Indra's Net: Defending Hinduism's Philosophical Unity by Rajiv Malhotra

                          This book is a praiseworthy attempt by author Rajiv Malhotra about 'defending Hinduism's philosophical unity'. One may question the need to write on this subject, but after reading this book, you can answer the question yourself. For long we are foolishly made to believe the inherent strength of our religion to withstand adversaries even though Hindus are wiped out from territory it once thrived on through brute force, however  in today's environment, the eminent danger emerges from squatters(mercenaries) in our religion, masquerading as academicians, which is overlooked. This book Reminds me of movie matrix where everyone was living a pretty comfortable life till the protagonist 'Neo' was approached by an organisation. Soon Neo met 'Morpheus' who offered him to choose between two pills a blue pill at a red pill. Red pill was supposed to wake him up from the slumber and apprise reality and a sinister plot while the blue one would take him back to his normal life. This book is the red pill, if chosen, it decimates the web of lies woven by groups around Hindus, with the single ulterior motive to de-legitimize Hinduism as a genuine and coherent religion.

                            Due to concerted efforts, by set of Western scholar syndicate, spearheaded by Paul Hacker followed by Agehananda Bharati, Wilhelm Halbfass, Ursula King, Anantanand Rambachan etc. a group of Indian intellectuals also colluded to defame and eventually destroy Hinduism. This syndicate is supported and funded by Catholic Christian organizations. This syndicate refuses to believe in the geographical, cultural, religious unity and affinity among Indians. It boisterously propagates the non existence of Hinduism in ancient times, rather considers Hinduism as an invention of Swami Vivekanand to instill confidence and promote unity among Indian masses,with sole objective to politically unite against British colonialists. The Westerners debunked reforms in Hinduism as farce while calling them inspired from Western society to seek legitimacy among Abrahmanic religions. These scholars twisted facts to create wedge or foment contradictions among teachings of two Hindu spiritual stalwarts Swami Vivekanand and Guru Adi Shankara . A false narrative is thus spun by syndicate, to delegitimize Hinduism on one hand while peddling Hinduism as inherently corrupt and oppressive towards minorities, Dalits, and women on the other hand.

                       The author has painstakingly and after thorough research successfully confronted the narrative of bigotes. He counters the myths by facts and proves that the cultural unity of India is much older than the British invasion or the syndicate can envisage. A well researched, thought provoking book and i completely endorse and identify with the blurb on the book by Arun Shourie - 'A book that every Indian must read'. 

Dear Kaanwariyas

                           

                                  Dear Kaanwariyas, I am writing this letter as a Shiva Bhakt as i often get inspired seeing the harsh, spiritual journey that countless bhakts undertook every year during the holy month of 'Saravan'.  It is an inspiration to see scores of devotees forming a long human chain, some even bare foot, consumed in religious fervor walking silently on the edge of roads to fetch holy water from Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri. The hardships encountered during this pilgrimage can't be envisaged by common people like myself who never participated in this yatra.

                             In today's time and age, where everything is adulterated, this pilgrimage isn't left untouched as well. There are instances where unscrupulous elements penetrated it and maligned the yatra . The ear splitting music, choked roads due to street dancing, commotion, lawlessness have been witnessed in several places which hardly goes with the image of a pilgrimage. There is no denying the fact that only handful of bad elements perpetrate such acts of vandalism, but it ends up smudging peaceful devotees.  The rowdy behavior of selected few gets highlighted, giving the opportunity to sickular vultures to blemish the entire community.

                              The unlawful behavior can't be condoned by a civilized society and the culprits should be rightfully booked. On the part of kanwariyas, if they believe they can commit crimes and can evade law, then, they are living in a fools paradise. Such privilege in our country is only reserved for particular community. The crimes committed by them comes under special category which is over often overlooked lest, they will affect vote-bank. If you believe that you have the same privilege then have a look-  A stray incident of road rage and resulting violence by rowdies impersonating as kanwariya brings large number of eminent journalists to debate and condemn whole yatra. A small incident of road rage is termed as terrorism with wide prime time national coverage continuing for days. Attempts to malign the tradition of KanwarYatra is going full throttle, even bizarre stories are interwoven with regionalism to create a wedge.

                              In our country, there is no dearth of issues requiring immediate attention, but the energy spent to cover and condemn isolated incidents during this year annual Kaanwar yatra is perplexing. There is no doubt vandalism by a few is disturbing and culprits shouldn't be spared and Kaanwariyas too should be prepared for minute scrutiny in these testing times. As for Hindus, be prepared for a PIL in Apex court before next Saravan , after water-less Holi, cracker-less Diwali, patriarchy on Raksha Bandhan and karvachauth, nooze around you is only going to tighten.

Mafia And Democracy

                               I have always maintained that the 'secularism' in India is the most exploited and abused word, where an entire generation was fleeced by a syndicate tutoring non-existant secularism. The syndicate comprised of corrupt politicians at the top of pyramid, intellectuals and media coterie in the middle and NGO's, opportunists and paid personalities working as foot soldiers are at the bottom. This syndicate has full backing of evangelist groups, petro-dollar Islamic groups and host of loosely tied foreign groups hell bent on widening fissures among fault lines in India. This corrupt ecosystem flourished and prospered with strong thrust from left-leaning government at center. This syndicate has fiddled with education(fake Aryan invasion theory) making permanent scar on impressionable minds.

                                          One thing the syndicate abhors more than anything is "Hindu" unity. For very long this mafia had free run, duping gullible people as the coterie readily justifies and supports their masters who were billed as halo. False narratives were created to demean anything remotely associated to Hindus. There is long list of people who were happy to sleep with such foreign sponsored organization for personal glory and finance. Meantime these foot soldiers have successfully penetrated our society with impunity taking advantage of sensitive issues and disgruntlement among section of our population. Missionary sponsored and abetted naxal groups and terror organizations in N-E are glaring examples to name a few.

                                     Lampooning Hinduism comes with benefits. Apart from hogging the limelight, you are credited with materialistic benefits. There's a big, boisterous, noisy lobby who come in strength to defend your crimes. Compromised section of media plays second fiddle in denouncing anyone who complains about such venomous sermons.  It's ironic, when a section of society is allowed to perpetrate crimes and secular mafia hold there ignominious silence. Every possible trick is employed to defame, divide Hindus(on caste, regionalism etc.) and in places where they can't refrain upsurge, brutality knows no bound to silence or maim Hindus(Kerala, Bengal etc). Meanwhile,the ecosystem of mafia feign ignorance and employ diversionary tactics. There lopsided approach is visible when victim is from community that suits their twisted mind narrative, in which case they go overboard in highlighting it and smudging entire Hindu community.

(M.R. Venkatesh : Tell me, what you have done about RSS people being killed in Kerala ?

                  Saba Naqvi : Why should I ? That is not my job. I don't care.)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0myMigbauo&t=17s )

                            One such glaring example of insensitivity, towards people with dissenting views recently was episode featuring Saba Naqvi. After watching the clip one can understand the bigoted mindset of such intellectuals. The smirk on her face isn't just distasteful, but reveals how much the torchbearers of secularism care about human life and democracy, such is the tolerance, one would shiver,  infer if god willing you contradict their duplicity. Such is the travesty that, if political ideology can't be countered then massacre of innocents is perpetrated to curtail growth, while mafia is too pleased and rejoice abominable acts of murder.

                               The truth is, in last four years the established mafia has to face headwinds that they never witnessed before.  They were dumbfounded when contested on facts by awakened citizens. Several sand castles are uprooted, famed intellectuals, media honchos are caught naked with no place to hide and in this muddle the ugly faces are revealed. This mafia is self centered and exploits the Indian democracy and Constitution for its own cause with scanty regard to people and their aspirations. Two things the unholy cabal abhors more then anything else are, social media and awakened citizens.

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout

                                   MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time to save the world from arms dealer John Lark and a group of terrorists known as the Apostles who plan to use three plutonium bombs for a simultaneous nuclear attack on the Vatican, Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia to create mayhem. August Walker (Henry Cavill) a CIA hit-man and White Widow (Vanessa Kirby) also added spice to this adrenaline pumping fabulous action flick. With tantalizing action scenes, a viewer is hopelessly mesmerized and glued till the last scene.

                                 Impossible is nothing when Tom is at its best. A combination of jaw dropping stunts, insane daring and ingenious execution, make this a stunning piece of action cinema, probably the finest,i have ever witnessed. MI franchise has improved tremendously with each installment and by far, it is the best among all by a long shot. Each scene is pushed little further, giving it an unprecedented fresh look. The story though simple, is laced with twists,backstabbing and exceeds expectations. My only concern is in this fabulous movie, they have raised the bar and set the benchmark which would be difficult to outdo as viewers would now expect moon. An incredible movie with spectacular action sequences to satisfy the appetite, a must watch.