing and understanding.
Stage 2 : Identifies with one of the ideologies. Actively speaks about it. Exposes the other side and expresses outrage frequently. Expose, outrage, expose, outrage. Stage 2 is the longest.
Stage 3 : Realises that their exposes/outrage are going nowhere because those in-charge of action are doing the same expose/outrage thing as them.
Stage 4 : Gets confused. Starts questioning those not taking action. Gets attacked by the ultra loyalists/paid mercenaries.
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Stage 5 : Gets blackpilled and realises nothing actually matters. Those who want to do just do and those who can't cries victim. Makes peace with the mess and enjoys what can be enjoyed.
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Archives presently consists of 35,000 documents, photographs, press cuttings, govt documents of British-era n unpublished correspondence n manuscripts of Sri Aurobindo, Mother n early inmates of Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
Glimpses from #Auroville The role the youth can play in growth and development and Sri Aurobindo were discussed among other themes. #Y20 #G20 #India #YOUTH #Leadership #sriaurobindo
On April 5th, Y20 delegates visited the City Exhibition at Bharat Nivas. They took their dinner at Solar Kitchen and then danced at SAWCHU. On April 6th, they visited and took their breakfast in Sadhana Forest. #SriAurobindo #Auroville #Aurovillefoundation #aurovillepondicherry
The Masterplan, Ordinance & Protests in #Auroville explained in one minute and deep-rooted nexus in keeping the Masterplan at a moot point
Highlights from the Y20 Summit, in Auroville,the official youth engagement group representing G20's theme ‘One Earth. One Family. One Future’. youtu.be/PlhOOVsRKqA
From the speech by the Gov. of Telangana & Lt Gov. of Puducherry & Member, GB of Auroville Foundation Dr. Tamilisai at Y20 youth summit at Auroville on 4/4/23
Webinar Today: Free Virtual Session With E Certificate on Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo
"Three great passions dominated #SriAurobindo’s life: first, to liberate India from foreign rulers; second, to liberate India from Indians; and third, to liberate man from man"- Nani Palkhivala. A scholar par excellence,adept in Const.Law,adept in English(1/3
Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy of human unity & India’s vision of #G20 has enunciated by PM Sh . My reflections at #Y20-#Auroville Summit: an inspiring two day outreach: exchanging ideas, new thoughts, new hopes & aspirations! #G20
Time spent well together with City Exhibition, Bharat Nivas, Dinner at Solar Kitchen and high energy dancing at Sawchu. #Auroville #G20 #Y20 #Youth #India
#Auroville Sound bath by Svaram team and a presentation welcoming Youth to reconnect and experience Auroville as Volunteers, interns, fellowships, artist and scholars residence at Unity Pavilion on 5th April 2023. #G20 #Y20 #Youth #India
An inspiring inaugural address by the Hon'ble Governors , Dr. Anirban Ganguly and other dignitaries at the Youth20 summit at Bharat Nivas auditorium, Auroville on 3rd April 2023. #Auroville
Today I am speaking, sharing and discussing my artistic process at ADISHAKTI THEATRE in Auroville. The community stands for an audacious dream manifested many years ago by a woman who was not born on our soil but who imagined a future where all communities and beliefs could be…
My problem with this debate on history, it’s additions and deletions, is that I am not really sure now how much of what we studied is fact and how much is fiction, how much is sugar-coated. And how much of it was sanitised by left-leanings historians backed by governments more interested in propagating a viewpoint for political gains. Much like events that were never made public for reasons best known to those who controlled its flow.
To quote just one example, we always read in our history books that Ashoka decided to never fight another war after the battle of Kalinga because he was distraught with the bloodshed. But now we have learnt otherwise.
If we look at the Creation hymns translated by W Doniger they look all different, disconnected. But if we apply the key given to us by Swami Dayananda and Sri Aurobindo then they become coherent and part of a connected whole. It is our attempt to research this morphology of Veda
The Centre for Human Sciences, Rishihood Uni & Strings ‘N’ Steps are jointly organizing a 2-day workshop where participants will learn the poetic excellence of Bhavani Bharati through dance. The poem, composed in Sanskrit by Sri Aurobindo, invokes the spirit of Mother India.
It will be both online and offline, with the special attraction of selected candidates being featured in an upcoming music album project. Please visit the following link to register for the workshop: bit.ly/40R1KPr #sriaurobindo #mother #bhavanibharati #workshop
Most educated people work for money and public intellectuals are no exception. But to claim independence and ethical rectitude is totally dishonest. Authoring a book amounts to a lot of virtue signalling and hence one needs to be very cautious as regards motivation and intention.
I tell it from time to time that my tweets are meant for outsiders and not the circle of devotees and followers. The latter are requested not to respond to my tweets and use their own TLs, instead. I'm against Hindutva and oppose their appropriation of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo.
I have been disseminating an alternative viewpoint inspired by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo under the Savitri Era banner since 2005. Political, economic, and cultural spheres are driven by forces of falsehood and discord. Collaborative spirit needed for ushering in seeds of harmony.
It will be good if a new person becomes the PM in 2024 but in view of the history and pattern of democracy in India it may not happen. So one shouldn't be carried away by mere wishful thinking. What is Nature's plan and Evolutionary intention is more important. Ideology is futile.
Modernity and secularism forced the Western world to conceive philosophy as well as science as godless universes. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, on the contrary, keep the divine origin of things at the core of their worldview. The involution preceding evolution forms its cornerstone.
RSS is famous for anti-intellectualism as it never promoted writing of scholarly books. But it kept an alternative version of history alive through in-house discourse and word of mouth. To give the devil his due, some of it today have earned respectability as well as credibility.
Go to Pakistan was a common refrain and some people actually believed that they have the exclusive right of living in this country. A decade in power and they are disappointed to see that nothing of the sort has happened. We are still a free Republic with plurality in all spheres.
The first duty as a citizen is to be freed from any kind of herd mentality. Each person is unique with kaleidoscopic variations by heredity and environment. Taking advantage of such treasures should be the aim of education. So mobilising people on monochromatic themes should stop.
The past is past, be it history or our own lives. No point in obsessing about them. The future has many possibilities as Sri Aurobindo has assured. Thus, designing the future is the task and it's not in the hands of politicians alone. Each citizen has the responsibility for this.
Like other languages of India, Odia has a very rich treasure of literature which are gradually becoming unsuitable for modern times. What is relevant for current use is the golden era songs of the fifties and sixties. Chandra malli hase of Akshaya Mohanty is a good sample of it.
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Dynasty is also a commonality.
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You are doing your work and they are doing theirs. So, where is the problem?
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I expect that the Chair creates its own independent mode of communication instead of imitating the Ashram, Society, or Auroville. Ploughing the academic furrow is a huge responsibility and an epochal challenge. The world is athirst for hearing the words of Sri Aurobindo. Thanks.
The notion of history, culture, or tradition of those above fifty is completely outdated. Lack of orientation in postmodernism, semiotics, and hermeneutics, too, is a disabling factor. AI is forcing to look at things anew but the pull of the twentieth century is very much intact.
Orchid and the rose: A homogenised view would pose grave dangers to democracy orchidrose.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-homo Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006) and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

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