2006 Centenary Year Celebrations
Prof. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar 1906 - 1973
Shri Guruji Golwalkar was one of
modern India’s greatest thinkers and
reformers, a modern Rishi in true spirit.
“In a world so full of misery of all
kinds, there can be no nobler ideal than
to serve the weak and downtrodden.”

 “In all the Miss India beauty contests,
 the real beauty of India is missing.”
  “If Pakistan cannot be mended, it has to be ended.”
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Prof. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar 1906 - 1973
                Make Hinduism Global
         for Peace and Prosperity of the World

The planet earth needs a sense of moral order,
ecological order, energy savings, distribution of wealth
and resources to all, human values, spirituality and an
ethical compass.

          Hinduism alone can fulfill this role.
  Sankrit, Yoga, Bhagwad Gita, Ayurved, Vegetarian
  food, Vedc Heritage, Indian music and Bhajans are
           gaining world-wide recognitions.

Overseas Hindus are proving successful and are an asset to their adopted
countries. India too has become a global player in trade and technology.

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Prof. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar 1906 - 1973
                      Vedic Mantras
           for Peace and Prosperity of the World
l  Ekam Sat Vipraha, Bahuda Vadanti
       Truth is one, Sages call it variously.
 Avibhaktam Vibhakteshu
       Accept Unity in Diversity for world Peace
3. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah , Sarve Santu Niramaya
       Let every one be happy and free from disease

1.   Aano Bhadrha Krutavo Yantu Vishwatah
        Let Noble thoughts come to us from all directions.
•    Krunvanto Vishwam Aryam.
                        Let us culturise the world.



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Prof. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar 1906 - 1973
                       Vedic Mantras
            for Peace and Prosperity of the World
l Needam       Entire Universe is a Nest – (Rig Veda).
 Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,
      World is a Family – (Valmiki Ramayan).
 Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma,
      All is One – the Principle of Universal Oneness
 Nar Seva Narayan Seva
      Serving Humanity is true Service of God.
 Acceptance Beyond Tolerance
      All is One – the Principle of Universal Oneness
 World Peace and Harmony
 World Without War – Message of Raksha
  Bandhan
 Mitayuke Oasin – WeNoble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                        Let
                            are all Related                                    5
Prof. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar 1906 - 1973
                       HSS Mantras
           for Peace and Prosperity of the World
l   Vishwa Dharma Prakashena
    Vishwa Shanti Pravartake
    Hindu Sangathana Karye
    Dhyeya Nishtha Sthirastu Nah || 6 ||

l   Our conviction is that lasting
    Peace can be established through
    Propagation of Dharma.
    Our Mission to organize the Hindu society
    to realize this vision.

l   The focus of Sangh is ‘Man-Making’ which is
    necessary to carry out this mission.
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Yogi Arvind Said
         “The country whose
          young men are
          inspired by the glory
          of the past, pain of
          the present and
          dreams of the future
          always moves on the
          path of progress.”

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Yogi Aurobindo said,
   I want to be                           RICH,
   I want to be                           POPULAR,
   I want to be                           POWERFUL
   I want to be                           GREAT

         not for my sake but
      for the sake of my country.
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Yogi Aurobindo said,
   All the countries live in falsehood.
   If only one country stood courageously for
      truth, the world might be saved.
   Let us reiterate our commitment to
      Kshatriya Dharam,
      make our politicians learn to make
      Bharat stand up to the world,
      be economically strong with fully
      equipped armed forces.


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Swami Sivanand said,
To be timid is the greatest sin.
To be selfish is the greatest offence.
To identify oneself with the body is the greatest crime.
To forget one’s own Atman is the greatest sin.
  Therefore destroy timidity and selfishness. Abandon
  identification with the body and remember always
  your essential divine nature.


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Film Songs on Confidence Vote
Film Songs on Confidence Vote:

3.    Prakash Karat:     Dost dost na rahaa...
4.    Manmohan Singh:    Merey dushman tu meri dosti ko tarsey...
5.    Sonia Gandhi:      Aaj phir jeeney ki tamanna hai...
6.    Somnath Chatterjee:Jhoom, jhoom ke nacho/
                        Aaj kis ki jeet hui hai/ Aaj kis ki haar...
7.    Mulayam Singh:     Na na kartey haan tumhi ko kar baithey...
8.    Lalu Prasad Yadav: Samajhney-wale samajh gaye hain/
                        Jo naa samajhey woh anari hai…
9.    Amar Singh:        Lagaa chunri mein daag...
10.   Mayawati:          Mera sundar sapna toot gaya ...
11.   Sitaram Yechury:    Merey tutey huey dil se koi to
                        aaj yeh puchhey...
12.   AB Bardhan:        Kasmein, vaade, pyaar wafaa sab/
                        Baatein hain, baaton ka kya...
13.   Rahul Gandhi:      Hoshiar! Hum hain yahaan ke Raj Kumar

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Film Songs on Confidence Vote
Film Songs on Confidence Vote:

l   LK Advani:            Raha gardishon mein har dam...
l   Arun Jaitley:         Yeh kya hua, kaise hua, kyon hua...
l   Pranab Mukherjee:    Duniya kee sair kar lo...
l   Vayalar Ravi:         Jo vadaa kiya hai nibhaana paadey ga...
l   Shibu Soren:         Jo tum ko ho pasand wahi baat karenge...
l   Deve Gowda:          Mujhe tum se kuch bhi naa chahiye/
                           Mujhe mere haal pe chhod do…
l   Ajit Singh:           Kora kagaz thaa, kora hi reh gayaa...
l   SS Dhindasa:         Garibo ki suno, woh tumhari sunega...
l   Raj Babbar:          Ghungroo ki tarah bajta hi raha hoon main...
l   Omar Abdullah:       Begaani shaadi mein Abdullah deewana...
l   Manmohan-Bush,        over phone: Yeh dosti hum nahin chodenge...
l   Aam Aadmi:            Jinhein naaz hai Hind pe, woh kahan hain?



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Books for Reading
Have you read any of the following Books or their
  likes

Books by Swami Vivekanand / Aurobindo / Sivanand / Chinmayanand /
Books by Mahatma Gandhi / Jawaharlal Nehru/ Babasaheb Ambedkar
Books by Voice of India: Dr Abdul Kalam / Dr Arun Shourie /
Books and articles by Francis Gautier/ Sister Nivedita / Annie Besant /
   Koenraad Elst /




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Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee
                                  responsible for
             •    9% Hindu Rate of Growth of GDP – second highest
                  in the world.
             •    11 and 13th of May 1998:
                      5 successful Nuclear Tests at Pokhran

1.   Changing India’s Global Image from a borrowing country for the
     past 50 years to lending country. India now has a Foreign Exchange
     Reserve of over 300 Billion dollars.

3.   India’s Giant leap forward in Nuclear Science, Satellite and Rocket
     Technologies, Super Computer, Fast Breeder Reactor, Remote
     Sensing Camera, Cars, Trucks, Motor-bikes, Pharmaceuticals,
     Mobile Phones, Engineering Goods, Diamond Cuttings, Soft-wares,
     Information Technology, Production of milk, rice, tea, vegetables,
     fruits etc.
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Thoughts Expressed by Dr Abdul Kalam
  Do we have answers to his questions
l   We want foreign TVs, foreign shirts & foreign technology.
    Why         this obsession        with      everything       imported?
    Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance?
l   Look at Dr Sudarshan (and Nanaji Deshmukh). He has transferred the
    tribal village into self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of
    such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and
    failures and disasters. In India we only read about death, sickness,
    terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE?
l   We complain - Our roads are not good. Public places are not clean. We do
    not have proper drinking water & electricity. Our hospitals are over
    crowded. India is No.1 in AIDS, Malaria, TB, blind people; We say,
    Government is indifferent (towards Terrorism, Bangladeshi infiltration,
    demographic imbalance & conversions. It indulges in over appeasement of
    Minorities. What has been our duty & Responsibility?)
l   We make boardroom talks against the practice of (bride burning,
    infanticide of girl babies, caste hatred, untouchability &) corruption. But in
    our own lives we practice them.
l   We know that 22% of our population is illiterate & below poverty line.
    What do we do about it.
      l     What is our duty?                   How to be Pro-active
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How can I Serve Dharma?
     for Dharma-abhimanis who are in search of a direction.

1.   Do I have enough time for my Dharma?
     To begin with, you can speak about Hinduism and share
     information you have come across about it with your family,
     neighbors and friends. When you have some more time, you can
     involve yourself in other higher-level activities.

4.   Do I have the qualities to serve Dharma?
     Each individual has certain physical, psychological and spiritual
     strengths. Serve your Dharma, with any of these strengths.

7.   Can I influence others.
     Every one of us can influence some one or the other.
     Evolve yourself Spiritually and you can influence more people.




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Methods to Serve Dharma
           1. Directly From Home
l   Online Prasar: Web promotion of news, campaigns etc
    in various groups friends contacts
l   Financial help: Donations to Sewa International;
l   Psychological or intellectual help: Writing articles or
    answering them in news media
l   Spiritual help: Doing spiritual practice and guiding
    others
l   Translation of Matter on Dharma from Tamil/ Telugu/
    Kannada/ Marathi/Hindi to English, Chinese, Japanese,
    Arabic, Indnesian, Thai, Russian, French, Spanish,
    Italian, ….
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Methods to Serve Dharma
           2. Directly Outside Home
l   Physical help: Put up posters, banners, writing News Board
    (Phalak) arrange lectures, workshops, protest demonstrations,
    invite persons, screening of VCD
l   Educating Intellectuals & Academicians - Political, Economists etc.
    on Dharma
l   Contacting like-minded influential persons in the society - Those in
    authority in Temples, colleges-schools, organised societies and clubs
l   Providing Publicity - Liasoning with the press - print media, TV,
    cable channels
l   Reporting events that concern Dharma - for and against
l   Cable TV advertisement, screening of VCD
l   Providing free Legal Aid unto the cause of Dharma


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Methods to Serve Dharma
              3. Indirectly
l   Offline Prasar: Giving information about website to others.
l   Sponsoring activities of the HSS, Sewa International,
l   Providing advt. Space for Sewa Intl campaigns on hired bill
    boards
l   Providing advt. Space for Messages on Dharma on your
    products, services
l   Providing a link to the HSS, Sewa Intl, Ekal Vidyalay website
    on your website
l   Attaching messages with your e-mails on Dharma-Shikshan
l   Taking up the cause of Dharma with various media - writing
    letters, sending e-mails, SMS's in your individual capacity


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Dhanur Veda, Our Ancient War Techniques

Dhanur Veda our most ancient text on Warfare.
Sage Vishwamitra, Vasishta, Parashurama, Dronacharya
were great exponents of wars and weapons.
     Vedas, Manu’s Rajadharma, Ramayan, Mahabharat,
     Puranas, Pancha Tantra, Kautilya Artha Sastra,
     Thiruk-Kural deal with wars, weapons and strategies.

Lord Vishnu (Mohini Avtar), Narasimha
Avtar, Vamana Avtar, Lord Krishna,
Arya Chanakya, Shivaji Maharaj were
great warriors and war strategists.

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Criteria for Super Power



1. Must have won a Major War




2. Must be a Knowledge Based Society
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Criteria for Super Power




3. Must be a land of Wealth Creators




4. Must influence other nations
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Criteria for Super Power




5. Women and Youth Empowerment




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From Super Power to Vishwa Guru



                                Valmiki, Ved Vyas,
                                Adi Shankara, Ramanuja,
                                Madhwacharya,
                                Ramadas, Vidyaranya,
                                Sw Ramakrishna, Dayanand, SV,
                                Sivanand
                                Sw Chinmayanand, Dr Hedgewar,
                                Guruji


 6. Must be a land of Spiritual Leaders
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Our Present Shortcomings
Education:        20% are still illiterate and below Poverty line
Intellectuals     Apathy, anti Indians, Uncaring for Poor & Needy
Medical:          Most govt hospitals for the poor and needy
                  do not have proper facilities, are over-crowded,
Health            Maximum Blind people, TB Patients, Malaria victims,
                  Small Pox, Hepatitis, Gastro-entities,
Poverty:          20% are below poverty line
Infra-Structure   Bijli, Sadak, Pani, Hospitals, Schools,
Corruption:       Govt agencies are best with corruption
                  Judiciary, Police, Bureaucracy, Politicians,

Cultural Invasion:          Most TV Programs are anti Indian in culture
                  Valentine’s day, Friendship Bands, New Year Dances
                  Dance-Discotheque-Drugs, Pub Bharo Andolan by
                  Renuka Devi,
English:          is replacing Mother-Tongues
Law & Order:      Serial Bomb Blasts – not arrested,
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1st Criteria for Super Power
    Military Superiority
Independent Military Agenda
Must have won a Major War




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India’s Military Superiority
•   India defeated Pakistan                   1.    In 1971 India defeated Pakistan
    supported by USA and China in                   and liberated entire Bangladesh
    1965 and in 1971.                               in 12 days taking Gen Niazi and
•                                                   95,000 Pak soldiers as POW.
    In 1965 war Lt. Col. Tarapore
    smashed maximum number of                 3.    In 1971 India made USA nuclear
    USA Patton tanks.                               powered warship Enterprise
•                                                   (much dreaded 7th Fleet) to
    India’s suicide air-pilots made a
                                                    retreat.
    mincemeat of the most
    sophisticated Pakistan’s                  5.    In 1999 India defeated Pakistan
    surveillance system at Sargoda                  in Kargil war. It was a war
    air port. It was gifted by USA.                 fought on the most difficult
•                                                   terrain (-60°C) and highest
    In 1971 India destroyed Pak
                                                    altitude on Himalayan peaks.
    Submarine PNS Gazi gifted to it
    by USA.

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Indian War Generals
Field Marshall
Gen Cariappa                                   Shivaji Maharaj,
                                              one of the greatest
                                              generals in World
                                              history Pioneer of
                                              Guerilla Warfare.




Lt Gen.
Thimaiyya                               Jhansi Rani Laxmibai




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Brave Women of India
                 Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay
                 the first woman  Punita Arora
                 Air Marshal in the              first Indian woman
                 Indian Air Force.               Lieutenant General
                                                 in the Indian Army
                   Bachendri Pal,
                   the first Indian woman (and the fifth in the world), to
                   scale Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world on 23rd
                   May 1984, and stood on the summit of Sagarmatha
                   (the Nepali name for the Mt. Everest) for 43 minutes.
                   She is a Poor village girl from Garhwal.
Nirmal Chawla
Ist Lady Indian pilot to                    Sarla Thakral
participate in any war (Kargil),       first Indian woman
she was flying 'Chetak' India's                      Pilot 1936.
best fighter Chopper.     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   29
1971 India Pak War
Liberation of Bangladesh
                                  Field Marshall
                             Gen Sam Manekshaw

   Lt Gen J.S.Arora & Lt Gen JFR Jacob
   architects of 1971 Bangla Desh liberation.
   Gen. Niazi & 93,000 Pak soldiers
   surrendered.


   INS Vikrant
   India’s Nuclear Carrier

                              Vice Admiral Krishnan
      PNS Gazi, Pak Submarine lured and destroyed,
            Seventh Fleet / Enterprise American
               Nuclear Carrier made to retreat in 1971

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Param Vir Chakra
                Highest Indian Gallantry Award
           Major Somnath Sharma awarded the first Param
           Vir Chakra, He on November 3, 1947 saved Srinagar
           airport (and Kashmir) at the supreme cost of his life.

    Kuch yaad karo unhe bhi, Jo laut ke ghar na aye!

                Capt Vikram Batra
                died on 8 July 1999 after
                    capturing 3 peaks in
                            Drass sector.
Lt. Col Tarapore smashed
several US Patton Tanks

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Higher than Mount Everest height emotional
   words of the martyr-memorial at Kohima
Santosh Kanwar, widow of Martyr Mangej Singh
swore
''I shall not hesitate to send all my three sons to the
    front and will be proud if they die defending
            the country like their father"
      When you go home
      tell them of us
      And say
      for your tomorrow
      we gave our today
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One Family – All Soldiers




  Maj Gen P Venkateshwarlu
      Son Lt PV Mohan
  Daughter Capt PV Punita
  at IMA Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
       Let
           Passing out Parade                                      33
Kargil           Heroes
     Param Veer Chakras
 Vikram Batra (Posthumous),
   Grenedier Yogendra Singh
        RFN Sanjay Kumar


    Mahaveer Chakras
     Major Sonam Wangchuk
             Lt Balwan Singh,
Lt Keishing Clifford Nangrum
   Major Padmapani Acharya




     Major Shyam Sundar,
     Major Vikrant Shastri,
       Major Vivek Gupta,

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Kargil               Heroes
           Lt Atul Karya,
     Major M. Saravanan,
   Lt Kanad Bhattacharya,
        Capt Saju Cherian


 Major Abhimanyu Sikka,
   Capt Jerry Prem Raj,
        Lt Amit Verma,
   Capt Vijayant Thapar



Capt Aditya Mishra,
Capt. Sanjiv Dahiya,
        Capt Umang
        Bharadwaj,
 Capt Anuj Nayyar

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Param Vir Chakra
            Highest Indian Gallantry Awards
                    Kargil Heroes
              Captain Vikram Batra,
            Rifleman Sanjay Kumar,
    Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav,


                   Colonel Hoshiar Singh,
                Company Quarter Master
                   Havildar Abdul Hamid,
       Flying officer Nirmal Singh Sekhon



      2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal,
    Lance Naik Albert Ekka,
Lt Colonel Ardeshir Tarapore,
     Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey
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Param Vir Chakra
           Highest Indian Gallantry Awards
 Major Dhan Singh Thapa,
     Major Hoshiar Singh,
       Major Ramaswamy
          Parameswaran,
 Major Shaitan Singh Bhati


  Major Somnath Sharma,
 Naib Subedar Bana Singh,
    Naik Jadunath Singh,
        Naik Karam Singh



      Piru Singh Shekhawat,
Capt Gurbachan Singh Salaria
2nd Lt Rama Raghoba Rane,
     Subedar Joginder Singh
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India Vs Pakistan
       1.             Air Crafts                          1007        710
       2.             Helicopters                          240         31
       3.             Transport Aircraft                   220         30
       4.             Air to Air Refuellers                  6          0

       6.   Active Military Personnel 1.3 million               550,000
       7.   Active Military Reserve 495,000                     500,000
       8.   Active Para Military Units 1,089,700                304,000

2.Nuclear Warheads                70-100                  30 - 40
3.Ballastic Missiles              Agni-2                  Gauri
4.2,000 KMs 2,200 KMs
5.Cruise Missiles                 BrahMos                 Babur
                                  290 KMs                 700 KMs


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India Vs Pakistan

1.Land-Based Weapons               10,340                             3,919
2.           Tanks           3,898        2,461
3.Multiple Rocket Launch Systems 150                                  52
4.Anti Aircraft Weapons      2,424        1,900

6.Aircraft Carriers                1                      0
7.Destroyers                       8                      0
8.Sub-Mariners                                18                      11
9.Frigates                        16                      7
10.Amphibious Craft                7                      0




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India’s Nuclear Tests ?.
1974       May 18,                                      1 Test
1998       May 11 and 13                                5 Tests




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                  all Directions- Rig Veda
Swami Vivekananda’s Secret for Success
                                   "Each nation has an identity and destiny.
                                              As far as Bharat is concerned,
                    Hindu is its identity and religion is its way of working"

               There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more
               concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one
                                                    point. That is the secret.

                       Have faith in yourself – all power is in you – be
                   conscious and bring it out. Say I can do everything.
 Whatever you do, devote your whole mind, heart and soul to it.
 Conversion is not one Hindu less but one enemy more.
   Daridra Narayano bhava; Murkha Narayano bhava.
 Serve man serve God.
 They alone live who live for others; the rest are more dead than alive.
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Why India Makes Missiles

If India's rocket can hit any target with nuclear bomb and if India has
sufficient numbers of bombs and means to deliver, West will start
respecting India and her Hindu philosophy.

When India made 5 Nuclear tests, US President Bill Clinton said India is a
land of Buddha and Gandhi.

          But India is a land of thousand Buddhas and Gandhis
                         from Vedic Age onwards.
          How many Bombs should India possess for the world
                           to know all our genius.


   Without power no one will respect us
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Indian Ballistic Missiles Better than American –
           Saraswat – DRDO Scientist
BMD Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Shield is better than American
PAC-III Patriot Advanced Capability (Anti Missile System) is outdated
Indian Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile is 30% superior – Range &
Capability. The warhead weighs 30Kg but its impact is similar to 150 Kg
Omni-directional warhead. Can tackle the maneuvers of enemy’s incoming
missile including Russian Topol M Class missiles which move in zigzag way
System is “Fully Automated” (Hot-Stand-by mode) – can take off in 120
secs of the detection of incoming missiles by the tracking radars. Ground
Radars constantly update the Interceptor about the position of the target
enemy Ballistic Missile. In a war a volley of interceptor missiles will be
used against the enemy ballistic missiles to improve the hit probability.
Various counter measures in place to prevent jamming the interceptor by
enemy missile.
Under Development:       New Interceptor PDV – Hypersonic Interceptor
missiles (Speed of 6-7 Mach),
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Our Missiles
                       PRITHVI – II
                          Test fired in Nov 2006.
                          Surface to surface. Range 250 KM
                                                      AGNI – III
                                      Surface to Surface, 2 Stage
                              Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
                              (IRBM). Over 3,500 km Range.
                                             War head 1,500 Kg.
                                                The Circular Error Probable (CEP) was
                              less than 20 meters, which is best of class in the world




AKASH.
Long Range Surface to Air
RAMJET.                          Nishant Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – Day
Can Target 5 enemy Air Crafts Night Capability, Artillery Fire Correction etc
simultaneously at a        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 44
RANGE of 25 KM
Our Missiles
           TRISHUL. Surface to surface or
             Surface to Air. Short Range 50 KM




NAG.         Fire & Forget
Anti Tank Guided Missile
(ATGM) RANGE: 4 KMs



                           BRAHMOS.
                           Super Sonic Cruise Missile.

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Our Missiles
SHOURYA. (Valor)                                         AGNI - 3
        (12 Nov 2008)                        3,500 KMs Range
Surface to Surface
Medium Range Missile.
600 KMs Range Test
fired successfully

      CHANDRAYAAN -1.
      (22 Oct 2008).       (Moon Craft)
      India’s Lunar Satellite
      – launched from Sriharikota Space Center,
      09 Nov 2008 – entered Lunar Orbit 18 days
      later.


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Our Satellite Lauch Vehicles
ASLV
    Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle.
    Range: 4,000 KMs. 150 Kg Pay Load.               In Lower Orbit.



               Indian Satellites
               Aryabhatt,
               Rohini,
               Bhaskara

                                                PSLV
                    Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
                           Range:      8,000 KMs.

                                  Pay Load: 1,200 Kg
GSLV
Geo-Synchronous Satellite
Launch Vehicle.
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World Record in Satellite Technology

     Bharatiya Space Scientists successfully put
     10 Satellites into orbit on 28 April 2008.


 10 Satellites
      8 foreign nano satellites
             for Canada, Germany, Japan etc
      Cartosat-2A Remote Sensing Satellite 690 Kg
      Bharatiya Mini satellite MS-1 (89 Kg)
      weighed 824 Kgs

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Lee Kwan Yew – Singapore PM
India's navy has an aircraft-carrier force;
Its air force has the latest Sukhoi and MiG
aircraft;
Its army is among the best trained and equipped
    in Asia.
India can project power across its borders farther
   and better than China can, yet there is no fear
   that India has aggressive intentions.

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Swami Vivekananda’s Secret for Success
                                   "Each nation has an identity and destiny.
                                              As far as Bharat is concerned,
                    Hindu is its identity and religion is its way of working"

               There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more
               concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one
                                                    point. That is the secret.

                       Have faith in yourself – all power is in you – be
                   conscious and bring it out. Say I can do everything.
 Whatever you do, devote your whole mind, heart and soul to it.
 Conversion is not one Hindu less but one enemy more.
   Daridra Narayano bhava; Murkha Narayano bhava.
 Serve man serve God.
 They alone live who live for others; the rest are more dead than alive.
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Why India Makes Missiles
If India's rocket can hit any target with nuclear bomb and if India has
sufficient numbers of bombs and means to deliver, West will start
respecting India and her Hindu philosophy.

   Without power no one will respect us




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Indian Nuclear Scientists
                                                    Rishi Kanad
                                          Vedic Nuclear Scientist

      Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha
      – Father of India’s Nuclear Tech
                                       Dr Raja Ramanna

                  Nuclear Tests
 Dr. PK.Iyengar
                    1974: 1 Test
                    1998: 5 Tests – all successful
                             One of the 9 countries
                  Fast Breeder Reactors
                           One of the 4 Countries


                                               Dr Anil Kakodkar
   Dr Chidambaram
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Lord Nataraja at CERN Geneva
                            Lord Shiva veritably presided over the world’s largest
                            experiment as scientists today sent the first beam of
                            protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the
                            world’s most powerful particle accelerator at the
                            CERN laboratory near Geneva in search of the 'God
                            particle'.

Next to the 2m statue of the dancing Shiva or Nataraj at the European
Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva is a plaque that explains
the connection: "It is the clearest image of the activity of God which any art
or religion can boast of" ...
"Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing
Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the
most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance.
The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious
art and modern physics." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 53
Indian Space & Missile Scientists
 Missiles used during Ramayan and Mahabharat times

    Vikram Sarabhai
    – Father of Indian Space Tech
                                     Dr Satish Dhawan

            Our Missiles
              Agni, Akash, Prithvi, Trishul, Nag,
            Our Satellites:
              Aryabhatt, Rohini, Bhaskara,


    Dr Abdul Kalam,                Dr Madhawan Nair,
    Missile Man of India              Present Chief of ISRO

      Dr Kasturi Rangan- 11th expert in the world and
      1st Asian in Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing in
      48 years to be honored by ISPRS with Brock Medal.
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Ancient & Modern Space Scientists
   Acharya Bharadwaj                          Pavana Putra Hanuman
   Vedic Aviation Scientist                              Ancient Astronaut



                                                   Kalpana Chawla
                                           USA- Modern Astronaut

   Acharya Kapil
   Vedic Cosmology Scientist


                                       Sunita Pandya (Williams)
                                  USA - Longest Space walk 22 Hrs
                                    27 Mints, took Bhagwad Gita,
                                    Statue of Lord Ganesha and a
                                     letter in Hindi to outer space
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India’s Super Computer Param 10,000

                  Dr. VIJAY BHATKAR
                  We want to preserve our timeless heritage in the
                     form of a multimedia digital library on
                     param-10000’.


Dr. NARENDRA
KARMARKAR
the scientists who prepared an algorithm which could make computer
to perform calculations 50-100 times faster.
India in the race to build the fastest supercomputer capable of
computing speeds of a PetaFlop (1000 tera flops) The Tatas provide
funds to Dr. Narendra Karmakar to develop from allarchitecture.
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2nd Criteria for Super Power
Must be a Knowledge Based Society




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Ancient & Modern India’s
    Achievements in
 Science, Technology,
Missiles and Industries


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1     ST
                        Golden Age of
      Indian Science & Technology
         ended 3,000 years ago

   Inventions & Discoveries made in
Medical Sciences        Mathematics                               Yoga & Meditation
Chemistry               Gandharva Ved                                           Vyakarna
Cosmology               Sthapathya Ved                                        Dictionary
Physics                 Artha Shastra                                          Thesaurus
Astronomy,              Military Science                    Memorizing Techniques

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1ST Golden Age of
                    Indian Science & Technology
          Inventions 3,000 Years Before
Medical Sciences        Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Veterinary Science,
                        Chemistry of Medicines, Botany,
Chemistry               Material Science, Nuclear Science
Cosmology               Age of Universe
Astronomy,              Calendar, Age of Universe,
Mathematics             Pythagoras Theorem, Number system including
                        Zero & Infinity, Geometry, Trigonometry,
Physics                 Machines, Naval and Air Ships, Vimana Shastra
Sthapathya Ved          Buildings & Constructions
Military Sciences       Modern Martial Arts, Conventional warfare, Missiles,
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1ST Golden Age of Indian Science & Technology
     Scientists 3,000 Years before
                   Dhanwantari, Charaka, Sushruta
                   Medical Science including Plastic Surgery,
                   Nano Technology, Veterinary Science,
                   Botany, Pharmacy,

                 Rishi Bharadwaj, Kapil, Kanad
                 Vimana Shastra or Space Vehicles,
                 Cosmology or Creation of Universe,
                 Nuclear Physics & Chemistry

                 Sage Valmiki, Ved Vyas, Patanjali
                 War Techniques, Missiles,
                 War Techniques, Architecture, Artha Shastra
                 Yoga, Meditation, Grammar, Ayurveda


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1ST Golden Age of
                 Indian Science & Technology
         Scientists 3,000 Years before
Dhanvantari & Ashwini Kumars Medical Sciences
Sushruta              Medical Surgery        including Plastic Surgery
Charaka               Medicinal Science      including Veterinary Sc
Kanad                  Chemistry                         including Nuclear Science
Kapil                  Cosmology                         Age of Universe
Bharadwaj              Vimana Shastra                    Air Crafts, alloys,
Patanjali              Yoga & Meditation
Lagadha, Parashara     Astronomy, Mathematics         Vedic Maths
Bodhayana              Mathematics           including Pythagoras Th
Bhrugu Rishi           Sthapathya Ved                    Buildings & Constructions
Bharata Muni           Gandharva Ved                     Vocal, Instruments, Dances
Valmiki, Vishwamitra   Military Science                  Ramayan
Veda Vyasa             Artha Shastra                     Mahabharat, Bhagwad Gita
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J. Robert Oppenheimer,
           American nuclear physicist
                 (1904-1967):

"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to
 burst into the sky, that would be like the
splendor of the Mighty One. . . . Now I am
 become death, the destroyer of worlds.“
 Oppenheimer "the father of the atomic bomb"
quoting from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita
 upon witnessing the mushroom cloud resulting
 from the detonation of the world’s first atomic
 bomb in New Mexico, U.S.A., on July 16, 1945.
   “Access to the Vedas is the greatest
 privilege this century may claim over all
            previous centuries.”
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Albert Einstein
                       (1879 -1955):

 “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect
    about how God created this universe
   everything else seems so superfluous.”

 "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us
 how to count, without which no worthwhile
 scientific discovery could have been made.”

“I have made the Gita as the main source of my
    inspiration and guide for the purpose of
 scientific investigations and formation of my
                    theories.”


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Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961),
       Austrian theoretical physicist,        Nobel Laureate 1933

On the dualism of mind and matter
"The only solution to this conflict, in so
far as any is available to us at all, lies in
the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad."
 “Some blood transfusion from the East to the West”
 to save Western science from spiritual anemia.”
 The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and
 continuity of wave mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a
 model of a great machine composed of separable interacting material
 particles.
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Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962)
   Danish nuclear physicist who developed the
            Bohr model of the atom


              I go into the Upanishads to ask
                          questions.


   Asking questions about
Bible and Koran is heresy and
  invites death punishment.
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2     nd
                        Golden Age of
      Indian Science & Technology
           400 AD – 1500 AD

   Inventions & Discoveries made in
                                                             Takshashila University
Medical Sciences
                        Mathematics                               Nalanda University
Chemistry
                        Gandharva Ved                              Vaishali University
Metallurgy
                        Sthapathya Ved                        Bakshali Manuscripts
Physics
                        Artha Shastra                   Kancheepuram University
Astronomy,
                                                       Saraswati Mahal, Tanjavur

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Ancient Hindu Universities
        Taksha Shila University
        World’s 1st University


                  Vaishali University



        Nalanda University
        Destroyed by Ala ud din Khilji




         Kanchipuram University


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2nd Golden Age of Indian Science & Technology
            400 AD – 1500 AD
Prominent Astronomers & Mathematicians
               Aryabhatt, Varahamihir, Nagarjun
               Mathematics & Astronomy,
               Science Encyclopedia & Astrology
               Organic and Inorganic Chemistry



                                                            Bhaskaracharya
                                                            Mathematics &
                                                            Astronomy,
                                                            Magic Square,
                                                            Goladhyay


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2   nd
                         Golden Age of
      Indian Science & Technology
           400 AD – 1500 AD
   Prominent Astronomers & Mathematicians

475 AD Aryabhatt                            932 AD Aryabhatta - II
505 AD Varahamihir                          1114 AD Bhaskara - II
600 AD Bhaskara                             1227 AD Sridhara
600 AD Brahma Gupta                         1376 AD Parameswara
700 AD Lalla,                               1500 AD Neelakanta Somayaji


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3rd Golden Age of
Indian Science & Technology is
                              Today
Inventions & Discoveries made in
Nuclear Technology                                          Pharmaceuticals
Fast Breeder Reactors                             Automobile Technology
Rocket Technology                                Information Technology
Satellite Technology                                       Diamond Cutting
Missile Technology,                                     Yoga & Meditation
Super Computers                                               Spiritual Power

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3rd Golden Age of
          Indian Science & Technology is                              Today
            Modern Indian Scientists
01. Shri Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937) Life in Plants, Radio Transmission
02. Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944).           Discovery of mercurous nitrate
03. Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 – 1920). a genius in mathematics, No. 1729
04. Sir C.V. Raman (1888-1970).                 First Nobel Scientist of India.
05. Meghnad Saha (1893-1956).                   ‘ionization formula’
06. Satyendranath Bose (1894 – 1974).           Bose – Einstein Statistics, Bosons
07. Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar (1894–1955) chemistry of magnetism &
    emulsions
08. Krishnan K.S. (1898-1961)                   worked on crystals.
09. Sheshadri T.R. (1900 – 1975).               Research on hundreds of plants
10. C.N.R. Rao (B.1934).                        Solid State Chemistry,
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3rd Golden Age of
        Indian Science & Technology is                          Today
           Modern (a-a)
11. Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha
                            Indian Scientists
                                 Nuclear Science, BARC
12. Dr Homi Sethna                (a-a).     Nuclear Science
13. Dr Raja Ramanna               (a-a).     Nuclear Science
14. Dr Vikram Sarabhai            (a-a).     Space Scientist
15. Dr Satish Dhawan              (a-a).     Space Science
16. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam            (a-a).     Missile Man of India
17. Dr Kasturi Rangan             (a-a)      Tele Photography
18. Dr PKR Iyengar.               (a-a)      Nuclear Science
19. Dr Chidambaram.               (a-a).     Nuclear Science
20. Dr Anil Kakodkar               (B.).      Nuclear Science
21. Dr Madhavan Nair               (B.).      Chandrayan, Cryogenic Engine
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3rd Golden Age of
         Indian Science & Technology is                             Today
            Modern Indian Scientists Dam
21. Dr Visweshvaraiah (a-a) Civil Engineer, Brindavan
22. E. Sreedharan                 (a-a).      Metro Man of India, Konkan Rly
23. Shyam Pitroda                 (a-a).      Tele Communications
24. Dr Raghnath A Mashelkar       (a-a).      Patent Man of India
25. Dr Verghese Kurien            (a-a).      AMUL, Milk Revolution
26. Dr MS Swaminathan             (a-a).      Agriculture, Green Revolution
27. Dr Jayant Narlikar            (a-a)       Correction to Bose Einstein Eqn
28. Dr Vijay Bhatkar              (a-a)       Param-10,000 Super Computer
29. Dr Narendra Karmarkar.        (a-a).      Param-10,000 Super Computer
30. Dr Appadurai                   (B.).      Chandrayan
31. Dr                             (B.).      a
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Incredible India - Do You Know…
•    India is No.1 in Remote       Sensing Camera
•    India is one of the FOUR counties that produces SUPER
     COMPUTERS.
•    India has the Fastest Super Computer in Asia
•    India is one of the FOUR countries that has the
     Fast-Breeder Reactors.
•    India is one of the FOUR countries that have landed on the Moon.
•    India is one of the SIX countries that have
     Satellite Technology, Rocket Launching capabilities, ICBMs &
     Cryogenic Engines.
•    Bharat is one of the Nine Countries that have conducted Nuclear
     Tests.


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Do you Know that India is No1 in …
•   India is No.1 in         Software Development
•   India is No. 1 in        Call Centers
•   India is No. 1 in        BPOs
•   India is No. 1 in        KPO
                      (Knowledge Process Outsourcing).
•   Bangalore has maximum Software Engineers
•   India is No. 1 in        Youth Power
    and will remain so for another 30 years.
•   India is No.1 in                  Diamond Cutting.
•   India is No.1 in                  Tea & Milk Production.
•   Hero Honda produces maximum Motorbikes
•   Bharat Forge is the largest Forging Co in the world.

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Do you Know that ……..
•   India is No.2 in               Truck Manufacturing,
•   India is No.2 in               Rice and Wheat Production.
•   India is No.2 in               Vegetables and Fruits Production.
•   India is No.4 in               Pharmaceuticals Production.
•   India is No.5 in               Commercial Car Production.
•   India is advancing fast in
      Mobile Phones, Automobiles,
      Pharmaceuticals, Ayurveda,
      Machineries, Research and Developments,
      Satellites, Super Computers,



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India’s Growth in 60 years
                              1947 to 2007
    Times of India Aug 15, 2007
                                             1947    2007
•    Average Life Expectancy                 31.4 - 64.7
•    Literacy Rate                           14%     67%
•    Population                    300 million – 1.13 Billion
•    Per Capita Income             Rs.       255     Rs. 29,382
•    Total Wheat Production                  5-6     72.5 Million Tonnes
•    Per Capita Power Consumption            15.5    606 kwh
•    Telephones in millions                  1.1     218
•    Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 live births) 145.6 58
•    Doctors in lacs                         0.5     5.54 lacs
•    National Highways in kms            19,634      65,569 km
•    India’s Exports in Rs. Crores        403.4      5.64 lacs
•    India’s Imports in Rs. Crores           408.7   8.20 lac
•    Govt. Revenue in Rs. Crores             171     4.03 lacs
•    Govt. Expenditure in Rs. Crores         200     5.64 lacs
Currency Calculator:   * A Rupee in 1947 is worth Rs. 32 in 2007.

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India’s Growth in 60 years
                            1947 to 2007
   Times of India Aug 15, 2007
                                     1947 2007
1.  Average Life Expectancy          31.4 - 64.7
2.  Literacy Rate                    14% 67%
3.  Population              300 million – 1.13 Billion
4.  Per Capita Income            Rs. 255     Rs. 29,382
Currency Calculator: * A Rupee in 1947 is worth Rs. 32 in 2007.

Gujarat is top Investment destination cornering over 25% of
     investments from Banks.
     Andhra Pradesh-2nd, Maharashtra-3rd (8.6%)
40 Indian Billionaires (Asia’s Top Spot) worth $170 Billion
                 (Ref. US Business Magazine Forbes)



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They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
        Srinivasa Ramanujam,(1887 – 1920):
        Great Indian Mathematician, whose interest from academics at
        Trinity, College, Cambridge, led him to collaborate there and
        postulate and prove well over 3,542 theorems.



      Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, (1858 – 1937)
      USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion
      amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless-radio
      communication was Professor Jagdish Chandra Bose and not
      Guglielmo Marconi.

       Dr. Satyendranath Bose, (1894-1974)
       Indian Physicist, who solved one of the mysteries of quantum mechanics,
       showing that in the quantum world some particles are indistinguishable. His
       collaborations with Albert Einstein led to a new branch on statistical
       mechanics know commonly known as the “Bose-Einstein” statistics.
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They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
            Srinivasa Ramanujam, (22 Dec 1887 – 26 Apr 1920)
            Mathematical Analysis,                  Number Theory,
            Infinite Series and                     Continued Fractions.

Littlewood: "I can believe that he's at least a Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi",
Hardy said he "can compare him only with [Leonhard] Euler or Jacobi.“
1918 – one of the youngest Fellows in the entire history of Royal Society.
1729: The smallest nontrivial number, i.e., the smallest number representable
    in two ways as a sum of two cubes. It is given by1729
    1729 = 13 + 123 = 93 + 103.
    Ramanujan is generally hailed as an all-time great mathematician, like
       Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Carl Gustav Jacob
       Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius.
    A prize for young mathematicians from developing countries has been
        created in the name of Ramanujan by the International Centre for
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 81
        Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in cooperation with the International
They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
           Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, (30 Nov 1858 – 23 Nov 1937)
           a physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, and writer of science
           fiction.
           Pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics,
           Made very significant contributions to plant science,
           Laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian
           subcontinent.
           One of the fathers of radio science,
           Father of Bengali science fiction.
           First from the Indian subcontinent to get a US patent, in 1904.


Neville Francis Mott, Nobel Laureate in 1977 for his own contributions to solid-
state electronics, remarked that "J.C. Bose was at least 60 years ahead of his
time" and "In fact, he had anticipated the existence of P-type and N-type
semiconductors."

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They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
           Dr. Satyendranath Bose, (1 Jan 1894 - 4 Feb 1974)
           Mathematical Physics, worked on Quantum Mechanics in the
           early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics
           and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate. He is honored as
           the namesake of the boson.
           Although more than one Nobel Prize was awarded for research
           related to the concepts of the boson, Bose-Einstein statistics and
           Bose-Einstein condensate—the latest being the 2001 Nobel Prize
           in Physics, which was given for advancing the theory of Bose-
           Einstein condensates, Bose himself was never awarded the Nobel
           Prize. Bose spoke several languages and could also play the
           Esraj, a musical instrument similar to a violin.

In 1924, he spent a year in France and worked with Marie Curie, and met
several other well-known scientists. He then spent another year abroad,
working with Einstein in Berlin. His work ranged from X-ray
crystallography to unified field theories. He also published an equation of
state for real gases with Megh Nad Saha. to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come                           83
They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
           Megh Nad Saha, (6 Oct 1893 – 16 Feb 1956)
           Astro Physicist
           Saha Equation:
                used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars.

Invented an instrument to measure the weight and pressure of solar rays.

"The impetus given to astrophysics by Saha’s work can scarcely be
overestimated, as nearly all later progress in this field has been influenced by
it and much of the subsequent work has the character of refinements of
Saha’s ideas." - S. Rosseland.




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They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
        Yellapragada SubbaRow
        born in India in 1895 and he died in USA in 1948 at the young
        age of 53.
1923   Graduated from Madras Medical College
1923   USA, worked at Harvard Medical School until
3      went to Lederle Laboratories to direct its medical research.

                            Discoveries
Polymyxin               widely used even today in cattle-feed and
Aureomycin              the first of tetracycline antibiotics which all of
                        us have had some time or the other in our lives.
                        Tetracyclines have saved millions of lives over
                        the last 50 years.
Folic acid              isolated from liver and a microbial source and
                        then synthesized it in 1945.
Methotrexate            used widely for alleviating the suffering from
                        Burkitt’s lymphoma, one kind of cancer
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They should have got at least one Nobel Prize each
         Yellapragada SubbaRow
         born in India in 1895 and he died in USA in 1948 at the young
         age of 53.



Discoveries of
Aureomycin              the first of tetracycline antibiotics which all of
                        us have had some time or the other in our lives.
                        Tetracyclines have saved millions of lives over
                        the last 50 years.

Aureomycin was presented to medicine in 1948, the year SubbaRow
        died. It was the first broad-spectrum antibiotic, that is, one
        effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative germs.
        It was thus more powerful than either
        Fleming’s penicillin or            Waksman’s streptomycin.

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Indian Nobel Laureates
  Sir C.V. Raman, (1888 – 1970)
  1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics for work
  on scattering of light and Raman effect.

 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, (1910-1995):
 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics. His many contributions                      V.S.Naipaul
 to physics, on the structure and evolution of stars including               2001 for
 rotational figures of equilibrium, stellar interiors, black holes,          literature
 radiative transfer, hydromagnetic stability, stellar dynamics.


Har Gobind Khorana, (b-1922 ):
1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine for work on
interpretation of the genetic code . Currently
residing as professor at MIT.
                                                                     Rabindranath Tagore,
  Amartya Sen, (b-1933):                                             1913 - for Literature
  1998 - The Nobel Prize for Economics for his redefining work on
  ethical welfare economics. Currently residing as Lamont University
  Professor Emeritus at Harvard, after stepping down from the prestigious
  post of Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come                                         87
Nobel Prize for 1 Discovery
Wilhelm Roentgen        for x-rays,
Marie Curie             for radium,
P M S Blackett          for cosmic rays,
Ronald Ross     for the life cycle of the malarial parasite,
Alexander Fleming       for penicillin


         Nobel Prize for 2 Discoveries
Albert Einstein for the photoelectric effect and the theory of relativity
John Bardeen          for transistors and super-conductivity,
Hargobind Khurana for the genetic code and synthesis of gene.
Robert Woodward more discoveries in 1 field organic chemistry

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No Nobel Prize for 1 Discovery
   Jonas Salk                           who made the first polio vaccine,
   Michael Heidelberger                 the father of modern immunology,
   G N Ramachandran                     who discovered the structure of
                                        collagen, the most abundant protein
                                        in our body and
                                        also laid the foundations for
                                        CT scan and NMR technologies.

  No Nobel Prize for 2 or 3 Discoveries
Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose                       Plants, Metals, Radio, Microwaves
Yellapragada SubbaRow                         Such an individual is perhaps
born once in a thousand years or more. I do not believe there is any other
person in the documented history of biology and medicine over the last 5,000
years who made such a large number of basic discoveries that are applied so
widely.                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 89
Role Models for Indian Youth
                                        Mata Durga
                                        Our Veer Jawans, Freedom
                                        Fighters who protected our
                                        freedom



                                               Mata Saraswati
                                               Sages, Scholars, Kavis
                                               who gave us knowledge
                                               & Culture



                                      Mata Laxmi
                                      Our Scientists & Industrialists
                                      who enriched us
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Unrecognised Indian Scientists in USA
Yallapragada Subbarao
       Aureomycin, presented to the medical world in 1948,
       should have won him the Nobel Prize.

               Dr Rangaswamy Srinivasan,
               Lasik eye surgery, only Indian to feature in the US
               National Inventors Hall of Fame in the company of
               greats such as Edison, Ford, Disney, Nobel and the
               Wright Brothers

                        Dr Praveen Chaudhari
                               Rewritable compact disc (CD-RW),
 Dr Shiv Subramanya
    Coordinator or Joint Coordinator of all US Space Projects for 20
    years in 70s and 80s. USA honored him with their highest
    National award
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Great Indian Modern Scientists
    M. Visveshvaraiyya
    Engineer of Bharat                               Metroman Sreedharan
    Dams, Roads, ….                                  Konkan Rlys, Delhi Metro



                                                      Dr R.A. Mahshelkar
    Dr. Varghese Kurien                               Scientific Advisor
    Milk Revolution



                                                                          Dr. Jayant
                                                                          Narlikar

    Dr. M.S.Swaminathan                               Shyam Pitroda
    Agriculture Revolution                            Telephone Revolution


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India’s Super Computers
   PARAM 1
         0000
    Fas tes t in As ia




                 Param Aanant
                             Low Cost Super Computer for
                             Educational, Research &
                             Business Institutes.
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Incredible India: Pharmaceuticals
   The Indian pharmaceutical industry at $6.5 billion and growing at 8-10%
    annually, is the 4th largest pharmaceutical industry in the
    world, and is expected to be worth $12 billion by 2008.
   Its exports are over $2 billion. India is among the top five bulk
    drug makers and at home, the local industry has edged out the Multi-
    National companies whose share of 75% in the market is down to 35%.

   Trade of medicinal plants has crossed $900M already.

   There are 170 biotechnology companies in India, involved in the
    development and manufacture of genomic drugs, whose business is
    growing exponentially.

   Sequencing genes and delivering genomic information for big
    Pharmaceutical companies is the next boom industry in India.

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Incredible India
    Foreign Multi-National Companies
            (Job Opportunities & Patents)
Top 5 American employers in India as on 2002:

    General Electric:         :    17,800 employees
    Hewlett-Packard           :    11,000 employees
    IBM                       :     6,000 employees
    American Express          :     4,000 employees
    Dell                      :     3,800 employees
   General Electric (GE) in India employs 16,000 staff, 1,600 R&D staff who
    are qualified with PhD’s and Master’s degrees.
   Largest Research outfit outside USA. Fundamental research in areas such as
    nanotechnology, hydrogen energy, photonics, and advanced propulsion.
   The number of patents filed in USA by the Indian entities of some
    of the MNCs (upto September, 2002) are as follows: Texas Instruments -
    225, Intel - 125, Cisco Systems - 120, IBM - 120, Phillips - 102, GE - 95.
    (about 800)


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India: BPO
   The domestic BPO sector is projected to increase to $4 billion in 2004 and reach
    $65 billion by 2010. (McKinsey & Co.).
   The outsourcing includes a wide range of services including
    design, architecture, management, legal services,
   Accounting and drug development and the Indian
   BPOs are moving up in the value chain.
   There are about 200 call centers in India with a turnover of
    $2 billion and a workforce of 150,000.
   100 of the Fortune 500 are now present in India
    compared to 33 in China.
   Cummins of USA uses its R&D Centre in Pune to develop the sophisticated
    computer models needed to design upgrades and prototypes electronically
    and introduce 5 or 6 new engine models a year.
   Business Week of 8th December 2003 has said "Quietly but with breathtaking
    speed, India and its millions of world-class engineering, business and medical
    graduates are becoming enmeshed in America's New Economy in ways most
    of us barely imagine".




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Indians in the USA.
                                              Statistics that show:

                                              38% of doctors in the USA,
                                              12% of scientists in the USA,
                                              36% of NASA scientists,
                                              34% of Microsoft employees,
                                              28% of IBM employees,                         US H1-B Visa
                                              17% of INTEL scientists,                    applicants country
                                              13% of XEROX employees,                          of origin
                                                                                              1.  India 44%
                                              … are Indians.                                  2.  China 9%
                                                                                              3.  Britain 5%
                                                                                              4.  Philippines
                                                                                             3%
   Of the 1.5M Indians living in the USA, 1/5th of them live in the Silicon Valley.          5.  Canada 3%
                                                                                              6.  Taiwan 2%
   35% of Silicon Valley start-ups are by Indians.                                           7.  Japan 2%
                                                                                              8.  Germany 2%
   Indian students are the largest in number among foreign students in USA.
                                                                                              9.  Pakistan 2%
                                                                                              10. France 2%

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“IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton”
          “IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton” , says CBS ‘60 Minutes’.
 CBS' highly-regarded ‘60 Minutes’, the most widely watched news programme in the US,
told its audience of more than 10 Million viewers that “IIT may be the most important
                            university you've never heard of."

"The United States imports oil from Saudi Arabia, cars from Japan, TVs from Korea and
Whiskey from Scotland. So what do we import from India? We import people, really smart
people," co-host Leslie Stahl began while introducing the segment on IIT.
“…the smartest, the most successful, most influential Indians who've
migrated to the US seem to share a common credential:
They are graduates of the IIT.”
 “…in science and technology, IIT undergraduates leave their
 American counterparts in the dust.“
 “Think about that for a minute: A kid from India using an Ivy
 League university as a safety school. That's how smart these guys
 are.”
 There are “cases where students who couldn't get into computer
 science at IIT, they have gotten scholarships at MIT, at
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 Princeton, at Caltech.”
1.      The nuclear deal is an agreement between
     India and the US for the US government to
      supply nuclear fuel and reactors to India.
                              Dr P. K. Iyengar
                              Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission



Contrary to common perception, the nuclear deal or the 123 Agreement is not
a commitment on the part of the US government to provide us with
uranium or nuclear reactors. Presently American law prohibits nuclear
cooperation with India because we have not signed the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT). All the nuclear deal does is to grant a 'waiver' from that
law, so that American companies can now pursue nuclear trade with
India. However, if India conducts a test at any time, the waiver is revoked.



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2.    Imported uranium and nuclear reactors

             will be cheap and cost-effective.
                                Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission


 Even if the nuclear deal is made operational, the actual sale of uranium and
 nuclear reactors will be governed by market forces – there are no
 guarantees of cheap or competitive nuclear power. To the contrary, there is
 every reason to believe that it will be expensive. The cost of uranium in the
 international market has gone up four-fold in the last few years, and will rise
 further with further demand. The same is true of the cost of steel and other
 materials used in a reactor. Manpower costs are much higher in the West. The
 example of the Dhabol power plant has already shown us that importing
 power plants from the West is not necessarily a viable option. We would
 do well to learn from that experience.

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3. The nuclear deal will safeguard our energy security.

                                  Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                  Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission



  It is true that nuclear energy is green energy, and therefore essential for our
 long-term energy security. But this does not translate into the nuclear deal
 will ensure our energy security. Power from the nuclear reactors that we
 buy will definitely be more expensive than indigenous nuclear power.
 Further, to keep the reactors running, we will always be dependent on
 imported uranium, which is controlled by a cartel – the Nuclear Suppliers
 Group (NSG). Therefore, the nuclear deal, by making us dependent on the
 cartel, will only compromise our energy security. Only our indigenous
 nuclear power program can truly ensure our energy security. And in any
 case, for the next few decades, nuclear power will not exceed 6% of our total
 electricity production.
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4.       Importing nuclear plants is a quick-fix
                 solution to the present power crisis.
                                  Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                  Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission




 Nuclear technology is sensitive. Even if the nuclear deal goes through, it will
take time to buy and setup new reactors. We have examples of the French
reactors in China, and the Russian reactors in Kudankulam, India. It
will actually take longer to setup foreign reactors compared to
indigenous ones. Just the negotiations and legal formalities could take years.
It will be at least eight years before we see the first power. So importing
reactors is certainly no quick solution. For the short term, we will still have to
rely on coal and hydroelectricity.


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5.      The nuclear deal does not stop India from further
          nuclear testing, and therefore does not compromise
                         our national security.
                               Dr P. K. Iyengar
                               Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission



 It is very clearly stated in the 123 Agreement it will be subject to
national laws, and the Hyde Act is a law of the US. Therefore, the 123
Agreement is certainly circumscribed by the Hyde Act, which very
clearly states that if India tests a nuclear device, all further nuclear trade
is to stop, and the nuclear materials that have already been sold to us
have to be returned. No future Indian government would dare to
jeopardise such a huge investment in nuclear power, by testing. So, for
all practical purposes the nuclear deal caps our strategic programme –
which is precisely what the Americans intend.

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6.    We can pass a national law to counteract the Hyde
      Act, and this will protect our strategic programme.

                                   Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                   Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission


  Just as the Hyde Act is not binding on us, our laws are not binding on
 the US. We can certainly amend our Atomic Energy Act to enable
 participation of the private sector in nuclear power. But if we pass a law
 saying that we will retain the right to test, it will have no influence on the
 actions of the US. If and when we test, they can simply quote the 123
 Agreement and the Hyde Act, and pull out all their nuclear materials,
 leaving us devastated. The only option here is to renegotiate the 123
 Agreement and have the clause inserted there. However, the Americans
 are unlikely to agree to this, since it goes against their non-proliferation
 policy.

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7.     The nuclear deal and the safeguards agreement
          give India the status of a nuclear power.

                                Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission


 While the 18 July 2005 Joint Statement did indeed talk about India
being treated as an equal by the US, neither the 123 Agreement nor the
IAEA Safeguards Agreement, have borne out those optimistic
statements. In fact, the IAEA safeguards agreement that has been
negotiated is closely based on the model agreement that IAEA has for
non-nuclear weapon states. The safeguards agreements that the nuclear
weapon countries have signed with the IAEA require them to put very
few reactors under safeguards, and allow them to take reactors out of
safeguards. India, however, will have to place most of its reactors under
safeguards for perpetuity. Therefore we are certainly not being treated
as a nuclear weapons country.
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8.     Without the nuclear deal, we cannot get adequate
        uranium for our domestic nuclear programme.

                                Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission


  The Department of Atomic Energy has always maintained that we have
 enough indigenous uranium for 10,000 MW of nuclear power for 30
 years. We are not yet close to that number. The present mismatch in
 uranium availability for operating reactors is a consequence of poor
 planning, and inadequate prospecting and mining. There is talk of
 importing 40,000 MW of nuclear power, which will cost not less than
 $100 billion or Rs. 4 lakh crores. If even 10% of this money were spent
 on uranium mining in existing mines in Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya,
 on searching for new uranium deposits, and negotiating with non-NSG
 countries, there will be enough uranium for a robust indigenous nuclear
 power programme, until such time as thorium reactors takes over.
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9.     The safeguards agreement with the IAEA guarantees fuel
            supplies even if India conducts a nuclear test.

                                  Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                  Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission

  The safeguards agreement only notes, in the preamble, that India's
 concurrence to the safeguards is linked to getting fuel supplies. However,
 the IAEA has no role in this matter, and certainly, no such commitment
 is given in the safeguards agreement. It also notes that India may take
 'corrective measures' in the event of a disruption of foreign fuel supplies.
 It does not specify what these measures will be, it does not provide for
 any role for the IAEA in this, and it does not bestow legitimacy on any
 such measures that India may take. It may well be that any such
 measures that we suggest, such as importing fuel from another country,
 will be disallowed by the nuclear cartel (the NSG). The only tangible
 corrective measure is for India to explore and mine more uranium, and
 to enhance the enrichment capability to provide fuel for those reactors.
 The latter is subject to uncertainty.
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•         The nuclear deal has no impact
                         on our foreign policy.
                                     Dr P. K. Iyengar
                                     Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission

 The Hyde Act states clearly that it is the policy of the US to secure India's cooperation on a
number of issues involving Iran, including its capability to reprocess nuclear fuel (in spite of the
fact that Iran, as an NPT signatory, has the right to enrich uranium for use in light-water
reactors). This has nothing to do with the nuclear deal, and can only be related to influencing
our foreign policy. Recent statements by Gary Ackerman, Chairman of the US House Foreign
Affairs Committee, regarding Indo-Iran gas pipeline, only add fuel to such suspicions.
    It can therefore be seen, that the Indo-US nuclear deal is not in the national interest. It
presents the very serious danger of capping our strategic programme. That alone is reason
enough not to go forward with the deal. Additionally, it does not guarantee the energy security
that we are seeking, and, in fact, may only end up making us as vulnerable to the nuclear cartel,
as we are today to the oil cartel.
    It is easy to see why the US wants this deal so badly. At virtually no cost, since there is no
commitment towards fuel supplies, they can cap our strategic programme, bring us into the
NPT net, through the back door, as a non-nuclear power, keep a close eye on our nuclear
activities, including R&D, through intrusive IAEA inspections, and subjugate us to the wishes
of the nuclear cartel. If there were no cartel, we could have easily extended the Kudankulam
agreement for more reactors, and avoided the present situation. If these are not reasons enough
not to go ahead with the nuclear deal, then there are no reasons that reason can find.
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3rd Criteria for Super Power
Must be a land of Wealth Creators
   Mata Laxmi, Kuber, Ravan,
Temples (Somnath), Kolar Gold Fields,
            Bhama Shah




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Builders of Modern Bharat
 Jamshedji Tata                                 JRD Tata


                       Bhama Shah

              Tatas Gave us
 •   Indian Institute of Science
 •   Tata Institute of Fundamental Research TIFR
 •   Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS
 •   Air India, New India Assurance Company
 •   Tisco, Telco, Tea, textiles, chemicals, Power,

  Dhirubhai                                     G.D.Birla
  Ambani
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Hindu Rate of Growth
9%    Hindu or India’s Rate of Growth and
  13%         in Gujarat is one of the fastest in the world.
Figures for the year 2004-05 in Rs. Crores
Gross Domestic Savings     Rs. 907,416 Crores
(Share in GDS: Govt Sector:         2.2 % Private Sector:       4.8% )
Share of Household Sector Rs. 687,079 Crores           76% of GDS
Foreign Investment         Rs. 67,249 Crores           *{7.4% of GDS}
   (Direct Investment Rs. 25,395 Cr + Portfolio Investment Rs. 41,854 Cr)
   (NRI Remittances:       Rs. 110,000 Crores          *{12.12% of GDS}


Who sustains our Growth                               Indian Housewives
  Household Savings of Rs. 687,079 Crores is sustaining Bharat’s economy.
The country's growth is fully due to the people's efforts and particularly of
   the households and, especially, the frugal attitude of housewives who wage
   a battle day in and day out against inflation.
(The author R.Vaidyanathan is Professor of Finance and Control, Indian Institute of
   Management-Bangalore, and can be contacted at vaidya@iimb.ernet.in).


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Hindu Rate of Growth
Times of India 15 Aug, 2007 Amdavad edition
For the year 2006-07
$ 15 Billion    Foreign Direct Investment last year (FDI)
$ 6.6 Billion   net Foreign Institutional Investment (FII)
$ 70 Billion    Investment by Indian Banks and
                Financial Institutions for 1054 Projects
                (Rs. 2.83 lac Crores) Full credit to common man.
                This is more than double the Rs. 1.31 lac
                Crore ($34 Billion) sanctioned for 812
                projects in the previous year.
• FDI:          Part of the FDI was used for Acquisitions rather
                than creating new capacity
• FII           flows by definition do not add to Productive Assets.
• 37%           of Indian investment will flow into Infra Structure
                (Power, Telecom, Petroleum)

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Hindu Rate of Growth
All in a Year 2007

Sensex rose by 47.1%                    6,500 points

NSE Nifty vaulted by 2,172 pts or 54.76%

Market cap rose by Rs 35 lakh crore to
 Rs 71,87,800 crore

FIIs invested $17.23 bn                 ($8 B in 2006)


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India’s Richest 10
      #1: Laxmi Niwas Mittal,                                        10% of World’s
       - Steel - 45 B $ in 2008                                      Steel Production.
      Richest in Europe




#2: Mukesh Ambani                                                      #3: Anil Ambani
Petro Chemicals 43 B$ 2008                             Diversified industries, 42 B$, 2008
Richest in Asia
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India’s Richest 10
     #4: Kushal Pal Singh
Industry / DLF Real Estate
              30 B$, 2008




                         #5: Shashi & Ravi
                         Ruia, Telecom,




                                                              #6: Azim Premji of Wipro
#5: Sunil Mittal,
                                                              Industry, Software, 13.8 B $
Telecom, 19.7 B$
                                                              Aug 10, 2007
Aug 10, 2007
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India’s Richest 10
          #7: Kumar Birla,
          Commodities, 6.8 B$.
          India’s largest Copper and
          Alluminium Producer


                                               #9: Ramesh Chandra,
                                               Real Estate, 5.3 B$



           #8: Tulsi Tanti,
           Wind Energy, 5.9B$


                                                 #10: Pallonji Mistry,
                                                  Construction, 4.9 B$


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India’s Rich Billionaires - 2008
•   Laxmi Mittal         004                1.    GM Rao                        198
•   Mukesh Ambani        005                2.    Indu Jain                     236
•   Anil Ambani          006                3.    Dilip Sanghvi                 260
•   K.P.Singh            008                4.    Jaiprakash Gaur               277
•   Shashi & Ravi Ruia   043                5.    Shiv Nadar                    277
•   Azim Premji          060                6.    Uday Kotak                    288
•   Sunil Mittal         064                7.    Cyrus Poonawala               307
•   Kumar Birla          076                8.    Anand Jain                    327
•   Ramesh Chandra       086                9.    Chandru Raheja                368
•   Gautam Adani         091                10. Tulsi Tani                      368
•   Savitri Jindal       110                11. Rakesh Wadhawan                 428
•   Anil Agarwal         164                12. Sameer Gehlaut IIT- India
                                                Bulls 1.2B$
•   Adi Godrej           178
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4 of 8 World’s Richests are Indians
           Karlo Duniya Mutheemein

    World’s Richest Businessmen
•    ($62B) Warren Buffet         USA
•    ($60 B) Carlos Slim Helu     Mexico
•    ($58 B) Bill Gates           USA
•    ($45 B) Lakshmi Mittal       UK/ India
                                                        Ambani Bros together can
                                                        buy the stock Exchange of
•    ($43 B) Mukesh Ambani        Bharat                Karachi and still be richer
•    ($42 B) Anil Ambani          Bharat                by a few billion $.
•    ($31 B) Ingvar Kamprad       Sweden
                                                        Ambani Bros together are
•    ($30 B) K.P.Singh            Bharat
                                                        richer than World’s No. 1.
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Karlo Duniya Mutheemein
    World’s Richest Indian Businessmen
•    4    ($45 B)   Laxmi Niwas Mittal          Arcelor Mittal           India has
•    5    ($43 B)   Mukesh Ambani               Reliance Energy          retained its
•    6    ($42 B)   Anil Ambani                 Reliance Mobile          position as
•    8    ($30 B)   K.P.Singh                   DLF                      the top
                                                                         source of
•    43 ($15 B)   Shashi & Ravi Ruia            Essar Group              billionaires in
•    60 ($12.7 B) Azim Premji                   Wipro                    Asia with
•    64 ($11.8 B) Sunil Mittal                  Airtel                   total 53
•    76 ($10.2 B) Kumar Birla    Aditya Birla Grp persons,
•    86 ($9.6 B)      Ramesh Chandra Unitech who have a
•    91 ($9.3 B)          Gautam Adani      Adani cumulative
     Group                                                               networth
                                                                         of $340.9
•    110 ($8.2 B)        Savitri Jindal                                  billion on
•    164 ($6 B)   Anil Agarwal             Vedanta                           Forbes’ 2008
•    178 ($5.5 B) Adi Godrej               Godrej
•    198 ($5.2 B) G.M.Rao Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                        Let                GMR                                     119
•Highest GDS (Gross Domestic Savings) in the world (due to Hindu
  Reasons for Hindu Rate of Growth
Family System). GDS is about 30% of GDP.
•Remittances from Overseas Hindus is Highest in the world $440.5 Mn
(about Rs 2100 Crore) in 2007-08 as against just $72.8 Mn (Rs 350 Crore)
in 2006-07 a rise of 505% in a year.

•Also remittances have touched $380.4 Mn (Rs 1800 Crore) in 5 months
(April-Aug) of 2008-09 under Liberalised Remittances Scheme (LRS) for
resident individuals despite market meltdowns and financial crisis.
•Disinvestments by Arun Shourie (Loss making firms like SBI, SAIL,
ONGC are now in Fortune 300 Companies.
•Computerization of Banks, Railways, Insurances, Stock Exchanges,
•Huge Profits in IT Sector, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Diamonds,
Machineries,
•Huge Profits thru sale of Super Computers, Satellites,
•Entering World Markets
•Bharat     2020:   Bharat    will       still     be       a       young         country
          70%          is below              35 yrs of age
          55%          Letbelow
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                                             25 yrs                                  120
          35%          is below              19 yrs of age
Reasons for Hindu Rate of Growth
•Highest GDS (Gross Domestic Savings) in the world (due to Hindu
Family System). GDS is about 30% of GDP.
•Remittances from Overseas Hindus is Highest in the world $440.5 Mn
(about Rs 2100 Crore) in 2007-08 as against just $72.8 Mn (Rs 350 Crore)
in 2006-07 a rise of 505% in a year.
•Disinvestments by Arun Shourie (Loss making firms like SBI, SAIL,
ONGC are now in Fortune 300 Companies.
•Computerization of Banks, Railways, Insurances, Stock Exchanges,
•Huge Profits in IT Sector, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Diamonds,
Machineries,   Huge Profits thru sale of Super Computers, Satellites,
•Entering World Markets
•Bharat     2020:   Bharat    will         still   be     a          young            country
          70%          is below                35 yrs of age
          55%          is below                25 yrs
          35%          is below                19 yrs of age
          25%          is below                14 yrs of age
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Overseas Remittances
           for Hindu Rate of Growth
•Remittances from Overseas Hindus is Highest in the world.
• $440.5 Mn (about Rs 2100 Crore) in 2007-08 as against just $72.8 Mn (Rs
350 Crore) in 2006-07 a rise of 505% in a year.
•Also remittances have touched $380.4 Mn (Rs 1800 Crore) in 5 months
(April-Aug) of 2008-09 under Liberalised Remittances Scheme (LRS) for
resident individuals despite market meltdowns and financial crisis. (LRS
was introduced in Feb 2004)
•Indians used these remittances towards deposits abroad, purchase of
immovable property, investment in equity/debt, gifts, education, tours and
travel.
•Remittances from Abroad in 2007.
        India          $30 Billion
        China          $27 Billion
        Mexico         $23.8 Billion


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Mistakes of Nehruvian Economics
Nilekani on things that changed India
1. Gigantic human capital
    "Earlier, population was looked at as a burden and a lot of things that
    happened in the 1960s and 1970s -- like family planning and
    sterilization and the Emergency and so forth -- were all related to the
    belief that population was getting out of control and that it was
    actually a problem to have a large population."
    “Human capital has become the core and the essence of what is
    happening in India and is at the root of India's resurgence today," he
    said.

2. Entrepreneurship gains acceptance
    Nilekani said another significant change in mindset was regarding
    entrepreneurs who are no longer viewed with suspicion but as icons of
    economic growth.
    "Entrepreneurship in India is blossoming and Indian entrepreneurs
    are not afraid of liberalization anymore. They are very confident and
    globally competitive and they are not only investing abroad, they are
    buying companies abroad."
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Mistakes of Nehruvian Economics
Nilekani on things that changed India
3. Change in democracy
    The notion of democracy had also undergone a major transformation
    from the time of India's independence. "In the 1950s and 1960s, it was
    really a top-down idea. It was an idea of the leaders who had a certain
    vision of the kind of country they wanted to create, and it was given or
    gifted to all the people who may not have necessarily understood the
    value and import of what was happening."
    Today, he said, "it has gone to become a bottom-up democracy where
    everybody understands their democratic rights -- not just in the sense
    of parliamentary democracy or contesting elections. You see people
    taking charge and doing things in India without waiting for the state
    to do the job. For example, NGOs (non-governmental organizations).
    Today, India, is the most thriving place in the world for NGOs."
    "Another example," he pointed out, "is the empowerment at the
    village level -- the village panchayats -- more then a million women
    who are there in these panchayats."
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Mistakes of Nehruvian Economics
Nilekani on things that changed India
4. Globalization embraced
    India has rejected Nehruvian Soviet model of govt controlled
    economy.
    India has adopted a progressive view of globalization. The confidence
    that India has gained has made our world view on globalization far
    more positive."
    "Our companies have become globally competitive and are willing to
    go out.
    Global factors are really playing in India's favour today.
    More and more people are becoming far more comfortable with
    globalization and they are realizing the benefits of an open economy.
    They are realizing the benefits of having their workers and their
    people all over the world, and they are realizing the benefits of Indian
    companies exporting capital abroad."

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Nilekani on things that changed India
5. The technology revolution
    Nilekani said, "What people don't realize is it has played as much a
    role in India's internal development as it has in terms of the $50
    billion in IT (information technology exports)."
    "For example, India's entire national election was held on electoral
    voting machines in 2004 with about a million voting machines all over
    the country -- there was no paper."
    Today, thanks to technology, India has the most modern stock
    markets in the world and they are completely electronic."
    Most Reservations for Trains and Planes are done electronically.
    Tele Vision Network covers all cities, towns and villages of Bharat.
    “Mobile Phone has become accessible to everybody.
    We are seeing more and more applications, which have a huge impact
    and the good thing about these applications is that they cause a
    quantum leap in productivity -- it goes up by a huge amount and
    much of this is what has fuelled the economic growth."
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Chinese Economy
•   Remittances from Overseas Chinese lesser than that of overseas
    Bharateeyas.
•   Very Fast Ageing Country due to one Child Policy from 1980s
    onwards.
•   Year 2020 and Year 2030: Very ageing; Severe Water Crisis
•   China's population: about 1.3 billion: on a per capita basis, the
    country isn't a dragon; it's a medium-size lizard, sitting in 109th place
    on the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook
    Database, squarely between Swaziland and Morocco. China's
    economy is large, but its average living standard is low, and it will stay
    that way for a very long time, even assuming that the economy
    continues to grow at impressive rates.
•   POLLUTION: world's No. 1 emitter of greenhouse gases.
    largest depleter of the ozone layer. And it's the largest polluter of the
    Pacific Ocean. 16 out 20 most polluted cities are in China. 70% lakes
    and rivers are polluted. (it will be seen in Beijing Olympics)
•   Year 2020: Bharat will still be a young country
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Collapse of US Economy -                                         PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

•   The US has squandered $500 billion dollars on wars against
    Afghanistan and Iraq that serves no American purpose.
•   $500 billion is only the out-of-pocket costs. It does not include the
    replacement cost of the destroyed equipment, the future costs of care
    for veterans, the cost of the interests on the loans that have financed
    the war, or the lost US GDP from diverting scarce resources to war.
•   Experts who are not part of the government's spin machine estimate
    the cost of the Iraq war to be as much as $3 trillion.
•   America's wars against Afghanistan and Iraq have been financed by
    foreigners, principally the Chinese and Japanese, who purchase the
    US Treasury bonds that the US government issues to finance its red
    ink budgets.
•   US is also dependent on foreigners to finance part of the US
    government's domestic expenditures.
•   US saving rate is approximately zero.
•   Financially, the US is not an independent country.
•   US dollar continues to decline in value in relation to other currencies.
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Collapse of US Economy -                                               PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS -
    Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration; Associate
    Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of
          National Review; coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.
•     US cannot forever rely on the Chinese, Japanese and Saudis to finance America's life beyond
      its means.
•     GAO report pointed out that the accrued liabilities of the federal government "totaled
      approximately $53 trillion as of September 30, 2007." No funds have been set aside against
      this mind boggling liability.       $53 trillion is $53,000 billion.
•     The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt.
•     As of March 17, 2008, one Swiss franc is worth more than $1 dollar. In 1970, the exchange
      rate was 4.2 Swiss francs to the dollar. In 1970, $1 purchased 360 Japanese yen. Today $1
      dollar purchases less than 100 yen.
•     Imports exceed its industrial production. According to the latest US statistics as reported in
      the February 28 issue of Manufacturing and Technology News, in 2007 imports were 14
      percent of US GDP and US manufacturing comprised 12% of US GDP.
•     Noam Chomsky: America thinks that it owns the world. But the fact of the matter is that the
      US owes the world. The US "superpower" cannot even finance its own domestic operations.
•     US will never repay the loans.
•     US holds to a free trade ideology that benefits corporate fat cats and shareholders
      at the expense of American labor.
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4th Criteria for Super Power
Must influence other nations




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Choice before Pakistan
As on 19 Sept 2008
Unruly Democracy or Chaotic Dictatorship
•   Sky Rocketing Food Inflation
•   Law and Order Breakdown
•   Power Shortages
•   Its refusal to restore the judges by executive order
•   Rising sectarian violence and militancy
•   American military incursions into Pakistani territory
•   One Family in Bharat Ambanis can buy the entire stock
    exchange of Karachi and still be richer by a few billion $.
•   What Pak must do?
    Push back Army, Rein in Intelligence agencies
•   Stop Terrorist Training camps
•   Stop infiltration into India and Kashmir
•   Establish Peace with India, Afghanistan,
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Rising sectarian violence and militancy in Pakistan
•   Rising sectarian violence and militancy
•   {Lal Masjid, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, sectarian blood-bath,
    honor killings of girls, Chinese massage parlors}
•   Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province where the Free
    Tribal zone is located is one of the most volatile regions in
    Pakistan. (FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas is
    known as Free Tribal zone). It is a state within a state and
    pro-Taliban. They may seize power in Peshawar, the
    capital city of the province.
•   Beitulla Mehsud – reclusive Taliban leader in South
    Waziristan in Free Tribal zone said in a press conf in May
    2008: ‘Islam does not recognise boundaries’. {Shia Sunni
    Kurdi war in Iraq, Al Fatah and Hamaz fight in Palestine,
    Pak Bangla war in 1971, war in Sudan, Nigeria,
    Algeria,                  !!}.
    Mehsud blamed for Benazir Bhutto’s assassination.
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A Stable Pakistan is dangerous for World Peace

    Beautiful Pakistanis hate visa denials, that extra scrutiny
    at international airports and being dubbed a global
    migraine. It ruins their composure and commerce.


• Hamid Karzai – Afghanistan President said on 15
     June 2008: When militants cross the territory from
     Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition
     troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the
     same.

•    Asif Ali Zardari –           President of Pakistan
•    Gilani           -           Prime Minister
•    Gen. Ashfaq Kayani –         Pakistan Army Commander

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Why Pakistan is still backward
• Pakistan will be judged by what it builds and not
  by what it destroys.
• Pak economy, Army and ISI are synonymous.
• Country of Allah, Mullah and Kulla (Scull Cap)
Institutions like
      • IIT         Islamic Institute of Terrorism
      • IIM         Islamic Infiltration Management
      • IAS         International Al-Qaeda Services
      1. MSb        (MSc)                  Master of Serial Blasts
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Talibanistan
    1.   girls can't study,
    2.   women can’t work,
    3.   has vowed to kill modern jurisprudence,
    4.   has vowed to kill modern science,
    5.   has vowed to kill modern culture and
    6.   has vowed to kill all other faiths,
Taliban is just 430 KMs from Indian border
closer than what most of us think.
                  491 KMs         Coimbatore - Chennai
                  497 KM          Lucknow – Delhi
                  594 KM          Goa – Mumbai
    The wellsprings of terror that threaten most of the world and, in
    particular, India, are no longer located in the remote mountains of
    Pakistan or in the caves of Afghanistan.
     They are a six-eight hour drive from India's border in a sedan on
     reasonably good roads.
If Taliban and ISI drop their arms, there will be no more violence.
If India drops her arms, there will be no more India.Directions- Rig Veda
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Arabisation of Pakistan




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Genesis of Islamic Terrorism
Seeds of Violence and Hatred in Islam
 Sunna
        Examples of Prophet in Public and Private life

 Quran
        6,236            Total Verses in Quran
          488            Verses Preach Violence
                         ie 7.83% preach violence

 Ansar
         Companions of Prophet

 Shia
   The Party of Ali

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Roots of Modern Islamic Terrorism
1979    Islamic Revolution in Iran (Shi’tes in Power)
1979    Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
1982    Israeli invasion of Lebanon
1980 – 1990       Iran – Iraq war (Death: 5 lacs Iraqis & Iranians + 1 lac Kurds)
1990    Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War (Death: 10,000 Iraqi soldiers)
2001    Dec USA attacks Afghanistan
2003    Mar 20, USA and UK attack Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction
1980s    Birth of Al Qaeda to fight Soviet Troops
1983     Birth of Hezbollah Militants by Lebanese Shiites to fight Israel
1990s    Birth of Taliban
2001     Sept 11 attack on WTC and Pentagon,      3,000 killed
Deaths: *10 lacs in Iran-Iraq War, 2 Gulf Wars
         *15 lacs in Afghanistan war, faction fighting, landmines



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History of Modern Islamic Terrorism
Date             Details                                       No. Kiled
1989-90 Kashmir                                    400,000 Hindus driven out
1993     World Trade Center bombing
1993     Mumbai 13 serial blasts    200 died
2001     11 Sept Attack on WTC & Pentagon     3,000
2002     27 Feb Godhra Train torching 58 Hindu Pilgrims
2002     12 Oct Bali Bombing          200 Hindus & Tourists
2004     11 Mar Madrid Car Bombing 200 died
2004     4 Sept Beslan school children 344 children
2004     Nov Murder of Film Maker Theo van Gogh (MP Pim Fortuyn)
2005     7 July London Train bombing            60 died
Holland Film director & MP beheaded
Denmark Cartoons
France – Police beaten up, emergency in 2005, Teacher in hiding
•       Pope Benedict Regensburg speech 5th Anniversary of 9/11 attack

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Arabisation of Pakistan
        Pervez Hoodbhoy - The author teaches physics at Quaid-e-Azam
                          University, Islamabad.
        http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsJan2009/cover2jan2009.htm
Soldiers, policemen, factory and hospital workers, mourners at funerals
and ordinary people praying in mosques have all been reduced to globs of
flesh and fragments of bones.
      Dead bodies and shattered lives are almost all Muslim ones,
         yet few Pakistanis speak out against these atrocities.
       Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan have no words of solace
                     for those who have suffered
Terrorism, by definition, is an act only the Americans can commit.
This culture produced Mughul architecture, the Taj Mahal, the poetry of
Asadullah Khan Ghalib, and much more are forgotten.
 Now a stern, unyielding version of Islam (Wahhabism) is replacing the
kinder, gentler Islam of the Sufis and saints who had walked on this land
for hundreds of years.
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Wahhabism, Talibanisation Arabisation of Pakistan
        Pervez Hoodbhoy - The author teaches physics at Quaid-e-Azam
                           University, Islamabad.
         http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsJan2009/cover2jan2009.htm

Twenty five years ago Wahhabism was introduced.
  1.   Floggings were carried out publicly,
  2.   Punish those who did not fast in Ramadan,
  3.   Selection for academic posts in universities required that the
       candidate demonstrate a knowledge of Islamic teachings and
  4.   Jihad declared essential for every Muslim.
  5.   Village mosques are now giant madrassas
  6.   Propagate hard-line Salafi and Deobandi beliefs through oversized
       loudspeakers.
  7.   Pakis are bitterly opposed to Barelvis, Shias and other sects, who
       they do not regard as Muslims.
  8.   Taliban, Hanafi law has begun to prevail over tradition and civil
       law,
  9.   It is evident from the recent decisions of the Lahore High Court.
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Wahhabism, Talibanisation Arabisation of Pakistan
Twenty five years ago Wahhabism was introduced.
    Music, Dance, Films & Elites in Pakistan
  •   Religious fundamentalists consider music haram or un-Islamic.
  •   Classical music is on its last legs in Pakistan;
  •   Sarangi and Vichitraveena are completely dead.
  •   Teaching music in public universities is violently opposed by
      students of the Islami Jamaat-e-Talaba at Punjab
      University.
  •   The university has been forced to hold its music classes elsewhere.
  •   Kathak dancing, once popular with the Muslim elite of India, has
      few teachers left.
  •   Pakistan produces no feature films of any consequence.

  • Pakistani elite, live their lives in comfort.
  • Alcoholism is a chronic problem of the super rich of Lahore - a
      curious irony for thisNoble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                         Let deeply religious country.                                142
Wahhabism, Talibanisation Arabisation of Pakistan
            Madrasas in Pakistan
Number of Madrasas according to the national education census, which the
   ministry of education released in 2006,
   5,459 madrassas      Punjab
   2,843                NWFP;
   1,935                Sindh
   1,193                Federally Administrated Northern Areas (FANA),
     769                Balochistan,
     586                Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK),
     135                Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA),
      77                Islamabad capital territory,
13,000 madrassas       1.5 million students              religious education.
   In Saudi Arabia 'mutaween' (police) in March 2002, had stopped
   school girls from leaving a blazing building because they were not
   wearing their abayas - a long robe worn in Saudi Arabia.
   In a rare departure from the norm, Saudi newspapers blamed and
   criticised the mutaween for letting 15 girls burn to death.
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Terrorism
Terrorism in the name of one
particular religion is haunting
      humanity today.



   Belfast, LTTE, Akalis
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How Muslims Behave

Here are some thought provoking and interesting facts & figures:
                  which are extracts from:


        Dr. Peter Hammond's book:
       Slavery, Terrorism and Islam:
The Historical Roots & Contemporary Threat




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How Muslims Behave - 1
"The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history.
   It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a
   precious good, whose delicate complex order and freedom can at any
   moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without and
   multiplying from within.“

                               great historian Will Durant, from his
                                             “History of Civilization”

Islam is a predatory religion. It seeks to demean and destroy other
    cultures and replace them with Islamic-arab culture. To this end, it
    finds the things most sacred, most symbolically sublime in cultures it
    encounters, and then proceeds to systematically profane them.

Historian such as K.S.Lal have estimated that during the course of the
    1400 year encounter with Islamic Jihad, the Hindu population lost
    50-80 million by way of slaughter, deprivation, and transport during
    enslavement in terrible conditions. The mountain range of the Hindu
    Kush (literally "Hindu slaughter" in Pashto and Farsi) is possibly so
    named because of the millions of Hindu slaves who died there in the
    cold while being transported from India to Arabia by Islamic
    conquerors.
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How Muslims Behave - 1
Muslim population
around or under 2% in any given Country,
they will be a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens.
    United States-- Muslim 0.6%                  Australia-- Muslim 1.5%
    Canada-- Muslim 1.9%                         China-- Muslim 1.8%
    Italy-- Muslim 1.5%                          Norway-- Muslim 1.8%

At 2% to 5%, -
begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and Disaffected groups, -
    major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs.
    Denmark -- Muslim 2%                         Germany-- Muslim 3.7%
    United Kingdom-- Muslim 2.7%                 Spain-- Muslim 4%
    Thailand-- Muslim 4.6%


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How Muslims Behave - 2

From 5% on,
they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their
   Percentage of the population. For example, they will push
   for the introduction of halal food (clean by Islamic
   standards), thereby securing food preparation jobs for
   Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket
   chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with
   threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:

   France-- Muslim 8%     Philippines-- Muslim 5%
   Sweden-- Muslim 5% Switzerland-- Muslim 4.3%
   Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5%
   Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%


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How Muslims Behave - 3
From 5% on
they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves
(within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of
Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims; approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase
lawlessness as means of complaint about their conditions.
Paris , - car-burnings.
Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats,
such as in
Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam.
Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:
        Guyana-- Muslim 10%                 India-- Muslim 13.4%
        Israel-- Muslim 16%                 Kenya-- Muslim 10%
        Russia-- Muslim 15%


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How Muslims Behave - 4

20%,
nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia-formations, sporadic
killings, and the burnings of Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Hindu
Mandirs such as in:

        Ethiopia-- Muslim 32.8%,                Kashmir (India)

At 40%,
nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and
Ongoing militia warfare, such as in:

                Bosnia-- Muslim 40%                         Chad-- Muslim 53.1%
                Lebanon-- Muslim 59.7%



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How Muslims Behave - 5



From 60%,
nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all
Other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic
ethnic cleansing (Genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and
Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:

       Albania-- Muslim 70%                 Malaysia-- Muslim 60.4%
       Qatar-- Muslim 77.5%                 Sudan-- Muslim 70%




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How Muslims Behave - 6
After 80%,
       expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-
run ethnic Cleansing, and even some genocide as these nations
drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such
as has been experienced and in some ways          is On-going in:


       Bangladesh-- Muslim 83%              Egypt-- Muslim 90%
       Gaza-- Muslim 98.7%                  Indonesia-- Muslim 86.1%
       Iran-- Muslim 98%                    Iraq-- Muslim 97%
       Jordan-- Muslim 92%                  Morocco-- Muslim 98.7%
       Pakistan-- Muslim 97%                Palestine-- Muslim 99%
       Syria-- Muslim 90%                   Tajikistan-- Muslim 90%
       Turkey-- Muslim 99.8%                UAE-- Muslims 96%

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How Muslims Behave - 7
100%
will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' --the Islamic House of Peace.
Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim,
the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word,
such as in:
        Afghanistan-- Muslim 100%               Saudi Arabia-- Muslim 100%
        Somalia-- Muslim 100%                   Yemen-- Muslim 100%
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most
radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by
killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.

        'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life.
        It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father;
        my family against my cousins and the clan;
        the clan against the tribe, the tribe against the world,
        and all of us against the infidel'. --         Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
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How Muslims Behave - 8
In some countries, with well under 10% Muslim populations; such as
France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they
are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law.

        The national police do not even enter these ghettos.
        There are no national courts nor schools
                 nor non-Muslim religious facilities.
        Muslims do not integrate into the community at large.
        The children attend madrasas.
        They learn only the Koran.
        To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death.
        Therefore in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and
extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.

  Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population.
           But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of
   Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers.
 Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.
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Kerala State
1. Bhakti Traditions – S/S
•   Adi Sankara – twice went around to spiritualise Bharat
•   Mata Amritanad – Kollam (Vellikovai)
•   Swami Chinmayanad – Gita to western educated house holders
•   Bhagwathy Attukkal Amman Koil, (Biggest Gatherings of Human Race)
                 Shabari Malai,           Bala Gokulam
•   Nuns, Priests, Mullas from Kerala
•   Namboodary in Vatican, Riyad, Golden Phone, Vishnu-Kalki Avtar-
    in 15 yrs Kerala will be free from Marx, Mullas, Missionaries

2. Shakti Traditions - Youth
•   Greatest General Napoleon – Duke of Wellington – Pazhashi Raja
•   V.P.Menon - Sardar Patel’s Right hand in unification of states
•   Dattaji Didolkar – 13 Kerala Fishermen – SV Kendra
•   55 s/s killed – Tit for Tat, no reduction in spirit, shakha, pracharak,
    …
•   Kalari Payittu – Kannan ji youngest Kendriya Adhikari,
•   Pracharaks to Assam, Nagaland, Vanavasi KA in Assam,
•   Maximum Shakhas, Pracharaks, Vistaraks, Ngp OTC
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Kerala State students
3. Buddhi Education Traditions – College
•   1st Province to attain 100%            -ve growth rate
•   Best Administrators, civil servants, engineers,
    (TN Seshan, E Sreedharan, Dr PK Iyengar, Madhavan Nair,
    Sivasankaran Menon (Foreign Secy), Narayanan (National Security
    Advisor)
•   Verghese Kurien AMUL – White Revolution
•   K.R.Narayanan – Prez 1997 – 2002; Vice Prez 1992-97, VC JNU 79
•   Arya Chanakya, Aryabhatt (476 AD), Varahamihir,
         Paramesvara       (1360-1455),    Sankara Variar (c. 1500-1560),
         Narayana (c. 1500-1575)           Acyuta Pisarati (c. 1550-1621)
         Sankara Varman (1800 C.E.)
•   Ayurveda (Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Kottakal), Gulf, Ayurveda Burqa
•   Ravi Verma, Swaty Thirunal,
4. Bhakti Shakti Buddhi for Social Reform Traditions
•   Manimegalai d/o Kannagi Ayyan Kali                      1903 (30-40 yrs ago)
•   Mannath Padmanabhan             1924        Travancore Maharaja 1936
•   Narayan Guru                    SV – Lunatic Asylum
•   Dalit KR Narayanan: Ambassador China 1976-78; USA – 1980-83,
    JNU Vice Chancellor 1979, Vice Prez 1992- 97; Prez 1997 – 2002.
•   Dalit Bala Krishnan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                        CJI                                                         156
Kerala State

Sports
•   P.T.Usha, Valasamma, Anju George,
•   Sreesanth,

Spread All Over The World
•   Gulf: CMs and CM of Kerala will become PM of Gulf
•   Oman Sultan:      Dr,      Security Personnel,      Cook
•   Mt Everest: Edmond Hillary, Sherpa Tensing – served by Hot Tea
•   Nurses:           All over Bharat
•   Nuns, Priests:    All over the world–5,000 Nuns&Priests worldwid
•   Misbah Ul Haq:    20 Twenty Finals:         Sreesanth caught him.
•   Raja Ravi Verma Photos     All over the world for Hindu Gods
•   Devan Nair        President of Singapore
•   MGRamachandran CM of Tamil Nadu – Bharat Ratna


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Achievements of
  Indians and
Overseas Indians

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Hindus Around The World
 30 Million     Indian Hindus in 120 countries
                 (3 Crore Hindus outside Bharat)
l 6 Million (60 Lacs) Indonesian Hindus (Bali)
l Non-Indian Hindus in Indonesia, Cambodia,
  Thailand, Laos etc,                Roma Gypsies
l Gypsies are of Indian Hindu origin
l 120 out of 199 countries
l Most widely distributed race
l Large Hindu population in
              40 countries
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Suffering Hindus Around The World
l Gypsies are of Indian Hindu origin ill treated
  for 1,000 years in Europe.
l 5 lac Gypsies burnt in Gas Chambers by Hitler.
l No one speaks on behalf of Gypsies.
  Not even Indian Government                                         Roma Gypsies


      In Serbia armed Muslims and
         Christians while fighting
         among each other butchered
         unarmed Gypsies in large
         numbers.
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Suffering Hindus - Fiji
1. General Rembuka, George Spitz held to
   ransom democratically elected Governments
   when Hindus came to power.
2. Migration of Hindus to Australia and New
   Zealand hs reduced Hindu population in Fiji
   from 55% to 45% and is still on the decline.
3. Most businessmen, Civil Servants, laborers,
   Professionals in Fiji are Hindus and when they
   leave, Fiji economy will be badly affected.
4. Best schools in Fiji are run by Hindus.


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Suffering Hindus – Sri Lanka
1. 20 years of Civil War has reduced the
   economy of Hindus. 30,000 young Hindu
   women have become widows and 50,000
   children are orphans. Large scale
   conversions is taking place.
2. Jafna Tamils are among the best
   professionals and devoted Hindus. They
   are migrating in large numbers to
   Europe. This is a great loss to Sri Lanka.


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Suffering Hindus – Bangla Desh
l Islamisation of Bangladesh has reduced
  Hindus to 2nd class citizens. Their number
  has gone down from 30% to 10%.
l Abduction, gang rape of Hindu women
  and girls, slaughtering of Hindu boys and
  men is a common practice during Hindu
  festivals like Durga Puja.
l Human Rights organisation and media in
  Bharat are silent on these atrocities.


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Suffering Hindus – Pakistan
l Islamisation of Pakistan has reduced
  Hindus to 2nd class citizens. Their number
  has gone down from 30% to 1%.
l Abduction, gang rape of Hindu women
  and girls, slaughtering of Hindu boys and
  men is a common practice.
l Human Rights organisation and media in
  Bharat are silent on these atrocities.



              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   164
Suffering Hindus – Afghanistan
1. Selective killings of Hindus by Taliban
   regime in the 80s.
2. Large scale migration of remaining
   Hindus to Europe.




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Suffering Hindus – Malaysia
l   Malasia is an Islamc State and govt has discriminatory
    laws.
l   Grand Hindu temples being razed to the ground every
    year.
l   Conversion of Hindus to Islam cannot be reversed.
l   Everest Major Murthy buried as per Islamic rites by
    Muslim fundamentalists.
l   The regimes under Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe, Ngo Dinh
    Diem (Vietnam), Syngman Rhee (Korea) can be studied
    for useful conclusions to be drawn as to the likely
    direction the Malaysian Indian situation is likely to
    take.



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Hindu                 Population - 1
1,000,000,000
                               2,500,000               Sri Lanka
           Bharat
                               1,900,000               Malaysia
20,000,000
                               1,800,000               USA
            Nepal
                               1,200,000               UK
20,000,000
         Bangladesh            1,000,000 Middle
6,000,000                           East
          Indonesia                                    + Arabia


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Hindu               Population                                      -2
900,000   Mauritius             160,000                 Netherlands
700,000   Burma                 150,000                 Singapore
600,000   Canada                100,000                 Australia
400,000   Guyana                70,000                  Kenya
380,000   Fiji                  65,000                  Bhutan
350,000   Trinidad              60,000                  Thailand
200,000   Surinam               60,000                  Switzerland



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Hindu              Population                                      -3

50,000   Hong Kong               20,000                  Jamaica
50,000   France                  17,000                  Uganda
40,000   Germany                 15,000                  Spain
40,000   New Zealand             15,000                  Portugal

20,000   Tanzania                10,000                  Zambia
20,000   Nigeria                 10,000                  Russia

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   169
Kids Power of Bharat
9 year old Kishan Shrikanth
Youngest film director of the world 2006

5 year old Ajay Ravi Puri of Bangkok,
Mini Microsoft Kid, Youngest to make
his own Home Page on the Internet, 2000
                                            4 year old Budhia Singh ran 65
14 year Viswanath Anand                     KMs without a break
Youngest Grand Master of his time


                       13 year Parimarjan Negi
                       Youngest Grand Master 2005

7 year old Mohineesh of Vizag,
World champion in under 8
World Chess Championship. Oct 2006


          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   170
Kids Power of Bharat
                        14 year Akrit Jaswal
                        Youngest surgeon in the world
                                    7 years 3 months Sushma Verma
                                    youngest student to pass Class X
                                           board exams obtaining 354
                                                    marks out of 600.
                                       14 year Shailendra Verma her
                                   brother is in final year Computer
Vasudevan is a maths wizard at 9 years of age.           Application.
Malarkodi can recite 130 Tirukkural verses even
as a Std I student.                             10 year Arpan Sharma
                 (Edgbaston, Birmingham) can speak 11 languages
                     English, French, German,          Spanish, Italian, Polish,
                     Hindi, Swahili, Ugandan,                Mandarin, Thai.

              Ashika, LKG student from Chennai can recall the
              capitals of 132 countries and all the states of Bharat,
              also a master of Trivia in Geography, World Affairs.
              Akash her 2 year brother is also a wizard.
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Kids Power of Overseas Hindus
 Gaurav Raja, a 15 year-old
 high school student in
 Virginia, USA has memorised
 10,980 digits of pi,
            5 year old Ajay Ravi Puri of
            Bangkok, Mini Microsoft Kid,
            Youngest to make his own Home
            Page on the Internet, 2000 AD

 Dr Bala Murali Ambatti
 New York, USA. 17 year-old
 World’s Youngest Doctor           Sanjay Malakar
                                17 year old singer
                            Top 7 in American Idol
 Miss Heenal Raichura
 from Britain (United Kingdom)     Suhas Gopinath
 World’s 2nd youngest Doctor     17 yr old California
                             Youngest Multi National
 22 year old
                              Multi- Millionaire businessman
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Ancient Hindu Kids Power
 Dhruva                                     Prahlad


Ekalavya                                   Hanuman


Nachiketa                                    Lav Kusha

                                            Satyakam Jabala
                                            Dalit Vedic Scholar


Tiru Gnana Sambandar
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Youth Power of Hindus
Pulella Gopichand World Badminton Champion
Refused Crores of Rupees advertisement by Pepsi
Because it is harmful to children.

                                                           Kapil Dev won
  Vijay Singh of Fiji                                      World cup for India
  World Golf Champion
                                                           in 1983




Sherpa Tensing of Nepal First
to climb Mount Sagarmatha                                   Dhyan Chand all
                                                            time great Hockey
                                                            player. India scored
                                                            174 and conceded 7
19 year old Pankaj Advani                                   goals in 24 games in
World champion in 2 games:                                  Olympics 1928
Billiards No.1 & Snooker No.1                               -1956.
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Olympic Medals by Hindus



Bharateeyas & Overseas Hindus


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Olympic Medals for Hindus
  Abhinav Bindra                   Rajyavardhan Rathod
  Gold 2008 Beijing,                       Silver 2004 Athens
  Shooting                                           Shooting




  Sushil Kumar
  Bronze 2008 Beijing,
  Wrestling
                                Vijendra Kumar
                              Bronze 2008 Beijing
                                          Boxing




  Karnam Malleswari                                     Kasaba Jadhav
                                                        Bronze 1952 Helsinki,
  Bronze 2000 Sydney
                                                        Wrestling
  Weight Lifting                                        6th place in 1948 London
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Indian Olympic Medals
                                                             Norman Pritchard
              Chintamoni Kar                                           (Calcutta)
              (Calcutta)
                                                               2 Silver Medals
              Silver - Sculpture
                                                      1900 Paris Athletics
              1948 London Olympics
                                                        Men’s 200 Metres
                                                Men’s 200 Metres Hurdles
  http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=ART
  http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/11ind.htm
  http://www.webindia123.com/sports/olymp/past.htm

               Leander Paes
               Bronze - Tennis
               1996 Atlanta
                   Narrowly Missed Bronze Medals
1960   Rome     Milka Singh       400 Mt sprint         Missed by 1/10th of a second

1984   Los Angeles   PT Usha 400 Mts Hurdles Missed by 1/100th of a second
1992   Barcelona       Limba Ram
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 1 Point.
                                             Archery                  Missed by 177
Olympic Finalists in Athletics
Olympic Finalists in Athletics
In athletics, six Indians and the 4x400 women's relay team have reached the
    finals of their events in Olympics.
•   1900         Norman Pritchard (two silvers in sprint and hurdles),
•   1948 London         Henry Rebello           (Triple Jump),
•   1960 Rome           Milkha Singh           (fourth place in 400 metres),
•   1964 Tokyo    Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (5th place in 100 m hurdles),
•   1976 Montreal       Sriram singh            (seventh in 800m),
•   1984 Los Angeles  P.T Usha          (fourth in 400m hurdles)
               who unfortunately lost her bronze by 1/100th of a second
•   1984 Los Angeles    4 member squad of the 400m. women's relay
                        P.T.Usha, M.D.Valsamma, Vandana Rao,
                        Shiny Abraham reached seventh place,
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Olympic Medals by Overseas Hindus

     Mohini Bharadwaj,
     USA 2004 Olympics
     Siver Medal winner in
     Athletics
                                      Raj Bhavsar
                               2008 Olympic Bronze
                                for USA (Houston) in
                                         Gymnastics




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How Olympic Medals are won?
                                      Australia
    spent 50 Million Dollars on sports to get 50 medals at 2000 Sydney Olympics.
After the Olympics Australian government announced that they will not be able to
spend such huge amounts on their probable medal winners for the next Olympics.
All the medal winners went on protest march saying that if the government did not
spend this amount on the sportsmen they will not be able to win the medals in future.


                                         India
         India does not spend much money on our probable medal winners.
           Some sportsmen including Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra had
                  to buy their own plane tickets to Beijing.
      Now that Bharat has enough money, we must spend on Infra-structures
       (state of the art Training centers, stadiums), Sports Kits, equipments,
    proper nutrition for the sports persons, best coaches, managers, officials etc.
               We should start training our children from young age.
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Excellence in Billiards & Snooker
Do you know that
19 Year Old Pankaj Advani is the only player to win Gold Medals in 2 sports. He is
    World No.1 in Billiards and also World No.1 in Snooker. Many world
    champions had advised him to concentrate only on one game.
22 year old Anuja Thakur of Mumbai is also World Champion in 2 games.
    She is World No.1 in Billiards and World No.3 in Snooker.
    Gold Medal            2005       World Ladies Billiards Champion
    Bronze Medal          2004       IBSF World Ladies Snooker Championship
    Bronze Medal          2006       WLBSA Snooker
    Semi Finalist         2006       IBSF World Snooker Championship
Meenal Thakur Younger sister of Anuja Thakur
    Silver Medal (Runner up) 2005 World Ladies Snooker Championship (Doubles)
    Quarter Finalist 2005    World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Championship

http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/anuja.htm
http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/meenal.htm
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India’s Excellence in Sports
        Excellence in Billiards & Snooker
Wilson Jones Gold Medals in World Billiards Championships in 1958 and 1964
Michael Ferreira (Bombay Tiger) won World Billiards Championship 4 times 1977
Geet Sethi        Winner of 8 World Titles – 5 World Professional & 3 IBSF World
                  Billiards Championships. Guinness Book of World Records
Pankaj Advani Winner of 3 World Titles in Billiards and Snooker in 2005.

                    Excellence in Archery
Dola Banerjee Gold Medals at 18th Golden Arrow Grand Prix at Turkey in 2008
Jayant Talukdar Gold Medal at FITA Meteksan Archery World Cup at Croatia in 2005.
Limba Ram          Equaled World Record in 1992 Asian Championship.
                  At 1992 Barcelona Olympics missed Bronze Medal by 1 Point.
Tarundeep Rai Silver Medal at 2005 Madrid World Championship.
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India’s Excellence in Sports
                   Excellence in Athletics
Norman Pritchard        2 Silver Medals in 1900 Paris Olympics in 200 Mts Sprint
                        and 200 Mts Hurdles.
Milka Singh     (Flying Sikh) missed Bronze Medal at 1960 Rome Olympics by
               1/10th of a second and despite breaking Olympic Record.

T.C.Yohannan Gold Medals in various competitions at Tokyo, Hiroshima,
             Kobe in 1974 in Long Jump.
P.T.Usha       1984 Los Angeles Olympics lost Bronze Medal by 1/100th of a second.

Anju George    Bronze Medal in 2003 in Long Jump at Paris World Championship

      http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/athletics/athletes/pt-usha.html




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India’s Excellence in Sports
                Excellence in Badminton
Prakash    Padukone           Gold Medals in 1979 at the                          prestigious
                        All England Badminton Championship
Pullella   Gopichand         Gold Medal in 2001 at the                                  prestigious
                        All England Badminton Championship.

Aparna Popat    Gold Medal in the Women’s Singles in French Open, Paris in 1998
http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/badminton/players/aparna-popat.html




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Hindu Youth Power




                 Gold Medal Winners
      Abhijeet Gupta (Boys) & Dronavalli Harika (Girls)
at World Junior Chess Championship (under 20) held in August 2008.
        Silver Medal for Boys was won by Parimarjan Negi.
                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   185
Today India is World Chess Capital
Do                       you                        know                        that
Chess Originated in Bharat 10,000 years ago.
 Viswanatha Anand became the youngest Grand Master in chess at the age of 14.
         He is the undisputed World Chess Champion since 2007 and
          World Rapid Chess Champion since its inception in 2003.
      Parimarjan Negi became the Grand Master in 2006 at the age of 13.
Abhijit Gupta & Parimarjan Negi won Gold & Silver Medals for boys and
Dronavalli Harika won Gold Medal for girls at the World Junior Chess
Championships held in Turkey in Aug 2008 while Beijing Olympics was in progress.
Dronavalli Harika has won 3 World Youth Chess Championship Titles –
in 2004 she won Girls under 14 in Greece, in 2006 she won under 18 in Georgia, US
& in 2008 she took the Girls title at the World Junior Chess Championship in
Turkey.
Koeneru Hampi won Gold Medal in 2001 World Junior Girls Chess Championship.
At the age of 15 years 1 month she became the youngest woman ever to become a
Grand Master beating Judit Polgar’s previous record by 3 months.
             In Chess India has the most Grandfrom all Directions- Rig Veda
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us
                                                        Masters in Asia.      186
Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics




 1928 Amsterdam           Captain: Jaipal Singh (Vanavasi)
    Played 5,          Goals for              29
    Won    5           Goals against           0
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Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
                                                                   Hockey Brothers
1932                                                               Roopsingh (11) &
Los Angeles                                                        Dhyan Chand (14)
Played         2                                                   scored 25 goals
Won            2
Goals for     35                                                        Record for most
Goals against 2                                                         goals in a single
                                                                             match
Captain:
                                                                     Roopsingh slammed
Lal Shah Bokhari
                                                                     10 goals against USA


     24-1 victory against USA is the Biggest Score in an Intl Match
                      Solitary goal by USA scored when
             Indian defenders let the American have a run and,
 Indian goal Keeper Richard Allen was signing autographs behind goal post.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   188
Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
1936 Berlin
Played              5
won                 5
Goals for           38
Goals against         1

Captain:
Major Dhyan Chand




 1936 Berlin Olympics           finally an Indian player
 opened his turban to demonstrate to rival athletes
 that it was all skill and not a recourse to the
 supernatural that had won India three consecutive
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   189
 golds.
Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
                                     Captain
1936 Berlin
                       Major Dhyan Chand
Played          5
Won             5
Goals for       38
Goals against     1

                        1936 Berlin Olympics
     Finals was against Germany.               Record crowd of 40,000
      HITLER left the match midway disgusted at Germany’s plight.
        India was leading 6-0. Germans decided to play rough &
             broke the tooth of Indian captain Dhyan Chand.
 Coming back after receiving first aid, Dhyan Chand now playing barefoot
 instructed his team to go easy on goals. As the stunned crowd watched,
 the Indians repeatedly took the ball upto the German circle and then
 back passed to mystify their opponents. India vanquished Germany 8-1
 in the finals to win its third successive Olympic Gold Medal
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Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
                                                        1948 London
                                                        Played 5,
                                                        won     5
                                                        Goals for             25
                                                        Goals against          2

                                                        Captain
                                                        Kishan Lal




    Chintamoni Kar
    (Calcutta)
    Silver - Sculpture
    1948 London Olympics
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Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
                                                                           1952 Helsinki

                                                                           Played 3
                                                                           won     3
                                                                           Goals for     13
                                                                           Goals against 2

                                                                           Captain
                                                                           K.D.Singh (Babu)




Kasaba Jadhav
Bronze
1952 Helsinki, Wrestling
6th place in 1948 London
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Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
1956
Melbourne
Played 5
won     5
Goals for     38
Goals against 0

Captain
Balbir Singh (Sr)


 1960     Rome      Silver        India Lost 0 – 1 to Pakistan in Finals.
 1964     Tokyo     Gold
 1968     Mexico    Bronze        (Gold-Pakistan, Silver-Australia)
 1972     Munich    Bronze        (Gold-Germany, Silver-Pakistan)
 1980     Moscow    Gold
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   193
Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
1964 Tokyo
Played 9,
Won     7
Drawn 2
Lost    0
Goals for     22
Goals against 5

Captain
Charanjit Singh




                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   194
Indian Hockey GOLD at Olympics
                                                               1980 Moscow

                                                               Played 6
                                                               Won     4
                                                               Drawn 2
                                                               Lost    0
                                                               Goals for    43
                                                               Goals against 9

                                                               Captain
                                                               V. Bhaskaran

Biggest and Second Biggest Scores in Olympic Hockey
24-1   India beat USA            1932        Los Angeles
18-0   India beat Tanzania       1980        Moscow

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   195
Indian Hockey Silver & Bronze


1960   Rome        Silver         lost to Pakistan 1-0

1968   Mexico      Bronze         (Gold-Pakistan, Silver-Australia)

1972   Munich      Bronze         (Gold-Germany, Silver-Pakistan)




                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   196
Olympic Medals for Hindus
  Abhinav Bindra                    Rajyavardhan Rathod
  Gold                                                  Silver
  2008 Beijing, Shooting                 2004 Athens, Shooting




  Sushil Kumar
  Bronze
  2008 Beijing, Wrestling
                                 Vijendra Kumar
                                             Bronze
                                2008 Beijing, Boxing



                                                        Kasaba Jadhav
  Karnam Malleswari                                     Bronze
  of Andhra 2000 Olympics Bronze                        1952 Helsinki, Wrestling
  medal winner in Weight Lifting                        6th place in 1948 London
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Hindu Youth Power -2
Shravan Kumar                                          Veer Abhimanyu
carried his aged, blind parents                        fought alone and gallantly
to pilgrim centers                                     in Mahabharat war




                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   198
Hindu Youth Power -2
Shravan Kumar                                           Veer Abhimanyu
carried his aged, blind parents                         fought alone and gallantly
to pilgrim centers                                      in Mahabharat war




                                        Gautam Adani of Rs. 15,000 crore
Capt. Saurab Kalia                      Adani Group, Parakramsinh Jadeja
Kargil’s 1st Hero                       of Jyoti CNC, Govind Dholakia of
June 1999                               Rs 800 crore Harekrishna Exports, a
                                        leading Diamond Export house,
                                        Narendra Somani of Bhagwati
                                        Group,
                                        Matriculate Millionaires – never saw a
                                        college classroom in their life time but
                                        were able to employ a battery of highly
                                        qualified professionals.
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Social Consciousness
             Suresh Kamath, the managing director of Chennai based
             Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd. The company has 550 employees
             and 15 per cent of them are Differently Abled– physically
             challenged, people suffering from cerebral palsy and deaf and
             dumb. Today, the company is a force to reckon with in the
             banking software arena.

             Baba Adhav,
             Hamal Panchayat in Pune in 1972. housing, banking,
             education and medical facilities for unskilled hamals. co-
             operative housing society comprising 190 flats.
             Kashtachi Bhakar nutritious food at a nominal rate of Rs 5.

Rajasthan Anganwadis India Today, Date: May 28, 2007.
Shaping up the lives of lakhs of women in rural Rajasthan, giving them a
foundation to follow their dreams.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   200
Social Consciousness
Mumbai Dubbawalas
Ratan Khatri
Manimegalai
Mahendra & Sangha Mitra
Thailand -
Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis
Waytha Murthy
Baba Amte
Prakash Amte
Mandakini Prakash Amte

Manjunath Shanmugam                      E Sreedharan
Satyendranath Dubey                      TN Seshan
Khairnar                                 Chandrasekhar
Justice Pramod Kode                      Rebello
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Public Prosecutor Kotnis
Social Consciousness
Shanmugam Manjunath                  Justice Pramod Kode
Petrol Pump inspection      Did not take even a single day
                           Holiday during 13 years of case

Satyendra K Dubey                       Mumbai Dubbawalas
Highway Trees felled illegally


Bombay's 'one-man demolition army'
Govind Rao Khairnar, former
Deputy Commissioner of Brihan-Mumbai
Municipal Corporation.
                                                         Baba Amte,


 T.N. Seshan

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Social Consciousness
Prakash & Mandakini Amte
Megasaysay Award                                    Ashok Singhal
                                Voice of the Oppressed Hindus

Waytha Murthy
Voice of the Oppressed
Malaysian Hindus



                                                Sangha Mitra,
                                                     daughter of
                                                   Emperor Ashok




                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   203
Women Power of Bharat




     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   204
Women Power of Bharat
    Sirimavo Bandaranaike
    (Sri Lanka) & Smt Indira
    Gandhi (Bharat) were the
    first and second woman
    Prime Ministers of world.


            Benazir     Bhutto     (Pakistan),
            Sheikh Hasina & Khaleeda Zia
            (Bangladesh) & Sukarno Puteri
            Megawati (Indonesia) are the only
            Muslim woman prime ministers and
            they all have Hindu ancestors.
     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   205
Women Power of Bharat
11 Year old Dronavalli Harika Asia’s youngest
ever Chess International Women Master 2002

                                               Marykom
          of Manipur. She is the first women boxer in the
         world to win the world title three years in a row

 Anuja Thakur
 of Mumbai.
 22 year old World Snooker Champion
 She is also world No: 3 in Billiards

                                  Karnam Malleswari
                     of Andhra 2000 Olympics Bronze
                          medal winner in Weight Lifting

Koneru Humpy of Andhra
Young World Grand Master

           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   206
Women Power of Bharat
             Sheetal Mahajan,                                       Avvaiyar,
             22 yr old from Pune,               Ancient Tamil Poetess
             1st girl in the world to jump from
             a parachute in both North and                      Andal,
             South Poles                             Ancient Tamil Saint


             Jaswantiben Popat,                                         Mirabai,
                                                                         Rajasthan
             Lijjat Papad

                                                           Maharani Padmini,
Rani Verma,                                                             Rajasthan
14 yr old from Varanasi, lost                                       14,000 women
both her hands in an accident.                                     committed Sati
She wrote and passed SSC                  Rani
exams in first class in 2007 by     Durgawati,
writing with her feet. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   207
Women Power of India
 Dr. V. Shanta
 of Chennai, 2005 Magasaysay
 winner for her service to
 Cancer patients

                                    Ritu Beri,
                       Intl Fashion Designer



 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
 of Biocon,
 Richest Indian woman.



                                  Kiran Bedi,
                     Intl reputed jailor from
                                        Delhi.

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Brave Women of India
                 Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay
                 the first woman  Punita Arora
                 Air Marshal in the              first Indian woman
                 Indian Air Force.               Lieutenant General
                                                 in the Indian Army
                   Bachendri Pal,
                   the first Indian woman (and the fifth in the world), to
                   scale Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world on 23rd
                   May 1984, and stood on the summit of Sagarmatha
                   (the Nepali name for the Mt. Everest) for 43 minutes.
                   She is a Poor village girl from Garhwal.
Nirmal Chawla
Ist Lady Indian pilot to                    Sarla Thakral
participate in any war (Kargil),       first Indian woman
she was flying 'Chetak' India's                      Pilot 1936.
best fighter Chopper.     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   209
Overseas Hindu Women Power
                   Asha Srinivasan – USA-                                        Chitra Bharucha
                   26 year old PhD student -                                           UK - BBC
                   one of top 15 Music
                   Directors in USA.                                                    2nd in charge

                             Indra Nooyi – USA-
                             CEO PepsiCo,                                                   Gurinder
                             3rd most powerful lady                                         Chadha,
                             in the world.                                          Film Director
                                                                                        from UK



                                                                                     Kiran Desai
                                                                                 Youngest woman
                                                                                    Booker Prize
19 year old Kavya Viswanathan of                                                      winner UK
Harvard University USA. Her best selling
novel will be filmed. She got $500,000 from
the publisher of her novel.
                              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda     210
Overseas Hindu Women Power
Sa Ding Ding
Chinese Fast Rising Singer
In 2008 she won the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award
for the Asia-Pacific region.
She sings in variety of languages including Chinese,
Sanskrit and Tibetans.




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Overseas Indians in Sports
                                                          Mohini Bharadwaj,
   Sthalekar                                         USA 2004 Olympics Siver
   Australian Cricket                                Medal winner in athletics
   team Captain




                                                    Sherpa Tensing Norgay
                                                     of Nepal first to climb the
                                                          world’s highest peak
   Vijay Singh,                                        Sagarmatha on 29 May
   Fiji, Golf World                                                        1953.
   #1



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Women Empowerment Today
       26 – 50%         of     Indians     are     Poor
l Rehabilatation, Social Development, Economic Self Sufficiency of
    Rag- Pickers (rsdess)
l Child Labour Project
l Integrated Programme for Street Children
l Sponsorship Programme for Destitute Girls
l Environment Improvement Project
l Shikshalaya Prakalpa (educational centres and
  mid day meal)
l Income Generating Activities – Self-Help Groups
l Involve in Local Govt Initiatives
l Self Help Groups

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William James on Swami Vivekanand
  The Paragon of all Monastic systems is the Vedanta
  Philosophy of Hindustan and the paragon of Vedantic
  missionaries was the late Swami Vivekanand who visited
  our land some years ago.

  Swami is simply a wonder for oratorical power.

  Swami Vivekanad is an honor
  to humanity in any case.

William James      USA,          1842 – 1910 A.D.
                American Philosopher and Psychologist who
                   developed the philosophy of Pragmatism

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Women and the Divine Word (Vedas)
        l   Hindus have four revealed texts: Rigveda,
            Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda
        l   Of the 407 Sages of Rigveda, 21 are women.
                                Rigveda
            Many significant hymns are by women
            (Brahma Vadinis).
        l   Recitation of Atharvaveda starts with invocation
            to Devi: “shanno devirbhishtiye…”. Book XIV of
            this Veda and sections in other books also
            attributed to Women Sages (‘Rishikā’)
        l   Recitation of Samaveda often accompanied by
            playing of instruments by women.
        l  Several mantras from Yajurveda (e.g. Sukla
           YV 5.17) specifically recited by women.
        CONCLUSION: The belief that women cannot
           study the Vedas is false, and later concoction.


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Women as Vedic Deities (Devis)
                    Gayatri, the Mother of Vedas (Atharva Veda
                    19.71.1)
                   Both male and female deities are extolled in the
                    hymns ('Apri Suktas') of all revealed texts of
                    Hindus and in the family prayers of all the 10
                    lineages of Vedic Sages.
                   Devis such as Ila, Bharati, Usha are said to be
                    ‘sweetly smiling, shining ones, splendid and
                    beautiful, possessors of wisdom, teachers of
                    mankind, fulfiller of boons, foremost amongst
                    those to whom worship is offered, mother of
                    Devas.’ Always worshipped with male Devas.
                   Supreme Being referred to in NEUTER gender
                    (e.g., Ekam Sat vipra, Rigveda 1.164.46, has
                    Ekam and Sat in neuter)  God is NOT a male
                   God also referred to as irreproachable wife of
                    the worshipper (husband) in Rigveda 1.73.3


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Veda as a Woman
            Divine Word (‘Vac’) is considered a
             Devi. In later Hinduism, Sarasvati is
             the patron deity of Vedas, music,
             arts and all learning. Vac Sukta
             (Rigveda 10.125) dealing with
             revelation of Vedas is attributed to
             Rishika Vagambhrina
            Vedic texts often referred to in
             feminine. E.g., Shrimati Rigveda
             Samhita
            Sarasvati     River,   the   earthly
             manifestation of Devi Sarasvati gave
             rise to Vedic-Harappan culture.
            The Gayatri Mantra, the holiest
             prayer of Hindus in the Vedas, is
             often represented symbolically as a
             Devi in classical Hinduism.
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I. Shaakta: Shakti, the Powerful Devi,
     Killer of Mahishaasura




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I. Shaakta:
Durga, the Beautiful Divine Mother




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II. Shaiva: Ardhanaariishvara
       God as Half-Woman
                In Shaiva tradition, God often
                 represented as a half woman
                In Vaishnava tradition, Vishnu
                 often incarnates as a woman to
                 preserve and protect Dharma
                 (Mohini avatar)
                When God is worshipped as
                 ‘parent’,     ‘mother’      takes
                 precedence over ‘father’ aspect.
                Both Women and Men are
                 manifestations of God (contrast:
                    According to the Abrahamic faiths,
                    man was created in the image of God,
                    and women from that man’s extra rib!)

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II. Shaiva -
Parvati as an equal of Shiva




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III. Vaishnava-
Shriman Narayana, Vishnu who dwells with Shri (Lakshmi)
                           "Sage Parashar said:
                           O Maitreya! Always a companion of
                             Vishnu and the Mother of this Universe,
                             Devi Lakshmi is eternal. Vishnu is
                             omnipresent, so is She. If She is speech,
                             Vishnu is the object of description.
                             Vishnu is the Law, and She is the Policy.
                             Lord Vishnu is knowledge, she is
                             intelligence. He is Dharma, She is good
                             karma. If Vishnu is the Creator, She is
                             the Creation (that abides eternally with
                             Him). He is the mountain, She is Earth.
                             He is the virtue of contentment, She is
                             the all satisfying. If Lord Vishnu is
                             desire, She is the object of desire. He is
                             the sacred Vedic ritual, she is the
                             priestly fee...“
                                           (Vishnu Purana 1.8.17-20ab)

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III. Avataras of Shri -Vishnu
1. Radha-Krishna or Rukmini-Krishna

                                Shri Krishna worshipped
                                 together with Radha or with
                                 Rukmini
                                In some Vaishnava sects,
                                 Radha considered more
                                 important than Krishna
                                Independent Hindu spiritual
                                 texts with names such as
                                    ‘Sitopanishad’, ‘Radhopanishad’
                                    and so on exist, which extol
                                    the greatness of the Devis in
                                    the divine pairs.

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III. Avataras of Shri-Vishnu
              2. Sita-Rama
                       Sita-ji, a Nepalese princess,
                        is considered one of five
                        ‘Satis’ (virtuous women)
                           When God is worshipped as
                            ‘Divine Couple’ by Hindus,
                            the name of the feminine
                            typically precedes that of
                            masculine. E.g., ‘Sita-Ram’,
                            ‘Radhe-Shyam’,         ‘Uma-
                            Mahesh’ or ‘Shri Vishnu’
                           Numerous       shrines   and
                            sacred sites named after Sita
                            (Sitapur, Sitamarhi, Sita ki
                            Rasoi etc.)
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Conclusion: Feminine Theology -
A Gift of Hindus to the World
 Hinduism is the ONLY major religion that worships God also as
  a woman. All other major faiths see God as a ‘Fatherly’ figure
  only.
 Even in Male oriented traditions, Devi plays an important role.
 In Hindu Dharma, Wisdom/Knowledge, Prosperity, Power etc.,
  represented symbolically by feminine Hindu deities
 It is not surprising that words denoting the Feminine Power of
  God, such as Shakti, Kali and so on have become a part of the
  New Age vocabulary because there is a deficiency of such terms
  in other organized religions. There is even a perfume launched
  by the name ‘Kali’ in the west
CONCLUSION: A woman can be a good Hindu and also
  a feminist at the same time.
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The Real Bread Giver
Ancient Hindu Roots of
Feminine Ecology and Environmentalism
                   Entire Universe is ‘alive’, pervaded by
                    Supreme Being : Body of God
                   Earth and Nature are called ‘Mother
                    Earth’ and ‘Prakriti’ (feminine) in
                    Hindu philosophy
                   Ma Ganga: Rivers are manifestations of
                    feminine deities
                   Grains are manifestations of Devi
                    Annapuurnaa
                   Trees and Forests are abode of feminine
                    deities: Sacred groves, sacred trees,
                    sacred plants
                   Mother Cow: symbol of motherly love,
                    sacred animal
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The Notion of ‘Motherland’
                    One’s country is always termed as
                     ‘Motherland’, never as Fatherland
                     in recognition of the fact that the
                     land we live in nurtures us lovingly
                     as our own mother. Indians often
                     worship India as ‘Bharatmata’.
                    “Janani          janmabhumishcha,
                     svargaadapi gariiyasi” (Sri Rama
                     said that one’s mother and
                     motherland are superior to Heaven)
                    Iconic representation of Bharat
                     Mata



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There are more than 35
                    synonyms for woman in
                    Sanskrit.

                   Each synonym explains
                   the role she has play in the
                   society around her.
                   Ex: Stree,Vanitaa,
                   Pradeepadarshini,
                   Kaantaa, Soubhaagyaa.
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Philanthropist Hindu Ladies –
    Rani Rashmoni
Rani Rashmoni Devi (1793-1861) was the widow of
   a rich landowner (Zamindar) and managed his
   estate very efficiently after his death. Once when
   the Rani was on her way to a pilgrimage to
   Varanasi, Goddess Kali appeared to her in a
   dream and asked the Rani to return to Kolkata
   and construct a temple in that town. Thus was
   built the famous Dakshineshvar temple (later
   associated       with      Saint       Ramakrishna
   Paramahamsa). She also repaired the sacred
   steps (‘ghats’) on the banks of the Bhagarathi
   river (distributary of Ganga flowing past
   Kolkata) and made handsome endowments to
   the Hindu College (now called The Presidency
   College) and the Imperial Library (now called
   The National Library) in Kolkata. She also had
   a road constructed from the Subarnarekha river
   (that flows past the town of Jamshedpur) to the
   Hindu pilgrim center of Puri for the welfare of
   pilgrims.
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Women as Warriors, Warrior Queens
              When the ruler Dalpat Rai of Gondwana died
                in 1548, Rani Durgavati became the regent
                Queen on behalf of her infant son Bir
                Narayan and ruled her kingdom ably for
                16 years. The Moghul Emperor Akbar
                invaded her kingdom in 1564. She fought
                bravely and when defeat was imminent,
                she chose to commit suicide by plunging a
                dagger into herself. She may have lost her
                life in the battlefield but Akbar could not
                subjugate her loyal subjects completely.
              OTHER Examples: Hindu Queen Kota Rani
                of Kashmir pushed back Tartar invaders.
                Queen Rudramba of Andhra Pradesh
                punished revolts and evil feudal lords.

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Rani Chenamma of Kittur
                   Rani Chennamma of Kittur (1778-1829)
                     received training in horse riding,
                     sword fighting and archery in her
                     young age. She was married to Raja
                     Mullasarja of Kittur, a princely state
                     in Belgaum in Karnataka. Her
                     husband died in 1816. Her only son
                     died in 1824. Chennamma adopted
                     Shivalingappa as her son and made
                     him heir to the throne. The British did
                     not accept this and ordered the
                     expulsion of Shivalingappa. The Rani
                     defied the order. A great battle
                     ensued. The Rani fought the British
                     with great courage and skill. She
                     could not, however, hold out for long.
                     She was taken captive and lodged in
                     Bailhongal Fort where she died in
                     early 1829.
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Rani Avantibai
Rani Avantibai : When Vikramaditya
  Singh, the ruler of Ramgarh State died
  leaving behind his wife Avantibai and no
  heir to the throne, the British put the
  state under court administration.
  Avantibai vowed to win back her land
  from the British. She raised an army of
  four thousand men and led it herself
  against the British in 1857. A fierce
  battle ensured and Avantibai fought
  most valiantly but could not hold out for
  long against the superior strength of the
  British army. When her defeat become
  imminent she killed herself with her own
  sword and became a martyr in March
  1858.
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Preferring Death to Dishonor
                      To avoid capture and abuse by
                       Muslim invaders, Hindu women
                       committed Jauhar. E.g. Rani
                       Padmini of Chittor lead 700
                       women into fire pit to escape the
                       lust of Allauddin Khilji
                      Women were soldiers and spies in
                       Vedic, Mauryan and Sikh armies
                      Used their charms to kill invaders
                       and temple breakers
                      Women donated jewelery and
                       money to fund national defense.
                      Unlike other religions, Hindu
                       warfare forbade capturing and
                       abusing enemy women
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Women and Hindu Sprituality
        Hindus have been blessed with a continuous, unbroken chain
         of women Saints , Yoginis, Nuns (Saadhvi), Priestesses
         (panditaa), Ascetics (Bhikshuni) and Seers (Rishika)
         who roam all over the world to this day to preach the eternal
         message of our Dharma.
        Numerous women Hindu priests and Gurus serve the laity in
         the United States as well, and preside over temple
         management, monasteries and other Hindu
         institutions.Buddhism and Jainism, two offshoots of Hindu
         Dharma, also have had prominent orders of nuns.
        Hindu texts are unanimous in declaring that God does not
         differentiate between men and women. In the Hindu
         philosophy of Bhakti, or devotion to God, the cowherd
         women (gopi-s) who resided in the region of Braj in northern
         India are held as exemplars for all mankind.
        In traditional enumerations of pious people who were saved
         by the liberating power of God, both men and women are
         listed without prejudice.



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Women in Hindu spiritual texts
                    The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the longest text of
                        Hindu spirituality, describes the proceedings of a
                        marvelous spiritual conference in which the great
                        Sage Yajnavalkya was locked in a debate with
                        several Sages on the other side. Suddenly, a
                        woman sage named Gargi Vachnavi rises
                        and says that if Sage Yajnavalkya can answer her
                        questions, all the other Sages will accept his
                        doctrines . It is noteworthy that all the Sages
                        present there accept her as their spiritual leader
                        and allow her to represent them on their behalf.
                        In the same text, Maitreyi, the wife of
                        Yajnavalkya, motivates him to deliver a
                        memorable sermon on the nature of God and
                        soul. Modern India has honored these illustrious
                        women by founding colleges bearing their names.
                        In a long spiritual lineage given in this text, all
                        the teachers and students are listed as sons of
                        their mothers.
                     Yajnavalkya with Gargi and Maitreyi
                    In Kena Upanishad, spiritual wisdom appears to
                        Indra as ‘Uma’ Brahmavidya, a woman.
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Andal - One of the 12 Alvar Saints
The Lady who would marry none but Lord Vishnu
                   Andal was the adopted daughter of
                     Vishnuchitta, who gathered flowers for
                     a Vishnu temple in Tamil Nadu. Once,
                     he found her wearing the flowers that he
                     had offered to Bhagawan and was
                     angry. But Andal said that she was
                     married to Lord Vishnu, and the Lord
                     Himself appeared to Vishnuchitta in a
                     dream to confirm this. Andal wrote very
                     soul-stirring songs of devotion (called
                     Tiruppavai) which are sung during the
                     month of Margali (Dec-Jan) in several
                     parts of India. Tiruppavai has been
                     translated into several languages and
                     included in the Shri Vaishnava tradition
                     liturgy.
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Meerabai
the Princess who wedded Lord Krishna
                         Meerabai (16th century) was a Rajput
                           Princess of Mewar who decided in her
                           childhood that her husband was Lord
                           Krishna. She was married to a Rajput
                           prince, but forsaking all formal ties, she
                           traveled between various religious centers
                           associated with Lord Krishna. Her Hindi
                           bhajans (devotional songs) in praise of
                           Rama and Krishna are very popular even
                           today. Meerabai’s soul merged with that
                           of Lord Krishna in Dwaraka when she
                           was 67 years old. Andal-Goda’s songs are
                           recited daily in Shri Vaishnava Hindu
                           liturgy in temples as well as in homes, in
                           India as well as outside India. Her icon is
                           frequently placed alongside that of Lord
                           Vishnu and Devi Lakshmi in temples.

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More examples of Hindu Women Saints

Lalleshvari of Kashmir (14th cent.)
Akka Mahadevi of Karnataka (12th cent.)
Kaarikkaal Ammaiyaar of Tamil Nadu (before 600
 CE)
Muktabai of Maharashtra (13th cent.)
Janabai of Maharashtra (13-14th cent.)
 Meera, Akka Mahadevi, Lalleshvari, Andal and other
  saintly women of medieval India are considered some of
  the foremost Hindu Sages. Their writings are treated as
  scripture, and chanted with great regard to this day.

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Shree Shree Ma Anandamoyi
          In more recent times, Shree Shree Ma
             Anandamoyi (1896-1982), born in Khera
             in what is now Bangladesh , was a Hindu
             woman mystic whose own husband
             became her devotee, and who was held
             in great reverence even by Mahatma
             Gandhi. She traveled far and wide,
             preaching compassion and spirituality,
             and was instrumental in the setting up of
             many hospitals and other charitable
             institutions.
          Her Ashram in Bangladesh was recently
             destroyed by Islamists.
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Women Saints: Ammachi
www.ammachi.org
                          Mata Amritanandamayi, known as
                           the ‘Hugging Saint’ – spreads
                           divine love by embracing her
                           millions of devotees and leaving a
                           profound positive impact on them.
                          Born in a poor Harijan Hindu
                           family of Kerala, she spreads the
                           doctrine of Bhakti
                          Donated Rs 1 billion for Tsunami
                           2004 relief, offered to adopt all
                           children orphaned in Kerala
                          Opened numerous charitable
                           hospitals, free housing for poor,
                           schools

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Women Saints: Mata Nirmala Devi
                             Born to a Christian priest
                              in India, she converted to
                              Hindu Dharma
                             Discovers ‘Sahaja Yoga’,
                              which can be practiced
                              by all.
                             Travels tirelessly to
                              preach Sahaja Yoga to
                              people all nationalities
                              and religions

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Foreign Disciple of a Hindu Saint
Sister Nivedita
            Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble) born in
               1867 in Northern Ireland, met Swami
               Vivekananda in London in 1895 and
               became his disciple. She came to India in
               1898. In India she engaged herself in
               running a school for girls and young
               women. After Swamiji's death she
               involved herself actively in the Indian
               Freedom Movement. She wrote several
               books that present different aspects of
               Hinduism and Buddhism in a very lucid
               manner for the lay readership. She died
               in 1911.

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Mother Mira Aditi
A foreign disciple who became a Hindu Saint

                          ‘The Mother’, was the spiritual
                          companion or the first disciple of
                          Shri Aurobindo, one of the most
                          influential Hindu Sage of our times.
                          She had visions about him even
                          before she met him and became Self-
                          realized/God-realized following the
                          Integral Yoga he was
                          developing/teaching). Originally
                          from France, she followed him to
                          India, where she spent the rest of her
                          life providing spiritual leadership to
                          Shri Aurobindo’s disciples.


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Ma Sharada
The Widow of a Saint becomes a Saint

                            Sharada Devi (b. 1853), the wife of
                              Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa,
                              a Hindu Saint who lived in the
                              19th century. After Ramakrishna
                              Paramahamsa passed away in
                              1886, she continued to guide her
                              husband’s followers till her own
                              death in 1920. Portraits of the
                              two are worshipped together by
                              followers of this Hindu saint
                              even today.



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Feminine Spirituality-
  Conclusions
It would be a fair statement to make that of all the
 organized global religions in the world today,
 women perhaps have the most visible and
 prominent presence in Hindu Dharma.
Feminine spirituality is not something that needs
 to be grafted onto Hindu Dharma. It has always
 been a part of the core of our faith.


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Hindu Women as Freedom Fighters
 Sarojini Naidu, the ‘Nightingale of
  India’
 Broke social taboos, had an intercaste
  marriage
 Gifted poetess and author, wrote a
  4000 line Persian play when she was 14
  yrs
 Injected humor in India’s freedom
  movement (called Gandhiji a ‘mickey
  mouse’ and Nehru a ‘handsome
  prince’)
 Many other Hindu women fought for
  freedom, eg. Sucheta Kriplani,
  Kasturba Gandhi, Nelli Sengupta,
  Annie Besant, Vijayalaxmi Pandit
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Hindu Women in Social Roles
              Why does this woman look
               unhappy?
              Ans: Hinduism has a mixed
               record when we deal with the
               social status of women. It is
               extremely important to make
               this admission without any
               reservations, because we
               cannot solve problems unless
               we recognize them.


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Why does tradition sometimes fail to
do justice to women?
                          In the worldview of classical Hindu texts, the
                              wife was not a producer of wealth. Her
                              sphere of activity was restricted to her home,
                              and her family members. She did all the
                              household chores, managed her husband’s
                              wealth, maintained her household
                              possessions, brought up children, cooked
                              food for the family, served her husband and
                              took a leading role in fulfilling several
                              domestic ritual observances. This was true
                              for all traditional societies, and things are
                              changing very fast in Hindu societies today
                              with more and more women exploring
                              opportunities for self-fulfillment outside their
                              homes with the support of their husbands and
                              other family members. In fact, it was never
                              entirely true that women do not produce
                              wealth. Since times immemorial, Hindu
                              women have worked in the fields, as artisans
                              and so on.
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• Vandaneeya Lakshmi bai
                        kelkar (1905 – 1978).
                        • Founder of Rashtra
                        Sevika Samiti: 1936.
                        • Put forth 3 ideals for
                        women:
                        • Maatrutva ,Kartrutva &
                        Netrutva.


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Matrutva : Ideal Mother-Jija bai.
l In Mahabharata, Kunti inspired
  Pandavas to fight for their rights.
  She is one of the five
  ‘panchakanyas’
l Jijabai inspired Shivaji to defeat
  Islamist ruler Aurangzeb and
  liberate our land from oppression
l Many grateful Hindu scholars
  named their works after their wives
  (e.g, Vedanta text Bhamati) or
  daughters (e.g., Math text Lilavati)
l Women made saints out men, e.g.,
  Ratnavali inspired Tulsidas to
  become a great saint

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Kartrutva : Achiever
Ahalyabai Holkar
                Queen Ahalyabai Holkar (1725-1795) of
                  the princely state of Indore in central
                  India is often held as an example of an
                  ideal Hindu sovereign. She inherited
                  her kingdom from her father in law
                  since her husband and her son were
                  already dead. Ahalyabai ruled her
                  kingdom       with      great   ability,
                  benevolence and compassion for 30
                  years. Numerous trusts and institutions
                  founded in her memory by both her
                  descendants as well as by others attest
                  to her exalted status in the Indian
                  society.
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Netrutva: Rani Lakshmibai
  Ideal Leader

l The legendary Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
  fought bravely against British invaders in
  1857 and died on the battlefield. She is
  considered the Joan of Arc of India and is
  glorified in several Hindi ballads and
  poems. The words ‘Khoob ladi mardaani,
  woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi’ from a poem
  in her honor written by the poetess
  Subhadra Kumari Chauhan are known to
  every school-going student in the Hindi
  speaking areas of northern India.

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Can women
in this era
make a
Difference ?
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Panditaa:
Hindu women as priests
                                 A panditaa performing wedding
                                  ceremony
                                 Social reformers such as Dayanand
                                  Saraswati (1824-1883) championed the
                                  rights of women to study Vedas and
                                  perform rituals like male priests. His
                                  followers like Lala Devraj started Vedic
                                  schools for women)
                                 Upasani Baba in Ahmadnagar and Udyan
                                  Mangala Karyalaya in Pune train women
                                  pandits and Vedic scholars. In recent
                                  years, more women than men have
                                  become Hindu priests in Pune.
                                 There are now 1000s of Hindu women
                                  priests all over the world and are in great
                                  demand because they are considered
                                  more sincere.

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Vidushi:
Women scholars of Hindu Dharma
               Dozens of women Sages (Rishikas) in Vedas and
                  Upanishads. Saulabha Shakha of Rigveda named after
                  Rishika Sulabhaa
                Scholars: Bhikshuni Sulabha in Mahabharata, Women
                  grammarians/teachers mentioned in Ashtadhyayi of
                  Panini, and Mahabhashya of Patanjali. Atreyi learned
                  Vedas and Vedanta from Valmiki.
                Judges: Ubhaya Bharati judged the winner in a debate
                  between Adi Shankaracharya and Mandana Mishra (her
                  own husband).
                Upaadhyaaya and Acharyaa: Temples such as Lingaraj
                  (Orissa) show women teachers with both male and female
                  students.
                Poetesses: Gangadevi (14th cent) wrote the Sanskrit epic
                  ‘Madhuravijayam’. Avvaiyaar and many women
                  poetesses in Tamil Sangam literature.
                 Dr Vasudha Narayanan (Univ of Fl), first non-Judeo
                  Christian President of American Academy of Religion is
                  a devout Hindu

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Hindu Women as Artistes-1
              Hindu music and dance has always
                  had a very strong connection with
                  women. Devi Sarasvati is the patron
                  deity of all art, music, literature,
                  drama and dance and her blessings
                  are invoked whenever artists
                  commence their work or
                  performance. Most of the classical
                  dance forms of Hindus such as
                  Balinese (in Indonesia), Kuchipudi,
                  Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and
                  Garba are dominated by women
                  performers today.
               Odissi Dancer
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Hindu Women as Artistes -2
Even in dance forms where women do not
  participate, their status is quite exalted.
  For instance, Kathakali dance of Kerala
  is traditionally performed by men who
  wear masks of different colors to
  denote different categories of persons.
  Interestingly, the masks for women as
  well as for all divine characters (devas)
  are painted white in order to indicate
  their holy, pure and exalted status.
  Many traditional folk dance forms such
  as Pandavani of Chhattisgarh are being
  promoted by women such as Teejanbai.
          Balinese dancer in Indonesia 
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Melody Queen, Lata Mangeshkar
 Lata Mangeshkar, a devoted Hindu
 lady, is considered one of the foremost
 women singers in Indian film industry.
 She is credited with singing hundreds
 of devotional Hindu songs in several
 Indian and non-Indian languages. She
 spends a considerable portion of her
 income on charitable causes such as
 repairs of temples and is presently
 engaged in the construction of a
 hospital in the memory of her father in
 the city of Pune.

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M S Subbulakshmi
Goddess’ own voice
           M S Subhalakshmi is likewise the greatest singer of
              the classical Hindu Carnatic Music style. For her
              soul stirring renderings of devotional songs from
              Hindu tradition, she has been honored by
              numerous prominent religious leaders. She
              played the role of Saint Meerabai in a celebrated
              Hindi movie on the life of the saint. A ‘low-
              caste’ Hindu, she has instituted scholarships for
              poor Brahmin boys engaged in the oral
              preservation of Vedic texts in southern India.
              Performed hundreds of charity concerts for
              Hindu charitable schools and hospitals.
           She has sung at the UNO General Assembly.
           ‘M.S.’ (as she was popularly known), passed away
              in December 2004, but her voice lives on……

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Concluding Thoughts
  Yes! women can make a difference if they realize their
      responsibility in the society working in the lines of
              Maatrutva, Kartrutva, Netrutva.

 “In the past 2,000 years, Christians and Muslims, and most recently the
Communists, conspired to wipe out our memories clean of tens of thousands
of years of Goddess spirituality in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle
East, Central and East Asia, and Australia. I offer this book as a small token
    of my overwhelming gratitude to the people of India, who in spite of
continual invasions by hostile cultures seeking to impose their own religions
on the subcontinent, fought to keep the light of inner traditions of the Mother
                                     of the
               Universe alive.” As said By : Linda Johnsen


http://www.goddessfriends.com shows that America is also thinking on the lines of
                           reviving the Goddess worship.
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Women in Pre Islamic Arabia
    Costumes of Arab women, fourth to sixth century.
    women before Islam were more liberated; eg Khadija, a rich,
     twice widowed business woman who employs Muhammed
    before marrying him, Muhammad's parents, worship of
    female goddess's at Mecca.




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Women In Islam
Women in Islam:
Certain types of testimony by women will not be accepted. In
other cases, the testimony of two women can equal that of
one man.
RAPE: result in minimal punishment for offenders or
severe punishment for victims.
HONOR KILLINGS              murders, nearly exclusively of
women, of persons who are perceived as having brought
dishonor to their families.
TALAQ For both Shi'a and Sunni Muslims, the right to
demand a divorce is primarily for men. Unless otherwise
specified in the marriage contract, women can only seek
divorce through court proceedings by convincing a qadi to
grant a divorce.

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Women In Islam
Women in Islam:
TRAVEL:        Women are forbidden to drive in Saudi
Arabia per a 1990 fatwa (religious ruling); When the
Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they issued a 2001 decree that
also banned women from driving.
DRESS CODE               Arab women often observe purdah
(the practice of preventing men from seeing women).
Sartorial hijab, and the veil in particular, has often been
viewed by Westerners as a sign of oppression of Muslim
women. It has also been the cause of much debate, especially
in Europe amid increasing immigration of Muslims; the 2006
United Kingdom debate over veils and the 2004 French law
on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools
are two notable examples.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:
Women's right to become imams, is disputed by many.
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Women In Islam


Women in Islam:
Women                       And                         Politics:
   In the hadith Sahih Bukhari 5:59:709, Muhammad said
   that people with a female ruler will never be successful.


Hindu Past & Muslim Women Heads of States:
   Only Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia had women
   Heads of State and it is no wonder since these countries
   have a Hindu past.




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The Satanic Verses

The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
The title refers to what are known as the satanic verses, a
   group of apocryphal Qur'an verses that allowed for
   prayers of intercession to be made to three Pagan
   Meccan goddesses: Allat, Uzza, and Manat. The
   part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" in
   the book was based on the accounts of the historians al-
   Waqidi and al-Tabari.
In the United Kingdom, the book was well received among
    critics. It was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist, eventually
    losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda, and won the
    Whitbread Award for novel of the year.




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Women in Christianity

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Dharma Jagaran
1 Million /10 Lacs Muslims in Indonesia
                   converted to Hinduism in past 10 years
                   in Java, Sumatera, Borneo, Kalimantan etc.
Millions / Lacs of aborigines in Philippines jungles
                 are still practicing their ancient Hinduism.
Millions / Lacs of men and women
                 are devotees of ISKCON, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,
                   Mata Amritanand, Bhagwan Satya Sai Baba,
                   Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Dalai Lama and
                   many other Swamijis.

Millions / Lacs of Muslims and Christians are practicing
                   Yoga, Meditation, Vegetarianism, Vippasana,
Millions / Lacs of men and women have strong faith in
        Vedic Culture like
               Rebirth, BhagwadThoughts Ayurveda, Bharata Natyam, etc
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Dharma Jagaran From Islam
•   Bukka I            - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted
                               to Islam, then reconverted
•   Harihara I         - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted
                               to Islam, then reconverted
•   Mirza Salih         - Prominent Mughal official and member of
                               the Darbar of emperor Akbar

•   Annapurna Devi                (Roshanara Khan), - surbahar
                                 (bass sitar) player and music teacher
                                 in the North Indian classical tradition
•   Aashish Khan             (born Ustad Aashish Khan Debsharma),
                                 Indian musician, the son of sarod
                                 maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
•   Hassan Palakkode             Malayali writer on Islam
•   Nafisa Ali,                  former Miss India and social activist
•   Nargis Dutt                  (Fatima Rashid),
                                 famous Bollywood actress
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Dharma Jagaran From Islam
•    Pandit Tansen Pandey (born Ustad Hussainuddin Khan
                                                Dagur) - Dhrupad Singer
•    Rizwanur Rahman                   - Bengali designer who died in
                                            a mysterious way
•    Mohammad Umer                  - Bhopal man whose marriage was
                                    upheld by the Supreme Court of
     India
•    Ifa Sudewi      - Chief judge for the 2002 Bali bombing trials
•    Revathi Masoosai,        Muslim born Malaysian convert
•    Anwar Shaikh                              - British author.

    Conversion From Islam to Buddhism
•     Tillakaratne Dilshan                      - SriLankan Cricket Player
•     Wong Ah Kiu                               - Muslim born Malay convert

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Dharma Jagaran From Christianity
•   Agehananda Bharati
                     (born Leopold Fischer) – academic
                     Sanskritist, a prolific author about
                     religious subjects, and a Hindu monk
                     in the Dasanami Sannyasi order

•   Annie Besant     Theosophist, orator and feminist

•   Job Charnock     The founder of Calcutta

•   Alice Coltrane    American jazz pianist, organist,
                     harpist, and composer

•   Nilla Cram Cook Associate of Mahatma Gandhi

•   Alain Daniélou       French historian, intellectual,
                      musicologist, Indologist
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Dharma Jagaran From Christianity

•   Ambarish Das                (born Alfred Ford) - American
                               businessman, great-grandson of
                               Henry Ford a disciple of
                               Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
                               founder of ISKCON
•   Bhagavan Das                  (born Kermit Michael Riggs)
                                       - Western Yogi

•   Shaunaka Rishi Dasa         - born into an Irish Christian family
                               and founder of the Oxford Centre for
                               Hindu Studies
•   Urmila Devi Dasi            (born Edith E. Best) - leading female
                               disciples of Srila Prabhupada
                               specializing in primary and secondary
                               education

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Dharma Jagaran From Christianity
•   Ram Dass - Spiritual teacher
•   Roy Eugene Davis - American Kriya Yoga teacher
•   Ma Jagattarini Devi - (born Janne Wesly) former hollywood
    actress
•   Krishna Dharma - British author and convert to Gaudiya
    Vaishnavism under ISKCON
•   John Dobson - astronomer and telescope designer
•   David Frawley - author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda
•   Heather Graham - American Actress
•   Kelli Williams - American Actress
•   George Harrison - popular English guitarist, singer, songwriter,
    record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of
    The Beatles who passed away chanting the Hare Krishna
    Mahamantra in the company of monks from ISKCON. He is also
    known for donating Bhaktivedanta Manor, a Hindu temple to the
    Hare Krishna community in Britain
•   Jon B. Higgins - American musician, scholar, and teacher
    known for his rare skill as Thoughts Come toin the field of Carnatic music
                       Let Noble a foreigner us from all Directions- Rig Veda 272
Dharma Jagaran From Christianity
•   Lex Hixon - poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner and
    teacher
•   Aldous Huxley - English writer who emigrated to the United
    States, author of Brave New World
•   Christopher Isherwood - Anglo-American novelist
•   Jomol - Malayali actress
•   Timothy Leary - Harvard professor and American writer and
    psychologist
•   Stephen Knapp - American author and convert to Gaudiya
    Vaishnavism and member of ISKCON
•   Swami Kriyananda (born J. Donald Walters) - direct disciple of
    the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda
•   Joe Don Looney - professional American football player
•   John McLaughlin - jazz fusion guitar player
•   Crispian Mills - English musician

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Dharma Jagaran From Christianity
•   Savitri Devi Mukherji (born Maximiani Portas) - French
    woman who became enamoured with Hinduism and trying to
    synthesise Hinduism with racial ideology
•   Swami B. G. Narasingha (born Jack B. Herber) - American
    Hindu monk,       author,        photographer,            videographer,         and
    documentarian
•   Sister Nivedita (born Margaret Elizabeth Noble) - Anglo-Irish
    social worker, author, and teacher
•   James Pomerantz - senior sitar disciple of Ali Akbar Khan of
    the Baba Allauddin Maihar Gharana
•   Swami Sivananda Radha - Canadian author on Hinduism and
    Hindu writer
•   Leelawathy Ramanathan - Australia-born Hindu writer and
    activist. Converted upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan
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Dharma Jagaran From Christianity
•   Mathias Rust       - German daredevil pilot

•   J. D. Salinger          - American author best known for
                               The Catcher in the Rye

•   Bhakti    Tirtha    Swami       (born John E. Favors)
                       - American Hindu leader and disciple of
                              Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

•   Kenneth R. Valpey          - Gaudiya Vaishnava Theologian who
                       studied at Oxford University, St. Cross
    College

•   Ricky Williams - Miami Dolphins football player


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Dharma Jagaran From Judaism

•   Krishna Das       (born Jeffrey Kagel) - singer who performs
                     Indian chants called kirtans

•   Ram Dass            (born Richard Alpert) - professor of
                     psychology at Harvard University

•   Hridayananda Goswami               (born Howard J. Resnick)
                     - American spiritual leader of the
                  International Society for Krishna Consciousness

•   Tamal Krishna Goswami               (born Thomas G. Herzig)
                     - governing body commissioner of the
                  International Society for Krishna Consciousness

•   Nina Hagen       - German singer
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Questions on Bible
•   Bible-believers often complain about sex in library books,
    television, movies, and art museums. These complaints, when
    successful, result in censorship. Christians should realize, however,
    that if any book is removed from the library because of its sexual
    content, then the Bible should also be removed.
•   I do object, though, to the Bible's sexual ethics. For example, in
    Genesis 19 Lot (who is called just and righteous in 2 Peter 2:7-8)
    gets drunk and impregnates his two virgin daughters. There is no
    indication that God disapproved of Lot's behavior.
•   Some of the material in the Bible is filthy by any standard. Yet
    Ezekiel 23:20 is part of the "pure word of God". (Psalm 12:6,
    119:140; Proverbs 30:5)
•   There is no figurative way of interpreting Leviticus 20:13 or Exodus
    22:18, for example. You either think it's a good idea to kill
    homosexuals and witches or you don't. If you don't, then say so --
    and then be honest enough to admit that the Bible is neither a good
    moral guide nor the inspired word of God.

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Questions on Bible
  •    Of all the books that I know of, the Bible is
       the most errant. It is by far the worst book
       I've ever read (with the possible exceptions of
       the Quran and the Book of Mormon). I know
       of no other book, for example, that
       commands you to kill homosexuals, Sabbath
       breakers, nonbelievers, rape victims who
       don't cry out loud enough, relatives if they
       believe differently than you, etc. These are
       serious errors; they should be taken seriously,
       especially since two billion people believe the
       Bible to be the inerrant word God.

  •    No one doubts, for example, that 1 Samuel
       15:2-3, Ezekiel 23:20, and Leviticus 19:18 are
       cruel, filthy, and good, respectively.




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Spreading Wings Abroad
    Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis died
    while treating wounded Chinese
    soldiers in Sino-Japanese war in
    1940.

                     Pandit Ravi Shankar


        What attracts Westerners
              to Hinduism
           Sanskrit, Yoga, Gita, Sewa,
          Ayurveda, Vedic Arts, Music

   Manimegalai, served the poor
   and sick in South East Asia 2000
   years before.
              Yoga Wizard Ramdev Baba
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Spreading Wings Abroad
             (Devotees in over 140 countries)
          Mata Amritananda                             Dalai Lama




                                                             Prabhupad


                 “Long after the British Empire has
                 been wiped out from the face of the
                 earth, the Gita will continue to give
                 consolation and peace to mankind.”
                 Warren Hastings, British governor
                 general of India between 1772 and
                 1785 AD.
Satya Sai Baba                                                    Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi has established (in 4 decades)
•a huge ashram in Iowa,
The sprawling Maharishi University of Management, has
563 students on campus from 68 countries.
•University's Argiro Student Center -- a 50,000 square-foot facility
that houses student lounges, an auditorium, student government,
meeting rooms, the dining hall and the World Peace Cafe, which
serves only vegetarian food.
•Classes now cost 2,500 dollars for a five-day session.
The transcendental meditation movement began in 1957 and was
brought to the United States in 1959.
The TM movement has now grown into a multibillion- dollar self-
help industry.
Many people practice the meditation technique of closing one's eyes
twice a day for 20 minutes while silently repeating a mantra to gain
deep relaxation.
About 300 million dollars – assets in USA, with its base in
Fairfield, Iowa, where it operates a university, the Maharishi
University of Management.
In 2001, disciples of the movement incorporated their own town,
Maharishi Let Noble Thoughts,Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 281
               Vedic City a few miles north of Fairfield.
Winning New Friends
                                           1. Franscois Gautier
                                           2. David Frawley
                                           3. Alan Ford




                                                 4. Arthur
                                                 Schopenhauer
                                                 5. Aldus Huxley
                                                 6. William Jones

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Winning New Friends
      Chinese PM Wen Jiabo
      recited ‘Aum Sahana
      Vavatu’ before Chinese              British PM Tony Blair
      Politburo                         condemned buldozing of
                                             Krishna temples in
                                        Kazghistan and Moscow

South Africa President
Thabo Mbeki recited                   Canadian PM Max Mulrony’s two sisters
Vedic Mantra                         have taken Diksha from a Himalayan Guru.
‘Sangachhadvam’                          Bahrain Sultan received several times
at Durban University to                Swami Chinmayananda ji in his palace for
emphasize unity in the midst                     discourses on Bhagwad Gita.
of racial diversities in Africa.
                                         Oman Sultan made India’s President
                                     Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma sit on his throne
                                                 and he himself sat below him.
Italy PM Benitto Craxi
visits Puttaparthy to pay               Several disciples of Sri Sri Ravishankar
respects to his Guru                     are heads of states in different countries.
Satya Sai Baba
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Hindu Administrative Power
        Achievements of Administrators,
            Managers, Judges, Ministers
Ancient Times
   Raja Harishchandra, Raja Shibi, Dileep, Ashok, Chanakya, Ram
   Shastri, Ahalya Devi, Pandiyan Nedunchezhiyan, Manu Needi
   Cholan,

Modern Indian Administrators, Ministers
   Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,
   T.N.Seshan, President Abdul Kalam, Justice Kode, Public
   Prosecutor Nigam, Kiran Bedi,
Overseas Hindu Heads of States & Peoples
   Representatives


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Indian Heads of States


   Seewoosagar Ramgoolam, Anerood                            Devan Nair & SR Nathan of
   Jugnauth , Dr Navin Ramgoolam of                                SINGAPORE
                 Mauritius




                                   Anand Satyanand                         Mahendra Chaudhry,
                                                           Basdeo Pandy
                                                                                 FIJI
                                     New Zealand            TRINIDAD
Cheddi Jagan & Bharat Jagdev
         of Guyana         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   285
Hindu Ministers & Elected Representatives in 15 countries
           Dato Samyvelu, Union Cabinet Minister in Malaysia.
                    Canada, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Mauritius, South
                    Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji also
                    have ministers of Indian origin. In UK there are more
                    than 8 MPs.


                  Smt. Kamala Prasad is the leader of opposition in
                  Trinidad. Smt. Sukhwinder Kaur was mayor of
                  Christchurch in New Zealand for two terms. In UK
                  Conservative party has chosen Priti Patel as the
                  candidate for MP seat. She is expected to become Britain’s
                  first Asian woman MP. The list goes on……. UK


           Swati Dandekar won the state election in Iowa, USA. She is
           among the eight Indian American candidates who won the state
           elections in 2004.

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Prominent Indian Scientists/
       Professionals in USA, UK

Dr. C.K.Prahlad                  Most Intelligent Person
Laxminiwas Mittal                Largest Steel producer
Kalpana Chawla                   Astronaut Space
Vinod Dahm                       Pentium Chip creator
Sabeer Bhatia                    Hotmail creator
     (world’s No 1 web based email program)
Vinod Khosla                     Sun Micro-systems Co Founder
Arun Netravalli                  President AT & T Bell
                                 Labs C, C++, unix
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Prominent Indian Scientists/
     Professionals in USA, UK

Rajiv Gupta Hewlett Packard GM
Sanjay Tejwrika
        Director Microsoft Testing
Victor Menezes CEO of Citi Bank
Rajat Gupta
        Former CEO of Mckensey /
        Spl Advisor on Reforms to UN
        Secretary General Koufi Annan

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Prominent Indian Scientists/
     Professionals in USA, UK

Rana Talwar               CEO of Stanchart
Ajay Kumar
       NASA, Director of AeroDynamics
                    C.K. Prahlad
        Managemnt Guru and
        World’s Most Intelligent Person
Sashi Tharoor                         United Nations

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Resolutions to be Passed
1. Abrogate the Article 30 of Indian Constitution because it is discriminatory against majority community
(Hindus). It allows state and federal funding to minority institutions, including Madrasas that have become the
breeding ground for Islamic terrorism.
2. Implement Uniform Civil Code (Article 44).
3. Repeal Article 370 of India's Constitution in order to fully integrate Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of
India.
4. Expel all illegal infiltrators and set-up stringent conditions to prevent any further infiltration from
Bangladesh, Pakistan etc.
5. Free all Hindu temples from the Government control.
6. Ban cow slaughter throughout India.
7. Build Ramjnmabhoomi Temple at Ayodhya (India) by passing a law in the Parliament.
8. Restore the land allotment to the Board of Amarnath Shrine in Jammu.
9. No reservations of any kind on the basis of religion.
10. All citizens must be treated equally; there must be no appeasement and no discrimination.
11. Hindus should establish one billion dollar strong "Hindu Support Fund" to take care of Hindus suffering
from the terrorism.
12. In order to bring the Hindus of the world on one platform, Hindu leaders should agree to observe one day
in a year, preferably the Guru Purnima Day, as the "International Hindu Unity Day."
                                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda           290
1 Billion people, 1 Billion Gods




Lakshmi      Buddha                                   Shiva                 Devi
                                  Krsna
                                   Nanak




Saraswati   MuruganLet Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig VedaGanesha
                                                       Rama     SARASWATI
                                                                                 291
Quotes

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Cultural Friends of Bharat
                                         1. Ralph Waldo
                                            Emerson
                                         2. Henry David
                                            Thoreau
                                         3. Will Durant
                                         4. Arnold Toynbee

                                                  5. Arthur
                                                  Schopenhauer
                                                  6. Aldus Huxley
                                                  7. William Jones
                                                  8. Max Muller
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J. Robert Oppenheimer,
           American nuclear physicist
                 (1904-1967):

"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to
 burst into the sky, that would be like the
splendor of the Mighty One. . . . Now I am
 become death, the destroyer of worlds.“
 Oppenheimer "the father of the atomic bomb"
quoting from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita
 upon witnessing the mushroom cloud resulting
 from the detonation of the world’s first atomic
 bomb in New Mexico, U.S.A., on July 16, 1945.
   “Access to the Vedas is the greatest
 privilege this century may claim over all
            previous centuries.”
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Albert Einstein
                       (1879 -1955):

 “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect
    about how God created this universe
   everything else seems so superfluous.”

 "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us
 how to count, without which no worthwhile
 scientific discovery could have been made.”

“I have made the Gita as the main source of my
    inspiration and guide for the purpose of
 scientific investigations and formation of my
                    theories.”


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Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961),
       Austrian theoretical physicist,        Nobel Laureate 1933

On the dualism of mind and matter
"The only solution to this conflict, in so
far as any is available to us at all, lies in
the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad."
 “Some blood transfusion from the East to the West”
 to save Western science from spiritual anemia.”
 The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and
 continuity of wave mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a
 model of a great machine composed of separable interacting material
 particles.
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Niels Henrik David Bohr (1885-1962)
   Danish nuclear physicist who developed the
            Bohr model of the atom


              I go into the Upanishads to ask
                          questions.


   Asking questions about
Bible and Koran is heresy and
  invites death punishment.
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Romain Rolland (1866-1944),
         French Nobel laureate, thinker
Professor of the History of Music at the Sorbonne


         Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has
         never been allowed to run counter to scientific
         laws, moreover the former is never made a
         condition for the knowledge they teach, but there
         are always scrupulously careful to take into
         consideration the possibility that by reason both
         the agnostic and atheist may attain truth in their
         own way.
            Such tolerance may be surprising to
                religious believers in the West,
         but it is an integral part of Vedantic belief.
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George Bernard Shaw                                                   ,
             (1856-1950)
 Nobel Laureate in Literature

    The Indian way of life provides
    the vision of the natural, real
    way of life.
    Hinduism is so elastic and so
    subtle that the most profound
    Methodist, and crudest idolater,
    is equally at home with it.
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Christopher W. B. Isherwood
                   (1904-1986)
Translator, biographer, novelist, and playwright

          "I believe the Gita to be one of the
          major religious documents of the
          world. If its teachings did not seem
          to me to agree with those of the
          other gospels and scriptures, then
          my own system of values would be
          thrown into confusion, and I should
          feel completely bewildered. The
          Gita is not simply a sermon, but a
          philosophical treatise."
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Hu Shih,
         former Ambassador of China to USA
                   (1891-1962):
       "India conquered and dominated China
        culturally for 20 centuries without ever
         having to send a single soldier across
                       her border.”

                            The Kanchipuram Royal
Huyen Tsang                   Saint Bodhi Dharma
spent 13 years in            (470 – 543 CE) spread
India traveling to          Chan or Zen Buddhism
different ancient          and Martial Arts in China,
universities.
                                 Korea, Japan.
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Dr. Arnold Joseph Toynbee,
British Historian `A Study of History'
             (1889-1975):

 "It is already becoming clear that a chapter
     which had a Western beginning will
        have to have an Indian ending,
             if it is not to end in the
      self-destruction of the human race.

  At this supremely dangerous
moment in human history, the only
way of salvation for mankind is the
           Indian way."
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Dr. Carl Sagan                                      , (1934-1996)

   famous astrophysicist
   The Hindu religion is the only one of the world's
   great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos
   itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite,
             number of deaths and rebirths.
   It is the only religion in which the time scales
   correspond, to those of modern scientific
   cosmology.
   A millennium before Europeans were wiling to
   divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the
   world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans
   were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions.

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Count Hermann Keyserling (1880-1946)
                      philosopher, author

Hinduism has produced the profoundest
metaphysics that we know of.
The absolute superiority of India over the West
in philosophy; poetry from the Mahabharata,
containing the Bhagavad-Gita, "perhaps the
most beautiful work of the literature of the
world".
Every would be Christian priest would do well
to sacrifice a year of his theological studies in
order to spend his time on the Ganges; here he
would discover what piety means.


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Sir Charles Eliot                                     (1862-1931),

 British diplomat and colonial administrator,
   a famous scholar and linguist of Oxford:
        Compared to Islam and Christianity,
        Hinduism's doctrines are extraordinarily
        fluid, and multiform.
        The Hindu has an extraordinary
        power of combining dogma and free
        thought, uniformity, and variety.
        Utmost latitude of interpretation is
        allowed.

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T.S. Eliot: "Indian philosophers' subtleties make most of
               the great European philosophers look like schoolboys."

                 H.G. Wells (1866-1946),
                 English author and political philosopher:
                 "Hinduism is synonymous with humanism.
                 That is its essence and its great liberating quality."

Alfred North Whitehead, British Mathematician:
"The vastest knowledge of today cannot transcend the buddhi of the Rishis
in ancient India”
“Science, in its most advanced stage now, is closer to Vedanta than ever before."

                   Aldous Huxley:
                   "Hinduism, the perennial philosophy" that is at the core
                   of all religions."
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Lord Curzon (1859-1925) British statesman, Viceroy of
India from 1899 to 1905, and later became chancellor of
Oxford University:
"India has left a deeper mark upon the history, the
philosophy, and the religion of mankind, than any other
terrestrial unit in the universe."

 William Butler Yeats (1856-1939) Irish poet, dramatist,
 and essayist and Nobel Laureate:
 "It was only my first meeting with the Indian philosophy
 that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once
 logical and boundless.“

  Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent in India:
  "I do profoundly believe that India needs to be able to say
  with pride: `Yes, our civilisation has a Hindu base to it'."

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Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860),
               German philosopher and writer:
"In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so
elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of
my life; and it will be the solace of my death. They are the
product of the highest wisdom."

Frederich von Schlegel, (1772-1829), German
philosopher, critic, and writer, the most prominent
founder of German Romanticism:
"There is no language in the world, even Greek, which
has the clarity and the philosophical precision of
Sanskrit.“

"India is not only at the origin of everything she is
superior in everything, intellectually, religiously or
politically and even the Greek heritage seems pale in
comparison.“
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Prof. F. Max Muller, German philosopher and philologist
       "In the history of the world, the Vedas fill a gap which no
       literary work in any other language could fill. I maintain that
       to everybody who cares for himself, for his ancestors, for his
       intellectual development, a study of the Vedic literature is
       indeed indispensable. "

       "The Vedic literature opens to us a chapter in what has been
       called the education of the human race, to which we can find
       no parallel anywhere else."




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Friedrich Hegel
         (1770-1831), German philosopher:

India has created a special momentum in world history as a
country to be searched for knowledge.


 "It strikes everyone in beginning to form an acquaintance with
 the treasures of Indian literature, that a land so rich in
 intellectual products and those of the profoundest order of
 thought..."




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Herman Hesse (1877-1962) German poet and novelist,
awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946 says:
"The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful
revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to
blossom into religion."


Hans Torwesten, German philosopher and writer:
"The Vedas and the Upanishads are India's proudest and
most ancient possessions. They are the world's oldest
intellectual legacies. They are the only composition in the
universe invested with Divine origin, and almost Divine
sanctity. They are said to emanate from God, and are held to
be the means for attaining God. Their beginnings are not
known. They have been heirlooms of the Hindus from
generation to generation from time immemorial."


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Francois Marie Voltaire
(1694-1774) France's greatest writer and philosopher:
   "I am convinced that everything has come down to us
   from the banks of the Ganga — astronomy, astrology,
   metempsychosis, etc."

  "It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at
  the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganga
  (Ganges) to learn geometry...But he would certainly not
  have undertaken such a strange journey had the reputation
  of the Brahmins' science not been long established in
  Europe..."


   "The Veda was the most precious gift for which the West
   had ever been indebted to the East."



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Roger-Pol Droit, French philosopher, and Le Monde
                              journalist:
"The Greeks loved so much Indian philosophy that Demetrios
Galianos had even translated the Bhagavad-Gita".
“There is absolutely not a shadow of a doubt that the Greeks
knew all about Indian philosophy."
Pierre      Simon        de      Laplace(1749-1827)   French
mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer, a contemporary of
Napoleon. Laplace is best known for his nebular hypothesis of
the origin of the solar system:
"It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all
numbers by ten symbols, each receiving a value of position as
well as an absolute value, a profound and important idea which
appears so simple to us now that we ignore its true merit. But its
very simplicity, the great ease which it has lent to all
computations, puts our arithmetic in the first rank of useful
inventions, and we shall appreciate the grandeur of this
achievement the more when we remember that it escaped the
genius of Archimedes and Come to us from alltwo of the Veda
               Let Noble Thoughts Appollnius, Directions- Rig greatest men
                                                                    313
produced by antiquity."
Dr Fritjof Capra, American:
"To the Indian Rishis the divine play was the
evolution of the cosmos through countless eons.
There is an infinite number of creations in an
infinite universe. The Rishis gave the name kalpa to
the unimaginable span of time between the
beginning and the end of creation."

 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, (1850-1919) famous American poet
 and journalist:

 "In India, the land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain
 not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also facts which
 science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics,
 airship, all are known to the seers who founded the Veda."

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Annie Besant                                               (1847-1933)

an active socialist on the executive committee of the
   Fabian Society along with George Bernard Shaw
            After a study of some forty years and more of the great
            religions of the world, I find none so perfect, none so
            scientific, none so philosophical and none so spiritual that
            the great religion known by the name of Hinduism.

            Make no mistake, without Hinduism, India has
            no future. Hinduism is the soil in to which
            India's roots are stuck and torn out of that she
            will inevitably wither as a tree torn out from its
            place. And if Hindus do not maintain Hinduism
            who shall save it?
            If India's own children do not cling to her faith who shall
            guard it.        India alone can save India.
                          India and Hinduism are one.
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Henry Ford,
  American Auto Industrialist,
        (1863 - 1947):

I adopted the theory of Reincarnation when I
was 26. Religion offered nothing to the point.
When I discovered reincarnation…. Time was
no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to
the hands of the clock. The discovery of
Reincarnation put my mind at ease. I would like to
communicate to others the calmness that the long
view of life gives to us."
   American Auto Industrialist Henry Ford


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Alfred B. Ford
(grandson of Henry Ford founder of the Ford Motor)
  Trustee member of Ford Motor Company

        For me the most important thing is to
        spread the Hindu knowledge about the
        soul.
        This is more important than any other
        knowledge and is my main priority.
                       The older I get,
                  the more Hindu I become.



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Speech by Thomas Friedman of the
            New York Times....
 "When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told
 to eat our Vegetables at dinner and not to leave them, Mothers
 said, 'think of the Starving children in India and finish the
 dinner.'
 And now I tell my children: 'Finish your math's homework.
 Think of the children in India who would make you
 starve, if you don't'…
 Thomas Lauren Friedman, OBE (born July 20, 1953), is an
 American journalist. He is an op-ed contributor to The New York
 Times, whose column appears twice weekly and mainly addresses
 topics on foreign affairs. Friedman is known for supporting a
 compromise resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
 modernization of the Arab world, environmentalism and
 globalization. His books discuss various aspects of international
 politics from a neoliberal perspective on the American political
 spectrum.        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 318
Klaus L. Klostermaier,
 professor of Religious Studies at the
       University of Manitoba
Hinduism has proven much more open than any
other religion to new ideas, scientific thought,
and social experimentation.
Many concepts like reincarnation, meditation,
yoga and others have found worldwide
acceptance.
It would not be surprising to find
Hinduism the dominant religion of the
twenty-first century.

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Muhammad Dara Shikoh
(1627-1658 AD)
the favorite Sufi son of
Moghul emperor, Shah Jehan.
 He was murdered by his younger brother Aurangazeb

"After gradual research; I have come to the
conclusion that long before all heavenly books,
God had revealed to the Hindus, through the
Rishis of yore, of whom Brahma was the Chief,
His four books of knowledge, the Rig Veda, the
Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva
Veda."
"The Quran itself made veiled references to the
Upanishads as the first heavenly book and the
fountainhead of the ocean of monotheism."

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Stephen Cross
in his book on Hinduism, pg 1


 "It is no secret that we in the West live in
 a time of spiritual crisis. Western
 civilization has been guided by
 Christianity. Now it appears that this
 period is drawing to a close. Both
 religious     institutions    and     social
 structures are in disarray. A great many
 things that were considered basic
 assumptions of western thought are
 being challenged.

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Robert R. C. Zaehner
                                (1913-1974)
                        British historian of religion
                 "In the family of religions,
               Hinduism is the wise old all-knowing mother.
Its sacred books, the Vedas, claim,
'Truth is one, but sages call it by different names.'
If only Islam, and all the rest of the monotheistic 'book'
religions, had learned that lesson, all the horror of history's
religious wars could have been avoided.
Which other religion has its God say, as Krishna does in the
        Bhagavad Gita, 'All paths lead to me.‘
"If only the Church had the sense to allow so many
different and seemingly contradictory approaches to God,
how much saner its history would have been!"
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Alan Watts
                 (1915-1973)
a professor, graduate school dean and research
           fellow of Harvard University

        "To the philosophers of India,
        however, Relativity is no new
        discovery, just as the concept of
        light years is no matter for
        astonishment to people used to
        thinking of time in millions of
        kalpas,

        (A kalpa is about 4,320,000 years).
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Huston Smith
         born in China to Methodist missionaries,
a philosopher, most eloquent writer, world-famous religion
               scholar who practices Hatha Yoga



 “In Hinduism, 'The invisible
 excludes     nothing',       the
 invisible    that      excludes
 nothing is the infinite - the
 soul of India is the infinite.”

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Huston Smith
           "The Vedic science movement began in 1893 when Swami
          Vivekananda (1863-1902) addressed the World Parliament of
                        Religions in Chicago.
In that famous address, he sought to present Hinduism not just as a
fulfillment of all other religions, but also as a fulfillment of all of science.
    Vivekananda claimed that only the spiritual monism of Advaita
 Vedanta could fulfill the ultimate goal of natural science, which he saw
  as the search for the ultimate source of the energy that creates and
                            sustains the world.
  Vivekananda and Aurobindo lit the spark that has continued
  to fire the nationalist imagination, right to the present time.
The Hindu literature of the early 20th century, especially the writings of
 Dr S. Radhakrishnan, Dayanand Saraswati and the many followers of
              Vivekananda, is replete with celebration of
            Hinduism as a "scientific" religion.
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Will Durant,
            American historian, (1885-1981)

Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all".
                   "India was the motherland of our race,
               and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages;
                she was the mother of our philosophy;
               mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics;
                mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in
               Christianity; mother, through the village community, of
                           self-government and democracy.
               Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all".
                “India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the
               mature mind, the quiet content of the unacquisitive soul,
                        the calm of the understanding spirit,
                 and a unifying, a pacifying love for all living things.”

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Jean-Sylvain Bailly,
      French Astronomer,
         (1736-1793):

“The motion of the stars calculated by the
 Hindus before some 4500 years vary
not even a single minute from the tables of
  Cassine and Meyer (used in the 19-th
                 century).
…The Hindu systems of astronomy are by far
the oldest and that from which the Egyptians,
 Greek, Romans and - even the Jews derived
      from the Hindus their knowledge.”
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Ancient & Modern
 Hindu Imprints
Around the World



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Saxon English or Norman English is not belittled in England.
Ancient French is not belittled in France.
Latin is not belittled in Italy.
Hebrew is not belittled in Israel.
India alone excels in belittling its classical heritage and classical Sanskrit
language as both are codified as belonging to a dead "Hindu past".
This classification began during the British colonial period and very
unfortunately this tradition was not only continued but also enriched by
Jawaharlal Nehru and his Congress successors in Office for 60 years
after Independence till today.



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Hindu Imprints in Indonesia, world’s largest Muslim Country
Lord Ganesha and Garuda on Indonesian Currency–year 1998




                                                                           Bali Temple




     Borobudur                Prambanan Temple                     Garuda Airways
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Lord Krishna and Arjuna
                          on a chariot with 8 horses.
                          City Center,
                          Jakarta, Indonesia


                                                   Garuda
                                                   Wisnu
                                                   Kencana
                                                   Bukit
                                                   Bali

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Hindu Imprints in Cambodia
      Hinduism & Ramayan since 1st Century AD
      Cambodians pioneers of spreading Ramayana
           in many parts of South East Asia




Wat Angkok, World’s largest Temple Complex                  Cambodian Ramayan
                                                             is 2,000 years old.
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Hindu Imprints in Thailand
                                                       Sanskrit Names of
            Samudra Manthan                            Persons and Cities
            Scene at Swarna
            Bhumi Intl Airport      Present Thailand King is called
            and Bangkok      “Bumipal Atulya Tej, Rama IX” and his
                               daughter composes Poems in Sanskrit.

World’s largest Ramayana Painting on the walls of
Emerald Buddha Temple inside Bangkok Palace.




                                                                    Garuda National
                           Thai Ramayan
                                                                        Symbol
Vali Sugreev Yudha
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                               all Directions- Rig Veda
Vietnam Ganesh
                 Hindu Temple
Hinduism in Vietnam




Cambodia             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   335
                                                            Lord Shiva
Hindu Imprints in Malaysia,                                             Brunei
Ministers take oath in the name of                   Sultans called Raja Parameswara
                                                      and his wife is called Parameswari.
“Urusan Seri Paduka Baginda”                            Their second son is addressed as
‘by the orders of the                                                          Lakshmana.
Paduka of Lord Rama’
                                         Capital of Brunei is ‘Bandar            Seri Bagwan’




  World’s tallest Bldg.           Hindu Temple
      Owned by
   Ananta Krishnan        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   336
Hindu Imprints in China
                              Hu Shih,
                  former Ambassador of China to USA
                            (1891-1962):
  "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20
centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across
                        her border.”

                           Lin Yutang,
                  Author of the book ‘Wisdom of India’
                              (1895-1976):
"India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature, and
 the world's teacher in trigonometry, quadratic equations, grammar,
    phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, as well as in
    philosophy, and that she inspired Boccaccio, Goethe, Herder,
      Schopenhauer, Emerson, and probably also old Aesop."
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                   all Directions- Rig Veda
Hindu Imprints in China, Japan, Myanmar
                   Bodhi Dharma of                      Huyen Tsang
                                                       Chinese Scholar
                   Kanchipuram 500 AD,
                                                      spent 12 years in
                   taught in China Zen
                                                      Bharat and took
                   Buddhism and 16 ways
                                                          thousands of
                   of Martial Arts.
                                                        manuscripts to
                                                                 China




                                  Chinese Ramayan
                                      Cartoons                            Japanese Buddha
 Myanmar Ramayan

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Similarities with Greek mythology




Hercules (Herakles) fighting                             Krishna fighting the
   the Lernaean Hydra                                       Kaliya Serpent
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Hindu Imprints in Europe & America
Sanskrit words in Greek, Latin, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian, Celtic
and Slavic, German languages. Tri, Pancham, Sashtam, Dasam, Shatam, Pitru,
Matru, Bhratru, serpent.
       Festivals, Calendars, names of week, months, cremating the dead,
       ancient dresses, Greek, Roman Gods – based on Vedic Heritage, eg.
       Christmas on 25th Dec is Makara Sankranti, Easter is Varsha
       Pratipada, Mother Mary is Mata Parvati. Amen is Aum.

Sun worship common to Hindus and Red Indians of the Americas.
      Today Hinduism is spreading very fast in the form of
      Sanskrit: Sanskrit knowing Software engineers preferred.
      Yoga: More than 10% in USA and Europe follow Yoga seriously
      Gita:    Gita is the best selling Religious book in the world.
      Vegetarianism: Over 10% people observe vegetarianism
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Hindu Imprints in Europe & America
  From Britannica Encyclopaedia
The Greek philosopher Pythagoras may have
obtained his doctrine of metempsychosis
(transmigration, or passage of the soul from
one body to another) from India, mediated by
Achaemenian (6th–4th century BC) Persia.
The Pythagorean doctrine of a cyclic universe
may also be derived from India.
It is known that Hindu ascetics occasionally
visited Greece.
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Hindu Imprints in Europe & America
  From Britannica Encyclopaedia
The most striking similarity of Greek and
Indian thought is the resemblance between the
system of mystical gnosis (esoteric knowledge)
described in the Enneads of the Neoplatonic
philosopher Plotinus (3rd century AD) and that
of the Yoga-sūtras attributed to Patañjali, an
Indian religious teacher.
The Patañjali text is the older.
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Hindu Imprints in Europe & America
  From Britannica Encyclopaedia

Several Greek (e.g., Clement of Alexandria)
and Latin writers show considerable knowledge
of the externals of Indian religions, but none
gives any intimation of understanding their
more recondite aspects.
Certain Vaishnava legends, especially those
referring to the infant Krishna, bear some
resemblance to those of Christianity.
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Hindu Imprints in Europe & America
Sanskrit words in Greek, Latin, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian, Celtic
and Slavic, German languages. Tri, Pancham, Sashtam, Dasam, Shatam, Pitru,
Matru, Bhratru, serpent.
       Festivals, Calendars, names of week, months, cremating the dead,
       ancient dresses, Greek, Roman Gods – based on Vedic Heritage, eg.
       Christmas on 25th Dec is Makara Sankranti, Easter is Varsha
       Pratipada, Mother Mary is Mata Parvati. Amen is Aum.

Sun worship common to Hindus and Red Indians of the Americas.
      Today Hinduism is spreading very fast in the form of
   Sanskrit:         Sanskrit knowing Software engineers preferred.
   Yoga:             Over 10% in USA & Europe follow Yoga seriously
   Gita:             Gita is the best selling Religious book in the world.
   Vegetarianism: Over 10% people in UK, USA observe vegetarianism
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SANSKRIT
    Around
 The World

 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   345
SANSKRIT in Europe & USA
    30 manuscripts of
    Rig Veda Included in
    UN Heritage List.

         Prof Robert Goldman HOD
       Sanskrit Dept, California Uni.

             Sanskrit words in many European languages including
                 Greek, Latin, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian,
                                     Celtic and Slavic, languages.
    Greek President Karolos
    Papoulias welcomed
    President Abdul Kalam in
    Sanskrit.

             Hindu University of America


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Sanskrit Winning New Friends
                                         Canadian PM Max Mulrony’s two sisters
        Chinese PM Wen Jiabo
                                        have taken Diksha from a Himalayan Guru.
        recited ‘Aum Sahana
        Vavatu’ before Chinese
        Politburo                          Several disciples of Sri Sri Ravishankar
                                            are heads of states in different countries.


                                             Ji Xianlin,
                                 Chinese Sanskrit Scholar
                                           on Ramayan,
                                   Padma Bhushan 2008.
   South Africa President
   Thabo Mbeki recited
   Vedic Mantra
   ‘Sangachhadvam’
   at Durban University to
   emphasize unity in the midst
   of racial diversities in Africa.

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SANSKRIT Universities in the World
  1     USA, Canada and Mexico

  22    Europe
        (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain,
         Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland)

  16    Germany

  13    Italy

  40    Japan

  12    Australia, China, Israel, Oman, Thailand
  =================================================
  143   Total Universities outside Bharat


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SANSKRIT Universities in USA
Brown University                        Indiana University
       Classics Department                      India Studies

Columbia University                     Ohio State University
       Dept of Middle East and
       Asian Languages and
       Cultures                         Rutgers University
                                                South Asian Studies Program
Cornell University
        South Asia Program              SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
                                              Department of Asian and
Emory University                              Asian American Studies
       Language Center
                                        University of Alabama
John Hopkins University                         Critical Languages Center
       Language Teaching Center
                                   University of California at Santa Barbara
Harvard University                         Department of East Asian
       Sanskrit and Indian Studies         Languages and Cultural Studies
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SANSKRIT Universities in USA
University of California at Berkeley      University of Iowa
        South and Southeast Asian Studies          Department of Asian
                                          Languages and Literature
University of Chicago
                                          University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
        Department of South Asian
Languages and Civilizations                        Asian Languages and Cultures

University of Colorado at Boulder               University of Pennsylvania
        (In conjunction with Naropa University)         Department of
                                                South Asia Studies
        Department of Religious Studies
                                                University of Pittsburgh
University of Florida
                                                        Indo-Pacific Council
        Center for the study of Hindu Traditions
                                                     University of Saskatchewan
University of Hawaii
                                                             Religious Studies
        Center for South Asian Studies
                                                     University of South Florida
University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne
        Department of Linguistics                            Religious Studies
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SANSKRIT Universities in USA
   University of Texas at Austin
   Asian Studies

   University of Toronto
           Faculty of Arts and Sciences

   University of Virginia
           Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures

   University of Wisconsin at Madison
   Languages and Cultures of Asia

   Washington and Lee University
          East Asian Studies Program

   Yale University
          Department of Linguistics


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Summer SANSKRIT Courses

 Summer Sanskrit courses are currently offered at:

 University of Chicago (Second Year Sanskrit)

 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for South Asia
 (SASLSI: First Year Sanskrit)

 American Institute of Indian Studies
 Sanskrit in Pune, India




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SANSKRIT Universities in
       Canada & Mexico
Concordia University, Canada
       Classics Department

McGill University, Canada
Religious Studies Department
                                                   El Colegio de Mexico
                                                            Center for Asian and
McMaster University, Canada                        African Studies
Religious Studies Department

University of British Columbia, Canada
        Centre for India and
South Asian Research

University of Calgary, Canada
        Philosophy Department

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SANSKRIT Universities in Europe
Austria                                                                         Belgium
Vienna University                                               Gent University
Institut für Südasien-(ISTB)                                  Louvain University
Institut für Kultur- Asiens                                    Oriental Institute
Denmark                                                                         Finland
University of Copenhagen                               University of Helsinki
                                                               Institute for Asian and
Asian Studies
                                                                        African Studies
France                                                                 Great Britain
Université Paris (Sorbonne Nouvelle)                          Cambridge University
Université de Lyon                                                      Oriental Studies
Université de Lille                                           Edinburgh University
Université de Provence                                                      Asian Studies
Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes                                   London University
                                                        Oriental & African Studies
EHESS
                                                                    Oxford University
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                                                                        Oriental       354
SANSKRIT Universities in Germany
1.   Berlin (Freie Universität)                   1.    Köln University
         Indian Studies                                     Indology and Tamil Studies
2.   Bonn University                              2.    Leipzig University
         Indian Studies                                     Indology
3.   Freiburg University                          3.    Mainz University
         Oriental Studies                                   Indology
4.   Göttingen University                         4.    Marburg University
         Indian and Buddhist Studies                        Indology
5.   Halle University                             5.    München University
         Indological Studies                                Indology
6.   Hamburg University                           6.    Münster University
         Indian and Tibetan Studies                         Indology
7.   Heidelberg University                        7.    Tübingen University
         Classical Indian Studies                           Indian Studies/
8.   Kiel University                                        Comparative Religion
                                                  8.    Würzburg University
                                                            Indology

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SANSKRIT Universities in Italy
         1.University of Bologna
                  Oriental Studies
         2.University of Rome
                  Oriental Studies
         3.State University, Milan
         4.Catholic University, Milan
         5.University of Venice
         6.University of Bologna
         7.University of Pisa
         8.University of Rome
         9.University of Naples
         10.University of Cagliari
         11.University of Florence
         12.University of Palermo
         13.University of Turin

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SANSKRIT Universities in Europe
The Netherlands                                           Norway
• Groningen University                                    Oslo University
    Institute for the Institute of                        Oriental Studies
    Indian Studies
                                                          Russia
• Leiden University
    Kern Institute, Department of                         Moscow State University
    Indian and Tibetan Studies                            Institute of Asian and
                                                          African Studies


 Sweden                                                Switzerland
 Stockholm University                                  Lausanne University
 Indology                                              Indian Studies

 Uppsala University                                    Zürich University
                                                       Indian Studies



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SANSKRIT Universities in
  Middle/ Near-East Asia
  Israel
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
         Institute of Asian and African Studies

  Tel-Aviv University, Israel
          East Asian Studies Department

  Sultanate of Oman
  Indian School, Oman
          Department of Sanskrit




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SANSKRIT Universities in
            Far East Asia
                                           THAIAND
                                           Chulalongkorn University,
CHINA                                      Thailand
Beijing University
        Center for Indian Studies          Mahidol University, Thailand
                                                  Buddhist Studies,
JAPAN                                      Department
                                           of Humanities
Kyoto University, Japan
       Department of Indology              Silpakorn University, Thailand
                                                   Sanskrit Study Centre
And over 40 more universities
across Japan…                              Thammasat University,
                                           Thailand
                                                  India Studies Centre

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SANSKRIT Universities in Australia
    Australian National University (in
    conjunction with Sydney University) South
    Asia Centre

    La Trobe University Asian Studies

    University of Queensland Centre for
    Buddhist Studies

    University of Sydney                     Indian Studies

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SANSKRIT Universities in Bharat
No.          State                 Name of the                                Name of the
                                Sanskrit University                          Vice Chancellor
1.    A.P.           Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha                  Prof. H.K. Satpathy       Ph.
                     Tirupati – 517 507. Ph. 2231241(r)              0877-2287838 (o)
2.    Bihar          Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit              Dr. Krityanand Pracheta
                     University, Kameshwar Nagar,                    Ph: 06272-254468(O)
                     Darbhanga – 846 008
      Delhi          Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan                     Prof.V. Kutumba Sastry 
                     (Deemed University)                             Ph:011-28521995
                     56-57, Institutional Area                       (O)-28524993 (O), -28523949
                     Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110 058.                 (O), -25085238(R)
                     Email:   rsks@nda.vsnl.net.in,
4.    Delhi          Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya              Prof. Vachaspati
                     Sanskrit Vidyapeetha,                           Upadhyaya. 
                     Katwaria Sarai                                  Ph.011-26851253,
                     New Delhi – 110 016.                            -26564003, -26851250(R) 
5.    Kerala         Sree Sankaracharya University of                Prof. K.S. Radhakrishnan
                     Sanskrit, Sree Sankarapuram                     Ph.0484-2463485(O)
                     P.B. No.14, Kalady                              -2463480(O) -2430801 (R)
                     Dist. Ernakulam – 683 574.
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SANSKRIT Universities in Bharat
S.No.          State              Name of the                               Name of the
                               Sanskrit University                         Vice Chancellor
6.      Maharashtra    Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit             Prof. Pankaj Chande 
                       Vishwavidyalaya,Baghela Bhawan            Ph.07114-255549(O)
                       Sitalwadi, Mouda Road                           07122-265222(R)
                       Ramtek – 441 106. 
7.      Orissa         Shri Jagannath Sanskrit                   Prof. A.C. Sarangi 
                       Vishvavidyalaya                           Ph. 06752-251663(O)
                       Srivihar    Puri – 752 003                                 -251669(R)
8.      Rajasthan      Jagadguru Ramanandacharya                 Prof. K.V. Rama
                       Rajasthan Sanskrit University             Krishnamacharulu
                       Vill – Madau (Muhana),                    Mob-09414065613
                       PO Bhankrota, Jaipur - 302 026            Registrar: Mob-09314508026
                                                                 Ph – 0141 -2723562
9.      U.P.           Sampurnanand Sanskrit                     Prof. Ashok Kalia
                       Vishwavidyalaya                           Ph.0542-2204213(O)
                       Varanasi – 221 002.                                    -2206617(R) 
10.     Gujarat        Somnath Sanskrit University               Prof. P.L. Jhani
                       Somnath Trust, BITCO Building              Ph: 02876-231117
                       Prabas Patan, Somnath, Junagarh 

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YOGA
    Around
The World



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YOGA in Europe & USA
                        Over 800 yoga enthusiasts, at Times
                        Square in Manhattan, New York,
                        one of the world’s busiest
                        intersections in search for serenity.
                        On June 21, 2007.

                                      HSS US Surya Namaskar Yagna Jan 2008.
                                      Participants: 5,766; Namaskars: 616, 725
Yoga is a craze all over the world including USA, Europe, China and Japan




 Swami Ramdev Baba                                Christian Yoga Gimmick by
 in Birmingham, UK                                     European and US Churches
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YOGA in Sports in USA




Kareem Abdul-Jabbar                                  Dan Marino Dr. Bob Arnot,
Hall of Fame legend, best known for his       Miami Dolphins NBC's former
indefensible sky hook, believes his secret    Hall of Fame    chief medical
weapon was really yoga. While in L.A.,        quarterback     editor
Abdul-Jabbar started doing yoga in 1976
to improve his flexibility, and was notable
for his physical fitness regimen.
  "Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see
  them in all the injuries you don't get.“ Abdul Kareem Jabbar
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Celebrity Yoga Workouts in USA
     Madonna
     "Yoga is a metaphor for life.
     It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul."

     Ricky Martin
       Yoga is fascinating. Connecting your heart and your mind in
       order for you to not make compulsive or obsessive decisions
       in life.
     Meg Ryan
      Yoga changed my life. It made me calmer.
      It puts you right in the place of witness — which is great.



John Nash, Nobel Prize winner
This process of yoga becomes lighter and more successful
when we REFUSE negativity
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YOGA in Asia
 19 year Andy Murray defeats Roger Federer because of Yoga




Yoga is a craze all over the world including USA, Europe, China and Japanv




                                                  Christian Yoga Gimmick by
                                                       European and US Churches
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YOGA in Asia
 Yoga is a craze all over the world.
 Fatwa in Malaysia bans Yoga for Muslims.




Yoga is a craze all over the world including USA, Europe, China and Japanv




                                                  Christian Yoga Gimmick by
                                                       European and US Churches
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Sewa International
  Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis died
  while treating wounded Chinese
  soldiers in Sino-Japanese war in
  1937-1945.


                                Hindus participate in Clean up
                          Australia Day, Blood Donation Drives
                                 & Katrina Flood Relief Drives
                              organized by Sewa International.
 Manimegalai, served the poor
 and sick in South East Asia 2000
 years before.

  Sewa Intl, Presenting a cheque
    for US $ 20,001/= for Katrina
   Flood Relief to Louisiana State
     Governor Catherine Blanco.
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Sewa International
THE MISSIONARY SERVICES IS THE NEED OF HOUR. ANY
RELIGION IMBIBING LOVE FOR HUMAN BEING, WITH LOVE FOR
DOWNTRODDEN, SICK,OPPRESSED WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO
VAST MAJORITY ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD.

     Charity         1% more charity and Hindus can win the world

        PM Tony Blair on Sewa Intl
Former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair delivering his lecture on
'Faith And Globalisation' during The Cardinal's Lectures 2008,
Westminster Cathedral, London, on 3rd April 2008 said, "We can think
of the great humanitarian enterprises which bring relief to those who are
suffering – the Red Cross, the Red Crescent or Islamic Relief, CAFOD
and Christian Aid, Hindu Aid and Sewa International, World
Jewish Relief and Khalsa Aid - all the charities which draw inspiration
from the teachings of the different faiths."
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Sewa International




  Gareth Thomas - Minister for International Development:

My hon. Friend told us about some of the work of Sewa International, in
particular its leadership in motivating and galvanising the Indian
community in the UK to respond to the Gujarat earthquake. It did a
powerful and important job then, and its aid programmes continue to do
good.


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AYURVED Around the world



                    ‘Ayurvedic’ Burqas
              Demand from Saudi Arabia is
              growing rapidly. Only natural
             cotton fabric, and organic dyes
            are used to avoid irritations and
              allergies. ‘Ayurvastra’ have
                 healing values. Sept 3, 2007
                  http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/n

    Ayurvedic Institute of Brazil
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Vedic Culture
       Around
   The World



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World’s Shortest Celebrity marriages.
6 Hours       Rudolf Valentino – Jean Acker
24 Hours      Robin Givens – Syetozar Marinkovic
48 Hours      Britney Spears – Jason Alexander
8 Days        Dennis Hopper – Michelle Phillips
9 Days        Cher – Greg Allman
10 Days       Carmen Electra – Dennis Rodman
12 Days       Robert Evans – Catherine Oxenberg
29 Days       Drew Barrymore – Welshman Jeremy Thomas
32 Days       Ernest Borgnine – Ethel Merman


       Growing Popularity of Vedic Marriages
     Several Western couples with their children come
  to Bharat (Kerala, Pushkar in Rajasthan, Varanasi etc)
 and re-marry in a Hindu temple in a traditional Hindu way
         to ensure that their marriages last longer.
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World’s Shortest Celebrity marriages.
                          Indian Apes
•   Pooja Bedi:
      A broken home need not necessarily mean an unhappy home.
•   Sania Mirza:      Nothing wrong in Sex before marriage.
•   PM        Dr        Man           Mohan           Singh:
                              Sania is the ICON of the youth.
•   Renuka                                      Chowdhary:
                      Sex education should be made compulsory.
•   Weird Wild
A Saudi Arabian man divorced his wife immediately after the
   marriage ceremony over a photograph taken of the couple. The
   groom got angry at the bride’s brother for clicking the newly wed
   together.
9. One Night Marriage
    Since childhood Jade dreamt of marrying on the beach on a full
    moon night. On her 18th birthday, she asked her best friend to tie
    the knot. Next morning she broke off her wedding. Reason – she
    only wanted to ‘see’ how it would feel to get married like that.
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Vedic Culture in Europe
      Mrs Margret Thatcher
      at Makara Sankranti Utsav

      of HSS, London in 1990




      RAAM Currency        for World Peace.
      1 RAAM = 10 Euro $ and these bonds
           are convertible at Fortis Bank in
               Roermond, the Netherlands.

   Prince Charles & Camilla
   attended Hindu Temple on
   Diwali day 2007.
                       London, UK
      State Funded Krishna-Avanti
          Hindu school at a cost of
      $19.5 million (Rs 100 Crores).
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Vedic Culture in USA
  Hindu Priest Rajan Zed
  opened US Senate in 2007
  with Vedic Prayers.
                                  Steve Jobs
            Apple Inc CEO & Co Founder
     Son of Abdulfattah Jandali of Syria
           Spent some months in India for
             Philosophical Enlightenment.
     Returned to USA with his head shaved
     & wearing traditional Indian clothing.



          US-Atlanta - Enormous Hindu
          Temple-13 domes-72 feet-$19 million-
          largest of its kind in the world-Italian
          Marble-Tukish Limestone-Indian
          Pink Sand Stones.

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Vedic Culture Around the World
       Thaksin Shinawatra Thailand Prime Minister
       at the Wat Erawan Brahma Temple.


                           Ramli Ibrahim, Malaysian
                             Bharata Natyam Expert,
                                 Sutra Dance Theatre
      Ji Xianlin,
      Chinese Sanskrit Scholar
      on Ramayan,
      Padma Bhushan 2008.


                 Dr Chandra Bhanu –
                   Malaysian Bharata
                      Natyam Expert

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Vedic Culture Around the World
                          Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
                          addressed European
                          Parliament in Brussels in
                          2004


                                   Pandit Ravi Shankar




Prof. Rajendra Singh with Kenya                    Mohan Rao Bhagwat - Hindu
Presidnet Daniel Arop Moi                      Sangam of 16,000 at San Francisco
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Reincarnation
      Amongst
Different Communities
 Through The Ages
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Reincarnation Amongst Jews
      Ashkenazi Jews
      The idea of reincarnation, called gilgul, became popular in
          folk belief, and is found in much Yiddish literature and
          among few kabbalists from 1200s onwards.

      Orthodox Judaism
      Belief is common.
      Volume of work called Sha'ar Ha'Gilgulim (The Gate of
          Reincarnations), based on the work of Rabbi Isaac Luria
          (and compiled by his disciple, Rabbi Chaim Vital).

            Orthodox siddurim (prayerbooks)
         have a nightly prayer asking for forgiveness for
      one's sins that one may have committed in this gilgul
  or a previous one, that accompanies the nighttime recitation
 of the Shema (Gayatri Mantra of Jews) before going to sleep.

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Reincarnation in Christianity
       New Age Christians
       contend that reincarnation was taught by the early Christian
       church, but due to bias and mistranslations, these teachings
       were lost or obscured


Earliest Christian sects
such as the Sethians and followers of the Gnostic Church of Valentinus.
Were persecuted by the Romans.


                Several Christian denominations
                  which support reincarnation
    include the Christian Community, the Liberal Catholic Church,
         Unity Church, The Christian Spiritualist Movement,
      the Rosicrucian Fellowship and Lectorium Rosicrucianum.

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Faith in Reincarnation in Islam
   SUFI GROUPS believe in the concept of dawriyyah (cycles)
   which has many points in common with reincarnation,
             Sufi Bawa Muhaiyadeen believed in Re-incarnation.
                        Sufi Song
           "I died as mineral and became a plant,
             I died as plant and rose to animal,
               I died as animal and I was man.
                      Why should I fear?
                  When was I less by dying?”

      Shi'a Muslims
             also believe to Raj'a that can be understood as a
             limited reincarnation.
      Ismaili Shi'a Muslims
             completely accept the idea of reincarnation.
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Faith in Reincarnation in Europe
                     Ancient Greeks
                     Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
                     believed in Reincarnation

             Norse (Ancient Pagans of Scandinavia) Mythology
             Sváfa holding the dying Helgi in their first incarnation
             of three Reincarnation also appears in Norse mythology,
             in the Poetic Edda.
    Giodano Bruno, 1600 AD Italy's leading philosopher and poet.
    He was ultimately sentenced to be burned at the stake by the
    Inquisition because of his teachings about reincarnation

                         Goethe & Lessing, 1800 AD. German
                         William Butler Yeats 1900 AD Irish Poet
                               played with the idea of Reincarnation.
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Faith in Reincarnation in Europe
            Anthroposophy, The Theosophical
            Society, Church of Scientology,
            believe in Reincarnation.



           Thomas Huxley (British Biologist),
           Scientific research
               Ian Stevenson (Uni of Virginia) spent 4o
               years




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Faith in Reincarnation in USA
   Native American nations
   Reincarnation is an intrinsic part of many Native American and
   Inuit traditions, including the now heavily Christian Polar North
   (Greenland and Nunavut),

             Edgar Cayce, Eckankar
             believe incarnation is due to Karma




  Henry Ford, US Auto Industrialist (1863 – 1947 AD)
  I adopted the theory of Reincarnation when I was 26. (Christian)
  Religion offered nothing to the point. When I discovered
  reincarnation…. Time was no longer limited. I was no longer a
  slave to the hands of the clock. The discovery of Reincarnation put
  my mind at ease. I would like to communicate to others the
  calmness that the long view of life gives to us."
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Faith in Reincarnation in USA
   George S. Patton, US Army General in World War II
   staunchly believed that he was the reincarnation of Carthaginian
   General Hannibal

    The New Age movement, strongly believe and experience in
    pervious life experiences.
     HOLLYWOOD Movies on Re-incarnation
     The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964), On a Clear Day You
     Can See Forever (1970), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
     (1975), Audrey Rose (1977), Star Trek III: The Search for
     Spock (1984), Chances Are (1989), Dead Again (1991),
     Defending Your Life (1991), Little Buddha (1993), Fluke (1995),
      What Dreams May Come (1998), Yesterday's Children (2000),
     The Mummy Returns (2001), Birth (2004), Reincarnation
     (2005)
     •
         Bollywood Movies on Re-incarnation
     Madhumati, Karz (1980), Karan Arjun (1995), Kundun (1997),
     •


     Om Shanti Om (2007)
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Faith in Reincarnation in USA
           Vicki Mackenzie and Carol Bowman,
           have written many popular books

    •
        Popular Song Albums on Reincarnation include
    The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg by Iron Maiden, The
    •


    Reincarnation Song by Roy Zimmerman, Eternal Caravan of
    Reincarnation by Santana, The Reincarnation of Luna by My
    Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Highwayman by The
    Highwaymen, Tommy by The Who, "Galileo" by The Indigo
    Girls, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dream
    Theater, Jillian by Within Temptation


             Scientific research Thomas Huxley (British Biologist),
             Ian Stevenson (Uni of Virginia) spent 4o years

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Faith in Reincarnation in USA


Prof. Dr Ian Stevenson, Uni of Virginia,
      spent over 40 years devoted to the study of children who have
       apparently spoken about a past life.
      Documented methodically the child's statements.
      Identified the deceased person the child allegedly identified with,
      Verified the facts of the deceased person's life that matched the
       child's memory.
      Matched birthmarks and birth defects to wounds and scars on the
       deceased,
      Verified by medical records such as autopsy photographs.

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Vegetarianism
  In the world
Through The Ages

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Vegetarians In Australia
                     Vegetarians                           Dick Gregory
Vegans               Vanessa Amorosi                       Missy Higgins
Andrew Bartlett      Melissa Andersen                      Natalie Imbruglia
Peter Brock          Warren Bardsley                       Axella Johannesson
Tom Crease           Andrew Bartlett                       Daniel Johns
Bernard Fanning      Raja Bell                             Stephanie McIntosh
Andrew G             Pippa Black                           Elle Macpherson
Jay and the Doctor   Annalise Braakensiek                  Craig Minogue
Steve Kilbey         John Butler (musician)                Radha Mitchell
Fiona Nash           John Maxwell Coetzee                  Sophie Monk
Daniel Negreanu      Toni Collette                         Mark Oliphant
Peter Singer         Abbie Cornish                         Victor Peirce
Peter Tatchell       Charli Delaney                        Murray Rose
Patrick Wilken       Kevin Eubanks                         Xavier Rudd
Philip Wollen        Desmond Ford                          Benjamin Speed
                     Percy Grainger                        Cliff Young (athlete)
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Vegetarians In New Zealand
      NEW ZEALAND
      Vegans

      Emma Lahana
      Tandi Wright

      Vegetarians

      Kylie Bax
      Anna Paquin
      Hayley Westenra




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Vegetarians In Europe
FRENCH                          GERMANY
Vegetarians                     Vegetarians
                                                               GERMANY
Brigitte Bardot                                                Vegetarians
                                Dirk Bach
Surya Bonaly                    Blixa Bargeld
Octave Garnier                                                 Franz Kafka
                                Blümchen
Alphonse de Lamartine                                          Nastassja Kinski
                                Eva Briegel
Jules Michelet                                                 Maroon
                                Sarah Connor
Michel de Montaigne                                            Armin Meiwes
                                Albert Einstein
Ovidie                                                         Frederich Nietzsche
                                Edgar Froese
Savitri Devi                                                   Tatjana Patitz
                                Silvio Gesell
Élisée Reclus                                                  Albert Schweitzer
                                Angela Gossow
Romain Rolland                                                 Veruschka
                                Berta Grosser
Jacques-Henri Bernardin         Alexander Hacke
de Saint-Pierre
                                Nina Hagen
Voltaire
Émile Zola
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Vegetarians In Europe
ITALIAN                                       ENGLAND
Vegetarians
                                              Vegans
                     SWEDEN
Giordano Bruno
                     Vegans
                                                                            ENGLAND
                                              Holly Thompson
Franco Battiato                                                             Vegetarians
                                              Robbie Hubbard
Adriano Celentano
                     Dennis Lyxzén
Manuela Di Centa                                                            Morrissey
                                              Vegetarians
Margherita Hack                                                             Hayley Mills
                     Vegetarians
Jovanotti                                                                   Russell Brand
                                              Anthony Stewart
Gianni Morandi                                                              Evanna Lynch
                     Charlotte Perelli        Christopher Hales
Leonardo Da Vinci                                                           Leona Lewis
                     Maria Picasso            John Wesley
Seneca the Younger                                                          Amanda Holden
                     Jens Lekman              George Harrison
Tiziano Terzani                                                             Chris Martin
                                              John Lennon
Umberto Veronesi                                                            Thom Yorke
                                              Paul McCartney
Giacinto Scelsi                                                             Clairoid Rhodes
                                              Ringo Starr
                                              Brian May
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   394
Vegetarians In USA
USA               United States                    United States
Vegetarians       Vegetarians                        Vegetarians
                  Woody Allen                        Alyssa Milano
Fred Rogers       Cloris Leachman                    Holly Hallstrom
Ellen G. White    Julie Christie                     Shaun Cassidy
Danny DeVito      Hilary Swank                       Whitney Houston
Rhea Perlman      Tobey Maguire                      Larry Hagman
Brooke Shields    Paul Newman                        Ruben Studdard
Charlotte Ross    Daryl Hannah                       Willem Dafoe
Terence Stamp     Ally Sheedy                        Alec Baldwin
Jean Kasem        Mary Tyler Moore                   William Baldwin
Casey Kasem       Alanis Morissette                  Kim Basinger
Tom Cruise        Jim Carrey                         Christina Applegate
John Astin        Drew Barrymore                     Tempestt Bledsoe
Sean Astin        Kristoff St. John                  Dennis Weaver
Lori Saunders     Thora Birch                        Kirk Cameron
Sara Gilbert     Let NobleBenedict
                  Dirk Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                                                     Peter Bogdanovich   395
Vegetarians In USA
United States      United States
Vegetarians        Vegetarians

Dan Castellaneta   Joaquin Phoenix                     United States
Michael Jackson    Justin Timberlake                   Vegetarians
Corey Feldman      Alicia Silverstone
Ricki Lake         Carrie Underwood                    Jerry Seinfeld
Doris Day          Natalie Portman                     Fiona Apple
Bob Barker         Michael J. Fox                      Moby
Lindsay Wagner     Jorja Fox                           Clint Eastwood
Bill Cosby         Reese Witherspoon                   Masta Killa
Chelsea Clinton    Dr. Dre                             Erika Nic
Alison Arngrim     Anthony Kiedis                      Forest Whitaker
River Phoenix      Prince                              Milo Ventimiglia
Billie Jean King   Andre 3000                          Samuel L. Jackson
Kristen Bell       Pamela Anderson                     Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Dennis Kucinich    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   396
Hindu Economics & Ecology
“We created a way of raising standards of living that we can’t possibly
pass on to our children,” said Joe Romm, a physicist and climate expert
who writes the indispensable blog climateprogress.org.
West has been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks — water,
hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land — and not by
generating renewable flows.
Real wealth is something you can pass on in a way that others can enjoy.
Over a billion people today suffer from water scarcity; deforestation in the
tropics destroys an area the size of Greece every year — more than 25
million acres; more than half of the world’s fisheries are over-fished or
fished at their limit.
“Mother Nature doesn’t do bailouts.”
The Great Disruption
Both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the wall at once.
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   397
Hindu Economics & Ecology

We must have growth, but we must grow in a different way. For starters,
economies need to transition to the concept of net-zero, whereby buildings,
cars, factories and homes are designed not only to generate as much energy
as they use but to be infinitely recyclable in as many parts as possible.
Let’s grow by creating flows rather than plundering more stocks.
South Korea ’s new national paradigm for development is called: “Low
carbon, green growth.”
“When we look back, 2008 will be a momentous year in human history.




                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   398
Spreading Wings Abroad
             (Devotees in over 140 countries)
          Mata Amritananda                             Dalai Lama




                                                             Prabhupad


                 “Long after the British Empire has
                 been wiped out from the face of the
                 earth, the Gita will continue to give
                 consolation and peace to mankind.”
                 Warren Hastings, British governor
                 general of India between 1772 and
                 1785 AD.
Satya Sai Baba                                                    Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   399
Vedic Friends in West
                                            1. Francois Gautier
                                            2. David Frawley
                                            3. Alan Ford




                                                  4. Arthur
                                                  Schopenhauer
                                                  5. Aldus Huxley
                                                  6. William Jones

     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   400
Winning New Friends
      Chinese PM Wen Jiabo
      recited ‘Aum Sahana
      Vavatu’ before Chinese              British PM Tony Blair
      Politburo                         condemned buldozing of
                                             Krishna temples in
                                        Kazghistan and Moscow

South Africa President
Thabo Mbeki recited                   Canadian PM Max Mulrony’s two sisters
Vedic Mantra                         have taken Diksha from a Himalayan Guru.
‘Sangachhadvam’                          Bahrain Sultan received several times
at Durban University to                Swami Chinmayananda ji in his palace for
emphasize unity in the midst                     discourses on Bhagwad Gita.
of racial diversities in Africa.
                                         Oman Sultan made India’s President
                                     Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma sit on his throne
                                                 and he himself sat below him.
Italy PM Benitto Craxi
visits Puttaparthy to pay               Several disciples of Sri Sri Ravishankar
respects to his Guru                     are heads of states in different countries.
Satya Sai Baba
                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   401
Hindu Imprints in Middle East
            Ancient Pharos, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians,
       all worshipped Sun God with names like Ra, Aton, Amon, etc.

                 Ancient Persians were Fire worshippers like Hindus.
                 Iran King Shah Raze Pahlavi was known by his title:
                                   ARYA-MIHIR.


Crescent and Star of Islam is taken from AUM.
Amen is also from Aum.                                 
Ancient Temple (3,000 years old) unearthed in Bahrain.

                             Origin of River Nile was traced based
                             on a map contained in one of the Puranas.

   Ancient Iranians were worshippers of Sun God and
   their religion 3,000 years before was ‘Mithraism’
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   402
Hindu Imprints in Middle East
         Islamic Crescent and Star is from Vedic Aum
         No where else in Nature one can see a star within
         the circumference of the crescent

         Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with
         Iraq PM Nouri Al Maliki -
         Baghdad - 22 May 2007

                       Arya Mihir, the title given
                             to Muslim rulers of Iran



     Bahrain Sultan Met Pramukh Swami ji.
     He learnt Bhagwad Gita from Swami Chinmayanad ji.

           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   403
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
                 &
        World of Intolerance

• Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as
  intolerance.
• Intolerance has been the curse of every age and
  state.
• The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be
  opened by nothing short of dynamite.

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   404
Spirit of Tolerance
            India’s Spiritual Heritage
  Rebellious Religious Reformers                Rebellious Scholars & Philosophers




 Lord Buddha      Lord Mahavir Jain                 Rishi Kanad             Rishi Charavak

Lord Buddha and Lord Mahavir                   Rishi Kanad and Charavak did not
did not accept the Supremacy of the            chant the name of Hindu God Hari
Vedas.                                         and yet were respected as great
Yet they were respected as Avtars              philosophers.
(incarnation of God) for their
spiritual contributions.
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   405
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
   Overseas Scholars welcomed
      Pythagoras 500 B.C. (Greek Scholar)
        Studied in Ancient Takshashila University, Punjab.
        Introduced in Europe, the Hindu knowledge of
              VEDIC MATHEMATICS including Pythagoras Theorem,
              AYURVEDA           the basis for Western Medical system &
              ATMA VIDYA or Transmigration of the soul.


Ideas from India reached the corners of the
globe. Philip Rawson, the British Orientalist
said, “There can no longer be any real doubt
that both Islam and Christianity owe the
foundations of both their mystical and their
scientific achievements to Indian initiatives.”
                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   406
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
       Chinese Scholars welcomed
                                                             Fa Hien
                       400 AD Chinese Traveler and Scholar
                    He carried with him to China many rare
                    books and manuscripts on Indian wisdom

  Hsuan Tsiang 7th century Chinese Traveler
      Studied at Nalanda University in Bihar.
      He stayed and travelled in Bharat for 13 years
      He carried with him many rare books and
      manuscripts on Hindu wisdom
                                                         Hu Shih
              former Ambassador of China to USA (1891-1962)

"India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
  without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.”

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   407
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
      Overseas Scholars welcomed

                         1.Shibi
1.Marco Polo        2.Pokai Pandiyan
 2.Abul Fazl          3.Lord Raam
3.Ibn Batuda        4.Nedunchezhiyan
                  5.Manu Needhi Cholan




               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   408
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
Religious Refugees welcomed
    Freedom to worship, Temples built, Treated as equal citizens


Parsees were persecuted by Muslims in Iran since 635 AD. They
started migrating to Gujarat between 8th and 10th centuries.
Hindu kings built fire temples and treated them well.

Perhaps India is the only country that gave complete religious and
social freedom to Jewish Diaspora for over 1,000 years.
Synagogues were built for their worship by Hindu kings.
India sheltered over 10 million (1 Crore) Bangladeshi refugees in
the wake of the Martial Law, military crackdown and Bangladesh
war in 1971.

1959: Dalai Lama and lakhs of Tibetans took refuge in north India

                Syrian Christians and Armenian Refugees
               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   409
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
Religious Refugees welcomed
    Freedom to worship, Temples built, Treated as equal citizens



Syrian Christians


 Armenians




               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   410
Hindu States of South East Asia
There was no tyranny, no slavery, no colonization during the 1500 years of
   Hindu Empire in South East Asia. It was Rama Rajya an unheard
                  phenomenon in the rest of the world.

                                                       Cambodia
                   Khemer Hindu Empire built Angkok Wat,
                           World’s largest temple complex
                     Indonesia
                     Majapahit & Sri Vijaya Empires ruled over vast lands for
                     1,000 years. Prambanan Temple, Borobudur, Yogyakarta
                     architectures are
                     world Heritages.
                Laos and Thailand
               Highly influenced by Hindu
               civilizations since Khemer regimes
               for over 1,000 years.
      Ref: Indianised States of South East Asia by George Coedes
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   411
Hindu States of South East Asia
   1500 years of Hindu Empire in South East Asia
  There was no tyranny, no slavery, no colonization.




             Vietnam: Kingdom of Champa ruled
             Southern and Central Vietnam since
             7th century through to 1832.
     Malaysia: Sri Maharaja Nila Utama (1360-76),
     Paduka Seri Maharaja Vikramavira (1377- 1400),
     Paduka Sri Maharaja, Raja Parameswara (1400- 1414),
     Raja Sri Rama Vikrama (1414 – 1424),
     Adi Wiranama Raja Mudaliar (1350 AD)


       Ref: Indianised States of South East Asia by George Coedes
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   412
Indu Spirit of Tolerance
     Vanquished Invaders settled honorably
         Yavanas, 323 BC. After the defeat of Alexander and Seleucus
         Nicator by Chandra Gupta Maurya many Greek soldiers fearing
         death punishment at the hands of Greek kings remained in
         India.




Huns and Barbars (Mongolia), Shakas (Persia), Parthians
(Tajkistan), Bactria (Western Turkey) and Kushans (Central Asia)
invaders were defeated successively by Hindu kings like Vikramaditya
and Shalivahana. The defeated race begged to be given asylums in India
and they were assimilated into the main stream Hindu society.

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   413
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
 Hindus in 10,000 years,
have ruled but never colonized or
 enslaved any country
have never looted, plundered and
 enslaved any country economically,


           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   414
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance
     India’s Spiritual Heritage

    Hindus in 10,000 years,
have never condemned other
 religions as false religions and
 converted them to Hinduism
have never destroyed temples of
 other religions

             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   415
Hindu Spirit of Tolerance

 Hindus in 10,000 years,
have never called people from other
 religions as Sinners and condemned
 them to eternal hell.
Have never crucified or burnt alive
 any one whose ideas have been
 different from their own.
           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   416
Intolerance in other Civilizations
  Socrates, 400 BC, Greek Philosopher
  was made to drink Hemlock poison for his philosophical
  thoughts questioning the concepts of Good and Justice.



  Hippasus, 250 BC, Greek Mathematician,
  was drowned to death for working on Irrational Numbers.



         The ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt
         rich with Pagan temples and largest
         library was destroyed and set on fire
         first by Pope Theophilus of Alexandria
         (391 AD) and later by Umar ibn Al
         Khattab (640 AD) 2nd Caliph.
                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   417
Intolerance of Semitic Religions
  Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Former President of India
“The intolerance of narrow monotheism is written in
letters of blood across the history of man from the time
when the first tribes of Israel burst into the land of
Canaan. The worshippers of the one Jealous God are egged
on to aggressive wars against people of alien cults. They
invoke Divine Sanctions for the cruelties inflicted on the
conquered.
The spirit of old Israel is inherited by Christianity and Islam
Wars of Religion which are the outcome of fanaticism that
prompts and justifies extermination of aliens of different
   creeds are practically unknown in Hindu India.”


                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   418
Intolerance of Semitic Religions
     Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation
“This proselytization will mean no peace in
                the world.
   Conversions are harmful to India.
  IF I HAD THE POWER AND COULD
LEGISLATE I SHOULD CERTAINLY STOP
         ALL PROSELYTIZING.”
          -- Mahatma Gandhi
         (Father of the Nation)

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   419
Intolerance of Semitic Religions
     Jomo Kenyatta, Father of the Nation, Kenya
"When the missionaries came, they
 had the Bible and we had the land
 (Africa). They said, 'Let us pray'.
 We closed our eyes. When we
 opened them, they had the land
 and we had the Bible!"


                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   420
The Madras Christian College Magazine,
   in its October 1921 issue on Gandhiji,
"We have always regarded the doctrines
 he (Mahatma Gandhi) has been
 preaching and the policy he has
 advocated as pernicious." The journal
 then went on to offer a homily: All
 those who want "peace and sobriety of
 life and progress" should reject the
 "sophistry of non-violence"

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   421
Indian Christians on
      Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
The International Review of Missions
was clear in its pronouncement that the
means and methods adopted by the
British to put down the uprising in
Punjab were neither un-Christian nor
a blot on British rule.



            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   422
Intolerance of Christianity
l “Conversions are to blame for some of the religious violence that erupts in the country.
  Conversions lead to animosity among religious groups. They also lead to retaliation by re-
  conversion. As a result, communal rioting, arson and looting follow. Induced conversions are
  a grave threat to national and world peace and harmony.”               -- R. Venkataraman
  (Former President of India)
l “Conversion is an act of violence:     Aggressive religions have no God-given right to
  destroy ancient faiths and cultures.”
                   -- Swami Dayananda Saraswati(Head of Arsha Vidya Gurukul)
6. “Well-organized religious conversion can be a potential bomb TO EXPLODE CULTURAL
   VALUES, DISTURB POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS AND TORPEDO NATIONAL
   LOYALTIES.”
                -- Laura Kelly (Author of “Conversions in India a Geopolitical time bomb”)
9. “Attempts at conversion should be considered a mortal assault on local cultures and should
   be totally banned. Conversions are forbidden by law in China. Here we take a lenient view of
   conversion and Christian bodies have been taking advantage of the Hindu sense of
   tolerance.”
                    -- M. V. Kamath      (Renowned Journalist and Author)
12. Religious leaders from around the world call organized conversion a form of cultural
    imperialism and describe it as an aggressive act against indigenous cultures:
                    -- First World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity


                               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   423
What is Christian Unity
You know the Latin Catholic will not enter
 into Syria catholic church,
These two will not enter the Marthoma
 church,
 These three will not enter the Penthacost
 church,
 These four will not enter the Salvation army
 church,
 These five will not enter the 7th day
 Adventist church,
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   424
What is Christian Unity
 These six will not enter the Orthodox church,
  These seven will not enter the Jacobite church

Like this there are 146 castes in Kerala alone
 for Christianity,
 each will never share their churches with
 other Christians !
 Wonderful!!!!!!!
 One Christ, One Bible, One Jehova....What a
 unity !
                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   425
Muslim Appeasement
    “The idea that by encouraging
    Mahomedan rowdyism, the present
    agitation may be put down, is
    preposterous; and those who cherish this
    notion forget that the bully is neither the
    strongest nor the bravest of men; and that
    because the self-restraint of the Hindu,
    miscalled cowardice, has been a prominent
    feature of his national character, he is
    absolutely incapable of striking straight
    and striking hard when any sacred
    situation demands this."

       Aurobindo, September 4 1906, Bande Mataram.

    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   426
Muslim Appeasement
   While commenting on Islam, the Nobel Laureate poet
   Rabindranath Tagore once said,

   “Two or three different religions claim that only their
   own religions are true and all other religions are false
   and their religions are only ways to Heaven. Hence
   conflict with them cannot be avoided. Such,
   fundamentalism tries to abolish all other religions. This
   is called Bolshevism in religion.”

   [Essay “Atma Parichay”].

   Had Islam been a religion of peace and compassion,
   Rabindranath never would have commented like this.


        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   427
Muslim Appeasement
   In another occasion, Tagore said [In a letter to Sri
   Kalidas Nag, in Complete Works of Rabindranath
   (Bengali), Viswabharati University , 1982, 24:375,

   “There are two religions on the earth, which have
   distinct enmity against all other religions. These two
   are Christianity and Islam. They are not satisfied with
   just observing their own religions, but are determined
   to destroy all other religions. That’s why the only way
   to make peace with them is to embrace their religion.”




        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   428
Muslim Appeasement
   Tagore also observed [Interview of Rabindranath, Times
   of India, April 18, 1924 ]:

   “A very important factor which is making it almost
   impossible for Hindu-Muslim unity to become an
   accomplished fact is that the Muslim can not confine
   their patriotism to any one country. I had frankly
   asked the Muslims whether in the event of any
   Mohammedan power invading India, would they
   (Muslims) stand side by side with their Hindu
   neighbors to defend their common land or join the
   invaders. I was not satisfied with the reply I have
   obtained from them….. Even such a man as Mr.
   Mohammed Ali (one of the famous Ali brothers, the
   leaders of the Khilafat Movement) has declared that
   under no circumstances it is permissible for any
   Mohammedan, whatever be his country, to stand
   against any Mohammedan”.
       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   429
What is Muslim Unity
Among Muslims, Shia and Sunni kill each
 other in all the Muslim countries.
 The religious riot in Muslim countries is
 always between these two.
 The Shia will not go to Sunni mosque,
 These two will not go to Ahamadiya mosque,
 These three will not go to Sufi mosque,
 These four will not go to Mujahiddin
 mosque.....................
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   430
What is Muslim Unity
like this it appears there are 13
 castes among Muslims......... Killing /
 bombing/conquering/ massacring/... each
 other




The American attack on the Muslim land of
 Iraq is fully supported by all the Muslim
 countries surrounding Iraq !




One Allah, One Quran, One Nebi....! Great
 unity !
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   431
What is Hindu Unity
For Hindus 1280 books,10,000
 commentaries, more than one lakh sub
 commentaries for these foundation books.
 330 million gods, variety of Aacharyas,
 thousands of Rishies, hundreds of
 languages...
still everyone walks into to the SAME
 TEMPLE...

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   432
What is Hindu Unity
still everyone walks into to the SAME
 TEMPLE...
 Hindus have never quarreled with each
 other in the last ten thousand years in the
 name of Religion………………………!




               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   433
Christians Killing Christians- soldiers
 40 M – 72 Millions             WWII                              1939 – 1945
 19 M – 59 Millions             WWI                               1914 - 1918
 5 M – 9 Millions                Russian Civil War 1917 - 1921
 3.8 M – 13.8 Millions II Congo War                               1998 - 2003

 In short
 60 M – 130 Millions WW – I and II
 10 M – 20 Millions           Russian & Congo Wars



                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   434
Christians Killing Others- soldiers
 2.5 M – 3.5 Millions         Korean War                       1950 - 1953
 2.5 M – 5 Millions           Vietnam War                      1959 - 1975
 1.5 M – 2.5 Millions         Afghan Civil War 1979 – Present

In Short
 5 M – 8 Millions Korean & Vietnam Wars 1950 – 1975
 1.5 M – 2.5 Millions        Afghan Civil War 1979 – Present




                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   435
Christians Killing Others (Non-Combatants)
l 15.5           M                 -                 21                  Millions
            Pope Pius & Hitler                         1933 – 1945
            Killing Jews, Gypsie Hindus
l 14 M – 20 Millions
           Democide of Native                          1500 - 1900
            Americans thru various diseases
l 4          M                –                 60                   Millions
            Atlantic Slave Trade incl                  1600 – 19 th Cent
            More than 1 M died during
            Trans Atlantic Crossing
 4                                          Millions
           Bengal Man Made Famine                                  1943
      (Man Made Famine under Churchill)


                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   436
Wars & Armed Conflicts
 40 M – 72 Millions             WWII                                1939 – 1945
 19 M – 59 Millions             WWI                                 1914 - 1918
 5 M – 9 Millions               Russian Civil War                   1917 - 1921
 3.8 M – 13.8 Millions            II Congo War                        1998 - 2003

 2.5 M – 3.5 Millions           Korean War                          1950 - 1953
 2.5 M – 5 Millions             Vietnam War                         1959 - 1975
 1.5 M – 2.5 Millions           Afghan Civil War                    1979 – Present


 4 Millions               Bengal Man Made Famine                                1943
                     (Man Made Famine under Churchill)


                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   437
Christians Killing Christians
          (Non-Combatants)
4      M            –                    50                     Millions
    Russia Under Stalin                          1932 – 1953
    Political Repression,
    Holodomor Famine




               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   438
Non-Combatant
l 27 M – 72 Millions    China Cultural Revolution                     1949– 1975
                        Great Leap Forward,
                        Political Repression, Famine,
l 15.5 M - 21 Millions German Nazis                                   1933 – 1945
                        Holocaust, Nazi-Hitler
l 14 M – 20 Millions   Democide of Native                             1500 - 1900
                        Americans thru various diseases
l 6 M – 30 Mllions      Imperial Japan’s occupation                   1930 – 1945
                        of Asia
l 4 M – 60 Millions     Atlantic Slave Trade incl                     1600 – 19 th Cent
                        More than 1 M died during
                        Trans Atlantic Crossing
l 4 M – 50 Millions     Russia Under Stalin                           1932 – 1953
                        Political Repression,
                        Holodomor Famine




                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   439
Non-Combatant
l 27 M – 72 M      China Cultural Revolution                     1949– 1975
                   Great Leap Forward,
                   Political Repression, Famine,
l 15.5 M - 21 M    German Nazis                                  1933 – 1945
                   Holocaust, Nazi-Hitler
l 14 M – 20 M      Democide of Native                            1500 - 1900
                   Americans thru various diseases
l 6 M – 30 M       Imperial Japan’s occupation                   1930 – 1945
                   of Asia
l 4 M – 60 M       Atlantic Slave Trade incl                     1600 – 19 th Cent
                   More than 1 M died during
                   Trans Atlantic Crossing
l 4 M – 50 M       Russia Under Stalin                           1932 – 1953
                   Political Repression,
                   Holodomor Famine

                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   440
Non-Combatant
l 3.6 M              Arab Slave Trade                              9 – 21st century
                     Asia, Africa, Europe
l 1M–5M              Democide of Muslims                           1856 - 1873
                     Chinese Muslims
l 26,000 – 3 M       Rape of Bangladesh by                         1971
                     Punjabi Soldiers
l 800,000 – 1 M      Partition of India                            1947 - 1948

l 3 – 5 Lakhs        Democide in Uganda                            1971 – 1979
                     By Idi Amin (Muslim)

l 1.5 to 5 Lakhs     Genocide, Ethiopia             1974 - 1991
                     Marxist Regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam

l 100,000 – 1.2 M    Democide of Tibetans                          1950 - Today


                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   441
Genocides
l 3 M – 30 M        Japanese War Crimes                           1937 – 1945
l 11 M – 16.3 M     Genocide by Nazi Germany                      1933- 1945
                    Chinese Muslims
l 2.5 M – 5 M       Holodomor, Famine                             1932 – 1933
                    Political Repression,
                    Soviet Ukraine by Stalin
l 200,000 – 2.1 M   Armenian Genocide               1895 – 1923
                    Turkish Govt does not Recognise as Genocide

l 500,000 – 3 M     Rwandan Genocide                              1994
                    Hutu killed unarmed Tutsie

l 225,000           Depopulation of                               1788 – 1888
                    Australian Aborigines
l 2 – 4 Lakhs       Darfur Conflict, Sudan                        2003 – Today

                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   442
Intolerance of Christianity
massacre of 60 million Red Indians,
inquisition in India,
destructions of indigenous civilizations and cultures,
burning of millions of men and women as witches,
two wars thrust upon the hapless world in the last century,
killing of 6 million Jews by Hitler,
persecution of millions by Stalin,
denigrating other religions,
deceiving, falsifying, allurements,
mutual wars between European nations,
battles between different internal denominations,
justification of slavery Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                    Let Noble                                                443
Intolerance of Christianity


Pope going round apologizing to various
  non- Christian people of the world?




            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   444
Intolerance of the Church
  Hypatia of Alexandria 415 AD. Mathematician.
  Bishop Saint Cyril and clergy stripped her naked,
  dragged her through the streets, stoned and scraped her
  skin off with tiles and bits of shell, tore her limbs in a
  church and burnt her alive.

Joan of Arc, May 30, 1431. French warrior and saint.
burned at the stake by the English when she was nineteen
years old. Her bones were reburnt to make sure. 24 years
later she was declared innocent and martyr. She was
permitted in heaven in 1909 and in 1920 declared a saint.

  Giordano Bruno, 1600 AD Italy, Astronomer

  Believed in the plurality of worlds.
  By the orders of Pope Clement VIII, his tongue in
  a gag, he was tied to a pole naked and burned at
  the stake, on February 17, 1600.
                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   445
Intolerance of the Church
Galileo Galilei Italy- Father of Modern Science -
Astronomer, 8 January 1642 By the orders of Pope
Urban VIII, he was kept under house arrest for saying
‘E pur si mouve’ (Earth still moves. It is not stationary).

  Rich Aztec Empire populated by more than 5 million
  people was conquered and enslaved by Spanish Hernando
  Cortes in 1521 AD with a force fewer than 600 men
  supported by 20 horses and 10 small cannons. The
  conquest left 80% natives dead in the course of 60 years.

  Atahualpa, the last Inca Emperor, Peru, South America,
  in 1553 AD was betrayed and killed for God, Gold, Glory
  by Spanish general Francisco Pizarro and Priest Vicente
  de Valverde. Entire Inca population was butchered and
  enslaved. A great civilization was destroyed all in the
  name of a book Bible and in the name of the God of Love.
                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   446
Christian Intolerance Against Jews
The accusation that Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus has been
      the most powerful warrant for anti-semitism by Christians.

       in Europe full-scale persecution in many places, with blood libels,
       expulsions, forced conversions and massacres..

       In the First Crusade (1096) flourishing communities on the Rhine
       and the Danube were utterly destroyed;.

       In the Second Crusade (1147) the Jews in France were subject to
       frequent massacres.

       The Jews were also subjected to attacks by the Shepherds'
       Crusades of 1251 and 1320. The Crusades were followed by
       expulsions, including in, 1290, the banishing of all English Jews; in
       1396, 100,000 Jews were expelled from France; and, in 1421
       thousands were expelled from Austria. Many of the expelled Jews
       fled to Poland.
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Christian Intolerance Against Jews
The accusation that Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus has been
      the most powerful warrant for anti-semitism by Christians.

           Black Plague in Europe Mid 14th Century
           Jews used as scapegoats. Rumors spread that Jews
           caused the disease by deliberately poisoning wells.
           Hundreds of Jewish communities were destroyed by
           violence.
           900 Jews burnt alive in Strasbourg, where the plague
           hadn't yet affected the city.
           Jews in India faced no persecution from Hindus
           from the time they migrated to India,
           but Hindus were subjugated by Portugese Christian
           missionaries during the Goa Inquisition from the
           year 1552.
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Christian Intolerance Against Jews
            Holocaust in Europe
             Hitler helped by
              Pope Pius XII
          Six million (60 lacs) Jews, and
  Five million (50 lacs) other "Untermenschen"
 (Sub-humans) term used for Gypsis (Hindus from
Rajasthan), Slavics, Russians), targeted by the Nazis,
                     were killed.



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Holy                 Bible
For nearly two billion people, the Bible is a holy book containing the revealed
word of God. It is the source of their religious beliefs. Yet few of those who
believe in the Bible have actually read it.
This must seem strange to those who have never read the Bible. But anyone
who has struggled through its repetitious and tiresome trivia, seemingly
endless genealogies, pointless stories and laws, knows that the Bible is not
an easy book to read. So it is not surprising that those that begin reading at
Genesis seldom make it through Leviticus. And the few Bible-believers that
survive to the bitter end of Revelation must continually face a disturbing
dilemma: their faith tells them they should read the Bible, but by reading
the Bible they endanger their faith.
When I was a Christian, I never read the Bible. Not all the way through,
anyway. The problem was that I believed the Bible to be the inspired and
inerrant word of God, yet the more I read it, the less credible that belief
became. I finally decided that to protect my faith in the Bible, I'd better
quit trying to read it.
I think most Bible-believers find themselves in that position -- although few
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 450
will admit it. Not even to themselves.
Holy                  Bible
 It is time for us all to
  stop believing in, or
pretending to believe in,

   a book that is so
  unworthy of belief.
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US Presidents on Christianity
George Washington – 1st President
  John Adams – 2nd President

   President George Washington –
   "The government of the United States is not, in any
   sense, founded on the Christian religion.”
                             (Treaty Of Tripoli, 1796)

   President John Adams –
          "Where do we find a precept in the Bible
   for Creeds, Confessions, Doctrines and Oaths, and
   whole carloads of other trumpery that we find
   religion encumbered with in these days?"

           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   452
US Presidents on Christianity
    Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President &
       Author of Declaration of Independence
•   "History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people
    maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of
    ignorance, of which their political as well as religious leaders will always
    avail themselves for their own purpose.“

•   "The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as
    the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three
    headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know
    more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look
    at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two
    classes: fools and hypocrites.“

•   "I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature."
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US Presidents on Christianity
    Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President

1. “Christianity is the most perverted
   system that ever shone on man”
                                    Thomas Jefferson quotes
                    (American 3rd US President (1801-09).
     Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)




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Thomas Jefferson Quotations
           3rd President of USA 1801 – 1809,
    Principal Author of Declaration of Independence (1776)

    1.   "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus,
         by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a
         Virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of
         Minerva in the brain of Jupiter“

    l    "The incomprehensible jargon of Trinitarian
         arithmetic, that three are one and one is three“

    l    "I consider the book of Revelation, the ravings of a
         maniac”

    l    "The gospel history of Jesus consists of fabrications,
         superstitions and fanaticism“
    l    "Due to Christianity, millions of innocent men,
         women and children have been burnt alive as
         witches“

             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   455
US Presidents on Christianity
         James Madison -4th President
"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of
Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less
in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance
and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry
and persecution.“
  "In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the
     liberties of the people. Religious bondage shackles and
  debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise."

From:
        The Madisons by Virginia Moore, P. 43 (1979, McGraw-Hill
        Co. New York, NY) quoting a letter by JM to William
Bradford April 1, 1774, and James Madison, A Biography in     his
Own Words, edited by Joseph Gardner, p. 93, (1974, Newsweek, New
York, NY) Quoting Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious
Assessments by JM, June 1785
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   456
James Madison Quotations
    "Christianity causes Superstition,
        bigotry and persecution"
      …………......................................

   James Madison
     (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836)
   4th President of USA (1809 – 1817)
   Father of Constitution (1787)

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US Presidents on Christianity
Abraham Lincoln – 16th President
    "My earlier views at the unsoundness of the
    Christian scheme of salvation and the
    human origin of the scriptures, have
    become clearer and stronger with advancing
    years and I see no reason for thinking I shall
    ever change them"

           "The Bible is not my book
         nor Christianity my profession.“

    Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th
    US President (1861-65), who brought about the
    emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865)
            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   458
US Presidents on Christianity
   William Howard Taft – 27th President

   "I do not believe in the divinity of
   Christ and there are many other of
   the postulates of the orthodox creed
   to which I cannot subscribe.“

   http://www.chrisspagani.com/religion-quo



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US Presidents on Christianity
  Barack Hussein Obama – 44th President

  “  I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four-

                     I can't imagine that
  fifths of the world to hell.
  my God would allow some little Hindu
  kid in India who never interacts with
  the Christian faith to somehow burn
  for all eternity. That's just not part of
  my religious makeup.”
   2004 interview Obama gave Chicago Sun Times columnist
  Cathleen Falsani when he was running for U.S. Senate in
  Illinois.
                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   460
US Presidents on Christianity
  Barack Hussein Obama – 44th President
      Presidential Speech on Muslims
   "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward,
   based on mutual interest and mutual respect.
   To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow
   conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West -
   know that your people will judge you on what you
   can build, not what you destroy.

   To those who cling to power through corruption
   and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that
   you are on the wrong side of history; but that we
   will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench
   your fist."
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   461
Quotations on Conversions
  Veer Savarkar
    "Change of religion is Change of nationality"
    ..........................................................................................


  Swami Vivekananda
    “Conversion is not one Hindu less, but One enemy more"
    .........................................................................................

  Jawahar Lal Nehru
    "The church burnt millions of women as witches"
    ........................................................................................


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George Bernard Shaw Quotations
(1856 – 1950)           Nobel Prize 1925, Oscar 1938

         "The bible is a false book, that must
          be burned and buried"
          ……......................................................

         "The bible is full of fairy tales and
          anyone who believes in the bible is
          unfit to be a parent or vote"
          ..............................................................

         "Jehovah is no God, but a
          barbarous tribal idol"
          ……………..........................................

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Bertrand Russel Quotations
(1872 – 1970)        Nobel Prize 1950 (Literature)
        "The clergy objected to giving pain
         killers to women during child
         birth, lest she escape pain ordered
         on Eve"
         .........................................................
        "Historically it is very doubtful
         that Jesus existed at all"
         .........................................................
        "The church opposed the abolition
         of slavery“
         .......................................................

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Christianity Quotations
    Charles Dickens                   (1812 – 1870)
      "Missionaries are perfect nuisances and leave
      every place worse than they found it"
      ………………………………..............................

    H.G.Wells                                                (1866 – 1946)
      "You can trust a devout catholic, less than a
      Nazi spy"
      ..............................................................................
    H.G.Wells
      "The most evil thing in the world today is the
      Roman Catholic Church"
      ..............................................................................

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Christianity Quotations
  Robert Ingersoll (1833 – 1899) USA
    The real oppressor of the people is the Bible

  Saint Francis Xavier (1506 – 1552) Spain - France
        "I destroyed hundreds of Hindu temples”


  Nietzsche          (1844 – 1900) German
     "I call Christianity the one Great Curse”

  Voltaire                (1694 – 1778) French
     "Christianity is the most absurd and
    bloodthirsty religion"
               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   466
Leo Tolstoy Quotations
l Count Tolstoy
  "What can be more absurd than that
  the mother of God was both a virgin
  and a mother"
  .................................................................
        Count Tolstoy
           "Really no religion has preached things so
           evidently incompatible with contemporary
           knowledge or so immoral as the doctrines
           preached by Church Christianity"
           ................................................................................

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Christianity Quotations
l   Thomas Paine
    "What is it the Testament teaches us? - to believe that the
    Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be
    married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith?"
    ............................................................................................

l   Thomas Paine
    "Among the detestable villains, that in any period of the world
    have disgraced the world of man, it is impossible to find a
    greater than Moses, if this account be true. Here is an order to
    butcher boys, to massacre the mothers and debauch the
    daughters"
    …………………………...................................................
l   Thomas Paine
    "The Bible is the word of the Demon, not the word of
    God"
    ...................................................


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Christianity Quotations
Mark Twain

 "Their naked privacies were probed to
 make sure they had the hymen intact,
 After this humiliation, they were sold
 into slavery"
 ...............................................................




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Christianity Quotations
Dr.P.Thomas
  "It was the boast of the Hooghly Portuguese
  that they made more Christians in a year by
  forcible conversion than all the missionaries in
  the east in ten years"
  ..................................................

General Booth
  "Social work is the bait, but it is salvation that
  is the hook that lands the fish"
  ........................................................
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Christianity Quotations
Charles Duryea Smith
  "The Christians attempted to spread some of history's most non-
  violent teachings by force and violence Thus there were religious
  wars of unprecedented violence, history bending crusades of
  blood-shed, and the crushing cruelty of the inquisition, all in the
  name of the Carpenter from Nazareth"
  .............................................

J.C.Baretto Miranda (Goa Inquisition)
  "Every word of theirs was a sentence of death, and at their
  slightest nod, were moved to terror, the vast populations spread
  over the Asiatic regions whose lives fluctuated in their hands, and
  who, on the most frivolous pretext, could be clapped for all time in
  the deepest dungeon, or strangled or offered as food to the pyre"
  .......................................


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Christianity Quotations
Charles Smith
  "The doctrine of the Virgin Birth brands every natural
  mother as impure“
  ...............................................

Colin Maine
  "If we examine the Bible- both Old and New Testaments-
  we find that the Bible God is more a sadistic monster than
  a god of love. If he were to appear on earth as a human
  being, he would most likely be incarcerated in a mental
  hospital as a dangerous psychopath“
  ..............................................................


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Christianity Quotations
Matilda Joslyn Gage
  "In 1854, an objector to women's rights cried out:
  First prove women have a soul, both Church and State
  deny it"
  ..........................................................................................
Matilda Joslyn Gage
  "The sale of daughters was practised in England
  for seven hundred years after the introduction of
  Christianity"
  …………………….......................................................


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Christianity Quotations
Colonel James Todd
 "It is fortunate for Christians that
 Hindus have forgotten Portuguese
 atrocities in Goa and Gujurat"
 ........................................................




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Christianity Quotations
Martin Luther
 "Burn all witches"
 .....................................................

John Wesley
 "Denying existence of witchcraft is
 denying the Bible"
 ...................................................

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Christianity Quotations
l What is the origin of the word Christmas
  A contraction of the words Christ’s Mass,
  meaning Christ’s festival or celebrations,
  from the Middle English ‘Christmasse’, first
  recorded in 1038.
l Who condemned Christmas Celebrations as
  “trappings of popery” and “rags of the
  Beast”?
  The Protestants, during the Reformation 16th
  century,


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Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian


10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions,
    but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.

9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people
    evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim
    that we were created from dirt.

8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.

7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but
    you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the
    babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic
    groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!

6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping
    with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit
   impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed,
   came back to life and then ascended into the sky.



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Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian-2

 5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically
     established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with
     believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and
     guessing that Earth is a few generations old.

 4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who
     share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in
     an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most
     "tolerant" and "loving."

 3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince
     you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be
     all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.

 2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You
     consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining
     99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.

 1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible,
     Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.



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Pope Apologizes
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2000202,00.ht
    ml
Vatican City - Following are some instances in which the papacy
    admitted errors or apologised for actions of the Roman Catholic
    Church.
•   · 1992: After 13 years of study by the Vatican, Pope John Paul II
    declared that the church was wrong to condemn astronomer Galileo
    for maintaining that the earth was not the centre of the universe. The
    scientist was formally rehabilitated and the pope said Galileo's
    condemnation had resulted from "tragic mutual incomprehension".
•   · 1992: Visiting a former centre of the slave trade in Senegal, John
    Paul begged for forgiveness for the Christians involved in the slave
    trade. "From this African sanctuary of black pain, we begged the
    pardon from above," the pope said.
•   · 1995: John Paul issued a document saying that the Church was
    "truly sorry" for any discrimination or mistreatment of women.
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Pope Apologizes
•   · 1995: During a visit to the Czech Republic, John Paul asked
    forgiveness for violence by Catholics against Protestants during the
    16th century Counterreformation. "Today I, the pope of the Church
    of Rome, in the name of all Catholics, ask forgiveness for the wrongs
    inflicted on non-Catholics during the turbulent history of these
    peoples."
•   · 1998: In a document on the Holocaust, John Paul expressed
    remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Nazi
    persecution of Jews, regretting the silence of those who "were not
    strong enough to raise their voices in protest".
•   · 1999: John Paul denounced the persecution of Jan Hus, a 15th-
    century religious reformer and precursor of Protestantism who was
    burned at the stake.
•   · 2000: On a solemn Day of Pardon during the Holy Year, John Paul
    asked forgiveness for the sins of Catholics through the ages,
    including wrongs inflicted on Jews, women and minorities. During
    the ceremony it was the future Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph
    Ratzinger, who spoke of the Inquisition, confessing "sins committed
    in the service of the truth".
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Pope Apologises
1.   · 2000: In a visit to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in
     Jerusalem, John Paul said the Catholic Church is "deeply saddened
     by the hatred, acts of persecution and displays of anti-Semitism
     directed against the Jews by Christians at any time and in any
     place".

3.   · 2001: On a visit to Athens, John Paul issued a sweeping apology for
     wrongs committed by Roman Catholics against Orthodox
     Christians.

5.   · 2001: Sending his official word over the internet for the first time,
     John Paul apologised for missionary abuses against indigenous
     peoples of the South Pacific.

7.   · 2006: Pope Benedict XVI said on Sunday he was "deeply sorry"
     that Muslims worldwide took offence over a speech he gave in
     Germany on September 12 about Islam and holy war.

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Pope Benedict XVI Apologises
    in USA – April 2008
A "penitent" Benedict XVI said that he was "deeply
ashamed" of the pedophile priests who scandalized
the Catholic Church in the U.S.
He said, "It is a great suffering for the church in the
United States and for the Church in general and for
me personally that this could happen."
He did not dwell on the suffering of the 13,000
victims, one of whom described what happened to
her as an "abuse of her soul."
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Pope Benedict XVI Apologises
     in USA – April 2008
 As Ashley Hall points out, the Pope previously
  worked in the Vatican's legal department. He
  knows the exact depth and horror of the abuse,
  which, according to the Church, was afflicted on
  at least 13,000 kids. The Pope's knowledge,
  however, didn't make it into his claims of shame.
 Pope Benedict XVI is asking for
     suppression, rather than forgiveness.
 Thus, the Church's road to reconciliation remains
  unpaved.
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Pope Benedict XVI to
   Apologise in many countries
        Canadian survivors call on Pope
           to apologize for sex abuse
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/02/pope-apology.html


               Pope to Apologise to
              Australian Sex Victims
  http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0803644.htm
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Pope Apologizes
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2000202,00.ht
    ml
•   · 1992: After 13 years of study by the Vatican, Pope John Paul II
    declared that the church was wrong to condemn astronomer Galileo
    for maintaining that the earth was not the centre of the universe. The
    scientist was formally rehabilitated and the pope said Galileo's
    condemnation had resulted from "tragic mutual incomprehension".




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Why are Jews So Powerful ??
                  by
                 Dr Farrukh Saleem
The writer is an Islamabad-based freelance columnist
         Email: farrukh15@hotmail.com,

           Over the Past 105 years,
•   Nobel Prizes   by          14 million Jews
                               & only


3   Nobel Prizes               by          1.4 billion Muslims
                                           (other than Peace Prizes).
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Muslim Nobel Laureates

•   Literature:
                                               3           for         Knowledge
    1988 - Najib Mahfooz                       4           for         Peace
•   Medicine:                                                          (Political Awards)
    1960 - Peter Brian Medawar
    1998 - Ferid Mourad

•   Peace:
    1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat
    1994 - Yaser Arafat:
    1990 - Elias James Corey
    1999 - Ahmed Zewai
•   Economics: (zero)
    Physics: (zero)

    TOTAL: 7 SEVEN
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Jew Nobel Laureates

Literature – 10 :                         Peace – 8 :
1910 - Paul Heyse
1927 - Henri Bergson                      1911 - Alfred Fried
1958 - Boris Pa sternak                   1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser
1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon                 1968 - Rene Cassin
1966 - Nelly Sachs                        1973 - Henry Kissinger
1976 - Saul Bellow                        1978 - Menachem Begin
1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer              1986 - Elie Wiesel
1981 - Elias Canetti                      1994 - Shimon Peres
1987 - Joseph Brodsky                     1994 - Yitzhak Rabin
1991 - Nadine Gordimer World



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Jew Nobel Laureates
Physics:                               1959 - Emilio Segre
                                       1960 - Don ald A. Glaser
1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer
                                       1961 - Robert Hofstadter
1906 - Henri Moissan
                                       1961 - Melvin Calvin
1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson
                                       1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau
1908 - Gabriel Lippmann
                                       1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz
1910 - Otto Wallach
                                       1965 - Richard Phil lips Feynman
1915 - Richard Willstaetter
                                       1965 - Julian Schwinger
1918 - Fritz Haber
                                       1969 - Murray Gell-Mann
1921 - Albert Einstein
                                       1971 - Dennis Gabor
1922 - Niels Bohr
                                       1972 - William Howard Stein
1925 - James Franck
                                       1973 - Brian David Joseph son
1925 - Gustav Hertz
                                       1975 - Benjamin Mottleson
1943 - Gustav Stern
                                       1976 - Burton Richter
1943 - George Charles de Hevesy
                                       1977 - Ilya Prigogine
1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi
                                       1978 - Arno Allan Penzias
1952 - Felix Bloch
                                       1978 - Peter L Kapitza
1954 - Max Born
1958 - Igor Tamm          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   489
Physics:          Jew Nobel Laureates
1979 - Stephen Weinberg              1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach
1979 - Sheldon Glashow               1988 - Robert Huber
1979 - Herbert Charles Brown         1988 - Leon Lederman
1980 - Paul Berg                     1988 - Melvin Schwartz
1980 - Walter Gilbert                1988 - Jack Steinberger
1981 - Roald Hoffmann                1989 - Sidney Altman
1982 - Aaron Klug                    1990 - Jerome Friedman
1985 - Albert A. Hauptman            1992 - Rudolph Marcus
1985 - Jerome Karle                  1995 - Martin Perl
                                     2000 - Alan J. Heeger
Economics – 13 :
1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson          Economics
1971 - Simon Kuznets                   1985 - Franco Modigliani
1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow            1987 - Robert M. Solow
1975 - Leonid Kantorovich              1990 - Harry Markowitz
1976 - Mil ton Friedman                1 990 - Merton Miller
1978 - Herb ert A. Simon               1992 - Gary Becker
1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein           1993 - Robert Fogel
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   490
Jew Nobel Laureates
Medicine:                                 Medicine:
1908 - Elie Metchnikoff
                                          1964 - Konrad Bloch
1908 - Paul Erlich
                                          1965 - Francois Jacob
1914 - Robert Barany
                                          1965 - Andre Lwoff
1922 - Otto Meyerhof
                                          1967 - George Wald
1930 - Karl Landsteiner
                                          1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg
1931 - Otto Warburg
                                          1969 - Salvador Luria
1936 - Otto Loewi
                                          1970 - Julius Axelrod
1944 - Joseph Erlanger
                                          1970 - Sir Bernard Katz
1944 - Herb ert Spencer Gasser
                                          1972 - Gerald Maurice Ed elman
1945 - Ernst Boris Chain
                                          1975 - Howard Martin Temin
1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller
                                          1976 - Baruch S... Blumberg
1950 - Tadeus Reichstein
                                          1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow
1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman
                                          1978 - Daniel Nathans
1953 - Hans Krebs
                                          1980 - Baruj Benacerraf
1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann
                                          1984 - Cesar Milstein
1958 - Joshua Lederberg
1959 - Arthur Kornberg
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   491
Jew Nobel Laureates
Medicine:
1985 - Michael Stuart Brown
1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein
1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita
Levi-Montalcini]
1988 - Gertrude Elion
1989 - Harold Varmus
1991 - Erwin Neher
1991 - Bert Sakmann
1993 - Richard J. Roberts              129                     Total
1993 - Phillip Sharp
1994 - Alfred Gilman
1995 - Ed ward B. Lewis




                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   492
Jews and Israel Today

The Jews are NOT promoting brain washing children in military training
camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths
of Jews and other non Muslims!
The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves
up in German restaurants. There is NOT one single Jew that has destroyed a
church or a temple. There is NOT a single Jew that protests by killing people. All
their protest are peaceful.

The Jews don't traffic slaves, nor have leaders calling for Jihad and death to
all the Infidels.
Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard
education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems.
Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand
that humankind respects them!!
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   493
Jews and Israel Today

 Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the
      Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe
             there is more culpability on Israel 's part,
            the following two sentences really say it all:


'If the Arabs put down their weapons today,
      there would be no more violence.
If the Jews put down their weapons today,
       there would be no more Israel'
           -Benjamin Netanyahu

                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   494
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
       Some Great Jew Professionals

Jesus of Nazareth.
Albert Einstein,     the most influential scientist of all time,
                     TIME magazine's 'Person of the Century'.

Sigmund Freud        id, ego, superego -- the father of psychoanalysis

Paul Samuelson       Economist, Nobel Laureate

Milton Friedman      Economist

Benjamin Rubin       gave humanity the vaccinating needle.

Jonas Salk           developed the first polio vaccine.

Alert Sabin          developed the improved live polio vaccine.
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   495
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
         Some Great Jew Doctors
Gertrude Elion     gave us a leukemia fighting drug.

Baruch Blumberg    developed the vaccination for Hepatitis B.

Paul Ehrlich       discovered a treatment for syphilis
                   (a sexually transmitted disease).

Elie Metchnikoff   won a Nobel Prize in infectious diseases.

Bernard Katz       won a Nobel Prize in neuromuscular transmission

Andrew Schally      won a Nobel in endocrinology
                   (disorders of the endocrine system; diabetes,
                   hyperthyroidism).
                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   496
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
           Some Great Jews
Aaron Beck        founded Cognitive Therapy
                  (psychotherapy to treat mental disorders,
                  depression and phobias).

Gregory Pincus    developed the first oral contraceptive pill.

George Wald       won a Nobel for furthering our understanding
                  of the human eye.

Stanley Cohen     won a Nobel in embryology
                  (study of embryos and their development).

Willem Kolff      came up with the kidney dialysis machine.


                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   497
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
        Some Great Jew Scientists

Stanley Mezor        invented the first micro-processing chip.

Leo Szilard          developed the first nuclear chain reactor.

Peter Schultz,       optical fibre cable;

Charles Adler,       traffic lights;

Benno Strauss,       Stainless steel;

Isador Kisee,        sound movies;

Emile Berliner,      telephone microphone and

Charles Ginsburg,    videotape recorder.

                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   498
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
        Some Great Jew Businessmen

        Famous Jew Financiers in the business world
Ralph Lauren (Polo),                           Levis Strauss (Levi's Jeans),

Howard Schultz (Starbuck's),                   Sergey Brin (Google),

Michael Dell (Dell Computers),                 Larry Ellison (Oracle),

Donna Karan (DKNY),                Irv Robbins (Baskins & Robbins)

Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Donuts).


                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   499
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
             Some Great Jews
Richard Levin,      President of Yale University, is a Jew

Henry Kissinger     American secretary of state,

Alan Greenspan      federal chairman under
                    Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush,

Joseph Lieberman,
Maxim Litvinov    USSR foreign Minister,

David Marshal       Singapore's first chief minister,

Issac Isaacs        Governor-General of Australia,

Benjamin Disraeli   British statesman and author,

Yevgeny Primakov Russian PM,
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   500
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
             Some Great Jews
Barry Gold water,   USA

Jorge Sampaio       President of Portugal,

John Deutsch        CIA director,

Herb Gray           Canadian deputy PM,

Pierre Mendes       French PM,

Michael Howard      British Home Secretary and

Robert Rubin        American Secretary of Treasury.


                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   501
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
                Some Great Jews
In the   Media, famous Jews include
Wolf Blitzer           CNN,

Barbara Walters        ABC News,

Eugene Meyer           Washington Post,

Henry Grunwald         Editor-in-chief Time,

Katherine Graham Publisher of The Washington Post,
Joseph Lelyyeld        Executive editor, The New York Times,

Max Frankel            New York Times.

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   502
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
             Some Great Jews
At the Olympics,

Mark Spitz            set a record of sorts by wining 7 gold medals

Lenny Krayzelburg is a three-time Olympic gold medalist.

Boris Becker          Tennis.


 A vr ;{fen àsuÝae nr gÎ RÉ >
  }an
 k> smwR> àbIÏ ‚< t< }an É erI ztErip.
     Who is capable of arousing, even with hundreds
     of drums of knowledge, that ass of a man who is
     asleep with an eunuch of ignorance?
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   503
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
      Some Great Hollywood Jews
Jews Among Great   Hollywood Actors
Harrison Ford,                    George Burns,
Tony Curtis,                      Charles Bronson,
Sandra Bullock,                   Billy Crystal,
Paul Newman,                      Peter Sellers,
Dustin Hoffman,                   Michael Douglas,
Ben Kingsley,                     Kirk Douglas,
Cary Grant,                       William Shatner,
Jerry Lewis                       Peter Falk
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   504
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
        Some Great Hollywood Jews
      As a matter of fact, Hollywood itself was founded by a Jew.
              Among Directors           and Producers,
Steven Spielberg,                  Mel Brooks,
Oliver Stone,                      Aaron Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210),
Neil Simon (The Odd Couple), Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1/2/3),
Michael Man (Starsky and Hutch),
Milos Forman (One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest),
Douglas Fairbanks (The thief of Baghdad) and
Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters)
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   505
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
        Some Great Jews

           William James Sidis,
          with an IQ of 250-300,
is the brightest human who ever existed.
  Guess what faith did he belong to?

 So, why are Jews so powerful?


            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   506
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
  So, why are Jews so powerful?
             Answer:
            • Education.
      A vr ;{fen àsuÝae nr gÎ RÉ >
        }an
      k> smwR> àbIÏ ‚< t< }an É erI
ztErip.
   Who is capable of arousing, even with hundreds
of drums of knowledge, that ass of a man who is
asleep with an eunuch of ignorance?
               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   507
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
 So, why are Jews so powerful?
             Answer:
     •    Education                                                 .




    •     Respect for Women.
ya T r p U jya t e n a a r I t T r
ra ma nte d e va ta :
Where the women is worshipped, the Gods reside
there.


              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   508
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
So, why are Jews so powerful?
       Answer:
  • Education                                                .




  • Respect for Women
 • Religious Tolerance.




        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   509
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
In this hour of crisis, just one single statement from                 David Ben
Gurion, Founding Father and first PM of Israel can act magic
in raising the morale of all the nationalistic Indians of this great Nation
soar high. He said to Ariel Sharon, former Defence Minister and later PM
of Israel just before his death which has gone on records as the greatest
Jewish anecdote ever-

"Let me first tell you one thing: it doesn't matter
what the world says about Israel, it doesn't matter
what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing
that matters is that we can exist here on the land of
our forefathers. And unless we show the Arabs that
there is a high price to pay for murdering Jews, we
won't survive."
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   510
Why are Pakis so backward
                Dr Farrukh Saleem 9/12/2007
                 India’s Achievements Vs Pak
We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely:
M124).
We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence.
Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same.
We watch the same movies and sing the same songs.
What is it that Indians have and we don't?

INDIANS ELECT THIER LEADERS
(INDIA is still pre-dominantly a Hindu Nation)
Indians believe in Vedic concept of Pluralism (Avibhaktam Vibhakteshu)
Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was
born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore. India now has more than three
dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire).
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   511
Why are Pakis so backward
                    Dr Farrukh Saleem 9/12/2007
                       India’s Achievements Vs Pak

We Pakistanis          have the same genetic sequence and the same
genetic marker (namely: M124).
We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence.
Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same.
We watch the same movies and sing the same songs.
What is it that Indians have and we don't?

       INDIANS ELECT THIER LEADERS
Indians worship cows                            Pakis slaughter cows
Indians believe in PLURALISM                    Pakis kill non Muslims, Bengalis,
Indians believe in Bhagwad Gita                 Pakis believe in Koran
   If Pakis leave Koran for a month and take to Bhagwad Gita, they will
       become one of the richest countries in the world. Just Try it.
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   512
Pakistan                  v/s                     India
'Jihad is an instrument of Pakistan's state policy'
President Parvez Musharaff
‘borders must be made irrelevant’
                Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Sonia Gandhi
India has stronger anti-terrorism laws than the
US and the UK!




                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   513
Pakistan                  v/s                     India
Womb to Bomb to Tomb.
PM promised Mumbaikar Shanghai what he has given us is
Jalianwala Baug.




KPS Gill,
'we should not run after the enemies, but run over them'.
Arun Shourie:
'War is won only by overwhelming force and for
that every aspect of governance has to be good'

                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   514
READER'S DIGEST – Honest Cities
                           (August 2007 issue)
Reporters from READER'S DIGEST left 30 mid-priced mobile phones in
public places in Mumbai and then watched how people reacted, as part of a
unique survey. The survey in the world's 32 most populous cities saw Mumbai
finishing fifth along with Manila and New York. In Mumbai, home to a very
large number of poor, finders returned 24 of the 30 telephones.
        Slovenia's capital Ljubljana topped the list,
        returning 29 of the 30 'lost' telephones.
        Toronto came at the second spot with 28 telephones, followed by
        Seoul (27)
        Stockholm (26).
        Mumbai, Manila, New York (24)
The telephone recovery in some of the wealthiest cities was poor.
Sydney as well as London (19).
   all the seven women who found Reader's Digest phones in Mumbai
                            returned them.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   515
Why are Jews So Powerful ??
     Some Great Jews




       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   516
Intolerance of the Church



Tortures during Inquisition
          Annihilation:    Catholics slaughter French Cathars
          July 1209         Arnaud wrote to Pope Innocent III,
          “Today your Holiness, twenty thousand heretics were put
          to the sword, regardless of rank, age, or sex.”
          'Where words fail, blows will avail…'" St. Dominic
écrasons l'infâme (“let us crush the infamous one”)
  a phrase, Voltaire referred to Christianity and
 any form of religion that persecutes non-adherents.
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   517
Voltaire on Christian Intolerance
   Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher,
   who was one of the leaders of the Enlightenment.

   Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and
   bloody religion that has ever infected the world.
   For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done
   nothing but harm?

   'Pagan religion shed very little blood, while ours flooded the earth
   with it.
   Christianity has deluged the earth with blood for the sake of
   sophisms’. (apparently clever but flawed argument).

   'Goa is sadly famous for its INQUISITION, which is contrary to
   humanity as much as to commerce. The Portuguese monks deluded
   us into believing that the Indian populace was worshipping the
   Devil, while it is THEY (The Portuguese) who served him'.
   (It is Europe’s fortune that the Indians have forgotten this crime on
   them.)         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 518
Intolerance of the
                Church in Rwanda

800,000 people      were killed in 100 days between April and
July 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

The systematic slaughter of men, women and children which took place
will forever be remembered as one of the most abhorrent events of the
human history. Not only brutally decimated the Tutsi population of the
country, but also targeted moderate Hutus. Appalling atrocities were
committed, by Nuns, Church authorities, Militia, the Armed
Forces and also by Civilians against other civilians.



                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   519
Mahatma Gandhiji’s experiences
          with Christianity
     It was impossible for me to believe that I could go to heaven or attain
   salvation only by becoming a Christian. When I frankly said so to some
of the good Christian friends, they were shocked. But there was no help for it.
                               Chap 40, Page 56

I developed a sort of dislike for it (Christianity). And for a reason. In those
days Christian missionaries used to stand in a corner near the high school
and hold forth, pouring abuse on Hindus and their gods. I could not endure
this. I must have stood there to hear them once only, but that was enough to
dissuade me from repeating the experiment.

    Mr. Baker upholds the excellence of Christianity from various points of
    view, and contends that it is impossible to find eternal peace, unless one
       accepts Jesus as the only son of God and the Saviour of mankind.
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   520
Mahatma Gandhiji’s experiences
         with Christianity
Mr. Coats wanted to convince me that, no matter whether there was some
truth in other religions, salvation was impossible for me unless I accepted
Christianity which represented the truth, and that my sins would not be
washed away except by the intercession of Jesus, and that all good works
were useless.

'If this be the Christianity acknowledged by all Christians, I cannot accept
it. I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be
redeemed from sin itself, or rather from the very thought of sin. Until I
have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.' To which the
Plymouth Brother rejoined: I assure you, your attempt is fruitless. Think
again over what I have said.'

  The ancient Jews regarded themselves as the chosen people of God, to
  the exclusion of all others, with the result that their descendants were
  visited with a strange and even unjust retribution.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   521
Immoral Popes
For more than half of the church's existence, priests, bishops, and popes
were married men with families. This partial list of names and dates will
provide you with an insight into the family origins of our Roman
Catholic faith. These family values are being reborn in today's married
priest couples.


MARRIED POPES / YEAR OF PAPACY / NOTES

St. Peter, ApostleD.C. -    64 A.D.                          First married pope.
St. Felix III               483 – 492                        Two children.
St. Hormidas                514 – 523                     Married before ordination.
St. Silverus                536 – 537                        Wife's name: Antonia.
Hadrian II                  867 – 872                        One daughter.
Clement IV                  1265 – 1268                      Two daughters.
Felix V                     1439 – 1449                      One son.
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   522
Immoral Popes
For more than half of the church's existence, priests, bishops, and popes
were married men with families. This partial list of names and dates will
provide you with an insight into the family origins of our Roman
Catholic faith. These family values are being reborn in today's married
priest couples.


MARRIED POPES / YEAR OF PAPACY / NOTES

St. Peter, ApostleD.C. -    64 A.D.                          First married pope.
St. Felix III               483 – 492                        Two children.
St. Hormidas                514 – 523                     Married before ordination.
St. Silverus                536 – 537                        Wife's name: Antonia.
Hadrian II                  867 – 872                        One daughter.
Clement IV                  1265 – 1268                      Two daughters.
Felix V                     1439 – 1449                      One son.
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   523
Immoral Popes
POPES WHO WERE SONS OF

                                YEAR OF
POPES AND OTHER CLERGY                                HIS FATHER
                                   PAPACY
St. Damasus I                   366 - 384             St. Lorenzo, priest
St. Innocent I                  401 - 417             Pope Anastasius I      399 – 401
Boniface                        418 – 422             A priest
St. Felix                       483 – 492             A priest
Anastasius II                   496 – 498             A priest
St. Agapitus I                  535 – 536             Gordianus, priest
St. Silverius                   536 - 537             Pope St. Hormisdas      514 - 523
Deusdedit                       615 - 618             Stephen, sub-deacon
Theodore I                      642 - 649             A bishop
Marinus I                       882 - 884             A priest
Boniface VI                     896                   Bishop Hadrian
John XI                         931 - 935             Pope Sergius III      904 - 911
John XV                         989 - 996             Leo, priest
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda        524
Immoral Popes
POPES WHO FATHERED CHILDREN

AFTER THE CELIBACY LAW OF 1139                                             YEAR OF PAPACY          NOTES
Innocent III                                                               1484 - 1492             Several children.
Alexander VI – corrupt, worldly & Ambitious                                1492 - 1503             2 grandchildren were Cardinals.

Julius – II                                                                1503 - 1513             Three daughters.
Paul III           file:///G:/Compaq-Venkat/C-2000%20-%20
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                                                                           1534 - 1549             One daughter, three sons.
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Pius IV                   index.html                                       1559 - 1565             Three sons.
Gregory XIII                                                               1572 - 1585             One son.
Sources:
Kelly, J. N. D. The Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Oxford Press. 1986.
H.C. Lea. History of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church. 1957.
E. Schillebeeckx. The Church with a Human Face. Crossroad, 1985.
U. Ranke-Heinemann. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven. Doubleday, 1990.

 A. L. Barstow. Married Priests and the Reforming Papacy. The Edward Mellen Press, 1982.

                                                              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   525
Intolerance of the
                 Church in Rwanda

MARRIED POPES / YEAR OF PAPACY / NOTES

St. Peter, ApostleD.C. -    64 A.D.                          First married pope.
St. Felix III               483 – 492                        Two children.
St. Hormidas                514 – 523                     Married before ordination.
St. Silverus                536 – 537                        Wife's name: Antonia.
Hadrian II                  867 – 872                        One daughter.
Clement IV                  1265 – 1268                      Two daughters.
Felix V                     1439 – 1449                      One son.




                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   526
Huge Foreign Contributions Received by the
           NGOs for Evangelism in India
                   http://documents. scribd.com
                / docs/stawfh6u10s ya9n82x2. pdf
This report is released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI, & gives
details of Contribution received by the NGO's under the Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act 1976:- 1 crore (100,00,000) = 10 million
(10,000,000)

1. Highest receivers of Foreign Contribution state-wise:
TAMIL NADU -- Rs 2244 crores
DELHI -- Rs 2186 crores
ANDHRA PRADESH -- Rs 1,211 crores

2. Highest receivers of Foreign Contribution city-wise:
CHENNAI -- Rs 928 crores
MUMBAI -- Rs 891 crores
RANCHI -- Rs 653 crores
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   527
Huge Foreign Contributions Received by the
          NGOs for Evangelism in India
3. Largest Donors:
USA -- Rs 2971 crores
GERMANY -- Rs 1650 crores
UK -- Rs 1425 crores
4. List of foreign Donors topped by:
MISEREOR POSTFECH, GERMANY -- Rs 1243 crores
WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, USA -- Rs 469 crores
FUNDACION VICENTE FERRER, SPAIN -- Rs 399 crores
5. The Highest Contribution received by:
RANCHI JESUITS RANCHI JHARKHAND -- Rs 621 crores
SONTHOME TRUST OF KALYAN NEAR MUMBAI -- Rs 333 crores
SOVERGEIN ORDER OF MALTA DELHI -- Rs 301 crores
To know more about the amounts received by the NGOs for
Evangelisation in India, read the FCRA Report 2006-07, Ministry of
Home Affairs, GOI:
http://www.mha. gov.in/fcra/ annual/ar2006- 07.pdf
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   528
Jihad

   Lust                   their                   God,
   Money                  their                   Priest,
   Fraud, Force &
    Competition their                              Ceremonies,

   Human soul             their                   Sacrifice.


            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   529
Jihad
   Israel:             Muslims                  vs. Jews

    Indonesia:          Muslims                  vs. Christians

    Thailand:           Muslims                  vs. Buddhists

    Kashmir:            Muslims                  vs. Hindus

    Chechnya:           Muslims                  vs. Russians

    9/11 in NY :        Muslims                  vs. Americans

    London Bombings: Muslims                     vs. British

    Mumbai Bombings : Muslims                    vs. Indians

    Holland,killing of VanGogh: Muslims          vs. Dutch
    Muhammad Cartoons: Muslims                   vs. Dutch

   P.S. Now do not say that 9/11 is done by Americans,
   London bombing is done by Britishers and
   Mumbai bombing is done by Indians themselves.
   That line is very old and does not work with intelligent people :-)




                                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   530
Jihad – Australian PM Kevin Rudd
 Australia's prime minister Kevin Rudd joined Muslim
 leaders in condemning a cleric's comments that
 husbands are entitled to smack disobedient wives and
 force them to have sex.
 Samir Abu Hamza made the contentious comments in
 Sydney during a lecture in 2003, but they were first
 reported in Feb 2009 after they appeared in a video
 posted on the Internet.
 Australia's former mufti, Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali,
 created a furor in 2006 which split the Islamic
 community with a lecture in Sydney in which he
 compared women who do not wear head scarves to
 "uncovered meat" and said immodestly dressed women
 invite rape. Tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim
 youths erupted into days of rioting at Sydney's
 Cronulla beach in late 2005.


                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   531
Intolerance of the Muslims against Jews

Muhammad expelled or killed the Jewish tribes of Medina.

        On December 30, 1066 (9 Tevet 4827), a Muslim
        mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, massacred
        most of the Jewish population of the city. "More than 4,000
        persons, fell in one day."

 1828          Baghdad Jew Massacre
 1839         eastern Persian city of Meshed,
              a mob burst into the Jewish Quarter, burned the
              synagogue, and destroyed the Torah scrolls
              Massacre averted by forcible conversion
 1867          Massacre in Barfurush.
                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   532
Islamic Intolerance
  HIRABISTS (Babarbaric Pirates)
Islamic Intolerance Today
     “Axis of evil and axis of terror in this world are PIA
                 Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan”

Bomb Blasts around the world WTC-USA, Kenya US embassy, Madrid
   Train Bomb, Bali Bombings, London Train, Holland, Danish
   Cartoons, Pope remarks,
Bomb Blasts in Bharat Kashmir, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Varanasi,
   Ayodhya, Nagpur, Godhra, Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad,
      There is not a single democracy between Delhi and Tel Aviv
       Confident Destroyers and Guilty Victims

                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   533
Deserting Islam
        If Hindus are united, Islam is doomed.
India probably saved China, Japan, and Korea from Islamic conquest. -
Hinduising Muslims
10 lacs Muslims converted to Hinduism in Indonesia in last 10 years
10 Lacs Muslims converted to Buddhism in Indonesia in last 10 years
1 Lac Muslims converted to Hinduism   in Bharat (Ajmer, UP etc)

60 Lacs Muslims converted to Christianity in Africa Continent in last 10 yrs

Severe Blow to Muslims
Afghanistan ruled by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Hari Singh Nalwa.
(Even British, Russians and US could not rule Afghanistan but Hindus did)
       Annexing Junagarh                 Annexing Hyderabad
       Rebuilding Somnath Temple         Destruction of Babri Masjid
       Amarnath Mandir Agitation.
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   534
Islamisation of India Attrocities of Jehadi
Muslims
 712 AD               Mohammed Bin Qasim invasion
 11th Century:        Mahmud of Ghazini
 12th Century:        Muhammad Ghori
 13th century,        Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish, and Balban
 14th century,        Alauddin Khilji, Muhammad bin
                          Tughlaq and Timoor
 16th century,        Babur
 17th century,        Aurangazeb
 18th century,        Nadir Shah and Ahmed Shah Abdali
                        invading the sacred territory of Bharat,
 20th century,       Mohammed Ali Jinnah – Partition of India
                     Massacre of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh
                     Proxy wars and Bomb Blasts all over Bharat

                 If Hindus are united, Islam is doomed and
                   if Hindus are dis-united we are doomed.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   535
Hindu Holocausts
Ref. Encyclopedia Britanica & Koenraad Elst
15 lacs         1000 AD                         Afghanistan
8 Crore         1000 to 1525 AD                 Muslim Rule in Delhi
  This is the biggest holocaust in world history. Far bigger than the
  genocide of Incas in South America by Spaniards and Portuguese
1,00,000        1398 Dec                        Taimurlane
                He executed at least 50,000 Hindus on a
                single day before the battle of Delhi.
 30,000         Rajputs by Akbar
                after the battle of Chitor on 1568 Feb 24,
10,00,000       1 lak every year by Bahmini Sultans in Deccan
  (10 lacs)     in 14th century


              If Hindus are united, Islam is doomed and
                if Hindus are dis-united we are doomed.
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   536
Attrocities of Jehadi Muslims in 20th Century
Tragic Story of Partition
1921           Moplah slaughter thousands in Kerala
1924           Kohat carnage of Hindus and Sikhs
1926           Murders of Swami Shradhanand
1928           Murder of Rajpal
1946           5,000 Hindus killed in Calcutta
                      Direct Action by Muslim League
1947 onwards
       Pak:   Slaughter of Hindus and Sikhs in Pak
       Bangladesh: Slaughter of Hindus and Buddhists till today

1999           Kargil War

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Attrocities of Jehadi Muslims in 20th Century
Proxy Wars by Pak on Bharat
 •   1989            Proxy war started by Pak PM Benazir Bhutto
                              – several Bomb Blasts in Jammu, Kashmir,
 •   1993            Serial Blasts in Mumbai and Kolkatta
 •   1993-1998       Serial Bomb Blasts in South India
 •   1998            Serial Blasts in Coimbatore
 •   2002            September Attack on Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar
                     killing 46 & injuring 81 people
 •   2002            Godhra Train carnage              52 passengers roasted alive
 •   2002            NovemberAttack on Raghunath Temple in Jammu
                     killing 9 people and injuring 42 civilians
 •   2005            7 July 2005           Attack on Ayodhya Temple
 •   2006 July 11-   200 passengers in Mumbai train killed
                     Attacks on Indian Parliament,
                     Delhi market on the eve of Deepavali,
                     Attack on Varanasi Temple

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Who all want to Break-up Pakistan

•     Altaf Hussain
      He wants liberate Sind from Punjabi Pakistan.
      For this he wants Rs. 50 Crores from Bharat

•     Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s Grand Son
      He wants to liberate his Baluchistan from Punjabi
      dominated Pakistan. For this he needs Rs. 50 Crores
      from Bharat.

•     Sheikh Hasina Begum
      If elected she has promised to free Bangladesh of all
      terrorists and make Amar Sonar Bangladesh as per
      her father’s dream. For this she needs Rs. 50 Crores
      from Bharat for election purposes.

                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   539
Roots of Modern Islamic Terrorism
1979    Islamic Revolution in Iran (Shi’tes in Power)
1979 - 89         Soviet invasion & occupation of Afghanistan
1980s Birth of Al Qaeda (the Base or Camp) to fight Soviet Troops
1982    Israeli invasion of Lebanon
1983    Birth of Hezbollah Militants by Lebanese Shiites to fight Israel
1980 – 1990       Iran – Iraq war (Death: 5 lacs Iraqis & Iranians + 1 lac Kurds)
1990    Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War (Death: 10,000 Iraqi soldiers)
1994    Birth of Taliban (Student) by Mohammed Omar in Kandahar
2001     Sept 11 attack on WTC and Pentagon,                  3,000 killed
2001     Dec USA attacks Afghanistan
2003     Mar 20, USA and UK attack Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction
Deaths: *10 lacs in Iran-Iraq War, 2 Gulf Wars
         *15 lacs in Afghanistan war, faction fighting, landmines




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History of 20 years of Islamic Terrorism
Date             Details                                       No. Kiled
1989-90 Kashmir        80,000 Hindus killed & 400,000 driven out
1993     World Trade Center bombing
1993     Mumbai 13 serial blasts               200 died
2001     11 Sept Attack on WTC & Pentagon                      3,000 died
2002     27 Feb Godhra Train torching                          58 Hindu Pilgrims
2002     12 Oct Bali Bombing                                   200 Hindus & Tourists
2004     11 Mar Madrid Train Bombing         200 died
2004     4 Sept Beslan school children       344 children
2004     Nov Murder of Film Maker Theo van Gogh (MP Pim Fortuyn)
2005     7 July London Train bombing         60 died
Holland Film director & MP beheaded
Denmark Cartoons
France – Police beaten up, emergency in 2005, Teacher in hiding
•       Pope Benedict Regensburg speech 5th Anniversary of 9/11 attack

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Successes of Counter Terrorism policies
http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/05spec.htm
Results already achieved by India through its counter-terrorism policies
    and techniques:
There is peace in Nagaland with a duly elected government promoting the
   economic development of the state. Only a small group of Nagas from
   the bordering areas of Manipur has not yet given up arms, but it is
   observing a ceasefire and negotiating with the government.
There has been peace in Mizoram for nearly 20 years now.
There has been peace in Punjab since 1995. However, Pakistan has not yet
   given up its efforts to re-kindle terrorism in Punjab.
As the economic and social development of the states affected by Maoist
    terrorism moves forward, these groups are bound to wither away.
In J&K, the opposition has come to power after last September's election and
    is trying to reduce the alienation of the people and deal effectively with the
    Pakistani jihadis.
Some sections of Indian Muslim community have remained fiercely loyal,
   law-abiding and forward-looking. They have kept their distance from Al
   Qaeda and the IIF and repulsed the approaches of Pakistani
   jihadi organisations Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                        aligned with Al Qaeda.                                      542
The Trouble with Islam –Dr TAWFIK HAMID Apr 3, 2007
(former member of Jemaah Islamiya, a group led by al Qaeda’s second in
command, Ayman al-Zawahiri) Medical Doctor – Muslim Reformer
living in the West



   Tolerance does not mean toleration of
   atrocities under the umbrella of
   relativism.




                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   543
What offends the Indian Muslims
•   Ancient statue of Lord Buddha at Bomiyan in Afghanistan
•   Afghanistan Clay terracotta toys that throw light on pre-history
•   Sachin Tendular hitting 3 sixes in an over from Abdul Qadir
•   Music played in front of a Mosque by Hindus (but their loud speakers should be
    allowed to blare out azans)
•   Hanging of Saddam Hussein and Afzal Guru
•   India voting against Iran on nuclear Non Proliferations
•   Giving a small piece of land temporarily to Amarnath Yatris.
•   Salman Khan praying to Lord Ganesha
•   Supreme Court Judgment on Shah Bano Case
•   Re-conversion of Muslims by Swami Shradhanand
•   Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists & all non-Muslims
•   Men who shave their faces
•   Public Singing of Vande-Mataram,
•   Playing National Anthem in Schools
•   Shouting slogans like Bharat Mata ki Jai, Shivaji Mahraj ki Jai
•   British writer Salman Rushdie the author of Satanic Verses, Bangladeshi writer
    Tasleema Nasreen the author of Lajja, Danish Cartoons, Kannada Translation of a
    novel by Sri Lankan Muslim, Tamil historical novel on Vijaya Nagar Samrajya,



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What angers the Indian Muslims-2
1.   Supreme Court decision on Shaha Banoo case
2.   Police searching Muslim houses for clues to various bomb
     attacks
3.   Arresting Muslims after bomb blasts
4.   Calling terrorists as Muslims

6.   Every Muslim is not a Terrorist!!
     But every Terrorist is a Muslim and most Madrasa trained
     Muslim are potential terrorists.
     40% of UK citizens feel Muslims in UK are a security threat.
     They do not feel threatened by Hindus.


                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   545
What Does not offend an Indian Muslim-1
•   Roasting alive 58 Hindu pilgrims near Godhra Rail station.
•   India giving huge Hajj subsidy to Indian Muslims
•   Funding Madrasas in crores from Hindu temple contributions
•   Afzal Guru attacking the Indian parliament
•   Muslims praying in large numbers on the streets of Mumbai
•   Muslims remaining illiterate in spite of all facilities by Govt
•   Muslims attacking and killing Hindus
•   Terrorist attack on Hindu temples like Ayodhya, Raghunath Mandir in
    Jammu, Akshardham temple and Gyanvapi temple
•   Saddam Hussein killing one lac Kurds and a few lac shias
•   Shia Muslims killing Hajj pilgrims in Mecca
•   Sunni Muslims in Pakistan killing Shia and Ahmediya Muslims
•   Genocide of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan, Bangaladesh & Afghanistan
•   Genocide of Muslims and Hindus in Bangladesh by Pak army
•   Killing of Daniel Pearl


                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   546
"When," from a Saudi author, Wajeha al-Huwaider,
that was posted on Arab reform sites like http://www.aafaq. org/.

1.    "When you cannot find a single garden in your city, but there is a
      mosque on every corner - you know that you are in an Arab country.
2.    When you see people living in the past with all the trappings of
      modernity - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country.
3.    When religion has control over science - you can be sure that you are in
      an Arab country.
4.    When clerics are referred to as "scholars" - don't be astonished, you
      are in an Arab country.
5.    When you see the ruler transformed into a demigod who never dies or
      relinquishes his power, and nobody is permitted to criticize - do not be
      too upset, you are in an Arab country.
6.    When you find that the large majority of people oppose freedom and find
      joy in slavery - do not be too distressed, you are in an Arab country.
7.    When you hear the clerics saying that democracy is heresy, but seizing
      every opportunity provided by democracy to grab high positions - do not
      be surprised, you are in an Arab country. ...
8.    When you discover that a woman is worth half of what a man is worth, or
      less - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country. ...
9.    When land is more important than human beings - you are in an Arab country. ...
10.   When fear constantly lives in the eyes of the people - you can be
      certain you are in an Arab country."




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(The Base or the camp for Islamic
                  Revolution)
•   To purge Muslim countries of Western especially US influence and install
    Fundamentalist Islamic Rule.
•   1979-89 USSR invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.
    1984 MAK or Maktab Al Khidamat (office of services) was formed by
    Osma Bin Laden and Sheikh Abdullah Azzam of Afghanistan.
•   50,000 Mujahedeen from 50 countries trained in a decade.
•   1989: quarrel between Osama and Abdullah Azzam and Azzam was
    murdered.
•   1989 Sudan: Training camp shifted to Sudan.
•   1992: Al Qaeda attacks began – attack on US military personnel in Yemen;
    killed 18 US troops in Mogadishu, Sudan in 1993.
•   1995 Riyadh, capital of Saudi– 1st Terrorist Bomb attack on joint Saudi-
    American military Trg centre, 5 Americans dead.
•   1996: Sudan expelled Osama (under pressure from Saudi and US)
•   1996-Afghanistan: Base shifted- ties with Taliban – Mulla Md Omar
•   1998 – Us embassies in Nairobi & Dar-es-Salam Tanzania- suicide
    bombings – 300 dead and 5,000 injured.
•   1998 –Afghanistan- massive cruise missile attacks on Al Qaeda trg camps
•   1998 – Khartoum, Sudan Pharmaceutical factory – US air raid (nerve gas)


                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   548
(The Base or the camp for Islamic
                  Revolution)
•   2001 Sept 11:        Mohammed Atta ring leader
•   2001 Oct 7:          Massive strikes against Al-Qaeda Trg and
               logistic bases in Afghanistan and against Taliban rulers
               However, bin Laden and his top deputy, the Egyptian
               Ayman Muhammad Rabi’ al-Zawahiri, eluded capture.
•   2002                 3,000 top Al-Qaeda Operatives killed
                         or captured in 60 countries.
•   2003 March:          USA and Pakistan captured mastermind of
                         Sept 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed.
•   2002       Terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Bali, Kuwait and Kenya
•   2002 Nov: Bin Laden Tapes             threatened Australia, Belgium,
               Britain, France, Germany and Spain for supporting USA
•   2004 Mar 11:         Spain Train attack – 200 killed, 1500 injured.
                         10 bombs in 4 trains.
•   2004 Apr: Bin Laden Tape:             warning to European countries
                         None of the European countries withdrew
    troops
                         and pledged to fight terrorism to the end.


                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   549
Islamic Fundamentalism
•   Serial bomb blasts, suicide bombers, hostage crises, embassies under
    siege and hijackings.
•   Leaders of Fundamentalism: Conservative Monarchy of Saudi
    Arabia, Radical socialist state of Libya & Clerically Governed Iran.
•   Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network
    engage in a global war of terrorism.
•   Some Islamic militants try to reach their goals through violence,
•   Majority of Islamic activists work through political parties within
    the electoral process.
•   Middle Eastern & North African countries:
    Failed Political Systems after independence from colonial rules
    Failed Economies,      -ve effects of Modernisation – moral decline
•   1967-Six-Day War: Crushing defeat at the hands of Israel
       Israel seized conquered territories from Egypt, Jordan, Syria.
       The loss of Jerusalem, 3rd Holiest city of Islam is devastating
•   1979: Islamic Republic of Iran


                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   550
Islamic Fundamentalism
1.   1981:   Assassination of Egypt Prez Anwar Sadat by
             Muslim Militant Group




                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   551
Winstone Churchill on Islam
Two times British Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) and
winner of Nobel Prize in literature in (1953), Sir Winston Churchill
said,
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on
its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as
dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this
fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many
countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture,
sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property
exist wherever the followers of the Prophet (Mohammed) rule
or live.
A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and
refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that
in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man
as his absolute property – either as a child , a wife, or a
concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery until the
faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.”


                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   552
Winstone Churchill on Islam
Two times British Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) and
winner of Nobel Prize in literature in (1953), Sir Winston Churchill
said,
Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities. Thousands
become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to
die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social
development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.
Far from being moribund, Islam is a militant and proselytizing
faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa , raising
fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is
sheltered in the strong arms of science -the science against which it
had vainly struggled -the civilisation of modern Europe might fall,
as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome .”




                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   553
V.S.Naipaul on Islam
“Islam is in its origin an Arab religion. Everyone not an Arab who
is a Muslim is a convert. Islam is not simply a matter of conscience
or private belief. It makes imperial demands. A convert’s world –
view alters. His Holy places are in Arab lands; his sacred language
is Arabic. His idea of history alters. He rejects his own; he
becomes, whether he likes it or not, a part of the Arab story. The
convert has to turn away from everything that is his. The
disturbance for societies is immense, and even after a thousand
years can remain unresolved; the turning away has to be done again
and again. People (Muslims) develop fantasies about who and what
they are; and in the Islam of converted countries there is an
element of neurosis and nihilism. These countries can be easily set
on the boil”. [In the prologue of ‘Beyond Belief—Islamic
Excursion Among the Converted People,’ by Sir V.S.Naipaul,
Little Brown & Co, London, 1998, p-1].
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   554
Islamophobia
  2005 West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism
West are now in Arab world more than they were in 12th century Crusades. They are in one form or the other in
      q       Afghanistan
      q       Algeria
      q       Bahrain
      q       Egypt
      q       Iraq
      q       Kazakasthan
      q       Kuwait
      q       Lebanon
      q       Oman
      q       Pakistan
      q       Qatar
      q       Saudi Arabia
      q       Yemen

      Muslims in Problem
              Bosnia, Chechnya, East Timor, Philippines, Sudan, and Somalia.

      Al Qaeda attacks in 2000 at
      q       Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya. Kuwait, Pakistan, Philippines, Tunisia, Yemen,



                                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda           555
What they Teach in Kuwait & Saudi Arabian Schools


 Who is, or who is not, punished in a Muslim society:

 q   A Muslim who kills an apostate or someone who
     commits adultery against an infidel is not
     punished.
 q   If a Muslim kills an infidel or a slave, he is not
     punished.
 q   If a Muslim man, father, or grandfather kills
     someone from his offspring, he is not punished.

                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   556
Middle East Crisis - Why Muslims will not listen
 Radical Islamism's rise. Hamas and Hizbullah, Iran, Muslim Brotherhoods, and
      even Islamist impersonator Syria, aren't persuadable through dialogue.
      They reject all lessons of West Asia's last 60 years. They want to fight for
      decades;                   they                    expect
      total victory. They glory in death and won't rest till they achieve 'total
      victory'
 Israelis know these forces won't be moderated by Israeli words or deeds.
 The first reality is that Israel remembers the Palestinian and Syrian
     rejection of peace. From 1993 to 2000, Israel made deep concessions
     and took great risks. The Palestinian leadership and Syria turned down
     a plan which included returning the entire Golan Heights and establishing
     an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.

 Hamas's goal is the destruction of Israel, wiping out its
    citizens,
    revolution throughout West Asia, treating women as
    chattel, and the creation of what it considers to be god's
    rule on earth


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Islamophobia
  2005 West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism
According to the London-based Financial Times, “38 per cent (of the
British) think the presence of Muslims in the UK is a threat to national
security. In US the figures are 21 per cent.” Hindus are no threat. They are
invariably accommodative.




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Islamophobia
 2005 West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism
Denmark        30 Sept 12 Cartoons in Danish News Paper Jyllands-Posten
               Reprinted in 50 Countries
               Arsonist attack on the house of Immigration Minister
               Al Qaeda threatens to attack Denmark
France:        8 Nov Emergency due to Muslims attacking Police.
               Police officer said, “These are acts of war”
                        France, Love it or Leave it.
Holland:               Take the Western way or the Highway.
           Political Parties demand
           – Halt to all Immigration
           – Ban on Mosques and Madrasas
           – Ban on veils worn by Muslim women
           –            We want more education and less Islam
Belgium        No Niqab or Veils
Italy          Politicians object to Islamic Sharia Courts
               - Hands chopped off,               women lashed
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Islamophobia                2005 Danish Cartoons
30 Sept 2005:            12 Cartoons in Danish News Paper Jyllands-Posten
Denmark PM               refuses to meet Ambassadors of 11 Muslim nations
Between October 2005 and the end of January 2006,
     examples of the cartoons were reprinted in major European newspapers
     from the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium and France.
Very soon after, as protests grew, there were further re-publications around
     the globe, but primarily in continental Europe.
Reprinted in 50 Countries
On 4 February 2006, the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria were set
     ablaze, although with no injuries.
In Beirut, the Danish Embassy was set on fire, leaving one protester dead.
The Danish embassy in Teheran was also torched.
     Altogether, at least 139 people were killed in protests, most due to
     police firing on the crowds, mainly in Nigeria, Libya, Pakistan and
     Afghanistan.
Arsonist attack on the house of Immigration Minister
Al Qaeda threatens to attack Denmark
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   560
Islamophobia              2005 Danish Cartoons
Muslim boycott of Danish goods had reduced Denmark's total
   exports by 15.5% between February and June.
The cost to Danish businesses was around 134 million euros
    ($170m), when compared with the same period last year,
"While Danish milk products were dumped in the Middle East,
   fervent rightwing Americans started buying Bang &
   Olufsen stereos and Lego. In the first quarter of this year
   Denmark’s exports to the US soared 17%.“
Police in Berlin overwhelmed Amer Cheema, a student from
     Pakistan, as he entered the office building of Die Welt
     newspaper, armed with a large knife. Cheema admitted to
     trying to kill editor Roger Köppel for reprinting the
     Mohammad cartoons in the newspaper. On 3 May 2006,
     Cheema committed suicide in his prison cell. Cheema's
     family and Pakistani media claim he was tortured to death.
     30,000 people attended Cheema's funeral near Lahore.
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   561
Islamophobia              2005 Danish Cartoons
13 February 2008,
     Jyllands-Posten, and many other Danish newspapers
    reprinted Westergaard's Bomb in the Turban cartoon, as a
    statement of commitment to freedom of speech.
The liberal newspaper Politiken had been critical of the
    original publication of the cartoons, but reprinted this one
    now as a gesture of solidarity in the face of a specific
    threat.
Gerhard Haderer is an Austrian cartoonist and caricaturist.
His book Das Leben des Jesus (The Life of Jesus), a satire in
    which Jesus is portrayed as an incense-addicted hippy, was
    banned in Greece in 2005 for blasphemy, and Haderer
    received a suspended six-month jail sentence. However, the
    ban and sentence were reversed on appeal.

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Islamophobia           2005 Danish Cartoons

Submission is a 10-minute film in English directed by
   Theo van Gogh and written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a
   former Tweede Kamer member for the Dutch
   People's Party for Freedom and Democracy); it
   was shown on the Dutch public broadcasting
   network (VPRO) on August 29, 2004. The film's
   title is a direct translation of the word "Islam"
   (see also the etymology and meaning of the word).




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Islamophobia
 2005 West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism
Spain      March 11, 2004: Madrid Train Blast killed 191 and injured
           about 1,500 passengers
           one of the deadliest Al Qaeda related attacks in Europe.

           The Roman catholic bishop of Cordoba in South Spain
           rejected an appeal from Muslims for the right to pray in the
           city cathedral, a former mosque.
Vatican    “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new and
           there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as
           his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached”




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Islamophobia
 2005 West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism

UK:   Tony Blair:          Islam needs to modernize
      Jack Straw:          (Former Foreign Minister)
             Remove your veils if you want to meet me.
      Manchester: a radical Muslim who does
             not even speak English has been elected to
             the city council, where he needs an interpreter.
Australia    English Test and Aussie Culture Tests for
             all Immigrants
Germany      2006 Pope Benedict Regensburg speech
             -5th Anniversary of 9/11 attack


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Islamic Intolerance: Muslims Killing Muslims
             Iraq: Shia – Sunni and Kurdi war:
             Over 110 people are dying per day

                Pakistan bordering Afghanistan:
                gruesome battle between tribal forces and Pak
                army killing more than 50 people every day.

             Afghanistan:
             War between government forces and Talibans

              West Bank, Palestine:
              War between Hamas (zeal or fervor in Arabic)
              Shias and Al Fatah Muslims
              Somalia Genocide,
              War between Sunni Muslim clans
              400,000 Deaths        2 Million Refugees
               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   566
Islamic Intolerance: Muslims Killing Muslims
        ALGERIA       1990s       150,000 killed; Restarted in 2006




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Islamic Intolerance: Muslims Killing Muslims
     Saddam Hussain – Butcher of Baghdad
          Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), ‘Butcher of Bagdad’
          former president of Iraq (1979-2003),
          ouster by kafirs in 2003.
          within days of coming to power, he slaughtered most of the top
                 Ba'athist leaders,
          had the carnage video-graphed and
          ordered bloodletting be screened in every town and village.
 Midnight Knock:
 People would be picked up for "questioning" and they would never
 return home. Mothers lost their children, wives their husbands, children
 their parents.
           1987-88 mass slaughter of Kurd Muslims:
           180,000 men, women and children.
           Halabja, a Kurshish town, 5,000 Iraqis were gassed to death.
 1991, Massacre of Shia Muslims: 100,000 dead.
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   568
Islamic Intolerance: Muslims Killing Muslims
           Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini
           (1902 –1989) an Iranian political leader of the 1979 Iranian
           Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
           Following the revolution, became the country's Supreme Leader of
           the new Islamic Republic until his death.

Eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War (1980 - 1988)
       450,000 to 950,000 casualties on the Iranian side and at a cost
        estimated by Iranian officials to total USD $300 billion.

 1987, fatwa on Salman Rushdie
 assassination of Salman Rushdie, for his novel, The Satanic Verses.
 Hitoshi Igarashi, the Japanese translator of the book murdered
 Two other translators of the book survived attempted assassinations


                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   569
Islamic Intolerance: Muslims Killing Muslims
          Life under Khomeini
          Sharia (Islamic law) was introduced,
          Islamic dress code enforced for both men and women,
          Women were required to cover their hair,            and
          men were not allowed to wear shorts.
          Iranian educational curriculum was Islamized at all levels with
          the Islamic Cultural Revolution; the "Committee for
          Islamization of Universities” carried this out thoroughly.

Senior government posts reserved for Muslims.
Jewish, Christian and Zoroastrian schools be run by Muslim principals




                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   570
Islamic Intolerance in Quran
QURAN on Jews, Christians, Pagans, Disbelievers of Islam
QURAN tells us to: "not to make friends with Jews and Christians" (5:51),
fight them "until they pay the Jizya (a penalty tax for the non-Muslims living
under Islamic rules) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued"
( 9:29). "kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" (2:191), "murder
them and treat them harshly" (9:123), "fight and slay the Pagans, seize
them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem"




                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   571
Islamic Intolerance: Muslims Killing Others
       Darfur Genocide, (Sudan):    400,000 Deaths since 2003
          War between Northern Arab Muslims and
          South Western non-Arab Christians & animists
          1,500,000 Deaths                     (15 lacs) since 1983.
            400,000 Deaths                     (4 lacs) since 2003
       2 Million (20 lacs) Refugees since 2003




                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   572
Intolerance of the Muslims
Kurds, Baha'is' Ismails, Shias, Ahmediyas are still persecuted

        Armenian Christian Genocide by Turkish Muslims 1915-1917
        Armenian deaths between one-and-a-half million  (15 lacs)

       1971 Bangladesh Genocide by Pak army 3 Million Deaths
       3,000,000 (30 lacs) Deaths of Bengali Hindus and
           Muslims for Bangladesh as a whole.
       Ten million (1 crore) Refugees: people fled the country to
           seek safety in India.
       * * India liberated Bangladesh from Genocide.
                Today Bangladesh is massacring Bengali Hindus.

         March 2001 Bamiyan Buddha Statue destroyed by
         Taliban, despite appeals from the United Nations, international
         NGOs, and the world community, including many Muslim
         countries, to preserve the two-thousand-year-old statues.
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   573
Intolerance of the Muslims in India
        The Bahmani sultans in central India, made
        it a rule to kill 100.000 Hindus a year.
                Taimur in 1399 AD killed 100.000 Hindus IN A
                     SINGLE DAY, and many more on other
                                                   occasions.


80 MILLION (8 Crore) Hindus MASSACRED between 1000 and 1525 AD
Koenraad Elst quotes Professor K.S. Lal's "Growth of Muslim population
in India", who writes that according to his calculations, the Hindu
population decreased by 8O MILLION between the year 1000 and 1525.



         PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HOLOCAUST
           IN THE WHOLE WORLD HISTORY.

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   574
Intolerance of Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb (1658-1707) did not just build an isolated mosque on a destroyed
temple, he ordered ALL temples destroyed, among them the Kashi
Vishvanath, one of the most sacred places of Hinduism and had mosques
built on a number of cleared temples sites. All other Hindu sacred places
within his reach equally suffered destruction, with mosques built on them. A
few examples: Krishna's birth temple in Mathura, the rebuilt Somnath
temple on the coast of Gujurat, the Vishnu temple replaced with the Alamgir
mosque now overlooking Benares and the Treta-ka-Thakur temple in
Ayodhya.

                 The Brave Maratha Hindu forces defeated
                  Aurangazeb’s vast army and the Moghul
                   ruler had a pathetic end at Aurangabad.

          old man Aurangzeb before his death confessed to his
          son in Feb 1707. "I have sinned terribly, and I do not
          know what punishment awaits me."
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   575
Islamic Intolerance in Punjab




        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   576
Maulana Mohammed Ali
          on Gandhiji

"However pure Mr. Gandhi's
character may be, he must appear
to me, from the point of religion,
inferior to any Mussalman even
though he be without character." -
Maulana Mohammed Ali
           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   577
Gandhiji on Islam

"I do regard Islam to be a religion
of peace in the same sense as
Christianity,    Buddhism      and
Hinduism are."

- Mohandas Karamkhand Gandhi


          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   578
Annie Besant on Muslims

"We have heard Muslim leaders declare
that if the Afghans invaded India, they
would join their fellow-believers, and would
slay the Hindus who defended their
motherland against the foe; we have been
forced to see that the primary allegiance of
Mussalmans is to Islamic countries, not to
our motherland." - Annie Besant

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   579
Rajiv Gandhi’s surrender to Islam
         In Shah Bano Case
Ever since Mr. Rajiv Gandhi's craven surrender
in the Shah Bano case, there has been an
insidious chipping away at the nation's secular
edifice in a manner tailored to crystallize and
partition minority identities. This is a departure
from the original constitutional tolerance of
religion-based personal laws in personal spaces
that did not affect larger social interests and the
desired separation of state and religion.

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   580
What Holy Quran says

•   Slay the idolaters"                                   Qur'an 9:5
•   “The spoils of war belong to Allah and his
    messenger“                            Qur'an 8:1
•   “I will cast terror into the hearts of the
    unbelievers"                              Qur'an 8:12
•   "Strike off their heads"                              Qur'an 8:12
•   "You will soon be invited to fight against a nation of
    mighty prowess. Fight them until they submit“
                                            Qur'an 48:16

                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   581
What Holy Quran Says
•   "Strike off every fingertip of them"                  Qur'an 8:12
•   "Fight with them until there is no more persecution
    and religion should be only for Allah" Qur'an 8:39
•   "Fight those who do not believe in Allah"
                                           Qur'an 9:29
•   "Urge the believers to war"                           Qur'an 8:65
•   "Until they pay the tax, acknowledge superiority, and
    are in a state of subjection"         Qur'an 9.29
•   "Permission to fight is given to those upon whom war
    is made because they are oppressed" Qur'an 22:39

                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   582
What Holy Quran Says

•   "Take them captives"                                  Qur'an 9:5
•   "So when you battle the unbelievers, then smite their
    necks until you have overcome them, and then make
    them prisoners"                        Qur'an 47:4




                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   583
Arab Intolerance Today
   Arab League has 22 member countries and The Palestinian Liberation
                      Organization is the 23rd member
 •     Bahrain (1971),
                                    •     Jordan
 •     Iraq,
                                    •     Lebanon,
 •     Kuwait (1961),
                                    •     Mauritania (1973),
 •     Libya (1953),
                                    •     Morocco (1958),
 •     Oman (1971),
                                    •     Somalia (1974),
 •     Qatar (1971),
                                    •     Southern Yemen (1967),
 •     Saudi Arabia,
                                    •     Sudan (1956),
 •     United Arab
       Emirates (1971).             •     Syria,
 •     Egypt                        •     Tunisia (1958),
 •     Algeria (1962),              •     Yemen.
 •     Comoros (1993),              •     The Palestine Liberation
                                          Organization in 1976.
 •     Djibouti (1977),
                   Only 8 Oil Producing countries are rich.
             They waste their money on Terrorism & Madrasas.
Hence the rest 14 except Egypt are among the Poorest countries of the world.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   584
Arab Intolerance Today
   Arab League has 22 member countries and The Palestinian Liberation
                      Organization is the 23rd member
 •     Bahrain (1971),
                                    •     Jordan
 •     Iraq,
                                    •     Lebanon,
 •     Kuwait (1961),
                                    •     Mauritania (1973),
 •     Libya (1953),
                                    •     Morocco (1958),
 •     Oman (1971),
                                    •     Somalia (1974),
 •     Qatar (1971),
                                    •     Southern Yemen (1967),
 •     Saudi Arabia,
                                    •     Sudan (1956),
 •     United Arab
       Emirates (1971).             •     Syria,
 •     Egypt                        •     Tunisia (1958),
 •     Algeria (1962),              •     Yemen.
 •     Comoros (1993),              •     The Palestine Liberation
                                          Organization in 1976.
 •     Djibouti (1977),
                   Only 8 Oil Producing countries are rich.
             They waste their money on Terrorism & Madrasas.
Hence the rest 14 except Egypt are among the Poorest countries of the world.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   585
Arab Intolerance Today
Arab League has 22 member countries and The Palestinian Liberation
                 Organization is the 23rd member

8 Rich Oil Producing countries are:
Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates
The rest except perhaps Egypt are among the
poorest nations of the world with a per capita
income of less than 2$ a day.
The oil rich Arab countries will enjoy spending
their filthy excess dollars in spreading jihad, Al-
Qaida, unrest around the world than feeding their
suffering Arab millions.
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   586
Intolerance in Modern Times
        Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
        ---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton
 Genocide:
 the killing of people by a government because of their indelible group
 membership (race, ethnicity, religion, language).

 Politicide:
 the murder of any person or people by a government because of their
 politics or for political purposes.

 Mass Murder:
 the indiscriminate killing of any person or people by a government.

 Democide:
 The murder of any person or people by a government, including
 genocide, politicide, and mass murder.

At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist governments slaughter their
    people by the tens of millions, while many democracies can barely bring
      themselves to execute even serial murderers, terrorists or insurgents.
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   587
Genocides by Communists
       Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
       ---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton
 Lenin, Russia:
 aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
 Stalin, Russia:
 bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb

 Mao Zedung, China:
 cccccccccccccccccccccccccccc
 Pol Pot, Cambodia:
 ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

 West Bengal, Kerala, Mao Terrorists in Assam, Tripura, Andhra, :
 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 Russian / Chinese / Communist Express Card:                  Do Not Leave Home

At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist governments slaughter their
    people by the tens of millions, while many democracies can barely bring
      themselves to execute even serial murderers, terrorists or insurgents.
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   588
Genocides by Communists
       Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
       ---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton

               "Communism's only power is to diagnose
                 some of the ills of a disordered society.
                             It has no cure.
       It creates only an infantile paralysis of the social order."

 Russian / Chinese / Communist Express Card:                 Do Not Leave Home



At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist governments
   slaughter their people by the tens of millions, while many
      democracies can barely bring themselves to execute
        even serial murderers, terrorists or insurgents.

                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   589
Genocide by Communists in Russia
               1870 - 1924       Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
            Revolution of 1917 –
            250,000 civilian Jews were killed     in the atrocities
               throughout the former Russian Empire;
            300,000 Jewish orphans.
1917 February Russian Revolution and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II,
7-8 Nov 1917     Storming of the Winter Palace -beginning of Soviet rule.
8 Nov, 1917,     Lenin elected as the Chair of the Council of
                 People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets.


 “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the entire
 country,”Lenin said, emphasizing the importance of bringing electricity to all
 corners of Russia and modernizing industry and agriculture:

                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   590
                                 all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Communists in Russia
    1870 - 1924         Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
    Dec 1917           Creation of secret police, the Cheka,
    July 1918          The Tsar and the rest of his immediate
                       family executed
    Nov 1918           Censorship of News Papers
                       Bolshevik-controlled Pravda and Izvestia
                       had a monopoly on the supply of news
    Cheka              bourgeoisie or right-wing opponents,
                       socialist, worker or peasant,
                       All who opposed Bolshevik rule.”
    Aug 30, 1918,      Fanya Kaplan, a member of the
                       Socialist Revolutionary Party fired at Lenin
    Sep 1, 1918        Red Terror –maiming, Execution, Torture,
                       Buried alive, hacked to death, drowned
                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   591
                        all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Communists in Russia
          1870 - 1924     Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
        Revolution of 1917 –
        250,000 civilian Jews killed          in the atrocities
           throughout the former Russian Empire;
        300,000 Jewish orphans.

1917 - 1922    280,000 people were killed by the Chekas,
1922           2,691 priests, 1,962 monks & 3,447 nuns were killed




                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   592
                          all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Communists in Russia
     1870 - 1924       Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

    Revolution of 1917 –
    70,000 to 250,000 civilian Jews were killed in the atrocities
    throughout the former Russian Empire;
    the number of Jewish orphans exceeded 300,000.




                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   593
                       all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia
       700,000 People executed                 mostly peasants and workers.
       1878 – 1953      Joseph Stalin          from Georgia
       1922 - 1953     General Secretary of the Communist Party of
                       the Soviet Union's Central Committee.
       1930s: Great Purge of the Communist Party of the
       Soviet Union,
       Political Rrepression, Persecution and Executions that reached
       its peak in 1937.
1928   Five Year Plans and Collective Farming.
1932 – 34: Confiscations of grain and other food esply Ukraine
       Death of Millions - Famine, Execution, Deportation, Torture
       Kulaks or well off peasants repressed
       (ReadThe Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest)
1941 – 45      Great Patriotic War (against Nazi Germany)
1956           De Stalinization by Nikita all Directions- Rig Veda
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from Krushchev       594
                          all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia
              Used Zinoviev, and Kamenev against Trotsky.
              (Trotsky assasinated finally in Aug 1940 in Mexico)

          •   Used Bukharin and Rykov against Zinoviev and Kamenev,

              Stalin soon turned against Bukharin and Rykov.
                            Stalin vastly increased the scope and power of the
                               state's secret police and intelligence agencies.

“River of blood" separated Stalin's regime from that of Lenin.
                                                                        Leon Trotsky
Stalin saw no difference between
                 espionage,
                 communist political propaganda actions, and
                 state-sanctioned violence, and
he began to integrate all of these activities within the NKVD.

                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   595
                               all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide of Scientists by Stalin in Russia
              Many SCIENTISTS were sent to LABOR CAMPS
                    (including Lev Landau, later a Nobel Prize winner,
                    who spent a year in prison in 1938–1939)
              Many SCIENTISTS were EXECUTED
                    (e.g. Lev Shubnikov, shot in 1937).
              They were persecuted for their dissident views,
              not for their research.

  SCHOLARS
  Poet Anna Akhmatova was subjected to
                several CYCLES OF SUPPRESSION and rehabilitation.

  Poet Nikolai Gumilev, Her first husband, was                 SHOT DEAD in
     1921

  Historian Lev Gumilev, Her son, spent              20 YEARS in a gulag.

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   596
                             all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia
           CULTURISATION
           Unification of Cultures in Stalin's period was very harmful.
           The traditional lives of many peoples in the Siberian, Central
           Asian and Caucasian provinces was upset and large populations
           were displaced and scattered in order to prevent nationalist
           uprisings.
RELIGION
Russian Orthodox Church - persecution in the 1930s
    near-extinction: by 1939, active parishes numbered in the low hundreds
         (down from 54,000 in 1917),
    churches had been leveled, and
    tens of thousands of priests, monks and nuns were persecuted and
killed.
   Over 100,000 were shot during the purges of 1937–1938.
      Just days before Stalin's death, certain religious sects were
                       outlawed and persecuted
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   597
                             all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia




command economy,              executed or exiled,
collectivization,             Gulag labor camps,
famine,                       ethnic groups in Russia
Great Purge,                  forcibly resettled
political repression,         Superpowers,
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   598
                              all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia
       Death Estmates
       20 Million:        Pioneering researcher Robert                  Conquest,

    Russian writer Vadim Erlikman,
    9 million           Total victims of repression.
         1.5 Million:   executions,
         5 million;     gulags (Labor Camps),
         1.7 million    deportations, (out of 7.5 million deported);
         1 million      POWs and German civilians,
    6 – 8 Million       Famine deaths in 1932-33

3 million to as high as 60 million.
        800,000 prisoners were executed
        1.7 million died in the GULAG (Labor Camps) and
        389,000 perished during kulak forced resettlement
— a total of about 3 million victims.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   599
                               all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia
          DEATHS by STALIN
          November 1939
          391,800 lives in this four-month war against Finland alone,
                        more than the United States in World War II
                        against Germany and Japan (1941–1945).

 March 1940       Katyn Massacre
 25,700 Polish "nationalist, educators and counterrevolutionary“
        activists in the parts of the Ukraine and Belarus republics
        that had been annexed from Poland.

June 1941,     Hitler’s invasion of Soviet Union
Millions       of ill equipped Soviet Troops died
Stalin killed    all troops who retreated        &
         Gulags all Russian soldiers captured by Germans and then freed

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   600
                              all Directions- Rig Veda
Genocide by Joseph Stalin in Russia
    DEATHS by STALIN




            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   601
                  all Directions- Rig Veda
Communists Intolerance in China
           Mao Ze Dong (1893 – 1976)
           70 Million (7 Crores) death during Peace time to achieve
           military-nuclear superpowerdom.
           Red Terrorism 1931 – 1934
           186,000 tortured and killed in the mountainous regions of
           Jiangxi - Most cruel forms of tortures employed –
           Red hot iron rods thru anus, ripping open stomach, ..
Land Reform and Counter Revolutionary Campaign 1949 - 1953
2 to 5 million (20 to 50 lakhs) were executed publically-
former KMT officials, businessmen, intellectuals and large rural gentry.
Kill publically at least one landlord in each village.
1.5 million (15 lakhs) sent to Reforms thru labor camps.
Mao defended these killings as necessary for securing of power.

Hundred Flower Campaign and Anti-Rightist Movement 1957
People were asked to give their opinions on government mistakes
and millions who gave or criticized were later executed.
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   602
Communists Intolerance in China
         The Great Leap Forward, 1958- 1962
         41 Million (4 Crore 10 Lakhs) people died during Peace time
         due to Largest Famine in Human History (This was due to
         Unproven, Unscientific new agricultural techniques
         employed).

         Personality Cults Socialist Education Movement (SEM) 1962
         Numerous posters and politicised art with Mao at the centre,
         Musical compositions referred to Mao as "A red sun in the
         centre of our hearts" and a "Savior of the people"

                       Cultural Revolution China 1966 to 1969
                       3 Million (30 Lakhs) people died in the violence.
                       (Mao, the Unknown Story by Jung Chang)

"People who try to commit suicide — don't attempt to save them! . . .
China is such a populous nation, it is not as if we cannot do without a
few people." Mao on million deaths during Cultural Revolution
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   603
Tiananmen Square Massacre
               April 15 to 4 June, 1989
  Statistics and estimates from different sources :
  •10,000 deaths in total - Soviet Bloc estimates.
  •7,000 deaths (6,000 civilians and 1,000 soldiers) - NATO
  intelligence.
  •4,000 to 6,000 civilians killed - Edward Timperlake.
  •in excess of 3,700 killed, excluding disappearance or secret deaths
  and those denied of medical treatment - PLA defector citing a
  document circulating among officers.
  •2,600 had officially died by the morning of June 4 (later denied) - the
  Chinese Red Cross.
  • An unnamed Chinese Red Cross official estimated that, in total,
  5,000 people killed and 30,000 injured.
  •1,000 deaths - Amnesty International
  •186 named individuals confirmed dead as at the end of June 2006 -
  Professor Ding Zilin.
  •According to the Chinese government, the "official figure is
  241 dead, including soldiers, and 7,000 wounded".
  •Declassified NSA document mentioned casualty estimate of
  180-500. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 604
China’s Economic Super Power
                   1971 - 2008
   Slavery in China,
   China has not paid the constructions workers who built the
   main stadium the"Bird Nest".
   Communist government just gets things done.
   Who cares about human violations!!
   China in Chains by Jian Ma
   Child slavery in its brick factories and mines at Hongdong,
   400 parents of Hongdong missing children are blacklisted
   by the government.
   Hu Wenhai, a brave man from Shanxi who killed two
   corrupt officials, said before his execution, "Officials are
   forcing people to rebel. I know I'm going to die, but my
   death will get the attention of those officials".
   The socialism established by Mao Zedong has been replaced
   by a thoroughly cynical creed. Organized criminals lead
   much of the country's economic development.
             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   605
Communists Intolerance in Cambodia
 1976 – 1979 Pol Pot’s Killing Fields
    Pol Pot (May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998),
    The combined effect of slave labour, malnutrition,
    poor medical care and executions had an estimated
    death toll of 750,000 to 1.7 million (17 Lacs)
    (approximately 26% of the population at that time).


               Confessions were extracted from prisoners
               through such methods as removing toenails
               with pliers, suffocating a prisoner repeatedly,
               and skinning a person while alive.




                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   606
Intolerance of the Church




      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   607
Intolerance of the Church




      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   608
750 HSS Shakhas
.     33 Countries                                                    .




      Around the
         World
        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   609
Pioneers of HSS Shakhas
      Swargeeya Laxmanrao Bhide ji travelled to 60
      countries in all continents to start shakhas and
      Hindu activities.



       Swargeeya Chamanlal ji coordinated all Sangh
       and Hindu activities outside Bharat from his
       Delhi office.



Dr Shankar Tatwawadi ji is the present International
Coordinator of Hindu Swayam sewak Sangh. He travels to
all countries to coordinate the HSS shakha activities.
               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   610
Initiator of 1st shakha outside
 Bharat – Jagdish Shastri ji

            1st shakha on the deck of a ship
               sailing from Mumbai to
               Mombasa, Kenya in 1947.
            Sh. Jagdish Shastri ji and Ma.
              Rugani ji were the s/sewaks.




         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   611
750 HSS Shakhas
  680    HSS Shakhas in 33 Countries
   70    Sevika Samiti Shakhas in 16 Countries
  ==================================
  750    Total Shakhas in 33 Countries
  ==================================

NEPAL:     230 Total Shakhas
           120 Daily & 110 Weekly Shakhas


               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   612
750 HSS Shakhas

150   America zone in    6 countries
100   Europe Zone in     7 countries
130   South East Asia    7 countries
 20   Australia Zone     3 countries
 50   Africa Zone        9 countries
230   Nepal              1 country
 70   Sevika Samiti    (16 countries)
==========================
750   Total Shakhas in   33 countries

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   613
HSS Shakhas                                                            Asia
                             Europe                         50          Myanmar
 2 Americas           70          UK                        46          Malaysia
 60    USA            25          Netherlands               28          Sri Lanka
  7    Canada           1         Germany
                                                              3         Singapore
 33    Trinidad         1         Denmark                     2         Hong Kong
 20    Guyana           1         Norway                      1         Thailand
 29    Surinam          1         Finland                     1         Indonesia
  1    Panama           1         Ukraine                               [Bali]
 ==============       ===============                       ===============
 150   6 countries    100         7 countries               130         7 Countries
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   614
750 HSS Shakhas
 South Pacific                                                          Africa
                                  Nepal
 6      Australia                                              14          Kenya
                           120 Daily shakhas
10      New Zealand                                            13          South Africa
                           110 Weekly Shakhas
 4      Fiji Islands                                           12          Mauritius
                           --------------------------
================                                                 1         Nigeria
                           230 Total Shakhas
20      3 Countries                                            10          Asia
                                                               ================
                                                               50          9 Countries


 Australia & New Zealand

                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   615
First Year Sangh Siksha Vargas
       in 14 Countries
Burma       Nepal                          Malaysia
Mauritius   South Africa                   Kenya
Guyana      Trinidad                       Surinam
USA         Canada                         New Zealand
UK          Holland

   HSS 3 Days Camps in  6 countries
   Hong Kong, Australia, Fiji,
   Sri Lanka,   Germany, Norway,

            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   616
Marching Ahead Sangh and Samiti




          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   617
HSS                   &                  RSS
    Similarities                                 Differences
l Bhagwa Dhwaj                         l Name HSS              (RSS)
l Sanskrit Commands –                  l Dhwaj Pranam
  Daksha, Aaram, ….                    l Prarthana Sarva Mangala
                                         Mangalyam
l Shaririks, KHELs, Utsavs
                                       l Vishwa Dharma Ki Jai
l Shibirs, Vargas,                            (Bharat Mata ki Jai)
l Karyakarta nirmiti,                  l Ganavesh              Different
  Pracharaks                           l    Baudhiks, Charchas in
                                              English (UK, USA, Australia,
l Gata Padhati, Sanghachalak,                         New Zealand, Canada, )
  Karyavah,                                   Hindi (Surinam, Holland)
                                              Tamil (Malaysia & Sri Lanka)
                                              Bahasa Indonesia           in Bali




                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda    618
Impact of HSS work in UK
      Drug addiction among English children
        reduced due to friendship with Bal
        s/sewaks
      Public demonstration of Dumbells by Bal
        S/sewaks on the occasion of Queen
        Elizabeth’s silvery jubilee celebrations
        was rated as one of the best.
      Hindu Critics in the press became Hindu
        well wishers after attending HSS camps




        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   619
Achievements of S/sewaks in USA
Prof. Ved Nanda               Dr. Bhishma Agnihotri                   Dr Shiva Subramanya
  Sanghachalak USA            Former Sanghachalak, USA
                                                                      3rd Year Trained,
Condoleezza Rice and 3        Youngest Vice-Chancellor                Former Full Time
cabinet ministers are his     of a University in USA                  Worker of VHP
students.
                              Winner of International                 20 Years Coordinator
2 Chairs in Denver            Peace Award from Israel                 or Joint-Coordinator
University established        government in the presence              for all Space Projects
by his students at a cost     of Presidents of USA and                in USA
of 10 million Dollars.        Israel.
                                                                      Nominated for Nobel
Intl General Secretary                                                Prize
for Lawyers Association
for 20 years.                                                         Winner of the Highest
                                                                      Award from USA
Sought by Press, TV
                                                                      Govt
channels for his views
on Human Rights issues      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   620
Impact of HSS work in Malaysia
     1) Suicide rate amongst Hindus brought
        down      drastically    in    Cameron
        Highlands. UN appreciates
      Hindus from different castes pray
        together in Taman Karuppiah temple
        near Kelang
      Hindu Youth challenge conversion
        activities of Christians and are active
        in bringing them back to Hindu-fold.
      Large Hindu youth helping Hindu
        victims of floods, fire accidents, ….

             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   621
Achievements of young
Swayamsewaks in Malaysia
    One young S/sewak tendered his resignation from a
     factory job when denied leave for Sangha Siksha
     varga as a sikshak
    One s/sewak understood the greatness of Hinduism
     after joining HSS. He refused to get converted and
     broke relations with his Christian fiancée 20 years
     ago. He is still a bachelor.
    One Karyavah postponed his marriage many years
     so as to support Pracharaks financially.
    Pracharak Rama ji pioneer of Shakha activities in
     Bali, Indonesia for Bali Hindu youth.


           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   622
Achievements of young
Swayamsewaks in Burma
        Pracharak Ma. Ram Prakash Dhir ji organised
         over 70 large scale Buddha exhibitions all over
         Brahmadesh and Thailand.
        Pracharak Dr Ram Niwas ji teaches Sanskrit and
         Pali to Professors and Buddha Bhikkus in Yangon
         university, without taking salary.
        One s/sewak from Burma and another from UK
         started Shakha activities in Hong Kong.
        Government gives free first class railway pass to
         one senior pracharak for traveling all over
         Myanmar and one second class pass for an
         assistant.
    1.      HSS is running orphanage & Sanskrit
            classes for Hindu children.

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   623
World Hindu Conferences

          Hindu
      Consolidations
.    Around The World                                                      .




        HSS - VHP
           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   624
World Hindu Conferences
    Organised by HSS, VHP and Vishwa Dharma Prasar Yaatra
             in more than 30 major cities of the world in
UK, Denmark, Germany, Russia, USA, Canada, Guyana, Trinidad,
Surinam, South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya, Thailand, Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hong Kong etc.

         1989     PP Doctor ji’s Birth Centenary Celebrations
         Place:   Milton Keynes Football Stadium,                 Near London, UK
         100,000 Hindus from all over the world
         300       Hindu Organisations in United Kingdom
                         Came together to host this conference.
                   Only handful of Police patrolling that area.
               Rest of arrangements taken care by HSS Volunteers

                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   625
Foreign VIPs in HSS, VHP Functions
Heads of States - Non-Indians:
Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya), Nelson Mandela (South Africa),
Margaret Thatcher (UK), David Russell Lange (New Zealand)

Heads of States – People of Indian Origin
Deven Nair (Singapore), Mahendra Chowdhary (Fiji), Basdev
Pandey (Trinidad), Aniruddha Jaganath (Mauritius), Sewoosagur
Ram Goolam (Mauritius),

Others:
Dy. Prime Minister (Burma), Governor of Bali, Foreign Minister
of Thailand, Alan Ford (USA – Industrialist),

Dato Sri Samy Vellu (Malaysia - Minister)
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   626
What we should do to Protect Dharma?
    Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah
•   Be proud to be a Hindu.
•   Unite yourself and be fearless.
•   Read, Feel and Regain ancient glory.
•   Organise religious education.
•   Keep Hindu Names for children, Houses, Shops, firms,
                       Companies, Products, Brand India
•   Oppose pseudo-secularism,       Discuss anti-Hindu constitution.
•   Discuss de-merits of family planning.
•   Hinduise politics, Consolidate Hindu vote bank, Influence Political
    power.
•   Watch for anti national activities around your area.
•   Influence, Control press and electronic media.
                Write in letters to editor column.

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   627
What we should do to Protect Dharma?
        Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah

(11) Expel foreign Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators
(12) Check conversion of the Hindus.
(13) Bring-back the Hindu converts.
(14) Discard religious superstitions;
     social evils, and adopt social reforms.
(15) Teach your children Vedas, Gita, Ramayan,
      Mahabharat, stories of Shivaji, Chankya,
      saints and their writings.

                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   628
Vedic Sciences or
 Contribution of
Ancient Hindus to
    Science &
   Technology
    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   629
Vedic Literature
Chatur Dasha Vidya or 14 Books of Knowledge

4 Vedas            6 Vedangas                    Part                    4 Upa Vedas

Rig Veda       Siksha (Phonetics)                Nose                    Ayur Ved
(10,552 Mantras)                                                        (Charak, Sushrut)
               Vyakarna (Grammar)                Mouth
Yajur Ved                                                                Dhanur Ved
(1,975 Mantr)     Chhandas (Meters)              Feet           (Lord Shiv, Vishwamitra)

Sama Ved          Niruktam (Etymology)           Ears                    Gandharva Ved
(1,875 Mantras)      (Origin of words)                                   (Bharat Muni)

Atharva Ved       Jyotisham (Astronomy) Eye                              Stapathya Ved
(5,987 Mantras)                                                          & Artha Sastra
                  Kalpam (Ceremonies)            Hands                  (Bhrugu, Ved
Vyas)
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   630
Vedic Literature
Chatur Dasha Vidya or 14 Books of Knowledge

6 Vedangas              Part                    Rishis

Siksha (Phonetics)      Nose

Vyakarna (Grammar)      Mouth                   Shaunaka, Sakatayana, Panini

Chhandas (Meters)       Feet                    Pingala (Br of Panini)

Niruktam (Etymology)    Ears                    YaskAcharya
(Origin of words)

Jyotisham (Astronomy) Eye                       Surya Bhagwan, Mayan,

Kalpam (Ceremonies)     Hands

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   631
Vedic Astronomy
‘Nakshatravidya’, ‘Jyotirvijnyanam’ or Jyotish Shastra’
•   Shukla Yajurveda (30/10) ‘Nakshatradrashta’ for an Astronomer
•   Chhandogya Upanishad (7/1/2) ‘Nakshatravidya’ for Astronomy
•   Rig Veda, Atarva Veda         Mentions stars, course of Planets
•   Aitareya Brahmana (3/44)            sun actually neither rises nor sets


• Vedang – Jyotish                calculation of appropriate time for
                                  Vedic Rituals and Yagnas
• Vedang Jyotish of Lagadha                   Arch Jyotish (36 Shlokas)
(First Treatise on Astronomy)                 Yajush Jyotish (43 Shlokas)
(Calculation of Time, Calendar)

                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   632
JYOTISH-SHASTRA
                                     J y o t is - S a s h t r a
                      S u ry a B h a g w a n T a u g h t M a y a n
             A r y a b h a t t a , V a r a h a m ih ir , B h a s k a r a c h a r y a


S id h a n t a S k a n d a           H o ra S k a n d a              S a m h it a S k a n d a
   V y a k t a G a n it               H o ro s c o p e               S a g u n a s , N im it t a
  A v y a k t a G a n it          1 2 Z o d ia c S ig n s                    S c e n ts
   S a m e e k a ra n
                             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda           633
The Surya Siddhanta,
      A textbook on astronomy of ancient India,
last compiled in 1000 BC, believed to be handed down
   from 3000 BC by aid of complex mnemonic recital
               methods still known today.
  Showed the Earth's diameter to be 7,840 miles,
compared to modern measurements of 7,926.7 miles.
Showed the distance between the Earth and the Moon
                  as 253,000 miles,
Compared to modern measurements of 252,710 miles.

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   634
Sanskrit Terminologies
Hiranyagarbha       =      Cosmic Egg
Neeharika           =      Nebula
Krishnatara         =      Black Hole
Dhumaketu           =      Comet
Griha               =      Planet
Upa-Griha           =      Satellite
Ulka                =      Meteorites

         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   635
PROMINENT ANCIENT INDIAN ASTRONOMERS
 ASTRONOMER        PLACE            PERIOD             MAJOR WORKS

   Lagadha                          1500 BC           Vedanga Jyothisha

  Aryabhata-I       Patna           476 A.D             Aryabhatiya
                                                       Aryabhata Siddhanta

 Varahamihira       Ujjain          505 A.D            Panchasiddhantica
                                                       Brihatsamhita
   Bhaskara        Vallabhi         600 A.D            Maha Bhaskariyam
                (Gujarat)
                                                       Laghu Bhaskariyam
 Bramhagupta      Bhillamala        600 A.D            Bramha Sphuta
                  (Rajastan)
                                                    Siddhanta
     Lalla        Dasapura          700 A.D             Sishya-dhi Vriddhida
                   (M.P)

                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   636
PROMINENT ANCIENT INDIAN ASTRONOMERS (Contd)

  ASTRONOMER      PLACE                 PERIOD                  MAJOR WORKS

   Aryabhata-II                         932 A.D                 Maha Siddhanta
    Bhaskara-II                         1114 A.D                Siddhanta Shiromani
                                                                Leelavati
                                                                Beeja Ganitham
                                                                 Karana Kutuhala
    Sridhara                            1227 A.D                 Laghukecharasiddhi
    Parameswara   Kerala                1376 A.D                Drigganitha
                                                                Goladeepika
                                                                Grahanamandara
    Neelakanta    Kerala                 1500 A.D               Tantra Sangraha
    Somayaji                                                    Siddhanta Darpana



                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   637
LUNAR CALENDER OF THE HINDUS
MOST NATURAL ONE.
  MONTH     REVOLUTION OF MOON AROUND THE EARTH
- SHUKLA & KRISHNA PAKSHAS    WAXING & WANING OF THE MOON.
MATCHING OF SOLAR AND LUNAR YEARS BY ‘ADHIK MAAS’.

             DISTANCES AND REVOLUTION PERIODS OF PLANETS
PLANET       DISTANCE FROM THE SUN                      REVOLUTION PERIOD
             Aryabhata    Modern                        Aryabhata   Modern

Mercury       0.375 A.U             0.387
Venus          0.725                0.723
Mars          1.538                 1.523               1.881 yrs               1.881
Jupiter       5.16                   5.20               11.861                  11.862
Saturn        9.41                   9.54               29.477                  29.458
Earth                                                   365.259 d               365.25
Moon                                                    27.259                  27.322

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   638
Solar System
The orbital period of Jupiter is close to 12
 years (11.6 years), and that of Saturn is
 almost 30 years (29.46 years), so that the
 interval between their conjunctions, in the
 same area of the zodiac, is about 60 years.
The interval between similar eclipses was
 also known to the ancient astronomers ~
 called Saros by the Chaldeans, the period is
 6585 days, or just over 18 years.


               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   639
Sanskrit Terms
 Ya ~ to go.         Yaga ~ an Offering.
 Yu ~ to unite.
 Yuga ~ a Yoke or Couple, an Age or a Life, or the number Four.
 Yoga ~ a Union or Conjunction, a Means or Vehicle,
  Meditation or Mantra, a regular Order or (in mathematics)
  Addition.
 Kal ~ to count or reckon.
 Kala ~ an Instant (of time), a Digit (one sixteenth of the moon),
  or a small Part (of anything). As a unit of time (or circular
  movement generally), one Kala is a span of one minute.



                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   640
Sapta Rishis
                           1. Visvamitra
               Dubhe (Dubb, Ak): Bear, Alpha Ursæ Majoris.
                             2. Jamadagni
                 Merak (Mirak): Loins, Beta Ursæ Majoris.
                           3. Bharadvaja
  Phad (Phecda; Phekda; Phegda; Phekha; Phacd): Thigh, Gamma Ursæ
                              Majoris.
                             4. Gautama
 Megrez (Kaffa): Insertion-point (of the bear's tail), Delta Ursæ Majoris.
                                  5. Atri
                Alioth (Aliath): Goat, Epsilon Ursæ Majoris.
                             6. Vasistha
     Mizar (Mizat; Mirza): Wrapping (Loincloth), Zeta Ursæ Majoris.
                                    7. Kasyapa
Alkaid (Benetnash, Benetnasch, Elkeid): Chief Daughter of the Bier, Eta Ursæ Majoris.


                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   641
Earth Sun Measurements
        Magic of     108
108 Times     THE Diameter Of Earth
            =   Diameter of Sun
108 Times     the Diameter of Sun
            =     Distance between Sun & Earth
108 Times     the Diameter of Moon
            =     Distance between Earth & Moon

                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   642
Vedic Astronomy Books
      ‘Panchasiddhantika’ 1000 BC
Pitamaha siddhanta,
Vashistha siddhant,
Paulisha    siddhanta,
Surya       siddhanta and
Romaka      siddhanta.
Panchasiddhantika’
  is mentioned by Varahmihira (505 AD Ujjain)
  five siddhantas of earlier Astronomy in which a
  complete system NobleAstronomy from presented.
                Let of Thoughts Come to us is all Directions- Rig Veda 643
Vedic Astronomy Books
              ‘Surya Sidhanta’ – 1000 BC
Surya the Sun God disclosed it to Asura Maya in the city of
  Romaka.
The cosmological time cycles and the Solar Planetary cycles are described
    here.

Sidereal Year (The length of Earth’s Revolution Round the Sun)
    365.25 63 627 days              Surya Sidhanta
    365.25 63 627 days              modern value.

Surya Sidhanta value is only 1.4 seconds longer than the modern value.


                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   644
Vedic Astronomy Books
  ‘Aryabhatiyam of Aryabhata’ 476 AD Kerala
consist of four parts – the

    • Dasha gitika sutra,                           Mathematics
    • Ganita Pada,                                  Mathematics
    • Kal kriya pada                                Principles of Astronomical
                                                    Time Calculations
                                                    (25 Verses)
    • Gola pada                         Celestial Sphere (50 verses)

                              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   645
Vedic Astronomy Books
Arya Siddhanta
      Aryabhata IInd,       932 AD
     Voluminous work on Astronomy.


Brahma-sphuta-siddhant
     Brahmagupta, 600 AD Rajasthan
     treats the Astronomy more elaborately and more methodically.




                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   646
Vedic Astronomy Books
     Siddhantshiromani of Bhaskaracharya 600 AD
divided into four parts –
    1.   Lilavati,
    2.   the Bijganita,
    3.   the Graha ganita adhyaya
    4.   the Goladhyaya.
Goladhyaya
  difficult Astronomico – mathematical problems
                 are posed and solved.
    Astronomical Instruments described
    Seasons described.
                            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   647
Vedic Astronomy Books

• Rajmriganka                         Bhoja
• Bhasvati                            Shatananda
• Grahalaghava or the siddhantrahasya
                                      Ganesha
• Siddhantatattva viveka Kamalakara
• Karanapaddhati                      Nilakantha Somayaji.
                                      (1500 AD Kerala)
                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   648
Vedic Mathematics
     10,000 Years Old
16 Sutras and 12 Sub-                      Easy one or two line
Sutras. Can solve problems                 answers.
in   Arithmetic, Algebra,                  10        years      of
Geometry,     calculus,                    Mathematics can be
Trigonometry, Equations                    learnt in two years.
etc

                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   649
Yavad Unena        As much the difference
          Tavad Uni Krut     So much further difference
          Vargam Cha Yojayet Square the Difference


      Suppose we have to find the Square of 98
Step-1:        Find D the difference.                    98 is 02 less than 100.
               Hence D = 02
Step-2:        Subtract D from the number 98 – D = 98 – 02 = 96

Step-3:        Square the Difference = D2                = 04
     98 X 98 = 9604                       97 X 97 = 94 09
     104 X 104 = 108 16                   996 X 996 = 992 016
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   650
"Many of the advances in the sciences
that we consider today to have been
made in Europe were in fact made in
India centuries ago."

- Grant Duff
British Historian
           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   651
Tatitreeya Samhita 7-2-20-1
                      in 100 BCE
1      Ekam
                                    1017        Parardhaha
10     Dasham
100    Shatam                       1019        Nivaahaha

103
       Sahasram                     1021        Utsangaha

105
       Lakshaha                     1023        Bahulam

107
       Kotihi                       1025        Naagbaalaha

109
       Ayutam                       1027        Titilambham

1011
       Niyutam                      1029        Vyavasthaana
                                                  Pragnaptihi
1013   Kankaram
  15                                1031        Hetuheelam
10     Vivaram    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   652
                                    1033        Karahuhu
Tatitreeya Samhita 7-2-20-1
                           in 100 BCE
1035   Hetvindreeyam                    In Anuyogdwaar Sutra
1037   Samaapta lambhaha                100 BCE one numeral is
                                          raised as high as
1039   Gananaagatihi
1041
       Niravadyam                           10140
1043   Mudraabaalam
                                        The highest prefix used
1045   Sarvabaalam                        for raising 10 to a
1047   Vishamagnagatihi                   power in Today’s
1049   Sarvagnaha                         Maths is D for 1030
1051   VibhtangamaaNoble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                 Let                                                         653

1053   Tallaakshanam
Mathematics in Vedas
Shuklayajureda
 odd numbers and tables (18/24,25).

The Brahmana texts
     ‘ekaya svaha, dvabhyam svaha, tribhyah svaha’

     - vedic concept of Arithmetical Progressions.

Pingal Sutra
 a discourse on calculation of Squares and Square roots.

                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   654
Mathematics in Ancient Bharat
India - birth place of several mathematical concepts
including
    Zero,
    Decimal System,
    Algebra,
    Algorithm,
    Square Root and
    Cube Root etc.
    Calculus
(even more than three centuries before Leibnitz and Newton
introduced their own theorems).


                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   655
MATHEMATICIAN TIME PERIOD
Baudhayana         (1,000 B.C.E.)              Sripathi                (1039 C.E.)
Apastamba          (600 B.C.E.)                Hemachandra Suri        (b. 1089)
Katyayana          (500 B.C.E.)                Bhaskara                (1114-c. 1185)
Umaswati           (150 B.C.E.)                Cangadeva               (1205)
                                               Madhava of Sangamagramma (c. 1340-1425)
Aryabhata         (476-c. 550 C.E.)            Narayama Pandit         (1350)
Varahamihira      (c. 505-c. 558)              Paramesvara             (1360-1455)
Brahmagupta       (c. 598-c. 670)
Govindaswami      (c. 800-850)                 Nilakantha Somayaji (1455-1555)
Mahavira          (850 C.E.)                   Sankara Variar      (c. 1500-1560)
   (Mahaviracharya)                            Narayana           (c. 1500-1575)
Pruthudakaswami (850 C.E.)                     Jyesthadeva        (1550)
Sridhara           (900)                       Acyuta Pisarati    (c. 1550-1621)
Manjula            (930)                       Putumana Somayaji (c. 1660-1740)
Aryabhata II       (950)                       Jaganath Pandit    (1700)
Prashastidhara     (958)                       Sankara Varman     (1800 C.E.)
Halayudha          (975)
Jayadeva           (1000 C.E.)



                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   656
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
K.Ramasubramanian, a professor at the IIT-
Bombay, has recently published a book on Hindu
calculus, “Ganita Yukti-Bhasa”. Yukti-Bhasa
means Rational Mathematics. It is the translation
of a synonymous work by Madhava of Sangama
Grama in Kerala. The book is featured in Pune
mirror, a tabloid of the TOI group. (It was not
Newton, but Madhava, July 30, 08; p4) “Subsets of
calculus existed in the Ganita-Yukti- Bhasa, two
centuries before Isaac Newton published his work”.

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   657
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
Calculus    and     many       theorems           are       of       Kerala           origin
Calculus has been discovered for the first time, almost 250 years before
Sir Isaac Newton,
It appears as per the report, the Manchester University has
uploaded these claims in their website during the 13th of
August, 2007. Thus the work of Dr. Gheverghese and
his colleagues have received the credit of bringing the facts to
the notice of the world for the first time.
facts appeared in the News papers both language Newspapers and also
English News papers during 14th and 15th August 2007, all over India.
Later days some more information has been published in some other
News papers.

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda     658
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton

Calculus    and     many        theorems          are        of      Kerala           origin

The few very famous names of the great Kerala mathematics scholars are
Sangama graama Madhvacharya, Sankara Varman, Achyutha Pisharoti,
Puthumana Somayaji, Sankara Narayanan, Govinda Swamy,
Parmaeswarcharya, Nilakanta Somayaji ….
They have discovered many theorems. Many of their theorems are now
known in the names of Newton, Gauss, Taylor, Lhuler, Gregory,
Lebenitz and Demoiver .
These theorems known in the name of the above western scientists .
These were discovered and written minimum 250 to 700 years before
western scientists, by the Kerala mathematicians or some other Indian
mathematicians like Vateswaracharya in their Sanskrit books which are
available even now in the printed form with English translation.

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda    659
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin

Many of these books have been published by the Government recognized
institutes, universities and charitable trusts involved in the R & D studies
on the ancient heritage knowledge like Indian National Science Academy,
Mathematics Department of Lucknow University and Visewarananda
Viswa Vidyalaya, Hoshiarpur. Some books like Puhtumana somayaji’s
Kranapaddhati has been published by the university of Kerala in
Malayalam.

It is not complicated to find out the period of the Kerala / Indian
mathematicians, for proving who has discovered the theorems or calculus
for the first time and published them. What is needed is the knowledge of
the Ka ta pa ya adi number and Bhootha sankhya number systems which
were commonly used in these books for presenting the mathematical data
and theorems.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   660
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin

One should also know the commencement date of Kali Era, Saka varsha
and Kalpa for converting the period into A or BC. Since use of AD and
BC came into use later the Indians did not use them in their books.
Conversion of Kali Era, Kalpa etc and Saka era to AD ( Christian Era) is
easy and one can easily find out the period of every Indian / Kerala
mathematicians without any confusion. Then one can prove that the
period of Kerala mathematicians are before or after that of the Western
scholars. One should remember that every Kerala mathematician or
their students have given their date of birth /date of completion of their
book directly or indirectly in their of work.




                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   661
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton

Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin

Given here is two examples of correctly giving the period of Indian
mathematicians . Bhaskaracharya who has written Lilavti, Siddhanta
siromany, etc has given his birth in bhootha ankhya in saka varsha
“rasa-guna-poorna- mahee” which means saka era 1036 which is equal to
AD 1114.

Puthumna somayaji has given the year of his completion of
Karanapaddhati book in saka varsha…” thri- pancha -sikhi – bhoomitha
saaka samvatsare..” which means saka year 1353 which is same as AD
1431.



                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   662
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin
Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage has submitted proof for the discoveries of
many mathematical theorems and calculus In its publications Indian Scientific
Heritage, forward written by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, F.R.S ( 30thMay, 1999) which
was published as the 14th publication in the series of Heritage publication series
( 28th Feb. 2000.)
From this book the important theorems were separately selected and published
by IISH as the 66th series of Heritage publication series, with a title “ We claim
these are INDIAN DISCOVERIES” both the books are authored by myself.
In the second book we have also given this information, “We are waiting for your
unbiased and scientific views …..! We submit with proof these claims, on the
discoveries and inventions of the facts mentioned in this book, to the scholars and
scientists. We request you to inform us your opinions and views on these claims,
that these are Indian discoveries / inventions. With full address, phone number
and email address to reply. These lines are published in the third page of the book
published on 21st March 2003.
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   663
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin
We have proved and produced with Sanskrit original text and English
translation of the discovery of Vateswaracharya (AD 880) the Newton
Gauss Backward interpolation (AD1670);
Nilakanta Somayaji ( AD 1444) discovered the Newton Infinite GP
Convergent Series (AD1670).
NIlakanta Somayaji ( AD 1444) discovered Taylor Series (AD 1685).
Govinda swamy discovered the Newton interpolation (AD 1670);
Puthumana Somayaji ( AD 1431) discovered the Newton’s power series
(AD 1660);
Parameswaracharya (AD1360) discovered the Lhuier power series (AD
1782)
Madhavacharya (AD 1350) discovered the De Moiver’s approximation
(AD 1650).
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   664
Calculus – Kerala & Not Newton
Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin
There are many more theorems which are not known hitherto are
available in the Sanskrit books which have not been published in any
others names.. We in our publication Indian Scientific Heritage these
facts. Our books was published with the financial support ICHR, Govt of
India a and also Indian National Science Academy.
We approached ‘The Hindu’ News paper, ‘Indian Express’,
Mathrubhumi (Malayalam) Malayala Manorama (Malayalam) with
proof that we (IISH) have already given proof about the facts that these
discoveries were made in Kerala. Unfortunately except Indian Express,
other News papers did not give a positive response.
We request you to bring to light the work done by Indian Institute of
Scientific Heritage, particularly during the time when only foreign claims
are being entertained, even by Indians, when we are doing our level best
to inform the public and scholars all about the truth and facts about
Indian heritage for the last seven years.
Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   665
Physics in Ancient Bharat
“Newtonian physics is similar to the Hindu
  Sankhya philosophy.”




               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   666
Vedic Physics
        Measurement of Length
8 Paramanu    = 1 Trasarenu            2000 Danda = 1 Krosha
8 Trasarenu   = 1 Renu                 4 Krosha   = 1 Yojana
8 Renu        = 1 Balagna              1 Danada                = 1 Metre
8 Balagna     = 1 Likhya               1Angula                 = 1.0416 cm
8 Likhya      = 1 Yuka
8 Yuka        = 1 Yava                 Circumference of earth -
                                          Sulva Sidhanta and
8 Yava        = 1 Angula                  Modern Science are same
24 Angula     = 1 Hasta                4.02x107 Danda
4 Hasta       = 1 Danda                4 X 107 Metre

                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   667
Vedic Physics
      Measurement of Mass
10 Krishnala      = 1 Maasha
16 Maasha         = 1 Suvarna Pala (Gold Pala)
32 Maasha         = 1 Raupya Pala (Silver Pala)
48 Maasha         = 1 Lauha Pala (Iron Pala)

      Many other Forms of Weight
          were also in usage

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   668
Vedic Physics
           Temperature (Linka)
1 Pralinka     = 1 Padakakshya = 0.885o C
4 Pada Kakshya = 1 Kakshya = 3.54o C
6 Kakshya      = 1 Linka     = 21.24o C
113 Pada Kakshya = Boiling Pt of water = 100o C
101 Kakshya     = Boiling Pt of Mercury = 357o C
50 Linka        = Boiling Point of Gold = 1062o C
      * The temp between Freezing Pt of Water and
        Melting Pt of Gold is divided into 50 Linkas

                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   669
Vedic Units of Time
        (a) Smaller Units of Time
TRUTI = 33,750th fraction of a second is
 the smallest unit of time
 100 Truti     =1         Tatpara
 45 Tatpara    =1         Nimesha
 30 Nimesha    =1         Prana                   =      4 secs
  3 Nimesh     =1         Vipala                  =      0.4 secs
 60 Vipalas    =1         Pala                    =      24 secs
 60 Palas      =1         Ghatika                 =      24 Mts
 60 Ghatikas   =1         Divas                   =      1 day or 24 Hrs

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   670
Vedic Units of Time - 1
TRUTI = 33,750th        fraction of a second is the smallest unit of time
  100 Truti            =1     Tatpara
  45 Tatpara           =1     Nimesha
  30 Nimesha           =1     Prana              = 4 secs
   3 Nimesh            =1     Vipala             = 0.4 secs
  60 Vipalas           =1     Pala               = 24 secs
  60 Palas             =1     Ghatika            = 24 Mts
  60 Ghatikas          =1     Divas              = 1 day or 24 Hrs
7 Divas         = 1 Saptah    =        1 week
15 Divas        = 1 Paksha    =        1 Fortnight
2 Paksha        = 1 Maas      =        1 Month
 2 Maas                = 1 Ritu             = 1 Season
6 Ritu          = 12 Maas     =        1 Varsha    = 1 Year
100 Years       = 1 Shatabda
10 Shatabda     = 1 Sahasrabda = 1 Millenium              = 1,000 yrs

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   671
Vedic Units of Time -2
432 Sahasrabda     = 1 Kali Yug or Yug   =   432,000 years
2 Yug              = 1 Dwapar Yug        =   864,000 years
3 Yug              = 1 Treta Yug         =   1296,000 years
4 Yug              = 1 Satya Yug         =   1728,000 years
10 Yug             = 1 Maha Yug          =   4.32 Million Yrs
1000 Maha Yug      = 1 Kalpa = 4.32 Billion Years = Morning of Brahma
2 Kalpa = 1 Day of Brahma = 2,000 Maha Yug = 8.64 Billion Years
360 Days of Brahma = 1 Year of Brahma
                     = 3110.4 Billion Years = 3.1104 Trillion Years

1 Maha Kalpa or Brahma Ayu Biggest Unit of Time
         =         100 Years of Brahma
         =         311.04 Trillion Year        = 3.1104 X 1014 Solar Years
         =         311,040,000,000,000 solar years.


TRUTI , the smallest Unit of Time = 33,750th part of a Second

                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   672
Islamic & Jewish Calendars
Hindu Months
Caitra (Mar-Apr) (29 or 30) Vaisakha (April-May) (29 or 30) Jyaistha (May-Jun) (29 or 30)
Asadha (Jun-Jul) (29 or 30)   Sravana (July-Aug) (29 or 30)   Bhadrapada (Aug-Sept) (29 or
    30)
Asvina (Sep-Oct) (29 or 30)   Karttika (Oct-Nov) (29 or 30)    Margasirsa (Nov-Dec) (29 or
    30)
Pausa (Dec-Jan) (29 or 30)    Magha (Jan-Feb) (29 or 30)       Phalguna (Feb-Mar) (29 or 30)
Dvitiya Asadha (some leap years) Adhik Maas in a leap year takes care of 365.4 days
116 or 120 days                   116 or 120 days             116 or 120 days = 348 / 360 days


Islamic Months
    Muharram (30)      Safar (29)             Rabi I (30)
    Rabi II (29)       Jumada I (30)          Jumada II (29)
    Rajab (30)         Shaban (29)                        Ramadan (30)
    Shawwal (29)       Dhu al-Qadah (30)      Dhu al-Hijjah (29 or 30)
    118                118                    118 or 119                          = 354 or 355

Jewish Months
    Tishri (Sept-Oct) (30),        Heshvan (Oct-Nov) (29 or 30),       Kislev (Nov-Dec) (29 or 30)
    Tebet (Dec-Jan) (29)           Shebat (Jan-Feb) (30)               Adar (Feb-Mar) (29 or 30)
    Adar Sheni (leap years only) Nisan (March-April) (29)              Iyar (April-May) (30)
    Sivan (May-June) (30)          Tammuz (June-July) (29)             Ab (July-Aug) (30)
    Elul (Aug-Sept) (29)
    118                            117 or 118                          118 – 120 = 353 - 356
                               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda     673
Hindu Calendar – Year Names
Year names          There is a cycle of 60 calendar year names, called Samvatsaras.

                                               21. Sarvajit (2007-2008 AD/CE)            41. Plavanga
 1. Prabhava                                   22. Sarvadhārin (2008-09 AD)              42. Kīlaka
 2. Vibhava                                    23. Virodhin                              43. Saumya
 3. Shukla                                     24. Vikrita                               44. Sādhārana
 4. Pramoda                                    25. Khara                                 45. Virodhikrit
 5. Prajāpati                                  26. Nandana                               46. Paritāpin
 6. Āngirasa                                   27. Vijaya                                47. Pramādin
 7. Shrīmukha                                  28. Jaya                                  48. Ānanda
 8. Bhāva                                      29. Manmatha                              49. Rākshasa
 9. Yuvan                                      30. Durmukha                              50. Anala
10. Dhātri                                     31. Hemalambin                            51. Pingala
11. Īshvara                                    32. Vilambin                              52. Kālayukti
12. Bahudhānya                                 33. Vikārin                               53. Siddhārthin
13. Pramāthin                                  34. Shārvari                              54. Raudra
14. Vikrama                                    35. Plava                                 55. Durmati
15. Vrisha                                     36. Shubhakrit                            56. Dundubhi
16. Chitrabhānu                                37. Shobhana                              57. Rudhirodgārin
17. Svabhānu                                   38. Krodhin                               58. Raktāksha
18. Tārana                                     39. Vishvāvasu                            59. Krodhana
19. Pārthiva                                   40. Parābhava                             60. Akshaya
20. Vyaya (2006-2007 AD/CE)

                                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda    674
Hindu of a Hindu Calendar– Pancanga
Pancanga or 5 Parts
                    Calendar
The Hindu calendrical day starts with local sunrise.
It is allotted five "properties", called anga-s. They are:

•     the        tithi         active        at      sunrise
                          (Prathama, Dwitiya, 30 Amavasya or Purnima)
•     the vaasara or weekday          (Ravivaar, Somavaar, . 7 Shanivaar)
•     the nakshatra in which the moon resides at sunrise
                                      (Ashwini, Bharani, …. 27 Revati
      star)
•     the yoga active at sunrise      (Vishkambha, Priti, …27 Vaidhriti)
•     the karana active at sunrise. (4 Fixed & 7 Repeating Karanas)
    01. Tithi (Date …)
    Prathama, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, ….. Paurnami or Amavasya
    02. Vaasara:       (7 days of a week)
    Ravi Vaasara, Soma Vaasara, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Shukra, Shani Vaasara

                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   675
Hindu Calendar – Pancanga
             03. Nakshatras
•Ashvinī        •   Pushya            •     Svātī               •     Shravana
•Bharanī        •   Āshleshā          •     Vishākhā            •     Shravishthā
•Kṛttikā        •   Maghā             •     Anurādhā            •     Shatabhishā
•Rohinī         •   Pūrv              •     Jyeshtha            •     Pūrva
•Mrigashīrsha       Phalgunī          •     Mūla                      Bhādrapadā
•Ārdrā          •   Uttara            •     Pūrva               •     Uttara
•Punarvasu          Phalgunī                Ashādhā                   Bhādrapadā
                •   Hasta             •     Uttara              •     Revatī
                •   Chitrā                  Ashādhā




                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   676
Hindu Calendar – Pancanga
 04. Yoga
 Yoga computation involves dividing the sum of the longitudes of the sun and moon into 27 parts.
 First one computes the angular distance along the ecliptic of each object, taking the ecliptic to
 start at Mesha or Aries (Meshādi, as defined above): this is called the longitude of that object. The
 longitude of the sun and the longitude of the moon are added, and normalized to a value ranging
 between 0° to 360° (if greater than 360, one subtracts 360.) This sum is divided into 27 parts. Each
 part will now equal 800' (where ' is the symbol of the arcminute which means 1/60 of a degree.) These
 parts are called the yoga-s. They are labeled:




2.Vishkambha             2.   Dhriti                2.    Vajra                 2.    Sādhya
3.Prīti                  3.   Shūla                 3.    Siddhi                3.    Shubha
4.Āyushmān               4.   Ganda                 4.    Vyatīpāta             4.    Shukla
5.Saubhāgya              5.   Vriddhi               5.    Varigha               5.    Brāhma
6.Shobhana               6.   Dhruva                6.    Parigha               6.    Māhendra
7.Atiganda               7.   Vyāghāta              7.    Shiva                 7.    Vaidhriti
8.Sukarman               8.   Harshana              8.    Siddha

                                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   677
Hindu Calendar – Pancanga
05.      Karana
A karana is half of a tithi. To be precise, a karana is the time required for the angular
distance between the sun and the moon to increase in steps of 6° starting from 0°.
(Compare with the definition of a tithi above.)
Since the tithi-s are thirty in number, one would expect there to be sixty karana-s. But
there are only eleven. There are four "fixed" karana-s and seven "repeating" karana-s.



                                                The seven "repeating" karana-s are:
The four "fixed" karana-s are:                  2.Bava
3.Kimstughna                                    3.Bālava
4.Shakuni                                       4.Kaulava
5.Chatushpād                                    5.Taitula
6.Nāgava                                        6.Garajā
                                                7.Vanijā
                                                8.Vishti (Bhadrā)




                              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   678
Age of Vedas = Age of Creation
File: Vedas in C-2000

According to Swami Dayananda, at present it is Chatur-Yugi of the seventh
Manvantara and that 4976 years in the Kali Age have passed, since the creation of the
universe. Accordingly the age of Veda is :
                                            (A) 6 x 30,67,20,000 = 184,03,20,000
Satayuga                - 17,28,000
                                                years
Tretayuga               - 12,96,000         (B) In the seventh Manvantara
Dwaparayuga             - 8,64,000              43,20,000 x 27 yrs. = 11,66,40,000
Kaliyuga                - 4,32,000
Total Chatur-yuga       - 43,20,000 years
                                    (D) Period of 3 yugas                    38,88,000
                                         Period of elapsed in
71 Chhaturyuga     = Manvantara
                   = 30,67,20,000           Kaliya Yuga                           4,976
                                         --------------------------------------------
  Total period elapsed since creation of Vedas                         = 38,92,976
  (A)                 184, 03, 20, 000
  (B)                  11, 66, 40, 000
  (C )                     38, 92, 976
  Grand Total       = 196, 08, 52, 976       years (By 1875 AD) = 1,960, 852, 976 yrs
                                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 679
                                                               = 1.96 Billion Years Approx
Age of Vedas = Age of Creation
File: Vedas in C-2000

According to Swami Dayananda, at present it is Chatur-Yugi of the seventh
Manvantara. 5110 years in the Kali Age have passed, since the creation of the
universe. Accordingly the age of Veda is :
                                            (A) 6 x 30,67,20,000 = 184,03,20,000
Satayuga                - 17,28,000
                                                years
Tretayuga               - 12,96,000         (B) In the seventh Manvantara
Dwaparayuga             - 8,64,000              43,20,000 x 27 yrs. = 11,66,40,000
Kaliyuga                - 4,32,000
Total Chatur-yuga       - 43,20,000 years
                                    (D) Period of 3 yugas                    38,88,000
                                         Period of elapsed in
71 Chhaturyuga     = Manvantara
                   = 30,67,20,000           Kaliya Yuga                           5,110
                                         --------------------------------------------
  Total period elapsed since creation of Vedas                         = 38,93,110
  (A)                 184, 03, 20, 000
  (B)                  11, 66, 40, 000
  (C )                     38, 93, 110
  Grand Total       = 196, 08, 53, 110       years (By 2009 AD) = 1,960, 853, 110 yrs
                                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 680
                                                               = 1.96 Billion Years Approx
Age of Big Bang= Age of Creation
The most known theory about the origin of the universe is the
   Big Bang.
The Big Bang took place approximately 15,000,000,000 (fifteen
   billion) years ago.
The temperature was extremely high and no one knows how
   long the extreme temperature was maintained at this
   extremely high level.
Our galaxy is the Milky Way, a spiral galaxy. It has a diameter of 100,000
    light years and has got four spiral arms.
The next big galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy which is 2.2 million light-years
    (1 light year is the distance which the light goes through in one year; i.e.
    9,460,000,000,000 km) away and it is even bigger than our galaxy.
The local group contains 26 galaxies. It has a diameter of 4 million light-
    years.
Our sun should live about 10,000,000,000 (10 Billion) years.
Our sun has been in existence since 5,000,000,000 (5 Billion) years.
1,960, 852, 976 yrs         Vedic Calculationsto iefrom1.96 Billion Years Approx
                            Let Noble Thoughts Come us  all Directions- Rig Veda 681
Ancient Hindu Scientists
                                                                 Dhanwantari
                                                                    3,000 BC
                                                                   Medicine


                                                                      Charaka
Kapil                                                                 2,000 BC
3,000 BC                                                              Medicine
Cosmology
                                                                      Sushruta
                                                                      2,000 BC
                                                                       Surgery




Bharadwaja    Aryabhatt                    Varahamihir
3,000 BC       475 AD                     6th century AD
                                                                               Nagarjuna
Aviation     Mathematics                     Astronomy
                                                                         200 BC Chemistry
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   682
Ancient Hindu Universities
        Taksha Shila University
        World’s 1st University


                  Vaishali University



        Nalanda University
        Destroyed by Ala ud din Khilji




         Kanchipuram University


        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   683
Correct the following False Statements
                                     (Science)
 •   Number System is called ARABIC Numerals.            (Vedas)
 •   Pythagoras was the 1 to explain Pythagoras theorem. (Bodhayana Sutra)
                         st


 •   Vasco-Da-Gama discovered the sea-route to India.        (Gujarati sailor)
 •   Force of Gravity was first explained by Sir Issac Newton in the 17th century.
        (Arya Bhatt 510 AD and Vedas 10,000 years before)
 •   Edward Jenner in 1796 A.D. discovered Vaccination for Small Pox.
        (He learnt it from villager Doctors in Tamil Nadu)
 •   William Harvey (1628 AD) discovered Circulatory System of Blood.
        (Bhel Samhita in the Ayur Veda a few thousand years before)
 •   Marconi invented the Wireless Radio Transmission in 1901.
        (DR Jagdishchandra Bose published his invention in 1899)
 •   Plastic Surgery is one of the wonder inventions of the 20th Century. (Sushruta)
 •   Wright Brothers (1903 AD) were the first to construct an aero plane.
       (Talpade flew the first plane in Mumbai Chowpaty Beach a few years
       before Wright Brothers)
 •   First Test tube Baby was born in UK.             (Kolkatta - Dr. Banerjee)
 •   Hotmail was created by Microsoft.                (Sabeer Bhatia, sold it to Microsoft)
 •   Pentium Chip was created by Intel.               (Vinod Dham – working in Intel)
 •   CD –Re Writer was created by Sony.               (Dr. Praveen Chaudhary)



                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   684
Correct the following False Statements (History)
 •      Aryans invaded / migrated to Bharat.                   (Aryans are native Indians-BBC)
 •      Alexander is great because he ruled over India. (Never ruled any major part of Bharat)
 •      Dec 25 is the Birth day of Jesus Christ.               (Dec 25 is ancient Pagan Sun Festival)
 •      Easter days are the Death and Resurrection days of Jesus.          (Estore is the winter Goddess
                     of Pre-christian European Pagans. It is the Yugadi or Gudi Padwa of the Hindus)
 •      Worshipping Mother Mary is a Christian concept.
                                            (Gypsy concept who worshipped Mata Parvati)
 •      Samudra Gupta is called the Napolean of India.
            (Napolean died as a prisoner. He lived some 1,000 years after Samudra Gupta)
 •      Kalidas is called the Shakespeare of India. (Kalidas lived some 1,000 years before Shakespear.
                          Kalidas also is responsible for Literary Renaissance of European languages )
 •      Shivaji was a mountain rat.                            (Greatest Warrior in human history)
 •      Akbar was great because he was kind to Hindus.         (Meena Bazar, killed 30,000 Rajputs, married
        many Rajput royal women to humiliate Hindus)
 •      Bible is the fastest selling book in the world.        (Bhagwad Gita)
 •      New Churches are built all over the world.          (Churches are sold in auction in the West)
 •      More people celebrate Christmas.                    (Less than 8% know what is Christmas)

 Hindus in 10,000 years have never colonized any country. They have never looted, plundered or enslaved
        any country economically. They have never condemned other religions as false religions and
        converted them to Hinduism. They have never destroyed temples of other religions. They have
        never called people from other religions as Sinners and condemned them to eternal hell. They have
        never crucified or burnt alive any one whose ideas have been different from their own



                                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda      685
Misnomers – 1. Numerals and Decimal Systems are actually Hindu
 findings since Vedic Times. Vedic Pancanga has terms like
 Prathama, Dwitiya, …. Navami, Dashami, Ekadasi, Dwadasi etc.
 which mean first, second, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth days of
 a month. Eka Dasi means one more than ten and Dwa Dasi means
 two more than ten.
 Ancient Hindu Number System reached Europe via Arabia. Hence the
 Europeans called these as Arabic Numerals. In Arabia these are called
 Hindusa ie from the Hindus. Indian numbers and Zero are as old as Vedas

                   In Vedas, there are two words for Zero – Shunyam &
               Pujyam which mean ‘Nothing’ & ‘Respected’ respectively.
                    Four minus four is Shunyam and when zero is added
                        to four to make it forty, then the zero is Pujyam.

                "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how
                to count, without which no worthwhile scientific
   Kapil        discovery could have been made.” Albert Einstein.
3,000 BC
Cosmology               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   686
Misnomers – 2. Pythagorus Theorem is explained by sage
Bhodayana in Shulba Sidhanta section of the Vedas.

                          Pythagorun is a Greek Scholar.
                        He studied in Takshashila University
                             in Punjab around 500 BC
                    He Learnt in Bharat
                          Mathematics
Varahamihir
6th century AD
                          Ayurveda (or Indian Medical System)
Astronomy                 Indian Philosophy
& Encyclopedia of
Ancient Science &     He taught these in Europe and hence the
Technology             Europeans called this as Pythagoras
                                     Theorem.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   687
Misnomers3. Vasco-da-Gama-1498 AD did not discover the Sea
Route to India. His broken ship was towed from Africa to Kerala by a
Gujarati sailor doing regular business with African countries. (Ref.
Amar Chitra Katha & diary of Vascoda Gama in Lisbon museum)
  Portuguese emperor gifted Vasco da Gama the biggest ship in Europe
 and this was towed by an ordinary Indian ship. India and China had the
                               biggest ships in the world in those days.

                    Indian shipping industry is as old as 5,000 years.
               Lothal in Gujarat, Pumpuhar in Tamil Nadu were very
                 ancient sea ports larger than many present day ports.

Raja Raja Cholan (1000 AD) 500 years before Vascoda Gama
had traveled by armored ship to South East Asia and China.
         At least four ancient Hindu sailors had gone by ship to America
   thousand years before Columbus and Vascoda Gama. (Irvine Wallace)

                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   688
Misnomers 4. Laws of Gravity were not discovered by
                    Sir Issac Newton in 1684 AD.

                                Vedic Jyotish Shastra 10,000 years before and
                              Aryabhatt in 510 AD knew the value of Pi, g and
                                                     about planetary motions.
                        Hindus used these knowledge in Jyotish Shastra in the
                                   making of Pancangas (Hindu Calendars).
                      Vedic seers knew
                                      that earth is Round (Bhu-Gol),
Kanada 3,000 BC                 Earth goes round the Sun in 365 days
    Physics                       (hence gave 360 degrees for a circle),
                         details of the Solar System and its planets

 Magic of 108. Hindus consider 108 as a holy number.                      WHY?

         Diameter of Sun ÷ Diameter of Earth                              = 108
         Distance between Sun and earth ÷ Diameter of Sun                 = 108
         Distance between Earth and Come to us÷from all Directions- Rig Veda =689
                        Let Noble Thoughts
                                           Moon Diameter of Moon 108
Misnomers 5. Galileo was not the First to say that Earth was
             Round, Earth revolved round the Sun etc.

                                Vedic Jyotish Shastra 10,000 years before and
                              Aryabhatt in 510 AD knew the value of Pi, g and
                                                     about planetary motions.
                        Hindus used these knowledge in Jyotish Shastra in the
                                   making of Pancangas (Hindu Calendars).
                      Vedic seers knew
                                      that earth is Round (Bhu-Gol),
Kanada 3,000 BC                 Earth goes round the Sun in 365 days
    Physics                       (hence gave 360 degrees for a circle),
                         details of the Solar System and its planets

 Magic of 108. Hindus consider 108 as a holy number.                      WHY?

         Diameter of Sun ÷ Diameter of Earth                              = 108
         Distance between Sun and earth ÷ Diameter of Sun                 = 108
         Distance between Earth and Come to us÷from all Directions- Rig Veda =690
                        Let Noble Thoughts
                                           Moon Diameter of Moon 108
Misnomers 6. Pope Gregory XIII was the first to design a calendar.
                      Vedic Jyotish Shastra 10,000 years before had given the
                                                            world first calendar.
                    Ancient religions and civilizations like Mayans, Aztecs and
                                          Inca in America also had calendars.

                            Aryabhatt in 510 AD knew the value of Pi, g and
                   about planetary motions and made necessary corrections to
                                              Vedic Astronomical Calendar.
                      Vedic seers knew
                       Hindus used these knowledge in Jyotish Shastra in the
                                  making of earth is Round (Bhu-Gol),
                                       that Pancangas (Hindu Calendars).
Kanada 3,000 BC                 Earth goes round the Sun in 365 days
    Physics                       (hence gave 360 degrees for a circle),
                         details of the Solar System and its planets

 Magic of 108. Hindus consider 108 as a holy number.                      WHY?

         Diameter of Sun ÷ Diameter of Earth                              = 108
         Distance between Sun and earth ÷ Diameter of Sun                 = 108
         Distance between Earth and Come to us÷from all Directions- Rig Veda =691
                        Let Noble Thoughts
                                           Moon Diameter of Moon 108
Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   692
Misnomers-5. Edward                                   Jenner did
       not invent Vaccination for Small Pox
           Charaka
           2,000 BC Medicine


               Edward Jenner was a Medical Officer in
                 East India Company in South India.

He learnt Vaccination for Smallpox from Tamil
  Nadu doctors who used to inject small pox germ
  fluid from a patient into a healthy cow/ oxen and
  then inject cowpox germ fluid to healthy villagers.
  Villagers then would develop resistance to Small
  pox infection.                                                                Sushruta
                                                                        2,000 BC Surgery
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   693
Misnomers- 6 Bhel Samhita in the Ayur Veda
  a few thousand years before and not William Harvey (1628 AD)
           first explained Circulatory System of Blood.

The word Hridaya which means Heart occurs in Vedas at several places
         According to Nirukta, the Vedic dictionary, the word
                 Hridaya is formed from three words
       Hri     from    Hareti                 to Receive
       Da      from    Dadati                 to give
       Ya      from    Iyati                  to circulate or move
These in fact are the three functions of the Heart which was known to
the Vedic seers a few thousand years before the birth of William Harvey


                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   694
Misnomers-7. Marconi did not invent Radios!
        Radio was invented by Sir Jagdish Chandra
          Bose.
        Bose's invention was published in the Proceedings of the
          Royal Society, London, on April 27, 1899. Over two
          years later Marconi published his first wireless
          communication on December 12, 1901, from
          Newfoundland, now in Canada.
        Marconi’s childhood friend Luigi Solari stole the diary
          and transmitter of Bose in 1899 and gave Marconi a
          modified version of the transmitter.
        Marconi used the Radio Set and the diary of Dr. Jagdish
          Chandra Bose.
        IEEE has condemned this as one of the worst thefts by a
          scientist in its Jan 1998 issue.

        Never believe such Italians.

                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   695
Sushruta Three thousand years ago performed Plastic
  surgery. Vishpala a female warrior of the Vedic period had
  artificial legs fitted to her after she fell down from a horse.

              Talpade in Mumbai flew over Chowpatty many
              years before Wright Brothers.

              Sabeer Bhatia created Hotmail and sold it to
              Microsoft

              Vinod Dham invented Pentium Chips that we all
Bharadwaja
              use in Computers. He was working for INTEL
 3,000 BC
 Aviation
              Dr Praven Choudhary invented the Re-writable
              CDs and sold to IBM
  Today Philips, Sony and other companies are making millions
     of dollars out of the research done by Hindu scientists.
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   696
Explain the following Statements
•    Aryans Invasion/ migration Theory is a 100 year old lie. BBC
•    Vedant and Yog applied unknowingly is the reason for the progress and
     discipline of the West. Swami Vivekanand
•    “Many of the advances in the sciences made in Europe were in fact
     made in India centuries ago”, James Grant Duff (British Historian of
     India) (1789 -1858).
•    “When I read the Upanishads, I found a profundity of world view that
     made my Christianity seem like third grade”.
     Prof. Huston Smith MIT & Univ. of California.
•    "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without
     which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.”
     Albert Einstein.
•    “Universities are turning out highly skilled barbarians”
     Steven Muller – President John Hopkins University
•    Peace and progress is possible only when we Spiritualise all Religions.
     Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   697
Say True or False and Explain
•   India has not produced a single scientist of International
    repute since Nobel Laureate Prof. C.V.Raman.

•   In 100 years Hindus have not made any significant progress
    in educational, social, political, administrative, … fields.

•   Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati and other Indian languages
    will perish in 100 years time.

•   We should keep English names to our children, business
    firms, shops, brands to capture world market.

•   Our Media is anti-national and pornographic.

•   Bharat can over come the dangers of Terrorism.

•   India will become a Super Power even before the year 2020.

•   Celebrations like 1st January, Valentine Day, Friendship
    Band, Fashion Parades, craze Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                       Let Noble Thoughts
                                          for Cinemas, Cricket and          698
Chronology of the pre-historic period of India

7000-4000 BC Vedic Age
3750     BC End of Rig Vedic Age
3000     BC End of Ramayana-Mahabharat Period
3000-2000 BC Development of Saraswati-Indus
             Civilization
2200-1900 BC Decline of Indus and Saraswati
             Civilization
2000-1500 BC Period of Complete chaos and migration
1400-250 BC Period of evolution of syncretic Hindu
                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   699
             culture
The world's first university was established in
Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students
from all over the world came here to study over 60
subjects.
Pythagoras was also a student here. He studied
Maths, Ayurveda and Indian Philosophy.

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   700
MAJOR AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT

                  • ASTRONOMY
                • ARCHITECTURE
                 • AGRICULTURE
          • AYURVEDA (MEDICINE)
                   • CHEMISTRY
                • MATHEMATICS
                 • METALLURGY
                     • PHYSICS
       • SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION
                     • TEXTILES
       • LINGUISTICS AND GRAMMER


       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   701
Metallurgy


 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   702
The Iron Pillar At Delhi
 6.7 meters above the ground and 0.5 meters below,
tapering from 420 mm diameter to 300 mm at the top,
               weighing about 6 tons
                   Universally acclaimed as amongst the
                    most impressive Technological
                    achievements of Ancient India.
                    Considered as RUSTLESS
                    WONDER, the most outstanding
                    human achievement of that period in
                    Iron Technology.


                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   703
Bronze Technology
Known to Indus valley Civilization before 3000 BC
Icon making tradition well- established by 2d Century AD




                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   704
CHRONOLOGY OF METALLURGICAL
                DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA

PERIOD               DEVELOPMENT                                     LOCATION

2500 1800 B.C     Copper –Bronze Technology                         North West India
                    Copper mines found                              Rajastan

1800- 100 B.C.     Use of copper tools
                    Copper smelting                            Spread all over India

1400 B.C.         Earliest Iron object                               Ahar in Rajastan

4th Century B.C   Indian made Steel sword
                  presented to Alexander                            Takshashila




                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   705
CHRONOLOGY OF METALLURGICAL
             DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA (Contd)

 PERIOD              DEVELOPMENT                                   LOCATION

370-375 A.D.      (Delhi) Iron pillar fabricated
                  Shifted to Delhi in 1050 A.D.                     Mathura, U.P.

~400 A.D.         Huge copper statue of Buddha
                  (7’ 6”and weighing 1 ton) fabricated                Sultanganj, U.


700 A.D.-         Wootz steel for making high                    Export to Damascus
                  quality swords

1200-1700 A.D.    Large scale production Zinc                      Zawar, Rajastan




                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   706
Ayur Veda
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE
           BASICALLY 8 BRANCHES
•   KAYA CHIKITSA                    (GENERAL MEDICINE).
•   SHALYA TANTRA                    (SURGERY).
•   BHOOTAVIDYA                      (PSYCHIATRY).
•   RASAYAN                          (GERIATRICS).
•   SHALKYA TANTRA                   (OPHTHALMAOLOGY).
•   AGADA TANTRA                     (TOXICOLOGY).
•   KAUMAR BHRITYA                   (PEDIATRICS).
•   VAJIKARAN                        (SEXUALPROBLEMS



                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   707
Blood Circulation in Foetus

Bhela Samhita Sh. 4.31 explains this
“Does the foetus in the mother’s womb eat or not?”
“It does not, if it does there ought to be fecal matter
    (from the foetus) later on. But this does not exist
    so….In the naval of the foetus the tubular blood
    vessels are established upto heart of the mother..”



                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   708
Ancient Indian Medicine Ayurved
                                        Dhanvantari,
                                          Ashwini Kumars,
                                          Sushrut, Charak
                                        Trigunas, & Tridoshas

                                        Rani Vishpala had
                                          artificial limbs
Sushruta performing Surgery
4,000 years ago. Published by
MNC Park Davies Drug Company

                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   709
Branches of Ayurveda

l   Vanaspati Sastra      Botony
l   Vruksha Sastra        Horticulture
l   Prani Sastra     Zoology, Veterinary Sc
l   Deha Tatva            Physiology
l   Rasayan Sastra        Chemistry



              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   710
Ayurveda – Types of Treatment
LEP                         Oil, Ointment, Plaster

VAMANAM                     Vomiting
VIRECHANAM                  Dysentery
SHWETANAM                   Sweating
SNEHANAM                    Oil massage
NASYAM                      Sneezing

         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   711
Sushruta 2,000 BCE 8 Types of Surgery
 Aahaaryam = extracting                 Lekhyam = scarification
   solid bodies                         Vedhyam = puncturing
 Bhedyam = excision                     Visraavyam =
 Chhedyam= incision                             evacuating fluids
 Aeshyam = probing                      Seevyam                 = suturing

   125 Types of Surgical Instruments
     Scalpels, lancets, needles, catheters, rectal speculums,
             mostly from the Jaws of animals/ Birds
              Stitching by Horse hair, fine thread,
                 fibers of bark, goats guts, ants head
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   712
Surgery
                                  “The Hindus (Indians)
                                    were so advanced in
                                    surgery     that     their
                                    instruments could cut a
                                    hair longitudinally.”
                                                 Mrs Plunket
“The surgery of the ancient Indian physicians was bold and
  skillful.
  A special branch of surgery was devoted to rhinoplasty or
  operations for improving deformed ears, noses and forming
  new ones, which European surgeons have now borrowed.”
SIR W. HUNTER             (British Surgeon)
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   713
YOGA
Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   714
Yoga & Meditation Growing Rapidly
        10%     in USA practice Yoga &
           Meditation even though Christian
           missionaries criticize it. Why?
           Because it works
        Hundreds of Yoga organizations in
           Sydney, Auckland, London, New
           York and most cities of the
           Developed Nations.
        BKS Iyengar more popular in USA
          than    in   Bharat.  Thousands
          attended   Baba    Ramdev   ji’s
          workshops in UK.

             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   715
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Surya Namaskar Mantras & Meanings
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     m R i f Ù k & L =k s r
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     n s u s o k yk

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        v k s m e ~ J h lLet Noble Thoughts Come tok .from all Directions-A Veda
                         f o =o ` l w ; Z u k j us k k ; u e % Rig                 716
          l` f " V d s m R ik n u v k S j la p k y u d ju s o k y s
Veerabhogyo Vasundhara
                 Knowledge, Wisdom and
                  Non-violence do not
                  sustain nations.
                 Military strength, Political
                  Power and economic
                  strength are essential to
                  defend any country and
                  its culture


      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   717
Ancient Military Science
       DHANUR VED
HAR HAR MAHADEV – War Cry.
All Vedic Gods carry weapons
Karthikeya and Ganesh are War Gods
Indra head of Vedic Pantheon is War God
Vedic Hymns breathe a spirit of Heroism.
In Gita Ved Vyas says: Don’t suffer insults.
Rama, Krishna and Bheeshma fought
    wars.

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   718
Ancient Military Science
       DHANUR VED
Rama, Krishna and Bheeshma fought
   wars.
Yudhishter (Righteousness Incarnate) also
   fought.
Vishpala, Kaikeyi, Kunti, Vindula,

War Gurus
  Shukracharya, Brihaspati, Vasishta,
  Vishwa Mitra, Parashurama,
  Dronacharya, Bheeshma
             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   719
Ancient Military Science
        DHANUR VED
War Writers
  Manu, Yajnavalka, Beeshma in Shanti Parva
  & Kautilya in Artha Shastra and
  Tiruvalluvar, Vishnu Dutta Sharma (Panca
  Tantra) all inspirers of state craft & popular
  conduct.
  They also taught how to fight wars.

Sages who Started and Protected Hindu Empires
   Kautilya, Samarth Ramdas, Vidyaranya.


               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   720
Ancient Military Science
         DHANUR VED
Great Hindu Emperors and War Generals
    Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Pushyamitra,
    Ajatashatru, Bimbisara, all fought wars.
    Harsha and Palas (Bhuddhists) all fought wars.
    Rana Sanga, Prithvi Raj Chauhan, Rana Pratap,
    Shivaji Mahraj, Guru Govind Singh, Krishna Dev
    Raya, Pauras.

    Veera Pandiya Kattabomman, Velu Thambi,
    Pazhashi Raja, 1857 War of Independence, Jhansi
    Rani, Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Khudiram Bose,
    Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Subhash Bose,

                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   721
DHANUR VED
Modern War Victories and Generals
Great Hindu War Generals
    Field Marshal Kariappa, Sam Manekshaw, Gen Thimaiyya,
    Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Arora, Vice Admiral Krishnan,
    Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel,

Major War Achievements
    Uniting 500 Princely States with Bharat
    Liberating Sri Nagar in 1948
    Pulvarising Sargodah American Air Surveillance System,
    Burning Karachi,
    Smashing American Patton Tanks and
    Falling American Sabre Jets
    Sinking Submarine Gazi
    Liberating Bangla Desh in 12 days
    Capturing Gen. Niazi and 93,000 Pak soldiers
    Recapturing all Kargil Heights


                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   722
DHANUR VED
    Param Veer Chakra Soldiers
Param Veer Chakra Soldiers
2.     Major Somnath Sharma,                               1948
3.     Capt. Vikram Batra,                                 1998
4.     Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzonji Tarapore       1965
5.     2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal
6.     Capt. Gurbachan Singh Salaria
7.     Colonel Hoshiar Singh
8.     Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
9.     Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
10.    Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
11.    Lance Naik (LCpl) Albert Ekka
12.    Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey
13.    Major Dhan Singh Thapa
14.    Major Hoshiar Singh
15.    Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran
16.    Major Shaitan Singh Bhati
17.    Naib Subedar Bana Singh
18.    Naik Jadunath Singh
19.    Naik Karam Singh
20.    Piru Singh Shekhawat
21.    Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
22.    Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane
23.    Subedar Joginder Singh




                                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   723
Ancient Military Science
       DHANUR VED
Weapons
 Astra, Shastra & Niyudhha
 3 Types of Shastra
       - Mukta, Amukta, Muktaa-mukta
 Astra (Misiles) is Shastra + Mantra
 Mal-yudha, Kalari Payittu, Karate
 Vyuha, Durg, Vayu Sena, Nav Sena


            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   724
DHANUR VED
4 Types of Armies   (Dharma Neeti)
              Rath, Gajah, Ashwa,
  Pada
1 AKSHOHINI is 218,700 sainiks
     21,870 Ratha Saniks
     21,870 Gajah Sainiks
     65,610 Ashwa Sainiks
    109,350 Pada Sainiks
18 Akshonis in Mahabharata War Rig Veda
             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions-   725
Ancient Indian Art
GANDHARVA VED
   saihTy s< gIt klaivhIn> sa]aTpzu> puCDiv;a[hIn> ,
   Those who are devoid of Literature, Music and
   Art, are veritable animals without tails and horns.


      64 Arts Chatush Shashti Kalamayi

      Indrajal, Samudrika Lakshanam,
        Antadi, Samasya Purnam, Ratna
        Pariksha
      Krishi Sashtra, Paak Sashtra


    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   726
GANDHARVA VED
Sangeetam = Music is
Geetam, Vadyam, Narthanam
  = Vocal- Instrumental - Dance
(Lord Krishna, Nataraj, Saraswati, Ganesh,
   Hanuman)

4 Types of Vadhyams (Musical
   Instruments)
    Tantra Vadhyam {string} (Veena, Sitar)
    Randra {wind} - (Flute, Shenoy, Nadas)
    Charma {Skin} (Mridanga, Dhol,…)
    Loha Vad {Metal} (Jalra, Kadam, Bell)




                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   727
GANDHARVA VED
Vikramaditya invited by Indra
  to Swarga to decide who is a
  better dancer - Urvasi or
  Rambha.
Vikramaditya gives them two
  garlands and asks them to
  dance holding the garland in
  their hands.


               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   728
GANDHARVA VED
Urvasi holds the garland softly
  and dances.
Rambha holds the G tightly
 and so the scorpion hidden
 inside the G stings her and
 she throws G away.
URVASI is declared the
 winner.

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   729
GANDHARVA VED
Sangeetam = Music is
Geetam, Vocal
Vadyam,    Instrumental

Narthanam           Dance

(Lord Krishna, Nataraj,
  Saraswati, Ganesh, Hanuman)

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   730
Nritya = Dance
Nritya = Dance has 3 Aspects
Ang Sanchalan
 Movement of diff parts
 of the body
Bhava Expression of
 Emotions
Abhinaya          Acting

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   731
Nritya Experts

Lord Shiva, Vishnu, Parvati,
  Ganesh, Krishna,

Lasya of Parvati and Tandava
  of Nataraj

Indra Marut, Apsaras
Arjun


               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   732
Three Categories of Dancing

Nritta            Pure Dance

Nritya            Dance with
 Gestures (Nritta + Abhinaya)

Natya          Dramaturgy
Nritya performed to words
 sung in musical melody

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   733
Nritya Experts

Natya Shastra of
 Bharat Muni
Abhinaya Darpan of
 Nandikeshava
Sangeet Ratnakar of
 Saranga Dev
            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   734
Treatise on Dancing
Natya Shastra                   of          Bharat Muni
   (Panchama Veda                           5th Veda)
Abhinaya Darpan                 of          Nandikesvara

Sangeet Ratnakar                of          Sarang Dev
“There is no wise maxim, no learning, no art or craft,
  no device, no action that is not found in drama.
  Hence I have devised the drama in which all the
  departments of knowledge, different arts and
  various actions meet.” Bharata Muni at the
  beginning of Natya Shastra

                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   735
6 Forms of Indian Classical Dance

Bharata Natyam              Tamil Naduoldest
Kuchipudi                   Andhra Pradesh
Kathakali                   Kerala    Story + Play

Kathak                      North India
Manipuri                    North East India –
                            India-Burma border
Orissi                      Orissa
                            Rani Gumpha caves


             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   736
Non Classical Dances
Hundreds of Folk Dances
 Jhumara of      Rajasthan
 Bhangra of      Punjab
 Garba   of      Gujarat
 Chhau   of      Mayurbhanj (Orissa)
 Mohiniattam                 of          Kerala
 Theruk-Kuthhu               of          Tamil Nadu
 Yakshagana                  of          Karnataka

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   737
Bharata Natyam
Bharta     Muni
  Bha      Bhava              Emotions                     Nrityam
  Ra       Rag                Melody                       Geetam
  Ta       Taal               Rhythm                       Vadya
The 3 essential elements of Bharata Natyam
Bharata Natyam                is famous for
 Special Mudras               Symbolic Hand Poses
 Abhinaya                     Gestured expressions
                              on face & limbs

               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   738
Ancient Indian Art
 Ajanta Paintings
                      1500 years ago

                      used vegetable colours

                      Abused by monkeys,
                       forest and weather
                       for 1000 years


   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   739
Ancient Indian Engineering
    STHAPATHYA VED
Mohan Jo Daro, Harappa
   Gold from Kolar
   Marble from Rajasthan
   Copper
Town Planning
Lothal Sea Port,
No display of wealth or rich
  graves

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   740
Ancient Indian Engineering
    STHAPATHYA VED
Angkor Wat in
  Cambodia
Suryavarman 10th
  century.

Temples in Borobudur
and Prambanan
in Indonesia
             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   741
Ancient Indian Economics
       ARTHA SHASTRA
1. Caste System
2. Joint Family System
3. Agricultural Society
4. Yajnya for equal Distribution of Wealth
5. Gram Panchayats (de-centralization)
6. Regulation against High Tax Rates, False
   Weights & Measurements,
7. Good Ethics is Good Economics

                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   742
Because of the Universal
         Teachings of the Vedas
           Indians in 10,000 years,
l have never colonized any country
l have never looted, plundered and enslaved any country
  economically,
l have never condemned other religions as false religions and
  converted them to Hinduism
l have never destroyed temples of other religions
l have never called people from other religions as Sinners and
  condemned them to eternal hell.
l have never crucified or burnt alive any one whose ideas
  have been different from their own.
                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   743
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      Bhaskara &
      Sankaracharya
      inferior to those of
      Newton and Darwin?
     Sister Nivedita

      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   744
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Indian Achievements




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Pakistan & USA
•   Pakistan is Girl Friend of USA & Bed Partners.
•   They celebrate Valentine’s day every time there is a Bomb Blast in
    Bharat.
•   Pak and Bangladesh with their agents in India have killed 4,000 (99%
    Hindus) in 4-1/2 years that Antonio Maino, Dr MM Singh, Arjun
    Singh, Laloo Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sharad Pawar are in power.
•   USA has given to Pakistan over US$ 100 Billion in cash + Military
    Aid.
•   Condoleeza Rice, UK PM Gordon Brown visited India to see India
    does not take direct action on Pakistan.




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What India should do to destablise Pakistan
                             & Bangladesh
                 •     SEVERE all Diplomatic, Trade, Cultural,
                       Sports Relations with Pakistan.
                 •     Stop all Air, Rail, Road, Sea, River and
                       Foot Routes
                 •     Take action to guard 14,00 KM border.
                 •     Kick out all illegal immigrants from
                       Pakistan and Bangladesh.
                 •     Arrest all those engaged in crime activities,
                       Drug Trafficking, women trafficking,
                       (That is where the terrorists hide)




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What India should do to destablise Pakistan
• Identify the major export items of Pakistan                    (like
    Basmati rice, carpets etc) and provide zero export tax or even
    subsidise them for export from India. Hurt Pakistan on the export
    front.

•   Identify the major countries providing arms to Pakistan
    and arm twist them. Tell Brazil and Germany (currently planning to
    supply massive defense items to Pakistan) that it will impact their
    ability to invest in India. Tell Germany that retail license to Metro will
    be off and other existing projects will be in jeopardy.
•   Tell American companies that for every 5% increase in
    FDI limit for them, their government needs to reduce
    equipping Pakistan by $5 billion. That is real politics, not
    whining. Let us remember that funds are in desperate search of
    emerging markets and not the other way about. Let us also remember
    that international economics is politics by another name.
•   Create assets to print/distribute their currency widely
    inside their country. ToThoughts Come to us from all Directions-canVeda used to
                     Let Noble
                               some extent, Telgi types Rig be                 749
    outsource this activity. Or just drop their notes in remote areas.
What Indian should do to destablise Pakistan
•   Pressurise IMF to add additional conditionality to the
    loans given to them or at least do not vote for their loans.
•   Create assets within Pakistan to destabilise Karachi Stock
    market - it is already in shambles.
•   Cricket and Bollywood are the opium of the Indian middle classes.
    Both have been adequately manipulated/ controlled by the D-company
    since the eighties. Chase the D-company money in cricket/ Bollywood
    and punish by burning D-assets in India instead of trying to
    have them auctioned by the IT department when nobody comes to bid
    for it.
•   Provide for capital punishment to those who fund terror
    and help in that. We have the division in the finance ministry to
    monitor money laundering, etc. It is important that terror financing is
    taken seriously and fully integrated into money laundering monitoring
    systems and this division is provided with much larger budget and
    human resources. And it should coordinate with RAW.
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What Indian should do to destablise Pakistan
•   Encourage and allow scientists/ academicians/ elites of Pakistan to
    opt for Indian passport and widely publicise that fact since
    it will hurt their self-respect and dignity. There will be a long queue to
    get Indian passports — many will jump to get our passport — since
    they will not be stopped at international airports. It is rumoured that
    Adnan Sami wants one. Do not give passports to all — make it a
    prized possession. Let it hurt the army and ISI controlled country.
    This one step will destroy their identity and self-confidence.

•   Discourage companies from India from investing in
    Pakistan, particularly IT companies, till Pakistan stops exporting its
    own IT (international terrorism).
•   Help Altaz Hussain, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s grand son and such
    people who want to break up Sind, Baluchistan etc.
•   Help Sheikh Hasina Begum of Bangladesh who wants to root out all
    extremists from her country.

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Our Dalit Heritage
                                                                          Balmiki
                                                                 World’s 1st Poet


                                                                      Ved Vyas,
Ambedkar,      Amma,         Buddha,          Gandhi,                Vedas, Gita
                                                                     Mahabharat
    If Untochability is not a crime, nothing in this world
       is a crime.       RSS Chief Balasaheb Devras.
                                                                       Vidur, from
                                                                       Mahabharat




                                                                       Tirumular,
Narayan Guru, Sant Namdev, Sant Tukaram, Sant Ravidas Ancient Tamil Saint
Kerala,       Maharashtra
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GreatBC.
       Veda Vyas 3000
                      Dalits
       was the son of a Brahman Rishi Parashar and a Fisher
           Woman.
       Divided the Vedas into four parts. Composed Mahabharat,
       Bhagwad Gita, 18 Puranas, Brahma Sutra etc.

    Vidura
    -ruler of Hastinapur                   Satyakam Jabala
                                            Dalit Vedic Scholar
    during Mahabharata war.


Sant Tirumalisai Alvar
  was a Tamil Hindu saint between 4th and 8th century.
  Incarnation of Lord Vishnu’s disc Sudarshana.

     Chokhamela in the 14th Century
     - India's first recorded Dalit poet,
     Dalit Priest.
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Great Dalits
          Sant Raidas, 1376 AD
              born into Dalit cobbler family in Varanasi.
              Devotee of Lord Ram.
              Prabhuji Tum Chandan Hum Pani…. Aisi Bhakti kare Raidasi
               41 Poems included in Guru Granth Sahib
               Protected Hindus against Muslim onslaught.
Dalits and similar groups are also found in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
the Burakumin of Japan are also compared to Dalits, as are the Baekjeong of Kor
         Babaji Palwankar Baloo, who joined the Hindu
         Mahasabha and was both a politician and a cricketer. He
         was an independence fighter.

     Sant Janabai                                       Mahar
     Sant Rohidas Maharaj                               Chamar
     Sant Raakaa                                        Mahar
     Sant Bankaa                                        Mahar
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Great Dalits




Sant Janabai                               Mahar
Sant Rohidas Maharaj                       Chamar
Sant Raakaa                                Mahar
Sant Bankaa                                Mahar
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Great Dalits in Matang Samaj




Hanuman, Sugreev, Vali, Angad, Nal, Neel, Jambhavan,
Lahuji Vastad Salve 14 Nov 1794 – 17 Feb 1881 Pune




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Lahuji Vastad Salve 1794 - 1881



Lahuji Vastad Salve 14 Nov 1794 – 17 Feb 1881               Pune
Maang or Matang Samaj Dalit,                Aajanma Brahmachari
18 Nov 1817       Union Jack on Shanivaar wada
Father a martyr in 1817 war against British,
Inspiration from father, Shivraya and Peshwas,
Gave war & Martial Arts training to youth including Vasudev B Phadke
His illustrious disciples:
         Lokamanya Tilak,                   Revolutionary Political Leader
         Mahatma Phule,                     Revolutionary Social Reformer
         Vasudev Balwant Phadke,            Revolutionary Freedom Fighter
Birth Day                  Same as that of Jawaharlal Nehru
Death Anniversary          Same as that of Vasudev Balwant Phadke at Eden
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Great Dalits
         Ayyankali               1863 - 1941
         Dalit Pride, Walk for Freedom, School Entry Struggle,
         Agriculture Workers’ strike, Temple entry,
         Covering the bodies of Dalit men and women,
         Bhimrao Ambedkar
         Chief Architect of Indian Constitution
         (Article 17 abolishes Untouchability)
         1956 conversion to Buddhism with
            millions of followers.
         Mata Amritanand
         3rd class drop out from Fisher woman community.
         Has worldwide followings including PhD holders.


EVR Periyar, Kanshi Ram, Mayavati, KR Narayanan, Justice Bala Krishnan
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   758
Dalits – No Racial & Genetic Differences
No racial and genetic differences between upper and lower castes.
 Many sociologists, anthropologists and historians have rejected
   the racial origins and racial emphasis of caste and consider
          the idea to be one that has political undertones.




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Our Dalit Heritage
    • Genetic testing
        indicates that as a whole, Indian genetic groups do not
        show a great affinity to any non South-Asian groups.

    • Wrongful Claim as Dalits:
        Many Indians have used this term Dalit as a way to get
        more benefits from the Indian government. As a result
        actual Dalits are being sidelined by a large number of
        people who wrongfully claim Dalit caste status.

    • 16 Crore Dalits                     in India, current estimate.

    • Rural Areas                         Discrimination still exists

The Dalit Muslims or "Arzal" are discriminated against by the upper-
caste "Ashraf" Muslims, and Dalit Christians are discriminated against
by upper caste Christian priests and nuns.
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Our Dalit Heritage
                  Dalits include
 • Leather-workers (called chamar),
 • Carcass handlers (called mahar),
 • Poor farmers and landless labourers,
 • Night soil scavengers (called bhangi),
 • Street handcrafting people,
 • Folk artists,
 • Street cleaners, sweepers (chura),
 • Washermen (dhobi), etc.
They have preserved Hinduism in spite of
          the treatments received. Rig Veda
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Our Dalit Heritage
         Mata Amritananda,
         just 3rd std educated, from a poor Fishermen community,
         Over 10 Million (1 Crore) followers from 110 countries
         including Professors, Industrialists, Politicians, Noble Laureates
                Vice chancellor of Pune Uni Dr Narendra Jadhav
                Dr Digambar Dhulaye (Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
                Marathwada Univ, Sambhaji Ngr)
                Eknath Solkar,
                Vinod Kambli
                Karsan Ghavri
                Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
                Ilaya Rajah
                Kakkan
                Jaipal Singh 1900 Olympic Capt ICS
The Dalit Muslims or "Arzal" are discriminated against by the upper-
caste "Ashraf" Muslims, and Dalit Christians are discriminated against
by upper caste Christian priests and nuns.
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Great Dalits
On August 2006, Dalit activist Namdeo Dhasal, engaged in dialogue
with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in an attempt to "bury the
hatchet".
                             Dalit Priests
  Also, the "Pandaram" Hindu priests (a task traditionally reserved for the
Brahmins) based largely in Nepal and parts of South India. These Pandaram
 priests maintain the same tradition as the Brahmin priests, including using
Sanskrit for the rituals (a language traditionally reserved for the Brahmins).
They perform religious ceremonies from weddings to death rituals. They are
not generally as well trained as the Brahmin priests, but are highly respected
    within their community and are addressed reverentially. Also, Hindu
temples are increasingly more receptive to Dalit priests, such as Suryavanshi
              Das, the Dalit priest of a notable temple in Bihar.


   BJP leaders Ramachandra Veerappa and Dr. Suraj Bhan.
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Overseas Dalits
Dalits and similar groups are also found in
             Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
                      Burakumin of Japan

                       Baekjeong of Korea.

       Blacks and Red Indians in US are
       racially different from the Whites.
    Hence their discriminations are RACIAL.
 Dalits belong to the same race as the rest of Bharat.
 Hence Dalit discriminations are NOT Racial.
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Atrocities on Dalits
   vis a vis Slaves in Greece and Rome
The caste system was not so oppressive as is being made out.
          A.L. Basham (Australian Scholar)
         in ‘The Wonder that was India’ says

    "In no other part of the world were the relations of
         man and man and of a man and the state
             as fair and humane" as in India.

 He was perhaps comparing the lot of the Scheduled Castes
  in India with the lot of the slaves in Greece and Rome.
There is no evidence that the Scheduled Castes were ready to
     join hands with the Muslim or Christian invaders
           against their so-called "tormentors" .
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Atrocities on Dalits
Traditionally, Dalits were not allowed to
• let their shadows fall upon a non-Dalit caste member,
•    to worship in temples,
•    draw water from the same wells as caste Hindus, and
•    they were required to sweep the ground where they walk to remove the
     'contamination' of their footfalls,
•    they usually lived in segregated neighborhoods outside the main village.

              It is also wrong to say that Vaishyas and Shudras
               did not take part in battles / Freedom struggles.
                 Vaishyas & Dalits did fight
             against Muslim and Christian invaders.
       Patriotism of the Dalits is highly commendable.
    Dalit Problem is a problem of the Upper Caste Hindus.
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Dalits as Freedom Fighters
•     The Nanda and Maurya kings were shudras. The ruler of Sind during the
      visit of Huang Tsuang, the Chinese pilgrim, was a Shudra.
•     The Kashmiri and Hoyasala (Mysore) kings recruited Shudras for their
      armies.
•     Kumarapala, the Chalukya king, appointed Sajjana as governor of Chittor,
      He was a potter.
•     Shudras could attain imperial positions under the Rajput rulers and under
      Chhatrapati Shivaji.
•     In Kerala, the entire army was made up of the so-called Shudras.

    • Jawaharlal Nehru said that the caste system was flexible
        before the Muslim advent, which is why it was bearable.
•     And in order to protect Hinduism and the Hindu society, Shankara created
      ten Saiva acetic orders, made up largely of Shudra recruits. He also freed
      these para-military forces from the caste system.

       It is such recognition of their worth that kept
               the Shudras within the Hindu fold.
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Honoring Dalits


in Shivaji's Maratha Empire there were the several Dalit Hindu warriors

Mahar Regiment and the Scindia Dalit Kingdom.




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MAHAR                      DALIT                             SAINTS
Mahar Saints            Carcass handlers are called mahars,

•   Sant Banka Mahar,          Mahar
•   Sant Chokha Mela,           Mahar. He lived at Mangalvedha in
                               Maharashtra. He wrote many Abhangas
                               devoted to Krishna.
•   Sant Damajipanth,          Mahar, devotee of Vishnu
•   Sant Kanho or Kanhopatra, Mahar dancer, devotee of Vishnu
•   Sant Karmamelam, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu
•   Sant Nirmala,              Mahar
•   Sant Soyarabai,            Sant Chokha Mela's wife
•   Sant Tiru Nilakanta Nayanar,       potter, devotee of Shiva
•   Sant Tiruvalluvar,         Weaver, wrote the Tirukkural
•   Sant Umaid Ram Maharaj, Bhangi, Rajasthani.
    He was born in the Hindu year 1865 in Jodhpur. He was a
    medicant. His successors were Sukaram Maharaj, Deepa Ram
    Maharaj and the present-day Mangi Ram Maharaj.
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SAINTS
Chamar Saints           Leather-workers are Chamars or Mochis,

•   Sant Devi Das,                  a Chamar disciple of Jagjivan Das

•   Sant Dhanna Chamar,             Chamar (cobbler)

•   Sant Rohidas or Ravidas,          Chamar member, Guru of Mirabai.
                                    He is said to have taken up his family
                                    job of shoe-making and supplied shoes
                                    top ascetics. "My caste is low, my
                                    lineage is low, and mean is my birth.
                                    I have takenshelter, King Rama, says
                                    Ravidas thecobbler" (p. 659,
                                    Guru Granth Sahib). His disciples are
                                    the Ravidasis. He was a disciple of
                                    Ramananda, claimed by Harijans to
                                    be their master.

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OTHER                      DALIT                     SAINTS
•   Maharishi Veda Vyasa,          was born to a fisherwoman
•    Maharishi Valmiki             Highway Robber
•   Sant Kapinjalada,               Chandala, according to Mahabharata
                                   (Anushasana Parvan 53.13-19)
•   Sant Sadna,                    butcher
•   Sant Shatakopa,                Kanjar (prostitute) Alwar devotee,
    (Tamil Saint)                   Yamuna Muni declared, "I touch my
                                   feet at the holy feet of Shatakopa"
•   Sant Tiru Nilakanta Nayanar,            potter, devotee of Shiva
•   Sant Tiruvalluvar,             Weaver, wrote the Tirukkural
•   Sant Umaid Ram Maharaj,             Bhangi, Rajasthani.
               He was born in the Hindu year 1865 in Jodhpur.
               He was a medicant. His successors were Sukaram
               Maharaj, Deepa Ram Maharaj and the present-day
               MangiLet NobleMaharaj. to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
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DALIT                        SAINTS




•   Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler)

•   Sant Rohidas or Ravidas, Chamar, Guru of Mirabai.

•   Sant Tiruvalluvar,           Weaver, wrote the Tiruk-Kural


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DALIT                         SAINTS
•   Sant Atipattar Nayanar
•   Sant Bhagu,                 a devotee of Krishna
•   Sant Binu,                  a Bengali Tantrik sage
•   Sant Jiwan Das,             a saint of the Satnami sect
•   Sant Kaliar Nayanar
•   Sant Kurmadas,              devotee of Vishnu
•   Sant Madara Dhulayya
•   Sant Malamat Shah,                   a saint of the Satnami sect
•   Sant Nanhadas,       a devotee of Rama and Sant Ramanand's
    disciple
•   Sant Nandanar (Nanthanaar),
                        Athanuur, devotee of Shiva, one of 63 Nayanar
                        Shaivite saints. Chidambaram,
                                  the main place where Nandanar
                                 practiced austerities is now a place
                                where backward castes have their own
                                ashrams and recite the Upanishads in
                                Sanskrit.
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DALIT                          SAINTS
2.    Sant Parshuram,      the founder of the Ramnami sect in Chhattisgarh
3.    Sant Prasanna,         Bengali, devotee of Durga Maa disciple of
                           Kalachand
4.    Sant Purnananda,             became recognized as a Brahmana
5.    Sant Ramdass Gohal,          a former member of the Arya Samaj
6.    Sant Ramdass Gohal,          a former member of the Arya Samaj
7.    Sant Sakhubai,               devotee of Vishnu
8.    Sant Sarwan Dass,            a follower of Ravi Das
9.    Sant Satyakam Jabali         Vedic Period
10.   Sant Tirukkurippu Tondar Nayanar
11.   Sant Tirumalisai, an Alvar Vaishnava saint
12.   Sant Tiru Nalai Povar Nayanar
13.   Sant Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints
14.   Sant Tiru Panazhwar


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DALIT                         SAINTS


•   Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler)
•   Sant Jiwan Das,     a saint of the Satnami sect

•   Sant Kurmadas,                 devotee of Vishnu
•   Sant Nandanar (Nanthanaar), Athanuur, devotee of Shiva, one of 63

•   Sant Rohidas or Ravidas, Chamar, Guru of Mirabai.
•   Sant Sakhubai,         devotee of Vishnu
•   Sant Sarwan Dass,      a follower of Ravi Das
•   Sant Tiruvalluvar,     Weaver, wrote the Tiruk-Kural
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   775
DALIT                     MAHARISHIS
•      Maharishi Veda Vyasa,              was born of and raised by a
                                       fisherwoman and Parashara

•     Maharishi Valmiki                author of the Ramayana.

•     Maharishi Naval Ram,             Rajasthani Bhangi
                                       Born in 1840.
                                       His successors were Daya Ram
                                       Maharaj (his son), Ram Baksh
                                       Maharaj and the present-day
                                       Badri Ram Maharaj.

9.             Maharishi        Vithal   Ramji    Shinde,
                                    of the Prartna Samaj and
     founder
                                       of the Depressed Classes Mission
                                       organization for           the
     upliftment                                                       of
                                       backward-caste Hindus.
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DALIT                       MAHARISHIS


2.   Maharishi Parashara,
                        son of an outcaste woman
                        one of the greatest devotes and thinkers.
                        Was a very powerful Vedic astrologer.
                        His astrological book is the Parasara Hora
                        still used today.
                        Written a Smriti known as Parasara
                        Smriti which is held in such high esteem
                        that it is quoted by our present-day
                        writers on sociology and ethics

•    Maharishi Soot,         narrator of the Puranas.



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MUSLIM                      DALITS                             (Arzal)
Muslim Dalits (Arzal)
Descendants of indigenous lower-caste converts

discriminated against by "noble", or "ashraf", or Upper Caste
Muslims.

They are those “with whom no other Muhammadan would associate,

They are forbidden to enter the mosque or
to use the public burial ground”.

They are relegated to "menial" professions such as scavenging and
carrying night soil.
Babasaheb Ambedkar, a renowned Dalit activist and the framer
 of the Constitution of India, wrote about the Dalit Muslims and was
   extremely critical of their mistreatment by upper-caste Muslims
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SIKH                            DALITS
Kanshi Ram himself was of Sikh background although converted
because he found that Sikh society did not respect Dalits and so became
a neo-Buddhist.
The most recent controversy was at village Talhan Gurudwara near
Jalandhar where there was a dispute between Jatt Sikhs and Ravidasia
Sikhs.
The Different Sikh Dalits are Ravidasia Sikh , Ramdasia Sikh , Mazhabi
Sikh.
Although Sikhism does not recognize the Caste System, many families,
especially the ones with immediate cultural ties to India, generally do
not marry among different castes.
Prominent Dalit Sikhs 1. Kanshi Ram - Former President of BSP
                2. Charanjit Singh Atwal - Former Lok Sabha Speaker

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SIKH                            DALITS

•There are sects such as the Ad-Dharmis who have now
abandoned Sikh Temples and the 5 Ks.
•They are like the Ravidasis and regard Ravidas as their guru.
•They are also clean shaven as opposed to the mainstream Sikhs.
•Sant Ram was from this community and a member of the Arya
Samaj who tried to organize the Ad-Dharmis.
•Other Sikh groups include Jhiwars, Bazigars, Rai Sikh (many of
whom are Ravidasias.)
•Just like the violence against Harijans (Hindu Dalits), there has
been violence against Sikh Dalits.



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CHRISTIAN                                            DALITS
Due to Mass conversions by Portuguese from the 16th century onwards in
Goa.
Hindu converts often retained their caste prejudices, attributed to the
effectively involuntary and spontaneous nature of mass conversions,
sometimes of entire villages. Without conscientious understanding of
Christian belief, existing social stratification was often left unaffected.

Thus,
Converted Dalits are still referred to as "Maharas" and "Chambars" (an
apellation of the anti-Dalit ethnic slur "Chamaar").

Several ethnic groups who did not convert to Christianity and remained
Hindus (such as Marathas) were nevertheless incorporated into the
predominately Christian group "Chaddho".


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CHRISTIAN                                           DALITS

1.Attempts by Christian Missionaries to convert Dalits to Christianity
continue. The Constitution of India guarantees religious freedom and the
right to choose one's religion. However, controversies related to mass-
conversions have led to laws being passed against such events in some
Indian states.

3.A 1992 study of Catholics in Tamil Nadu found some Dalit Christians
faced segregated churches, cemeteries, services and even processions.
Despite Christian teachings these Dalit also faced economic and social
hardships due to discrimination by upper-caste priests and nuns. Other
sources support these conclusions, including Christian advocacy groups for
Dalits. One famous Christian Dalit activist with the nom-de-plume Bama
Faustina has written books providing a first-hand account of
discrimination by several upper-caste nuns and priests in South India.


 Tamil Nadu Dalit Christians return to Hindu fold – Feb 2008
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Reformers & Reform Movements
  Vedic Rishis                           Lord Krishna in Gita
  ‘Every Soul is Potentially             No person is barred from
  Divine’ say Vedas                               enlightenment.
               Lord Buddha &
               Bhagwan Mahavira                     Accepted Dalit disciples


                               Sant Tiru Valluvar
                                  Saint Avvaiyar
                                 Ancient Tamil Poets
 Adi Shankara
 Who is a Chandal – the soul or body !!

           Nayanmars & Alwars
           75 Tamil Saints from 4th century onwards
           Some of them were Dalit Saints
           Pioneered Bhakti Movement in Bharat
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Non-Dalit Reformers
Sant Ramananda (1366 AD in Tamil Nadu)
accepted all castes including
untouchables into his fold.




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Non-Dalit Reformers of 19                                           th
                                                                            century

                                                                        1873
                                                       emancipation of Dalits
                                              Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
                         First school for girls in India in August 1848


                     19th Century Non Dalit Reformers
In the 19th Century, the Brahmo Samaj under Ram Mohan Roy and later
under Keshub Chunder Sen, actively campaigned against "untouchability."

1875 The Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayanand also renounced
discrimination against Dalits.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's disciple, Swami Vivekananda, founded the
Ramakrishna Mission that actively participated in the emancipation of Dalits.

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Non Dalit Reformers – 20th century
  Mannathu Padmanabhan                              1924
  (Bharat Kesari) of Kerala
  opened his family temple for Dalits.
  01-10-1924 Guruvayur Temple Entry.

  Jamnalal Bajaj                          1928
  Entry of Dalits to Laxminarayan Temple in Wardha,
  "upper-caste" temple openly welcomed Dalits into their fold


  Mahatma Gandhi                                    1930        Harijan Yatra




  Maharaja of Travancore                            1936
  Temple Entry Proclamation in Kerala
  Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple revered by the Dalit Hindus.
                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   786
Non Dalit Reformers – 20th century
    Dr Hedgewar              RSS Founder, Chief   1925-1940
    Mahatma Gandhi saw Dalits and Caste Hindu children eating
    food together at Wardha RSS camp in the 30s.
    Mahatma Gandhi attended RSS Shakha in Bhangi colony, Delhi.


    Shri Guruji Golwalkar                      RSS Chief             1940-1973
    1969 Uduppi Conf Resolution
       Hindava Sodara Sarve                  Na Hindu Patito Bhavet
      All Hindus are brothers                No Hindu is down trodden


      Balasaheb Devras                    RSS Chief         1973- 1994
      If Untouchability is not a crime, Nothing in the world is a crime.
      RSS is running over 80,000 welfare projects for Dalits,
      Vanavasis, Poor and needy people.

                 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   787
Non Dalit Reformers – 20th century
                           South India
    Mannathu Padmanabhan
    (Bharat Kesari) of Kerala
    opened his family temple for Dalits.
    01-10-1924 Guruvayur Temple Entry.

      Maharaja of Travancore                              1936
      Temple Entry Proclamation in Kerala
      Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple revered by the Dalit Hindus.

Brahmins like Subramania Bharati also passed Brahminhood onto a Harijan.




                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   788
Non-Dalit Reformers in 20                               th
                                                             Century




          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   789
OBC Sants
Sant Sena Maharaj            Naayee
Sant Savtaa Maharaj          Mali
Sant Gorobaa Kaka            Khumbhar
Sant Narahari Mahraj         Sonaar
Sant Namdev Maharaj          Darjee / Shimpi
Sant Santajee Mahraj Jagnaade     Teli
Sant Gadge Baba (Mahraj)          Dhobi
(Sant Debooji Jhingraji Hubale)
Rashtra Sant Tukdojee Mahraj      Bhat
(Gram Geeta)

              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   790
OBC Sants


Sant Savtaa Maharaj          Mali
Sant Gorobaa Kaka            Khumbhar
Sant Namdev Maharaj          Darjee / Shimpi
Sant Gadge Baba (Mahraj)          Dhobi
(Sant Debooji Jhingraji Hubale)
Rashtra Sant Tukdojee Mahraj      Bhat
(Gram Geeta)
Sant Sena Maharaj             Naayee
Sant Narahari Mahraj          Sonaar
Sant Santajee Mahraj Jagnaade Teli
                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   791
OBC Dalit Reformers
                                               Nandanar
                    A low-caste Tamil Hindu cleric
                             Many Dalit disciples.




     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   792
DEMOTED to DALIT STATUS
          Brahmins Demoted to
             DALIT STATUS
  Sant Dnyaneshwar
  Composed Jnaneshwari                           Sant Eknath
                            Fought for the rights of Dalits

        Kshatriyas Demoted to
           DALIT STATUS
           Royal Lineage 
        Ravi Dasis, Passis & Khatiks
         Freedom fighters against Muslim
                    Invaders,
       Turned into scheduled castes because
       they were defeated and refused to get
               converted to Islam.
              Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   793
Hindu Reformers
                                Reformers
Saint Ramananda (15th century)
   accepted all castes, including untouchables, into his fold.

Nandanar,        a low-caste Tamil Hindu cleric, also accepted Dalits.

Mannathu Padmanabhan                                20th century
       of Kerala opened his family temple for Dalits.

Jyotirao Phule             also worked for the emancipation of Dalits.

Ayyankali                  a prominent figure in Kerala in 20th century.

Dr B.R.Ambedkar                      year 1950: conversion to Buddhism

Balasaheb               Devras             RSS               Chief
   if Untouchability is not a crime, Nothing in the world is a crime.
   RSS is running over 80,000 welfare projects for Dalits, Vanavasis,
   Poor and needy people.Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                        Let                                                      794
Hindu Reform Movements
              Reform Movements
Bhakti movements    4th to 18th Century
Brahmo Samaj        (19th Century) under Ram Mohan Roy
   &                              later under Keshub Chunder Sen,
The Arya Samaj                    1875 AD by Swami Dayanand,
Ramakrishna Mission               by Swami Vivekanand a disciple of
                                  Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Rashtreeya Swayamsewak Sangh
      runs over 50,000 Welfare Projects (Educational, Medical, Self-
      employment, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation) for Dalits,
   Vanavasis, Poor and Needy people all over Bharat.
Rashtra                           Sevika                                      Samiti
   runs Welfare Projects (Educational, Medical, Self- employment)
   for Dalit & needy girls, women, destitute and street children,
Satnami movement                  founded by Guru Ghasidas, a Dalit himself.
                       Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   795
Our Dalit Heritage
             Namdeo Dhasal
 Maharashtrian Dalit Activist and poet
     “Dalit is a symbol of pride to fight
           against social injustice”.
He also said:
Yes, I do feel that the fight to eradicate caste
  has to be fought by Dalits and caste
  Hindus together carrying forward the
  tradition of Adi Shankara, which got
  broken somewhere in between.
                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   796
Our Dalit Heritage
conversions of Dalits are due

to allurements like education and jobs.

not to any social or theological motivation.

About 8% of the seats in the National and State Parliaments are reserved
for Scheduled Caste and Tribe candidates, a measure sought by B.R.
Ambedkar and other Dalit activists in order to ensure that Dalits would
obtain a proportionate political voice.


       In 2008, the Dalit Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati,
           is being projected as a future Prime Minister of India.
         Her Bahujan Samaj Party and several leftist organizations
         support this move which would be a historic first for India.

                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   797
Our Dalit Heritage
aa




        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   798
Vanavasi Maharishis

1. Maharshi Valmiki,
     Kirata Bhil, composed the Ramayana.
     considered to be an avatar in the Balmiki community.
  Mahatma Gandhi ji stayed in a Harijan colony called
  Valmiki Mandir in Delhi.

5. Maharshi Matanga, Matanga Bhil,
     Guru of Bhakta Shabari.
     Chandalas are often addressed as ‘Matanga’
     in passages like Varaha Purana 1.139.91



                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   799
Vanavasi Sages
Bhakta Shabari, a Bhil woman who
  offered Lord Shri Rama and Shri
  Laxmana her half-eaten ber fruit,
  which they gratefully accepted when
  they were searching for Shri Sita Devi
  in the forest.


17th or 18th Century Vanavasi Devotees from Gujarat
     1.   Bhaktaraj Bhadurdas, Koli,
     2.   Madan Bhagat, Koli,
     3.   Sany Kanji Swami, Koli,
     4.   Bhaktaraj Valram, Koli,


                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   800
Vanavasi Sants
•   Sant Buddhu Bhagat, led the Kol Insurrection
    (1831-1832) aimed against against tax imposed on
    Mundas by Islamists.
•   Sant Dhira or Kannappa Nayanar, one of 63 Nayanar
    Shaivite saints, a hunter from whom Lord Shiva gladly
    accepted food offerings. It is said that he poured water
    from his mouth on the Shivlingam and offered the Lord
    swine flesh.
•   Sant Dhudhalinath, Koli, Gujarati, a 17th or 18th
    century devotee (P. 4, The Story of Historic People of
    India-The Kolis)
•   Sant Ganga Narain, led the Bhumij Revolt (1832-1833)
    aimed against missionaries and British colonialists.
•   Sant Girnari Velnathji, Koli, Gujarati of Junagadh, a
    17th or 18th century devotee
                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   801
Vanavasi Sants
•   Sant Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma or Guru Brahma, a
    Bodo whose founded the Brahma Dharma aimed against
    missionaries and colonialists. The Brahma Dharma
    movement sought to unite peoples of all religions to
    worship God together and survives even today.
•   Sant Jatra Oraon, Oraon, led the Tana Bhagat
    Movement (1914-1919) aimed against the missionaries
    and British colonialists
•   Sant Sri Koya Bhagat, Koli, Gujarati, a 17th or 18th
    century devotee
•   Sant Tantya Mama (Bhil), a Bhil after whom a
    movement is named after - the "Jananayak Tantya
    Bhil"
•   Sant Tirumangai Alvar, Kallar, composed the six
    Vedangas in beautiful Tamil verse
                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   802
Vanavasi Avatars
•   Birsa Bhagwan or Birsa Munda,
    an avatar of Khasra Kora &             Singbonga, the sun-god.
    Converted even Christians to his own sect.
    Was against conversions by missionaries.
    Wanted not only political, but religious freedom as well!
    He and his clan, the Mundas, were connected with Vaishnavite
    traditions as they were influenced by Sri Chaitanya.
    Birsa was very close to the Panre brothers Vaishnavites.

•   Kirata - the form of Lord Shiva as a hunter.
    Mentioned in the Mahabharata.
    The Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple, Kerala adores Lord Shiva in this
    avatar and is known to be one of the oldest surviving temples in Bharat.

•   Vettakkorumakan,                            the son of Lord Kirata.
•   Kaladutaka or 'Vaikunthanatha',
                         Kallar (robber), avatar of Lord Vishnu.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   803
List of Vanavasi Rebellions against British rule
   1.Halba rebellion                 (1774-79)
   2.Chamka rebellion                (1776-1787)
   3.Chuar rebellion in Bengal       (1795-1800)
   4.Bhopalpatnam Struggle           (1795)
   5.Khurda Rebellion in Orissa (1817)
   6.Bhil rebellion          (1822-1857)
   7.Paralkot rebellion              (1825)
   8.Tarapur rebellion               (1842-54)
   9.Maria rebellion                 (1842-63)
   10.First Freedom Struggle         (1856-57)
   11.Bhil rebellion, begun by Tantya Tope in Banswara (1858)
   12.Koi revolt                     (1859)
   13.Gond rebellion, begun by Ramji Gond in Adilabad (1860)
   14.Muria rebellion                (1876)
   15.Rani rebellion                 (1878-82)
   16.Bhumkal                        (1910)
   Vanavasis in the Indian independence movement
   Khajya Naik, Bhima Naik, Jantya Bhil, Rehma Vasave etc.
                    Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   804
Some Notable Scheduled Tribes
1.  Andamanese                            1. Mundaris
2.  Bodos                                 2. Nagas
3.  Bhils                                 3. Nicobarese
4.  Chakma                                4. Oraon
5.  Dhodia Tribes of Gujarat              5. Santals
6.  Gonds                                 6. Todas (Tamil Nadu)
7.  Khasis                                7. Maldharis of Gujarat.
8.  indigenous people of                  8. Cholanaikkan
    Lakshadweep                           9. Warli
9. Kurichiya                              10. Kisan Tribe
10. Kurumbar (Tamil Nadu)                 11. Dongria Kondh
11. Tripuris                              12. Bonda
12. Mizos
                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   805
Our Dalit Heritage
aa




        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   806
Our Spiritual Heritage
 Sant Tukaram 1608 - 1650
Sant Tukārām           1608 - 1650
Religious Poet
Spiritual Guru of Shivaji Maharaj


 Sant Tukārām          1608 - 1650
 Devoted to Vithoba or Vittala
 Several Public Kirtan & Abhang on
         Day to day behavior of human beings,
         Love for fellow human beings,
 4,500 Abhang Gatha       Mantra Geeta

Warkari Sect
Musical Group Worship
Jnaneshwar, Namdev, Janabai, Eknath and Tukaram
             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   807
Our Spiritual Heritage
Samarth Ramadas 1608 - 1681
 Religious Poet
 Devotee of Lord Ram and Hanuman
 Guided Shivaji Maharaj to set up Swaraj




 Devotee of Lord Ram and Hanuman
 2       Shivaji Raje accpted Ramdas ji as Spiritual Guru
 Ramdas Swami Guided Shivaji Maharaj to set up Swaraj



   Manache Shlok 205 memorable 4 line verse
   Dasabodh      7,751 owvya (Pl. of owi)
   Maruti Stotra adulatory poem on Hanuman
                Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   808
Great Indians – Veer Savarkar
•Savarkar emphasised that Hindus and Muslims must come together to oust
the British. He addressed Muslims thus, "We shall fight for freedom along
with you if you join us, without you if you do not, and despite you if you stand in
the way."
•Savarkar was arrested at Victoria Station in London on March 13, 1910 on
the charges, among others, of waging war or abetting a war against the King
and delivering seditious speeches in India from January 1906 to March 1906
and in London from 1908 to 1909. Tried on January 30, 1911, he was
sentenced to double transportation for life -- 50 years. During the trial, a
sergeant told him, "The benign British Government will release you in 1957."
Savarkar retorted, "What makes you think that the British Government will
last till 1957?"
•After conviction he was deported to Cellular Jail in the Andamans. He was
tortured, beaten and forced to do manual labour.
•On June 18, 1921 writing in Young India, Mahatma Gandhi wrote about
Savarkar, "He is brave. He is a patriot. The evil in its hidden form of the
present system of Government was seen by Savarkar much earlier than I did.
He is in the Andamans for having loved India too well. Under a just
Government, he would be occupying a just post."
•Nehru also did not give justice to Savarkar
•Savarkar died at the age of 83 on February 26, 1966.
                            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   809
Veer Savarkar on Muslims


"If you come, with you, “if you don't,
without you; and if you oppose, in spite
of you—the Hindus will continue to
fight for their national freedom as best
as they can." - Vinayak Damodar
Savarkar


             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   810
What Quran Expects from all Muslims
A Markaz al-Dawa wal-Irshad publication titled Hum Jihad
kyun Kar rahe hain? (Why Are We Waging Jihad?), declares
the United States, Israel and India as existential enemies of Islam.


It lists eight reasons for Jihad:

1) To eliminate evil and facilitate conversion to and practice of Islam;
2) To ensure the ascendancy of Islam;
3) To force non-Muslims to pay jizya
    (poll tax, paid by non-Muslims for protection from a Muslim
ruler);
4) To assist the weak and powerless;
5) To avenge the blood of Muslims killed by unbelievers;
6) To punish enemies for breaking promises and treaties;
7) To defend a Muslim state; and
8) To liberate Muslim territories under non-Muslim occupation"
Hussein Haqqani          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 811
Mistakes of Secular States in Fighting Terrorism



•    Denouncing Islamic terrorism without denouncing Islam itself
•    "Terrorism has no religion" is the frequently repeated "Mantra"
     amongst most Indian Politicians,
•    Moderate Muslims and Islamic Terrorism.
•    actual number of Jihadis is probably .0001 %
     and all the rest are "moderate" and therefore "innocent".
•    (The signs of an internal renaissance within Islam are almost bleak and
     non-existent. But war between Militants and Military will finish off
     Islam)




                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   812
Moderate Muslims
Moderates amongst Islam can be generally grouped into the following
   categories.
• Those who will not themselves wage Jihad directly by taking arms or
   weapons - but nevertheless support Jihad, by donations, logistical
   support, manpower and other kinds of ways.
•   Those who will neither take arms nor support the Jihadis, but
    nevertheless agree with the Jihadis, and generally sympathize with
    their efforts.
•   Those who will not take arms, nor support nor sympathize - but they
    don"t really care one way or another - because it does not affect them
    personally. This group tends to worry more about the fallout of the
    terrorist attacks on their own reputation and lifestyles.
•   Those who actually disagree with the Jihadis, and are uncomfortable
    with the Jihadi ideology, but are too scared to raise a voice, for
    fear of retribution within their community.
•   Those who actually disagree with the Jihadis, and are so passionate
    in their disagreement, that they actually raise their voice and say
    something or do something - Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Islam.
                          Let Noble such as standing for reform within               813
Pakistan
Pakistan is the centre of world terrorism.
Terrorist organisations are all based in that country.
Taliban, al-Qaeda and LeT are all there.
They are all there with the active support of the Pakistani
intelligence.                       Author Salman Rushdie

75% of various terrorists' activities led back to Pakistan.
               British Prime Minister Gordon Brown




               Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   814
Pakistani Terrorism
Pakistani Terrorism: its real aim and how to respond By: Dr. Dipak Basu
   Dec-19-2008
   (The author is a Professor in International Economics in Nagasaki
   University, Japan)
    http://www.blogs. ivarta.com/ Pakistani- Terrorism- its-real- aim-how-
    respond/ blog-222. htm
    "English woman born in India" Arundhuti Roy, have no idea about
    long history of Islam and the history of the Indian subcontinent to
    understand the basic issue.
    Lashkar-e-Taiba - "The army of the pure" - was a militant offshoot of
    Markaz Dawatul Irshad, was founded in 1989 by Hafiz Mohammad
    Saeed and Zafar Iqbal. Saeed was a former teacher of Islamic studies at
    Lahore"s University of Engineering and Technology.
    Lashkar based its philosophy on Wahhabism, the austere brand of
    Islam
    practiced in Saudi Arabia, and has relied on donations from these
    Saudis and the Gulf Arab states. Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                         Let Noble Thoughts                                   815
Pakistan                                 Terrorism
The group"s objective is to impose Islamic rule to the whole of South
Asia so as to free the Muslims from being ruled by the Hindus, who as
the "idolaters" are specifically targeted by The Koran itself. In the
Chapter Al-Taubah 9:5 of The Koran it is written clearly: " When the
sacred months are over, slay the idolaters wherever you find them." and
in 9: 12: "Make war on them. God will chastise them at your hands and
humble them".
Thus, Kashmir is a small fry in this strategy. Even if India will hand
over the whole of the Jammu & Kashmir to Pakistan, the war against
the "unbelievers" will go on. Although almost all Hindu reformers like
Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Dayananda even
Ramakrishna Param Hansa have no hesitation to accept the similarity
of the Hinduism and Islam as both of these religions accept only one
creator, Muslims will never accept even the purest fundamentalist
Hindus as "monotheist" . Thus, there will be no end of this war.

                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   816
Pakistan                                 Terrorism
Anglo-American journalists do not understand that there are no
comforts for the Christians or the Jews, the so-called "people of the
books" either. The Koran said clearly in the chapter Al-Maidah, 5:15,
" Unbelievers are those who declare, "God is the Messiah, the son of
Mary" and in 5:51, " Believers, take neither the Jews nor the
Christians for your friends". Attack on the Jewish center in Bombay
shows that Jews are legitimate targets of the "believers".
Most commentators, whether Indian or Western, completely ignore this
aspect of fundamental religious difference between Islam on one side
and all other religions on another side and try to analyse the issue
in terms of contemporary world politics. As a result, the analysis
presented by them in the world media is always missing the main point
and the solutions they are now suggesting now to India, i.e., to
compromise on Kashmir, falls short of the reality. When the aim of
these terrorists groups is to hoist "Green Flag of Islam" on
Washington and Moscow, the battleground is the whole world not just
Kashmir.
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   817
Pakistan                                 Terrorism
India needs to think its strategy considering this grim reality. It is
unfortunate that in 1947, at the time of the birth of India, India had
two leaders, Gandhi and Nehru, who could not understand the history
of
the world since 7th century and had looked at the communal problem
from a very narrow view. According to them, secularism and an
appeasement policy towards Islam can eventually narrow the gap
between the two warring communities. However, the recent history of
the subcontinent showed that no amount of well intentional gestures
could undermine the basic religious aim of Islam where secularism has
no place but considered to be a dangerous heresy.

Here let us analyse some recent issues to demonstrate that the
worldview of the Muslims are entirely different from that of the
secular political analysts. Whether it is Kashmir or Afghanistan or
Kosovo or 9/11 or 26/11, that worldview of the Muslims is very
consistent but unknown to the secular media.
                     Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   818
Pakistan Terrorism
Kashmir Issue:
The view of Arundhuti Roy and assorted journalists in the British
media is that India disregarded the UN resolution of plebiscite on
Kashmir and the right of the self-determination of the people of
Kashmir, which according to the Pakistan are all Muslims. That has
created an outrage for the Muslims to react as they did on 26/11 in
Mumbai.
However, there are about 20 resolution passed by the UN security
council on Kashmir from 1948 to 1971, the most important one is the
Resolution no 47, all others are repeating the same points. The UN
Resolution No 47, on April 1948, which Pakistan regularly refers, said
clearly: ".After Pakistan troops withdrawal, India to withdraw the
bulk of its forces but to maintain a requisite strength for
safeguarding the law and order in the state." As Pakistan never
vacated the areas it had occupied, no plebiscite could take place. It
makes no sense, after fifty years to implement the UN resolution in
only 45 percent of the original state of the Jammu and Kashmir, which
is in India now.        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 819
Muslim majority areas in India in their respective countries. In about
                     Moderate Muslims
six districts of Assam, Muslims are now in majority. The situation is
the same in parts of West Bengal, north Kerala, and northwestern Uttar
Pradesh. Pakistan and Bangladesh will not wait for a long time to
demand these areas. Thus, acceptance of Musharaf"s proposal would
imply fragmentation of India in future and open war between Muslim
and
non-Muslim communities as we have seen in the former Yugoslavia
recently.

Plebiscite, Exchange of Population and the Origin of Pakistan:

Pakistan came into being because the leaders of the Muslims in British
India had refused to live with the non-Muslims. In Kingsway Hall,
London on December 13, 1946, Jinnah made a passionate plea for the
Muslim State of Pakistan, which would be inhabited by "one hundred
million people, all Muslims. Earlier in August 1946, the Muslim League
resorted to the "Direct Action" against the non-Muslims in British
India to get the Muslim homeland. Jinnah said, referring to the
driving out of non-Muslims from East Bengal, that it was already the
transfer of populationLet Noble Thoughts Come to usmachinery should be devised
                        in action, and some from all Directions- Rig Veda 820
for affecting it peacefully and on a large scale. At a press
Exchange of Population
The cases of
    Greece-Turkey,
    Germany-Czechoslova kia,
    Bulgaria-Turkey,
    Poland-Germany,
    Bosnia-Serbia,
    Croatia-Serbia,

are the examples where full-scale exchanges of population along with
partition were organized under the administration of the League of
Nations and the United Nations. Soviet Union immediately after 1945
has organized exchanges of populations between Germany and
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, Poland and Germany,
Ukraine and Poland, and between Bulgaria and Rumania. In 1989, the
Soviet Union has organized an exchange of population between Armenia
and Azerbaijan as well. In fact, it is unnecessary to partition a country if
the populations are not to be exchanged.
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   821
Modi’s Gujarat & Gujaratis -1
An extract from an article in a Pakistani newspaper The News International'
    (Part of the Jang Group) a hardcore Islamic Pakistani paper as on 6th
    September 2008.
•   India's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, is Gujarati.
     Forbes says he is the world's fifth richest man, worth $43 billion.
•   Azim Premji of Wipro, is Gujarati. He is the word's 21st richest man,
    worth $17 billion.
•   Ten of the 25 richest Indians are Gujarati.
•   Some of the best business communities in India -- Parsis, Jains, Memons,
    Banias, Khojas and Bohras -- speak Gujarati.
•   The two great leaders of the subcontinent, the Mahatma and the Quaid,
    were both Gujaratis from trading communities. One a Bania, the other a
    Khoja.
•   Gujaratis number 55 million, five per cent of India's population living on
    six per cent of surface area, but hold 30 per cent of all Indian stock.
    They account for 16 per cent of all Indian exports and 17 per cent of GDP.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   822
Modi’s Gujarat & Gujaratis -2
•   On August 8, the National Council of Applied Economic Research
    published a report.
•   The richest city in India is now Surat, ahead of Bangalore and Madras,
    with an average annual household income of Rs0.45 million (over
    $11,000).
•   80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world is polished in
    Surat's 10,000 diamond units The only non-Jews in the Tel Aviv and
    Jerusalem diamond bourse are Gujjus. Between 2004-5 and 2007-8 Surat's
    middle class doubled in size and its poor reduced by a third.
•   The fifth richest city in India is now Ahmedabad, ahead of Bombay and
    Delhi, and miles ahead of Calcutta.
•   The Communists rule Bengal and Kerala. They are splendid at protecting
    Muslims but rubbish at running the economy. They hold million-man
    rallies with the Jamiat-ul-Ulema- i-Islam (yes, we have the one too)
    demanding that America gets out of Iraq, but cannot stop Tata from being
    chased out of Bengal.
•   The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labour unrest is 0.42 per
    cent, the lowest in India. Of Gujarat's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have the
    electricity.          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 823
Modi’s Gujarat & Gujaratis -3
•   Under Modi the face of industrial Gujarat is changing. The world's largest
    oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar. Owned by Reliance, it already
    refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year. Thirty
    per cent of India's cotton is grown in Gujarat, 40 per cent of India's art-silk
    is manufactured in Surat, employing 0.7 million people. The world's third
    largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad's Arvind Mills.
•   A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India's pharmacy industry is based in
    Gujarat with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila, Alembic, Dishman and
    Sun Pharma.
•   The state's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12
    years, as fast as China's.
•   Gujarat has given Mahatma Gandhi & Sardar Patel.
•   Gujaratis are around the World. The 50 to 60% Non residence Indian
    (NRI) are Gujarati (Non Residence Gujarati)
•   Oil Wells at 'Bombay High' are in Gujarat. Bombay High is politically
    given name because the-then PM hated Gujarat & Gujaratis. Gujarat is
    given royalty for Oil by Central government.
                          Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   824
Gujarat holds many records in India
    for economic development:

20%     of India 's Industrial Output
80%     of India 's Diamond Production
9%      of India 's Mineral Production
50%     of India 's Natural Gas Production
54%     of India 's Crude Oil Production
22%     of India 's exports
24%     of India 's textile production
45%     of India 's pharmaceutical products
35%     of India 's Sponge Iron Production
47%     of India 's petrochemical Production
The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat
near Bhavnagar at Alang.


                   Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   825
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar
    at Alang.
•   Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance
    Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil
    refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass roots
    refineries.
•   Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity
    generation with national market share of over 8% and second
    nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market
    share of over 1%.
•   Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate
    offices in Gujarat
•   Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati
    People.
•   In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people four are
    Gujarati - Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Tulsi
    Tanti.             Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 826
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati.
•   An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three times
    more than the average income of an American family.
•   Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian
    state
•   Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India (Total
    12).
•   India's 16% of Investment are from Gujarat ..
•   Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any other
    state in India ..
•   The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad
•   Ahmedabad – the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh largest
    city in India ..
•   Surat is the fastest growing city in the world.
•   Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City us from all Directions- Rig Veda
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to
                                                    in whole Asia               827
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia's 1st and
    world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad,
    Gujarat.
•   Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least
    in India even after considering 2002 communal riots, stated by India
    Today 2005 report.
•   Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states
    (excluding Goa ) where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand
    is 4th and UP is 5th.
•   Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in
    crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National
    Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report.
•   Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai,
    Hyderabad , Mumbai & Delhi.
•   Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore,
    Chennai, Calcutta , Mumbai & Delhi.
                            Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   828
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai,
    Mumbai & Delhi.
•   Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in
    country - just 0.52%
•   It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private
    sector participation
•   The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal
•   Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs
•   Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers
•   It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all
    villages
•   It is the only state with statewide gas grid
•   It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will
    connect all 14,000 villages and all cities)
•   It has largest e-governance network Come to us Pacific
                           Let Noble Thoughts
                                              in Asia from all Directions- Rig Veda   829
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years
    (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006)
•   In every corner of Gujarat , within the range of 25 KMs there is a
    development going on.
•   Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr.
    Kurien which took India in 1998 (may be 1999) to become highest
    milk producer in the world.
•   Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India ..
•   Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat .

•   Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat .
•   Baroda gas project - bringing natural gas to every home - More than
    35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every
    kitchen. I think that was an amazing feat.
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   830
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   AMUL - NDDB & Dr. Kurian - another achievement for Gujarat - it was
    just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every
    village in Gujarat . The villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the
    milk collection centers!!! What a sight!
•   According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India, the country's
    central bank, Gujarat stood first in the country with investments of
    US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or 25.8% of India 's total investment of $69
    billion during the year. The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a
    distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07.
•   Gujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having tripled its
    investments in a year.
•   A report in Times of India describes the Gulf of Kutch as India 's ' Gulf
    of Riches '. Four top business houses - Reliance Industries, Essar Group,
    Adani Group and Tata Group, have invested about $34 billion along the
    Gulf of Kutch's 700-kilometer long coastline. Other corporate, which had
    invested over $3.26 billion since the 2001 earthquake have investments
    worth another $19.5 billion in the pipeline.
                           Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   831
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar , a 4000-megawatt
    power project and five private shipyards are coming up. And massive
    expansion is being undertaken of the Mundra and Kandla ports.
•   Gujarat's 41 ports handle 80% of India 's port traffic and 20% of its
    cargo. It is estimated that by 2015, Gujarat's ports will handle 39% of
    India 's cargo.
•   Not only has Gujarat unseated Maharashtra as India 's number one
    investment destination but also, it is threatening to dislodge Mumbai,
    Maharashtra's capital and the financial and business capital of India,
    as the trade gateway to the country.
•   Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum
    are setting up giant oil storage capacities has already emerged as
    India's largest private oil storage tank farm.
•   Sixty percent of India 's coal imports enter via Mundra port.
    Mundra's importance is likely to soar further with the completion of
    mega power plants being set up by Adanis and Tatas.
                         Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   832
Gujarat holds many records in India
•   The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports alone has
    outstripped that handled by Mumbai's ports - the Mumbai Port Trust
    and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.
•   And now Gujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai as India
    's financial hub. Its government recently announced the setting up of
    an international financial services center, the Gujarat International
    Finance Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in
    Ahmedabad.
•   Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made Business-Men
    from Asia . The list includes 6 men from India and out of 6 three are
    Gujarati - Tulsi Tanti, Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak.

               Be VERY PROUD to be a GUJARATI and
                please pass alone this to other Gujarati's.

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   833
Media

•   News can't be views. You can't have sensational programmes and pass
    them off as news.
•   "Is there any channel now that instils a sense of pride and
    contentment among viewers?
•   Society is going through a churning. Viewers need to be spiritually
    sensitised.
•   Education, health and the farmers have been ignored. These require
    sharper focus.
•   With the exception of mobile service providers, no MNC ads to play on
    the channels




                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   834
Intellectual Terrorism in Bharat
         Aurobindo on Muslims, Sept 4, 1906
“The idea that by encouraging Mahomedan
rowdyism, the present agitation may be put down, is
preposterous; and those who cherish this notion
forget that the bully is neither the strongest nor the
bravest of men; and that because the self-restraint of
the Hindu, miscalled cowardice, has been a
prominent feature of his national character, he is
absolutely incapable of striking straight and striking
hard when any sacred situation demands this."
Aurobindo, september 4 1906, bande mataram.
                  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   835
Intellectual Terrorism in Bharat
•   Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the
    whim of any fool who takes the controls.
•   Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

•   A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his
    government.

•   Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

•   The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

•   Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

•   May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading
    to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above
    the clouds.

                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   836
Intellectual Terrorism in Bharat
                Pub Bharo, carry condoms by
                    Renuka Choudhary
•   And then there is Renuka Chowdhury, the irrepressible woman that
    she is, rose to the occasion and challenged Muthalik and his
    senamen. While sending a stern warning to them, she motivated the
    'loose' and 'forward' women by declaring that she would lead from
    the front a 'Pub Bharo' campaign. Don't forget, the very same
    minister had earlier advised the womenfolk of India to always carry
    a condom in their bags and drive their husbands away if they are
    not acceptable to condoms. The minister hasn't done anything
    credible in her long political career.
•   What is promoted by the western ideals and this type of Valentine
    culture is just booze, sex and smut. Another sad fact with this so-
    called youth festival is that many youngsters, who fail in their love
    adventure, commit suicides. They invariably choose this Valentine's
    Day to end their lives and the rate of suicides increases every year as
    per police records.
•   There is nothing 'saintly' about this Valentine's Day. This is plain
    cultural invasion, which needs to be defeated at any cost.
                        Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   837
Intellectual Terrorism in Bharat
               2611 had local help, says
                    Mumbai Police
The Mumbai police has claimed that 16 Indians were involved in the
26th November terror attacks on Mumbai.
Police Commissioner Hasan Ghafoor told rediff.com that 16 people
were involved who either financed or helped the attackers with logistics.

When Modi said the same thing, Chiadambaram
blasted him and questioned if Modi is in touch with
Pakistan.
Now the same thing is being said by Mumbai Police
Commissioner.
So is Chadambaram going to sack Ghafoor?
                      Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda   838

Glimpses of hindu genius

  • 2.
    2006 Centenary YearCelebrations Prof. Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar 1906 - 1973 Shri Guruji Golwalkar was one of modern India’s greatest thinkers and reformers, a modern Rishi in true spirit. “In a world so full of misery of all kinds, there can be no nobler ideal than to serve the weak and downtrodden.” “In all the Miss India beauty contests, the real beauty of India is missing.” “If Pakistan cannot be mended, it has to be ended.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 2
  • 3.
    Prof. Madhav SadashivGolwalkar 1906 - 1973 Make Hinduism Global for Peace and Prosperity of the World The planet earth needs a sense of moral order, ecological order, energy savings, distribution of wealth and resources to all, human values, spirituality and an ethical compass. Hinduism alone can fulfill this role. Sankrit, Yoga, Bhagwad Gita, Ayurved, Vegetarian food, Vedc Heritage, Indian music and Bhajans are gaining world-wide recognitions. Overseas Hindus are proving successful and are an asset to their adopted countries. India too has become a global player in trade and technology. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 3
  • 4.
    Prof. Madhav SadashivGolwalkar 1906 - 1973 Vedic Mantras for Peace and Prosperity of the World l Ekam Sat Vipraha, Bahuda Vadanti Truth is one, Sages call it variously.  Avibhaktam Vibhakteshu Accept Unity in Diversity for world Peace 3. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah , Sarve Santu Niramaya Let every one be happy and free from disease 1. Aano Bhadrha Krutavo Yantu Vishwatah Let Noble thoughts come to us from all directions. • Krunvanto Vishwam Aryam. Let us culturise the world. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 4
  • 5.
    Prof. Madhav SadashivGolwalkar 1906 - 1973 Vedic Mantras for Peace and Prosperity of the World l Needam Entire Universe is a Nest – (Rig Veda).  Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, World is a Family – (Valmiki Ramayan).  Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma, All is One – the Principle of Universal Oneness  Nar Seva Narayan Seva Serving Humanity is true Service of God.  Acceptance Beyond Tolerance All is One – the Principle of Universal Oneness  World Peace and Harmony  World Without War – Message of Raksha Bandhan  Mitayuke Oasin – WeNoble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let are all Related 5
  • 6.
    Prof. Madhav SadashivGolwalkar 1906 - 1973 HSS Mantras for Peace and Prosperity of the World l Vishwa Dharma Prakashena Vishwa Shanti Pravartake Hindu Sangathana Karye Dhyeya Nishtha Sthirastu Nah || 6 || l Our conviction is that lasting Peace can be established through Propagation of Dharma. Our Mission to organize the Hindu society to realize this vision. l The focus of Sangh is ‘Man-Making’ which is necessary to carry out this mission. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 6
  • 7.
    Yogi Arvind Said “The country whose young men are inspired by the glory of the past, pain of the present and dreams of the future always moves on the path of progress.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 7
  • 8.
    Yogi Aurobindo said, I want to be RICH, I want to be POPULAR, I want to be POWERFUL I want to be GREAT not for my sake but for the sake of my country. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 8
  • 9.
    Yogi Aurobindo said, All the countries live in falsehood. If only one country stood courageously for truth, the world might be saved. Let us reiterate our commitment to Kshatriya Dharam, make our politicians learn to make Bharat stand up to the world, be economically strong with fully equipped armed forces. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 9
  • 10.
    Swami Sivanand said, Tobe timid is the greatest sin. To be selfish is the greatest offence. To identify oneself with the body is the greatest crime. To forget one’s own Atman is the greatest sin. Therefore destroy timidity and selfishness. Abandon identification with the body and remember always your essential divine nature. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 10
  • 11.
    Film Songs onConfidence Vote Film Songs on Confidence Vote: 3. Prakash Karat: Dost dost na rahaa... 4. Manmohan Singh: Merey dushman tu meri dosti ko tarsey... 5. Sonia Gandhi: Aaj phir jeeney ki tamanna hai... 6. Somnath Chatterjee:Jhoom, jhoom ke nacho/ Aaj kis ki jeet hui hai/ Aaj kis ki haar... 7. Mulayam Singh: Na na kartey haan tumhi ko kar baithey... 8. Lalu Prasad Yadav: Samajhney-wale samajh gaye hain/ Jo naa samajhey woh anari hai… 9. Amar Singh: Lagaa chunri mein daag... 10. Mayawati: Mera sundar sapna toot gaya ... 11. Sitaram Yechury: Merey tutey huey dil se koi to aaj yeh puchhey... 12. AB Bardhan: Kasmein, vaade, pyaar wafaa sab/ Baatein hain, baaton ka kya... 13. Rahul Gandhi: Hoshiar! Hum hain yahaan ke Raj Kumar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 11
  • 12.
    Film Songs onConfidence Vote Film Songs on Confidence Vote: l LK Advani: Raha gardishon mein har dam... l Arun Jaitley: Yeh kya hua, kaise hua, kyon hua... l Pranab Mukherjee: Duniya kee sair kar lo... l Vayalar Ravi: Jo vadaa kiya hai nibhaana paadey ga... l Shibu Soren: Jo tum ko ho pasand wahi baat karenge... l Deve Gowda: Mujhe tum se kuch bhi naa chahiye/ Mujhe mere haal pe chhod do… l Ajit Singh: Kora kagaz thaa, kora hi reh gayaa... l SS Dhindasa: Garibo ki suno, woh tumhari sunega... l Raj Babbar: Ghungroo ki tarah bajta hi raha hoon main... l Omar Abdullah: Begaani shaadi mein Abdullah deewana... l Manmohan-Bush, over phone: Yeh dosti hum nahin chodenge... l Aam Aadmi: Jinhein naaz hai Hind pe, woh kahan hain? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 12
  • 13.
    Books for Reading Haveyou read any of the following Books or their likes Books by Swami Vivekanand / Aurobindo / Sivanand / Chinmayanand / Books by Mahatma Gandhi / Jawaharlal Nehru/ Babasaheb Ambedkar Books by Voice of India: Dr Abdul Kalam / Dr Arun Shourie / Books and articles by Francis Gautier/ Sister Nivedita / Annie Besant / Koenraad Elst / Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 13
  • 14.
    Prime Minister AtalBehari Vajpayee responsible for • 9% Hindu Rate of Growth of GDP – second highest in the world. • 11 and 13th of May 1998: 5 successful Nuclear Tests at Pokhran 1. Changing India’s Global Image from a borrowing country for the past 50 years to lending country. India now has a Foreign Exchange Reserve of over 300 Billion dollars. 3. India’s Giant leap forward in Nuclear Science, Satellite and Rocket Technologies, Super Computer, Fast Breeder Reactor, Remote Sensing Camera, Cars, Trucks, Motor-bikes, Pharmaceuticals, Mobile Phones, Engineering Goods, Diamond Cuttings, Soft-wares, Information Technology, Production of milk, rice, tea, vegetables, fruits etc. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 14
  • 15.
    Thoughts Expressed byDr Abdul Kalam Do we have answers to his questions l We want foreign TVs, foreign shirts & foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported? Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? l Look at Dr Sudarshan (and Nanaji Deshmukh). He has transferred the tribal village into self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so NEGATIVE? l We complain - Our roads are not good. Public places are not clean. We do not have proper drinking water & electricity. Our hospitals are over crowded. India is No.1 in AIDS, Malaria, TB, blind people; We say, Government is indifferent (towards Terrorism, Bangladeshi infiltration, demographic imbalance & conversions. It indulges in over appeasement of Minorities. What has been our duty & Responsibility?) l We make boardroom talks against the practice of (bride burning, infanticide of girl babies, caste hatred, untouchability &) corruption. But in our own lives we practice them. l We know that 22% of our population is illiterate & below poverty line. What do we do about it. l What is our duty? How to be Pro-active Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 15
  • 16.
    How can IServe Dharma? for Dharma-abhimanis who are in search of a direction. 1. Do I have enough time for my Dharma? To begin with, you can speak about Hinduism and share information you have come across about it with your family, neighbors and friends. When you have some more time, you can involve yourself in other higher-level activities. 4. Do I have the qualities to serve Dharma? Each individual has certain physical, psychological and spiritual strengths. Serve your Dharma, with any of these strengths. 7. Can I influence others. Every one of us can influence some one or the other. Evolve yourself Spiritually and you can influence more people. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 16
  • 17.
    Methods to ServeDharma 1. Directly From Home l Online Prasar: Web promotion of news, campaigns etc in various groups friends contacts l Financial help: Donations to Sewa International; l Psychological or intellectual help: Writing articles or answering them in news media l Spiritual help: Doing spiritual practice and guiding others l Translation of Matter on Dharma from Tamil/ Telugu/ Kannada/ Marathi/Hindi to English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Indnesian, Thai, Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, …. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 17
  • 18.
    Methods to ServeDharma 2. Directly Outside Home l Physical help: Put up posters, banners, writing News Board (Phalak) arrange lectures, workshops, protest demonstrations, invite persons, screening of VCD l Educating Intellectuals & Academicians - Political, Economists etc. on Dharma l Contacting like-minded influential persons in the society - Those in authority in Temples, colleges-schools, organised societies and clubs l Providing Publicity - Liasoning with the press - print media, TV, cable channels l Reporting events that concern Dharma - for and against l Cable TV advertisement, screening of VCD l Providing free Legal Aid unto the cause of Dharma Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 18
  • 19.
    Methods to ServeDharma 3. Indirectly l Offline Prasar: Giving information about website to others. l Sponsoring activities of the HSS, Sewa International, l Providing advt. Space for Sewa Intl campaigns on hired bill boards l Providing advt. Space for Messages on Dharma on your products, services l Providing a link to the HSS, Sewa Intl, Ekal Vidyalay website on your website l Attaching messages with your e-mails on Dharma-Shikshan l Taking up the cause of Dharma with various media - writing letters, sending e-mails, SMS's in your individual capacity Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 19
  • 20.
    Dhanur Veda, OurAncient War Techniques Dhanur Veda our most ancient text on Warfare. Sage Vishwamitra, Vasishta, Parashurama, Dronacharya were great exponents of wars and weapons. Vedas, Manu’s Rajadharma, Ramayan, Mahabharat, Puranas, Pancha Tantra, Kautilya Artha Sastra, Thiruk-Kural deal with wars, weapons and strategies. Lord Vishnu (Mohini Avtar), Narasimha Avtar, Vamana Avtar, Lord Krishna, Arya Chanakya, Shivaji Maharaj were great warriors and war strategists. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 20
  • 21.
    Criteria for SuperPower 1. Must have won a Major War 2. Must be a Knowledge Based Society Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 21
  • 22.
    Criteria for SuperPower 3. Must be a land of Wealth Creators 4. Must influence other nations Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 22
  • 23.
    Criteria for SuperPower 5. Women and Youth Empowerment Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 23
  • 24.
    From Super Powerto Vishwa Guru Valmiki, Ved Vyas, Adi Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhwacharya, Ramadas, Vidyaranya, Sw Ramakrishna, Dayanand, SV, Sivanand Sw Chinmayanand, Dr Hedgewar, Guruji 6. Must be a land of Spiritual Leaders Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 24
  • 25.
    Our Present Shortcomings Education: 20% are still illiterate and below Poverty line Intellectuals Apathy, anti Indians, Uncaring for Poor & Needy Medical: Most govt hospitals for the poor and needy do not have proper facilities, are over-crowded, Health Maximum Blind people, TB Patients, Malaria victims, Small Pox, Hepatitis, Gastro-entities, Poverty: 20% are below poverty line Infra-Structure Bijli, Sadak, Pani, Hospitals, Schools, Corruption: Govt agencies are best with corruption Judiciary, Police, Bureaucracy, Politicians, Cultural Invasion: Most TV Programs are anti Indian in culture Valentine’s day, Friendship Bands, New Year Dances Dance-Discotheque-Drugs, Pub Bharo Andolan by Renuka Devi, English: is replacing Mother-Tongues Law & Order: Serial Bomb Blasts – not arrested, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 25
  • 26.
    1st Criteria forSuper Power Military Superiority Independent Military Agenda Must have won a Major War Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 26
  • 27.
    India’s Military Superiority • India defeated Pakistan 1. In 1971 India defeated Pakistan supported by USA and China in and liberated entire Bangladesh 1965 and in 1971. in 12 days taking Gen Niazi and • 95,000 Pak soldiers as POW. In 1965 war Lt. Col. Tarapore smashed maximum number of 3. In 1971 India made USA nuclear USA Patton tanks. powered warship Enterprise • (much dreaded 7th Fleet) to India’s suicide air-pilots made a retreat. mincemeat of the most sophisticated Pakistan’s 5. In 1999 India defeated Pakistan surveillance system at Sargoda in Kargil war. It was a war air port. It was gifted by USA. fought on the most difficult • terrain (-60°C) and highest In 1971 India destroyed Pak altitude on Himalayan peaks. Submarine PNS Gazi gifted to it by USA. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 27
  • 28.
    Indian War Generals FieldMarshall Gen Cariappa Shivaji Maharaj, one of the greatest generals in World history Pioneer of Guerilla Warfare. Lt Gen. Thimaiyya Jhansi Rani Laxmibai Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 28
  • 29.
    Brave Women ofIndia Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay the first woman Punita Arora Air Marshal in the first Indian woman Indian Air Force. Lieutenant General in the Indian Army Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman (and the fifth in the world), to scale Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world on 23rd May 1984, and stood on the summit of Sagarmatha (the Nepali name for the Mt. Everest) for 43 minutes. She is a Poor village girl from Garhwal. Nirmal Chawla Ist Lady Indian pilot to Sarla Thakral participate in any war (Kargil), first Indian woman she was flying 'Chetak' India's Pilot 1936. best fighter Chopper. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 29
  • 30.
    1971 India PakWar Liberation of Bangladesh Field Marshall Gen Sam Manekshaw Lt Gen J.S.Arora & Lt Gen JFR Jacob architects of 1971 Bangla Desh liberation. Gen. Niazi & 93,000 Pak soldiers surrendered. INS Vikrant India’s Nuclear Carrier Vice Admiral Krishnan PNS Gazi, Pak Submarine lured and destroyed, Seventh Fleet / Enterprise American Nuclear Carrier made to retreat in 1971 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 30
  • 31.
    Param Vir Chakra Highest Indian Gallantry Award Major Somnath Sharma awarded the first Param Vir Chakra, He on November 3, 1947 saved Srinagar airport (and Kashmir) at the supreme cost of his life. Kuch yaad karo unhe bhi, Jo laut ke ghar na aye! Capt Vikram Batra died on 8 July 1999 after capturing 3 peaks in Drass sector. Lt. Col Tarapore smashed several US Patton Tanks Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 31
  • 32.
    Higher than MountEverest height emotional words of the martyr-memorial at Kohima Santosh Kanwar, widow of Martyr Mangej Singh swore ''I shall not hesitate to send all my three sons to the front and will be proud if they die defending the country like their father" When you go home tell them of us And say for your tomorrow we gave our today Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 32
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    One Family –All Soldiers Maj Gen P Venkateshwarlu Son Lt PV Mohan Daughter Capt PV Punita at IMA Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Passing out Parade 33
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    Kargil Heroes Param Veer Chakras Vikram Batra (Posthumous), Grenedier Yogendra Singh RFN Sanjay Kumar Mahaveer Chakras Major Sonam Wangchuk Lt Balwan Singh, Lt Keishing Clifford Nangrum Major Padmapani Acharya Major Shyam Sundar, Major Vikrant Shastri, Major Vivek Gupta, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 34
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    Kargil Heroes Lt Atul Karya, Major M. Saravanan, Lt Kanad Bhattacharya, Capt Saju Cherian Major Abhimanyu Sikka, Capt Jerry Prem Raj, Lt Amit Verma, Capt Vijayant Thapar Capt Aditya Mishra, Capt. Sanjiv Dahiya, Capt Umang Bharadwaj, Capt Anuj Nayyar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 35
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    Param Vir Chakra Highest Indian Gallantry Awards Kargil Heroes Captain Vikram Batra, Rifleman Sanjay Kumar, Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav, Colonel Hoshiar Singh, Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid, Flying officer Nirmal Singh Sekhon 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal, Lance Naik Albert Ekka, Lt Colonel Ardeshir Tarapore, Lt Manoj Kumar Pandey Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 36
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    Param Vir Chakra Highest Indian Gallantry Awards Major Dhan Singh Thapa, Major Hoshiar Singh, Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran, Major Shaitan Singh Bhati Major Somnath Sharma, Naib Subedar Bana Singh, Naik Jadunath Singh, Naik Karam Singh Piru Singh Shekhawat, Capt Gurbachan Singh Salaria 2nd Lt Rama Raghoba Rane, Subedar Joginder Singh Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 37
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    India Vs Pakistan 1. Air Crafts 1007 710 2. Helicopters 240 31 3. Transport Aircraft 220 30 4. Air to Air Refuellers 6 0 6. Active Military Personnel 1.3 million 550,000 7. Active Military Reserve 495,000 500,000 8. Active Para Military Units 1,089,700 304,000 2.Nuclear Warheads 70-100 30 - 40 3.Ballastic Missiles Agni-2 Gauri 4.2,000 KMs 2,200 KMs 5.Cruise Missiles BrahMos Babur 290 KMs 700 KMs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 38
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    India Vs Pakistan 1.Land-BasedWeapons 10,340 3,919 2. Tanks 3,898 2,461 3.Multiple Rocket Launch Systems 150 52 4.Anti Aircraft Weapons 2,424 1,900 6.Aircraft Carriers 1 0 7.Destroyers 8 0 8.Sub-Mariners 18 11 9.Frigates 16 7 10.Amphibious Craft 7 0 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 39
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    India’s Nuclear Tests?. 1974 May 18, 1 Test 1998 May 11 and 13 5 Tests Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 40 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    Swami Vivekananda’s Secretfor Success "Each nation has an identity and destiny. As far as Bharat is concerned, Hindu is its identity and religion is its way of working" There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point. That is the secret. Have faith in yourself – all power is in you – be conscious and bring it out. Say I can do everything.  Whatever you do, devote your whole mind, heart and soul to it.  Conversion is not one Hindu less but one enemy more.  Daridra Narayano bhava; Murkha Narayano bhava.  Serve man serve God.  They alone live who live for others; the rest are more dead than alive. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 41
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    Why India MakesMissiles If India's rocket can hit any target with nuclear bomb and if India has sufficient numbers of bombs and means to deliver, West will start respecting India and her Hindu philosophy. When India made 5 Nuclear tests, US President Bill Clinton said India is a land of Buddha and Gandhi. But India is a land of thousand Buddhas and Gandhis from Vedic Age onwards. How many Bombs should India possess for the world to know all our genius. Without power no one will respect us Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 42
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    Indian Ballistic MissilesBetter than American – Saraswat – DRDO Scientist BMD Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Shield is better than American PAC-III Patriot Advanced Capability (Anti Missile System) is outdated Indian Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile is 30% superior – Range & Capability. The warhead weighs 30Kg but its impact is similar to 150 Kg Omni-directional warhead. Can tackle the maneuvers of enemy’s incoming missile including Russian Topol M Class missiles which move in zigzag way System is “Fully Automated” (Hot-Stand-by mode) – can take off in 120 secs of the detection of incoming missiles by the tracking radars. Ground Radars constantly update the Interceptor about the position of the target enemy Ballistic Missile. In a war a volley of interceptor missiles will be used against the enemy ballistic missiles to improve the hit probability. Various counter measures in place to prevent jamming the interceptor by enemy missile. Under Development: New Interceptor PDV – Hypersonic Interceptor missiles (Speed of 6-7 Mach), Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 43
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    Our Missiles PRITHVI – II Test fired in Nov 2006. Surface to surface. Range 250 KM AGNI – III Surface to Surface, 2 Stage Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). Over 3,500 km Range. War head 1,500 Kg. The Circular Error Probable (CEP) was less than 20 meters, which is best of class in the world AKASH. Long Range Surface to Air RAMJET. Nishant Unmanned Aerial Vehicle – Day Can Target 5 enemy Air Crafts Night Capability, Artillery Fire Correction etc simultaneously at a Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 44 RANGE of 25 KM
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    Our Missiles TRISHUL. Surface to surface or Surface to Air. Short Range 50 KM NAG. Fire & Forget Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) RANGE: 4 KMs BRAHMOS. Super Sonic Cruise Missile. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 45
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    Our Missiles SHOURYA. (Valor) AGNI - 3 (12 Nov 2008) 3,500 KMs Range Surface to Surface Medium Range Missile. 600 KMs Range Test fired successfully CHANDRAYAAN -1. (22 Oct 2008). (Moon Craft) India’s Lunar Satellite – launched from Sriharikota Space Center, 09 Nov 2008 – entered Lunar Orbit 18 days later. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 46
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    Our Satellite LauchVehicles ASLV Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle. Range: 4,000 KMs. 150 Kg Pay Load. In Lower Orbit. Indian Satellites Aryabhatt, Rohini, Bhaskara PSLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Range: 8,000 KMs. Pay Load: 1,200 Kg GSLV Geo-Synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 47
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    World Record inSatellite Technology Bharatiya Space Scientists successfully put 10 Satellites into orbit on 28 April 2008. 10 Satellites  8 foreign nano satellites for Canada, Germany, Japan etc  Cartosat-2A Remote Sensing Satellite 690 Kg  Bharatiya Mini satellite MS-1 (89 Kg)  weighed 824 Kgs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 48
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    Lee Kwan Yew– Singapore PM India's navy has an aircraft-carrier force; Its air force has the latest Sukhoi and MiG aircraft; Its army is among the best trained and equipped in Asia. India can project power across its borders farther and better than China can, yet there is no fear that India has aggressive intentions. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 49
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    Swami Vivekananda’s Secretfor Success "Each nation has an identity and destiny. As far as Bharat is concerned, Hindu is its identity and religion is its way of working" There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point. That is the secret. Have faith in yourself – all power is in you – be conscious and bring it out. Say I can do everything.  Whatever you do, devote your whole mind, heart and soul to it.  Conversion is not one Hindu less but one enemy more.  Daridra Narayano bhava; Murkha Narayano bhava.  Serve man serve God.  They alone live who live for others; the rest are more dead than alive. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 50
  • 51.
    Why India MakesMissiles If India's rocket can hit any target with nuclear bomb and if India has sufficient numbers of bombs and means to deliver, West will start respecting India and her Hindu philosophy. Without power no one will respect us Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 51
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    Indian Nuclear Scientists Rishi Kanad Vedic Nuclear Scientist Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha – Father of India’s Nuclear Tech Dr Raja Ramanna Nuclear Tests Dr. PK.Iyengar 1974: 1 Test 1998: 5 Tests – all successful One of the 9 countries Fast Breeder Reactors One of the 4 Countries Dr Anil Kakodkar Dr Chidambaram Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 52
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    Lord Nataraja atCERN Geneva Lord Shiva veritably presided over the world’s largest experiment as scientists today sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the world’s most powerful particle accelerator at the CERN laboratory near Geneva in search of the 'God particle'. Next to the 2m statue of the dancing Shiva or Nataraj at the European Center for Research in Particle Physics in Geneva is a plaque that explains the connection: "It is the clearest image of the activity of God which any art or religion can boast of" ... "Hundreds of years ago, Indian artists created visual images of dancing Shivas in a beautiful series of bronzes. In our time, physicists have used the most advanced technology to portray the patterns of the cosmic dance. The metaphor of the cosmic dance thus unifies ancient mythology, religious art and modern physics." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 53
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    Indian Space &Missile Scientists Missiles used during Ramayan and Mahabharat times Vikram Sarabhai – Father of Indian Space Tech Dr Satish Dhawan Our Missiles Agni, Akash, Prithvi, Trishul, Nag, Our Satellites: Aryabhatt, Rohini, Bhaskara, Dr Abdul Kalam, Dr Madhawan Nair, Missile Man of India Present Chief of ISRO Dr Kasturi Rangan- 11th expert in the world and 1st Asian in Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing in 48 years to be honored by ISPRS with Brock Medal. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 54
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    Ancient & ModernSpace Scientists Acharya Bharadwaj Pavana Putra Hanuman Vedic Aviation Scientist Ancient Astronaut Kalpana Chawla USA- Modern Astronaut Acharya Kapil Vedic Cosmology Scientist Sunita Pandya (Williams) USA - Longest Space walk 22 Hrs 27 Mints, took Bhagwad Gita, Statue of Lord Ganesha and a letter in Hindi to outer space Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 55
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    India’s Super ComputerParam 10,000 Dr. VIJAY BHATKAR We want to preserve our timeless heritage in the form of a multimedia digital library on param-10000’. Dr. NARENDRA KARMARKAR the scientists who prepared an algorithm which could make computer to perform calculations 50-100 times faster. India in the race to build the fastest supercomputer capable of computing speeds of a PetaFlop (1000 tera flops) The Tatas provide funds to Dr. Narendra Karmakar to develop from allarchitecture. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us new Directions- Rig Veda 56
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    2nd Criteria forSuper Power Must be a Knowledge Based Society Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 57
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    Ancient & ModernIndia’s Achievements in Science, Technology, Missiles and Industries Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 58
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    1 ST Golden Age of Indian Science & Technology ended 3,000 years ago Inventions & Discoveries made in Medical Sciences Mathematics Yoga & Meditation Chemistry Gandharva Ved Vyakarna Cosmology Sthapathya Ved Dictionary Physics Artha Shastra Thesaurus Astronomy, Military Science Memorizing Techniques Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 59
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    1ST Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology Inventions 3,000 Years Before Medical Sciences Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Veterinary Science, Chemistry of Medicines, Botany, Chemistry Material Science, Nuclear Science Cosmology Age of Universe Astronomy, Calendar, Age of Universe, Mathematics Pythagoras Theorem, Number system including Zero & Infinity, Geometry, Trigonometry, Physics Machines, Naval and Air Ships, Vimana Shastra Sthapathya Ved Buildings & Constructions Military Sciences Modern Martial Arts, Conventional warfare, Missiles, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 60
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    1ST Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology Scientists 3,000 Years before Dhanwantari, Charaka, Sushruta Medical Science including Plastic Surgery, Nano Technology, Veterinary Science, Botany, Pharmacy, Rishi Bharadwaj, Kapil, Kanad Vimana Shastra or Space Vehicles, Cosmology or Creation of Universe, Nuclear Physics & Chemistry Sage Valmiki, Ved Vyas, Patanjali War Techniques, Missiles, War Techniques, Architecture, Artha Shastra Yoga, Meditation, Grammar, Ayurveda Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 61
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    1ST Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology Scientists 3,000 Years before Dhanvantari & Ashwini Kumars Medical Sciences Sushruta Medical Surgery including Plastic Surgery Charaka Medicinal Science including Veterinary Sc Kanad Chemistry including Nuclear Science Kapil Cosmology Age of Universe Bharadwaj Vimana Shastra Air Crafts, alloys, Patanjali Yoga & Meditation Lagadha, Parashara Astronomy, Mathematics Vedic Maths Bodhayana Mathematics including Pythagoras Th Bhrugu Rishi Sthapathya Ved Buildings & Constructions Bharata Muni Gandharva Ved Vocal, Instruments, Dances Valmiki, Vishwamitra Military Science Ramayan Veda Vyasa Artha Shastra Mahabharat, Bhagwad Gita Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 62
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    J. Robert Oppenheimer, American nuclear physicist (1904-1967): "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. . . . Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.“ Oppenheimer "the father of the atomic bomb" quoting from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita upon witnessing the mushroom cloud resulting from the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb in New Mexico, U.S.A., on July 16, 1945. “Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 63
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    Albert Einstein (1879 -1955): “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.” "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.” “I have made the Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 64
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    Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961), Austrian theoretical physicist, Nobel Laureate 1933 On the dualism of mind and matter "The only solution to this conflict, in so far as any is available to us at all, lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad." “Some blood transfusion from the East to the West” to save Western science from spiritual anemia.” The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a model of a great machine composed of separable interacting material particles. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 65
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    Niels Henrik DavidBohr (1885-1962) Danish nuclear physicist who developed the Bohr model of the atom I go into the Upanishads to ask questions. Asking questions about Bible and Koran is heresy and invites death punishment. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 66
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    2 nd Golden Age of Indian Science & Technology 400 AD – 1500 AD Inventions & Discoveries made in Takshashila University Medical Sciences Mathematics Nalanda University Chemistry Gandharva Ved Vaishali University Metallurgy Sthapathya Ved Bakshali Manuscripts Physics Artha Shastra Kancheepuram University Astronomy, Saraswati Mahal, Tanjavur Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 67
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    Ancient Hindu Universities Taksha Shila University World’s 1st University Vaishali University Nalanda University Destroyed by Ala ud din Khilji Kanchipuram University Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 68
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    2nd Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology 400 AD – 1500 AD Prominent Astronomers & Mathematicians Aryabhatt, Varahamihir, Nagarjun Mathematics & Astronomy, Science Encyclopedia & Astrology Organic and Inorganic Chemistry Bhaskaracharya Mathematics & Astronomy, Magic Square, Goladhyay Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 69
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    2 nd Golden Age of Indian Science & Technology 400 AD – 1500 AD Prominent Astronomers & Mathematicians 475 AD Aryabhatt 932 AD Aryabhatta - II 505 AD Varahamihir 1114 AD Bhaskara - II 600 AD Bhaskara 1227 AD Sridhara 600 AD Brahma Gupta 1376 AD Parameswara 700 AD Lalla, 1500 AD Neelakanta Somayaji Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 70
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    3rd Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology is Today Inventions & Discoveries made in Nuclear Technology Pharmaceuticals Fast Breeder Reactors Automobile Technology Rocket Technology Information Technology Satellite Technology Diamond Cutting Missile Technology, Yoga & Meditation Super Computers Spiritual Power Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 71
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    3rd Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology is Today Modern Indian Scientists 01. Shri Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937) Life in Plants, Radio Transmission 02. Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944). Discovery of mercurous nitrate 03. Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 – 1920). a genius in mathematics, No. 1729 04. Sir C.V. Raman (1888-1970). First Nobel Scientist of India. 05. Meghnad Saha (1893-1956). ‘ionization formula’ 06. Satyendranath Bose (1894 – 1974). Bose – Einstein Statistics, Bosons 07. Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar (1894–1955) chemistry of magnetism & emulsions 08. Krishnan K.S. (1898-1961) worked on crystals. 09. Sheshadri T.R. (1900 – 1975). Research on hundreds of plants 10. C.N.R. Rao (B.1934). Solid State Chemistry, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 72
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    3rd Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology is Today Modern (a-a) 11. Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha Indian Scientists Nuclear Science, BARC 12. Dr Homi Sethna (a-a). Nuclear Science 13. Dr Raja Ramanna (a-a). Nuclear Science 14. Dr Vikram Sarabhai (a-a). Space Scientist 15. Dr Satish Dhawan (a-a). Space Science 16. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam (a-a). Missile Man of India 17. Dr Kasturi Rangan (a-a) Tele Photography 18. Dr PKR Iyengar. (a-a) Nuclear Science 19. Dr Chidambaram. (a-a). Nuclear Science 20. Dr Anil Kakodkar (B.). Nuclear Science 21. Dr Madhavan Nair (B.). Chandrayan, Cryogenic Engine Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 73
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    3rd Golden Ageof Indian Science & Technology is Today Modern Indian Scientists Dam 21. Dr Visweshvaraiah (a-a) Civil Engineer, Brindavan 22. E. Sreedharan (a-a). Metro Man of India, Konkan Rly 23. Shyam Pitroda (a-a). Tele Communications 24. Dr Raghnath A Mashelkar (a-a). Patent Man of India 25. Dr Verghese Kurien (a-a). AMUL, Milk Revolution 26. Dr MS Swaminathan (a-a). Agriculture, Green Revolution 27. Dr Jayant Narlikar (a-a) Correction to Bose Einstein Eqn 28. Dr Vijay Bhatkar (a-a) Param-10,000 Super Computer 29. Dr Narendra Karmarkar. (a-a). Param-10,000 Super Computer 30. Dr Appadurai (B.). Chandrayan 31. Dr (B.). a Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 74
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    Incredible India -Do You Know… • India is No.1 in Remote Sensing Camera • India is one of the FOUR counties that produces SUPER COMPUTERS. • India has the Fastest Super Computer in Asia • India is one of the FOUR countries that has the Fast-Breeder Reactors. • India is one of the FOUR countries that have landed on the Moon. • India is one of the SIX countries that have Satellite Technology, Rocket Launching capabilities, ICBMs & Cryogenic Engines. • Bharat is one of the Nine Countries that have conducted Nuclear Tests. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 75
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    Do you Knowthat India is No1 in … • India is No.1 in Software Development • India is No. 1 in Call Centers • India is No. 1 in BPOs • India is No. 1 in KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing). • Bangalore has maximum Software Engineers • India is No. 1 in Youth Power and will remain so for another 30 years. • India is No.1 in Diamond Cutting. • India is No.1 in Tea & Milk Production. • Hero Honda produces maximum Motorbikes • Bharat Forge is the largest Forging Co in the world. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 76
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    Do you Knowthat …….. • India is No.2 in Truck Manufacturing, • India is No.2 in Rice and Wheat Production. • India is No.2 in Vegetables and Fruits Production. • India is No.4 in Pharmaceuticals Production. • India is No.5 in Commercial Car Production. • India is advancing fast in Mobile Phones, Automobiles, Pharmaceuticals, Ayurveda, Machineries, Research and Developments, Satellites, Super Computers, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 77
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    India’s Growth in60 years 1947 to 2007 Times of India Aug 15, 2007 1947 2007 • Average Life Expectancy 31.4 - 64.7 • Literacy Rate 14% 67% • Population 300 million – 1.13 Billion • Per Capita Income Rs. 255 Rs. 29,382 • Total Wheat Production 5-6 72.5 Million Tonnes • Per Capita Power Consumption 15.5 606 kwh • Telephones in millions 1.1 218 • Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 live births) 145.6 58 • Doctors in lacs 0.5 5.54 lacs • National Highways in kms 19,634 65,569 km • India’s Exports in Rs. Crores 403.4 5.64 lacs • India’s Imports in Rs. Crores 408.7 8.20 lac • Govt. Revenue in Rs. Crores 171 4.03 lacs • Govt. Expenditure in Rs. Crores 200 5.64 lacs Currency Calculator: * A Rupee in 1947 is worth Rs. 32 in 2007. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 78
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    India’s Growth in60 years 1947 to 2007 Times of India Aug 15, 2007 1947 2007 1. Average Life Expectancy 31.4 - 64.7 2. Literacy Rate 14% 67% 3. Population 300 million – 1.13 Billion 4. Per Capita Income Rs. 255 Rs. 29,382 Currency Calculator: * A Rupee in 1947 is worth Rs. 32 in 2007. Gujarat is top Investment destination cornering over 25% of investments from Banks. Andhra Pradesh-2nd, Maharashtra-3rd (8.6%) 40 Indian Billionaires (Asia’s Top Spot) worth $170 Billion (Ref. US Business Magazine Forbes) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 79
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Srinivasa Ramanujam,(1887 – 1920): Great Indian Mathematician, whose interest from academics at Trinity, College, Cambridge, led him to collaborate there and postulate and prove well over 3,542 theorems. Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, (1858 – 1937) USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless-radio communication was Professor Jagdish Chandra Bose and not Guglielmo Marconi. Dr. Satyendranath Bose, (1894-1974) Indian Physicist, who solved one of the mysteries of quantum mechanics, showing that in the quantum world some particles are indistinguishable. His collaborations with Albert Einstein led to a new branch on statistical mechanics know commonly known as the “Bose-Einstein” statistics. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 80
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Srinivasa Ramanujam, (22 Dec 1887 – 26 Apr 1920) Mathematical Analysis, Number Theory, Infinite Series and Continued Fractions. Littlewood: "I can believe that he's at least a Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi", Hardy said he "can compare him only with [Leonhard] Euler or Jacobi.“ 1918 – one of the youngest Fellows in the entire history of Royal Society. 1729: The smallest nontrivial number, i.e., the smallest number representable in two ways as a sum of two cubes. It is given by1729 1729 = 13 + 123 = 93 + 103. Ramanujan is generally hailed as an all-time great mathematician, like Leonhard Euler, Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius. A prize for young mathematicians from developing countries has been created in the name of Ramanujan by the International Centre for Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 81 Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in cooperation with the International
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose, (30 Nov 1858 – 23 Nov 1937) a physicist, biologist, botanist, archaeologist, and writer of science fiction. Pioneered the investigation of radio and microwave optics, Made very significant contributions to plant science, Laid the foundations of experimental science in the Indian subcontinent. One of the fathers of radio science, Father of Bengali science fiction. First from the Indian subcontinent to get a US patent, in 1904. Neville Francis Mott, Nobel Laureate in 1977 for his own contributions to solid- state electronics, remarked that "J.C. Bose was at least 60 years ahead of his time" and "In fact, he had anticipated the existence of P-type and N-type semiconductors." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 82
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Dr. Satyendranath Bose, (1 Jan 1894 - 4 Feb 1974) Mathematical Physics, worked on Quantum Mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate. He is honored as the namesake of the boson. Although more than one Nobel Prize was awarded for research related to the concepts of the boson, Bose-Einstein statistics and Bose-Einstein condensate—the latest being the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physics, which was given for advancing the theory of Bose- Einstein condensates, Bose himself was never awarded the Nobel Prize. Bose spoke several languages and could also play the Esraj, a musical instrument similar to a violin. In 1924, he spent a year in France and worked with Marie Curie, and met several other well-known scientists. He then spent another year abroad, working with Einstein in Berlin. His work ranged from X-ray crystallography to unified field theories. He also published an equation of state for real gases with Megh Nad Saha. to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come 83
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Megh Nad Saha, (6 Oct 1893 – 16 Feb 1956) Astro Physicist Saha Equation: used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars. Invented an instrument to measure the weight and pressure of solar rays. "The impetus given to astrophysics by Saha’s work can scarcely be overestimated, as nearly all later progress in this field has been influenced by it and much of the subsequent work has the character of refinements of Saha’s ideas." - S. Rosseland. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 84
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Yellapragada SubbaRow born in India in 1895 and he died in USA in 1948 at the young age of 53. 1923 Graduated from Madras Medical College 1923 USA, worked at Harvard Medical School until 3 went to Lederle Laboratories to direct its medical research. Discoveries Polymyxin widely used even today in cattle-feed and Aureomycin the first of tetracycline antibiotics which all of us have had some time or the other in our lives. Tetracyclines have saved millions of lives over the last 50 years. Folic acid isolated from liver and a microbial source and then synthesized it in 1945. Methotrexate used widely for alleviating the suffering from Burkitt’s lymphoma, one kind of cancer Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 85
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    They should havegot at least one Nobel Prize each Yellapragada SubbaRow born in India in 1895 and he died in USA in 1948 at the young age of 53. Discoveries of Aureomycin the first of tetracycline antibiotics which all of us have had some time or the other in our lives. Tetracyclines have saved millions of lives over the last 50 years. Aureomycin was presented to medicine in 1948, the year SubbaRow died. It was the first broad-spectrum antibiotic, that is, one effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative germs. It was thus more powerful than either Fleming’s penicillin or Waksman’s streptomycin. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 86
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    Indian Nobel Laureates Sir C.V. Raman, (1888 – 1970) 1930 - Nobel Laureate in Physics for work on scattering of light and Raman effect. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, (1910-1995): 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics. His many contributions V.S.Naipaul to physics, on the structure and evolution of stars including 2001 for rotational figures of equilibrium, stellar interiors, black holes, literature radiative transfer, hydromagnetic stability, stellar dynamics. Har Gobind Khorana, (b-1922 ): 1968 - Nobel Laureate in Medicine for work on interpretation of the genetic code . Currently residing as professor at MIT. Rabindranath Tagore, Amartya Sen, (b-1933): 1913 - for Literature 1998 - The Nobel Prize for Economics for his redefining work on ethical welfare economics. Currently residing as Lamont University Professor Emeritus at Harvard, after stepping down from the prestigious post of Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come 87
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    Nobel Prize for1 Discovery Wilhelm Roentgen for x-rays, Marie Curie for radium, P M S Blackett for cosmic rays, Ronald Ross for the life cycle of the malarial parasite, Alexander Fleming for penicillin Nobel Prize for 2 Discoveries Albert Einstein for the photoelectric effect and the theory of relativity John Bardeen for transistors and super-conductivity, Hargobind Khurana for the genetic code and synthesis of gene. Robert Woodward more discoveries in 1 field organic chemistry Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 88
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    No Nobel Prizefor 1 Discovery Jonas Salk who made the first polio vaccine, Michael Heidelberger the father of modern immunology, G N Ramachandran who discovered the structure of collagen, the most abundant protein in our body and also laid the foundations for CT scan and NMR technologies. No Nobel Prize for 2 or 3 Discoveries Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose Plants, Metals, Radio, Microwaves Yellapragada SubbaRow Such an individual is perhaps born once in a thousand years or more. I do not believe there is any other person in the documented history of biology and medicine over the last 5,000 years who made such a large number of basic discoveries that are applied so widely. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 89
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    Role Models forIndian Youth Mata Durga Our Veer Jawans, Freedom Fighters who protected our freedom Mata Saraswati Sages, Scholars, Kavis who gave us knowledge & Culture Mata Laxmi Our Scientists & Industrialists who enriched us Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 90
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    Unrecognised Indian Scientistsin USA Yallapragada Subbarao Aureomycin, presented to the medical world in 1948, should have won him the Nobel Prize. Dr Rangaswamy Srinivasan, Lasik eye surgery, only Indian to feature in the US National Inventors Hall of Fame in the company of greats such as Edison, Ford, Disney, Nobel and the Wright Brothers Dr Praveen Chaudhari Rewritable compact disc (CD-RW), Dr Shiv Subramanya Coordinator or Joint Coordinator of all US Space Projects for 20 years in 70s and 80s. USA honored him with their highest National award Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 91
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    Great Indian ModernScientists M. Visveshvaraiyya Engineer of Bharat Metroman Sreedharan Dams, Roads, …. Konkan Rlys, Delhi Metro Dr R.A. Mahshelkar Dr. Varghese Kurien Scientific Advisor Milk Revolution Dr. Jayant Narlikar Dr. M.S.Swaminathan Shyam Pitroda Agriculture Revolution Telephone Revolution Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 92
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    India’s Super Computers PARAM 1 0000 Fas tes t in As ia Param Aanant Low Cost Super Computer for Educational, Research & Business Institutes. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 93
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    Incredible India: Pharmaceuticals  The Indian pharmaceutical industry at $6.5 billion and growing at 8-10% annually, is the 4th largest pharmaceutical industry in the world, and is expected to be worth $12 billion by 2008.  Its exports are over $2 billion. India is among the top five bulk drug makers and at home, the local industry has edged out the Multi- National companies whose share of 75% in the market is down to 35%.  Trade of medicinal plants has crossed $900M already.  There are 170 biotechnology companies in India, involved in the development and manufacture of genomic drugs, whose business is growing exponentially.  Sequencing genes and delivering genomic information for big Pharmaceutical companies is the next boom industry in India. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 94
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    Incredible India Foreign Multi-National Companies (Job Opportunities & Patents) Top 5 American employers in India as on 2002: General Electric: : 17,800 employees Hewlett-Packard : 11,000 employees IBM : 6,000 employees American Express : 4,000 employees Dell : 3,800 employees  General Electric (GE) in India employs 16,000 staff, 1,600 R&D staff who are qualified with PhD’s and Master’s degrees.  Largest Research outfit outside USA. Fundamental research in areas such as nanotechnology, hydrogen energy, photonics, and advanced propulsion.  The number of patents filed in USA by the Indian entities of some of the MNCs (upto September, 2002) are as follows: Texas Instruments - 225, Intel - 125, Cisco Systems - 120, IBM - 120, Phillips - 102, GE - 95. (about 800) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 95
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    India: BPO  The domestic BPO sector is projected to increase to $4 billion in 2004 and reach $65 billion by 2010. (McKinsey & Co.).  The outsourcing includes a wide range of services including design, architecture, management, legal services,  Accounting and drug development and the Indian  BPOs are moving up in the value chain.  There are about 200 call centers in India with a turnover of $2 billion and a workforce of 150,000.  100 of the Fortune 500 are now present in India compared to 33 in China.  Cummins of USA uses its R&D Centre in Pune to develop the sophisticated computer models needed to design upgrades and prototypes electronically and introduce 5 or 6 new engine models a year.  Business Week of 8th December 2003 has said "Quietly but with breathtaking speed, India and its millions of world-class engineering, business and medical graduates are becoming enmeshed in America's New Economy in ways most of us barely imagine". Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 96
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    Indians in theUSA. Statistics that show: 38% of doctors in the USA, 12% of scientists in the USA, 36% of NASA scientists, 34% of Microsoft employees, 28% of IBM employees, US H1-B Visa 17% of INTEL scientists, applicants country 13% of XEROX employees, of origin  1.  India 44% … are Indians.  2.  China 9%  3.  Britain 5%  4.  Philippines 3%  Of the 1.5M Indians living in the USA, 1/5th of them live in the Silicon Valley.  5.  Canada 3%  6.  Taiwan 2%  35% of Silicon Valley start-ups are by Indians.  7.  Japan 2%  8.  Germany 2%  Indian students are the largest in number among foreign students in USA.  9.  Pakistan 2%  10. France 2% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 97
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    “IIT = Harvard+ MIT + Princeton” “IIT = Harvard + MIT + Princeton” , says CBS ‘60 Minutes’. CBS' highly-regarded ‘60 Minutes’, the most widely watched news programme in the US, told its audience of more than 10 Million viewers that “IIT may be the most important university you've never heard of." "The United States imports oil from Saudi Arabia, cars from Japan, TVs from Korea and Whiskey from Scotland. So what do we import from India? We import people, really smart people," co-host Leslie Stahl began while introducing the segment on IIT. “…the smartest, the most successful, most influential Indians who've migrated to the US seem to share a common credential: They are graduates of the IIT.” “…in science and technology, IIT undergraduates leave their American counterparts in the dust.“ “Think about that for a minute: A kid from India using an Ivy League university as a safety school. That's how smart these guys are.” There are “cases where students who couldn't get into computer science at IIT, they have gotten scholarships at MIT, at Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 98 Princeton, at Caltech.”
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    1. The nuclear deal is an agreement between India and the US for the US government to supply nuclear fuel and reactors to India. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission Contrary to common perception, the nuclear deal or the 123 Agreement is not a commitment on the part of the US government to provide us with uranium or nuclear reactors. Presently American law prohibits nuclear cooperation with India because we have not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). All the nuclear deal does is to grant a 'waiver' from that law, so that American companies can now pursue nuclear trade with India. However, if India conducts a test at any time, the waiver is revoked. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 99 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    2. Imported uranium and nuclear reactors will be cheap and cost-effective. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission Even if the nuclear deal is made operational, the actual sale of uranium and nuclear reactors will be governed by market forces – there are no guarantees of cheap or competitive nuclear power. To the contrary, there is every reason to believe that it will be expensive. The cost of uranium in the international market has gone up four-fold in the last few years, and will rise further with further demand. The same is true of the cost of steel and other materials used in a reactor. Manpower costs are much higher in the West. The example of the Dhabol power plant has already shown us that importing power plants from the West is not necessarily a viable option. We would do well to learn from that experience. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 100 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    3. The nucleardeal will safeguard our energy security. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission It is true that nuclear energy is green energy, and therefore essential for our long-term energy security. But this does not translate into the nuclear deal will ensure our energy security. Power from the nuclear reactors that we buy will definitely be more expensive than indigenous nuclear power. Further, to keep the reactors running, we will always be dependent on imported uranium, which is controlled by a cartel – the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Therefore, the nuclear deal, by making us dependent on the cartel, will only compromise our energy security. Only our indigenous nuclear power program can truly ensure our energy security. And in any case, for the next few decades, nuclear power will not exceed 6% of our total electricity production. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 101 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    4. Importing nuclear plants is a quick-fix solution to the present power crisis. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission Nuclear technology is sensitive. Even if the nuclear deal goes through, it will take time to buy and setup new reactors. We have examples of the French reactors in China, and the Russian reactors in Kudankulam, India. It will actually take longer to setup foreign reactors compared to indigenous ones. Just the negotiations and legal formalities could take years. It will be at least eight years before we see the first power. So importing reactors is certainly no quick solution. For the short term, we will still have to rely on coal and hydroelectricity. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 102 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    5. The nuclear deal does not stop India from further nuclear testing, and therefore does not compromise our national security. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission It is very clearly stated in the 123 Agreement it will be subject to national laws, and the Hyde Act is a law of the US. Therefore, the 123 Agreement is certainly circumscribed by the Hyde Act, which very clearly states that if India tests a nuclear device, all further nuclear trade is to stop, and the nuclear materials that have already been sold to us have to be returned. No future Indian government would dare to jeopardise such a huge investment in nuclear power, by testing. So, for all practical purposes the nuclear deal caps our strategic programme – which is precisely what the Americans intend. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 103 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    6. We can pass a national law to counteract the Hyde Act, and this will protect our strategic programme. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission Just as the Hyde Act is not binding on us, our laws are not binding on the US. We can certainly amend our Atomic Energy Act to enable participation of the private sector in nuclear power. But if we pass a law saying that we will retain the right to test, it will have no influence on the actions of the US. If and when we test, they can simply quote the 123 Agreement and the Hyde Act, and pull out all their nuclear materials, leaving us devastated. The only option here is to renegotiate the 123 Agreement and have the clause inserted there. However, the Americans are unlikely to agree to this, since it goes against their non-proliferation policy. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 104 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    7. The nuclear deal and the safeguards agreement give India the status of a nuclear power. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission While the 18 July 2005 Joint Statement did indeed talk about India being treated as an equal by the US, neither the 123 Agreement nor the IAEA Safeguards Agreement, have borne out those optimistic statements. In fact, the IAEA safeguards agreement that has been negotiated is closely based on the model agreement that IAEA has for non-nuclear weapon states. The safeguards agreements that the nuclear weapon countries have signed with the IAEA require them to put very few reactors under safeguards, and allow them to take reactors out of safeguards. India, however, will have to place most of its reactors under safeguards for perpetuity. Therefore we are certainly not being treated as a nuclear weapons country. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 105 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    8. Without the nuclear deal, we cannot get adequate uranium for our domestic nuclear programme. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission The Department of Atomic Energy has always maintained that we have enough indigenous uranium for 10,000 MW of nuclear power for 30 years. We are not yet close to that number. The present mismatch in uranium availability for operating reactors is a consequence of poor planning, and inadequate prospecting and mining. There is talk of importing 40,000 MW of nuclear power, which will cost not less than $100 billion or Rs. 4 lakh crores. If even 10% of this money were spent on uranium mining in existing mines in Andhra Pradesh and Meghalaya, on searching for new uranium deposits, and negotiating with non-NSG countries, there will be enough uranium for a robust indigenous nuclear power programme, until such time as thorium reactors takes over. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 106 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    9. The safeguards agreement with the IAEA guarantees fuel supplies even if India conducts a nuclear test. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission The safeguards agreement only notes, in the preamble, that India's concurrence to the safeguards is linked to getting fuel supplies. However, the IAEA has no role in this matter, and certainly, no such commitment is given in the safeguards agreement. It also notes that India may take 'corrective measures' in the event of a disruption of foreign fuel supplies. It does not specify what these measures will be, it does not provide for any role for the IAEA in this, and it does not bestow legitimacy on any such measures that India may take. It may well be that any such measures that we suggest, such as importing fuel from another country, will be disallowed by the nuclear cartel (the NSG). The only tangible corrective measure is for India to explore and mine more uranium, and to enhance the enrichment capability to provide fuel for those reactors. The latter is subject to uncertainty. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 107 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    The nuclear deal has no impact on our foreign policy. Dr P. K. Iyengar Chairman (Retd.), Atomic Energy Commission The Hyde Act states clearly that it is the policy of the US to secure India's cooperation on a number of issues involving Iran, including its capability to reprocess nuclear fuel (in spite of the fact that Iran, as an NPT signatory, has the right to enrich uranium for use in light-water reactors). This has nothing to do with the nuclear deal, and can only be related to influencing our foreign policy. Recent statements by Gary Ackerman, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, regarding Indo-Iran gas pipeline, only add fuel to such suspicions. It can therefore be seen, that the Indo-US nuclear deal is not in the national interest. It presents the very serious danger of capping our strategic programme. That alone is reason enough not to go forward with the deal. Additionally, it does not guarantee the energy security that we are seeking, and, in fact, may only end up making us as vulnerable to the nuclear cartel, as we are today to the oil cartel. It is easy to see why the US wants this deal so badly. At virtually no cost, since there is no commitment towards fuel supplies, they can cap our strategic programme, bring us into the NPT net, through the back door, as a non-nuclear power, keep a close eye on our nuclear activities, including R&D, through intrusive IAEA inspections, and subjugate us to the wishes of the nuclear cartel. If there were no cartel, we could have easily extended the Kudankulam agreement for more reactors, and avoided the present situation. If these are not reasons enough not to go ahead with the nuclear deal, then there are no reasons that reason can find. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 108 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    3rd Criteria forSuper Power Must be a land of Wealth Creators Mata Laxmi, Kuber, Ravan, Temples (Somnath), Kolar Gold Fields, Bhama Shah Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 109
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    Builders of ModernBharat Jamshedji Tata JRD Tata Bhama Shah Tatas Gave us • Indian Institute of Science • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research TIFR • Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS • Air India, New India Assurance Company • Tisco, Telco, Tea, textiles, chemicals, Power, Dhirubhai G.D.Birla Ambani Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 110
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    Hindu Rate ofGrowth 9% Hindu or India’s Rate of Growth and 13% in Gujarat is one of the fastest in the world. Figures for the year 2004-05 in Rs. Crores Gross Domestic Savings Rs. 907,416 Crores (Share in GDS: Govt Sector: 2.2 % Private Sector: 4.8% ) Share of Household Sector Rs. 687,079 Crores 76% of GDS Foreign Investment Rs. 67,249 Crores *{7.4% of GDS} (Direct Investment Rs. 25,395 Cr + Portfolio Investment Rs. 41,854 Cr) (NRI Remittances: Rs. 110,000 Crores *{12.12% of GDS} Who sustains our Growth Indian Housewives Household Savings of Rs. 687,079 Crores is sustaining Bharat’s economy. The country's growth is fully due to the people's efforts and particularly of the households and, especially, the frugal attitude of housewives who wage a battle day in and day out against inflation. (The author R.Vaidyanathan is Professor of Finance and Control, Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, and can be contacted at vaidya@iimb.ernet.in). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 111
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    Hindu Rate ofGrowth Times of India 15 Aug, 2007 Amdavad edition For the year 2006-07 $ 15 Billion Foreign Direct Investment last year (FDI) $ 6.6 Billion net Foreign Institutional Investment (FII) $ 70 Billion Investment by Indian Banks and Financial Institutions for 1054 Projects (Rs. 2.83 lac Crores) Full credit to common man. This is more than double the Rs. 1.31 lac Crore ($34 Billion) sanctioned for 812 projects in the previous year. • FDI: Part of the FDI was used for Acquisitions rather than creating new capacity • FII flows by definition do not add to Productive Assets. • 37% of Indian investment will flow into Infra Structure (Power, Telecom, Petroleum) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 112
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    Hindu Rate ofGrowth All in a Year 2007 Sensex rose by 47.1% 6,500 points NSE Nifty vaulted by 2,172 pts or 54.76% Market cap rose by Rs 35 lakh crore to Rs 71,87,800 crore FIIs invested $17.23 bn ($8 B in 2006) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 113
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    India’s Richest 10 #1: Laxmi Niwas Mittal, 10% of World’s - Steel - 45 B $ in 2008 Steel Production. Richest in Europe #2: Mukesh Ambani #3: Anil Ambani Petro Chemicals 43 B$ 2008 Diversified industries, 42 B$, 2008 Richest in Asia Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 114
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    India’s Richest 10 #4: Kushal Pal Singh Industry / DLF Real Estate 30 B$, 2008 #5: Shashi & Ravi Ruia, Telecom, #6: Azim Premji of Wipro #5: Sunil Mittal, Industry, Software, 13.8 B $ Telecom, 19.7 B$ Aug 10, 2007 Aug 10, 2007 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 115 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    India’s Richest 10 #7: Kumar Birla, Commodities, 6.8 B$. India’s largest Copper and Alluminium Producer #9: Ramesh Chandra, Real Estate, 5.3 B$ #8: Tulsi Tanti, Wind Energy, 5.9B$ #10: Pallonji Mistry, Construction, 4.9 B$ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 116
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    India’s Rich Billionaires- 2008 • Laxmi Mittal 004 1. GM Rao 198 • Mukesh Ambani 005 2. Indu Jain 236 • Anil Ambani 006 3. Dilip Sanghvi 260 • K.P.Singh 008 4. Jaiprakash Gaur 277 • Shashi & Ravi Ruia 043 5. Shiv Nadar 277 • Azim Premji 060 6. Uday Kotak 288 • Sunil Mittal 064 7. Cyrus Poonawala 307 • Kumar Birla 076 8. Anand Jain 327 • Ramesh Chandra 086 9. Chandru Raheja 368 • Gautam Adani 091 10. Tulsi Tani 368 • Savitri Jindal 110 11. Rakesh Wadhawan 428 • Anil Agarwal 164 12. Sameer Gehlaut IIT- India Bulls 1.2B$ • Adi Godrej 178 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 117
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    4 of 8World’s Richests are Indians Karlo Duniya Mutheemein World’s Richest Businessmen • ($62B) Warren Buffet USA • ($60 B) Carlos Slim Helu Mexico • ($58 B) Bill Gates USA • ($45 B) Lakshmi Mittal UK/ India Ambani Bros together can buy the stock Exchange of • ($43 B) Mukesh Ambani Bharat Karachi and still be richer • ($42 B) Anil Ambani Bharat by a few billion $. • ($31 B) Ingvar Kamprad Sweden Ambani Bros together are • ($30 B) K.P.Singh Bharat richer than World’s No. 1. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 118
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    Karlo Duniya Mutheemein World’s Richest Indian Businessmen • 4 ($45 B) Laxmi Niwas Mittal Arcelor Mittal India has • 5 ($43 B) Mukesh Ambani Reliance Energy retained its • 6 ($42 B) Anil Ambani Reliance Mobile position as • 8 ($30 B) K.P.Singh DLF the top source of • 43 ($15 B) Shashi & Ravi Ruia Essar Group billionaires in • 60 ($12.7 B) Azim Premji Wipro Asia with • 64 ($11.8 B) Sunil Mittal Airtel total 53 • 76 ($10.2 B) Kumar Birla Aditya Birla Grp persons, • 86 ($9.6 B) Ramesh Chandra Unitech who have a • 91 ($9.3 B) Gautam Adani Adani cumulative Group networth of $340.9 • 110 ($8.2 B) Savitri Jindal billion on • 164 ($6 B) Anil Agarwal Vedanta Forbes’ 2008 • 178 ($5.5 B) Adi Godrej Godrej • 198 ($5.2 B) G.M.Rao Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let GMR 119
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    •Highest GDS (GrossDomestic Savings) in the world (due to Hindu Reasons for Hindu Rate of Growth Family System). GDS is about 30% of GDP. •Remittances from Overseas Hindus is Highest in the world $440.5 Mn (about Rs 2100 Crore) in 2007-08 as against just $72.8 Mn (Rs 350 Crore) in 2006-07 a rise of 505% in a year. •Also remittances have touched $380.4 Mn (Rs 1800 Crore) in 5 months (April-Aug) of 2008-09 under Liberalised Remittances Scheme (LRS) for resident individuals despite market meltdowns and financial crisis. •Disinvestments by Arun Shourie (Loss making firms like SBI, SAIL, ONGC are now in Fortune 300 Companies. •Computerization of Banks, Railways, Insurances, Stock Exchanges, •Huge Profits in IT Sector, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Diamonds, Machineries, •Huge Profits thru sale of Super Computers, Satellites, •Entering World Markets •Bharat 2020: Bharat will still be a young country 70% is below 35 yrs of age 55% Letbelow is Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 25 yrs 120 35% is below 19 yrs of age
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    Reasons for HinduRate of Growth •Highest GDS (Gross Domestic Savings) in the world (due to Hindu Family System). GDS is about 30% of GDP. •Remittances from Overseas Hindus is Highest in the world $440.5 Mn (about Rs 2100 Crore) in 2007-08 as against just $72.8 Mn (Rs 350 Crore) in 2006-07 a rise of 505% in a year. •Disinvestments by Arun Shourie (Loss making firms like SBI, SAIL, ONGC are now in Fortune 300 Companies. •Computerization of Banks, Railways, Insurances, Stock Exchanges, •Huge Profits in IT Sector, Pharmaceuticals, Automobiles, Diamonds, Machineries, Huge Profits thru sale of Super Computers, Satellites, •Entering World Markets •Bharat 2020: Bharat will still be a young country 70% is below 35 yrs of age 55% is below 25 yrs 35% is below 19 yrs of age 25% is below 14 yrs of age Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 121
  • 122.
    Overseas Remittances for Hindu Rate of Growth •Remittances from Overseas Hindus is Highest in the world. • $440.5 Mn (about Rs 2100 Crore) in 2007-08 as against just $72.8 Mn (Rs 350 Crore) in 2006-07 a rise of 505% in a year. •Also remittances have touched $380.4 Mn (Rs 1800 Crore) in 5 months (April-Aug) of 2008-09 under Liberalised Remittances Scheme (LRS) for resident individuals despite market meltdowns and financial crisis. (LRS was introduced in Feb 2004) •Indians used these remittances towards deposits abroad, purchase of immovable property, investment in equity/debt, gifts, education, tours and travel. •Remittances from Abroad in 2007. India $30 Billion China $27 Billion Mexico $23.8 Billion Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 122
  • 123.
    Mistakes of NehruvianEconomics Nilekani on things that changed India 1. Gigantic human capital "Earlier, population was looked at as a burden and a lot of things that happened in the 1960s and 1970s -- like family planning and sterilization and the Emergency and so forth -- were all related to the belief that population was getting out of control and that it was actually a problem to have a large population." “Human capital has become the core and the essence of what is happening in India and is at the root of India's resurgence today," he said. 2. Entrepreneurship gains acceptance Nilekani said another significant change in mindset was regarding entrepreneurs who are no longer viewed with suspicion but as icons of economic growth. "Entrepreneurship in India is blossoming and Indian entrepreneurs are not afraid of liberalization anymore. They are very confident and globally competitive and they are not only investing abroad, they are buying companies abroad." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 123
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    Mistakes of NehruvianEconomics Nilekani on things that changed India 3. Change in democracy The notion of democracy had also undergone a major transformation from the time of India's independence. "In the 1950s and 1960s, it was really a top-down idea. It was an idea of the leaders who had a certain vision of the kind of country they wanted to create, and it was given or gifted to all the people who may not have necessarily understood the value and import of what was happening." Today, he said, "it has gone to become a bottom-up democracy where everybody understands their democratic rights -- not just in the sense of parliamentary democracy or contesting elections. You see people taking charge and doing things in India without waiting for the state to do the job. For example, NGOs (non-governmental organizations). Today, India, is the most thriving place in the world for NGOs." "Another example," he pointed out, "is the empowerment at the village level -- the village panchayats -- more then a million women who are there in these panchayats." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 124
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    Mistakes of NehruvianEconomics Nilekani on things that changed India 4. Globalization embraced India has rejected Nehruvian Soviet model of govt controlled economy. India has adopted a progressive view of globalization. The confidence that India has gained has made our world view on globalization far more positive." "Our companies have become globally competitive and are willing to go out. Global factors are really playing in India's favour today. More and more people are becoming far more comfortable with globalization and they are realizing the benefits of an open economy. They are realizing the benefits of having their workers and their people all over the world, and they are realizing the benefits of Indian companies exporting capital abroad." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 125
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    Nilekani on thingsthat changed India 5. The technology revolution Nilekani said, "What people don't realize is it has played as much a role in India's internal development as it has in terms of the $50 billion in IT (information technology exports)." "For example, India's entire national election was held on electoral voting machines in 2004 with about a million voting machines all over the country -- there was no paper." Today, thanks to technology, India has the most modern stock markets in the world and they are completely electronic." Most Reservations for Trains and Planes are done electronically. Tele Vision Network covers all cities, towns and villages of Bharat. “Mobile Phone has become accessible to everybody. We are seeing more and more applications, which have a huge impact and the good thing about these applications is that they cause a quantum leap in productivity -- it goes up by a huge amount and much of this is what has fuelled the economic growth." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 126
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    Chinese Economy • Remittances from Overseas Chinese lesser than that of overseas Bharateeyas. • Very Fast Ageing Country due to one Child Policy from 1980s onwards. • Year 2020 and Year 2030: Very ageing; Severe Water Crisis • China's population: about 1.3 billion: on a per capita basis, the country isn't a dragon; it's a medium-size lizard, sitting in 109th place on the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook Database, squarely between Swaziland and Morocco. China's economy is large, but its average living standard is low, and it will stay that way for a very long time, even assuming that the economy continues to grow at impressive rates. • POLLUTION: world's No. 1 emitter of greenhouse gases. largest depleter of the ozone layer. And it's the largest polluter of the Pacific Ocean. 16 out 20 most polluted cities are in China. 70% lakes and rivers are polluted. (it will be seen in Beijing Olympics) • Year 2020: Bharat will still be a young country Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 127
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    Collapse of USEconomy - PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS • The US has squandered $500 billion dollars on wars against Afghanistan and Iraq that serves no American purpose. • $500 billion is only the out-of-pocket costs. It does not include the replacement cost of the destroyed equipment, the future costs of care for veterans, the cost of the interests on the loans that have financed the war, or the lost US GDP from diverting scarce resources to war. • Experts who are not part of the government's spin machine estimate the cost of the Iraq war to be as much as $3 trillion. • America's wars against Afghanistan and Iraq have been financed by foreigners, principally the Chinese and Japanese, who purchase the US Treasury bonds that the US government issues to finance its red ink budgets. • US is also dependent on foreigners to finance part of the US government's domestic expenditures. • US saving rate is approximately zero. • Financially, the US is not an independent country. • US dollar continues to decline in value in relation to other currencies. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 128
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    Collapse of USEconomy - PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration; Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Contributing Editor of National Review; coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions. • US cannot forever rely on the Chinese, Japanese and Saudis to finance America's life beyond its means. • GAO report pointed out that the accrued liabilities of the federal government "totaled approximately $53 trillion as of September 30, 2007." No funds have been set aside against this mind boggling liability. $53 trillion is $53,000 billion. • The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt. • As of March 17, 2008, one Swiss franc is worth more than $1 dollar. In 1970, the exchange rate was 4.2 Swiss francs to the dollar. In 1970, $1 purchased 360 Japanese yen. Today $1 dollar purchases less than 100 yen. • Imports exceed its industrial production. According to the latest US statistics as reported in the February 28 issue of Manufacturing and Technology News, in 2007 imports were 14 percent of US GDP and US manufacturing comprised 12% of US GDP. • Noam Chomsky: America thinks that it owns the world. But the fact of the matter is that the US owes the world. The US "superpower" cannot even finance its own domestic operations. • US will never repay the loans. • US holds to a free trade ideology that benefits corporate fat cats and shareholders at the expense of American labor. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 129
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    4th Criteria forSuper Power Must influence other nations Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 130
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    Choice before Pakistan Ason 19 Sept 2008 Unruly Democracy or Chaotic Dictatorship • Sky Rocketing Food Inflation • Law and Order Breakdown • Power Shortages • Its refusal to restore the judges by executive order • Rising sectarian violence and militancy • American military incursions into Pakistani territory • One Family in Bharat Ambanis can buy the entire stock exchange of Karachi and still be richer by a few billion $. • What Pak must do? Push back Army, Rein in Intelligence agencies • Stop Terrorist Training camps • Stop infiltration into India and Kashmir • Establish Peace with India, Afghanistan, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 131
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    Rising sectarian violenceand militancy in Pakistan • Rising sectarian violence and militancy • {Lal Masjid, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, sectarian blood-bath, honor killings of girls, Chinese massage parlors} • Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province where the Free Tribal zone is located is one of the most volatile regions in Pakistan. (FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas is known as Free Tribal zone). It is a state within a state and pro-Taliban. They may seize power in Peshawar, the capital city of the province. • Beitulla Mehsud – reclusive Taliban leader in South Waziristan in Free Tribal zone said in a press conf in May 2008: ‘Islam does not recognise boundaries’. {Shia Sunni Kurdi war in Iraq, Al Fatah and Hamaz fight in Palestine, Pak Bangla war in 1971, war in Sudan, Nigeria, Algeria, !!}. Mehsud blamed for Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 132
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    A Stable Pakistanis dangerous for World Peace Beautiful Pakistanis hate visa denials, that extra scrutiny at international airports and being dubbed a global migraine. It ruins their composure and commerce. • Hamid Karzai – Afghanistan President said on 15 June 2008: When militants cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same. • Asif Ali Zardari – President of Pakistan • Gilani - Prime Minister • Gen. Ashfaq Kayani – Pakistan Army Commander Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 133
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    Why Pakistan isstill backward • Pakistan will be judged by what it builds and not by what it destroys. • Pak economy, Army and ISI are synonymous. • Country of Allah, Mullah and Kulla (Scull Cap) Institutions like • IIT Islamic Institute of Terrorism • IIM Islamic Infiltration Management • IAS International Al-Qaeda Services 1. MSb (MSc) Master of Serial Blasts Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 134
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    Talibanistan 1. girls can't study, 2. women can’t work, 3. has vowed to kill modern jurisprudence, 4. has vowed to kill modern science, 5. has vowed to kill modern culture and 6. has vowed to kill all other faiths, Taliban is just 430 KMs from Indian border closer than what most of us think. 491 KMs Coimbatore - Chennai 497 KM Lucknow – Delhi 594 KM Goa – Mumbai The wellsprings of terror that threaten most of the world and, in particular, India, are no longer located in the remote mountains of Pakistan or in the caves of Afghanistan. They are a six-eight hour drive from India's border in a sedan on reasonably good roads. If Taliban and ISI drop their arms, there will be no more violence. If India drops her arms, there will be no more India.Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all 135
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    Arabisation of Pakistan a Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 136
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    Genesis of IslamicTerrorism Seeds of Violence and Hatred in Islam Sunna Examples of Prophet in Public and Private life Quran 6,236 Total Verses in Quran 488 Verses Preach Violence ie 7.83% preach violence Ansar Companions of Prophet Shia The Party of Ali Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 137
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    Roots of ModernIslamic Terrorism 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran (Shi’tes in Power) 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon 1980 – 1990 Iran – Iraq war (Death: 5 lacs Iraqis & Iranians + 1 lac Kurds) 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War (Death: 10,000 Iraqi soldiers) 2001 Dec USA attacks Afghanistan 2003 Mar 20, USA and UK attack Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction 1980s Birth of Al Qaeda to fight Soviet Troops 1983 Birth of Hezbollah Militants by Lebanese Shiites to fight Israel 1990s Birth of Taliban 2001 Sept 11 attack on WTC and Pentagon, 3,000 killed Deaths: *10 lacs in Iran-Iraq War, 2 Gulf Wars *15 lacs in Afghanistan war, faction fighting, landmines Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 138
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    History of ModernIslamic Terrorism Date Details No. Kiled 1989-90 Kashmir 400,000 Hindus driven out 1993 World Trade Center bombing 1993 Mumbai 13 serial blasts 200 died 2001 11 Sept Attack on WTC & Pentagon 3,000 2002 27 Feb Godhra Train torching 58 Hindu Pilgrims 2002 12 Oct Bali Bombing 200 Hindus & Tourists 2004 11 Mar Madrid Car Bombing 200 died 2004 4 Sept Beslan school children 344 children 2004 Nov Murder of Film Maker Theo van Gogh (MP Pim Fortuyn) 2005 7 July London Train bombing 60 died Holland Film director & MP beheaded Denmark Cartoons France – Police beaten up, emergency in 2005, Teacher in hiding • Pope Benedict Regensburg speech 5th Anniversary of 9/11 attack Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 139
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    Arabisation of Pakistan Pervez Hoodbhoy - The author teaches physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsJan2009/cover2jan2009.htm Soldiers, policemen, factory and hospital workers, mourners at funerals and ordinary people praying in mosques have all been reduced to globs of flesh and fragments of bones. Dead bodies and shattered lives are almost all Muslim ones, yet few Pakistanis speak out against these atrocities. Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan have no words of solace for those who have suffered Terrorism, by definition, is an act only the Americans can commit. This culture produced Mughul architecture, the Taj Mahal, the poetry of Asadullah Khan Ghalib, and much more are forgotten. Now a stern, unyielding version of Islam (Wahhabism) is replacing the kinder, gentler Islam of the Sufis and saints who had walked on this land for hundreds of years. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 140
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    Wahhabism, Talibanisation Arabisationof Pakistan Pervez Hoodbhoy - The author teaches physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. http://www.newsline.com.pk/NewsJan2009/cover2jan2009.htm Twenty five years ago Wahhabism was introduced. 1. Floggings were carried out publicly, 2. Punish those who did not fast in Ramadan, 3. Selection for academic posts in universities required that the candidate demonstrate a knowledge of Islamic teachings and 4. Jihad declared essential for every Muslim. 5. Village mosques are now giant madrassas 6. Propagate hard-line Salafi and Deobandi beliefs through oversized loudspeakers. 7. Pakis are bitterly opposed to Barelvis, Shias and other sects, who they do not regard as Muslims. 8. Taliban, Hanafi law has begun to prevail over tradition and civil law, 9. It is evident from the recent decisions of the Lahore High Court. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 141
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    Wahhabism, Talibanisation Arabisationof Pakistan Twenty five years ago Wahhabism was introduced. Music, Dance, Films & Elites in Pakistan • Religious fundamentalists consider music haram or un-Islamic. • Classical music is on its last legs in Pakistan; • Sarangi and Vichitraveena are completely dead. • Teaching music in public universities is violently opposed by students of the Islami Jamaat-e-Talaba at Punjab University. • The university has been forced to hold its music classes elsewhere. • Kathak dancing, once popular with the Muslim elite of India, has few teachers left. • Pakistan produces no feature films of any consequence. • Pakistani elite, live their lives in comfort. • Alcoholism is a chronic problem of the super rich of Lahore - a curious irony for thisNoble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let deeply religious country. 142
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    Wahhabism, Talibanisation Arabisationof Pakistan Madrasas in Pakistan Number of Madrasas according to the national education census, which the ministry of education released in 2006, 5,459 madrassas Punjab 2,843 NWFP; 1,935 Sindh 1,193 Federally Administrated Northern Areas (FANA), 769 Balochistan, 586 Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), 135 Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA), 77 Islamabad capital territory, 13,000 madrassas 1.5 million students religious education. In Saudi Arabia 'mutaween' (police) in March 2002, had stopped school girls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing their abayas - a long robe worn in Saudi Arabia. In a rare departure from the norm, Saudi newspapers blamed and criticised the mutaween for letting 15 girls burn to death. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 143
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    Terrorism Terrorism in thename of one particular religion is haunting humanity today. Belfast, LTTE, Akalis Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 144
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    How Muslims Behave Hereare some thought provoking and interesting facts & figures: which are extracts from: Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots & Contemporary Threat Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 145
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    How Muslims Behave- 1 "The Islamic conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precious good, whose delicate complex order and freedom can at any moment be overthrown by barbarians invading from without and multiplying from within.“ great historian Will Durant, from his “History of Civilization” Islam is a predatory religion. It seeks to demean and destroy other cultures and replace them with Islamic-arab culture. To this end, it finds the things most sacred, most symbolically sublime in cultures it encounters, and then proceeds to systematically profane them. Historian such as K.S.Lal have estimated that during the course of the 1400 year encounter with Islamic Jihad, the Hindu population lost 50-80 million by way of slaughter, deprivation, and transport during enslavement in terrible conditions. The mountain range of the Hindu Kush (literally "Hindu slaughter" in Pashto and Farsi) is possibly so named because of the millions of Hindu slaves who died there in the cold while being transported from India to Arabia by Islamic conquerors. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 146
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    How Muslims Behave- 1 Muslim population around or under 2% in any given Country, they will be a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. United States-- Muslim 0.6% Australia-- Muslim 1.5% Canada-- Muslim 1.9% China-- Muslim 1.8% Italy-- Muslim 1.5% Norway-- Muslim 1.8% At 2% to 5%, - begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and Disaffected groups, - major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. Denmark -- Muslim 2% Germany-- Muslim 3.7% United Kingdom-- Muslim 2.7% Spain-- Muslim 4% Thailand-- Muslim 4.6% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 147
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    How Muslims Behave- 2 From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their Percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal food (clean by Islamic standards), thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in: France-- Muslim 8% Philippines-- Muslim 5% Sweden-- Muslim 5% Switzerland-- Muslim 4.3% Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5% Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 148
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    How Muslims Behave- 3 From 5% on they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world. When Muslims; approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as means of complaint about their conditions. Paris , - car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in: Guyana-- Muslim 10% India-- Muslim 13.4% Israel-- Muslim 16% Kenya-- Muslim 10% Russia-- Muslim 15% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 149
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    How Muslims Behave- 4 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia-formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches, Jewish synagogues, Hindu Mandirs such as in: Ethiopia-- Muslim 32.8%, Kashmir (India) At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and Ongoing militia warfare, such as in: Bosnia-- Muslim 40% Chad-- Muslim 53.1% Lebanon-- Muslim 59.7% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 150
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    How Muslims Behave- 5 From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all Other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (Genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in: Albania-- Muslim 70% Malaysia-- Muslim 60.4% Qatar-- Muslim 77.5% Sudan-- Muslim 70% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 151
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    How Muslims Behave- 6 After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State- run ethnic Cleansing, and even some genocide as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is On-going in: Bangladesh-- Muslim 83% Egypt-- Muslim 90% Gaza-- Muslim 98.7% Indonesia-- Muslim 86.1% Iran-- Muslim 98% Iraq-- Muslim 97% Jordan-- Muslim 92% Morocco-- Muslim 98.7% Pakistan-- Muslim 97% Palestine-- Muslim 99% Syria-- Muslim 90% Tajikistan-- Muslim 90% Turkey-- Muslim 99.8% UAE-- Muslims 96% Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 152
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    How Muslims Behave- 7 100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' --the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in: Afghanistan-- Muslim 100% Saudi Arabia-- Muslim 100% Somalia-- Muslim 100% Yemen-- Muslim 100% Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons. 'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe, the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel'. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj' Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 153
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    How Muslims Behave- 8 In some countries, with well under 10% Muslim populations; such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts nor schools nor non-Muslim religious facilities. Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasas. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate. Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 154
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    Kerala State 1. BhaktiTraditions – S/S • Adi Sankara – twice went around to spiritualise Bharat • Mata Amritanad – Kollam (Vellikovai) • Swami Chinmayanad – Gita to western educated house holders • Bhagwathy Attukkal Amman Koil, (Biggest Gatherings of Human Race) Shabari Malai, Bala Gokulam • Nuns, Priests, Mullas from Kerala • Namboodary in Vatican, Riyad, Golden Phone, Vishnu-Kalki Avtar- in 15 yrs Kerala will be free from Marx, Mullas, Missionaries 2. Shakti Traditions - Youth • Greatest General Napoleon – Duke of Wellington – Pazhashi Raja • V.P.Menon - Sardar Patel’s Right hand in unification of states • Dattaji Didolkar – 13 Kerala Fishermen – SV Kendra • 55 s/s killed – Tit for Tat, no reduction in spirit, shakha, pracharak, … • Kalari Payittu – Kannan ji youngest Kendriya Adhikari, • Pracharaks to Assam, Nagaland, Vanavasi KA in Assam, • Maximum Shakhas, Pracharaks, Vistaraks, Ngp OTC Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 155
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    Kerala State students 3.Buddhi Education Traditions – College • 1st Province to attain 100% -ve growth rate • Best Administrators, civil servants, engineers, (TN Seshan, E Sreedharan, Dr PK Iyengar, Madhavan Nair, Sivasankaran Menon (Foreign Secy), Narayanan (National Security Advisor) • Verghese Kurien AMUL – White Revolution • K.R.Narayanan – Prez 1997 – 2002; Vice Prez 1992-97, VC JNU 79 • Arya Chanakya, Aryabhatt (476 AD), Varahamihir, Paramesvara (1360-1455), Sankara Variar (c. 1500-1560), Narayana (c. 1500-1575) Acyuta Pisarati (c. 1550-1621) Sankara Varman (1800 C.E.) • Ayurveda (Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Kottakal), Gulf, Ayurveda Burqa • Ravi Verma, Swaty Thirunal, 4. Bhakti Shakti Buddhi for Social Reform Traditions • Manimegalai d/o Kannagi Ayyan Kali 1903 (30-40 yrs ago) • Mannath Padmanabhan 1924 Travancore Maharaja 1936 • Narayan Guru SV – Lunatic Asylum • Dalit KR Narayanan: Ambassador China 1976-78; USA – 1980-83, JNU Vice Chancellor 1979, Vice Prez 1992- 97; Prez 1997 – 2002. • Dalit Bala Krishnan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda CJI 156
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    Kerala State Sports • P.T.Usha, Valasamma, Anju George, • Sreesanth, Spread All Over The World • Gulf: CMs and CM of Kerala will become PM of Gulf • Oman Sultan: Dr, Security Personnel, Cook • Mt Everest: Edmond Hillary, Sherpa Tensing – served by Hot Tea • Nurses: All over Bharat • Nuns, Priests: All over the world–5,000 Nuns&Priests worldwid • Misbah Ul Haq: 20 Twenty Finals: Sreesanth caught him. • Raja Ravi Verma Photos All over the world for Hindu Gods • Devan Nair President of Singapore • MGRamachandran CM of Tamil Nadu – Bharat Ratna Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 157
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    Achievements of Indians and Overseas Indians Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 158
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    Hindus Around TheWorld  30 Million Indian Hindus in 120 countries (3 Crore Hindus outside Bharat) l 6 Million (60 Lacs) Indonesian Hindus (Bali) l Non-Indian Hindus in Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos etc, Roma Gypsies l Gypsies are of Indian Hindu origin l 120 out of 199 countries l Most widely distributed race l Large Hindu population in 40 countries Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 159
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    Suffering Hindus AroundThe World l Gypsies are of Indian Hindu origin ill treated for 1,000 years in Europe. l 5 lac Gypsies burnt in Gas Chambers by Hitler. l No one speaks on behalf of Gypsies. Not even Indian Government Roma Gypsies In Serbia armed Muslims and Christians while fighting among each other butchered unarmed Gypsies in large numbers. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 160
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    Suffering Hindus -Fiji 1. General Rembuka, George Spitz held to ransom democratically elected Governments when Hindus came to power. 2. Migration of Hindus to Australia and New Zealand hs reduced Hindu population in Fiji from 55% to 45% and is still on the decline. 3. Most businessmen, Civil Servants, laborers, Professionals in Fiji are Hindus and when they leave, Fiji economy will be badly affected. 4. Best schools in Fiji are run by Hindus. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 161
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    Suffering Hindus –Sri Lanka 1. 20 years of Civil War has reduced the economy of Hindus. 30,000 young Hindu women have become widows and 50,000 children are orphans. Large scale conversions is taking place. 2. Jafna Tamils are among the best professionals and devoted Hindus. They are migrating in large numbers to Europe. This is a great loss to Sri Lanka. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 162
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    Suffering Hindus –Bangla Desh l Islamisation of Bangladesh has reduced Hindus to 2nd class citizens. Their number has gone down from 30% to 10%. l Abduction, gang rape of Hindu women and girls, slaughtering of Hindu boys and men is a common practice during Hindu festivals like Durga Puja. l Human Rights organisation and media in Bharat are silent on these atrocities. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 163
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    Suffering Hindus –Pakistan l Islamisation of Pakistan has reduced Hindus to 2nd class citizens. Their number has gone down from 30% to 1%. l Abduction, gang rape of Hindu women and girls, slaughtering of Hindu boys and men is a common practice. l Human Rights organisation and media in Bharat are silent on these atrocities. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 164
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    Suffering Hindus –Afghanistan 1. Selective killings of Hindus by Taliban regime in the 80s. 2. Large scale migration of remaining Hindus to Europe. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 165
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    Suffering Hindus –Malaysia l Malasia is an Islamc State and govt has discriminatory laws. l Grand Hindu temples being razed to the ground every year. l Conversion of Hindus to Islam cannot be reversed. l Everest Major Murthy buried as per Islamic rites by Muslim fundamentalists. l The regimes under Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe, Ngo Dinh Diem (Vietnam), Syngman Rhee (Korea) can be studied for useful conclusions to be drawn as to the likely direction the Malaysian Indian situation is likely to take. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 166
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    Hindu Population - 1 1,000,000,000 2,500,000 Sri Lanka Bharat 1,900,000 Malaysia 20,000,000 1,800,000 USA Nepal 1,200,000 UK 20,000,000 Bangladesh 1,000,000 Middle 6,000,000 East Indonesia + Arabia Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 167
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    Hindu Population -2 900,000 Mauritius 160,000 Netherlands 700,000 Burma 150,000 Singapore 600,000 Canada 100,000 Australia 400,000 Guyana 70,000 Kenya 380,000 Fiji 65,000 Bhutan 350,000 Trinidad 60,000 Thailand 200,000 Surinam 60,000 Switzerland Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 168
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    Hindu Population -3 50,000 Hong Kong 20,000 Jamaica 50,000 France 17,000 Uganda 40,000 Germany 15,000 Spain 40,000 New Zealand 15,000 Portugal 20,000 Tanzania 10,000 Zambia 20,000 Nigeria 10,000 Russia Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 169
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    Kids Power ofBharat 9 year old Kishan Shrikanth Youngest film director of the world 2006 5 year old Ajay Ravi Puri of Bangkok, Mini Microsoft Kid, Youngest to make his own Home Page on the Internet, 2000 4 year old Budhia Singh ran 65 14 year Viswanath Anand KMs without a break Youngest Grand Master of his time 13 year Parimarjan Negi Youngest Grand Master 2005 7 year old Mohineesh of Vizag, World champion in under 8 World Chess Championship. Oct 2006 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 170
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    Kids Power ofBharat 14 year Akrit Jaswal Youngest surgeon in the world 7 years 3 months Sushma Verma youngest student to pass Class X board exams obtaining 354 marks out of 600. 14 year Shailendra Verma her brother is in final year Computer Vasudevan is a maths wizard at 9 years of age. Application. Malarkodi can recite 130 Tirukkural verses even as a Std I student. 10 year Arpan Sharma (Edgbaston, Birmingham) can speak 11 languages English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Hindi, Swahili, Ugandan, Mandarin, Thai. Ashika, LKG student from Chennai can recall the capitals of 132 countries and all the states of Bharat, also a master of Trivia in Geography, World Affairs. Akash her 2 year brother is also a wizard. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 171
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    Kids Power ofOverseas Hindus Gaurav Raja, a 15 year-old high school student in Virginia, USA has memorised 10,980 digits of pi, 5 year old Ajay Ravi Puri of Bangkok, Mini Microsoft Kid, Youngest to make his own Home Page on the Internet, 2000 AD Dr Bala Murali Ambatti New York, USA. 17 year-old World’s Youngest Doctor Sanjay Malakar 17 year old singer Top 7 in American Idol Miss Heenal Raichura from Britain (United Kingdom) Suhas Gopinath World’s 2nd youngest Doctor 17 yr old California Youngest Multi National 22 year old Multi- Millionaire businessman Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 172
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    Ancient Hindu KidsPower Dhruva Prahlad Ekalavya Hanuman Nachiketa Lav Kusha Satyakam Jabala Dalit Vedic Scholar Tiru Gnana Sambandar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 173
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    Youth Power ofHindus Pulella Gopichand World Badminton Champion Refused Crores of Rupees advertisement by Pepsi Because it is harmful to children. Kapil Dev won Vijay Singh of Fiji World cup for India World Golf Champion in 1983 Sherpa Tensing of Nepal First to climb Mount Sagarmatha Dhyan Chand all time great Hockey player. India scored 174 and conceded 7 19 year old Pankaj Advani goals in 24 games in World champion in 2 games: Olympics 1928 Billiards No.1 & Snooker No.1 -1956. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 174
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    Olympic Medals byHindus Bharateeyas & Overseas Hindus Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 175
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    Olympic Medals forHindus Abhinav Bindra Rajyavardhan Rathod Gold 2008 Beijing, Silver 2004 Athens Shooting Shooting Sushil Kumar Bronze 2008 Beijing, Wrestling Vijendra Kumar Bronze 2008 Beijing Boxing Karnam Malleswari Kasaba Jadhav Bronze 1952 Helsinki, Bronze 2000 Sydney Wrestling Weight Lifting 6th place in 1948 London Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 176
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    Indian Olympic Medals Norman Pritchard Chintamoni Kar (Calcutta) (Calcutta) 2 Silver Medals Silver - Sculpture 1900 Paris Athletics 1948 London Olympics Men’s 200 Metres Men’s 200 Metres Hurdles http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=12&sp=ART http://www.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/11ind.htm http://www.webindia123.com/sports/olymp/past.htm Leander Paes Bronze - Tennis 1996 Atlanta Narrowly Missed Bronze Medals 1960 Rome Milka Singh 400 Mt sprint Missed by 1/10th of a second 1984 Los Angeles PT Usha 400 Mts Hurdles Missed by 1/100th of a second 1992 Barcelona Limba Ram Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 1 Point. Archery Missed by 177
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    Olympic Finalists inAthletics Olympic Finalists in Athletics In athletics, six Indians and the 4x400 women's relay team have reached the finals of their events in Olympics. • 1900 Norman Pritchard (two silvers in sprint and hurdles), • 1948 London Henry Rebello (Triple Jump), • 1960 Rome Milkha Singh (fourth place in 400 metres), • 1964 Tokyo Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (5th place in 100 m hurdles), • 1976 Montreal Sriram singh (seventh in 800m), • 1984 Los Angeles P.T Usha (fourth in 400m hurdles) who unfortunately lost her bronze by 1/100th of a second • 1984 Los Angeles 4 member squad of the 400m. women's relay P.T.Usha, M.D.Valsamma, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abraham reached seventh place, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 178
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    Olympic Medals byOverseas Hindus Mohini Bharadwaj, USA 2004 Olympics Siver Medal winner in Athletics Raj Bhavsar 2008 Olympic Bronze for USA (Houston) in Gymnastics Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 179
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    How Olympic Medalsare won? Australia spent 50 Million Dollars on sports to get 50 medals at 2000 Sydney Olympics. After the Olympics Australian government announced that they will not be able to spend such huge amounts on their probable medal winners for the next Olympics. All the medal winners went on protest march saying that if the government did not spend this amount on the sportsmen they will not be able to win the medals in future. India India does not spend much money on our probable medal winners. Some sportsmen including Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra had to buy their own plane tickets to Beijing. Now that Bharat has enough money, we must spend on Infra-structures (state of the art Training centers, stadiums), Sports Kits, equipments, proper nutrition for the sports persons, best coaches, managers, officials etc. We should start training our children from young age. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 180
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    Excellence in Billiards& Snooker Do you know that 19 Year Old Pankaj Advani is the only player to win Gold Medals in 2 sports. He is World No.1 in Billiards and also World No.1 in Snooker. Many world champions had advised him to concentrate only on one game. 22 year old Anuja Thakur of Mumbai is also World Champion in 2 games. She is World No.1 in Billiards and World No.3 in Snooker. Gold Medal 2005 World Ladies Billiards Champion Bronze Medal 2004 IBSF World Ladies Snooker Championship Bronze Medal 2006 WLBSA Snooker Semi Finalist 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship Meenal Thakur Younger sister of Anuja Thakur Silver Medal (Runner up) 2005 World Ladies Snooker Championship (Doubles) Quarter Finalist 2005 World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Championship http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/anuja.htm http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/meenal.htm Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 181
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    India’s Excellence inSports Excellence in Billiards & Snooker Wilson Jones Gold Medals in World Billiards Championships in 1958 and 1964 Michael Ferreira (Bombay Tiger) won World Billiards Championship 4 times 1977 Geet Sethi Winner of 8 World Titles – 5 World Professional & 3 IBSF World Billiards Championships. Guinness Book of World Records Pankaj Advani Winner of 3 World Titles in Billiards and Snooker in 2005. Excellence in Archery Dola Banerjee Gold Medals at 18th Golden Arrow Grand Prix at Turkey in 2008 Jayant Talukdar Gold Medal at FITA Meteksan Archery World Cup at Croatia in 2005. Limba Ram Equaled World Record in 1992 Asian Championship. At 1992 Barcelona Olympics missed Bronze Medal by 1 Point. Tarundeep Rai Silver Medal at 2005 Madrid World Championship. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 182
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    India’s Excellence inSports Excellence in Athletics Norman Pritchard 2 Silver Medals in 1900 Paris Olympics in 200 Mts Sprint and 200 Mts Hurdles. Milka Singh (Flying Sikh) missed Bronze Medal at 1960 Rome Olympics by 1/10th of a second and despite breaking Olympic Record. T.C.Yohannan Gold Medals in various competitions at Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kobe in 1974 in Long Jump. P.T.Usha 1984 Los Angeles Olympics lost Bronze Medal by 1/100th of a second. Anju George Bronze Medal in 2003 in Long Jump at Paris World Championship http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/athletics/athletes/pt-usha.html Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 183
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    India’s Excellence inSports Excellence in Badminton Prakash Padukone Gold Medals in 1979 at the prestigious All England Badminton Championship Pullella Gopichand Gold Medal in 2001 at the prestigious All England Badminton Championship. Aparna Popat Gold Medal in the Women’s Singles in French Open, Paris in 1998 http://www.iloveindia.com/sports/badminton/players/aparna-popat.html Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 184
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    Hindu Youth Power Gold Medal Winners Abhijeet Gupta (Boys) & Dronavalli Harika (Girls) at World Junior Chess Championship (under 20) held in August 2008. Silver Medal for Boys was won by Parimarjan Negi. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 185
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    Today India isWorld Chess Capital Do you know that Chess Originated in Bharat 10,000 years ago. Viswanatha Anand became the youngest Grand Master in chess at the age of 14. He is the undisputed World Chess Champion since 2007 and World Rapid Chess Champion since its inception in 2003. Parimarjan Negi became the Grand Master in 2006 at the age of 13. Abhijit Gupta & Parimarjan Negi won Gold & Silver Medals for boys and Dronavalli Harika won Gold Medal for girls at the World Junior Chess Championships held in Turkey in Aug 2008 while Beijing Olympics was in progress. Dronavalli Harika has won 3 World Youth Chess Championship Titles – in 2004 she won Girls under 14 in Greece, in 2006 she won under 18 in Georgia, US & in 2008 she took the Girls title at the World Junior Chess Championship in Turkey. Koeneru Hampi won Gold Medal in 2001 World Junior Girls Chess Championship. At the age of 15 years 1 month she became the youngest woman ever to become a Grand Master beating Judit Polgar’s previous record by 3 months. In Chess India has the most Grandfrom all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come to us Masters in Asia. 186
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1928 Amsterdam Captain: Jaipal Singh (Vanavasi) Played 5, Goals for 29 Won 5 Goals against 0 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 187
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics Hockey Brothers 1932 Roopsingh (11) & Los Angeles Dhyan Chand (14) Played 2 scored 25 goals Won 2 Goals for 35 Record for most Goals against 2 goals in a single match Captain: Roopsingh slammed Lal Shah Bokhari 10 goals against USA 24-1 victory against USA is the Biggest Score in an Intl Match Solitary goal by USA scored when Indian defenders let the American have a run and, Indian goal Keeper Richard Allen was signing autographs behind goal post. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 188
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1936 Berlin Played 5 won 5 Goals for 38 Goals against 1 Captain: Major Dhyan Chand 1936 Berlin Olympics finally an Indian player opened his turban to demonstrate to rival athletes that it was all skill and not a recourse to the supernatural that had won India three consecutive Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 189 golds.
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics Captain 1936 Berlin Major Dhyan Chand Played 5 Won 5 Goals for 38 Goals against 1 1936 Berlin Olympics Finals was against Germany. Record crowd of 40,000 HITLER left the match midway disgusted at Germany’s plight. India was leading 6-0. Germans decided to play rough & broke the tooth of Indian captain Dhyan Chand. Coming back after receiving first aid, Dhyan Chand now playing barefoot instructed his team to go easy on goals. As the stunned crowd watched, the Indians repeatedly took the ball upto the German circle and then back passed to mystify their opponents. India vanquished Germany 8-1 in the finals to win its third successive Olympic Gold Medal Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 190
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1948 London Played 5, won 5 Goals for 25 Goals against 2 Captain Kishan Lal Chintamoni Kar (Calcutta) Silver - Sculpture 1948 London Olympics Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 191
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1952 Helsinki Played 3 won 3 Goals for 13 Goals against 2 Captain K.D.Singh (Babu) Kasaba Jadhav Bronze 1952 Helsinki, Wrestling 6th place in 1948 London Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 192
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1956 Melbourne Played 5 won 5 Goals for 38 Goals against 0 Captain Balbir Singh (Sr) 1960 Rome Silver India Lost 0 – 1 to Pakistan in Finals. 1964 Tokyo Gold 1968 Mexico Bronze (Gold-Pakistan, Silver-Australia) 1972 Munich Bronze (Gold-Germany, Silver-Pakistan) 1980 Moscow Gold Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 193
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1964 Tokyo Played 9, Won 7 Drawn 2 Lost 0 Goals for 22 Goals against 5 Captain Charanjit Singh Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 194
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    Indian Hockey GOLDat Olympics 1980 Moscow Played 6 Won 4 Drawn 2 Lost 0 Goals for 43 Goals against 9 Captain V. Bhaskaran Biggest and Second Biggest Scores in Olympic Hockey 24-1 India beat USA 1932 Los Angeles 18-0 India beat Tanzania 1980 Moscow Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 195
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    Indian Hockey Silver& Bronze 1960 Rome Silver lost to Pakistan 1-0 1968 Mexico Bronze (Gold-Pakistan, Silver-Australia) 1972 Munich Bronze (Gold-Germany, Silver-Pakistan) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 196
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    Olympic Medals forHindus Abhinav Bindra Rajyavardhan Rathod Gold Silver 2008 Beijing, Shooting 2004 Athens, Shooting Sushil Kumar Bronze 2008 Beijing, Wrestling Vijendra Kumar Bronze 2008 Beijing, Boxing Kasaba Jadhav Karnam Malleswari Bronze of Andhra 2000 Olympics Bronze 1952 Helsinki, Wrestling medal winner in Weight Lifting 6th place in 1948 London Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 197
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    Hindu Youth Power-2 Shravan Kumar Veer Abhimanyu carried his aged, blind parents fought alone and gallantly to pilgrim centers in Mahabharat war Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 198
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    Hindu Youth Power-2 Shravan Kumar Veer Abhimanyu carried his aged, blind parents fought alone and gallantly to pilgrim centers in Mahabharat war Gautam Adani of Rs. 15,000 crore Capt. Saurab Kalia Adani Group, Parakramsinh Jadeja Kargil’s 1st Hero of Jyoti CNC, Govind Dholakia of June 1999 Rs 800 crore Harekrishna Exports, a leading Diamond Export house, Narendra Somani of Bhagwati Group, Matriculate Millionaires – never saw a college classroom in their life time but were able to employ a battery of highly qualified professionals. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 199
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    Social Consciousness Suresh Kamath, the managing director of Chennai based Laser Soft Infosystems Ltd. The company has 550 employees and 15 per cent of them are Differently Abled– physically challenged, people suffering from cerebral palsy and deaf and dumb. Today, the company is a force to reckon with in the banking software arena. Baba Adhav, Hamal Panchayat in Pune in 1972. housing, banking, education and medical facilities for unskilled hamals. co- operative housing society comprising 190 flats. Kashtachi Bhakar nutritious food at a nominal rate of Rs 5. Rajasthan Anganwadis India Today, Date: May 28, 2007. Shaping up the lives of lakhs of women in rural Rajasthan, giving them a foundation to follow their dreams. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 200
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    Social Consciousness Mumbai Dubbawalas RatanKhatri Manimegalai Mahendra & Sangha Mitra Thailand - Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis Waytha Murthy Baba Amte Prakash Amte Mandakini Prakash Amte Manjunath Shanmugam E Sreedharan Satyendranath Dubey TN Seshan Khairnar Chandrasekhar Justice Pramod Kode Rebello Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 201 Public Prosecutor Kotnis
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    Social Consciousness Shanmugam Manjunath Justice Pramod Kode Petrol Pump inspection Did not take even a single day Holiday during 13 years of case Satyendra K Dubey Mumbai Dubbawalas Highway Trees felled illegally Bombay's 'one-man demolition army' Govind Rao Khairnar, former Deputy Commissioner of Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Baba Amte, T.N. Seshan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 202
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    Social Consciousness Prakash &Mandakini Amte Megasaysay Award Ashok Singhal Voice of the Oppressed Hindus Waytha Murthy Voice of the Oppressed Malaysian Hindus Sangha Mitra, daughter of Emperor Ashok Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 203
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    Women Power ofBharat Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 204
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    Women Power ofBharat Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka) & Smt Indira Gandhi (Bharat) were the first and second woman Prime Ministers of world. Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan), Sheikh Hasina & Khaleeda Zia (Bangladesh) & Sukarno Puteri Megawati (Indonesia) are the only Muslim woman prime ministers and they all have Hindu ancestors. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 205
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    Women Power ofBharat 11 Year old Dronavalli Harika Asia’s youngest ever Chess International Women Master 2002 Marykom of Manipur. She is the first women boxer in the world to win the world title three years in a row Anuja Thakur of Mumbai. 22 year old World Snooker Champion She is also world No: 3 in Billiards Karnam Malleswari of Andhra 2000 Olympics Bronze medal winner in Weight Lifting Koneru Humpy of Andhra Young World Grand Master Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 206
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    Women Power ofBharat Sheetal Mahajan, Avvaiyar, 22 yr old from Pune, Ancient Tamil Poetess 1st girl in the world to jump from a parachute in both North and Andal, South Poles Ancient Tamil Saint Jaswantiben Popat, Mirabai, Rajasthan Lijjat Papad Maharani Padmini, Rani Verma, Rajasthan 14 yr old from Varanasi, lost 14,000 women both her hands in an accident. committed Sati She wrote and passed SSC Rani exams in first class in 2007 by Durgawati, writing with her feet. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 207
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    Women Power ofIndia Dr. V. Shanta of Chennai, 2005 Magasaysay winner for her service to Cancer patients Ritu Beri, Intl Fashion Designer Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon, Richest Indian woman. Kiran Bedi, Intl reputed jailor from Delhi. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 208
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    Brave Women ofIndia Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay the first woman Punita Arora Air Marshal in the first Indian woman Indian Air Force. Lieutenant General in the Indian Army Bachendri Pal, the first Indian woman (and the fifth in the world), to scale Mt. Everest, the highest peak in the world on 23rd May 1984, and stood on the summit of Sagarmatha (the Nepali name for the Mt. Everest) for 43 minutes. She is a Poor village girl from Garhwal. Nirmal Chawla Ist Lady Indian pilot to Sarla Thakral participate in any war (Kargil), first Indian woman she was flying 'Chetak' India's Pilot 1936. best fighter Chopper. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 209
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    Overseas Hindu WomenPower Asha Srinivasan – USA- Chitra Bharucha 26 year old PhD student - UK - BBC one of top 15 Music Directors in USA. 2nd in charge Indra Nooyi – USA- CEO PepsiCo, Gurinder 3rd most powerful lady Chadha, in the world. Film Director from UK Kiran Desai Youngest woman Booker Prize 19 year old Kavya Viswanathan of winner UK Harvard University USA. Her best selling novel will be filmed. She got $500,000 from the publisher of her novel. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 210
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    Overseas Hindu WomenPower Sa Ding Ding Chinese Fast Rising Singer In 2008 she won the BBC Radio 3 World Music Award for the Asia-Pacific region. She sings in variety of languages including Chinese, Sanskrit and Tibetans. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 211
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    Overseas Indians inSports Mohini Bharadwaj, Sthalekar USA 2004 Olympics Siver Australian Cricket Medal winner in athletics team Captain Sherpa Tensing Norgay of Nepal first to climb the world’s highest peak Vijay Singh, Sagarmatha on 29 May Fiji, Golf World 1953. #1 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 212
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    Women Empowerment Today 26 – 50% of Indians are Poor l Rehabilatation, Social Development, Economic Self Sufficiency of Rag- Pickers (rsdess) l Child Labour Project l Integrated Programme for Street Children l Sponsorship Programme for Destitute Girls l Environment Improvement Project l Shikshalaya Prakalpa (educational centres and mid day meal) l Income Generating Activities – Self-Help Groups l Involve in Local Govt Initiatives l Self Help Groups Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 213
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    William James onSwami Vivekanand The Paragon of all Monastic systems is the Vedanta Philosophy of Hindustan and the paragon of Vedantic missionaries was the late Swami Vivekanand who visited our land some years ago. Swami is simply a wonder for oratorical power. Swami Vivekanad is an honor to humanity in any case. William James USA, 1842 – 1910 A.D. American Philosopher and Psychologist who developed the philosophy of Pragmatism Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 214
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    Women and theDivine Word (Vedas) l Hindus have four revealed texts: Rigveda, Samaveda, Atharvaveda, Yajurveda l Of the 407 Sages of Rigveda, 21 are women. Rigveda Many significant hymns are by women (Brahma Vadinis). l Recitation of Atharvaveda starts with invocation to Devi: “shanno devirbhishtiye…”. Book XIV of this Veda and sections in other books also attributed to Women Sages (‘Rishikā’) l Recitation of Samaveda often accompanied by playing of instruments by women. l Several mantras from Yajurveda (e.g. Sukla YV 5.17) specifically recited by women. CONCLUSION: The belief that women cannot study the Vedas is false, and later concoction. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 215
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    Women as VedicDeities (Devis)  Gayatri, the Mother of Vedas (Atharva Veda 19.71.1)  Both male and female deities are extolled in the hymns ('Apri Suktas') of all revealed texts of Hindus and in the family prayers of all the 10 lineages of Vedic Sages.  Devis such as Ila, Bharati, Usha are said to be ‘sweetly smiling, shining ones, splendid and beautiful, possessors of wisdom, teachers of mankind, fulfiller of boons, foremost amongst those to whom worship is offered, mother of Devas.’ Always worshipped with male Devas.  Supreme Being referred to in NEUTER gender (e.g., Ekam Sat vipra, Rigveda 1.164.46, has Ekam and Sat in neuter)  God is NOT a male  God also referred to as irreproachable wife of the worshipper (husband) in Rigveda 1.73.3 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 216
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    Veda as aWoman  Divine Word (‘Vac’) is considered a Devi. In later Hinduism, Sarasvati is the patron deity of Vedas, music, arts and all learning. Vac Sukta (Rigveda 10.125) dealing with revelation of Vedas is attributed to Rishika Vagambhrina  Vedic texts often referred to in feminine. E.g., Shrimati Rigveda Samhita  Sarasvati River, the earthly manifestation of Devi Sarasvati gave rise to Vedic-Harappan culture.  The Gayatri Mantra, the holiest prayer of Hindus in the Vedas, is often represented symbolically as a Devi in classical Hinduism. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 217
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    I. Shaakta: Shakti,the Powerful Devi, Killer of Mahishaasura Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 218
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    I. Shaakta: Durga, theBeautiful Divine Mother Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 219
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    II. Shaiva: Ardhanaariishvara God as Half-Woman  In Shaiva tradition, God often represented as a half woman  In Vaishnava tradition, Vishnu often incarnates as a woman to preserve and protect Dharma (Mohini avatar)  When God is worshipped as ‘parent’, ‘mother’ takes precedence over ‘father’ aspect.  Both Women and Men are manifestations of God (contrast: According to the Abrahamic faiths, man was created in the image of God, and women from that man’s extra rib!) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 220
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    II. Shaiva - Parvatias an equal of Shiva Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 221
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    III. Vaishnava- Shriman Narayana,Vishnu who dwells with Shri (Lakshmi) "Sage Parashar said: O Maitreya! Always a companion of Vishnu and the Mother of this Universe, Devi Lakshmi is eternal. Vishnu is omnipresent, so is She. If She is speech, Vishnu is the object of description. Vishnu is the Law, and She is the Policy. Lord Vishnu is knowledge, she is intelligence. He is Dharma, She is good karma. If Vishnu is the Creator, She is the Creation (that abides eternally with Him). He is the mountain, She is Earth. He is the virtue of contentment, She is the all satisfying. If Lord Vishnu is desire, She is the object of desire. He is the sacred Vedic ritual, she is the priestly fee...“ (Vishnu Purana 1.8.17-20ab) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 222
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    III. Avataras ofShri -Vishnu 1. Radha-Krishna or Rukmini-Krishna  Shri Krishna worshipped together with Radha or with Rukmini  In some Vaishnava sects, Radha considered more important than Krishna  Independent Hindu spiritual texts with names such as ‘Sitopanishad’, ‘Radhopanishad’ and so on exist, which extol the greatness of the Devis in the divine pairs. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 223
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    III. Avataras ofShri-Vishnu 2. Sita-Rama  Sita-ji, a Nepalese princess, is considered one of five ‘Satis’ (virtuous women)  When God is worshipped as ‘Divine Couple’ by Hindus, the name of the feminine typically precedes that of masculine. E.g., ‘Sita-Ram’, ‘Radhe-Shyam’, ‘Uma- Mahesh’ or ‘Shri Vishnu’  Numerous shrines and sacred sites named after Sita (Sitapur, Sitamarhi, Sita ki Rasoi etc.) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 224
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    Conclusion: Feminine Theology- A Gift of Hindus to the World  Hinduism is the ONLY major religion that worships God also as a woman. All other major faiths see God as a ‘Fatherly’ figure only.  Even in Male oriented traditions, Devi plays an important role.  In Hindu Dharma, Wisdom/Knowledge, Prosperity, Power etc., represented symbolically by feminine Hindu deities  It is not surprising that words denoting the Feminine Power of God, such as Shakti, Kali and so on have become a part of the New Age vocabulary because there is a deficiency of such terms in other organized religions. There is even a perfume launched by the name ‘Kali’ in the west CONCLUSION: A woman can be a good Hindu and also a feminist at the same time. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 225
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    The Real BreadGiver Ancient Hindu Roots of Feminine Ecology and Environmentalism  Entire Universe is ‘alive’, pervaded by Supreme Being : Body of God  Earth and Nature are called ‘Mother Earth’ and ‘Prakriti’ (feminine) in Hindu philosophy  Ma Ganga: Rivers are manifestations of feminine deities  Grains are manifestations of Devi Annapuurnaa  Trees and Forests are abode of feminine deities: Sacred groves, sacred trees, sacred plants  Mother Cow: symbol of motherly love, sacred animal Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 226
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    The Notion of‘Motherland’  One’s country is always termed as ‘Motherland’, never as Fatherland in recognition of the fact that the land we live in nurtures us lovingly as our own mother. Indians often worship India as ‘Bharatmata’.  “Janani janmabhumishcha, svargaadapi gariiyasi” (Sri Rama said that one’s mother and motherland are superior to Heaven)  Iconic representation of Bharat Mata Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 227
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    There are morethan 35 synonyms for woman in Sanskrit. Each synonym explains the role she has play in the society around her. Ex: Stree,Vanitaa, Pradeepadarshini, Kaantaa, Soubhaagyaa. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 228
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    Philanthropist Hindu Ladies– Rani Rashmoni Rani Rashmoni Devi (1793-1861) was the widow of a rich landowner (Zamindar) and managed his estate very efficiently after his death. Once when the Rani was on her way to a pilgrimage to Varanasi, Goddess Kali appeared to her in a dream and asked the Rani to return to Kolkata and construct a temple in that town. Thus was built the famous Dakshineshvar temple (later associated with Saint Ramakrishna Paramahamsa). She also repaired the sacred steps (‘ghats’) on the banks of the Bhagarathi river (distributary of Ganga flowing past Kolkata) and made handsome endowments to the Hindu College (now called The Presidency College) and the Imperial Library (now called The National Library) in Kolkata. She also had a road constructed from the Subarnarekha river (that flows past the town of Jamshedpur) to the Hindu pilgrim center of Puri for the welfare of pilgrims. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 229
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    Women as Warriors,Warrior Queens When the ruler Dalpat Rai of Gondwana died in 1548, Rani Durgavati became the regent Queen on behalf of her infant son Bir Narayan and ruled her kingdom ably for 16 years. The Moghul Emperor Akbar invaded her kingdom in 1564. She fought bravely and when defeat was imminent, she chose to commit suicide by plunging a dagger into herself. She may have lost her life in the battlefield but Akbar could not subjugate her loyal subjects completely. OTHER Examples: Hindu Queen Kota Rani of Kashmir pushed back Tartar invaders. Queen Rudramba of Andhra Pradesh punished revolts and evil feudal lords. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 230
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    Rani Chenamma ofKittur Rani Chennamma of Kittur (1778-1829) received training in horse riding, sword fighting and archery in her young age. She was married to Raja Mullasarja of Kittur, a princely state in Belgaum in Karnataka. Her husband died in 1816. Her only son died in 1824. Chennamma adopted Shivalingappa as her son and made him heir to the throne. The British did not accept this and ordered the expulsion of Shivalingappa. The Rani defied the order. A great battle ensued. The Rani fought the British with great courage and skill. She could not, however, hold out for long. She was taken captive and lodged in Bailhongal Fort where she died in early 1829. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 231
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    Rani Avantibai Rani Avantibai: When Vikramaditya Singh, the ruler of Ramgarh State died leaving behind his wife Avantibai and no heir to the throne, the British put the state under court administration. Avantibai vowed to win back her land from the British. She raised an army of four thousand men and led it herself against the British in 1857. A fierce battle ensured and Avantibai fought most valiantly but could not hold out for long against the superior strength of the British army. When her defeat become imminent she killed herself with her own sword and became a martyr in March 1858. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 232
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    Preferring Death toDishonor  To avoid capture and abuse by Muslim invaders, Hindu women committed Jauhar. E.g. Rani Padmini of Chittor lead 700 women into fire pit to escape the lust of Allauddin Khilji  Women were soldiers and spies in Vedic, Mauryan and Sikh armies  Used their charms to kill invaders and temple breakers  Women donated jewelery and money to fund national defense.  Unlike other religions, Hindu warfare forbade capturing and abusing enemy women Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 233
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    Women and HinduSprituality  Hindus have been blessed with a continuous, unbroken chain of women Saints , Yoginis, Nuns (Saadhvi), Priestesses (panditaa), Ascetics (Bhikshuni) and Seers (Rishika) who roam all over the world to this day to preach the eternal message of our Dharma.  Numerous women Hindu priests and Gurus serve the laity in the United States as well, and preside over temple management, monasteries and other Hindu institutions.Buddhism and Jainism, two offshoots of Hindu Dharma, also have had prominent orders of nuns.  Hindu texts are unanimous in declaring that God does not differentiate between men and women. In the Hindu philosophy of Bhakti, or devotion to God, the cowherd women (gopi-s) who resided in the region of Braj in northern India are held as exemplars for all mankind.  In traditional enumerations of pious people who were saved by the liberating power of God, both men and women are listed without prejudice. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 234
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    Women in Hinduspiritual texts The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the longest text of Hindu spirituality, describes the proceedings of a marvelous spiritual conference in which the great Sage Yajnavalkya was locked in a debate with several Sages on the other side. Suddenly, a woman sage named Gargi Vachnavi rises and says that if Sage Yajnavalkya can answer her questions, all the other Sages will accept his doctrines . It is noteworthy that all the Sages present there accept her as their spiritual leader and allow her to represent them on their behalf. In the same text, Maitreyi, the wife of Yajnavalkya, motivates him to deliver a memorable sermon on the nature of God and soul. Modern India has honored these illustrious women by founding colleges bearing their names. In a long spiritual lineage given in this text, all the teachers and students are listed as sons of their mothers.  Yajnavalkya with Gargi and Maitreyi In Kena Upanishad, spiritual wisdom appears to Indra as ‘Uma’ Brahmavidya, a woman. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 235
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    Andal - Oneof the 12 Alvar Saints The Lady who would marry none but Lord Vishnu Andal was the adopted daughter of Vishnuchitta, who gathered flowers for a Vishnu temple in Tamil Nadu. Once, he found her wearing the flowers that he had offered to Bhagawan and was angry. But Andal said that she was married to Lord Vishnu, and the Lord Himself appeared to Vishnuchitta in a dream to confirm this. Andal wrote very soul-stirring songs of devotion (called Tiruppavai) which are sung during the month of Margali (Dec-Jan) in several parts of India. Tiruppavai has been translated into several languages and included in the Shri Vaishnava tradition liturgy. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 236
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    Meerabai the Princess whowedded Lord Krishna Meerabai (16th century) was a Rajput Princess of Mewar who decided in her childhood that her husband was Lord Krishna. She was married to a Rajput prince, but forsaking all formal ties, she traveled between various religious centers associated with Lord Krishna. Her Hindi bhajans (devotional songs) in praise of Rama and Krishna are very popular even today. Meerabai’s soul merged with that of Lord Krishna in Dwaraka when she was 67 years old. Andal-Goda’s songs are recited daily in Shri Vaishnava Hindu liturgy in temples as well as in homes, in India as well as outside India. Her icon is frequently placed alongside that of Lord Vishnu and Devi Lakshmi in temples. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 237
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    More examples ofHindu Women Saints Lalleshvari of Kashmir (14th cent.) Akka Mahadevi of Karnataka (12th cent.) Kaarikkaal Ammaiyaar of Tamil Nadu (before 600 CE) Muktabai of Maharashtra (13th cent.) Janabai of Maharashtra (13-14th cent.)  Meera, Akka Mahadevi, Lalleshvari, Andal and other saintly women of medieval India are considered some of the foremost Hindu Sages. Their writings are treated as scripture, and chanted with great regard to this day. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 238
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    Shree Shree MaAnandamoyi In more recent times, Shree Shree Ma Anandamoyi (1896-1982), born in Khera in what is now Bangladesh , was a Hindu woman mystic whose own husband became her devotee, and who was held in great reverence even by Mahatma Gandhi. She traveled far and wide, preaching compassion and spirituality, and was instrumental in the setting up of many hospitals and other charitable institutions. Her Ashram in Bangladesh was recently destroyed by Islamists. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 239
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    Women Saints: Ammachi www.ammachi.org  Mata Amritanandamayi, known as the ‘Hugging Saint’ – spreads divine love by embracing her millions of devotees and leaving a profound positive impact on them.  Born in a poor Harijan Hindu family of Kerala, she spreads the doctrine of Bhakti  Donated Rs 1 billion for Tsunami 2004 relief, offered to adopt all children orphaned in Kerala  Opened numerous charitable hospitals, free housing for poor, schools Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 240
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    Women Saints: MataNirmala Devi Born to a Christian priest in India, she converted to Hindu Dharma Discovers ‘Sahaja Yoga’, which can be practiced by all. Travels tirelessly to preach Sahaja Yoga to people all nationalities and religions Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 241
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    Foreign Disciple ofa Hindu Saint Sister Nivedita Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble) born in 1867 in Northern Ireland, met Swami Vivekananda in London in 1895 and became his disciple. She came to India in 1898. In India she engaged herself in running a school for girls and young women. After Swamiji's death she involved herself actively in the Indian Freedom Movement. She wrote several books that present different aspects of Hinduism and Buddhism in a very lucid manner for the lay readership. She died in 1911. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 242
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    Mother Mira Aditi Aforeign disciple who became a Hindu Saint ‘The Mother’, was the spiritual companion or the first disciple of Shri Aurobindo, one of the most influential Hindu Sage of our times. She had visions about him even before she met him and became Self- realized/God-realized following the Integral Yoga he was developing/teaching). Originally from France, she followed him to India, where she spent the rest of her life providing spiritual leadership to Shri Aurobindo’s disciples. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 243
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    Ma Sharada The Widowof a Saint becomes a Saint Sharada Devi (b. 1853), the wife of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a Hindu Saint who lived in the 19th century. After Ramakrishna Paramahamsa passed away in 1886, she continued to guide her husband’s followers till her own death in 1920. Portraits of the two are worshipped together by followers of this Hindu saint even today. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 244
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    Feminine Spirituality- Conclusions It would be a fair statement to make that of all the organized global religions in the world today, women perhaps have the most visible and prominent presence in Hindu Dharma. Feminine spirituality is not something that needs to be grafted onto Hindu Dharma. It has always been a part of the core of our faith. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 245
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    Hindu Women asFreedom Fighters  Sarojini Naidu, the ‘Nightingale of India’  Broke social taboos, had an intercaste marriage  Gifted poetess and author, wrote a 4000 line Persian play when she was 14 yrs  Injected humor in India’s freedom movement (called Gandhiji a ‘mickey mouse’ and Nehru a ‘handsome prince’)  Many other Hindu women fought for freedom, eg. Sucheta Kriplani, Kasturba Gandhi, Nelli Sengupta, Annie Besant, Vijayalaxmi Pandit Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 246
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    Hindu Women inSocial Roles Why does this woman look unhappy? Ans: Hinduism has a mixed record when we deal with the social status of women. It is extremely important to make this admission without any reservations, because we cannot solve problems unless we recognize them. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 247
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    Why does traditionsometimes fail to do justice to women? In the worldview of classical Hindu texts, the wife was not a producer of wealth. Her sphere of activity was restricted to her home, and her family members. She did all the household chores, managed her husband’s wealth, maintained her household possessions, brought up children, cooked food for the family, served her husband and took a leading role in fulfilling several domestic ritual observances. This was true for all traditional societies, and things are changing very fast in Hindu societies today with more and more women exploring opportunities for self-fulfillment outside their homes with the support of their husbands and other family members. In fact, it was never entirely true that women do not produce wealth. Since times immemorial, Hindu women have worked in the fields, as artisans and so on. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 248
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    • Vandaneeya Lakshmibai kelkar (1905 – 1978). • Founder of Rashtra Sevika Samiti: 1936. • Put forth 3 ideals for women: • Maatrutva ,Kartrutva & Netrutva. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 249
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    Matrutva : IdealMother-Jija bai. l In Mahabharata, Kunti inspired Pandavas to fight for their rights. She is one of the five ‘panchakanyas’ l Jijabai inspired Shivaji to defeat Islamist ruler Aurangzeb and liberate our land from oppression l Many grateful Hindu scholars named their works after their wives (e.g, Vedanta text Bhamati) or daughters (e.g., Math text Lilavati) l Women made saints out men, e.g., Ratnavali inspired Tulsidas to become a great saint Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 250
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    Kartrutva : Achiever AhalyabaiHolkar Queen Ahalyabai Holkar (1725-1795) of the princely state of Indore in central India is often held as an example of an ideal Hindu sovereign. She inherited her kingdom from her father in law since her husband and her son were already dead. Ahalyabai ruled her kingdom with great ability, benevolence and compassion for 30 years. Numerous trusts and institutions founded in her memory by both her descendants as well as by others attest to her exalted status in the Indian society. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 251
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    Netrutva: Rani Lakshmibai Ideal Leader l The legendary Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi fought bravely against British invaders in 1857 and died on the battlefield. She is considered the Joan of Arc of India and is glorified in several Hindi ballads and poems. The words ‘Khoob ladi mardaani, woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi’ from a poem in her honor written by the poetess Subhadra Kumari Chauhan are known to every school-going student in the Hindi speaking areas of northern India. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 252
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    Can women in thisera make a Difference ? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 253
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    Panditaa: Hindu women aspriests  A panditaa performing wedding ceremony  Social reformers such as Dayanand Saraswati (1824-1883) championed the rights of women to study Vedas and perform rituals like male priests. His followers like Lala Devraj started Vedic schools for women)  Upasani Baba in Ahmadnagar and Udyan Mangala Karyalaya in Pune train women pandits and Vedic scholars. In recent years, more women than men have become Hindu priests in Pune.  There are now 1000s of Hindu women priests all over the world and are in great demand because they are considered more sincere. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 254
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    Vidushi: Women scholars ofHindu Dharma Dozens of women Sages (Rishikas) in Vedas and Upanishads. Saulabha Shakha of Rigveda named after Rishika Sulabhaa  Scholars: Bhikshuni Sulabha in Mahabharata, Women grammarians/teachers mentioned in Ashtadhyayi of Panini, and Mahabhashya of Patanjali. Atreyi learned Vedas and Vedanta from Valmiki.  Judges: Ubhaya Bharati judged the winner in a debate between Adi Shankaracharya and Mandana Mishra (her own husband).  Upaadhyaaya and Acharyaa: Temples such as Lingaraj (Orissa) show women teachers with both male and female students.  Poetesses: Gangadevi (14th cent) wrote the Sanskrit epic ‘Madhuravijayam’. Avvaiyaar and many women poetesses in Tamil Sangam literature.   Dr Vasudha Narayanan (Univ of Fl), first non-Judeo Christian President of American Academy of Religion is a devout Hindu Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 255
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    Hindu Women asArtistes-1 Hindu music and dance has always had a very strong connection with women. Devi Sarasvati is the patron deity of all art, music, literature, drama and dance and her blessings are invoked whenever artists commence their work or performance. Most of the classical dance forms of Hindus such as Balinese (in Indonesia), Kuchipudi, Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Kathak and Garba are dominated by women performers today.  Odissi Dancer Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 256
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    Hindu Women asArtistes -2 Even in dance forms where women do not participate, their status is quite exalted. For instance, Kathakali dance of Kerala is traditionally performed by men who wear masks of different colors to denote different categories of persons. Interestingly, the masks for women as well as for all divine characters (devas) are painted white in order to indicate their holy, pure and exalted status. Many traditional folk dance forms such as Pandavani of Chhattisgarh are being promoted by women such as Teejanbai. Balinese dancer in Indonesia  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 257
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    Melody Queen, LataMangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar, a devoted Hindu lady, is considered one of the foremost women singers in Indian film industry. She is credited with singing hundreds of devotional Hindu songs in several Indian and non-Indian languages. She spends a considerable portion of her income on charitable causes such as repairs of temples and is presently engaged in the construction of a hospital in the memory of her father in the city of Pune. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 258
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    M S Subbulakshmi Goddess’own voice M S Subhalakshmi is likewise the greatest singer of the classical Hindu Carnatic Music style. For her soul stirring renderings of devotional songs from Hindu tradition, she has been honored by numerous prominent religious leaders. She played the role of Saint Meerabai in a celebrated Hindi movie on the life of the saint. A ‘low- caste’ Hindu, she has instituted scholarships for poor Brahmin boys engaged in the oral preservation of Vedic texts in southern India. Performed hundreds of charity concerts for Hindu charitable schools and hospitals. She has sung at the UNO General Assembly. ‘M.S.’ (as she was popularly known), passed away in December 2004, but her voice lives on…… Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 259
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    Concluding Thoughts Yes! women can make a difference if they realize their responsibility in the society working in the lines of Maatrutva, Kartrutva, Netrutva. “In the past 2,000 years, Christians and Muslims, and most recently the Communists, conspired to wipe out our memories clean of tens of thousands of years of Goddess spirituality in the Americas, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central and East Asia, and Australia. I offer this book as a small token of my overwhelming gratitude to the people of India, who in spite of continual invasions by hostile cultures seeking to impose their own religions on the subcontinent, fought to keep the light of inner traditions of the Mother of the Universe alive.” As said By : Linda Johnsen http://www.goddessfriends.com shows that America is also thinking on the lines of reviving the Goddess worship. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 260
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    Women in PreIslamic Arabia Costumes of Arab women, fourth to sixth century. women before Islam were more liberated; eg Khadija, a rich, twice widowed business woman who employs Muhammed before marrying him, Muhammad's parents, worship of female goddess's at Mecca. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 261
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    Women In Islam Womenin Islam: Certain types of testimony by women will not be accepted. In other cases, the testimony of two women can equal that of one man. RAPE: result in minimal punishment for offenders or severe punishment for victims. HONOR KILLINGS murders, nearly exclusively of women, of persons who are perceived as having brought dishonor to their families. TALAQ For both Shi'a and Sunni Muslims, the right to demand a divorce is primarily for men. Unless otherwise specified in the marriage contract, women can only seek divorce through court proceedings by convincing a qadi to grant a divorce. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 262
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    Women In Islam Womenin Islam: TRAVEL: Women are forbidden to drive in Saudi Arabia per a 1990 fatwa (religious ruling); When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, they issued a 2001 decree that also banned women from driving. DRESS CODE Arab women often observe purdah (the practice of preventing men from seeing women). Sartorial hijab, and the veil in particular, has often been viewed by Westerners as a sign of oppression of Muslim women. It has also been the cause of much debate, especially in Europe amid increasing immigration of Muslims; the 2006 United Kingdom debate over veils and the 2004 French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools are two notable examples. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Women's right to become imams, is disputed by many. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 263
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    Women In Islam Womenin Islam: Women And Politics: In the hadith Sahih Bukhari 5:59:709, Muhammad said that people with a female ruler will never be successful. Hindu Past & Muslim Women Heads of States: Only Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia had women Heads of State and it is no wonder since these countries have a Hindu past. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 264
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    The Satanic Verses TheSatanic Verses by Salman Rushdie The title refers to what are known as the satanic verses, a group of apocryphal Qur'an verses that allowed for prayers of intercession to be made to three Pagan Meccan goddesses: Allat, Uzza, and Manat. The part of the story that deals with the "satanic verses" in the book was based on the accounts of the historians al- Waqidi and al-Tabari. In the United Kingdom, the book was well received among critics. It was a 1988 Booker Prize Finalist, eventually losing to Peter Carey's Oscar and Lucinda, and won the Whitbread Award for novel of the year. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 265
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    Women in Christianity A Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 266
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    Dharma Jagaran 1 Million/10 Lacs Muslims in Indonesia converted to Hinduism in past 10 years in Java, Sumatera, Borneo, Kalimantan etc. Millions / Lacs of aborigines in Philippines jungles are still practicing their ancient Hinduism. Millions / Lacs of men and women are devotees of ISKCON, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Mata Amritanand, Bhagwan Satya Sai Baba, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Dalai Lama and many other Swamijis. Millions / Lacs of Muslims and Christians are practicing Yoga, Meditation, Vegetarianism, Vippasana, Millions / Lacs of men and women have strong faith in Vedic Culture like Rebirth, BhagwadThoughts Ayurveda, Bharata Natyam, etc Let Noble Gita, Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 267
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    Dharma Jagaran FromIslam • Bukka I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reconverted • Harihara I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reconverted • Mirza Salih - Prominent Mughal official and member of the Darbar of emperor Akbar • Annapurna Devi (Roshanara Khan), - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition • Aashish Khan (born Ustad Aashish Khan Debsharma), Indian musician, the son of sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan • Hassan Palakkode Malayali writer on Islam • Nafisa Ali, former Miss India and social activist • Nargis Dutt (Fatima Rashid), famous Bollywood actress Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 268
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    Dharma Jagaran FromIslam • Pandit Tansen Pandey (born Ustad Hussainuddin Khan Dagur) - Dhrupad Singer • Rizwanur Rahman - Bengali designer who died in a mysterious way • Mohammad Umer - Bhopal man whose marriage was upheld by the Supreme Court of India • Ifa Sudewi - Chief judge for the 2002 Bali bombing trials • Revathi Masoosai, Muslim born Malaysian convert • Anwar Shaikh - British author. Conversion From Islam to Buddhism • Tillakaratne Dilshan - SriLankan Cricket Player • Wong Ah Kiu - Muslim born Malay convert Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 269
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    Dharma Jagaran FromChristianity • Agehananda Bharati (born Leopold Fischer) – academic Sanskritist, a prolific author about religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order • Annie Besant Theosophist, orator and feminist • Job Charnock The founder of Calcutta • Alice Coltrane American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer • Nilla Cram Cook Associate of Mahatma Gandhi • Alain Daniélou French historian, intellectual, musicologist, Indologist Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 270
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    Dharma Jagaran FromChristianity • Ambarish Das (born Alfred Ford) - American businessman, great-grandson of Henry Ford a disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of ISKCON • Bhagavan Das (born Kermit Michael Riggs) - Western Yogi • Shaunaka Rishi Dasa - born into an Irish Christian family and founder of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies • Urmila Devi Dasi (born Edith E. Best) - leading female disciples of Srila Prabhupada specializing in primary and secondary education Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 271
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    Dharma Jagaran FromChristianity • Ram Dass - Spiritual teacher • Roy Eugene Davis - American Kriya Yoga teacher • Ma Jagattarini Devi - (born Janne Wesly) former hollywood actress • Krishna Dharma - British author and convert to Gaudiya Vaishnavism under ISKCON • John Dobson - astronomer and telescope designer • David Frawley - author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda • Heather Graham - American Actress • Kelli Williams - American Actress • George Harrison - popular English guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles who passed away chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra in the company of monks from ISKCON. He is also known for donating Bhaktivedanta Manor, a Hindu temple to the Hare Krishna community in Britain • Jon B. Higgins - American musician, scholar, and teacher known for his rare skill as Thoughts Come toin the field of Carnatic music Let Noble a foreigner us from all Directions- Rig Veda 272
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    Dharma Jagaran FromChristianity • Lex Hixon - poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner and teacher • Aldous Huxley - English writer who emigrated to the United States, author of Brave New World • Christopher Isherwood - Anglo-American novelist • Jomol - Malayali actress • Timothy Leary - Harvard professor and American writer and psychologist • Stephen Knapp - American author and convert to Gaudiya Vaishnavism and member of ISKCON • Swami Kriyananda (born J. Donald Walters) - direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda • Joe Don Looney - professional American football player • John McLaughlin - jazz fusion guitar player • Crispian Mills - English musician Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 273
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    Dharma Jagaran FromChristianity • Savitri Devi Mukherji (born Maximiani Portas) - French woman who became enamoured with Hinduism and trying to synthesise Hinduism with racial ideology • Swami B. G. Narasingha (born Jack B. Herber) - American Hindu monk, author, photographer, videographer, and documentarian • Sister Nivedita (born Margaret Elizabeth Noble) - Anglo-Irish social worker, author, and teacher • James Pomerantz - senior sitar disciple of Ali Akbar Khan of the Baba Allauddin Maihar Gharana • Swami Sivananda Radha - Canadian author on Hinduism and Hindu writer • Leelawathy Ramanathan - Australia-born Hindu writer and activist. Converted upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 274
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    Dharma Jagaran FromChristianity • Mathias Rust - German daredevil pilot • J. D. Salinger - American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye • Bhakti Tirtha Swami (born John E. Favors) - American Hindu leader and disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada • Kenneth R. Valpey - Gaudiya Vaishnava Theologian who studied at Oxford University, St. Cross College • Ricky Williams - Miami Dolphins football player Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 275
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    Dharma Jagaran FromJudaism • Krishna Das (born Jeffrey Kagel) - singer who performs Indian chants called kirtans • Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert) - professor of psychology at Harvard University • Hridayananda Goswami (born Howard J. Resnick) - American spiritual leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness • Tamal Krishna Goswami (born Thomas G. Herzig) - governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness • Nina Hagen - German singer Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 276
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    Questions on Bible • Bible-believers often complain about sex in library books, television, movies, and art museums. These complaints, when successful, result in censorship. Christians should realize, however, that if any book is removed from the library because of its sexual content, then the Bible should also be removed. • I do object, though, to the Bible's sexual ethics. For example, in Genesis 19 Lot (who is called just and righteous in 2 Peter 2:7-8) gets drunk and impregnates his two virgin daughters. There is no indication that God disapproved of Lot's behavior. • Some of the material in the Bible is filthy by any standard. Yet Ezekiel 23:20 is part of the "pure word of God". (Psalm 12:6, 119:140; Proverbs 30:5) • There is no figurative way of interpreting Leviticus 20:13 or Exodus 22:18, for example. You either think it's a good idea to kill homosexuals and witches or you don't. If you don't, then say so -- and then be honest enough to admit that the Bible is neither a good moral guide nor the inspired word of God. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 277
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    Questions on Bible • Of all the books that I know of, the Bible is the most errant. It is by far the worst book I've ever read (with the possible exceptions of the Quran and the Book of Mormon). I know of no other book, for example, that commands you to kill homosexuals, Sabbath breakers, nonbelievers, rape victims who don't cry out loud enough, relatives if they believe differently than you, etc. These are serious errors; they should be taken seriously, especially since two billion people believe the Bible to be the inerrant word God. • No one doubts, for example, that 1 Samuel 15:2-3, Ezekiel 23:20, and Leviticus 19:18 are cruel, filthy, and good, respectively. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 278
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    Spreading Wings Abroad Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis died while treating wounded Chinese soldiers in Sino-Japanese war in 1940. Pandit Ravi Shankar What attracts Westerners to Hinduism Sanskrit, Yoga, Gita, Sewa, Ayurveda, Vedic Arts, Music Manimegalai, served the poor and sick in South East Asia 2000 years before. Yoga Wizard Ramdev Baba Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 279
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    Spreading Wings Abroad (Devotees in over 140 countries) Mata Amritananda Dalai Lama Prabhupad “Long after the British Empire has been wiped out from the face of the earth, the Gita will continue to give consolation and peace to mankind.” Warren Hastings, British governor general of India between 1772 and 1785 AD. Satya Sai Baba Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 280
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    Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishihas established (in 4 decades) •a huge ashram in Iowa, The sprawling Maharishi University of Management, has 563 students on campus from 68 countries. •University's Argiro Student Center -- a 50,000 square-foot facility that houses student lounges, an auditorium, student government, meeting rooms, the dining hall and the World Peace Cafe, which serves only vegetarian food. •Classes now cost 2,500 dollars for a five-day session. The transcendental meditation movement began in 1957 and was brought to the United States in 1959. The TM movement has now grown into a multibillion- dollar self- help industry. Many people practice the meditation technique of closing one's eyes twice a day for 20 minutes while silently repeating a mantra to gain deep relaxation. About 300 million dollars – assets in USA, with its base in Fairfield, Iowa, where it operates a university, the Maharishi University of Management. In 2001, disciples of the movement incorporated their own town, Maharishi Let Noble Thoughts,Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 281 Vedic City a few miles north of Fairfield.
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    Winning New Friends 1. Franscois Gautier 2. David Frawley 3. Alan Ford 4. Arthur Schopenhauer 5. Aldus Huxley 6. William Jones Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 282
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    Winning New Friends Chinese PM Wen Jiabo recited ‘Aum Sahana Vavatu’ before Chinese British PM Tony Blair Politburo condemned buldozing of Krishna temples in Kazghistan and Moscow South Africa President Thabo Mbeki recited Canadian PM Max Mulrony’s two sisters Vedic Mantra have taken Diksha from a Himalayan Guru. ‘Sangachhadvam’ Bahrain Sultan received several times at Durban University to Swami Chinmayananda ji in his palace for emphasize unity in the midst discourses on Bhagwad Gita. of racial diversities in Africa. Oman Sultan made India’s President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma sit on his throne and he himself sat below him. Italy PM Benitto Craxi visits Puttaparthy to pay Several disciples of Sri Sri Ravishankar respects to his Guru are heads of states in different countries. Satya Sai Baba Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 283
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    Hindu Administrative Power Achievements of Administrators, Managers, Judges, Ministers Ancient Times Raja Harishchandra, Raja Shibi, Dileep, Ashok, Chanakya, Ram Shastri, Ahalya Devi, Pandiyan Nedunchezhiyan, Manu Needi Cholan, Modern Indian Administrators, Ministers Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, T.N.Seshan, President Abdul Kalam, Justice Kode, Public Prosecutor Nigam, Kiran Bedi, Overseas Hindu Heads of States & Peoples Representatives Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 284
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    Indian Heads ofStates Seewoosagar Ramgoolam, Anerood Devan Nair & SR Nathan of Jugnauth , Dr Navin Ramgoolam of SINGAPORE Mauritius Anand Satyanand Mahendra Chaudhry, Basdeo Pandy FIJI New Zealand TRINIDAD Cheddi Jagan & Bharat Jagdev of Guyana Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 285
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    Hindu Ministers &Elected Representatives in 15 countries Dato Samyvelu, Union Cabinet Minister in Malaysia. Canada, Trinidad, Guyana, Surinam, Mauritius, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji also have ministers of Indian origin. In UK there are more than 8 MPs. Smt. Kamala Prasad is the leader of opposition in Trinidad. Smt. Sukhwinder Kaur was mayor of Christchurch in New Zealand for two terms. In UK Conservative party has chosen Priti Patel as the candidate for MP seat. She is expected to become Britain’s first Asian woman MP. The list goes on……. UK Swati Dandekar won the state election in Iowa, USA. She is among the eight Indian American candidates who won the state elections in 2004. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 286
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    Prominent Indian Scientists/ Professionals in USA, UK Dr. C.K.Prahlad Most Intelligent Person Laxminiwas Mittal Largest Steel producer Kalpana Chawla Astronaut Space Vinod Dahm Pentium Chip creator Sabeer Bhatia Hotmail creator (world’s No 1 web based email program) Vinod Khosla Sun Micro-systems Co Founder Arun Netravalli President AT & T Bell Labs C, C++, unix Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 287
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    Prominent Indian Scientists/ Professionals in USA, UK Rajiv Gupta Hewlett Packard GM Sanjay Tejwrika Director Microsoft Testing Victor Menezes CEO of Citi Bank Rajat Gupta Former CEO of Mckensey / Spl Advisor on Reforms to UN Secretary General Koufi Annan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 288
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    Prominent Indian Scientists/ Professionals in USA, UK Rana Talwar CEO of Stanchart Ajay Kumar NASA, Director of AeroDynamics C.K. Prahlad Managemnt Guru and World’s Most Intelligent Person Sashi Tharoor United Nations Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 289
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    Resolutions to bePassed 1. Abrogate the Article 30 of Indian Constitution because it is discriminatory against majority community (Hindus). It allows state and federal funding to minority institutions, including Madrasas that have become the breeding ground for Islamic terrorism. 2. Implement Uniform Civil Code (Article 44). 3. Repeal Article 370 of India's Constitution in order to fully integrate Jammu & Kashmir with the rest of India. 4. Expel all illegal infiltrators and set-up stringent conditions to prevent any further infiltration from Bangladesh, Pakistan etc. 5. Free all Hindu temples from the Government control. 6. Ban cow slaughter throughout India. 7. Build Ramjnmabhoomi Temple at Ayodhya (India) by passing a law in the Parliament. 8. Restore the land allotment to the Board of Amarnath Shrine in Jammu. 9. No reservations of any kind on the basis of religion. 10. All citizens must be treated equally; there must be no appeasement and no discrimination. 11. Hindus should establish one billion dollar strong "Hindu Support Fund" to take care of Hindus suffering from the terrorism. 12. In order to bring the Hindus of the world on one platform, Hindu leaders should agree to observe one day in a year, preferably the Guru Purnima Day, as the "International Hindu Unity Day." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 290
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    1 Billion people,1 Billion Gods Lakshmi Buddha Shiva Devi Krsna Nanak Saraswati MuruganLet Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig VedaGanesha Rama SARASWATI 291
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    Quotes Let Noble ThoughtsCome to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 292
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    Cultural Friends ofBharat 1. Ralph Waldo Emerson 2. Henry David Thoreau 3. Will Durant 4. Arnold Toynbee 5. Arthur Schopenhauer 6. Aldus Huxley 7. William Jones 8. Max Muller Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 293
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    J. Robert Oppenheimer, American nuclear physicist (1904-1967): "If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. . . . Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.“ Oppenheimer "the father of the atomic bomb" quoting from the Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita upon witnessing the mushroom cloud resulting from the detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb in New Mexico, U.S.A., on July 16, 1945. “Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 294
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    Albert Einstein (1879 -1955): “When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous.” "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.” “I have made the Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 295
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    Erwin Schrodinger (1887-1961), Austrian theoretical physicist, Nobel Laureate 1933 On the dualism of mind and matter "The only solution to this conflict, in so far as any is available to us at all, lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad." “Some blood transfusion from the East to the West” to save Western science from spiritual anemia.” The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a model of a great machine composed of separable interacting material particles. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 296
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    Niels Henrik DavidBohr (1885-1962) Danish nuclear physicist who developed the Bohr model of the atom I go into the Upanishads to ask questions. Asking questions about Bible and Koran is heresy and invites death punishment. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 297
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    Romain Rolland (1866-1944), French Nobel laureate, thinker Professor of the History of Music at the Sorbonne Religious faith in the case of the Hindus has never been allowed to run counter to scientific laws, moreover the former is never made a condition for the knowledge they teach, but there are always scrupulously careful to take into consideration the possibility that by reason both the agnostic and atheist may attain truth in their own way. Such tolerance may be surprising to religious believers in the West, but it is an integral part of Vedantic belief. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 298
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    George Bernard Shaw , (1856-1950) Nobel Laureate in Literature The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. Hinduism is so elastic and so subtle that the most profound Methodist, and crudest idolater, is equally at home with it. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 299
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    Christopher W. B.Isherwood (1904-1986) Translator, biographer, novelist, and playwright "I believe the Gita to be one of the major religious documents of the world. If its teachings did not seem to me to agree with those of the other gospels and scriptures, then my own system of values would be thrown into confusion, and I should feel completely bewildered. The Gita is not simply a sermon, but a philosophical treatise." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 300
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    Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA (1891-1962): "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” The Kanchipuram Royal Huyen Tsang Saint Bodhi Dharma spent 13 years in (470 – 543 CE) spread India traveling to Chan or Zen Buddhism different ancient and Martial Arts in China, universities. Korea, Japan. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 301
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    Dr. Arnold JosephToynbee, British Historian `A Study of History' (1889-1975): "It is already becoming clear that a chapter which had a Western beginning will have to have an Indian ending, if it is not to end in the self-destruction of the human race. At this supremely dangerous moment in human history, the only way of salvation for mankind is the Indian way." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 302
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    Dr. Carl Sagan , (1934-1996) famous astrophysicist The Hindu religion is the only one of the world's great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only religion in which the time scales correspond, to those of modern scientific cosmology. A millennium before Europeans were wiling to divest themselves of the Biblical idea that the world was a few thousand years old, the Mayans were thinking of millions and the Hindus billions. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 303
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    Count Hermann Keyserling(1880-1946) philosopher, author Hinduism has produced the profoundest metaphysics that we know of. The absolute superiority of India over the West in philosophy; poetry from the Mahabharata, containing the Bhagavad-Gita, "perhaps the most beautiful work of the literature of the world". Every would be Christian priest would do well to sacrifice a year of his theological studies in order to spend his time on the Ganges; here he would discover what piety means. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 304
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    Sir Charles Eliot (1862-1931), British diplomat and colonial administrator, a famous scholar and linguist of Oxford: Compared to Islam and Christianity, Hinduism's doctrines are extraordinarily fluid, and multiform. The Hindu has an extraordinary power of combining dogma and free thought, uniformity, and variety. Utmost latitude of interpretation is allowed. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 305
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    T.S. Eliot: "Indianphilosophers' subtleties make most of the great European philosophers look like schoolboys." H.G. Wells (1866-1946), English author and political philosopher: "Hinduism is synonymous with humanism. That is its essence and its great liberating quality." Alfred North Whitehead, British Mathematician: "The vastest knowledge of today cannot transcend the buddhi of the Rishis in ancient India” “Science, in its most advanced stage now, is closer to Vedanta than ever before." Aldous Huxley: "Hinduism, the perennial philosophy" that is at the core of all religions." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 306
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    Lord Curzon (1859-1925)British statesman, Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905, and later became chancellor of Oxford University: "India has left a deeper mark upon the history, the philosophy, and the religion of mankind, than any other terrestrial unit in the universe." William Butler Yeats (1856-1939) Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist and Nobel Laureate: "It was only my first meeting with the Indian philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless.“ Mark Tully, former BBC correspondent in India: "I do profoundly believe that India needs to be able to say with pride: `Yes, our civilisation has a Hindu base to it'." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 307
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    Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German philosopher and writer: "In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life; and it will be the solace of my death. They are the product of the highest wisdom." Frederich von Schlegel, (1772-1829), German philosopher, critic, and writer, the most prominent founder of German Romanticism: "There is no language in the world, even Greek, which has the clarity and the philosophical precision of Sanskrit.“ "India is not only at the origin of everything she is superior in everything, intellectually, religiously or politically and even the Greek heritage seems pale in comparison.“ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 308
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    Prof. F. MaxMuller, German philosopher and philologist "In the history of the world, the Vedas fill a gap which no literary work in any other language could fill. I maintain that to everybody who cares for himself, for his ancestors, for his intellectual development, a study of the Vedic literature is indeed indispensable. " "The Vedic literature opens to us a chapter in what has been called the education of the human race, to which we can find no parallel anywhere else." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 309
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    Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831), German philosopher: India has created a special momentum in world history as a country to be searched for knowledge. "It strikes everyone in beginning to form an acquaintance with the treasures of Indian literature, that a land so rich in intellectual products and those of the profoundest order of thought..." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 310
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    Herman Hesse (1877-1962)German poet and novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1946 says: "The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life's wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion." Hans Torwesten, German philosopher and writer: "The Vedas and the Upanishads are India's proudest and most ancient possessions. They are the world's oldest intellectual legacies. They are the only composition in the universe invested with Divine origin, and almost Divine sanctity. They are said to emanate from God, and are held to be the means for attaining God. Their beginnings are not known. They have been heirlooms of the Hindus from generation to generation from time immemorial." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 311
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    Francois Marie Voltaire (1694-1774)France's greatest writer and philosopher: "I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganga — astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc." "It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganga (Ganges) to learn geometry...But he would certainly not have undertaken such a strange journey had the reputation of the Brahmins' science not been long established in Europe..." "The Veda was the most precious gift for which the West had ever been indebted to the East." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 312
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    Roger-Pol Droit, Frenchphilosopher, and Le Monde journalist: "The Greeks loved so much Indian philosophy that Demetrios Galianos had even translated the Bhagavad-Gita". “There is absolutely not a shadow of a doubt that the Greeks knew all about Indian philosophy." Pierre Simon de Laplace(1749-1827) French mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer, a contemporary of Napoleon. Laplace is best known for his nebular hypothesis of the origin of the solar system: "It is India that gave us the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by ten symbols, each receiving a value of position as well as an absolute value, a profound and important idea which appears so simple to us now that we ignore its true merit. But its very simplicity, the great ease which it has lent to all computations, puts our arithmetic in the first rank of useful inventions, and we shall appreciate the grandeur of this achievement the more when we remember that it escaped the genius of Archimedes and Come to us from alltwo of the Veda Let Noble Thoughts Appollnius, Directions- Rig greatest men 313 produced by antiquity."
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    Dr Fritjof Capra,American: "To the Indian Rishis the divine play was the evolution of the cosmos through countless eons. There is an infinite number of creations in an infinite universe. The Rishis gave the name kalpa to the unimaginable span of time between the beginning and the end of creation." Ella Wheeler Wilcox, (1850-1919) famous American poet and journalist: "In India, the land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airship, all are known to the seers who founded the Veda." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 314
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    Annie Besant (1847-1933) an active socialist on the executive committee of the Fabian Society along with George Bernard Shaw After a study of some forty years and more of the great religions of the world, I find none so perfect, none so scientific, none so philosophical and none so spiritual that the great religion known by the name of Hinduism. Make no mistake, without Hinduism, India has no future. Hinduism is the soil in to which India's roots are stuck and torn out of that she will inevitably wither as a tree torn out from its place. And if Hindus do not maintain Hinduism who shall save it? If India's own children do not cling to her faith who shall guard it. India alone can save India. India and Hinduism are one. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 315
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    Henry Ford, American Auto Industrialist, (1863 - 1947): I adopted the theory of Reincarnation when I was 26. Religion offered nothing to the point. When I discovered reincarnation…. Time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. The discovery of Reincarnation put my mind at ease. I would like to communicate to others the calmness that the long view of life gives to us." American Auto Industrialist Henry Ford Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 316
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    Alfred B. Ford (grandsonof Henry Ford founder of the Ford Motor) Trustee member of Ford Motor Company For me the most important thing is to spread the Hindu knowledge about the soul. This is more important than any other knowledge and is my main priority. The older I get, the more Hindu I become. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 317
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    Speech by ThomasFriedman of the New York Times.... "When we were young kids growing up in America, we were told to eat our Vegetables at dinner and not to leave them, Mothers said, 'think of the Starving children in India and finish the dinner.' And now I tell my children: 'Finish your math's homework. Think of the children in India who would make you starve, if you don't'… Thomas Lauren Friedman, OBE (born July 20, 1953), is an American journalist. He is an op-ed contributor to The New York Times, whose column appears twice weekly and mainly addresses topics on foreign affairs. Friedman is known for supporting a compromise resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, modernization of the Arab world, environmentalism and globalization. His books discuss various aspects of international politics from a neoliberal perspective on the American political spectrum. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 318
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    Klaus L. Klostermaier, professor of Religious Studies at the University of Manitoba Hinduism has proven much more open than any other religion to new ideas, scientific thought, and social experimentation. Many concepts like reincarnation, meditation, yoga and others have found worldwide acceptance. It would not be surprising to find Hinduism the dominant religion of the twenty-first century. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 319
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    Muhammad Dara Shikoh (1627-1658AD) the favorite Sufi son of Moghul emperor, Shah Jehan. He was murdered by his younger brother Aurangazeb "After gradual research; I have come to the conclusion that long before all heavenly books, God had revealed to the Hindus, through the Rishis of yore, of whom Brahma was the Chief, His four books of knowledge, the Rig Veda, the Yajur Veda, the Sama Veda and the Atharva Veda." "The Quran itself made veiled references to the Upanishads as the first heavenly book and the fountainhead of the ocean of monotheism." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 320
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    Stephen Cross in hisbook on Hinduism, pg 1 "It is no secret that we in the West live in a time of spiritual crisis. Western civilization has been guided by Christianity. Now it appears that this period is drawing to a close. Both religious institutions and social structures are in disarray. A great many things that were considered basic assumptions of western thought are being challenged. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 321
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    Robert R. C.Zaehner (1913-1974) British historian of religion "In the family of religions, Hinduism is the wise old all-knowing mother. Its sacred books, the Vedas, claim, 'Truth is one, but sages call it by different names.' If only Islam, and all the rest of the monotheistic 'book' religions, had learned that lesson, all the horror of history's religious wars could have been avoided. Which other religion has its God say, as Krishna does in the Bhagavad Gita, 'All paths lead to me.‘ "If only the Church had the sense to allow so many different and seemingly contradictory approaches to God, how much saner its history would have been!" Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 322
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    Alan Watts (1915-1973) a professor, graduate school dean and research fellow of Harvard University "To the philosophers of India, however, Relativity is no new discovery, just as the concept of light years is no matter for astonishment to people used to thinking of time in millions of kalpas, (A kalpa is about 4,320,000 years). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 323
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    Huston Smith born in China to Methodist missionaries, a philosopher, most eloquent writer, world-famous religion scholar who practices Hatha Yoga “In Hinduism, 'The invisible excludes nothing', the invisible that excludes nothing is the infinite - the soul of India is the infinite.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 324
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    Huston Smith "The Vedic science movement began in 1893 when Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) addressed the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. In that famous address, he sought to present Hinduism not just as a fulfillment of all other religions, but also as a fulfillment of all of science. Vivekananda claimed that only the spiritual monism of Advaita Vedanta could fulfill the ultimate goal of natural science, which he saw as the search for the ultimate source of the energy that creates and sustains the world. Vivekananda and Aurobindo lit the spark that has continued to fire the nationalist imagination, right to the present time. The Hindu literature of the early 20th century, especially the writings of Dr S. Radhakrishnan, Dayanand Saraswati and the many followers of Vivekananda, is replete with celebration of Hinduism as a "scientific" religion. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 325
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    Will Durant, American historian, (1885-1981) Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all". "India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages; she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all". “India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the mature mind, the quiet content of the unacquisitive soul, the calm of the understanding spirit, and a unifying, a pacifying love for all living things.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 326
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    Jean-Sylvain Bailly, French Astronomer, (1736-1793): “The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables of Cassine and Meyer (used in the 19-th century). …The Hindu systems of astronomy are by far the oldest and that from which the Egyptians, Greek, Romans and - even the Jews derived from the Hindus their knowledge.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 327
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    Let Noble ThoughtsCome to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 328
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    Ancient & Modern Hindu Imprints Around the World Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 329
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    Saxon English orNorman English is not belittled in England. Ancient French is not belittled in France. Latin is not belittled in Italy. Hebrew is not belittled in Israel. India alone excels in belittling its classical heritage and classical Sanskrit language as both are codified as belonging to a dead "Hindu past". This classification began during the British colonial period and very unfortunately this tradition was not only continued but also enriched by Jawaharlal Nehru and his Congress successors in Office for 60 years after Independence till today. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 330
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    Hindu Imprints inIndonesia, world’s largest Muslim Country Lord Ganesha and Garuda on Indonesian Currency–year 1998 Bali Temple Borobudur Prambanan Temple Garuda Airways Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 331
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    Lord Krishna andArjuna on a chariot with 8 horses. City Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Garuda Wisnu Kencana Bukit Bali Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 332
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    Hindu Imprints inCambodia Hinduism & Ramayan since 1st Century AD Cambodians pioneers of spreading Ramayana in many parts of South East Asia Wat Angkok, World’s largest Temple Complex Cambodian Ramayan is 2,000 years old. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 333
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    Hindu Imprints inThailand Sanskrit Names of Samudra Manthan Persons and Cities Scene at Swarna Bhumi Intl Airport Present Thailand King is called and Bangkok “Bumipal Atulya Tej, Rama IX” and his daughter composes Poems in Sanskrit. World’s largest Ramayana Painting on the walls of Emerald Buddha Temple inside Bangkok Palace. Garuda National Thai Ramayan Symbol Vali Sugreev Yudha Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 334 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    Vietnam Ganesh Hindu Temple Hinduism in Vietnam Cambodia Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 335 Lord Shiva
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    Hindu Imprints inMalaysia, Brunei Ministers take oath in the name of Sultans called Raja Parameswara and his wife is called Parameswari. “Urusan Seri Paduka Baginda” Their second son is addressed as ‘by the orders of the Lakshmana. Paduka of Lord Rama’ Capital of Brunei is ‘Bandar Seri Bagwan’ World’s tallest Bldg. Hindu Temple Owned by Ananta Krishnan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 336
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    Hindu Imprints inChina Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA (1891-1962): "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” Lin Yutang, Author of the book ‘Wisdom of India’ (1895-1976): "India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature, and the world's teacher in trigonometry, quadratic equations, grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, as well as in philosophy, and that she inspired Boccaccio, Goethe, Herder, Schopenhauer, Emerson, and probably also old Aesop." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 337 all Directions- Rig Veda
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    Hindu Imprints inChina, Japan, Myanmar Bodhi Dharma of Huyen Tsang Chinese Scholar Kanchipuram 500 AD, spent 12 years in taught in China Zen Bharat and took Buddhism and 16 ways thousands of of Martial Arts. manuscripts to China Chinese Ramayan Cartoons Japanese Buddha Myanmar Ramayan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 338
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    Similarities with Greekmythology Hercules (Herakles) fighting Krishna fighting the the Lernaean Hydra Kaliya Serpent Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 339
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    Hindu Imprints inEurope & America Sanskrit words in Greek, Latin, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian, Celtic and Slavic, German languages. Tri, Pancham, Sashtam, Dasam, Shatam, Pitru, Matru, Bhratru, serpent. Festivals, Calendars, names of week, months, cremating the dead, ancient dresses, Greek, Roman Gods – based on Vedic Heritage, eg. Christmas on 25th Dec is Makara Sankranti, Easter is Varsha Pratipada, Mother Mary is Mata Parvati. Amen is Aum. Sun worship common to Hindus and Red Indians of the Americas. Today Hinduism is spreading very fast in the form of Sanskrit: Sanskrit knowing Software engineers preferred. Yoga: More than 10% in USA and Europe follow Yoga seriously Gita: Gita is the best selling Religious book in the world. Vegetarianism: Over 10% people observe vegetarianism Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 340
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    Hindu Imprints inEurope & America From Britannica Encyclopaedia The Greek philosopher Pythagoras may have obtained his doctrine of metempsychosis (transmigration, or passage of the soul from one body to another) from India, mediated by Achaemenian (6th–4th century BC) Persia. The Pythagorean doctrine of a cyclic universe may also be derived from India. It is known that Hindu ascetics occasionally visited Greece. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 341
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    Hindu Imprints inEurope & America From Britannica Encyclopaedia The most striking similarity of Greek and Indian thought is the resemblance between the system of mystical gnosis (esoteric knowledge) described in the Enneads of the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus (3rd century AD) and that of the Yoga-sūtras attributed to Patañjali, an Indian religious teacher. The Patañjali text is the older. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 342
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    Hindu Imprints inEurope & America From Britannica Encyclopaedia Several Greek (e.g., Clement of Alexandria) and Latin writers show considerable knowledge of the externals of Indian religions, but none gives any intimation of understanding their more recondite aspects. Certain Vaishnava legends, especially those referring to the infant Krishna, bear some resemblance to those of Christianity. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 343
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    Hindu Imprints inEurope & America Sanskrit words in Greek, Latin, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian, Celtic and Slavic, German languages. Tri, Pancham, Sashtam, Dasam, Shatam, Pitru, Matru, Bhratru, serpent. Festivals, Calendars, names of week, months, cremating the dead, ancient dresses, Greek, Roman Gods – based on Vedic Heritage, eg. Christmas on 25th Dec is Makara Sankranti, Easter is Varsha Pratipada, Mother Mary is Mata Parvati. Amen is Aum. Sun worship common to Hindus and Red Indians of the Americas. Today Hinduism is spreading very fast in the form of Sanskrit: Sanskrit knowing Software engineers preferred. Yoga: Over 10% in USA & Europe follow Yoga seriously Gita: Gita is the best selling Religious book in the world. Vegetarianism: Over 10% people in UK, USA observe vegetarianism Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 344
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    SANSKRIT Around The World Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 345
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    SANSKRIT in Europe& USA 30 manuscripts of Rig Veda Included in UN Heritage List. Prof Robert Goldman HOD Sanskrit Dept, California Uni. Sanskrit words in many European languages including Greek, Latin, German, Scandinavian, Lithuanian, Celtic and Slavic, languages. Greek President Karolos Papoulias welcomed President Abdul Kalam in Sanskrit. Hindu University of America Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 346
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    Sanskrit Winning NewFriends Canadian PM Max Mulrony’s two sisters Chinese PM Wen Jiabo have taken Diksha from a Himalayan Guru. recited ‘Aum Sahana Vavatu’ before Chinese Politburo Several disciples of Sri Sri Ravishankar are heads of states in different countries. Ji Xianlin, Chinese Sanskrit Scholar on Ramayan, Padma Bhushan 2008. South Africa President Thabo Mbeki recited Vedic Mantra ‘Sangachhadvam’ at Durban University to emphasize unity in the midst of racial diversities in Africa. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 347
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    SANSKRIT Universities inthe World 1 USA, Canada and Mexico 22 Europe (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland) 16 Germany 13 Italy 40 Japan 12 Australia, China, Israel, Oman, Thailand ================================================= 143 Total Universities outside Bharat Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 348
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    SANSKRIT Universities inUSA Brown University Indiana University Classics Department India Studies Columbia University Ohio State University Dept of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Rutgers University South Asian Studies Program Cornell University South Asia Program SUNY at Stony Brook, NY Department of Asian and Emory University Asian American Studies Language Center University of Alabama John Hopkins University Critical Languages Center Language Teaching Center University of California at Santa Barbara Harvard University Department of East Asian Sanskrit and Indian Studies Languages and Cultural Studies Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 349
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    SANSKRIT Universities inUSA University of California at Berkeley University of Iowa South and Southeast Asian Studies Department of Asian Languages and Literature University of Chicago University of Michigan at Ann Arbor Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations Asian Languages and Cultures University of Colorado at Boulder University of Pennsylvania (In conjunction with Naropa University) Department of South Asia Studies Department of Religious Studies University of Pittsburgh University of Florida Indo-Pacific Council Center for the study of Hindu Traditions University of Saskatchewan University of Hawaii Religious Studies Center for South Asian Studies University of South Florida University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne Department of Linguistics Religious Studies Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 350
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    SANSKRIT Universities inUSA University of Texas at Austin Asian Studies University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Sciences University of Virginia Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures University of Wisconsin at Madison Languages and Cultures of Asia Washington and Lee University East Asian Studies Program Yale University Department of Linguistics Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 351
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    Summer SANSKRIT Courses Summer Sanskrit courses are currently offered at: University of Chicago (Second Year Sanskrit) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for South Asia (SASLSI: First Year Sanskrit) American Institute of Indian Studies Sanskrit in Pune, India Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 352
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    SANSKRIT Universities in Canada & Mexico Concordia University, Canada Classics Department McGill University, Canada Religious Studies Department El Colegio de Mexico Center for Asian and McMaster University, Canada African Studies Religious Studies Department University of British Columbia, Canada Centre for India and South Asian Research University of Calgary, Canada Philosophy Department Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 353
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    SANSKRIT Universities inEurope Austria Belgium Vienna University Gent University Institut für Südasien-(ISTB) Louvain University Institut für Kultur- Asiens Oriental Institute Denmark Finland University of Copenhagen University of Helsinki Institute for Asian and Asian Studies African Studies France Great Britain Université Paris (Sorbonne Nouvelle) Cambridge University Université de Lyon Oriental Studies Université de Lille Edinburgh University Université de Provence Asian Studies Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes London University Oriental & African Studies EHESS Oxford University Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Studies Oriental 354
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    SANSKRIT Universities inGermany 1. Berlin (Freie Universität) 1. Köln University Indian Studies Indology and Tamil Studies 2. Bonn University 2. Leipzig University Indian Studies Indology 3. Freiburg University 3. Mainz University Oriental Studies Indology 4. Göttingen University 4. Marburg University Indian and Buddhist Studies Indology 5. Halle University 5. München University Indological Studies Indology 6. Hamburg University 6. Münster University Indian and Tibetan Studies Indology 7. Heidelberg University 7. Tübingen University Classical Indian Studies Indian Studies/ 8. Kiel University Comparative Religion 8. Würzburg University Indology Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 355
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    SANSKRIT Universities inItaly 1.University of Bologna Oriental Studies 2.University of Rome Oriental Studies 3.State University, Milan 4.Catholic University, Milan 5.University of Venice 6.University of Bologna 7.University of Pisa 8.University of Rome 9.University of Naples 10.University of Cagliari 11.University of Florence 12.University of Palermo 13.University of Turin Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 356
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    SANSKRIT Universities inEurope The Netherlands Norway • Groningen University Oslo University Institute for the Institute of Oriental Studies Indian Studies Russia • Leiden University Kern Institute, Department of Moscow State University Indian and Tibetan Studies Institute of Asian and African Studies Sweden Switzerland Stockholm University Lausanne University Indology Indian Studies Uppsala University Zürich University Indian Studies Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 357
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    SANSKRIT Universities in Middle/ Near-East Asia Israel Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Institute of Asian and African Studies Tel-Aviv University, Israel East Asian Studies Department Sultanate of Oman Indian School, Oman Department of Sanskrit Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 358
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    SANSKRIT Universities in Far East Asia THAIAND Chulalongkorn University, CHINA Thailand Beijing University Center for Indian Studies Mahidol University, Thailand Buddhist Studies, JAPAN Department of Humanities Kyoto University, Japan Department of Indology Silpakorn University, Thailand Sanskrit Study Centre And over 40 more universities across Japan… Thammasat University, Thailand India Studies Centre Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 359
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    SANSKRIT Universities inAustralia Australian National University (in conjunction with Sydney University) South Asia Centre La Trobe University Asian Studies University of Queensland Centre for Buddhist Studies University of Sydney Indian Studies Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 360
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    SANSKRIT Universities inBharat No. State Name of the Name of the Sanskrit University  Vice Chancellor 1. A.P. Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Prof. H.K. Satpathy Ph. Tirupati – 517 507. Ph. 2231241(r) 0877-2287838 (o) 2.  Bihar Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit Dr. Krityanand Pracheta University, Kameshwar Nagar, Ph: 06272-254468(O) Darbhanga – 846 008 Delhi Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan Prof.V. Kutumba Sastry  (Deemed University) Ph:011-28521995 56-57, Institutional Area (O)-28524993 (O), -28523949 Janakpuri, New Delhi – 110 058. (O), -25085238(R) Email:   rsks@nda.vsnl.net.in, 4. Delhi Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Prof. Vachaspati Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Upadhyaya.  Katwaria Sarai Ph.011-26851253, New Delhi – 110 016. -26564003, -26851250(R)  5. Kerala Sree Sankaracharya University of Prof. K.S. Radhakrishnan Sanskrit, Sree Sankarapuram Ph.0484-2463485(O) P.B. No.14, Kalady -2463480(O) -2430801 (R) Dist. Ernakulam – 683 574. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 361
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    SANSKRIT Universities inBharat S.No. State Name of the Name of the Sanskrit University  Vice Chancellor 6. Maharashtra Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit Prof. Pankaj Chande  Vishwavidyalaya,Baghela Bhawan Ph.07114-255549(O) Sitalwadi, Mouda Road       07122-265222(R) Ramtek – 441 106.  7. Orissa Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Prof. A.C. Sarangi  Vishvavidyalaya Ph. 06752-251663(O) Srivihar Puri – 752 003                  -251669(R) 8. Rajasthan Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Prof. K.V. Rama Rajasthan Sanskrit University Krishnamacharulu Vill – Madau (Muhana), Mob-09414065613 PO Bhankrota, Jaipur - 302 026 Registrar: Mob-09314508026   Ph – 0141 -2723562 9. U.P. Sampurnanand Sanskrit Prof. Ashok Kalia Vishwavidyalaya Ph.0542-2204213(O) Varanasi – 221 002.              -2206617(R)  10. Gujarat Somnath Sanskrit University Prof. P.L. Jhani Somnath Trust, BITCO Building  Ph: 02876-231117 Prabas Patan, Somnath, Junagarh  Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 362
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    YOGA Around The World Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 363
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    YOGA in Europe& USA Over 800 yoga enthusiasts, at Times Square in Manhattan, New York, one of the world’s busiest intersections in search for serenity. On June 21, 2007. HSS US Surya Namaskar Yagna Jan 2008. Participants: 5,766; Namaskars: 616, 725 Yoga is a craze all over the world including USA, Europe, China and Japan Swami Ramdev Baba Christian Yoga Gimmick by in Birmingham, UK European and US Churches Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 364
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    YOGA in Sportsin USA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Dan Marino Dr. Bob Arnot, Hall of Fame legend, best known for his Miami Dolphins NBC's former indefensible sky hook, believes his secret Hall of Fame chief medical weapon was really yoga. While in L.A., quarterback editor Abdul-Jabbar started doing yoga in 1976 to improve his flexibility, and was notable for his physical fitness regimen. "Yoga is somewhat hard to quantify in terms of benefits because you see them in all the injuries you don't get.“ Abdul Kareem Jabbar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 365
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    Celebrity Yoga Workoutsin USA Madonna "Yoga is a metaphor for life. It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul." Ricky Martin Yoga is fascinating. Connecting your heart and your mind in order for you to not make compulsive or obsessive decisions in life. Meg Ryan Yoga changed my life. It made me calmer. It puts you right in the place of witness — which is great. John Nash, Nobel Prize winner This process of yoga becomes lighter and more successful when we REFUSE negativity Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 366
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    YOGA in Asia 19 year Andy Murray defeats Roger Federer because of Yoga Yoga is a craze all over the world including USA, Europe, China and Japanv Christian Yoga Gimmick by European and US Churches Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 367
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    YOGA in Asia Yoga is a craze all over the world. Fatwa in Malaysia bans Yoga for Muslims. Yoga is a craze all over the world including USA, Europe, China and Japanv Christian Yoga Gimmick by European and US Churches Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 368
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    Sewa International Dr. Dwarkanath Kotnis died while treating wounded Chinese soldiers in Sino-Japanese war in 1937-1945. Hindus participate in Clean up Australia Day, Blood Donation Drives & Katrina Flood Relief Drives organized by Sewa International. Manimegalai, served the poor and sick in South East Asia 2000 years before. Sewa Intl, Presenting a cheque for US $ 20,001/= for Katrina Flood Relief to Louisiana State Governor Catherine Blanco. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 369
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    Sewa International THE MISSIONARYSERVICES IS THE NEED OF HOUR. ANY RELIGION IMBIBING LOVE FOR HUMAN BEING, WITH LOVE FOR DOWNTRODDEN, SICK,OPPRESSED WILL BE ACCEPTABLE TO VAST MAJORITY ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD. Charity 1% more charity and Hindus can win the world PM Tony Blair on Sewa Intl Former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair delivering his lecture on 'Faith And Globalisation' during The Cardinal's Lectures 2008, Westminster Cathedral, London, on 3rd April 2008 said, "We can think of the great humanitarian enterprises which bring relief to those who are suffering – the Red Cross, the Red Crescent or Islamic Relief, CAFOD and Christian Aid, Hindu Aid and Sewa International, World Jewish Relief and Khalsa Aid - all the charities which draw inspiration from the teachings of the different faiths." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 370
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    Sewa International Gareth Thomas - Minister for International Development: My hon. Friend told us about some of the work of Sewa International, in particular its leadership in motivating and galvanising the Indian community in the UK to respond to the Gujarat earthquake. It did a powerful and important job then, and its aid programmes continue to do good. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 371
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    AYURVED Around theworld ‘Ayurvedic’ Burqas Demand from Saudi Arabia is growing rapidly. Only natural cotton fabric, and organic dyes are used to avoid irritations and allergies. ‘Ayurvastra’ have healing values. Sept 3, 2007 http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-news/n Ayurvedic Institute of Brazil Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 372
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    Vedic Culture Around The World Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 373
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    World’s Shortest Celebritymarriages. 6 Hours Rudolf Valentino – Jean Acker 24 Hours Robin Givens – Syetozar Marinkovic 48 Hours Britney Spears – Jason Alexander 8 Days Dennis Hopper – Michelle Phillips 9 Days Cher – Greg Allman 10 Days Carmen Electra – Dennis Rodman 12 Days Robert Evans – Catherine Oxenberg 29 Days Drew Barrymore – Welshman Jeremy Thomas 32 Days Ernest Borgnine – Ethel Merman Growing Popularity of Vedic Marriages Several Western couples with their children come to Bharat (Kerala, Pushkar in Rajasthan, Varanasi etc) and re-marry in a Hindu temple in a traditional Hindu way to ensure that their marriages last longer. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 374
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    World’s Shortest Celebritymarriages. Indian Apes • Pooja Bedi: A broken home need not necessarily mean an unhappy home. • Sania Mirza: Nothing wrong in Sex before marriage. • PM Dr Man Mohan Singh: Sania is the ICON of the youth. • Renuka Chowdhary: Sex education should be made compulsory. • Weird Wild A Saudi Arabian man divorced his wife immediately after the marriage ceremony over a photograph taken of the couple. The groom got angry at the bride’s brother for clicking the newly wed together. 9. One Night Marriage Since childhood Jade dreamt of marrying on the beach on a full moon night. On her 18th birthday, she asked her best friend to tie the knot. Next morning she broke off her wedding. Reason – she only wanted to ‘see’ how it would feel to get married like that. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 375
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    Vedic Culture inEurope Mrs Margret Thatcher at Makara Sankranti Utsav of HSS, London in 1990 RAAM Currency for World Peace. 1 RAAM = 10 Euro $ and these bonds are convertible at Fortis Bank in Roermond, the Netherlands. Prince Charles & Camilla attended Hindu Temple on Diwali day 2007. London, UK State Funded Krishna-Avanti Hindu school at a cost of $19.5 million (Rs 100 Crores). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 376
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    Vedic Culture inUSA Hindu Priest Rajan Zed opened US Senate in 2007 with Vedic Prayers. Steve Jobs Apple Inc CEO & Co Founder Son of Abdulfattah Jandali of Syria Spent some months in India for Philosophical Enlightenment. Returned to USA with his head shaved & wearing traditional Indian clothing. US-Atlanta - Enormous Hindu Temple-13 domes-72 feet-$19 million- largest of its kind in the world-Italian Marble-Tukish Limestone-Indian Pink Sand Stones. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 377
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    Vedic Culture Aroundthe World Thaksin Shinawatra Thailand Prime Minister at the Wat Erawan Brahma Temple. Ramli Ibrahim, Malaysian Bharata Natyam Expert, Sutra Dance Theatre Ji Xianlin, Chinese Sanskrit Scholar on Ramayan, Padma Bhushan 2008. Dr Chandra Bhanu – Malaysian Bharata Natyam Expert Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 378
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    Vedic Culture Aroundthe World Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed European Parliament in Brussels in 2004 Pandit Ravi Shankar Prof. Rajendra Singh with Kenya Mohan Rao Bhagwat - Hindu Presidnet Daniel Arop Moi Sangam of 16,000 at San Francisco Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 379
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    Reincarnation Amongst Different Communities Through The Ages Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 380
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    Reincarnation Amongst Jews Ashkenazi Jews The idea of reincarnation, called gilgul, became popular in folk belief, and is found in much Yiddish literature and among few kabbalists from 1200s onwards. Orthodox Judaism Belief is common. Volume of work called Sha'ar Ha'Gilgulim (The Gate of Reincarnations), based on the work of Rabbi Isaac Luria (and compiled by his disciple, Rabbi Chaim Vital). Orthodox siddurim (prayerbooks) have a nightly prayer asking for forgiveness for one's sins that one may have committed in this gilgul or a previous one, that accompanies the nighttime recitation of the Shema (Gayatri Mantra of Jews) before going to sleep. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 381
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    Reincarnation in Christianity New Age Christians contend that reincarnation was taught by the early Christian church, but due to bias and mistranslations, these teachings were lost or obscured Earliest Christian sects such as the Sethians and followers of the Gnostic Church of Valentinus. Were persecuted by the Romans. Several Christian denominations which support reincarnation include the Christian Community, the Liberal Catholic Church, Unity Church, The Christian Spiritualist Movement, the Rosicrucian Fellowship and Lectorium Rosicrucianum. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 382
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    Faith in Reincarnationin Islam SUFI GROUPS believe in the concept of dawriyyah (cycles) which has many points in common with reincarnation, Sufi Bawa Muhaiyadeen believed in Re-incarnation. Sufi Song "I died as mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying?” Shi'a Muslims also believe to Raj'a that can be understood as a limited reincarnation. Ismaili Shi'a Muslims completely accept the idea of reincarnation. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 383
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    Faith in Reincarnationin Europe Ancient Greeks Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle believed in Reincarnation Norse (Ancient Pagans of Scandinavia) Mythology Sváfa holding the dying Helgi in their first incarnation of three Reincarnation also appears in Norse mythology, in the Poetic Edda. Giodano Bruno, 1600 AD Italy's leading philosopher and poet. He was ultimately sentenced to be burned at the stake by the Inquisition because of his teachings about reincarnation Goethe & Lessing, 1800 AD. German William Butler Yeats 1900 AD Irish Poet played with the idea of Reincarnation. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 384
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    Faith in Reincarnationin Europe Anthroposophy, The Theosophical Society, Church of Scientology, believe in Reincarnation. Thomas Huxley (British Biologist), Scientific research Ian Stevenson (Uni of Virginia) spent 4o years Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 385
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    Faith in Reincarnationin USA Native American nations Reincarnation is an intrinsic part of many Native American and Inuit traditions, including the now heavily Christian Polar North (Greenland and Nunavut), Edgar Cayce, Eckankar believe incarnation is due to Karma Henry Ford, US Auto Industrialist (1863 – 1947 AD) I adopted the theory of Reincarnation when I was 26. (Christian) Religion offered nothing to the point. When I discovered reincarnation…. Time was no longer limited. I was no longer a slave to the hands of the clock. The discovery of Reincarnation put my mind at ease. I would like to communicate to others the calmness that the long view of life gives to us." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 386
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    Faith in Reincarnationin USA George S. Patton, US Army General in World War II staunchly believed that he was the reincarnation of Carthaginian General Hannibal The New Age movement, strongly believe and experience in pervious life experiences. HOLLYWOOD Movies on Re-incarnation The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), Audrey Rose (1977), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Chances Are (1989), Dead Again (1991), Defending Your Life (1991), Little Buddha (1993), Fluke (1995), What Dreams May Come (1998), Yesterday's Children (2000), The Mummy Returns (2001), Birth (2004), Reincarnation (2005) • Bollywood Movies on Re-incarnation Madhumati, Karz (1980), Karan Arjun (1995), Kundun (1997), • Om Shanti Om (2007) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 387
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    Faith in Reincarnationin USA Vicki Mackenzie and Carol Bowman, have written many popular books • Popular Song Albums on Reincarnation include The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg by Iron Maiden, The • Reincarnation Song by Roy Zimmerman, Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation by Santana, The Reincarnation of Luna by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Highwayman by The Highwaymen, Tommy by The Who, "Galileo" by The Indigo Girls, Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theater, Jillian by Within Temptation Scientific research Thomas Huxley (British Biologist), Ian Stevenson (Uni of Virginia) spent 4o years Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 388
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    Faith in Reincarnationin USA Prof. Dr Ian Stevenson, Uni of Virginia,  spent over 40 years devoted to the study of children who have apparently spoken about a past life.  Documented methodically the child's statements.  Identified the deceased person the child allegedly identified with,  Verified the facts of the deceased person's life that matched the child's memory.  Matched birthmarks and birth defects to wounds and scars on the deceased,  Verified by medical records such as autopsy photographs. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 389
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    Vegetarianism Inthe world Through The Ages Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 390
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    Vegetarians In Australia Vegetarians Dick Gregory Vegans Vanessa Amorosi Missy Higgins Andrew Bartlett Melissa Andersen Natalie Imbruglia Peter Brock Warren Bardsley Axella Johannesson Tom Crease Andrew Bartlett Daniel Johns Bernard Fanning Raja Bell Stephanie McIntosh Andrew G Pippa Black Elle Macpherson Jay and the Doctor Annalise Braakensiek Craig Minogue Steve Kilbey John Butler (musician) Radha Mitchell Fiona Nash John Maxwell Coetzee Sophie Monk Daniel Negreanu Toni Collette Mark Oliphant Peter Singer Abbie Cornish Victor Peirce Peter Tatchell Charli Delaney Murray Rose Patrick Wilken Kevin Eubanks Xavier Rudd Philip Wollen Desmond Ford Benjamin Speed Percy Grainger Cliff Young (athlete) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 391
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    Vegetarians In NewZealand NEW ZEALAND Vegans Emma Lahana Tandi Wright Vegetarians Kylie Bax Anna Paquin Hayley Westenra Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 392
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    Vegetarians In Europe FRENCH GERMANY Vegetarians Vegetarians GERMANY Brigitte Bardot Vegetarians Dirk Bach Surya Bonaly Blixa Bargeld Octave Garnier Franz Kafka Blümchen Alphonse de Lamartine Nastassja Kinski Eva Briegel Jules Michelet Maroon Sarah Connor Michel de Montaigne Armin Meiwes Albert Einstein Ovidie Frederich Nietzsche Edgar Froese Savitri Devi Tatjana Patitz Silvio Gesell Élisée Reclus Albert Schweitzer Angela Gossow Romain Rolland Veruschka Berta Grosser Jacques-Henri Bernardin Alexander Hacke de Saint-Pierre Nina Hagen Voltaire Émile Zola Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 393
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    Vegetarians In Europe ITALIAN ENGLAND Vegetarians Vegans SWEDEN Giordano Bruno Vegans ENGLAND Holly Thompson Franco Battiato Vegetarians Robbie Hubbard Adriano Celentano Dennis Lyxzén Manuela Di Centa Morrissey Vegetarians Margherita Hack Hayley Mills Vegetarians Jovanotti Russell Brand Anthony Stewart Gianni Morandi Evanna Lynch Charlotte Perelli Christopher Hales Leonardo Da Vinci Leona Lewis Maria Picasso John Wesley Seneca the Younger Amanda Holden Jens Lekman George Harrison Tiziano Terzani Chris Martin John Lennon Umberto Veronesi Thom Yorke Paul McCartney Giacinto Scelsi Clairoid Rhodes Ringo Starr Brian May Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 394
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    Vegetarians In USA USA United States United States Vegetarians Vegetarians Vegetarians Woody Allen Alyssa Milano Fred Rogers Cloris Leachman Holly Hallstrom Ellen G. White Julie Christie Shaun Cassidy Danny DeVito Hilary Swank Whitney Houston Rhea Perlman Tobey Maguire Larry Hagman Brooke Shields Paul Newman Ruben Studdard Charlotte Ross Daryl Hannah Willem Dafoe Terence Stamp Ally Sheedy Alec Baldwin Jean Kasem Mary Tyler Moore William Baldwin Casey Kasem Alanis Morissette Kim Basinger Tom Cruise Jim Carrey Christina Applegate John Astin Drew Barrymore Tempestt Bledsoe Sean Astin Kristoff St. John Dennis Weaver Lori Saunders Thora Birch Kirk Cameron Sara Gilbert Let NobleBenedict Dirk Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Peter Bogdanovich 395
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    Vegetarians In USA UnitedStates United States Vegetarians Vegetarians Dan Castellaneta Joaquin Phoenix United States Michael Jackson Justin Timberlake Vegetarians Corey Feldman Alicia Silverstone Ricki Lake Carrie Underwood Jerry Seinfeld Doris Day Natalie Portman Fiona Apple Bob Barker Michael J. Fox Moby Lindsay Wagner Jorja Fox Clint Eastwood Bill Cosby Reese Witherspoon Masta Killa Chelsea Clinton Dr. Dre Erika Nic Alison Arngrim Anthony Kiedis Forest Whitaker River Phoenix Prince Milo Ventimiglia Billie Jean King Andre 3000 Samuel L. Jackson Kristen Bell Pamela Anderson Jonathan Taylor Thomas Dennis Kucinich Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 396
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    Hindu Economics &Ecology “We created a way of raising standards of living that we can’t possibly pass on to our children,” said Joe Romm, a physicist and climate expert who writes the indispensable blog climateprogress.org. West has been getting rich by depleting all our natural stocks — water, hydrocarbons, forests, rivers, fish and arable land — and not by generating renewable flows. Real wealth is something you can pass on in a way that others can enjoy. Over a billion people today suffer from water scarcity; deforestation in the tropics destroys an area the size of Greece every year — more than 25 million acres; more than half of the world’s fisheries are over-fished or fished at their limit. “Mother Nature doesn’t do bailouts.” The Great Disruption Both Mother Nature and Father Greed have hit the wall at once. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 397
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    Hindu Economics &Ecology We must have growth, but we must grow in a different way. For starters, economies need to transition to the concept of net-zero, whereby buildings, cars, factories and homes are designed not only to generate as much energy as they use but to be infinitely recyclable in as many parts as possible. Let’s grow by creating flows rather than plundering more stocks. South Korea ’s new national paradigm for development is called: “Low carbon, green growth.” “When we look back, 2008 will be a momentous year in human history. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 398
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    Spreading Wings Abroad (Devotees in over 140 countries) Mata Amritananda Dalai Lama Prabhupad “Long after the British Empire has been wiped out from the face of the earth, the Gita will continue to give consolation and peace to mankind.” Warren Hastings, British governor general of India between 1772 and 1785 AD. Satya Sai Baba Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 399
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    Vedic Friends inWest 1. Francois Gautier 2. David Frawley 3. Alan Ford 4. Arthur Schopenhauer 5. Aldus Huxley 6. William Jones Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 400
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    Winning New Friends Chinese PM Wen Jiabo recited ‘Aum Sahana Vavatu’ before Chinese British PM Tony Blair Politburo condemned buldozing of Krishna temples in Kazghistan and Moscow South Africa President Thabo Mbeki recited Canadian PM Max Mulrony’s two sisters Vedic Mantra have taken Diksha from a Himalayan Guru. ‘Sangachhadvam’ Bahrain Sultan received several times at Durban University to Swami Chinmayananda ji in his palace for emphasize unity in the midst discourses on Bhagwad Gita. of racial diversities in Africa. Oman Sultan made India’s President Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma sit on his throne and he himself sat below him. Italy PM Benitto Craxi visits Puttaparthy to pay Several disciples of Sri Sri Ravishankar respects to his Guru are heads of states in different countries. Satya Sai Baba Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 401
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    Hindu Imprints inMiddle East Ancient Pharos, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, all worshipped Sun God with names like Ra, Aton, Amon, etc. Ancient Persians were Fire worshippers like Hindus. Iran King Shah Raze Pahlavi was known by his title: ARYA-MIHIR. Crescent and Star of Islam is taken from AUM. Amen is also from Aum.  Ancient Temple (3,000 years old) unearthed in Bahrain. Origin of River Nile was traced based on a map contained in one of the Puranas. Ancient Iranians were worshippers of Sun God and their religion 3,000 years before was ‘Mithraism’ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 402
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    Hindu Imprints inMiddle East Islamic Crescent and Star is from Vedic Aum No where else in Nature one can see a star within the circumference of the crescent Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with Iraq PM Nouri Al Maliki - Baghdad - 22 May 2007 Arya Mihir, the title given to Muslim rulers of Iran Bahrain Sultan Met Pramukh Swami ji. He learnt Bhagwad Gita from Swami Chinmayanad ji. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 403
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance & World of Intolerance • Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance. • Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state. • The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 404
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    Spirit of Tolerance India’s Spiritual Heritage Rebellious Religious Reformers Rebellious Scholars & Philosophers Lord Buddha Lord Mahavir Jain Rishi Kanad Rishi Charavak Lord Buddha and Lord Mahavir Rishi Kanad and Charavak did not did not accept the Supremacy of the chant the name of Hindu God Hari Vedas. and yet were respected as great Yet they were respected as Avtars philosophers. (incarnation of God) for their spiritual contributions. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 405
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Overseas Scholars welcomed Pythagoras 500 B.C. (Greek Scholar) Studied in Ancient Takshashila University, Punjab. Introduced in Europe, the Hindu knowledge of VEDIC MATHEMATICS including Pythagoras Theorem, AYURVEDA the basis for Western Medical system & ATMA VIDYA or Transmigration of the soul. Ideas from India reached the corners of the globe. Philip Rawson, the British Orientalist said, “There can no longer be any real doubt that both Islam and Christianity owe the foundations of both their mystical and their scientific achievements to Indian initiatives.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 406
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Chinese Scholars welcomed Fa Hien 400 AD Chinese Traveler and Scholar He carried with him to China many rare books and manuscripts on Indian wisdom Hsuan Tsiang 7th century Chinese Traveler Studied at Nalanda University in Bihar. He stayed and travelled in Bharat for 13 years He carried with him many rare books and manuscripts on Hindu wisdom Hu Shih former Ambassador of China to USA (1891-1962) "India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 407
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Overseas Scholars welcomed 1.Shibi 1.Marco Polo 2.Pokai Pandiyan 2.Abul Fazl 3.Lord Raam 3.Ibn Batuda 4.Nedunchezhiyan 5.Manu Needhi Cholan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 408
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Religious Refugees welcomed Freedom to worship, Temples built, Treated as equal citizens Parsees were persecuted by Muslims in Iran since 635 AD. They started migrating to Gujarat between 8th and 10th centuries. Hindu kings built fire temples and treated them well. Perhaps India is the only country that gave complete religious and social freedom to Jewish Diaspora for over 1,000 years. Synagogues were built for their worship by Hindu kings. India sheltered over 10 million (1 Crore) Bangladeshi refugees in the wake of the Martial Law, military crackdown and Bangladesh war in 1971. 1959: Dalai Lama and lakhs of Tibetans took refuge in north India Syrian Christians and Armenian Refugees Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 409
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Religious Refugees welcomed Freedom to worship, Temples built, Treated as equal citizens Syrian Christians Armenians Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 410
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    Hindu States ofSouth East Asia There was no tyranny, no slavery, no colonization during the 1500 years of Hindu Empire in South East Asia. It was Rama Rajya an unheard phenomenon in the rest of the world. Cambodia Khemer Hindu Empire built Angkok Wat, World’s largest temple complex Indonesia Majapahit & Sri Vijaya Empires ruled over vast lands for 1,000 years. Prambanan Temple, Borobudur, Yogyakarta architectures are world Heritages. Laos and Thailand Highly influenced by Hindu civilizations since Khemer regimes for over 1,000 years. Ref: Indianised States of South East Asia by George Coedes Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 411
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    Hindu States ofSouth East Asia 1500 years of Hindu Empire in South East Asia There was no tyranny, no slavery, no colonization. Vietnam: Kingdom of Champa ruled Southern and Central Vietnam since 7th century through to 1832. Malaysia: Sri Maharaja Nila Utama (1360-76), Paduka Seri Maharaja Vikramavira (1377- 1400), Paduka Sri Maharaja, Raja Parameswara (1400- 1414), Raja Sri Rama Vikrama (1414 – 1424), Adi Wiranama Raja Mudaliar (1350 AD) Ref: Indianised States of South East Asia by George Coedes Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 412
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    Indu Spirit ofTolerance Vanquished Invaders settled honorably Yavanas, 323 BC. After the defeat of Alexander and Seleucus Nicator by Chandra Gupta Maurya many Greek soldiers fearing death punishment at the hands of Greek kings remained in India. Huns and Barbars (Mongolia), Shakas (Persia), Parthians (Tajkistan), Bactria (Western Turkey) and Kushans (Central Asia) invaders were defeated successively by Hindu kings like Vikramaditya and Shalivahana. The defeated race begged to be given asylums in India and they were assimilated into the main stream Hindu society. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 413
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Hindus in 10,000 years, have ruled but never colonized or enslaved any country have never looted, plundered and enslaved any country economically, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 414
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance India’s Spiritual Heritage Hindus in 10,000 years, have never condemned other religions as false religions and converted them to Hinduism have never destroyed temples of other religions Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 415
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    Hindu Spirit ofTolerance Hindus in 10,000 years, have never called people from other religions as Sinners and condemned them to eternal hell. Have never crucified or burnt alive any one whose ideas have been different from their own. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 416
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    Intolerance in otherCivilizations Socrates, 400 BC, Greek Philosopher was made to drink Hemlock poison for his philosophical thoughts questioning the concepts of Good and Justice. Hippasus, 250 BC, Greek Mathematician, was drowned to death for working on Irrational Numbers. The ancient city of Alexandria in Egypt rich with Pagan temples and largest library was destroyed and set on fire first by Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (391 AD) and later by Umar ibn Al Khattab (640 AD) 2nd Caliph. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 417
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    Intolerance of SemiticReligions Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Former President of India “The intolerance of narrow monotheism is written in letters of blood across the history of man from the time when the first tribes of Israel burst into the land of Canaan. The worshippers of the one Jealous God are egged on to aggressive wars against people of alien cults. They invoke Divine Sanctions for the cruelties inflicted on the conquered. The spirit of old Israel is inherited by Christianity and Islam Wars of Religion which are the outcome of fanaticism that prompts and justifies extermination of aliens of different creeds are practically unknown in Hindu India.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 418
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    Intolerance of SemiticReligions Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation “This proselytization will mean no peace in the world. Conversions are harmful to India. IF I HAD THE POWER AND COULD LEGISLATE I SHOULD CERTAINLY STOP ALL PROSELYTIZING.” -- Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 419
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    Intolerance of SemiticReligions Jomo Kenyatta, Father of the Nation, Kenya "When the missionaries came, they had the Bible and we had the land (Africa). They said, 'Let us pray'. We closed our eyes. When we opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible!" Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 420
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    The Madras ChristianCollege Magazine, in its October 1921 issue on Gandhiji, "We have always regarded the doctrines he (Mahatma Gandhi) has been preaching and the policy he has advocated as pernicious." The journal then went on to offer a homily: All those who want "peace and sobriety of life and progress" should reject the "sophistry of non-violence" Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 421
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    Indian Christians on Jalianwala Bagh Massacre The International Review of Missions was clear in its pronouncement that the means and methods adopted by the British to put down the uprising in Punjab were neither un-Christian nor a blot on British rule. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 422
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    Intolerance of Christianity l“Conversions are to blame for some of the religious violence that erupts in the country. Conversions lead to animosity among religious groups. They also lead to retaliation by re- conversion. As a result, communal rioting, arson and looting follow. Induced conversions are a grave threat to national and world peace and harmony.” -- R. Venkataraman (Former President of India) l “Conversion is an act of violence: Aggressive religions have no God-given right to destroy ancient faiths and cultures.” -- Swami Dayananda Saraswati(Head of Arsha Vidya Gurukul) 6. “Well-organized religious conversion can be a potential bomb TO EXPLODE CULTURAL VALUES, DISTURB POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS AND TORPEDO NATIONAL LOYALTIES.” -- Laura Kelly (Author of “Conversions in India a Geopolitical time bomb”) 9. “Attempts at conversion should be considered a mortal assault on local cultures and should be totally banned. Conversions are forbidden by law in China. Here we take a lenient view of conversion and Christian bodies have been taking advantage of the Hindu sense of tolerance.” -- M. V. Kamath (Renowned Journalist and Author) 12. Religious leaders from around the world call organized conversion a form of cultural imperialism and describe it as an aggressive act against indigenous cultures: -- First World Congress for the Preservation of Religious Diversity Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 423
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    What is ChristianUnity You know the Latin Catholic will not enter into Syria catholic church, These two will not enter the Marthoma church, These three will not enter the Penthacost church, These four will not enter the Salvation army church, These five will not enter the 7th day Adventist church, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 424
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    What is ChristianUnity  These six will not enter the Orthodox church, These seven will not enter the Jacobite church Like this there are 146 castes in Kerala alone for Christianity, each will never share their churches with other Christians ! Wonderful!!!!!!! One Christ, One Bible, One Jehova....What a unity ! Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 425
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    Muslim Appeasement “The idea that by encouraging Mahomedan rowdyism, the present agitation may be put down, is preposterous; and those who cherish this notion forget that the bully is neither the strongest nor the bravest of men; and that because the self-restraint of the Hindu, miscalled cowardice, has been a prominent feature of his national character, he is absolutely incapable of striking straight and striking hard when any sacred situation demands this." Aurobindo, September 4 1906, Bande Mataram. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 426
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    Muslim Appeasement While commenting on Islam, the Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore once said, “Two or three different religions claim that only their own religions are true and all other religions are false and their religions are only ways to Heaven. Hence conflict with them cannot be avoided. Such, fundamentalism tries to abolish all other religions. This is called Bolshevism in religion.” [Essay “Atma Parichay”]. Had Islam been a religion of peace and compassion, Rabindranath never would have commented like this. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 427
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    Muslim Appeasement In another occasion, Tagore said [In a letter to Sri Kalidas Nag, in Complete Works of Rabindranath (Bengali), Viswabharati University , 1982, 24:375, “There are two religions on the earth, which have distinct enmity against all other religions. These two are Christianity and Islam. They are not satisfied with just observing their own religions, but are determined to destroy all other religions. That’s why the only way to make peace with them is to embrace their religion.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 428
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    Muslim Appeasement Tagore also observed [Interview of Rabindranath, Times of India, April 18, 1924 ]: “A very important factor which is making it almost impossible for Hindu-Muslim unity to become an accomplished fact is that the Muslim can not confine their patriotism to any one country. I had frankly asked the Muslims whether in the event of any Mohammedan power invading India, would they (Muslims) stand side by side with their Hindu neighbors to defend their common land or join the invaders. I was not satisfied with the reply I have obtained from them….. Even such a man as Mr. Mohammed Ali (one of the famous Ali brothers, the leaders of the Khilafat Movement) has declared that under no circumstances it is permissible for any Mohammedan, whatever be his country, to stand against any Mohammedan”. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 429
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    What is MuslimUnity Among Muslims, Shia and Sunni kill each other in all the Muslim countries. The religious riot in Muslim countries is always between these two. The Shia will not go to Sunni mosque, These two will not go to Ahamadiya mosque, These three will not go to Sufi mosque, These four will not go to Mujahiddin mosque..................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 430
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    What is MuslimUnity like this it appears there are 13 castes among Muslims......... Killing / bombing/conquering/ massacring/... each other  The American attack on the Muslim land of Iraq is fully supported by all the Muslim countries surrounding Iraq !  One Allah, One Quran, One Nebi....! Great unity ! Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 431
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    What is HinduUnity For Hindus 1280 books,10,000 commentaries, more than one lakh sub commentaries for these foundation books. 330 million gods, variety of Aacharyas, thousands of Rishies, hundreds of languages... still everyone walks into to the SAME TEMPLE... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 432
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    What is HinduUnity still everyone walks into to the SAME TEMPLE... Hindus have never quarreled with each other in the last ten thousand years in the name of Religion………………………! Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 433
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    Christians Killing Christians-soldiers  40 M – 72 Millions WWII 1939 – 1945  19 M – 59 Millions WWI 1914 - 1918  5 M – 9 Millions Russian Civil War 1917 - 1921  3.8 M – 13.8 Millions II Congo War 1998 - 2003  In short  60 M – 130 Millions WW – I and II  10 M – 20 Millions Russian & Congo Wars Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 434
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    Christians Killing Others-soldiers  2.5 M – 3.5 Millions Korean War 1950 - 1953  2.5 M – 5 Millions Vietnam War 1959 - 1975  1.5 M – 2.5 Millions Afghan Civil War 1979 – Present In Short  5 M – 8 Millions Korean & Vietnam Wars 1950 – 1975  1.5 M – 2.5 Millions Afghan Civil War 1979 – Present Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 435
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    Christians Killing Others(Non-Combatants) l 15.5 M - 21 Millions Pope Pius & Hitler 1933 – 1945 Killing Jews, Gypsie Hindus l 14 M – 20 Millions Democide of Native 1500 - 1900 Americans thru various diseases l 4 M – 60 Millions Atlantic Slave Trade incl 1600 – 19 th Cent More than 1 M died during Trans Atlantic Crossing  4 Millions Bengal Man Made Famine 1943 (Man Made Famine under Churchill) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 436
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    Wars & ArmedConflicts  40 M – 72 Millions WWII 1939 – 1945  19 M – 59 Millions WWI 1914 - 1918  5 M – 9 Millions Russian Civil War 1917 - 1921  3.8 M – 13.8 Millions II Congo War 1998 - 2003  2.5 M – 3.5 Millions Korean War 1950 - 1953  2.5 M – 5 Millions Vietnam War 1959 - 1975  1.5 M – 2.5 Millions Afghan Civil War 1979 – Present  4 Millions Bengal Man Made Famine 1943 (Man Made Famine under Churchill) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 437
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    Christians Killing Christians (Non-Combatants) 4 M – 50 Millions Russia Under Stalin 1932 – 1953 Political Repression, Holodomor Famine Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 438
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    Non-Combatant l 27 M– 72 Millions China Cultural Revolution 1949– 1975 Great Leap Forward, Political Repression, Famine, l 15.5 M - 21 Millions German Nazis 1933 – 1945 Holocaust, Nazi-Hitler l 14 M – 20 Millions Democide of Native 1500 - 1900 Americans thru various diseases l 6 M – 30 Mllions Imperial Japan’s occupation 1930 – 1945 of Asia l 4 M – 60 Millions Atlantic Slave Trade incl 1600 – 19 th Cent More than 1 M died during Trans Atlantic Crossing l 4 M – 50 Millions Russia Under Stalin 1932 – 1953 Political Repression, Holodomor Famine Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 439
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    Non-Combatant l 27 M– 72 M China Cultural Revolution 1949– 1975 Great Leap Forward, Political Repression, Famine, l 15.5 M - 21 M German Nazis 1933 – 1945 Holocaust, Nazi-Hitler l 14 M – 20 M Democide of Native 1500 - 1900 Americans thru various diseases l 6 M – 30 M Imperial Japan’s occupation 1930 – 1945 of Asia l 4 M – 60 M Atlantic Slave Trade incl 1600 – 19 th Cent More than 1 M died during Trans Atlantic Crossing l 4 M – 50 M Russia Under Stalin 1932 – 1953 Political Repression, Holodomor Famine Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 440
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    Non-Combatant l 3.6 M Arab Slave Trade 9 – 21st century Asia, Africa, Europe l 1M–5M Democide of Muslims 1856 - 1873 Chinese Muslims l 26,000 – 3 M Rape of Bangladesh by 1971 Punjabi Soldiers l 800,000 – 1 M Partition of India 1947 - 1948 l 3 – 5 Lakhs Democide in Uganda 1971 – 1979 By Idi Amin (Muslim) l 1.5 to 5 Lakhs Genocide, Ethiopia 1974 - 1991 Marxist Regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam l 100,000 – 1.2 M Democide of Tibetans 1950 - Today Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 441
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    Genocides l 3 M– 30 M Japanese War Crimes 1937 – 1945 l 11 M – 16.3 M Genocide by Nazi Germany 1933- 1945 Chinese Muslims l 2.5 M – 5 M Holodomor, Famine 1932 – 1933 Political Repression, Soviet Ukraine by Stalin l 200,000 – 2.1 M Armenian Genocide 1895 – 1923 Turkish Govt does not Recognise as Genocide l 500,000 – 3 M Rwandan Genocide 1994 Hutu killed unarmed Tutsie l 225,000 Depopulation of 1788 – 1888 Australian Aborigines l 2 – 4 Lakhs Darfur Conflict, Sudan 2003 – Today Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 442
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    Intolerance of Christianity massacreof 60 million Red Indians, inquisition in India, destructions of indigenous civilizations and cultures, burning of millions of men and women as witches, two wars thrust upon the hapless world in the last century, killing of 6 million Jews by Hitler, persecution of millions by Stalin, denigrating other religions, deceiving, falsifying, allurements, mutual wars between European nations, battles between different internal denominations, justification of slavery Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble 443
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    Intolerance of Christianity Popegoing round apologizing to various non- Christian people of the world? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 444
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    Intolerance of theChurch Hypatia of Alexandria 415 AD. Mathematician. Bishop Saint Cyril and clergy stripped her naked, dragged her through the streets, stoned and scraped her skin off with tiles and bits of shell, tore her limbs in a church and burnt her alive. Joan of Arc, May 30, 1431. French warrior and saint. burned at the stake by the English when she was nineteen years old. Her bones were reburnt to make sure. 24 years later she was declared innocent and martyr. She was permitted in heaven in 1909 and in 1920 declared a saint. Giordano Bruno, 1600 AD Italy, Astronomer Believed in the plurality of worlds. By the orders of Pope Clement VIII, his tongue in a gag, he was tied to a pole naked and burned at the stake, on February 17, 1600. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 445
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    Intolerance of theChurch Galileo Galilei Italy- Father of Modern Science - Astronomer, 8 January 1642 By the orders of Pope Urban VIII, he was kept under house arrest for saying ‘E pur si mouve’ (Earth still moves. It is not stationary). Rich Aztec Empire populated by more than 5 million people was conquered and enslaved by Spanish Hernando Cortes in 1521 AD with a force fewer than 600 men supported by 20 horses and 10 small cannons. The conquest left 80% natives dead in the course of 60 years. Atahualpa, the last Inca Emperor, Peru, South America, in 1553 AD was betrayed and killed for God, Gold, Glory by Spanish general Francisco Pizarro and Priest Vicente de Valverde. Entire Inca population was butchered and enslaved. A great civilization was destroyed all in the name of a book Bible and in the name of the God of Love. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 446
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    Christian Intolerance AgainstJews The accusation that Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus has been the most powerful warrant for anti-semitism by Christians. in Europe full-scale persecution in many places, with blood libels, expulsions, forced conversions and massacres.. In the First Crusade (1096) flourishing communities on the Rhine and the Danube were utterly destroyed;. In the Second Crusade (1147) the Jews in France were subject to frequent massacres. The Jews were also subjected to attacks by the Shepherds' Crusades of 1251 and 1320. The Crusades were followed by expulsions, including in, 1290, the banishing of all English Jews; in 1396, 100,000 Jews were expelled from France; and, in 1421 thousands were expelled from Austria. Many of the expelled Jews fled to Poland. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 447
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    Christian Intolerance AgainstJews The accusation that Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus has been the most powerful warrant for anti-semitism by Christians. Black Plague in Europe Mid 14th Century Jews used as scapegoats. Rumors spread that Jews caused the disease by deliberately poisoning wells. Hundreds of Jewish communities were destroyed by violence. 900 Jews burnt alive in Strasbourg, where the plague hadn't yet affected the city. Jews in India faced no persecution from Hindus from the time they migrated to India, but Hindus were subjugated by Portugese Christian missionaries during the Goa Inquisition from the year 1552. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 448
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    Christian Intolerance AgainstJews Holocaust in Europe Hitler helped by Pope Pius XII Six million (60 lacs) Jews, and Five million (50 lacs) other "Untermenschen" (Sub-humans) term used for Gypsis (Hindus from Rajasthan), Slavics, Russians), targeted by the Nazis, were killed. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 449
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    Holy Bible For nearly two billion people, the Bible is a holy book containing the revealed word of God. It is the source of their religious beliefs. Yet few of those who believe in the Bible have actually read it. This must seem strange to those who have never read the Bible. But anyone who has struggled through its repetitious and tiresome trivia, seemingly endless genealogies, pointless stories and laws, knows that the Bible is not an easy book to read. So it is not surprising that those that begin reading at Genesis seldom make it through Leviticus. And the few Bible-believers that survive to the bitter end of Revelation must continually face a disturbing dilemma: their faith tells them they should read the Bible, but by reading the Bible they endanger their faith. When I was a Christian, I never read the Bible. Not all the way through, anyway. The problem was that I believed the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant word of God, yet the more I read it, the less credible that belief became. I finally decided that to protect my faith in the Bible, I'd better quit trying to read it. I think most Bible-believers find themselves in that position -- although few Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 450 will admit it. Not even to themselves.
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    Holy Bible It is time for us all to stop believing in, or pretending to believe in, a book that is so unworthy of belief. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 451
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    US Presidents onChristianity George Washington – 1st President John Adams – 2nd President President George Washington – "The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” (Treaty Of Tripoli, 1796) President John Adams – "Where do we find a precept in the Bible for Creeds, Confessions, Doctrines and Oaths, and whole carloads of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered with in these days?" Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 452
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    US Presidents onChristianity Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President & Author of Declaration of Independence • "History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance, of which their political as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purpose.“ • "The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian god is a three headed monster; cruel, vengeful and capricious. If one wishes to know more of this raging, three headed beast-like god, one only needs to look at the caliber of people who say they serve him. They are always of two classes: fools and hypocrites.“ • "I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 453
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    US Presidents onChristianity Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President 1. “Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man” Thomas Jefferson quotes (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 454
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    Thomas Jefferson Quotations 3rd President of USA 1801 – 1809, Principal Author of Declaration of Independence (1776) 1. "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a Virgin, will be classified with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter“ l "The incomprehensible jargon of Trinitarian arithmetic, that three are one and one is three“ l "I consider the book of Revelation, the ravings of a maniac” l "The gospel history of Jesus consists of fabrications, superstitions and fanaticism“ l "Due to Christianity, millions of innocent men, women and children have been burnt alive as witches“ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 455
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    US Presidents onChristianity James Madison -4th President "During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution.“ "In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise." From: The Madisons by Virginia Moore, P. 43 (1979, McGraw-Hill Co. New York, NY) quoting a letter by JM to William Bradford April 1, 1774, and James Madison, A Biography in his Own Words, edited by Joseph Gardner, p. 93, (1974, Newsweek, New York, NY) Quoting Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments by JM, June 1785 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 456
  • 457.
    James Madison Quotations "Christianity causes Superstition, bigotry and persecution" …………...................................... James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) 4th President of USA (1809 – 1817) Father of Constitution (1787) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 457
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    US Presidents onChristianity Abraham Lincoln – 16th President "My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them" "The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession.“ Abraham Lincoln quotes (American 16th US President (1861-65), who brought about the emancipation of the slaves. 1809-1865) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 458
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    US Presidents onChristianity William Howard Taft – 27th President "I do not believe in the divinity of Christ and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.“ http://www.chrisspagani.com/religion-quo Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 459
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    US Presidents onChristianity Barack Hussein Obama – 44th President “ I find it hard to believe that my God would consign four- I can't imagine that fifths of the world to hell. my God would allow some little Hindu kid in India who never interacts with the Christian faith to somehow burn for all eternity. That's just not part of my religious makeup.” 2004 interview Obama gave Chicago Sun Times columnist Cathleen Falsani when he was running for U.S. Senate in Illinois. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 460
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    US Presidents onChristianity Barack Hussein Obama – 44th President Presidential Speech on Muslims "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 461
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    Quotations on Conversions Veer Savarkar "Change of religion is Change of nationality" .......................................................................................... Swami Vivekananda “Conversion is not one Hindu less, but One enemy more" ......................................................................................... Jawahar Lal Nehru "The church burnt millions of women as witches" ........................................................................................ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 462
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    George Bernard ShawQuotations (1856 – 1950) Nobel Prize 1925, Oscar 1938  "The bible is a false book, that must be burned and buried" ……......................................................  "The bible is full of fairy tales and anyone who believes in the bible is unfit to be a parent or vote" ..............................................................  "Jehovah is no God, but a barbarous tribal idol" …………….......................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 463
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    Bertrand Russel Quotations (1872– 1970) Nobel Prize 1950 (Literature) "The clergy objected to giving pain killers to women during child birth, lest she escape pain ordered on Eve" ......................................................... "Historically it is very doubtful that Jesus existed at all" ......................................................... "The church opposed the abolition of slavery“ ....................................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 464
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    Christianity Quotations Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) "Missionaries are perfect nuisances and leave every place worse than they found it" ……………………………….............................. H.G.Wells (1866 – 1946) "You can trust a devout catholic, less than a Nazi spy" .............................................................................. H.G.Wells "The most evil thing in the world today is the Roman Catholic Church" .............................................................................. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 465
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    Christianity Quotations Robert Ingersoll (1833 – 1899) USA The real oppressor of the people is the Bible Saint Francis Xavier (1506 – 1552) Spain - France "I destroyed hundreds of Hindu temples” Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) German "I call Christianity the one Great Curse” Voltaire (1694 – 1778) French "Christianity is the most absurd and bloodthirsty religion" Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 466
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    Leo Tolstoy Quotations lCount Tolstoy "What can be more absurd than that the mother of God was both a virgin and a mother" ................................................................. Count Tolstoy "Really no religion has preached things so evidently incompatible with contemporary knowledge or so immoral as the doctrines preached by Church Christianity" ................................................................................ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 467
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    Christianity Quotations l Thomas Paine "What is it the Testament teaches us? - to believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be married, and the belief of this debauchery is called faith?" ............................................................................................ l Thomas Paine "Among the detestable villains, that in any period of the world have disgraced the world of man, it is impossible to find a greater than Moses, if this account be true. Here is an order to butcher boys, to massacre the mothers and debauch the daughters" …………………………................................................... l Thomas Paine "The Bible is the word of the Demon, not the word of God" ................................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 468
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    Christianity Quotations Mark Twain "Their naked privacies were probed to make sure they had the hymen intact, After this humiliation, they were sold into slavery" ............................................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 469
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    Christianity Quotations Dr.P.Thomas "It was the boast of the Hooghly Portuguese that they made more Christians in a year by forcible conversion than all the missionaries in the east in ten years" .................................................. General Booth "Social work is the bait, but it is salvation that is the hook that lands the fish" ........................................................ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 470
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    Christianity Quotations Charles DuryeaSmith "The Christians attempted to spread some of history's most non- violent teachings by force and violence Thus there were religious wars of unprecedented violence, history bending crusades of blood-shed, and the crushing cruelty of the inquisition, all in the name of the Carpenter from Nazareth" ............................................. J.C.Baretto Miranda (Goa Inquisition) "Every word of theirs was a sentence of death, and at their slightest nod, were moved to terror, the vast populations spread over the Asiatic regions whose lives fluctuated in their hands, and who, on the most frivolous pretext, could be clapped for all time in the deepest dungeon, or strangled or offered as food to the pyre" ....................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 471
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    Christianity Quotations Charles Smith "The doctrine of the Virgin Birth brands every natural mother as impure“ ............................................... Colin Maine "If we examine the Bible- both Old and New Testaments- we find that the Bible God is more a sadistic monster than a god of love. If he were to appear on earth as a human being, he would most likely be incarcerated in a mental hospital as a dangerous psychopath“ .............................................................. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 472
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    Christianity Quotations Matilda JoslynGage "In 1854, an objector to women's rights cried out: First prove women have a soul, both Church and State deny it" .......................................................................................... Matilda Joslyn Gage "The sale of daughters was practised in England for seven hundred years after the introduction of Christianity" ……………………....................................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 473
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    Christianity Quotations Colonel JamesTodd "It is fortunate for Christians that Hindus have forgotten Portuguese atrocities in Goa and Gujurat" ........................................................ Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 474
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    Christianity Quotations Martin Luther "Burn all witches" ..................................................... John Wesley "Denying existence of witchcraft is denying the Bible" ................................................... Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 475
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    Christianity Quotations l Whatis the origin of the word Christmas A contraction of the words Christ’s Mass, meaning Christ’s festival or celebrations, from the Middle English ‘Christmasse’, first recorded in 1038. l Who condemned Christmas Celebrations as “trappings of popery” and “rags of the Beast”? The Protestants, during the Reformation 16th century, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 476
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    Top Ten SignsYou're a Fundamentalist Christian 10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God. 7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees! 6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 477
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    Top Ten SignsYou're a Fundamentalist Christian-2 5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old. 4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving." 3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity. 2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God. 1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 478
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    Pope Apologizes http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2000202,00.ht ml Vatican City - Following are some instances in which the papacy admitted errors or apologised for actions of the Roman Catholic Church. • · 1992: After 13 years of study by the Vatican, Pope John Paul II declared that the church was wrong to condemn astronomer Galileo for maintaining that the earth was not the centre of the universe. The scientist was formally rehabilitated and the pope said Galileo's condemnation had resulted from "tragic mutual incomprehension". • · 1992: Visiting a former centre of the slave trade in Senegal, John Paul begged for forgiveness for the Christians involved in the slave trade. "From this African sanctuary of black pain, we begged the pardon from above," the pope said. • · 1995: John Paul issued a document saying that the Church was "truly sorry" for any discrimination or mistreatment of women. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 479
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    Pope Apologizes • · 1995: During a visit to the Czech Republic, John Paul asked forgiveness for violence by Catholics against Protestants during the 16th century Counterreformation. "Today I, the pope of the Church of Rome, in the name of all Catholics, ask forgiveness for the wrongs inflicted on non-Catholics during the turbulent history of these peoples." • · 1998: In a document on the Holocaust, John Paul expressed remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Nazi persecution of Jews, regretting the silence of those who "were not strong enough to raise their voices in protest". • · 1999: John Paul denounced the persecution of Jan Hus, a 15th- century religious reformer and precursor of Protestantism who was burned at the stake. • · 2000: On a solemn Day of Pardon during the Holy Year, John Paul asked forgiveness for the sins of Catholics through the ages, including wrongs inflicted on Jews, women and minorities. During the ceremony it was the future Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who spoke of the Inquisition, confessing "sins committed in the service of the truth". Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 480
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    Pope Apologises 1. · 2000: In a visit to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, John Paul said the Catholic Church is "deeply saddened by the hatred, acts of persecution and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews by Christians at any time and in any place". 3. · 2001: On a visit to Athens, John Paul issued a sweeping apology for wrongs committed by Roman Catholics against Orthodox Christians. 5. · 2001: Sending his official word over the internet for the first time, John Paul apologised for missionary abuses against indigenous peoples of the South Pacific. 7. · 2006: Pope Benedict XVI said on Sunday he was "deeply sorry" that Muslims worldwide took offence over a speech he gave in Germany on September 12 about Islam and holy war. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 481
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    Pope Benedict XVIApologises in USA – April 2008 A "penitent" Benedict XVI said that he was "deeply ashamed" of the pedophile priests who scandalized the Catholic Church in the U.S. He said, "It is a great suffering for the church in the United States and for the Church in general and for me personally that this could happen." He did not dwell on the suffering of the 13,000 victims, one of whom described what happened to her as an "abuse of her soul." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 482
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    Pope Benedict XVIApologises in USA – April 2008  As Ashley Hall points out, the Pope previously worked in the Vatican's legal department. He knows the exact depth and horror of the abuse, which, according to the Church, was afflicted on at least 13,000 kids. The Pope's knowledge, however, didn't make it into his claims of shame.  Pope Benedict XVI is asking for suppression, rather than forgiveness.  Thus, the Church's road to reconciliation remains unpaved. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 483
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    Pope Benedict XVIto Apologise in many countries Canadian survivors call on Pope to apologize for sex abuse http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/07/02/pope-apology.html Pope to Apologise to Australian Sex Victims http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0803644.htm Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 484
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    Pope Apologizes http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2000202,00.ht ml • · 1992: After 13 years of study by the Vatican, Pope John Paul II declared that the church was wrong to condemn astronomer Galileo for maintaining that the earth was not the centre of the universe. The scientist was formally rehabilitated and the pope said Galileo's condemnation had resulted from "tragic mutual incomprehension". Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 485
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? by Dr Farrukh Saleem The writer is an Islamabad-based freelance columnist Email: farrukh15@hotmail.com, Over the Past 105 years, • Nobel Prizes by 14 million Jews & only 3 Nobel Prizes by 1.4 billion Muslims (other than Peace Prizes). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 486
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    Muslim Nobel Laureates • Literature: 3 for Knowledge 1988 - Najib Mahfooz 4 for Peace • Medicine: (Political Awards) 1960 - Peter Brian Medawar 1998 - Ferid Mourad • Peace: 1978 - Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat 1994 - Yaser Arafat: 1990 - Elias James Corey 1999 - Ahmed Zewai • Economics: (zero) Physics: (zero) TOTAL: 7 SEVEN Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 487
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    Jew Nobel Laureates Literature– 10 : Peace – 8 : 1910 - Paul Heyse 1927 - Henri Bergson 1911 - Alfred Fried 1958 - Boris Pa sternak 1911 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser 1966 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1968 - Rene Cassin 1966 - Nelly Sachs 1973 - Henry Kissinger 1976 - Saul Bellow 1978 - Menachem Begin 1978 - Isaac Bashevis Singer 1986 - Elie Wiesel 1981 - Elias Canetti 1994 - Shimon Peres 1987 - Joseph Brodsky 1994 - Yitzhak Rabin 1991 - Nadine Gordimer World Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 488
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    Jew Nobel Laureates Physics: 1959 - Emilio Segre 1960 - Don ald A. Glaser 1905 - Adolph Von Baeyer 1961 - Robert Hofstadter 1906 - Henri Moissan 1961 - Melvin Calvin 1907 - Albert Abraham Michelson 1962 - Lev Davidovich Landau 1908 - Gabriel Lippmann 1962 - Max Ferdinand Perutz 1910 - Otto Wallach 1965 - Richard Phil lips Feynman 1915 - Richard Willstaetter 1965 - Julian Schwinger 1918 - Fritz Haber 1969 - Murray Gell-Mann 1921 - Albert Einstein 1971 - Dennis Gabor 1922 - Niels Bohr 1972 - William Howard Stein 1925 - James Franck 1973 - Brian David Joseph son 1925 - Gustav Hertz 1975 - Benjamin Mottleson 1943 - Gustav Stern 1976 - Burton Richter 1943 - George Charles de Hevesy 1977 - Ilya Prigogine 1944 - Isidor Issac Rabi 1978 - Arno Allan Penzias 1952 - Felix Bloch 1978 - Peter L Kapitza 1954 - Max Born 1958 - Igor Tamm Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 489
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    Physics: Jew Nobel Laureates 1979 - Stephen Weinberg 1986 - Dudley R. Herschbach 1979 - Sheldon Glashow 1988 - Robert Huber 1979 - Herbert Charles Brown 1988 - Leon Lederman 1980 - Paul Berg 1988 - Melvin Schwartz 1980 - Walter Gilbert 1988 - Jack Steinberger 1981 - Roald Hoffmann 1989 - Sidney Altman 1982 - Aaron Klug 1990 - Jerome Friedman 1985 - Albert A. Hauptman 1992 - Rudolph Marcus 1985 - Jerome Karle 1995 - Martin Perl 2000 - Alan J. Heeger Economics – 13 : 1970 - Paul Anthony Samuelson Economics 1971 - Simon Kuznets 1985 - Franco Modigliani 1972 - Kenneth Joseph Arrow 1987 - Robert M. Solow 1975 - Leonid Kantorovich 1990 - Harry Markowitz 1976 - Mil ton Friedman 1 990 - Merton Miller 1978 - Herb ert A. Simon 1992 - Gary Becker 1980 - Lawrence Robert Klein 1993 - Robert Fogel Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 490
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    Jew Nobel Laureates Medicine: Medicine: 1908 - Elie Metchnikoff 1964 - Konrad Bloch 1908 - Paul Erlich 1965 - Francois Jacob 1914 - Robert Barany 1965 - Andre Lwoff 1922 - Otto Meyerhof 1967 - George Wald 1930 - Karl Landsteiner 1968 - Marshall W. Nirenberg 1931 - Otto Warburg 1969 - Salvador Luria 1936 - Otto Loewi 1970 - Julius Axelrod 1944 - Joseph Erlanger 1970 - Sir Bernard Katz 1944 - Herb ert Spencer Gasser 1972 - Gerald Maurice Ed elman 1945 - Ernst Boris Chain 1975 - Howard Martin Temin 1946 - Hermann Joseph Muller 1976 - Baruch S... Blumberg 1950 - Tadeus Reichstein 1977 - Roselyn Sussman Yalow 1952 - Selman Abraham Waksman 1978 - Daniel Nathans 1953 - Hans Krebs 1980 - Baruj Benacerraf 1953 - Fritz Albert Lipmann 1984 - Cesar Milstein 1958 - Joshua Lederberg 1959 - Arthur Kornberg Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 491
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    Jew Nobel Laureates Medicine: 1985- Michael Stuart Brown 1985 - Joseph L. Goldstein 1986 - Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini] 1988 - Gertrude Elion 1989 - Harold Varmus 1991 - Erwin Neher 1991 - Bert Sakmann 1993 - Richard J. Roberts 129 Total 1993 - Phillip Sharp 1994 - Alfred Gilman 1995 - Ed ward B. Lewis Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 492
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    Jews and IsraelToday The Jews are NOT promoting brain washing children in military training camps, teaching them how to blow themselves up and cause maximum deaths of Jews and other non Muslims! The Jews don't hijack planes, nor kill athletes at the Olympics, or blow themselves up in German restaurants. There is NOT one single Jew that has destroyed a church or a temple. There is NOT a single Jew that protests by killing people. All their protest are peaceful. The Jews don't traffic slaves, nor have leaders calling for Jihad and death to all the Infidels. Perhaps the world's Muslims should consider investing more in standard education and less in blaming the Jews for all their problems. Muslims must ask 'what can they do for humankind' before they demand that humankind respects them!! Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 493
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    Jews and IsraelToday Regardless of your feelings about the crisis between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab neighbors, even if you believe there is more culpability on Israel 's part, the following two sentences really say it all: 'If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel' -Benjamin Netanyahu Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 494
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jew Professionals Jesus of Nazareth. Albert Einstein, the most influential scientist of all time, TIME magazine's 'Person of the Century'. Sigmund Freud id, ego, superego -- the father of psychoanalysis Paul Samuelson Economist, Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman Economist Benjamin Rubin gave humanity the vaccinating needle. Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine. Alert Sabin developed the improved live polio vaccine. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 495
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jew Doctors Gertrude Elion gave us a leukemia fighting drug. Baruch Blumberg developed the vaccination for Hepatitis B. Paul Ehrlich discovered a treatment for syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease). Elie Metchnikoff won a Nobel Prize in infectious diseases. Bernard Katz won a Nobel Prize in neuromuscular transmission Andrew Schally won a Nobel in endocrinology (disorders of the endocrine system; diabetes, hyperthyroidism). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 496
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews Aaron Beck founded Cognitive Therapy (psychotherapy to treat mental disorders, depression and phobias). Gregory Pincus developed the first oral contraceptive pill. George Wald won a Nobel for furthering our understanding of the human eye. Stanley Cohen won a Nobel in embryology (study of embryos and their development). Willem Kolff came up with the kidney dialysis machine. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 497
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jew Scientists Stanley Mezor invented the first micro-processing chip. Leo Szilard developed the first nuclear chain reactor. Peter Schultz, optical fibre cable; Charles Adler, traffic lights; Benno Strauss, Stainless steel; Isador Kisee, sound movies; Emile Berliner, telephone microphone and Charles Ginsburg, videotape recorder. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 498
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jew Businessmen Famous Jew Financiers in the business world Ralph Lauren (Polo), Levis Strauss (Levi's Jeans), Howard Schultz (Starbuck's), Sergey Brin (Google), Michael Dell (Dell Computers), Larry Ellison (Oracle), Donna Karan (DKNY), Irv Robbins (Baskins & Robbins) Bill Rosenberg (Dunkin Donuts). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 499
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews Richard Levin, President of Yale University, is a Jew Henry Kissinger American secretary of state, Alan Greenspan federal chairman under Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush, Joseph Lieberman, Maxim Litvinov USSR foreign Minister, David Marshal Singapore's first chief minister, Issac Isaacs Governor-General of Australia, Benjamin Disraeli British statesman and author, Yevgeny Primakov Russian PM, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 500
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews Barry Gold water, USA Jorge Sampaio President of Portugal, John Deutsch CIA director, Herb Gray Canadian deputy PM, Pierre Mendes French PM, Michael Howard British Home Secretary and Robert Rubin American Secretary of Treasury. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 501
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews In the Media, famous Jews include Wolf Blitzer CNN, Barbara Walters ABC News, Eugene Meyer Washington Post, Henry Grunwald Editor-in-chief Time, Katherine Graham Publisher of The Washington Post, Joseph Lelyyeld Executive editor, The New York Times, Max Frankel New York Times. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 502
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews At the Olympics, Mark Spitz set a record of sorts by wining 7 gold medals Lenny Krayzelburg is a three-time Olympic gold medalist. Boris Becker Tennis. A vr ;{fen àsuÝae nr gÎ RÉ > }an k> smwR> àbIÏ ‚< t< }an É erI ztErip. Who is capable of arousing, even with hundreds of drums of knowledge, that ass of a man who is asleep with an eunuch of ignorance? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 503
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Hollywood Jews Jews Among Great Hollywood Actors Harrison Ford, George Burns, Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Paul Newman, Peter Sellers, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Ben Kingsley, Kirk Douglas, Cary Grant, William Shatner, Jerry Lewis Peter Falk Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 504
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Hollywood Jews As a matter of fact, Hollywood itself was founded by a Jew. Among Directors and Producers, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Oliver Stone, Aaron Spelling (Beverly Hills 90210), Neil Simon (The Odd Couple), Andrew Vaina (Rambo 1/2/3), Michael Man (Starsky and Hutch), Milos Forman (One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest), Douglas Fairbanks (The thief of Baghdad) and Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 505
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews William James Sidis, with an IQ of 250-300, is the brightest human who ever existed. Guess what faith did he belong to? So, why are Jews so powerful? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 506
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? So, why are Jews so powerful? Answer: • Education. A vr ;{fen àsuÝae nr gÎ RÉ > }an k> smwR> àbIÏ ‚< t< }an É erI ztErip. Who is capable of arousing, even with hundreds of drums of knowledge, that ass of a man who is asleep with an eunuch of ignorance? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 507
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? So, why are Jews so powerful? Answer: • Education . • Respect for Women. ya T r p U jya t e n a a r I t T r ra ma nte d e va ta : Where the women is worshipped, the Gods reside there. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 508
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? So, why are Jews so powerful? Answer: • Education . • Respect for Women • Religious Tolerance. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 509
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? In this hour of crisis, just one single statement from David Ben Gurion, Founding Father and first PM of Israel can act magic in raising the morale of all the nationalistic Indians of this great Nation soar high. He said to Ariel Sharon, former Defence Minister and later PM of Israel just before his death which has gone on records as the greatest Jewish anecdote ever- "Let me first tell you one thing: it doesn't matter what the world says about Israel, it doesn't matter what they say about us anywhere else. The only thing that matters is that we can exist here on the land of our forefathers. And unless we show the Arabs that there is a high price to pay for murdering Jews, we won't survive." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 510
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    Why are Pakisso backward Dr Farrukh Saleem 9/12/2007 India’s Achievements Vs Pak We have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians have and we don't? INDIANS ELECT THIER LEADERS (INDIA is still pre-dominantly a Hindu Nation) Indians believe in Vedic concept of Pluralism (Avibhaktam Vibhakteshu) Azim Premji, the richest Muslim entrepreneur on the face of the planet, was born in Bombay and now lives in Bangalore. India now has more than three dozen billionaires; Pakistan has none (not a single dollar billionaire). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 511
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    Why are Pakisso backward Dr Farrukh Saleem 9/12/2007 India’s Achievements Vs Pak We Pakistanis have the same genetic sequence and the same genetic marker (namely: M124). We have the same DNA molecule, the same DNA sequence. Our culture, our traditions and our cuisine are all the same. We watch the same movies and sing the same songs. What is it that Indians have and we don't? INDIANS ELECT THIER LEADERS Indians worship cows Pakis slaughter cows Indians believe in PLURALISM Pakis kill non Muslims, Bengalis, Indians believe in Bhagwad Gita Pakis believe in Koran If Pakis leave Koran for a month and take to Bhagwad Gita, they will become one of the richest countries in the world. Just Try it. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 512
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    Pakistan v/s India 'Jihad is an instrument of Pakistan's state policy' President Parvez Musharaff ‘borders must be made irrelevant’ Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sonia Gandhi India has stronger anti-terrorism laws than the US and the UK! Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 513
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    Pakistan v/s India Womb to Bomb to Tomb. PM promised Mumbaikar Shanghai what he has given us is Jalianwala Baug. KPS Gill, 'we should not run after the enemies, but run over them'. Arun Shourie: 'War is won only by overwhelming force and for that every aspect of governance has to be good' Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 514
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    READER'S DIGEST –Honest Cities (August 2007 issue) Reporters from READER'S DIGEST left 30 mid-priced mobile phones in public places in Mumbai and then watched how people reacted, as part of a unique survey. The survey in the world's 32 most populous cities saw Mumbai finishing fifth along with Manila and New York. In Mumbai, home to a very large number of poor, finders returned 24 of the 30 telephones. Slovenia's capital Ljubljana topped the list, returning 29 of the 30 'lost' telephones. Toronto came at the second spot with 28 telephones, followed by Seoul (27) Stockholm (26). Mumbai, Manila, New York (24) The telephone recovery in some of the wealthiest cities was poor. Sydney as well as London (19). all the seven women who found Reader's Digest phones in Mumbai returned them. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 515
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    Why are JewsSo Powerful ?? Some Great Jews Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 516
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    Intolerance of theChurch Tortures during Inquisition Annihilation: Catholics slaughter French Cathars July 1209 Arnaud wrote to Pope Innocent III, “Today your Holiness, twenty thousand heretics were put to the sword, regardless of rank, age, or sex.” 'Where words fail, blows will avail…'" St. Dominic écrasons l'infâme (“let us crush the infamous one”) a phrase, Voltaire referred to Christianity and any form of religion that persecutes non-adherents. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 517
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    Voltaire on ChristianIntolerance Voltaire (1694-1778), French writer and philosopher, who was one of the leaders of the Enlightenment. Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion that has ever infected the world. For seventeen hundred years the Christian sect has done nothing but harm? 'Pagan religion shed very little blood, while ours flooded the earth with it. Christianity has deluged the earth with blood for the sake of sophisms’. (apparently clever but flawed argument). 'Goa is sadly famous for its INQUISITION, which is contrary to humanity as much as to commerce. The Portuguese monks deluded us into believing that the Indian populace was worshipping the Devil, while it is THEY (The Portuguese) who served him'. (It is Europe’s fortune that the Indians have forgotten this crime on them.) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 518
  • 519.
    Intolerance of the Church in Rwanda 800,000 people were killed in 100 days between April and July 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The systematic slaughter of men, women and children which took place will forever be remembered as one of the most abhorrent events of the human history. Not only brutally decimated the Tutsi population of the country, but also targeted moderate Hutus. Appalling atrocities were committed, by Nuns, Church authorities, Militia, the Armed Forces and also by Civilians against other civilians. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 519
  • 520.
    Mahatma Gandhiji’s experiences with Christianity It was impossible for me to believe that I could go to heaven or attain salvation only by becoming a Christian. When I frankly said so to some of the good Christian friends, they were shocked. But there was no help for it. Chap 40, Page 56 I developed a sort of dislike for it (Christianity). And for a reason. In those days Christian missionaries used to stand in a corner near the high school and hold forth, pouring abuse on Hindus and their gods. I could not endure this. I must have stood there to hear them once only, but that was enough to dissuade me from repeating the experiment. Mr. Baker upholds the excellence of Christianity from various points of view, and contends that it is impossible to find eternal peace, unless one accepts Jesus as the only son of God and the Saviour of mankind. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 520
  • 521.
    Mahatma Gandhiji’s experiences with Christianity Mr. Coats wanted to convince me that, no matter whether there was some truth in other religions, salvation was impossible for me unless I accepted Christianity which represented the truth, and that my sins would not be washed away except by the intercession of Jesus, and that all good works were useless. 'If this be the Christianity acknowledged by all Christians, I cannot accept it. I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself, or rather from the very thought of sin. Until I have attained that end, I shall be content to be restless.' To which the Plymouth Brother rejoined: I assure you, your attempt is fruitless. Think again over what I have said.' The ancient Jews regarded themselves as the chosen people of God, to the exclusion of all others, with the result that their descendants were visited with a strange and even unjust retribution. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 521
  • 522.
    Immoral Popes For morethan half of the church's existence, priests, bishops, and popes were married men with families. This partial list of names and dates will provide you with an insight into the family origins of our Roman Catholic faith. These family values are being reborn in today's married priest couples. MARRIED POPES / YEAR OF PAPACY / NOTES St. Peter, ApostleD.C. - 64 A.D. First married pope. St. Felix III 483 – 492 Two children. St. Hormidas 514 – 523 Married before ordination. St. Silverus 536 – 537 Wife's name: Antonia. Hadrian II 867 – 872 One daughter. Clement IV 1265 – 1268 Two daughters. Felix V 1439 – 1449 One son. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 522
  • 523.
    Immoral Popes For morethan half of the church's existence, priests, bishops, and popes were married men with families. This partial list of names and dates will provide you with an insight into the family origins of our Roman Catholic faith. These family values are being reborn in today's married priest couples. MARRIED POPES / YEAR OF PAPACY / NOTES St. Peter, ApostleD.C. - 64 A.D. First married pope. St. Felix III 483 – 492 Two children. St. Hormidas 514 – 523 Married before ordination. St. Silverus 536 – 537 Wife's name: Antonia. Hadrian II 867 – 872 One daughter. Clement IV 1265 – 1268 Two daughters. Felix V 1439 – 1449 One son. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 523
  • 524.
    Immoral Popes POPES WHOWERE SONS OF YEAR OF POPES AND OTHER CLERGY HIS FATHER PAPACY St. Damasus I 366 - 384 St. Lorenzo, priest St. Innocent I 401 - 417 Pope Anastasius I 399 – 401 Boniface 418 – 422 A priest St. Felix 483 – 492 A priest Anastasius II 496 – 498 A priest St. Agapitus I 535 – 536 Gordianus, priest St. Silverius 536 - 537 Pope St. Hormisdas 514 - 523 Deusdedit 615 - 618 Stephen, sub-deacon Theodore I 642 - 649 A bishop Marinus I 882 - 884 A priest Boniface VI 896 Bishop Hadrian John XI 931 - 935 Pope Sergius III 904 - 911 John XV 989 - 996 Leo, priest Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 524
  • 525.
    Immoral Popes POPES WHOFATHERED CHILDREN AFTER THE CELIBACY LAW OF 1139 YEAR OF PAPACY NOTES Innocent III 1484 - 1492 Several children. Alexander VI – corrupt, worldly & Ambitious 1492 - 1503 2 grandchildren were Cardinals. Julius – II 1503 - 1513 Three daughters. Paul III file:///G:/Compaq-Venkat/C-2000%20-%20 1.28%20GB/HSS-10%20Sept%2005/3-HS 1534 - 1549 One daughter, three sons. S-for%20others-422%20MB/Articles/-Data %20Hinduism/2Christians/home4.gif Pius IV index.html 1559 - 1565 Three sons. Gregory XIII 1572 - 1585 One son. Sources: Kelly, J. N. D. The Oxford Dictionary of Popes. Oxford Press. 1986. H.C. Lea. History of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church. 1957. E. Schillebeeckx. The Church with a Human Face. Crossroad, 1985. U. Ranke-Heinemann. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven. Doubleday, 1990. A. L. Barstow. Married Priests and the Reforming Papacy. The Edward Mellen Press, 1982. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 525
  • 526.
    Intolerance of the Church in Rwanda MARRIED POPES / YEAR OF PAPACY / NOTES St. Peter, ApostleD.C. - 64 A.D. First married pope. St. Felix III 483 – 492 Two children. St. Hormidas 514 – 523 Married before ordination. St. Silverus 536 – 537 Wife's name: Antonia. Hadrian II 867 – 872 One daughter. Clement IV 1265 – 1268 Two daughters. Felix V 1439 – 1449 One son. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 526
  • 527.
    Huge Foreign ContributionsReceived by the NGOs for Evangelism in India http://documents. scribd.com / docs/stawfh6u10s ya9n82x2. pdf This report is released by the Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI, & gives details of Contribution received by the NGO's under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 1976:- 1 crore (100,00,000) = 10 million (10,000,000) 1. Highest receivers of Foreign Contribution state-wise: TAMIL NADU -- Rs 2244 crores DELHI -- Rs 2186 crores ANDHRA PRADESH -- Rs 1,211 crores 2. Highest receivers of Foreign Contribution city-wise: CHENNAI -- Rs 928 crores MUMBAI -- Rs 891 crores RANCHI -- Rs 653 crores Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 527
  • 528.
    Huge Foreign ContributionsReceived by the NGOs for Evangelism in India 3. Largest Donors: USA -- Rs 2971 crores GERMANY -- Rs 1650 crores UK -- Rs 1425 crores 4. List of foreign Donors topped by: MISEREOR POSTFECH, GERMANY -- Rs 1243 crores WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL, USA -- Rs 469 crores FUNDACION VICENTE FERRER, SPAIN -- Rs 399 crores 5. The Highest Contribution received by: RANCHI JESUITS RANCHI JHARKHAND -- Rs 621 crores SONTHOME TRUST OF KALYAN NEAR MUMBAI -- Rs 333 crores SOVERGEIN ORDER OF MALTA DELHI -- Rs 301 crores To know more about the amounts received by the NGOs for Evangelisation in India, read the FCRA Report 2006-07, Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI: http://www.mha. gov.in/fcra/ annual/ar2006- 07.pdf Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 528
  • 529.
    Jihad  Lust their God,  Money their Priest,  Fraud, Force & Competition their Ceremonies,  Human soul their Sacrifice. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 529
  • 530.
    Jihad  Israel: Muslims vs. Jews  Indonesia: Muslims vs. Christians  Thailand: Muslims vs. Buddhists  Kashmir: Muslims vs. Hindus  Chechnya: Muslims vs. Russians  9/11 in NY : Muslims vs. Americans  London Bombings: Muslims vs. British  Mumbai Bombings : Muslims vs. Indians  Holland,killing of VanGogh: Muslims vs. Dutch Muhammad Cartoons: Muslims vs. Dutch   P.S. Now do not say that 9/11 is done by Americans,  London bombing is done by Britishers and  Mumbai bombing is done by Indians themselves.  That line is very old and does not work with intelligent people :-) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 530
  • 531.
    Jihad – AustralianPM Kevin Rudd Australia's prime minister Kevin Rudd joined Muslim leaders in condemning a cleric's comments that husbands are entitled to smack disobedient wives and force them to have sex. Samir Abu Hamza made the contentious comments in Sydney during a lecture in 2003, but they were first reported in Feb 2009 after they appeared in a video posted on the Internet. Australia's former mufti, Sheik Taj Aldin al-Hilali, created a furor in 2006 which split the Islamic community with a lecture in Sydney in which he compared women who do not wear head scarves to "uncovered meat" and said immodestly dressed women invite rape. Tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim youths erupted into days of rioting at Sydney's Cronulla beach in late 2005. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 531
  • 532.
    Intolerance of theMuslims against Jews Muhammad expelled or killed the Jewish tribes of Medina. On December 30, 1066 (9 Tevet 4827), a Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, massacred most of the Jewish population of the city. "More than 4,000 persons, fell in one day." 1828 Baghdad Jew Massacre 1839 eastern Persian city of Meshed, a mob burst into the Jewish Quarter, burned the synagogue, and destroyed the Torah scrolls Massacre averted by forcible conversion 1867 Massacre in Barfurush. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 532
  • 533.
    Islamic Intolerance HIRABISTS (Babarbaric Pirates) Islamic Intolerance Today “Axis of evil and axis of terror in this world are PIA Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan” Bomb Blasts around the world WTC-USA, Kenya US embassy, Madrid Train Bomb, Bali Bombings, London Train, Holland, Danish Cartoons, Pope remarks, Bomb Blasts in Bharat Kashmir, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Varanasi, Ayodhya, Nagpur, Godhra, Jaipur, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, There is not a single democracy between Delhi and Tel Aviv Confident Destroyers and Guilty Victims Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 533
  • 534.
    Deserting Islam If Hindus are united, Islam is doomed. India probably saved China, Japan, and Korea from Islamic conquest. - Hinduising Muslims 10 lacs Muslims converted to Hinduism in Indonesia in last 10 years 10 Lacs Muslims converted to Buddhism in Indonesia in last 10 years 1 Lac Muslims converted to Hinduism in Bharat (Ajmer, UP etc) 60 Lacs Muslims converted to Christianity in Africa Continent in last 10 yrs Severe Blow to Muslims Afghanistan ruled by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Hari Singh Nalwa. (Even British, Russians and US could not rule Afghanistan but Hindus did) Annexing Junagarh Annexing Hyderabad Rebuilding Somnath Temple Destruction of Babri Masjid Amarnath Mandir Agitation. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 534
  • 535.
    Islamisation of IndiaAttrocities of Jehadi Muslims 712 AD Mohammed Bin Qasim invasion 11th Century: Mahmud of Ghazini 12th Century: Muhammad Ghori 13th century, Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish, and Balban 14th century, Alauddin Khilji, Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Timoor 16th century, Babur 17th century, Aurangazeb 18th century, Nadir Shah and Ahmed Shah Abdali invading the sacred territory of Bharat, 20th century, Mohammed Ali Jinnah – Partition of India Massacre of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh Proxy wars and Bomb Blasts all over Bharat If Hindus are united, Islam is doomed and if Hindus are dis-united we are doomed. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 535
  • 536.
    Hindu Holocausts Ref. EncyclopediaBritanica & Koenraad Elst 15 lacs 1000 AD Afghanistan 8 Crore 1000 to 1525 AD Muslim Rule in Delhi This is the biggest holocaust in world history. Far bigger than the genocide of Incas in South America by Spaniards and Portuguese 1,00,000 1398 Dec Taimurlane He executed at least 50,000 Hindus on a single day before the battle of Delhi. 30,000 Rajputs by Akbar after the battle of Chitor on 1568 Feb 24, 10,00,000 1 lak every year by Bahmini Sultans in Deccan (10 lacs) in 14th century If Hindus are united, Islam is doomed and if Hindus are dis-united we are doomed. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 536
  • 537.
    Attrocities of JehadiMuslims in 20th Century Tragic Story of Partition 1921 Moplah slaughter thousands in Kerala 1924 Kohat carnage of Hindus and Sikhs 1926 Murders of Swami Shradhanand 1928 Murder of Rajpal 1946 5,000 Hindus killed in Calcutta Direct Action by Muslim League 1947 onwards Pak: Slaughter of Hindus and Sikhs in Pak Bangladesh: Slaughter of Hindus and Buddhists till today 1999 Kargil War Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 537
  • 538.
    Attrocities of JehadiMuslims in 20th Century Proxy Wars by Pak on Bharat • 1989 Proxy war started by Pak PM Benazir Bhutto – several Bomb Blasts in Jammu, Kashmir, • 1993 Serial Blasts in Mumbai and Kolkatta • 1993-1998 Serial Bomb Blasts in South India • 1998 Serial Blasts in Coimbatore • 2002 September Attack on Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar killing 46 & injuring 81 people • 2002 Godhra Train carnage 52 passengers roasted alive • 2002 NovemberAttack on Raghunath Temple in Jammu killing 9 people and injuring 42 civilians • 2005 7 July 2005 Attack on Ayodhya Temple • 2006 July 11- 200 passengers in Mumbai train killed Attacks on Indian Parliament, Delhi market on the eve of Deepavali, Attack on Varanasi Temple Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 538
  • 539.
    Who all wantto Break-up Pakistan • Altaf Hussain He wants liberate Sind from Punjabi Pakistan. For this he wants Rs. 50 Crores from Bharat • Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s Grand Son He wants to liberate his Baluchistan from Punjabi dominated Pakistan. For this he needs Rs. 50 Crores from Bharat. • Sheikh Hasina Begum If elected she has promised to free Bangladesh of all terrorists and make Amar Sonar Bangladesh as per her father’s dream. For this she needs Rs. 50 Crores from Bharat for election purposes. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 539
  • 540.
    Roots of ModernIslamic Terrorism 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran (Shi’tes in Power) 1979 - 89 Soviet invasion & occupation of Afghanistan 1980s Birth of Al Qaeda (the Base or Camp) to fight Soviet Troops 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon 1983 Birth of Hezbollah Militants by Lebanese Shiites to fight Israel 1980 – 1990 Iran – Iraq war (Death: 5 lacs Iraqis & Iranians + 1 lac Kurds) 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War (Death: 10,000 Iraqi soldiers) 1994 Birth of Taliban (Student) by Mohammed Omar in Kandahar 2001 Sept 11 attack on WTC and Pentagon, 3,000 killed 2001 Dec USA attacks Afghanistan 2003 Mar 20, USA and UK attack Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction Deaths: *10 lacs in Iran-Iraq War, 2 Gulf Wars *15 lacs in Afghanistan war, faction fighting, landmines Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 540
  • 541.
    History of 20years of Islamic Terrorism Date Details No. Kiled 1989-90 Kashmir 80,000 Hindus killed & 400,000 driven out 1993 World Trade Center bombing 1993 Mumbai 13 serial blasts 200 died 2001 11 Sept Attack on WTC & Pentagon 3,000 died 2002 27 Feb Godhra Train torching 58 Hindu Pilgrims 2002 12 Oct Bali Bombing 200 Hindus & Tourists 2004 11 Mar Madrid Train Bombing 200 died 2004 4 Sept Beslan school children 344 children 2004 Nov Murder of Film Maker Theo van Gogh (MP Pim Fortuyn) 2005 7 July London Train bombing 60 died Holland Film director & MP beheaded Denmark Cartoons France – Police beaten up, emergency in 2005, Teacher in hiding • Pope Benedict Regensburg speech 5th Anniversary of 9/11 attack Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 541
  • 542.
    Successes of CounterTerrorism policies http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/apr/05spec.htm Results already achieved by India through its counter-terrorism policies and techniques: There is peace in Nagaland with a duly elected government promoting the economic development of the state. Only a small group of Nagas from the bordering areas of Manipur has not yet given up arms, but it is observing a ceasefire and negotiating with the government. There has been peace in Mizoram for nearly 20 years now. There has been peace in Punjab since 1995. However, Pakistan has not yet given up its efforts to re-kindle terrorism in Punjab. As the economic and social development of the states affected by Maoist terrorism moves forward, these groups are bound to wither away. In J&K, the opposition has come to power after last September's election and is trying to reduce the alienation of the people and deal effectively with the Pakistani jihadis. Some sections of Indian Muslim community have remained fiercely loyal, law-abiding and forward-looking. They have kept their distance from Al Qaeda and the IIF and repulsed the approaches of Pakistani jihadi organisations Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda aligned with Al Qaeda. 542
  • 543.
    The Trouble withIslam –Dr TAWFIK HAMID Apr 3, 2007 (former member of Jemaah Islamiya, a group led by al Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri) Medical Doctor – Muslim Reformer living in the West Tolerance does not mean toleration of atrocities under the umbrella of relativism. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 543
  • 544.
    What offends theIndian Muslims • Ancient statue of Lord Buddha at Bomiyan in Afghanistan • Afghanistan Clay terracotta toys that throw light on pre-history • Sachin Tendular hitting 3 sixes in an over from Abdul Qadir • Music played in front of a Mosque by Hindus (but their loud speakers should be allowed to blare out azans) • Hanging of Saddam Hussein and Afzal Guru • India voting against Iran on nuclear Non Proliferations • Giving a small piece of land temporarily to Amarnath Yatris. • Salman Khan praying to Lord Ganesha • Supreme Court Judgment on Shah Bano Case • Re-conversion of Muslims by Swami Shradhanand • Jews, Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists & all non-Muslims • Men who shave their faces • Public Singing of Vande-Mataram, • Playing National Anthem in Schools • Shouting slogans like Bharat Mata ki Jai, Shivaji Mahraj ki Jai • British writer Salman Rushdie the author of Satanic Verses, Bangladeshi writer Tasleema Nasreen the author of Lajja, Danish Cartoons, Kannada Translation of a novel by Sri Lankan Muslim, Tamil historical novel on Vijaya Nagar Samrajya, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 544
  • 545.
    What angers theIndian Muslims-2 1. Supreme Court decision on Shaha Banoo case 2. Police searching Muslim houses for clues to various bomb attacks 3. Arresting Muslims after bomb blasts 4. Calling terrorists as Muslims 6. Every Muslim is not a Terrorist!! But every Terrorist is a Muslim and most Madrasa trained Muslim are potential terrorists. 40% of UK citizens feel Muslims in UK are a security threat. They do not feel threatened by Hindus. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 545
  • 546.
    What Does notoffend an Indian Muslim-1 • Roasting alive 58 Hindu pilgrims near Godhra Rail station. • India giving huge Hajj subsidy to Indian Muslims • Funding Madrasas in crores from Hindu temple contributions • Afzal Guru attacking the Indian parliament • Muslims praying in large numbers on the streets of Mumbai • Muslims remaining illiterate in spite of all facilities by Govt • Muslims attacking and killing Hindus • Terrorist attack on Hindu temples like Ayodhya, Raghunath Mandir in Jammu, Akshardham temple and Gyanvapi temple • Saddam Hussein killing one lac Kurds and a few lac shias • Shia Muslims killing Hajj pilgrims in Mecca • Sunni Muslims in Pakistan killing Shia and Ahmediya Muslims • Genocide of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan, Bangaladesh & Afghanistan • Genocide of Muslims and Hindus in Bangladesh by Pak army • Killing of Daniel Pearl Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 546
  • 547.
    "When," from aSaudi author, Wajeha al-Huwaider, that was posted on Arab reform sites like http://www.aafaq. org/. 1. "When you cannot find a single garden in your city, but there is a mosque on every corner - you know that you are in an Arab country. 2. When you see people living in the past with all the trappings of modernity - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country. 3. When religion has control over science - you can be sure that you are in an Arab country. 4. When clerics are referred to as "scholars" - don't be astonished, you are in an Arab country. 5. When you see the ruler transformed into a demigod who never dies or relinquishes his power, and nobody is permitted to criticize - do not be too upset, you are in an Arab country. 6. When you find that the large majority of people oppose freedom and find joy in slavery - do not be too distressed, you are in an Arab country. 7. When you hear the clerics saying that democracy is heresy, but seizing every opportunity provided by democracy to grab high positions - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country. ... 8. When you discover that a woman is worth half of what a man is worth, or less - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country. ... 9. When land is more important than human beings - you are in an Arab country. ... 10. When fear constantly lives in the eyes of the people - you can be certain you are in an Arab country." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 547
  • 548.
    (The Base orthe camp for Islamic Revolution) • To purge Muslim countries of Western especially US influence and install Fundamentalist Islamic Rule. • 1979-89 USSR invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. 1984 MAK or Maktab Al Khidamat (office of services) was formed by Osma Bin Laden and Sheikh Abdullah Azzam of Afghanistan. • 50,000 Mujahedeen from 50 countries trained in a decade. • 1989: quarrel between Osama and Abdullah Azzam and Azzam was murdered. • 1989 Sudan: Training camp shifted to Sudan. • 1992: Al Qaeda attacks began – attack on US military personnel in Yemen; killed 18 US troops in Mogadishu, Sudan in 1993. • 1995 Riyadh, capital of Saudi– 1st Terrorist Bomb attack on joint Saudi- American military Trg centre, 5 Americans dead. • 1996: Sudan expelled Osama (under pressure from Saudi and US) • 1996-Afghanistan: Base shifted- ties with Taliban – Mulla Md Omar • 1998 – Us embassies in Nairobi & Dar-es-Salam Tanzania- suicide bombings – 300 dead and 5,000 injured. • 1998 –Afghanistan- massive cruise missile attacks on Al Qaeda trg camps • 1998 – Khartoum, Sudan Pharmaceutical factory – US air raid (nerve gas) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 548
  • 549.
    (The Base orthe camp for Islamic Revolution) • 2001 Sept 11: Mohammed Atta ring leader • 2001 Oct 7: Massive strikes against Al-Qaeda Trg and logistic bases in Afghanistan and against Taliban rulers However, bin Laden and his top deputy, the Egyptian Ayman Muhammad Rabi’ al-Zawahiri, eluded capture. • 2002 3,000 top Al-Qaeda Operatives killed or captured in 60 countries. • 2003 March: USA and Pakistan captured mastermind of Sept 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Muhammed. • 2002 Terrorist attacks in Tunisia, Bali, Kuwait and Kenya • 2002 Nov: Bin Laden Tapes threatened Australia, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and Spain for supporting USA • 2004 Mar 11: Spain Train attack – 200 killed, 1500 injured. 10 bombs in 4 trains. • 2004 Apr: Bin Laden Tape: warning to European countries None of the European countries withdrew troops and pledged to fight terrorism to the end. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 549
  • 550.
    Islamic Fundamentalism • Serial bomb blasts, suicide bombers, hostage crises, embassies under siege and hijackings. • Leaders of Fundamentalism: Conservative Monarchy of Saudi Arabia, Radical socialist state of Libya & Clerically Governed Iran. • Saudi-born millionaire Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network engage in a global war of terrorism. • Some Islamic militants try to reach their goals through violence, • Majority of Islamic activists work through political parties within the electoral process. • Middle Eastern & North African countries: Failed Political Systems after independence from colonial rules Failed Economies, -ve effects of Modernisation – moral decline • 1967-Six-Day War: Crushing defeat at the hands of Israel Israel seized conquered territories from Egypt, Jordan, Syria. The loss of Jerusalem, 3rd Holiest city of Islam is devastating • 1979: Islamic Republic of Iran Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 550
  • 551.
    Islamic Fundamentalism 1. 1981: Assassination of Egypt Prez Anwar Sadat by Muslim Militant Group Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 551
  • 552.
    Winstone Churchill onIslam Two times British Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) and winner of Nobel Prize in literature in (1953), Sir Winston Churchill said, “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet (Mohammed) rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property – either as a child , a wife, or a concubine – must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 552
  • 553.
    Winstone Churchill onIslam Two times British Prime Minister (1940-1945 & 1951-1955) and winner of Nobel Prize in literature in (1953), Sir Winston Churchill said, Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Islam is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa , raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science -the science against which it had vainly struggled -the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome .” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 553
  • 554.
    V.S.Naipaul on Islam “Islamis in its origin an Arab religion. Everyone not an Arab who is a Muslim is a convert. Islam is not simply a matter of conscience or private belief. It makes imperial demands. A convert’s world – view alters. His Holy places are in Arab lands; his sacred language is Arabic. His idea of history alters. He rejects his own; he becomes, whether he likes it or not, a part of the Arab story. The convert has to turn away from everything that is his. The disturbance for societies is immense, and even after a thousand years can remain unresolved; the turning away has to be done again and again. People (Muslims) develop fantasies about who and what they are; and in the Islam of converted countries there is an element of neurosis and nihilism. These countries can be easily set on the boil”. [In the prologue of ‘Beyond Belief—Islamic Excursion Among the Converted People,’ by Sir V.S.Naipaul, Little Brown & Co, London, 1998, p-1]. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 554
  • 555.
    Islamophobia 2005West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism West are now in Arab world more than they were in 12th century Crusades. They are in one form or the other in q Afghanistan q Algeria q Bahrain q Egypt q Iraq q Kazakasthan q Kuwait q Lebanon q Oman q Pakistan q Qatar q Saudi Arabia q Yemen Muslims in Problem Bosnia, Chechnya, East Timor, Philippines, Sudan, and Somalia. Al Qaeda attacks in 2000 at q Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya. Kuwait, Pakistan, Philippines, Tunisia, Yemen, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 555
  • 556.
    What they Teachin Kuwait & Saudi Arabian Schools Who is, or who is not, punished in a Muslim society: q A Muslim who kills an apostate or someone who commits adultery against an infidel is not punished. q If a Muslim kills an infidel or a slave, he is not punished. q If a Muslim man, father, or grandfather kills someone from his offspring, he is not punished. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 556
  • 557.
    Middle East Crisis- Why Muslims will not listen Radical Islamism's rise. Hamas and Hizbullah, Iran, Muslim Brotherhoods, and even Islamist impersonator Syria, aren't persuadable through dialogue. They reject all lessons of West Asia's last 60 years. They want to fight for decades; they expect total victory. They glory in death and won't rest till they achieve 'total victory' Israelis know these forces won't be moderated by Israeli words or deeds. The first reality is that Israel remembers the Palestinian and Syrian rejection of peace. From 1993 to 2000, Israel made deep concessions and took great risks. The Palestinian leadership and Syria turned down a plan which included returning the entire Golan Heights and establishing an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital. Hamas's goal is the destruction of Israel, wiping out its citizens, revolution throughout West Asia, treating women as chattel, and the creation of what it considers to be god's rule on earth Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 557
  • 558.
    Islamophobia 2005West’s Reaction to Islamic Terrorism According to the London-based Financial Times, “38 per cent (of the British) think the presence of Muslims in the UK is a threat to national security. In US the figures are 21 per cent.” Hindus are no threat. They are invariably accommodative. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 558
  • 559.
    Islamophobia 2005 West’sReaction to Islamic Terrorism Denmark 30 Sept 12 Cartoons in Danish News Paper Jyllands-Posten Reprinted in 50 Countries Arsonist attack on the house of Immigration Minister Al Qaeda threatens to attack Denmark France: 8 Nov Emergency due to Muslims attacking Police. Police officer said, “These are acts of war” France, Love it or Leave it. Holland: Take the Western way or the Highway. Political Parties demand – Halt to all Immigration – Ban on Mosques and Madrasas – Ban on veils worn by Muslim women – We want more education and less Islam Belgium No Niqab or Veils Italy Politicians object to Islamic Sharia Courts - Hands chopped off, women lashed Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 559
  • 560.
    Islamophobia 2005 Danish Cartoons 30 Sept 2005: 12 Cartoons in Danish News Paper Jyllands-Posten Denmark PM refuses to meet Ambassadors of 11 Muslim nations Between October 2005 and the end of January 2006, examples of the cartoons were reprinted in major European newspapers from the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, Belgium and France. Very soon after, as protests grew, there were further re-publications around the globe, but primarily in continental Europe. Reprinted in 50 Countries On 4 February 2006, the Danish and Norwegian embassies in Syria were set ablaze, although with no injuries. In Beirut, the Danish Embassy was set on fire, leaving one protester dead. The Danish embassy in Teheran was also torched. Altogether, at least 139 people were killed in protests, most due to police firing on the crowds, mainly in Nigeria, Libya, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Arsonist attack on the house of Immigration Minister Al Qaeda threatens to attack Denmark Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 560
  • 561.
    Islamophobia 2005 Danish Cartoons Muslim boycott of Danish goods had reduced Denmark's total exports by 15.5% between February and June. The cost to Danish businesses was around 134 million euros ($170m), when compared with the same period last year, "While Danish milk products were dumped in the Middle East, fervent rightwing Americans started buying Bang & Olufsen stereos and Lego. In the first quarter of this year Denmark’s exports to the US soared 17%.“ Police in Berlin overwhelmed Amer Cheema, a student from Pakistan, as he entered the office building of Die Welt newspaper, armed with a large knife. Cheema admitted to trying to kill editor Roger Köppel for reprinting the Mohammad cartoons in the newspaper. On 3 May 2006, Cheema committed suicide in his prison cell. Cheema's family and Pakistani media claim he was tortured to death. 30,000 people attended Cheema's funeral near Lahore. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 561
  • 562.
    Islamophobia 2005 Danish Cartoons 13 February 2008, Jyllands-Posten, and many other Danish newspapers reprinted Westergaard's Bomb in the Turban cartoon, as a statement of commitment to freedom of speech. The liberal newspaper Politiken had been critical of the original publication of the cartoons, but reprinted this one now as a gesture of solidarity in the face of a specific threat. Gerhard Haderer is an Austrian cartoonist and caricaturist. His book Das Leben des Jesus (The Life of Jesus), a satire in which Jesus is portrayed as an incense-addicted hippy, was banned in Greece in 2005 for blasphemy, and Haderer received a suspended six-month jail sentence. However, the ban and sentence were reversed on appeal. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 562
  • 563.
    Islamophobia 2005 Danish Cartoons Submission is a 10-minute film in English directed by Theo van Gogh and written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (a former Tweede Kamer member for the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy); it was shown on the Dutch public broadcasting network (VPRO) on August 29, 2004. The film's title is a direct translation of the word "Islam" (see also the etymology and meaning of the word). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 563
  • 564.
    Islamophobia 2005 West’sReaction to Islamic Terrorism Spain March 11, 2004: Madrid Train Blast killed 191 and injured about 1,500 passengers one of the deadliest Al Qaeda related attacks in Europe. The Roman catholic bishop of Cordoba in South Spain rejected an appeal from Muslims for the right to pray in the city cathedral, a former mosque. Vatican “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 564
  • 565.
    Islamophobia 2005 West’sReaction to Islamic Terrorism UK: Tony Blair: Islam needs to modernize Jack Straw: (Former Foreign Minister) Remove your veils if you want to meet me. Manchester: a radical Muslim who does not even speak English has been elected to the city council, where he needs an interpreter. Australia English Test and Aussie Culture Tests for all Immigrants Germany 2006 Pope Benedict Regensburg speech -5th Anniversary of 9/11 attack Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 565
  • 566.
    Islamic Intolerance: MuslimsKilling Muslims Iraq: Shia – Sunni and Kurdi war: Over 110 people are dying per day Pakistan bordering Afghanistan: gruesome battle between tribal forces and Pak army killing more than 50 people every day. Afghanistan: War between government forces and Talibans West Bank, Palestine: War between Hamas (zeal or fervor in Arabic) Shias and Al Fatah Muslims Somalia Genocide, War between Sunni Muslim clans 400,000 Deaths 2 Million Refugees Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 566
  • 567.
    Islamic Intolerance: MuslimsKilling Muslims ALGERIA 1990s 150,000 killed; Restarted in 2006 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 567
  • 568.
    Islamic Intolerance: MuslimsKilling Muslims Saddam Hussain – Butcher of Baghdad Saddam Hussein (1937-2006), ‘Butcher of Bagdad’ former president of Iraq (1979-2003), ouster by kafirs in 2003. within days of coming to power, he slaughtered most of the top Ba'athist leaders, had the carnage video-graphed and ordered bloodletting be screened in every town and village. Midnight Knock: People would be picked up for "questioning" and they would never return home. Mothers lost their children, wives their husbands, children their parents. 1987-88 mass slaughter of Kurd Muslims: 180,000 men, women and children. Halabja, a Kurshish town, 5,000 Iraqis were gassed to death. 1991, Massacre of Shia Muslims: 100,000 dead. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 568
  • 569.
    Islamic Intolerance: MuslimsKilling Muslims Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902 –1989) an Iranian political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Following the revolution, became the country's Supreme Leader of the new Islamic Republic until his death. Eight-year-long Iran-Iraq War (1980 - 1988) 450,000 to 950,000 casualties on the Iranian side and at a cost estimated by Iranian officials to total USD $300 billion. 1987, fatwa on Salman Rushdie assassination of Salman Rushdie, for his novel, The Satanic Verses. Hitoshi Igarashi, the Japanese translator of the book murdered Two other translators of the book survived attempted assassinations Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 569
  • 570.
    Islamic Intolerance: MuslimsKilling Muslims Life under Khomeini Sharia (Islamic law) was introduced, Islamic dress code enforced for both men and women, Women were required to cover their hair, and men were not allowed to wear shorts. Iranian educational curriculum was Islamized at all levels with the Islamic Cultural Revolution; the "Committee for Islamization of Universities” carried this out thoroughly. Senior government posts reserved for Muslims. Jewish, Christian and Zoroastrian schools be run by Muslim principals Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 570
  • 571.
    Islamic Intolerance inQuran QURAN on Jews, Christians, Pagans, Disbelievers of Islam QURAN tells us to: "not to make friends with Jews and Christians" (5:51), fight them "until they pay the Jizya (a penalty tax for the non-Muslims living under Islamic rules) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued" ( 9:29). "kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" (2:191), "murder them and treat them harshly" (9:123), "fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem" Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 571
  • 572.
    Islamic Intolerance: MuslimsKilling Others Darfur Genocide, (Sudan): 400,000 Deaths since 2003 War between Northern Arab Muslims and South Western non-Arab Christians & animists 1,500,000 Deaths (15 lacs) since 1983. 400,000 Deaths (4 lacs) since 2003 2 Million (20 lacs) Refugees since 2003 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 572
  • 573.
    Intolerance of theMuslims Kurds, Baha'is' Ismails, Shias, Ahmediyas are still persecuted Armenian Christian Genocide by Turkish Muslims 1915-1917 Armenian deaths between one-and-a-half million (15 lacs) 1971 Bangladesh Genocide by Pak army 3 Million Deaths 3,000,000 (30 lacs) Deaths of Bengali Hindus and Muslims for Bangladesh as a whole. Ten million (1 crore) Refugees: people fled the country to seek safety in India. * * India liberated Bangladesh from Genocide. Today Bangladesh is massacring Bengali Hindus. March 2001 Bamiyan Buddha Statue destroyed by Taliban, despite appeals from the United Nations, international NGOs, and the world community, including many Muslim countries, to preserve the two-thousand-year-old statues. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 573
  • 574.
    Intolerance of theMuslims in India The Bahmani sultans in central India, made it a rule to kill 100.000 Hindus a year. Taimur in 1399 AD killed 100.000 Hindus IN A SINGLE DAY, and many more on other occasions. 80 MILLION (8 Crore) Hindus MASSACRED between 1000 and 1525 AD Koenraad Elst quotes Professor K.S. Lal's "Growth of Muslim population in India", who writes that according to his calculations, the Hindu population decreased by 8O MILLION between the year 1000 and 1525. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HOLOCAUST IN THE WHOLE WORLD HISTORY. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 574
  • 575.
    Intolerance of Aurangzeb Aurangzeb(1658-1707) did not just build an isolated mosque on a destroyed temple, he ordered ALL temples destroyed, among them the Kashi Vishvanath, one of the most sacred places of Hinduism and had mosques built on a number of cleared temples sites. All other Hindu sacred places within his reach equally suffered destruction, with mosques built on them. A few examples: Krishna's birth temple in Mathura, the rebuilt Somnath temple on the coast of Gujurat, the Vishnu temple replaced with the Alamgir mosque now overlooking Benares and the Treta-ka-Thakur temple in Ayodhya. The Brave Maratha Hindu forces defeated Aurangazeb’s vast army and the Moghul ruler had a pathetic end at Aurangabad. old man Aurangzeb before his death confessed to his son in Feb 1707. "I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me." Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 575
  • 576.
    Islamic Intolerance inPunjab Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 576
  • 577.
    Maulana Mohammed Ali on Gandhiji "However pure Mr. Gandhi's character may be, he must appear to me, from the point of religion, inferior to any Mussalman even though he be without character." - Maulana Mohammed Ali Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 577
  • 578.
    Gandhiji on Islam "Ido regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are." - Mohandas Karamkhand Gandhi Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 578
  • 579.
    Annie Besant onMuslims "We have heard Muslim leaders declare that if the Afghans invaded India, they would join their fellow-believers, and would slay the Hindus who defended their motherland against the foe; we have been forced to see that the primary allegiance of Mussalmans is to Islamic countries, not to our motherland." - Annie Besant Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 579
  • 580.
    Rajiv Gandhi’s surrenderto Islam In Shah Bano Case Ever since Mr. Rajiv Gandhi's craven surrender in the Shah Bano case, there has been an insidious chipping away at the nation's secular edifice in a manner tailored to crystallize and partition minority identities. This is a departure from the original constitutional tolerance of religion-based personal laws in personal spaces that did not affect larger social interests and the desired separation of state and religion. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 580
  • 581.
    What Holy Quransays • Slay the idolaters" Qur'an 9:5 • “The spoils of war belong to Allah and his messenger“ Qur'an 8:1 • “I will cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers" Qur'an 8:12 • "Strike off their heads" Qur'an 8:12 • "You will soon be invited to fight against a nation of mighty prowess. Fight them until they submit“ Qur'an 48:16 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 581
  • 582.
    What Holy QuranSays • "Strike off every fingertip of them" Qur'an 8:12 • "Fight with them until there is no more persecution and religion should be only for Allah" Qur'an 8:39 • "Fight those who do not believe in Allah" Qur'an 9:29 • "Urge the believers to war" Qur'an 8:65 • "Until they pay the tax, acknowledge superiority, and are in a state of subjection" Qur'an 9.29 • "Permission to fight is given to those upon whom war is made because they are oppressed" Qur'an 22:39 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 582
  • 583.
    What Holy QuranSays • "Take them captives" Qur'an 9:5 • "So when you battle the unbelievers, then smite their necks until you have overcome them, and then make them prisoners" Qur'an 47:4 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 583
  • 584.
    Arab Intolerance Today Arab League has 22 member countries and The Palestinian Liberation Organization is the 23rd member • Bahrain (1971), • Jordan • Iraq, • Lebanon, • Kuwait (1961), • Mauritania (1973), • Libya (1953), • Morocco (1958), • Oman (1971), • Somalia (1974), • Qatar (1971), • Southern Yemen (1967), • Saudi Arabia, • Sudan (1956), • United Arab Emirates (1971). • Syria, • Egypt • Tunisia (1958), • Algeria (1962), • Yemen. • Comoros (1993), • The Palestine Liberation Organization in 1976. • Djibouti (1977), Only 8 Oil Producing countries are rich. They waste their money on Terrorism & Madrasas. Hence the rest 14 except Egypt are among the Poorest countries of the world. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 584
  • 585.
    Arab Intolerance Today Arab League has 22 member countries and The Palestinian Liberation Organization is the 23rd member • Bahrain (1971), • Jordan • Iraq, • Lebanon, • Kuwait (1961), • Mauritania (1973), • Libya (1953), • Morocco (1958), • Oman (1971), • Somalia (1974), • Qatar (1971), • Southern Yemen (1967), • Saudi Arabia, • Sudan (1956), • United Arab Emirates (1971). • Syria, • Egypt • Tunisia (1958), • Algeria (1962), • Yemen. • Comoros (1993), • The Palestine Liberation Organization in 1976. • Djibouti (1977), Only 8 Oil Producing countries are rich. They waste their money on Terrorism & Madrasas. Hence the rest 14 except Egypt are among the Poorest countries of the world. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 585
  • 586.
    Arab Intolerance Today ArabLeague has 22 member countries and The Palestinian Liberation Organization is the 23rd member 8 Rich Oil Producing countries are: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates The rest except perhaps Egypt are among the poorest nations of the world with a per capita income of less than 2$ a day. The oil rich Arab countries will enjoy spending their filthy excess dollars in spreading jihad, Al- Qaida, unrest around the world than feeding their suffering Arab millions. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 586
  • 587.
    Intolerance in ModernTimes Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton Genocide: the killing of people by a government because of their indelible group membership (race, ethnicity, religion, language). Politicide: the murder of any person or people by a government because of their politics or for political purposes. Mass Murder: the indiscriminate killing of any person or people by a government. Democide: The murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide, and mass murder. At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist governments slaughter their people by the tens of millions, while many democracies can barely bring themselves to execute even serial murderers, terrorists or insurgents. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 587
  • 588.
    Genocides by Communists Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton Lenin, Russia: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Stalin, Russia: bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb Mao Zedung, China: cccccccccccccccccccccccccccc Pol Pot, Cambodia: ddddddddddddddddddddddddddd West Bengal, Kerala, Mao Terrorists in Assam, Tripura, Andhra, : eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Russian / Chinese / Communist Express Card: Do Not Leave Home At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist governments slaughter their people by the tens of millions, while many democracies can barely bring themselves to execute even serial murderers, terrorists or insurgents. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 588
  • 589.
    Genocides by Communists Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. ---- Lord Acton. Letter to Bishop Creighton "Communism's only power is to diagnose some of the ills of a disordered society. It has no cure. It creates only an infantile paralysis of the social order." Russian / Chinese / Communist Express Card: Do Not Leave Home At the extremes of Power, totalitarian communist governments slaughter their people by the tens of millions, while many democracies can barely bring themselves to execute even serial murderers, terrorists or insurgents. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 589
  • 590.
    Genocide by Communistsin Russia 1870 - 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Revolution of 1917 – 250,000 civilian Jews were killed in the atrocities throughout the former Russian Empire; 300,000 Jewish orphans. 1917 February Russian Revolution and the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, 7-8 Nov 1917 Storming of the Winter Palace -beginning of Soviet rule. 8 Nov, 1917, Lenin elected as the Chair of the Council of People’s Commissars by the Russian Congress of Soviets. “Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the entire country,”Lenin said, emphasizing the importance of bringing electricity to all corners of Russia and modernizing industry and agriculture: Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 590 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 591.
    Genocide by Communistsin Russia 1870 - 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Dec 1917 Creation of secret police, the Cheka, July 1918 The Tsar and the rest of his immediate family executed Nov 1918 Censorship of News Papers Bolshevik-controlled Pravda and Izvestia had a monopoly on the supply of news Cheka bourgeoisie or right-wing opponents, socialist, worker or peasant, All who opposed Bolshevik rule.” Aug 30, 1918, Fanya Kaplan, a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party fired at Lenin Sep 1, 1918 Red Terror –maiming, Execution, Torture, Buried alive, hacked to death, drowned Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 591 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 592.
    Genocide by Communistsin Russia 1870 - 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Revolution of 1917 – 250,000 civilian Jews killed in the atrocities throughout the former Russian Empire; 300,000 Jewish orphans. 1917 - 1922 280,000 people were killed by the Chekas, 1922 2,691 priests, 1,962 monks & 3,447 nuns were killed Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 592 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 593.
    Genocide by Communistsin Russia 1870 - 1924 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Revolution of 1917 – 70,000 to 250,000 civilian Jews were killed in the atrocities throughout the former Russian Empire; the number of Jewish orphans exceeded 300,000. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 593 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 594.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia 700,000 People executed mostly peasants and workers. 1878 – 1953 Joseph Stalin from Georgia 1922 - 1953 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee. 1930s: Great Purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Political Rrepression, Persecution and Executions that reached its peak in 1937. 1928 Five Year Plans and Collective Farming. 1932 – 34: Confiscations of grain and other food esply Ukraine Death of Millions - Famine, Execution, Deportation, Torture Kulaks or well off peasants repressed (ReadThe Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest) 1941 – 45 Great Patriotic War (against Nazi Germany) 1956 De Stalinization by Nikita all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from Krushchev 594 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 595.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia Used Zinoviev, and Kamenev against Trotsky. (Trotsky assasinated finally in Aug 1940 in Mexico) • Used Bukharin and Rykov against Zinoviev and Kamenev, Stalin soon turned against Bukharin and Rykov. Stalin vastly increased the scope and power of the state's secret police and intelligence agencies. “River of blood" separated Stalin's regime from that of Lenin. Leon Trotsky Stalin saw no difference between espionage, communist political propaganda actions, and state-sanctioned violence, and he began to integrate all of these activities within the NKVD. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 595 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 596.
    Genocide of Scientistsby Stalin in Russia Many SCIENTISTS were sent to LABOR CAMPS (including Lev Landau, later a Nobel Prize winner, who spent a year in prison in 1938–1939) Many SCIENTISTS were EXECUTED (e.g. Lev Shubnikov, shot in 1937). They were persecuted for their dissident views, not for their research. SCHOLARS Poet Anna Akhmatova was subjected to several CYCLES OF SUPPRESSION and rehabilitation. Poet Nikolai Gumilev, Her first husband, was SHOT DEAD in 1921 Historian Lev Gumilev, Her son, spent 20 YEARS in a gulag. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 596 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 597.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia CULTURISATION Unification of Cultures in Stalin's period was very harmful. The traditional lives of many peoples in the Siberian, Central Asian and Caucasian provinces was upset and large populations were displaced and scattered in order to prevent nationalist uprisings. RELIGION Russian Orthodox Church - persecution in the 1930s near-extinction: by 1939, active parishes numbered in the low hundreds (down from 54,000 in 1917), churches had been leveled, and tens of thousands of priests, monks and nuns were persecuted and killed. Over 100,000 were shot during the purges of 1937–1938. Just days before Stalin's death, certain religious sects were outlawed and persecuted Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 597 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 598.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia command economy, executed or exiled, collectivization, Gulag labor camps, famine, ethnic groups in Russia Great Purge, forcibly resettled political repression, Superpowers, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 598 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 599.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia Death Estmates 20 Million: Pioneering researcher Robert Conquest, Russian writer Vadim Erlikman, 9 million Total victims of repression. 1.5 Million: executions, 5 million; gulags (Labor Camps), 1.7 million deportations, (out of 7.5 million deported); 1 million POWs and German civilians, 6 – 8 Million Famine deaths in 1932-33 3 million to as high as 60 million. 800,000 prisoners were executed 1.7 million died in the GULAG (Labor Camps) and 389,000 perished during kulak forced resettlement — a total of about 3 million victims. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 599 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 600.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia DEATHS by STALIN November 1939 391,800 lives in this four-month war against Finland alone, more than the United States in World War II against Germany and Japan (1941–1945). March 1940 Katyn Massacre 25,700 Polish "nationalist, educators and counterrevolutionary“ activists in the parts of the Ukraine and Belarus republics that had been annexed from Poland. June 1941, Hitler’s invasion of Soviet Union Millions of ill equipped Soviet Troops died Stalin killed all troops who retreated & Gulags all Russian soldiers captured by Germans and then freed Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 600 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 601.
    Genocide by JosephStalin in Russia DEATHS by STALIN Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 601 all Directions- Rig Veda
  • 602.
    Communists Intolerance inChina Mao Ze Dong (1893 – 1976) 70 Million (7 Crores) death during Peace time to achieve military-nuclear superpowerdom. Red Terrorism 1931 – 1934 186,000 tortured and killed in the mountainous regions of Jiangxi - Most cruel forms of tortures employed – Red hot iron rods thru anus, ripping open stomach, .. Land Reform and Counter Revolutionary Campaign 1949 - 1953 2 to 5 million (20 to 50 lakhs) were executed publically- former KMT officials, businessmen, intellectuals and large rural gentry. Kill publically at least one landlord in each village. 1.5 million (15 lakhs) sent to Reforms thru labor camps. Mao defended these killings as necessary for securing of power. Hundred Flower Campaign and Anti-Rightist Movement 1957 People were asked to give their opinions on government mistakes and millions who gave or criticized were later executed. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 602
  • 603.
    Communists Intolerance inChina The Great Leap Forward, 1958- 1962 41 Million (4 Crore 10 Lakhs) people died during Peace time due to Largest Famine in Human History (This was due to Unproven, Unscientific new agricultural techniques employed). Personality Cults Socialist Education Movement (SEM) 1962 Numerous posters and politicised art with Mao at the centre, Musical compositions referred to Mao as "A red sun in the centre of our hearts" and a "Savior of the people" Cultural Revolution China 1966 to 1969 3 Million (30 Lakhs) people died in the violence. (Mao, the Unknown Story by Jung Chang) "People who try to commit suicide — don't attempt to save them! . . . China is such a populous nation, it is not as if we cannot do without a few people." Mao on million deaths during Cultural Revolution Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 603
  • 604.
    Tiananmen Square Massacre April 15 to 4 June, 1989 Statistics and estimates from different sources : •10,000 deaths in total - Soviet Bloc estimates. •7,000 deaths (6,000 civilians and 1,000 soldiers) - NATO intelligence. •4,000 to 6,000 civilians killed - Edward Timperlake. •in excess of 3,700 killed, excluding disappearance or secret deaths and those denied of medical treatment - PLA defector citing a document circulating among officers. •2,600 had officially died by the morning of June 4 (later denied) - the Chinese Red Cross. • An unnamed Chinese Red Cross official estimated that, in total, 5,000 people killed and 30,000 injured. •1,000 deaths - Amnesty International •186 named individuals confirmed dead as at the end of June 2006 - Professor Ding Zilin. •According to the Chinese government, the "official figure is 241 dead, including soldiers, and 7,000 wounded". •Declassified NSA document mentioned casualty estimate of 180-500. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 604
  • 605.
    China’s Economic SuperPower 1971 - 2008 Slavery in China, China has not paid the constructions workers who built the main stadium the"Bird Nest". Communist government just gets things done. Who cares about human violations!! China in Chains by Jian Ma Child slavery in its brick factories and mines at Hongdong, 400 parents of Hongdong missing children are blacklisted by the government. Hu Wenhai, a brave man from Shanxi who killed two corrupt officials, said before his execution, "Officials are forcing people to rebel. I know I'm going to die, but my death will get the attention of those officials". The socialism established by Mao Zedong has been replaced by a thoroughly cynical creed. Organized criminals lead much of the country's economic development. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 605
  • 606.
    Communists Intolerance inCambodia 1976 – 1979 Pol Pot’s Killing Fields Pol Pot (May 19, 1925 – April 15, 1998), The combined effect of slave labour, malnutrition, poor medical care and executions had an estimated death toll of 750,000 to 1.7 million (17 Lacs) (approximately 26% of the population at that time). Confessions were extracted from prisoners through such methods as removing toenails with pliers, suffocating a prisoner repeatedly, and skinning a person while alive. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 606
  • 607.
    Intolerance of theChurch Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 607
  • 608.
    Intolerance of theChurch Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 608
  • 609.
    750 HSS Shakhas . 33 Countries . Around the World Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 609
  • 610.
    Pioneers of HSSShakhas Swargeeya Laxmanrao Bhide ji travelled to 60 countries in all continents to start shakhas and Hindu activities. Swargeeya Chamanlal ji coordinated all Sangh and Hindu activities outside Bharat from his Delhi office. Dr Shankar Tatwawadi ji is the present International Coordinator of Hindu Swayam sewak Sangh. He travels to all countries to coordinate the HSS shakha activities. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 610
  • 611.
    Initiator of 1stshakha outside Bharat – Jagdish Shastri ji 1st shakha on the deck of a ship sailing from Mumbai to Mombasa, Kenya in 1947. Sh. Jagdish Shastri ji and Ma. Rugani ji were the s/sewaks. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 611
  • 612.
    750 HSS Shakhas 680 HSS Shakhas in 33 Countries 70 Sevika Samiti Shakhas in 16 Countries ================================== 750 Total Shakhas in 33 Countries ================================== NEPAL: 230 Total Shakhas 120 Daily & 110 Weekly Shakhas Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 612
  • 613.
    750 HSS Shakhas 150 America zone in 6 countries 100 Europe Zone in 7 countries 130 South East Asia 7 countries 20 Australia Zone 3 countries 50 Africa Zone 9 countries 230 Nepal 1 country 70 Sevika Samiti (16 countries) ========================== 750 Total Shakhas in 33 countries Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 613
  • 614.
    HSS Shakhas Asia Europe 50 Myanmar 2 Americas 70 UK 46 Malaysia 60 USA 25 Netherlands 28 Sri Lanka 7 Canada 1 Germany 3 Singapore 33 Trinidad 1 Denmark 2 Hong Kong 20 Guyana 1 Norway 1 Thailand 29 Surinam 1 Finland 1 Indonesia 1 Panama 1 Ukraine [Bali] ============== =============== =============== 150 6 countries 100 7 countries 130 7 Countries Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 614
  • 615.
    750 HSS Shakhas South Pacific Africa Nepal 6 Australia 14 Kenya 120 Daily shakhas 10 New Zealand 13 South Africa 110 Weekly Shakhas 4 Fiji Islands 12 Mauritius -------------------------- ================ 1 Nigeria 230 Total Shakhas 20 3 Countries 10 Asia ================ 50 9 Countries Australia & New Zealand Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 615
  • 616.
    First Year SanghSiksha Vargas in 14 Countries Burma Nepal Malaysia Mauritius South Africa Kenya Guyana Trinidad Surinam USA Canada New Zealand UK Holland HSS 3 Days Camps in 6 countries Hong Kong, Australia, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Germany, Norway, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 616
  • 617.
    Marching Ahead Sanghand Samiti Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 617
  • 618.
    HSS & RSS Similarities Differences l Bhagwa Dhwaj l Name HSS (RSS) l Sanskrit Commands – l Dhwaj Pranam Daksha, Aaram, …. l Prarthana Sarva Mangala Mangalyam l Shaririks, KHELs, Utsavs l Vishwa Dharma Ki Jai l Shibirs, Vargas, (Bharat Mata ki Jai) l Karyakarta nirmiti, l Ganavesh Different Pracharaks l Baudhiks, Charchas in English (UK, USA, Australia, l Gata Padhati, Sanghachalak, New Zealand, Canada, ) Karyavah, Hindi (Surinam, Holland) Tamil (Malaysia & Sri Lanka) Bahasa Indonesia in Bali Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 618
  • 619.
    Impact of HSSwork in UK Drug addiction among English children reduced due to friendship with Bal s/sewaks Public demonstration of Dumbells by Bal S/sewaks on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s silvery jubilee celebrations was rated as one of the best. Hindu Critics in the press became Hindu well wishers after attending HSS camps Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 619
  • 620.
    Achievements of S/sewaksin USA Prof. Ved Nanda Dr. Bhishma Agnihotri Dr Shiva Subramanya Sanghachalak USA Former Sanghachalak, USA 3rd Year Trained, Condoleezza Rice and 3 Youngest Vice-Chancellor Former Full Time cabinet ministers are his of a University in USA Worker of VHP students. Winner of International 20 Years Coordinator 2 Chairs in Denver Peace Award from Israel or Joint-Coordinator University established government in the presence for all Space Projects by his students at a cost of Presidents of USA and in USA of 10 million Dollars. Israel. Nominated for Nobel Intl General Secretary Prize for Lawyers Association for 20 years. Winner of the Highest Award from USA Sought by Press, TV Govt channels for his views on Human Rights issues Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 620
  • 621.
    Impact of HSSwork in Malaysia 1) Suicide rate amongst Hindus brought down drastically in Cameron Highlands. UN appreciates  Hindus from different castes pray together in Taman Karuppiah temple near Kelang  Hindu Youth challenge conversion activities of Christians and are active in bringing them back to Hindu-fold.  Large Hindu youth helping Hindu victims of floods, fire accidents, …. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 621
  • 622.
    Achievements of young Swayamsewaksin Malaysia  One young S/sewak tendered his resignation from a factory job when denied leave for Sangha Siksha varga as a sikshak  One s/sewak understood the greatness of Hinduism after joining HSS. He refused to get converted and broke relations with his Christian fiancée 20 years ago. He is still a bachelor.  One Karyavah postponed his marriage many years so as to support Pracharaks financially.  Pracharak Rama ji pioneer of Shakha activities in Bali, Indonesia for Bali Hindu youth. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 622
  • 623.
    Achievements of young Swayamsewaksin Burma  Pracharak Ma. Ram Prakash Dhir ji organised over 70 large scale Buddha exhibitions all over Brahmadesh and Thailand.  Pracharak Dr Ram Niwas ji teaches Sanskrit and Pali to Professors and Buddha Bhikkus in Yangon university, without taking salary.  One s/sewak from Burma and another from UK started Shakha activities in Hong Kong.  Government gives free first class railway pass to one senior pracharak for traveling all over Myanmar and one second class pass for an assistant. 1. HSS is running orphanage & Sanskrit classes for Hindu children. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 623
  • 624.
    World Hindu Conferences Hindu Consolidations . Around The World . HSS - VHP Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 624
  • 625.
    World Hindu Conferences Organised by HSS, VHP and Vishwa Dharma Prasar Yaatra in more than 30 major cities of the world in UK, Denmark, Germany, Russia, USA, Canada, Guyana, Trinidad, Surinam, South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hong Kong etc. 1989 PP Doctor ji’s Birth Centenary Celebrations Place: Milton Keynes Football Stadium, Near London, UK 100,000 Hindus from all over the world 300 Hindu Organisations in United Kingdom Came together to host this conference. Only handful of Police patrolling that area. Rest of arrangements taken care by HSS Volunteers Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 625
  • 626.
    Foreign VIPs inHSS, VHP Functions Heads of States - Non-Indians: Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya), Nelson Mandela (South Africa), Margaret Thatcher (UK), David Russell Lange (New Zealand) Heads of States – People of Indian Origin Deven Nair (Singapore), Mahendra Chowdhary (Fiji), Basdev Pandey (Trinidad), Aniruddha Jaganath (Mauritius), Sewoosagur Ram Goolam (Mauritius), Others: Dy. Prime Minister (Burma), Governor of Bali, Foreign Minister of Thailand, Alan Ford (USA – Industrialist), Dato Sri Samy Vellu (Malaysia - Minister) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 626
  • 627.
    What we shoulddo to Protect Dharma? Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah • Be proud to be a Hindu. • Unite yourself and be fearless. • Read, Feel and Regain ancient glory. • Organise religious education. • Keep Hindu Names for children, Houses, Shops, firms, Companies, Products, Brand India • Oppose pseudo-secularism, Discuss anti-Hindu constitution. • Discuss de-merits of family planning. • Hinduise politics, Consolidate Hindu vote bank, Influence Political power. • Watch for anti national activities around your area. • Influence, Control press and electronic media. Write in letters to editor column. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 627
  • 628.
    What we shoulddo to Protect Dharma? Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah (11) Expel foreign Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators (12) Check conversion of the Hindus. (13) Bring-back the Hindu converts. (14) Discard religious superstitions; social evils, and adopt social reforms. (15) Teach your children Vedas, Gita, Ramayan, Mahabharat, stories of Shivaji, Chankya, saints and their writings. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 628
  • 629.
    Vedic Sciences or Contribution of Ancient Hindus to Science & Technology Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 629
  • 630.
    Vedic Literature Chatur DashaVidya or 14 Books of Knowledge 4 Vedas 6 Vedangas Part 4 Upa Vedas Rig Veda Siksha (Phonetics) Nose Ayur Ved (10,552 Mantras) (Charak, Sushrut) Vyakarna (Grammar) Mouth Yajur Ved Dhanur Ved (1,975 Mantr) Chhandas (Meters) Feet (Lord Shiv, Vishwamitra) Sama Ved Niruktam (Etymology) Ears Gandharva Ved (1,875 Mantras) (Origin of words) (Bharat Muni) Atharva Ved Jyotisham (Astronomy) Eye Stapathya Ved (5,987 Mantras) & Artha Sastra Kalpam (Ceremonies) Hands (Bhrugu, Ved Vyas) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 630
  • 631.
    Vedic Literature Chatur DashaVidya or 14 Books of Knowledge 6 Vedangas Part Rishis Siksha (Phonetics) Nose Vyakarna (Grammar) Mouth Shaunaka, Sakatayana, Panini Chhandas (Meters) Feet Pingala (Br of Panini) Niruktam (Etymology) Ears YaskAcharya (Origin of words) Jyotisham (Astronomy) Eye Surya Bhagwan, Mayan, Kalpam (Ceremonies) Hands Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 631
  • 632.
    Vedic Astronomy ‘Nakshatravidya’, ‘Jyotirvijnyanam’or Jyotish Shastra’ • Shukla Yajurveda (30/10) ‘Nakshatradrashta’ for an Astronomer • Chhandogya Upanishad (7/1/2) ‘Nakshatravidya’ for Astronomy • Rig Veda, Atarva Veda Mentions stars, course of Planets • Aitareya Brahmana (3/44) sun actually neither rises nor sets • Vedang – Jyotish calculation of appropriate time for Vedic Rituals and Yagnas • Vedang Jyotish of Lagadha Arch Jyotish (36 Shlokas) (First Treatise on Astronomy) Yajush Jyotish (43 Shlokas) (Calculation of Time, Calendar) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 632
  • 633.
    JYOTISH-SHASTRA J y o t is - S a s h t r a S u ry a B h a g w a n T a u g h t M a y a n A r y a b h a t t a , V a r a h a m ih ir , B h a s k a r a c h a r y a S id h a n t a S k a n d a H o ra S k a n d a S a m h it a S k a n d a V y a k t a G a n it H o ro s c o p e S a g u n a s , N im it t a A v y a k t a G a n it 1 2 Z o d ia c S ig n s S c e n ts S a m e e k a ra n Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 633
  • 634.
    The Surya Siddhanta, A textbook on astronomy of ancient India, last compiled in 1000 BC, believed to be handed down from 3000 BC by aid of complex mnemonic recital methods still known today. Showed the Earth's diameter to be 7,840 miles, compared to modern measurements of 7,926.7 miles. Showed the distance between the Earth and the Moon as 253,000 miles, Compared to modern measurements of 252,710 miles. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 634
  • 635.
    Sanskrit Terminologies Hiranyagarbha = Cosmic Egg Neeharika = Nebula Krishnatara = Black Hole Dhumaketu = Comet Griha = Planet Upa-Griha = Satellite Ulka = Meteorites Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 635
  • 636.
    PROMINENT ANCIENT INDIANASTRONOMERS ASTRONOMER PLACE PERIOD MAJOR WORKS Lagadha 1500 BC Vedanga Jyothisha Aryabhata-I Patna 476 A.D Aryabhatiya Aryabhata Siddhanta Varahamihira Ujjain 505 A.D Panchasiddhantica Brihatsamhita Bhaskara Vallabhi 600 A.D Maha Bhaskariyam (Gujarat) Laghu Bhaskariyam Bramhagupta Bhillamala 600 A.D Bramha Sphuta (Rajastan) Siddhanta Lalla Dasapura 700 A.D Sishya-dhi Vriddhida (M.P) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 636
  • 637.
    PROMINENT ANCIENT INDIANASTRONOMERS (Contd) ASTRONOMER PLACE PERIOD MAJOR WORKS Aryabhata-II 932 A.D Maha Siddhanta Bhaskara-II 1114 A.D Siddhanta Shiromani Leelavati Beeja Ganitham Karana Kutuhala Sridhara 1227 A.D Laghukecharasiddhi Parameswara Kerala 1376 A.D Drigganitha Goladeepika Grahanamandara Neelakanta Kerala 1500 A.D Tantra Sangraha Somayaji Siddhanta Darpana Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 637
  • 638.
    LUNAR CALENDER OFTHE HINDUS MOST NATURAL ONE. MONTH REVOLUTION OF MOON AROUND THE EARTH - SHUKLA & KRISHNA PAKSHAS WAXING & WANING OF THE MOON. MATCHING OF SOLAR AND LUNAR YEARS BY ‘ADHIK MAAS’. DISTANCES AND REVOLUTION PERIODS OF PLANETS PLANET DISTANCE FROM THE SUN REVOLUTION PERIOD Aryabhata Modern Aryabhata Modern Mercury 0.375 A.U 0.387 Venus 0.725 0.723 Mars 1.538 1.523 1.881 yrs 1.881 Jupiter 5.16 5.20 11.861 11.862 Saturn 9.41 9.54 29.477 29.458 Earth 365.259 d 365.25 Moon 27.259 27.322 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 638
  • 639.
    Solar System The orbitalperiod of Jupiter is close to 12 years (11.6 years), and that of Saturn is almost 30 years (29.46 years), so that the interval between their conjunctions, in the same area of the zodiac, is about 60 years. The interval between similar eclipses was also known to the ancient astronomers ~ called Saros by the Chaldeans, the period is 6585 days, or just over 18 years. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 639
  • 640.
    Sanskrit Terms  Ya~ to go. Yaga ~ an Offering.  Yu ~ to unite.  Yuga ~ a Yoke or Couple, an Age or a Life, or the number Four.  Yoga ~ a Union or Conjunction, a Means or Vehicle, Meditation or Mantra, a regular Order or (in mathematics) Addition.  Kal ~ to count or reckon.  Kala ~ an Instant (of time), a Digit (one sixteenth of the moon), or a small Part (of anything). As a unit of time (or circular movement generally), one Kala is a span of one minute. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 640
  • 641.
    Sapta Rishis 1. Visvamitra Dubhe (Dubb, Ak): Bear, Alpha Ursæ Majoris. 2. Jamadagni Merak (Mirak): Loins, Beta Ursæ Majoris. 3. Bharadvaja Phad (Phecda; Phekda; Phegda; Phekha; Phacd): Thigh, Gamma Ursæ Majoris. 4. Gautama Megrez (Kaffa): Insertion-point (of the bear's tail), Delta Ursæ Majoris. 5. Atri Alioth (Aliath): Goat, Epsilon Ursæ Majoris. 6. Vasistha Mizar (Mizat; Mirza): Wrapping (Loincloth), Zeta Ursæ Majoris. 7. Kasyapa Alkaid (Benetnash, Benetnasch, Elkeid): Chief Daughter of the Bier, Eta Ursæ Majoris. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 641
  • 642.
    Earth Sun Measurements Magic of 108 108 Times THE Diameter Of Earth = Diameter of Sun 108 Times the Diameter of Sun = Distance between Sun & Earth 108 Times the Diameter of Moon = Distance between Earth & Moon Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 642
  • 643.
    Vedic Astronomy Books ‘Panchasiddhantika’ 1000 BC Pitamaha siddhanta, Vashistha siddhant, Paulisha siddhanta, Surya siddhanta and Romaka siddhanta. Panchasiddhantika’ is mentioned by Varahmihira (505 AD Ujjain) five siddhantas of earlier Astronomy in which a complete system NobleAstronomy from presented. Let of Thoughts Come to us is all Directions- Rig Veda 643
  • 644.
    Vedic Astronomy Books ‘Surya Sidhanta’ – 1000 BC Surya the Sun God disclosed it to Asura Maya in the city of Romaka. The cosmological time cycles and the Solar Planetary cycles are described here. Sidereal Year (The length of Earth’s Revolution Round the Sun) 365.25 63 627 days Surya Sidhanta 365.25 63 627 days modern value. Surya Sidhanta value is only 1.4 seconds longer than the modern value. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 644
  • 645.
    Vedic Astronomy Books ‘Aryabhatiyam of Aryabhata’ 476 AD Kerala consist of four parts – the • Dasha gitika sutra, Mathematics • Ganita Pada, Mathematics • Kal kriya pada Principles of Astronomical Time Calculations (25 Verses) • Gola pada Celestial Sphere (50 verses) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 645
  • 646.
    Vedic Astronomy Books AryaSiddhanta Aryabhata IInd, 932 AD Voluminous work on Astronomy. Brahma-sphuta-siddhant Brahmagupta, 600 AD Rajasthan treats the Astronomy more elaborately and more methodically. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 646
  • 647.
    Vedic Astronomy Books Siddhantshiromani of Bhaskaracharya 600 AD divided into four parts – 1. Lilavati, 2. the Bijganita, 3. the Graha ganita adhyaya 4. the Goladhyaya. Goladhyaya difficult Astronomico – mathematical problems are posed and solved. Astronomical Instruments described Seasons described. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 647
  • 648.
    Vedic Astronomy Books •Rajmriganka Bhoja • Bhasvati Shatananda • Grahalaghava or the siddhantrahasya Ganesha • Siddhantatattva viveka Kamalakara • Karanapaddhati Nilakantha Somayaji. (1500 AD Kerala) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 648
  • 649.
    Vedic Mathematics 10,000 Years Old 16 Sutras and 12 Sub- Easy one or two line Sutras. Can solve problems answers. in Arithmetic, Algebra, 10 years of Geometry, calculus, Mathematics can be Trigonometry, Equations learnt in two years. etc Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 649
  • 650.
    Yavad Unena As much the difference Tavad Uni Krut So much further difference Vargam Cha Yojayet Square the Difference Suppose we have to find the Square of 98 Step-1: Find D the difference. 98 is 02 less than 100. Hence D = 02 Step-2: Subtract D from the number 98 – D = 98 – 02 = 96 Step-3: Square the Difference = D2 = 04 98 X 98 = 9604 97 X 97 = 94 09 104 X 104 = 108 16 996 X 996 = 992 016 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 650
  • 651.
    "Many of theadvances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago." - Grant Duff British Historian Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 651
  • 652.
    Tatitreeya Samhita 7-2-20-1 in 100 BCE 1 Ekam 1017 Parardhaha 10 Dasham 100 Shatam 1019 Nivaahaha 103 Sahasram 1021 Utsangaha 105 Lakshaha 1023 Bahulam 107 Kotihi 1025 Naagbaalaha 109 Ayutam 1027 Titilambham 1011 Niyutam 1029 Vyavasthaana Pragnaptihi 1013 Kankaram 15 1031 Hetuheelam 10 Vivaram Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 652 1033 Karahuhu
  • 653.
    Tatitreeya Samhita 7-2-20-1 in 100 BCE 1035 Hetvindreeyam In Anuyogdwaar Sutra 1037 Samaapta lambhaha 100 BCE one numeral is raised as high as 1039 Gananaagatihi 1041 Niravadyam 10140 1043 Mudraabaalam The highest prefix used 1045 Sarvabaalam for raising 10 to a 1047 Vishamagnagatihi power in Today’s 1049 Sarvagnaha Maths is D for 1030 1051 VibhtangamaaNoble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let 653 1053 Tallaakshanam
  • 654.
    Mathematics in Vedas Shuklayajureda odd numbers and tables (18/24,25). The Brahmana texts ‘ekaya svaha, dvabhyam svaha, tribhyah svaha’ - vedic concept of Arithmetical Progressions. Pingal Sutra a discourse on calculation of Squares and Square roots. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 654
  • 655.
    Mathematics in AncientBharat India - birth place of several mathematical concepts including Zero, Decimal System, Algebra, Algorithm, Square Root and Cube Root etc. Calculus (even more than three centuries before Leibnitz and Newton introduced their own theorems). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 655
  • 656.
    MATHEMATICIAN TIME PERIOD Baudhayana (1,000 B.C.E.) Sripathi (1039 C.E.) Apastamba (600 B.C.E.) Hemachandra Suri (b. 1089) Katyayana (500 B.C.E.) Bhaskara (1114-c. 1185) Umaswati (150 B.C.E.) Cangadeva (1205) Madhava of Sangamagramma (c. 1340-1425) Aryabhata (476-c. 550 C.E.) Narayama Pandit (1350) Varahamihira (c. 505-c. 558) Paramesvara (1360-1455) Brahmagupta (c. 598-c. 670) Govindaswami (c. 800-850) Nilakantha Somayaji (1455-1555) Mahavira (850 C.E.) Sankara Variar (c. 1500-1560) (Mahaviracharya) Narayana (c. 1500-1575) Pruthudakaswami (850 C.E.) Jyesthadeva (1550) Sridhara (900) Acyuta Pisarati (c. 1550-1621) Manjula (930) Putumana Somayaji (c. 1660-1740) Aryabhata II (950) Jaganath Pandit (1700) Prashastidhara (958) Sankara Varman (1800 C.E.) Halayudha (975) Jayadeva (1000 C.E.) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 656
  • 657.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton K.Ramasubramanian, a professor at the IIT- Bombay, has recently published a book on Hindu calculus, “Ganita Yukti-Bhasa”. Yukti-Bhasa means Rational Mathematics. It is the translation of a synonymous work by Madhava of Sangama Grama in Kerala. The book is featured in Pune mirror, a tabloid of the TOI group. (It was not Newton, but Madhava, July 30, 08; p4) “Subsets of calculus existed in the Ganita-Yukti- Bhasa, two centuries before Isaac Newton published his work”. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 657
  • 658.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin Calculus has been discovered for the first time, almost 250 years before Sir Isaac Newton, It appears as per the report, the Manchester University has uploaded these claims in their website during the 13th of August, 2007. Thus the work of Dr. Gheverghese and his colleagues have received the credit of bringing the facts to the notice of the world for the first time. facts appeared in the News papers both language Newspapers and also English News papers during 14th and 15th August 2007, all over India. Later days some more information has been published in some other News papers. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 658
  • 659.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin The few very famous names of the great Kerala mathematics scholars are Sangama graama Madhvacharya, Sankara Varman, Achyutha Pisharoti, Puthumana Somayaji, Sankara Narayanan, Govinda Swamy, Parmaeswarcharya, Nilakanta Somayaji …. They have discovered many theorems. Many of their theorems are now known in the names of Newton, Gauss, Taylor, Lhuler, Gregory, Lebenitz and Demoiver . These theorems known in the name of the above western scientists . These were discovered and written minimum 250 to 700 years before western scientists, by the Kerala mathematicians or some other Indian mathematicians like Vateswaracharya in their Sanskrit books which are available even now in the printed form with English translation. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 659
  • 660.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin Many of these books have been published by the Government recognized institutes, universities and charitable trusts involved in the R & D studies on the ancient heritage knowledge like Indian National Science Academy, Mathematics Department of Lucknow University and Visewarananda Viswa Vidyalaya, Hoshiarpur. Some books like Puhtumana somayaji’s Kranapaddhati has been published by the university of Kerala in Malayalam. It is not complicated to find out the period of the Kerala / Indian mathematicians, for proving who has discovered the theorems or calculus for the first time and published them. What is needed is the knowledge of the Ka ta pa ya adi number and Bhootha sankhya number systems which were commonly used in these books for presenting the mathematical data and theorems. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 660
  • 661.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin One should also know the commencement date of Kali Era, Saka varsha and Kalpa for converting the period into A or BC. Since use of AD and BC came into use later the Indians did not use them in their books. Conversion of Kali Era, Kalpa etc and Saka era to AD ( Christian Era) is easy and one can easily find out the period of every Indian / Kerala mathematicians without any confusion. Then one can prove that the period of Kerala mathematicians are before or after that of the Western scholars. One should remember that every Kerala mathematician or their students have given their date of birth /date of completion of their book directly or indirectly in their of work. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 661
  • 662.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin Given here is two examples of correctly giving the period of Indian mathematicians . Bhaskaracharya who has written Lilavti, Siddhanta siromany, etc has given his birth in bhootha ankhya in saka varsha “rasa-guna-poorna- mahee” which means saka era 1036 which is equal to AD 1114. Puthumna somayaji has given the year of his completion of Karanapaddhati book in saka varsha…” thri- pancha -sikhi – bhoomitha saaka samvatsare..” which means saka year 1353 which is same as AD 1431. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 662
  • 663.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage has submitted proof for the discoveries of many mathematical theorems and calculus In its publications Indian Scientific Heritage, forward written by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, F.R.S ( 30thMay, 1999) which was published as the 14th publication in the series of Heritage publication series ( 28th Feb. 2000.) From this book the important theorems were separately selected and published by IISH as the 66th series of Heritage publication series, with a title “ We claim these are INDIAN DISCOVERIES” both the books are authored by myself. In the second book we have also given this information, “We are waiting for your unbiased and scientific views …..! We submit with proof these claims, on the discoveries and inventions of the facts mentioned in this book, to the scholars and scientists. We request you to inform us your opinions and views on these claims, that these are Indian discoveries / inventions. With full address, phone number and email address to reply. These lines are published in the third page of the book published on 21st March 2003. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 663
  • 664.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin We have proved and produced with Sanskrit original text and English translation of the discovery of Vateswaracharya (AD 880) the Newton Gauss Backward interpolation (AD1670); Nilakanta Somayaji ( AD 1444) discovered the Newton Infinite GP Convergent Series (AD1670). NIlakanta Somayaji ( AD 1444) discovered Taylor Series (AD 1685). Govinda swamy discovered the Newton interpolation (AD 1670); Puthumana Somayaji ( AD 1431) discovered the Newton’s power series (AD 1660); Parameswaracharya (AD1360) discovered the Lhuier power series (AD 1782) Madhavacharya (AD 1350) discovered the De Moiver’s approximation (AD 1650). Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 664
  • 665.
    Calculus – Kerala& Not Newton Calculus and many theorems are of Kerala origin There are many more theorems which are not known hitherto are available in the Sanskrit books which have not been published in any others names.. We in our publication Indian Scientific Heritage these facts. Our books was published with the financial support ICHR, Govt of India a and also Indian National Science Academy. We approached ‘The Hindu’ News paper, ‘Indian Express’, Mathrubhumi (Malayalam) Malayala Manorama (Malayalam) with proof that we (IISH) have already given proof about the facts that these discoveries were made in Kerala. Unfortunately except Indian Express, other News papers did not give a positive response. We request you to bring to light the work done by Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage, particularly during the time when only foreign claims are being entertained, even by Indians, when we are doing our level best to inform the public and scholars all about the truth and facts about Indian heritage for the last seven years. Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 665
  • 666.
    Physics in AncientBharat “Newtonian physics is similar to the Hindu Sankhya philosophy.” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 666
  • 667.
    Vedic Physics Measurement of Length 8 Paramanu = 1 Trasarenu 2000 Danda = 1 Krosha 8 Trasarenu = 1 Renu 4 Krosha = 1 Yojana 8 Renu = 1 Balagna 1 Danada = 1 Metre 8 Balagna = 1 Likhya 1Angula = 1.0416 cm 8 Likhya = 1 Yuka 8 Yuka = 1 Yava Circumference of earth - Sulva Sidhanta and 8 Yava = 1 Angula Modern Science are same 24 Angula = 1 Hasta 4.02x107 Danda 4 Hasta = 1 Danda 4 X 107 Metre Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 667
  • 668.
    Vedic Physics Measurement of Mass 10 Krishnala = 1 Maasha 16 Maasha = 1 Suvarna Pala (Gold Pala) 32 Maasha = 1 Raupya Pala (Silver Pala) 48 Maasha = 1 Lauha Pala (Iron Pala) Many other Forms of Weight were also in usage Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 668
  • 669.
    Vedic Physics Temperature (Linka) 1 Pralinka = 1 Padakakshya = 0.885o C 4 Pada Kakshya = 1 Kakshya = 3.54o C 6 Kakshya = 1 Linka = 21.24o C 113 Pada Kakshya = Boiling Pt of water = 100o C 101 Kakshya = Boiling Pt of Mercury = 357o C 50 Linka = Boiling Point of Gold = 1062o C * The temp between Freezing Pt of Water and Melting Pt of Gold is divided into 50 Linkas Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 669
  • 670.
    Vedic Units ofTime (a) Smaller Units of Time TRUTI = 33,750th fraction of a second is the smallest unit of time 100 Truti =1 Tatpara 45 Tatpara =1 Nimesha 30 Nimesha =1 Prana = 4 secs 3 Nimesh =1 Vipala = 0.4 secs 60 Vipalas =1 Pala = 24 secs 60 Palas =1 Ghatika = 24 Mts 60 Ghatikas =1 Divas = 1 day or 24 Hrs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 670
  • 671.
    Vedic Units ofTime - 1 TRUTI = 33,750th fraction of a second is the smallest unit of time 100 Truti =1 Tatpara 45 Tatpara =1 Nimesha 30 Nimesha =1 Prana = 4 secs 3 Nimesh =1 Vipala = 0.4 secs 60 Vipalas =1 Pala = 24 secs 60 Palas =1 Ghatika = 24 Mts 60 Ghatikas =1 Divas = 1 day or 24 Hrs 7 Divas = 1 Saptah = 1 week 15 Divas = 1 Paksha = 1 Fortnight 2 Paksha = 1 Maas = 1 Month 2 Maas = 1 Ritu = 1 Season 6 Ritu = 12 Maas = 1 Varsha = 1 Year 100 Years = 1 Shatabda 10 Shatabda = 1 Sahasrabda = 1 Millenium = 1,000 yrs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 671
  • 672.
    Vedic Units ofTime -2 432 Sahasrabda = 1 Kali Yug or Yug = 432,000 years 2 Yug = 1 Dwapar Yug = 864,000 years 3 Yug = 1 Treta Yug = 1296,000 years 4 Yug = 1 Satya Yug = 1728,000 years 10 Yug = 1 Maha Yug = 4.32 Million Yrs 1000 Maha Yug = 1 Kalpa = 4.32 Billion Years = Morning of Brahma 2 Kalpa = 1 Day of Brahma = 2,000 Maha Yug = 8.64 Billion Years 360 Days of Brahma = 1 Year of Brahma = 3110.4 Billion Years = 3.1104 Trillion Years 1 Maha Kalpa or Brahma Ayu Biggest Unit of Time = 100 Years of Brahma = 311.04 Trillion Year = 3.1104 X 1014 Solar Years = 311,040,000,000,000 solar years. TRUTI , the smallest Unit of Time = 33,750th part of a Second Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 672
  • 673.
    Islamic & JewishCalendars Hindu Months Caitra (Mar-Apr) (29 or 30) Vaisakha (April-May) (29 or 30) Jyaistha (May-Jun) (29 or 30) Asadha (Jun-Jul) (29 or 30) Sravana (July-Aug) (29 or 30) Bhadrapada (Aug-Sept) (29 or 30) Asvina (Sep-Oct) (29 or 30) Karttika (Oct-Nov) (29 or 30) Margasirsa (Nov-Dec) (29 or 30) Pausa (Dec-Jan) (29 or 30) Magha (Jan-Feb) (29 or 30) Phalguna (Feb-Mar) (29 or 30) Dvitiya Asadha (some leap years) Adhik Maas in a leap year takes care of 365.4 days 116 or 120 days 116 or 120 days 116 or 120 days = 348 / 360 days Islamic Months Muharram (30) Safar (29) Rabi I (30) Rabi II (29) Jumada I (30) Jumada II (29) Rajab (30) Shaban (29) Ramadan (30) Shawwal (29) Dhu al-Qadah (30) Dhu al-Hijjah (29 or 30) 118 118 118 or 119 = 354 or 355 Jewish Months Tishri (Sept-Oct) (30), Heshvan (Oct-Nov) (29 or 30), Kislev (Nov-Dec) (29 or 30) Tebet (Dec-Jan) (29) Shebat (Jan-Feb) (30) Adar (Feb-Mar) (29 or 30) Adar Sheni (leap years only) Nisan (March-April) (29) Iyar (April-May) (30) Sivan (May-June) (30) Tammuz (June-July) (29) Ab (July-Aug) (30) Elul (Aug-Sept) (29) 118 117 or 118 118 – 120 = 353 - 356 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 673
  • 674.
    Hindu Calendar –Year Names Year names There is a cycle of 60 calendar year names, called Samvatsaras. 21. Sarvajit (2007-2008 AD/CE) 41. Plavanga 1. Prabhava 22. Sarvadhārin (2008-09 AD) 42. Kīlaka 2. Vibhava 23. Virodhin 43. Saumya 3. Shukla 24. Vikrita 44. Sādhārana 4. Pramoda 25. Khara 45. Virodhikrit 5. Prajāpati 26. Nandana 46. Paritāpin 6. Āngirasa 27. Vijaya 47. Pramādin 7. Shrīmukha 28. Jaya 48. Ānanda 8. Bhāva 29. Manmatha 49. Rākshasa 9. Yuvan 30. Durmukha 50. Anala 10. Dhātri 31. Hemalambin 51. Pingala 11. Īshvara 32. Vilambin 52. Kālayukti 12. Bahudhānya 33. Vikārin 53. Siddhārthin 13. Pramāthin 34. Shārvari 54. Raudra 14. Vikrama 35. Plava 55. Durmati 15. Vrisha 36. Shubhakrit 56. Dundubhi 16. Chitrabhānu 37. Shobhana 57. Rudhirodgārin 17. Svabhānu 38. Krodhin 58. Raktāksha 18. Tārana 39. Vishvāvasu 59. Krodhana 19. Pārthiva 40. Parābhava 60. Akshaya 20. Vyaya (2006-2007 AD/CE) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 674
  • 675.
    Hindu of aHindu Calendar– Pancanga Pancanga or 5 Parts Calendar The Hindu calendrical day starts with local sunrise. It is allotted five "properties", called anga-s. They are: • the tithi active at sunrise (Prathama, Dwitiya, 30 Amavasya or Purnima) • the vaasara or weekday (Ravivaar, Somavaar, . 7 Shanivaar) • the nakshatra in which the moon resides at sunrise (Ashwini, Bharani, …. 27 Revati star) • the yoga active at sunrise (Vishkambha, Priti, …27 Vaidhriti) • the karana active at sunrise. (4 Fixed & 7 Repeating Karanas) 01. Tithi (Date …) Prathama, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Chaturthi, ….. Paurnami or Amavasya 02. Vaasara: (7 days of a week) Ravi Vaasara, Soma Vaasara, Mangal, Budh, Guru, Shukra, Shani Vaasara Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 675
  • 676.
    Hindu Calendar –Pancanga 03. Nakshatras •Ashvinī • Pushya • Svātī • Shravana •Bharanī • Āshleshā • Vishākhā • Shravishthā •Kṛttikā • Maghā • Anurādhā • Shatabhishā •Rohinī • Pūrv • Jyeshtha • Pūrva •Mrigashīrsha Phalgunī • Mūla Bhādrapadā •Ārdrā • Uttara • Pūrva • Uttara •Punarvasu Phalgunī Ashādhā Bhādrapadā • Hasta • Uttara • Revatī • Chitrā Ashādhā Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 676
  • 677.
    Hindu Calendar –Pancanga 04. Yoga Yoga computation involves dividing the sum of the longitudes of the sun and moon into 27 parts. First one computes the angular distance along the ecliptic of each object, taking the ecliptic to start at Mesha or Aries (Meshādi, as defined above): this is called the longitude of that object. The longitude of the sun and the longitude of the moon are added, and normalized to a value ranging between 0° to 360° (if greater than 360, one subtracts 360.) This sum is divided into 27 parts. Each part will now equal 800' (where ' is the symbol of the arcminute which means 1/60 of a degree.) These parts are called the yoga-s. They are labeled: 2.Vishkambha 2. Dhriti 2. Vajra 2. Sādhya 3.Prīti 3. Shūla 3. Siddhi 3. Shubha 4.Āyushmān 4. Ganda 4. Vyatīpāta 4. Shukla 5.Saubhāgya 5. Vriddhi 5. Varigha 5. Brāhma 6.Shobhana 6. Dhruva 6. Parigha 6. Māhendra 7.Atiganda 7. Vyāghāta 7. Shiva 7. Vaidhriti 8.Sukarman 8. Harshana 8. Siddha Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 677
  • 678.
    Hindu Calendar –Pancanga 05. Karana A karana is half of a tithi. To be precise, a karana is the time required for the angular distance between the sun and the moon to increase in steps of 6° starting from 0°. (Compare with the definition of a tithi above.) Since the tithi-s are thirty in number, one would expect there to be sixty karana-s. But there are only eleven. There are four "fixed" karana-s and seven "repeating" karana-s. The seven "repeating" karana-s are: The four "fixed" karana-s are: 2.Bava 3.Kimstughna 3.Bālava 4.Shakuni 4.Kaulava 5.Chatushpād 5.Taitula 6.Nāgava 6.Garajā 7.Vanijā 8.Vishti (Bhadrā) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 678
  • 679.
    Age of Vedas= Age of Creation File: Vedas in C-2000 According to Swami Dayananda, at present it is Chatur-Yugi of the seventh Manvantara and that 4976 years in the Kali Age have passed, since the creation of the universe. Accordingly the age of Veda is : (A) 6 x 30,67,20,000 = 184,03,20,000 Satayuga - 17,28,000 years Tretayuga - 12,96,000 (B) In the seventh Manvantara Dwaparayuga - 8,64,000 43,20,000 x 27 yrs. = 11,66,40,000 Kaliyuga - 4,32,000 Total Chatur-yuga - 43,20,000 years (D) Period of 3 yugas 38,88,000 Period of elapsed in 71 Chhaturyuga = Manvantara = 30,67,20,000 Kaliya Yuga 4,976 -------------------------------------------- Total period elapsed since creation of Vedas = 38,92,976 (A) 184, 03, 20, 000 (B) 11, 66, 40, 000 (C ) 38, 92, 976 Grand Total = 196, 08, 52, 976 years (By 1875 AD) = 1,960, 852, 976 yrs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 679 = 1.96 Billion Years Approx
  • 680.
    Age of Vedas= Age of Creation File: Vedas in C-2000 According to Swami Dayananda, at present it is Chatur-Yugi of the seventh Manvantara. 5110 years in the Kali Age have passed, since the creation of the universe. Accordingly the age of Veda is : (A) 6 x 30,67,20,000 = 184,03,20,000 Satayuga - 17,28,000 years Tretayuga - 12,96,000 (B) In the seventh Manvantara Dwaparayuga - 8,64,000 43,20,000 x 27 yrs. = 11,66,40,000 Kaliyuga - 4,32,000 Total Chatur-yuga - 43,20,000 years (D) Period of 3 yugas 38,88,000 Period of elapsed in 71 Chhaturyuga = Manvantara = 30,67,20,000 Kaliya Yuga 5,110 -------------------------------------------- Total period elapsed since creation of Vedas = 38,93,110 (A) 184, 03, 20, 000 (B) 11, 66, 40, 000 (C ) 38, 93, 110 Grand Total = 196, 08, 53, 110 years (By 2009 AD) = 1,960, 853, 110 yrs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 680 = 1.96 Billion Years Approx
  • 681.
    Age of BigBang= Age of Creation The most known theory about the origin of the universe is the Big Bang. The Big Bang took place approximately 15,000,000,000 (fifteen billion) years ago. The temperature was extremely high and no one knows how long the extreme temperature was maintained at this extremely high level. Our galaxy is the Milky Way, a spiral galaxy. It has a diameter of 100,000 light years and has got four spiral arms. The next big galaxy is the Andromeda galaxy which is 2.2 million light-years (1 light year is the distance which the light goes through in one year; i.e. 9,460,000,000,000 km) away and it is even bigger than our galaxy. The local group contains 26 galaxies. It has a diameter of 4 million light- years. Our sun should live about 10,000,000,000 (10 Billion) years. Our sun has been in existence since 5,000,000,000 (5 Billion) years. 1,960, 852, 976 yrs Vedic Calculationsto iefrom1.96 Billion Years Approx Let Noble Thoughts Come us all Directions- Rig Veda 681
  • 682.
    Ancient Hindu Scientists Dhanwantari 3,000 BC Medicine Charaka Kapil 2,000 BC 3,000 BC Medicine Cosmology Sushruta 2,000 BC Surgery Bharadwaja Aryabhatt Varahamihir 3,000 BC 475 AD 6th century AD Nagarjuna Aviation Mathematics Astronomy 200 BC Chemistry Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 682
  • 683.
    Ancient Hindu Universities Taksha Shila University World’s 1st University Vaishali University Nalanda University Destroyed by Ala ud din Khilji Kanchipuram University Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 683
  • 684.
    Correct the followingFalse Statements (Science) • Number System is called ARABIC Numerals. (Vedas) • Pythagoras was the 1 to explain Pythagoras theorem. (Bodhayana Sutra) st • Vasco-Da-Gama discovered the sea-route to India. (Gujarati sailor) • Force of Gravity was first explained by Sir Issac Newton in the 17th century. (Arya Bhatt 510 AD and Vedas 10,000 years before) • Edward Jenner in 1796 A.D. discovered Vaccination for Small Pox. (He learnt it from villager Doctors in Tamil Nadu) • William Harvey (1628 AD) discovered Circulatory System of Blood. (Bhel Samhita in the Ayur Veda a few thousand years before) • Marconi invented the Wireless Radio Transmission in 1901. (DR Jagdishchandra Bose published his invention in 1899) • Plastic Surgery is one of the wonder inventions of the 20th Century. (Sushruta) • Wright Brothers (1903 AD) were the first to construct an aero plane. (Talpade flew the first plane in Mumbai Chowpaty Beach a few years before Wright Brothers) • First Test tube Baby was born in UK. (Kolkatta - Dr. Banerjee) • Hotmail was created by Microsoft. (Sabeer Bhatia, sold it to Microsoft) • Pentium Chip was created by Intel. (Vinod Dham – working in Intel) • CD –Re Writer was created by Sony. (Dr. Praveen Chaudhary) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 684
  • 685.
    Correct the followingFalse Statements (History) • Aryans invaded / migrated to Bharat. (Aryans are native Indians-BBC) • Alexander is great because he ruled over India. (Never ruled any major part of Bharat) • Dec 25 is the Birth day of Jesus Christ. (Dec 25 is ancient Pagan Sun Festival) • Easter days are the Death and Resurrection days of Jesus. (Estore is the winter Goddess of Pre-christian European Pagans. It is the Yugadi or Gudi Padwa of the Hindus) • Worshipping Mother Mary is a Christian concept. (Gypsy concept who worshipped Mata Parvati) • Samudra Gupta is called the Napolean of India. (Napolean died as a prisoner. He lived some 1,000 years after Samudra Gupta) • Kalidas is called the Shakespeare of India. (Kalidas lived some 1,000 years before Shakespear. Kalidas also is responsible for Literary Renaissance of European languages ) • Shivaji was a mountain rat. (Greatest Warrior in human history) • Akbar was great because he was kind to Hindus. (Meena Bazar, killed 30,000 Rajputs, married many Rajput royal women to humiliate Hindus) • Bible is the fastest selling book in the world. (Bhagwad Gita) • New Churches are built all over the world. (Churches are sold in auction in the West) • More people celebrate Christmas. (Less than 8% know what is Christmas) Hindus in 10,000 years have never colonized any country. They have never looted, plundered or enslaved any country economically. They have never condemned other religions as false religions and converted them to Hinduism. They have never destroyed temples of other religions. They have never called people from other religions as Sinners and condemned them to eternal hell. They have never crucified or burnt alive any one whose ideas have been different from their own Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 685
  • 686.
    Misnomers – 1.Numerals and Decimal Systems are actually Hindu findings since Vedic Times. Vedic Pancanga has terms like Prathama, Dwitiya, …. Navami, Dashami, Ekadasi, Dwadasi etc. which mean first, second, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth days of a month. Eka Dasi means one more than ten and Dwa Dasi means two more than ten. Ancient Hindu Number System reached Europe via Arabia. Hence the Europeans called these as Arabic Numerals. In Arabia these are called Hindusa ie from the Hindus. Indian numbers and Zero are as old as Vedas In Vedas, there are two words for Zero – Shunyam & Pujyam which mean ‘Nothing’ & ‘Respected’ respectively. Four minus four is Shunyam and when zero is added to four to make it forty, then the zero is Pujyam. "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific Kapil discovery could have been made.” Albert Einstein. 3,000 BC Cosmology Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 686
  • 687.
    Misnomers – 2.Pythagorus Theorem is explained by sage Bhodayana in Shulba Sidhanta section of the Vedas. Pythagorun is a Greek Scholar. He studied in Takshashila University in Punjab around 500 BC He Learnt in Bharat Mathematics Varahamihir 6th century AD Ayurveda (or Indian Medical System) Astronomy Indian Philosophy & Encyclopedia of Ancient Science & He taught these in Europe and hence the Technology Europeans called this as Pythagoras Theorem. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 687
  • 688.
    Misnomers3. Vasco-da-Gama-1498 ADdid not discover the Sea Route to India. His broken ship was towed from Africa to Kerala by a Gujarati sailor doing regular business with African countries. (Ref. Amar Chitra Katha & diary of Vascoda Gama in Lisbon museum) Portuguese emperor gifted Vasco da Gama the biggest ship in Europe and this was towed by an ordinary Indian ship. India and China had the biggest ships in the world in those days. Indian shipping industry is as old as 5,000 years. Lothal in Gujarat, Pumpuhar in Tamil Nadu were very ancient sea ports larger than many present day ports. Raja Raja Cholan (1000 AD) 500 years before Vascoda Gama had traveled by armored ship to South East Asia and China. At least four ancient Hindu sailors had gone by ship to America thousand years before Columbus and Vascoda Gama. (Irvine Wallace) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 688
  • 689.
    Misnomers 4. Lawsof Gravity were not discovered by Sir Issac Newton in 1684 AD. Vedic Jyotish Shastra 10,000 years before and Aryabhatt in 510 AD knew the value of Pi, g and about planetary motions. Hindus used these knowledge in Jyotish Shastra in the making of Pancangas (Hindu Calendars). Vedic seers knew  that earth is Round (Bhu-Gol), Kanada 3,000 BC  Earth goes round the Sun in 365 days Physics (hence gave 360 degrees for a circle),  details of the Solar System and its planets Magic of 108. Hindus consider 108 as a holy number. WHY? Diameter of Sun ÷ Diameter of Earth = 108 Distance between Sun and earth ÷ Diameter of Sun = 108 Distance between Earth and Come to us÷from all Directions- Rig Veda =689 Let Noble Thoughts Moon Diameter of Moon 108
  • 690.
    Misnomers 5. Galileowas not the First to say that Earth was Round, Earth revolved round the Sun etc. Vedic Jyotish Shastra 10,000 years before and Aryabhatt in 510 AD knew the value of Pi, g and about planetary motions. Hindus used these knowledge in Jyotish Shastra in the making of Pancangas (Hindu Calendars). Vedic seers knew  that earth is Round (Bhu-Gol), Kanada 3,000 BC  Earth goes round the Sun in 365 days Physics (hence gave 360 degrees for a circle),  details of the Solar System and its planets Magic of 108. Hindus consider 108 as a holy number. WHY? Diameter of Sun ÷ Diameter of Earth = 108 Distance between Sun and earth ÷ Diameter of Sun = 108 Distance between Earth and Come to us÷from all Directions- Rig Veda =690 Let Noble Thoughts Moon Diameter of Moon 108
  • 691.
    Misnomers 6. PopeGregory XIII was the first to design a calendar. Vedic Jyotish Shastra 10,000 years before had given the world first calendar. Ancient religions and civilizations like Mayans, Aztecs and Inca in America also had calendars. Aryabhatt in 510 AD knew the value of Pi, g and about planetary motions and made necessary corrections to Vedic Astronomical Calendar. Vedic seers knew Hindus used these knowledge in Jyotish Shastra in the  making of earth is Round (Bhu-Gol), that Pancangas (Hindu Calendars). Kanada 3,000 BC  Earth goes round the Sun in 365 days Physics (hence gave 360 degrees for a circle),  details of the Solar System and its planets Magic of 108. Hindus consider 108 as a holy number. WHY? Diameter of Sun ÷ Diameter of Earth = 108 Distance between Sun and earth ÷ Diameter of Sun = 108 Distance between Earth and Come to us÷from all Directions- Rig Veda =691 Let Noble Thoughts Moon Diameter of Moon 108
  • 692.
    Let Noble ThoughtsCome to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 692
  • 693.
    Misnomers-5. Edward Jenner did not invent Vaccination for Small Pox Charaka 2,000 BC Medicine Edward Jenner was a Medical Officer in East India Company in South India. He learnt Vaccination for Smallpox from Tamil Nadu doctors who used to inject small pox germ fluid from a patient into a healthy cow/ oxen and then inject cowpox germ fluid to healthy villagers. Villagers then would develop resistance to Small pox infection. Sushruta 2,000 BC Surgery Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 693
  • 694.
    Misnomers- 6 BhelSamhita in the Ayur Veda a few thousand years before and not William Harvey (1628 AD) first explained Circulatory System of Blood. The word Hridaya which means Heart occurs in Vedas at several places According to Nirukta, the Vedic dictionary, the word Hridaya is formed from three words Hri from Hareti to Receive Da from Dadati to give Ya from Iyati to circulate or move These in fact are the three functions of the Heart which was known to the Vedic seers a few thousand years before the birth of William Harvey Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 694
  • 695.
    Misnomers-7. Marconi didnot invent Radios! Radio was invented by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose. Bose's invention was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, on April 27, 1899. Over two years later Marconi published his first wireless communication on December 12, 1901, from Newfoundland, now in Canada. Marconi’s childhood friend Luigi Solari stole the diary and transmitter of Bose in 1899 and gave Marconi a modified version of the transmitter. Marconi used the Radio Set and the diary of Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose. IEEE has condemned this as one of the worst thefts by a scientist in its Jan 1998 issue. Never believe such Italians. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 695
  • 696.
    Sushruta Three thousandyears ago performed Plastic surgery. Vishpala a female warrior of the Vedic period had artificial legs fitted to her after she fell down from a horse. Talpade in Mumbai flew over Chowpatty many years before Wright Brothers. Sabeer Bhatia created Hotmail and sold it to Microsoft Vinod Dham invented Pentium Chips that we all Bharadwaja use in Computers. He was working for INTEL 3,000 BC Aviation Dr Praven Choudhary invented the Re-writable CDs and sold to IBM Today Philips, Sony and other companies are making millions of dollars out of the research done by Hindu scientists. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 696
  • 697.
    Explain the followingStatements • Aryans Invasion/ migration Theory is a 100 year old lie. BBC • Vedant and Yog applied unknowingly is the reason for the progress and discipline of the West. Swami Vivekanand • “Many of the advances in the sciences made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago”, James Grant Duff (British Historian of India) (1789 -1858). • “When I read the Upanishads, I found a profundity of world view that made my Christianity seem like third grade”. Prof. Huston Smith MIT & Univ. of California. • "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.” Albert Einstein. • “Universities are turning out highly skilled barbarians” Steven Muller – President John Hopkins University • Peace and progress is possible only when we Spiritualise all Religions. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 697
  • 698.
    Say True orFalse and Explain • India has not produced a single scientist of International repute since Nobel Laureate Prof. C.V.Raman. • In 100 years Hindus have not made any significant progress in educational, social, political, administrative, … fields. • Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati and other Indian languages will perish in 100 years time. • We should keep English names to our children, business firms, shops, brands to capture world market. • Our Media is anti-national and pornographic. • Bharat can over come the dangers of Terrorism. • India will become a Super Power even before the year 2020. • Celebrations like 1st January, Valentine Day, Friendship Band, Fashion Parades, craze Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts for Cinemas, Cricket and 698
  • 699.
    Chronology of thepre-historic period of India 7000-4000 BC Vedic Age 3750 BC End of Rig Vedic Age 3000 BC End of Ramayana-Mahabharat Period 3000-2000 BC Development of Saraswati-Indus Civilization 2200-1900 BC Decline of Indus and Saraswati Civilization 2000-1500 BC Period of Complete chaos and migration 1400-250 BC Period of evolution of syncretic Hindu Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 699 culture
  • 700.
    The world's firstuniversity was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world came here to study over 60 subjects. Pythagoras was also a student here. He studied Maths, Ayurveda and Indian Philosophy. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 700
  • 701.
    MAJOR AREAS OFDEVELOPMENT • ASTRONOMY • ARCHITECTURE • AGRICULTURE • AYURVEDA (MEDICINE) • CHEMISTRY • MATHEMATICS • METALLURGY • PHYSICS • SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION • TEXTILES • LINGUISTICS AND GRAMMER Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 701
  • 702.
    Metallurgy Let NobleThoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 702
  • 703.
    The Iron PillarAt Delhi 6.7 meters above the ground and 0.5 meters below, tapering from 420 mm diameter to 300 mm at the top, weighing about 6 tons Universally acclaimed as amongst the most impressive Technological achievements of Ancient India. Considered as RUSTLESS WONDER, the most outstanding human achievement of that period in Iron Technology. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 703
  • 704.
    Bronze Technology Known toIndus valley Civilization before 3000 BC Icon making tradition well- established by 2d Century AD Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 704
  • 705.
    CHRONOLOGY OF METALLURGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA PERIOD DEVELOPMENT LOCATION 2500 1800 B.C Copper –Bronze Technology North West India Copper mines found Rajastan 1800- 100 B.C. Use of copper tools Copper smelting Spread all over India 1400 B.C. Earliest Iron object Ahar in Rajastan 4th Century B.C Indian made Steel sword presented to Alexander Takshashila Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 705
  • 706.
    CHRONOLOGY OF METALLURGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA (Contd) PERIOD DEVELOPMENT LOCATION 370-375 A.D. (Delhi) Iron pillar fabricated Shifted to Delhi in 1050 A.D. Mathura, U.P. ~400 A.D. Huge copper statue of Buddha (7’ 6”and weighing 1 ton) fabricated Sultanganj, U. 700 A.D.- Wootz steel for making high Export to Damascus quality swords 1200-1700 A.D. Large scale production Zinc Zawar, Rajastan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 706
  • 707.
    Ayur Veda HOLISTIC APPROACHTO HEALTHCARE BASICALLY 8 BRANCHES • KAYA CHIKITSA (GENERAL MEDICINE). • SHALYA TANTRA (SURGERY). • BHOOTAVIDYA (PSYCHIATRY). • RASAYAN (GERIATRICS). • SHALKYA TANTRA (OPHTHALMAOLOGY). • AGADA TANTRA (TOXICOLOGY). • KAUMAR BHRITYA (PEDIATRICS). • VAJIKARAN (SEXUALPROBLEMS Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 707
  • 708.
    Blood Circulation inFoetus Bhela Samhita Sh. 4.31 explains this “Does the foetus in the mother’s womb eat or not?” “It does not, if it does there ought to be fecal matter (from the foetus) later on. But this does not exist so….In the naval of the foetus the tubular blood vessels are established upto heart of the mother..” Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 708
  • 709.
    Ancient Indian MedicineAyurved Dhanvantari, Ashwini Kumars, Sushrut, Charak Trigunas, & Tridoshas Rani Vishpala had artificial limbs Sushruta performing Surgery 4,000 years ago. Published by MNC Park Davies Drug Company Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 709
  • 710.
    Branches of Ayurveda l Vanaspati Sastra Botony l Vruksha Sastra Horticulture l Prani Sastra Zoology, Veterinary Sc l Deha Tatva Physiology l Rasayan Sastra Chemistry Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 710
  • 711.
    Ayurveda – Typesof Treatment LEP Oil, Ointment, Plaster VAMANAM Vomiting VIRECHANAM Dysentery SHWETANAM Sweating SNEHANAM Oil massage NASYAM Sneezing Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 711
  • 712.
    Sushruta 2,000 BCE8 Types of Surgery Aahaaryam = extracting Lekhyam = scarification solid bodies Vedhyam = puncturing Bhedyam = excision Visraavyam = Chhedyam= incision evacuating fluids Aeshyam = probing Seevyam = suturing 125 Types of Surgical Instruments Scalpels, lancets, needles, catheters, rectal speculums, mostly from the Jaws of animals/ Birds Stitching by Horse hair, fine thread, fibers of bark, goats guts, ants head Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 712
  • 713.
    Surgery “The Hindus (Indians) were so advanced in surgery that their instruments could cut a hair longitudinally.” Mrs Plunket “The surgery of the ancient Indian physicians was bold and skillful. A special branch of surgery was devoted to rhinoplasty or operations for improving deformed ears, noses and forming new ones, which European surgeons have now borrowed.” SIR W. HUNTER (British Surgeon) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 713
  • 714.
    YOGA Let Noble ThoughtsCome to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 714
  • 715.
    Yoga & MeditationGrowing Rapidly 10% in USA practice Yoga & Meditation even though Christian missionaries criticize it. Why? Because it works Hundreds of Yoga organizations in Sydney, Auckland, London, New York and most cities of the Developed Nations. BKS Iyengar more popular in USA than in Bharat. Thousands attended Baba Ramdev ji’s workshops in UK. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 715
  • 716.
    v k sm e ~ f e =k ; u e % A f g r d ju s o k yk f e = Surya Namaskar Mantras & Meanings v k s m e ~ jo ;s u e % A m R i f Ù k & L =k s r 'k C n d k v k s m e ~ lw ; k Z ; u e % A m R ik n d ] la p k y d vks me ~ H kkuo s ue %A vk s t] rs t n s u s o k yk vks me ~ [kxk; ue %A vkd k’ k e s a f L F k r @ o p j. k d ju s o k r k f v k s m e ~ iw " . k s u e % A iq f " V n s u s o k y k v k s m e ~ f g j. ; x H k k Z ; u e % A l` f " V d k s c y n s u s o k yk v k s m e ~ e jh p ;s u e % A O ; k f /k g k j d @ d j . k k s a l s ; q D r f v k s m e ~ v k fn R ;k ; u e % A lq [ k v k d " k Z . k nkrk v k s m e ~ l f o =s u e % A l` f " V m R ik n u d Ù k k Z v k s m e ~ v d k ;Z u e % A iw t u h ; v k s m e ~ H k k L d jk ; u e % A iz d k ’ k v k S j d k fU r n k ;d v k s m e ~ J h lLet Noble Thoughts Come tok .from all Directions-A Veda f o =o ` l w ; Z u k j us k k ; u e % Rig 716 l` f " V d s m R ik n u v k S j la p k y u d ju s o k y s
  • 717.
    Veerabhogyo Vasundhara Knowledge, Wisdom and Non-violence do not sustain nations. Military strength, Political Power and economic strength are essential to defend any country and its culture Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 717
  • 718.
    Ancient Military Science DHANUR VED HAR HAR MAHADEV – War Cry. All Vedic Gods carry weapons Karthikeya and Ganesh are War Gods Indra head of Vedic Pantheon is War God Vedic Hymns breathe a spirit of Heroism. In Gita Ved Vyas says: Don’t suffer insults. Rama, Krishna and Bheeshma fought wars. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 718
  • 719.
    Ancient Military Science DHANUR VED Rama, Krishna and Bheeshma fought wars. Yudhishter (Righteousness Incarnate) also fought. Vishpala, Kaikeyi, Kunti, Vindula, War Gurus Shukracharya, Brihaspati, Vasishta, Vishwa Mitra, Parashurama, Dronacharya, Bheeshma Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 719
  • 720.
    Ancient Military Science DHANUR VED War Writers Manu, Yajnavalka, Beeshma in Shanti Parva & Kautilya in Artha Shastra and Tiruvalluvar, Vishnu Dutta Sharma (Panca Tantra) all inspirers of state craft & popular conduct. They also taught how to fight wars. Sages who Started and Protected Hindu Empires Kautilya, Samarth Ramdas, Vidyaranya. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 720
  • 721.
    Ancient Military Science DHANUR VED Great Hindu Emperors and War Generals Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Pushyamitra, Ajatashatru, Bimbisara, all fought wars. Harsha and Palas (Bhuddhists) all fought wars. Rana Sanga, Prithvi Raj Chauhan, Rana Pratap, Shivaji Mahraj, Guru Govind Singh, Krishna Dev Raya, Pauras. Veera Pandiya Kattabomman, Velu Thambi, Pazhashi Raja, 1857 War of Independence, Jhansi Rani, Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Khudiram Bose, Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Subhash Bose, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 721
  • 722.
    DHANUR VED Modern WarVictories and Generals Great Hindu War Generals Field Marshal Kariappa, Sam Manekshaw, Gen Thimaiyya, Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Arora, Vice Admiral Krishnan, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, Major War Achievements Uniting 500 Princely States with Bharat Liberating Sri Nagar in 1948 Pulvarising Sargodah American Air Surveillance System, Burning Karachi, Smashing American Patton Tanks and Falling American Sabre Jets Sinking Submarine Gazi Liberating Bangla Desh in 12 days Capturing Gen. Niazi and 93,000 Pak soldiers Recapturing all Kargil Heights Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 722
  • 723.
    DHANUR VED Param Veer Chakra Soldiers Param Veer Chakra Soldiers 2. Major Somnath Sharma, 1948 3. Capt. Vikram Batra, 1998 4. Lieutenant Colonel Ardeshir Burzonji Tarapore 1965 5. 2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal 6. Capt. Gurbachan Singh Salaria 7. Colonel Hoshiar Singh 8. Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid 9. Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon 10. Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav 11. Lance Naik (LCpl) Albert Ekka 12. Lieutenant Manoj Kumar Pandey 13. Major Dhan Singh Thapa 14. Major Hoshiar Singh 15. Major Ramaswamy Parameswaran 16. Major Shaitan Singh Bhati 17. Naib Subedar Bana Singh 18. Naik Jadunath Singh 19. Naik Karam Singh 20. Piru Singh Shekhawat 21. Rifleman Sanjay Kumar 22. Second Lieutenant Rama Raghoba Rane 23. Subedar Joginder Singh Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 723
  • 724.
    Ancient Military Science DHANUR VED Weapons  Astra, Shastra & Niyudhha  3 Types of Shastra - Mukta, Amukta, Muktaa-mukta  Astra (Misiles) is Shastra + Mantra  Mal-yudha, Kalari Payittu, Karate  Vyuha, Durg, Vayu Sena, Nav Sena Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 724
  • 725.
    DHANUR VED 4 Typesof Armies (Dharma Neeti) Rath, Gajah, Ashwa, Pada 1 AKSHOHINI is 218,700 sainiks 21,870 Ratha Saniks 21,870 Gajah Sainiks 65,610 Ashwa Sainiks 109,350 Pada Sainiks 18 Akshonis in Mahabharata War Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- 725
  • 726.
    Ancient Indian Art GANDHARVAVED saihTy s< gIt klaivhIn> sa]aTpzu> puCDiv;a[hIn> , Those who are devoid of Literature, Music and Art, are veritable animals without tails and horns. 64 Arts Chatush Shashti Kalamayi Indrajal, Samudrika Lakshanam, Antadi, Samasya Purnam, Ratna Pariksha Krishi Sashtra, Paak Sashtra Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 726
  • 727.
    GANDHARVA VED Sangeetam =Music is Geetam, Vadyam, Narthanam = Vocal- Instrumental - Dance (Lord Krishna, Nataraj, Saraswati, Ganesh, Hanuman) 4 Types of Vadhyams (Musical Instruments) Tantra Vadhyam {string} (Veena, Sitar) Randra {wind} - (Flute, Shenoy, Nadas) Charma {Skin} (Mridanga, Dhol,…) Loha Vad {Metal} (Jalra, Kadam, Bell) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 727
  • 728.
    GANDHARVA VED Vikramaditya invitedby Indra to Swarga to decide who is a better dancer - Urvasi or Rambha. Vikramaditya gives them two garlands and asks them to dance holding the garland in their hands. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 728
  • 729.
    GANDHARVA VED Urvasi holdsthe garland softly and dances. Rambha holds the G tightly and so the scorpion hidden inside the G stings her and she throws G away. URVASI is declared the winner. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 729
  • 730.
    GANDHARVA VED Sangeetam =Music is Geetam, Vocal Vadyam, Instrumental Narthanam Dance (Lord Krishna, Nataraj, Saraswati, Ganesh, Hanuman) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 730
  • 731.
    Nritya = Dance Nritya= Dance has 3 Aspects Ang Sanchalan Movement of diff parts of the body Bhava Expression of Emotions Abhinaya Acting Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 731
  • 732.
    Nritya Experts Lord Shiva,Vishnu, Parvati, Ganesh, Krishna, Lasya of Parvati and Tandava of Nataraj Indra Marut, Apsaras Arjun Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 732
  • 733.
    Three Categories ofDancing Nritta Pure Dance Nritya Dance with Gestures (Nritta + Abhinaya) Natya Dramaturgy Nritya performed to words sung in musical melody Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 733
  • 734.
    Nritya Experts Natya Shastraof Bharat Muni Abhinaya Darpan of Nandikeshava Sangeet Ratnakar of Saranga Dev Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 734
  • 735.
    Treatise on Dancing NatyaShastra of Bharat Muni (Panchama Veda 5th Veda) Abhinaya Darpan of Nandikesvara Sangeet Ratnakar of Sarang Dev “There is no wise maxim, no learning, no art or craft, no device, no action that is not found in drama. Hence I have devised the drama in which all the departments of knowledge, different arts and various actions meet.” Bharata Muni at the beginning of Natya Shastra Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 735
  • 736.
    6 Forms ofIndian Classical Dance Bharata Natyam Tamil Naduoldest Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Kathakali Kerala Story + Play Kathak North India Manipuri North East India – India-Burma border Orissi Orissa Rani Gumpha caves Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 736
  • 737.
    Non Classical Dances Hundredsof Folk Dances Jhumara of Rajasthan Bhangra of Punjab Garba of Gujarat Chhau of Mayurbhanj (Orissa) Mohiniattam of Kerala Theruk-Kuthhu of Tamil Nadu Yakshagana of Karnataka Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 737
  • 738.
    Bharata Natyam Bharta Muni Bha Bhava Emotions Nrityam Ra Rag Melody Geetam Ta Taal Rhythm Vadya The 3 essential elements of Bharata Natyam Bharata Natyam is famous for Special Mudras Symbolic Hand Poses Abhinaya Gestured expressions on face & limbs Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 738
  • 739.
    Ancient Indian Art Ajanta Paintings 1500 years ago used vegetable colours Abused by monkeys, forest and weather for 1000 years Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 739
  • 740.
    Ancient Indian Engineering STHAPATHYA VED Mohan Jo Daro, Harappa Gold from Kolar Marble from Rajasthan Copper Town Planning Lothal Sea Port, No display of wealth or rich graves Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 740
  • 741.
    Ancient Indian Engineering STHAPATHYA VED Angkor Wat in Cambodia Suryavarman 10th century. Temples in Borobudur and Prambanan in Indonesia Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 741
  • 742.
    Ancient Indian Economics ARTHA SHASTRA 1. Caste System 2. Joint Family System 3. Agricultural Society 4. Yajnya for equal Distribution of Wealth 5. Gram Panchayats (de-centralization) 6. Regulation against High Tax Rates, False Weights & Measurements, 7. Good Ethics is Good Economics Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 742
  • 743.
    Because of theUniversal Teachings of the Vedas Indians in 10,000 years, l have never colonized any country l have never looted, plundered and enslaved any country economically, l have never condemned other religions as false religions and converted them to Hinduism l have never destroyed temples of other religions l have never called people from other religions as Sinners and condemned them to eternal hell. l have never crucified or burnt alive any one whose ideas have been different from their own. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 743
  • 744.
    Quote by SisterNivedita Are the countrymen of Bhaskara & Sankaracharya inferior to those of Newton and Darwin? Sister Nivedita Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 744
  • 745.
    We hope youenjoyed this presentation. Be Proud to say that you are a Bharateeya. (Indian) ravisydney@yahoo.com Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 745
  • 746.
    Indian Achievements Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 746
  • 747.
    Pakistan & USA • Pakistan is Girl Friend of USA & Bed Partners. • They celebrate Valentine’s day every time there is a Bomb Blast in Bharat. • Pak and Bangladesh with their agents in India have killed 4,000 (99% Hindus) in 4-1/2 years that Antonio Maino, Dr MM Singh, Arjun Singh, Laloo Yadav, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sharad Pawar are in power. • USA has given to Pakistan over US$ 100 Billion in cash + Military Aid. • Condoleeza Rice, UK PM Gordon Brown visited India to see India does not take direct action on Pakistan. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 747
  • 748.
    What India shoulddo to destablise Pakistan & Bangladesh • SEVERE all Diplomatic, Trade, Cultural, Sports Relations with Pakistan. • Stop all Air, Rail, Road, Sea, River and Foot Routes • Take action to guard 14,00 KM border. • Kick out all illegal immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh. • Arrest all those engaged in crime activities, Drug Trafficking, women trafficking, (That is where the terrorists hide) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 748
  • 749.
    What India shoulddo to destablise Pakistan • Identify the major export items of Pakistan (like Basmati rice, carpets etc) and provide zero export tax or even subsidise them for export from India. Hurt Pakistan on the export front. • Identify the major countries providing arms to Pakistan and arm twist them. Tell Brazil and Germany (currently planning to supply massive defense items to Pakistan) that it will impact their ability to invest in India. Tell Germany that retail license to Metro will be off and other existing projects will be in jeopardy. • Tell American companies that for every 5% increase in FDI limit for them, their government needs to reduce equipping Pakistan by $5 billion. That is real politics, not whining. Let us remember that funds are in desperate search of emerging markets and not the other way about. Let us also remember that international economics is politics by another name. • Create assets to print/distribute their currency widely inside their country. ToThoughts Come to us from all Directions-canVeda used to Let Noble some extent, Telgi types Rig be 749 outsource this activity. Or just drop their notes in remote areas.
  • 750.
    What Indian shoulddo to destablise Pakistan • Pressurise IMF to add additional conditionality to the loans given to them or at least do not vote for their loans. • Create assets within Pakistan to destabilise Karachi Stock market - it is already in shambles. • Cricket and Bollywood are the opium of the Indian middle classes. Both have been adequately manipulated/ controlled by the D-company since the eighties. Chase the D-company money in cricket/ Bollywood and punish by burning D-assets in India instead of trying to have them auctioned by the IT department when nobody comes to bid for it. • Provide for capital punishment to those who fund terror and help in that. We have the division in the finance ministry to monitor money laundering, etc. It is important that terror financing is taken seriously and fully integrated into money laundering monitoring systems and this division is provided with much larger budget and human resources. And it should coordinate with RAW. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 750
  • 751.
    What Indian shoulddo to destablise Pakistan • Encourage and allow scientists/ academicians/ elites of Pakistan to opt for Indian passport and widely publicise that fact since it will hurt their self-respect and dignity. There will be a long queue to get Indian passports — many will jump to get our passport — since they will not be stopped at international airports. It is rumoured that Adnan Sami wants one. Do not give passports to all — make it a prized possession. Let it hurt the army and ISI controlled country. This one step will destroy their identity and self-confidence. • Discourage companies from India from investing in Pakistan, particularly IT companies, till Pakistan stops exporting its own IT (international terrorism). • Help Altaz Hussain, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan’s grand son and such people who want to break up Sind, Baluchistan etc. • Help Sheikh Hasina Begum of Bangladesh who wants to root out all extremists from her country. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 751
  • 752.
    Our Dalit Heritage Balmiki World’s 1st Poet Ved Vyas, Ambedkar, Amma, Buddha, Gandhi, Vedas, Gita Mahabharat If Untochability is not a crime, nothing in this world is a crime. RSS Chief Balasaheb Devras. Vidur, from Mahabharat Tirumular, Narayan Guru, Sant Namdev, Sant Tukaram, Sant Ravidas Ancient Tamil Saint Kerala, Maharashtra Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 752
  • 753.
    GreatBC. Veda Vyas 3000 Dalits was the son of a Brahman Rishi Parashar and a Fisher Woman. Divided the Vedas into four parts. Composed Mahabharat, Bhagwad Gita, 18 Puranas, Brahma Sutra etc. Vidura -ruler of Hastinapur Satyakam Jabala Dalit Vedic Scholar during Mahabharata war. Sant Tirumalisai Alvar was a Tamil Hindu saint between 4th and 8th century. Incarnation of Lord Vishnu’s disc Sudarshana. Chokhamela in the 14th Century - India's first recorded Dalit poet, Dalit Priest. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 753
  • 754.
    Great Dalits Sant Raidas, 1376 AD born into Dalit cobbler family in Varanasi. Devotee of Lord Ram. Prabhuji Tum Chandan Hum Pani…. Aisi Bhakti kare Raidasi 41 Poems included in Guru Granth Sahib Protected Hindus against Muslim onslaught. Dalits and similar groups are also found in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. the Burakumin of Japan are also compared to Dalits, as are the Baekjeong of Kor Babaji Palwankar Baloo, who joined the Hindu Mahasabha and was both a politician and a cricketer. He was an independence fighter. Sant Janabai Mahar Sant Rohidas Maharaj Chamar Sant Raakaa Mahar Sant Bankaa Mahar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 754
  • 755.
    Great Dalits Sant Janabai Mahar Sant Rohidas Maharaj Chamar Sant Raakaa Mahar Sant Bankaa Mahar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 755
  • 756.
    Great Dalits inMatang Samaj Hanuman, Sugreev, Vali, Angad, Nal, Neel, Jambhavan, Lahuji Vastad Salve 14 Nov 1794 – 17 Feb 1881 Pune Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 756
  • 757.
    Lahuji Vastad Salve1794 - 1881 Lahuji Vastad Salve 14 Nov 1794 – 17 Feb 1881 Pune Maang or Matang Samaj Dalit, Aajanma Brahmachari 18 Nov 1817 Union Jack on Shanivaar wada Father a martyr in 1817 war against British, Inspiration from father, Shivraya and Peshwas, Gave war & Martial Arts training to youth including Vasudev B Phadke His illustrious disciples: Lokamanya Tilak, Revolutionary Political Leader Mahatma Phule, Revolutionary Social Reformer Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Revolutionary Freedom Fighter Birth Day Same as that of Jawaharlal Nehru Death Anniversary Same as that of Vasudev Balwant Phadke at Eden Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 757
  • 758.
    Great Dalits Ayyankali 1863 - 1941 Dalit Pride, Walk for Freedom, School Entry Struggle, Agriculture Workers’ strike, Temple entry, Covering the bodies of Dalit men and women, Bhimrao Ambedkar Chief Architect of Indian Constitution (Article 17 abolishes Untouchability) 1956 conversion to Buddhism with millions of followers. Mata Amritanand 3rd class drop out from Fisher woman community. Has worldwide followings including PhD holders. EVR Periyar, Kanshi Ram, Mayavati, KR Narayanan, Justice Bala Krishnan Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 758
  • 759.
    Dalits – NoRacial & Genetic Differences No racial and genetic differences between upper and lower castes. Many sociologists, anthropologists and historians have rejected the racial origins and racial emphasis of caste and consider the idea to be one that has political undertones. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 759
  • 760.
    Our Dalit Heritage • Genetic testing indicates that as a whole, Indian genetic groups do not show a great affinity to any non South-Asian groups. • Wrongful Claim as Dalits: Many Indians have used this term Dalit as a way to get more benefits from the Indian government. As a result actual Dalits are being sidelined by a large number of people who wrongfully claim Dalit caste status. • 16 Crore Dalits in India, current estimate. • Rural Areas Discrimination still exists The Dalit Muslims or "Arzal" are discriminated against by the upper- caste "Ashraf" Muslims, and Dalit Christians are discriminated against by upper caste Christian priests and nuns. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 760
  • 761.
    Our Dalit Heritage Dalits include • Leather-workers (called chamar), • Carcass handlers (called mahar), • Poor farmers and landless labourers, • Night soil scavengers (called bhangi), • Street handcrafting people, • Folk artists, • Street cleaners, sweepers (chura), • Washermen (dhobi), etc. They have preserved Hinduism in spite of the treatments received. Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- 761
  • 762.
    Our Dalit Heritage Mata Amritananda, just 3rd std educated, from a poor Fishermen community, Over 10 Million (1 Crore) followers from 110 countries including Professors, Industrialists, Politicians, Noble Laureates Vice chancellor of Pune Uni Dr Narendra Jadhav Dr Digambar Dhulaye (Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada Univ, Sambhaji Ngr) Eknath Solkar, Vinod Kambli Karsan Ghavri Dr Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Ilaya Rajah Kakkan Jaipal Singh 1900 Olympic Capt ICS The Dalit Muslims or "Arzal" are discriminated against by the upper- caste "Ashraf" Muslims, and Dalit Christians are discriminated against by upper caste Christian priests and nuns. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 762
  • 763.
    Great Dalits On August2006, Dalit activist Namdeo Dhasal, engaged in dialogue with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in an attempt to "bury the hatchet". Dalit Priests Also, the "Pandaram" Hindu priests (a task traditionally reserved for the Brahmins) based largely in Nepal and parts of South India. These Pandaram priests maintain the same tradition as the Brahmin priests, including using Sanskrit for the rituals (a language traditionally reserved for the Brahmins). They perform religious ceremonies from weddings to death rituals. They are not generally as well trained as the Brahmin priests, but are highly respected within their community and are addressed reverentially. Also, Hindu temples are increasingly more receptive to Dalit priests, such as Suryavanshi Das, the Dalit priest of a notable temple in Bihar. BJP leaders Ramachandra Veerappa and Dr. Suraj Bhan. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 763
  • 764.
    Overseas Dalits Dalits andsimilar groups are also found in Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Burakumin of Japan Baekjeong of Korea. Blacks and Red Indians in US are racially different from the Whites. Hence their discriminations are RACIAL. Dalits belong to the same race as the rest of Bharat. Hence Dalit discriminations are NOT Racial. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 764
  • 765.
    Atrocities on Dalits vis a vis Slaves in Greece and Rome The caste system was not so oppressive as is being made out. A.L. Basham (Australian Scholar) in ‘The Wonder that was India’ says "In no other part of the world were the relations of man and man and of a man and the state as fair and humane" as in India. He was perhaps comparing the lot of the Scheduled Castes in India with the lot of the slaves in Greece and Rome. There is no evidence that the Scheduled Castes were ready to join hands with the Muslim or Christian invaders against their so-called "tormentors" . Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 765
  • 766.
    Atrocities on Dalits Traditionally,Dalits were not allowed to • let their shadows fall upon a non-Dalit caste member, • to worship in temples, • draw water from the same wells as caste Hindus, and • they were required to sweep the ground where they walk to remove the 'contamination' of their footfalls, • they usually lived in segregated neighborhoods outside the main village. It is also wrong to say that Vaishyas and Shudras did not take part in battles / Freedom struggles. Vaishyas & Dalits did fight against Muslim and Christian invaders. Patriotism of the Dalits is highly commendable. Dalit Problem is a problem of the Upper Caste Hindus. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 766
  • 767.
    Dalits as FreedomFighters • The Nanda and Maurya kings were shudras. The ruler of Sind during the visit of Huang Tsuang, the Chinese pilgrim, was a Shudra. • The Kashmiri and Hoyasala (Mysore) kings recruited Shudras for their armies. • Kumarapala, the Chalukya king, appointed Sajjana as governor of Chittor, He was a potter. • Shudras could attain imperial positions under the Rajput rulers and under Chhatrapati Shivaji. • In Kerala, the entire army was made up of the so-called Shudras. • Jawaharlal Nehru said that the caste system was flexible before the Muslim advent, which is why it was bearable. • And in order to protect Hinduism and the Hindu society, Shankara created ten Saiva acetic orders, made up largely of Shudra recruits. He also freed these para-military forces from the caste system. It is such recognition of their worth that kept the Shudras within the Hindu fold. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 767
  • 768.
    Honoring Dalits in Shivaji'sMaratha Empire there were the several Dalit Hindu warriors Mahar Regiment and the Scindia Dalit Kingdom. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 768
  • 769.
    MAHAR DALIT SAINTS Mahar Saints Carcass handlers are called mahars, • Sant Banka Mahar, Mahar • Sant Chokha Mela, Mahar. He lived at Mangalvedha in Maharashtra. He wrote many Abhangas devoted to Krishna. • Sant Damajipanth, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu • Sant Kanho or Kanhopatra, Mahar dancer, devotee of Vishnu • Sant Karmamelam, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu • Sant Nirmala, Mahar • Sant Soyarabai, Sant Chokha Mela's wife • Sant Tiru Nilakanta Nayanar, potter, devotee of Shiva • Sant Tiruvalluvar, Weaver, wrote the Tirukkural • Sant Umaid Ram Maharaj, Bhangi, Rajasthani. He was born in the Hindu year 1865 in Jodhpur. He was a medicant. His successors were Sukaram Maharaj, Deepa Ram Maharaj and the present-day Mangi Ram Maharaj. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 769
  • 770.
    SAINTS Chamar Saints Leather-workers are Chamars or Mochis, • Sant Devi Das, a Chamar disciple of Jagjivan Das • Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler) • Sant Rohidas or Ravidas, Chamar member, Guru of Mirabai. He is said to have taken up his family job of shoe-making and supplied shoes top ascetics. "My caste is low, my lineage is low, and mean is my birth. I have takenshelter, King Rama, says Ravidas thecobbler" (p. 659, Guru Granth Sahib). His disciples are the Ravidasis. He was a disciple of Ramananda, claimed by Harijans to be their master. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 770
  • 771.
    OTHER DALIT SAINTS • Maharishi Veda Vyasa, was born to a fisherwoman • Maharishi Valmiki Highway Robber • Sant Kapinjalada, Chandala, according to Mahabharata (Anushasana Parvan 53.13-19) • Sant Sadna, butcher • Sant Shatakopa, Kanjar (prostitute) Alwar devotee, (Tamil Saint) Yamuna Muni declared, "I touch my feet at the holy feet of Shatakopa" • Sant Tiru Nilakanta Nayanar, potter, devotee of Shiva • Sant Tiruvalluvar, Weaver, wrote the Tirukkural • Sant Umaid Ram Maharaj, Bhangi, Rajasthani. He was born in the Hindu year 1865 in Jodhpur. He was a medicant. His successors were Sukaram Maharaj, Deepa Ram Maharaj and the present-day MangiLet NobleMaharaj. to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Ram Thoughts Come 771
  • 772.
    DALIT SAINTS • Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler) • Sant Rohidas or Ravidas, Chamar, Guru of Mirabai. • Sant Tiruvalluvar, Weaver, wrote the Tiruk-Kural Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 772
  • 773.
    DALIT SAINTS • Sant Atipattar Nayanar • Sant Bhagu, a devotee of Krishna • Sant Binu, a Bengali Tantrik sage • Sant Jiwan Das, a saint of the Satnami sect • Sant Kaliar Nayanar • Sant Kurmadas, devotee of Vishnu • Sant Madara Dhulayya • Sant Malamat Shah, a saint of the Satnami sect • Sant Nanhadas, a devotee of Rama and Sant Ramanand's disciple • Sant Nandanar (Nanthanaar), Athanuur, devotee of Shiva, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints. Chidambaram, the main place where Nandanar practiced austerities is now a place where backward castes have their own ashrams and recite the Upanishads in Sanskrit. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 773
  • 774.
    DALIT SAINTS 2. Sant Parshuram, the founder of the Ramnami sect in Chhattisgarh 3. Sant Prasanna, Bengali, devotee of Durga Maa disciple of Kalachand 4. Sant Purnananda, became recognized as a Brahmana 5. Sant Ramdass Gohal, a former member of the Arya Samaj 6. Sant Ramdass Gohal, a former member of the Arya Samaj 7. Sant Sakhubai, devotee of Vishnu 8. Sant Sarwan Dass, a follower of Ravi Das 9. Sant Satyakam Jabali Vedic Period 10. Sant Tirukkurippu Tondar Nayanar 11. Sant Tirumalisai, an Alvar Vaishnava saint 12. Sant Tiru Nalai Povar Nayanar 13. Sant Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints 14. Sant Tiru Panazhwar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 774
  • 775.
    DALIT SAINTS • Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler) • Sant Jiwan Das, a saint of the Satnami sect • Sant Kurmadas, devotee of Vishnu • Sant Nandanar (Nanthanaar), Athanuur, devotee of Shiva, one of 63 • Sant Rohidas or Ravidas, Chamar, Guru of Mirabai. • Sant Sakhubai, devotee of Vishnu • Sant Sarwan Dass, a follower of Ravi Das • Sant Tiruvalluvar, Weaver, wrote the Tiruk-Kural Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 775
  • 776.
    DALIT MAHARISHIS • Maharishi Veda Vyasa, was born of and raised by a fisherwoman and Parashara • Maharishi Valmiki author of the Ramayana. • Maharishi Naval Ram, Rajasthani Bhangi Born in 1840. His successors were Daya Ram Maharaj (his son), Ram Baksh Maharaj and the present-day Badri Ram Maharaj. 9. Maharishi Vithal Ramji Shinde, of the Prartna Samaj and founder of the Depressed Classes Mission organization for the upliftment of backward-caste Hindus. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 776
  • 777.
    DALIT MAHARISHIS 2. Maharishi Parashara, son of an outcaste woman one of the greatest devotes and thinkers. Was a very powerful Vedic astrologer. His astrological book is the Parasara Hora still used today. Written a Smriti known as Parasara Smriti which is held in such high esteem that it is quoted by our present-day writers on sociology and ethics • Maharishi Soot, narrator of the Puranas. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 777
  • 778.
    MUSLIM DALITS (Arzal) Muslim Dalits (Arzal) Descendants of indigenous lower-caste converts discriminated against by "noble", or "ashraf", or Upper Caste Muslims. They are those “with whom no other Muhammadan would associate, They are forbidden to enter the mosque or to use the public burial ground”. They are relegated to "menial" professions such as scavenging and carrying night soil. Babasaheb Ambedkar, a renowned Dalit activist and the framer of the Constitution of India, wrote about the Dalit Muslims and was extremely critical of their mistreatment by upper-caste Muslims Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 778
  • 779.
    SIKH DALITS Kanshi Ram himself was of Sikh background although converted because he found that Sikh society did not respect Dalits and so became a neo-Buddhist. The most recent controversy was at village Talhan Gurudwara near Jalandhar where there was a dispute between Jatt Sikhs and Ravidasia Sikhs. The Different Sikh Dalits are Ravidasia Sikh , Ramdasia Sikh , Mazhabi Sikh. Although Sikhism does not recognize the Caste System, many families, especially the ones with immediate cultural ties to India, generally do not marry among different castes. Prominent Dalit Sikhs 1. Kanshi Ram - Former President of BSP 2. Charanjit Singh Atwal - Former Lok Sabha Speaker Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 779
  • 780.
    SIKH DALITS •There are sects such as the Ad-Dharmis who have now abandoned Sikh Temples and the 5 Ks. •They are like the Ravidasis and regard Ravidas as their guru. •They are also clean shaven as opposed to the mainstream Sikhs. •Sant Ram was from this community and a member of the Arya Samaj who tried to organize the Ad-Dharmis. •Other Sikh groups include Jhiwars, Bazigars, Rai Sikh (many of whom are Ravidasias.) •Just like the violence against Harijans (Hindu Dalits), there has been violence against Sikh Dalits. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 780
  • 781.
    CHRISTIAN DALITS Due to Mass conversions by Portuguese from the 16th century onwards in Goa. Hindu converts often retained their caste prejudices, attributed to the effectively involuntary and spontaneous nature of mass conversions, sometimes of entire villages. Without conscientious understanding of Christian belief, existing social stratification was often left unaffected. Thus, Converted Dalits are still referred to as "Maharas" and "Chambars" (an apellation of the anti-Dalit ethnic slur "Chamaar"). Several ethnic groups who did not convert to Christianity and remained Hindus (such as Marathas) were nevertheless incorporated into the predominately Christian group "Chaddho". Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 781
  • 782.
    CHRISTIAN DALITS 1.Attempts by Christian Missionaries to convert Dalits to Christianity continue. The Constitution of India guarantees religious freedom and the right to choose one's religion. However, controversies related to mass- conversions have led to laws being passed against such events in some Indian states. 3.A 1992 study of Catholics in Tamil Nadu found some Dalit Christians faced segregated churches, cemeteries, services and even processions. Despite Christian teachings these Dalit also faced economic and social hardships due to discrimination by upper-caste priests and nuns. Other sources support these conclusions, including Christian advocacy groups for Dalits. One famous Christian Dalit activist with the nom-de-plume Bama Faustina has written books providing a first-hand account of discrimination by several upper-caste nuns and priests in South India. Tamil Nadu Dalit Christians return to Hindu fold – Feb 2008 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 782
  • 783.
    Reformers & ReformMovements Vedic Rishis Lord Krishna in Gita ‘Every Soul is Potentially No person is barred from Divine’ say Vedas enlightenment. Lord Buddha & Bhagwan Mahavira Accepted Dalit disciples Sant Tiru Valluvar Saint Avvaiyar Ancient Tamil Poets Adi Shankara Who is a Chandal – the soul or body !! Nayanmars & Alwars 75 Tamil Saints from 4th century onwards Some of them were Dalit Saints Pioneered Bhakti Movement in Bharat Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 783
  • 784.
    Non-Dalit Reformers Sant Ramananda(1366 AD in Tamil Nadu) accepted all castes including untouchables into his fold. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 784
  • 785.
    Non-Dalit Reformers of19 th century 1873 emancipation of Dalits Mahatma Jyotiba Phule First school for girls in India in August 1848 19th Century Non Dalit Reformers In the 19th Century, the Brahmo Samaj under Ram Mohan Roy and later under Keshub Chunder Sen, actively campaigned against "untouchability." 1875 The Arya Samaj founded by Swami Dayanand also renounced discrimination against Dalits. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa's disciple, Swami Vivekananda, founded the Ramakrishna Mission that actively participated in the emancipation of Dalits. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 785
  • 786.
    Non Dalit Reformers– 20th century Mannathu Padmanabhan 1924 (Bharat Kesari) of Kerala opened his family temple for Dalits. 01-10-1924 Guruvayur Temple Entry. Jamnalal Bajaj 1928 Entry of Dalits to Laxminarayan Temple in Wardha, "upper-caste" temple openly welcomed Dalits into their fold Mahatma Gandhi 1930 Harijan Yatra Maharaja of Travancore 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation in Kerala Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple revered by the Dalit Hindus. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 786
  • 787.
    Non Dalit Reformers– 20th century Dr Hedgewar RSS Founder, Chief 1925-1940 Mahatma Gandhi saw Dalits and Caste Hindu children eating food together at Wardha RSS camp in the 30s. Mahatma Gandhi attended RSS Shakha in Bhangi colony, Delhi. Shri Guruji Golwalkar RSS Chief 1940-1973 1969 Uduppi Conf Resolution Hindava Sodara Sarve Na Hindu Patito Bhavet All Hindus are brothers No Hindu is down trodden Balasaheb Devras RSS Chief 1973- 1994 If Untouchability is not a crime, Nothing in the world is a crime. RSS is running over 80,000 welfare projects for Dalits, Vanavasis, Poor and needy people. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 787
  • 788.
    Non Dalit Reformers– 20th century South India Mannathu Padmanabhan (Bharat Kesari) of Kerala opened his family temple for Dalits. 01-10-1924 Guruvayur Temple Entry. Maharaja of Travancore 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation in Kerala Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple revered by the Dalit Hindus. Brahmins like Subramania Bharati also passed Brahminhood onto a Harijan. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 788
  • 789.
    Non-Dalit Reformers in20 th Century Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 789
  • 790.
    OBC Sants Sant SenaMaharaj Naayee Sant Savtaa Maharaj Mali Sant Gorobaa Kaka Khumbhar Sant Narahari Mahraj Sonaar Sant Namdev Maharaj Darjee / Shimpi Sant Santajee Mahraj Jagnaade Teli Sant Gadge Baba (Mahraj) Dhobi (Sant Debooji Jhingraji Hubale) Rashtra Sant Tukdojee Mahraj Bhat (Gram Geeta) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 790
  • 791.
    OBC Sants Sant SavtaaMaharaj Mali Sant Gorobaa Kaka Khumbhar Sant Namdev Maharaj Darjee / Shimpi Sant Gadge Baba (Mahraj) Dhobi (Sant Debooji Jhingraji Hubale) Rashtra Sant Tukdojee Mahraj Bhat (Gram Geeta) Sant Sena Maharaj Naayee Sant Narahari Mahraj Sonaar Sant Santajee Mahraj Jagnaade Teli Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 791
  • 792.
    OBC Dalit Reformers Nandanar A low-caste Tamil Hindu cleric Many Dalit disciples. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 792
  • 793.
    DEMOTED to DALITSTATUS Brahmins Demoted to DALIT STATUS Sant Dnyaneshwar Composed Jnaneshwari Sant Eknath Fought for the rights of Dalits Kshatriyas Demoted to DALIT STATUS Royal Lineage  Ravi Dasis, Passis & Khatiks Freedom fighters against Muslim Invaders, Turned into scheduled castes because they were defeated and refused to get converted to Islam. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 793
  • 794.
    Hindu Reformers Reformers Saint Ramananda (15th century) accepted all castes, including untouchables, into his fold. Nandanar, a low-caste Tamil Hindu cleric, also accepted Dalits. Mannathu Padmanabhan 20th century of Kerala opened his family temple for Dalits. Jyotirao Phule also worked for the emancipation of Dalits. Ayyankali a prominent figure in Kerala in 20th century. Dr B.R.Ambedkar year 1950: conversion to Buddhism Balasaheb Devras RSS Chief if Untouchability is not a crime, Nothing in the world is a crime. RSS is running over 80,000 welfare projects for Dalits, Vanavasis, Poor and needy people.Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let 794
  • 795.
    Hindu Reform Movements Reform Movements Bhakti movements 4th to 18th Century Brahmo Samaj (19th Century) under Ram Mohan Roy & later under Keshub Chunder Sen, The Arya Samaj 1875 AD by Swami Dayanand, Ramakrishna Mission by Swami Vivekanand a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Rashtreeya Swayamsewak Sangh runs over 50,000 Welfare Projects (Educational, Medical, Self- employment, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation) for Dalits, Vanavasis, Poor and Needy people all over Bharat. Rashtra Sevika Samiti runs Welfare Projects (Educational, Medical, Self- employment) for Dalit & needy girls, women, destitute and street children, Satnami movement founded by Guru Ghasidas, a Dalit himself. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 795
  • 796.
    Our Dalit Heritage Namdeo Dhasal Maharashtrian Dalit Activist and poet “Dalit is a symbol of pride to fight against social injustice”. He also said: Yes, I do feel that the fight to eradicate caste has to be fought by Dalits and caste Hindus together carrying forward the tradition of Adi Shankara, which got broken somewhere in between. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 796
  • 797.
    Our Dalit Heritage conversionsof Dalits are due to allurements like education and jobs. not to any social or theological motivation. About 8% of the seats in the National and State Parliaments are reserved for Scheduled Caste and Tribe candidates, a measure sought by B.R. Ambedkar and other Dalit activists in order to ensure that Dalits would obtain a proportionate political voice. In 2008, the Dalit Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, is being projected as a future Prime Minister of India. Her Bahujan Samaj Party and several leftist organizations support this move which would be a historic first for India. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 797
  • 798.
    Our Dalit Heritage aa Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 798
  • 799.
    Vanavasi Maharishis 1. MaharshiValmiki, Kirata Bhil, composed the Ramayana. considered to be an avatar in the Balmiki community. Mahatma Gandhi ji stayed in a Harijan colony called Valmiki Mandir in Delhi. 5. Maharshi Matanga, Matanga Bhil, Guru of Bhakta Shabari. Chandalas are often addressed as ‘Matanga’ in passages like Varaha Purana 1.139.91 Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 799
  • 800.
    Vanavasi Sages Bhakta Shabari,a Bhil woman who offered Lord Shri Rama and Shri Laxmana her half-eaten ber fruit, which they gratefully accepted when they were searching for Shri Sita Devi in the forest. 17th or 18th Century Vanavasi Devotees from Gujarat 1. Bhaktaraj Bhadurdas, Koli, 2. Madan Bhagat, Koli, 3. Sany Kanji Swami, Koli, 4. Bhaktaraj Valram, Koli, Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 800
  • 801.
    Vanavasi Sants • Sant Buddhu Bhagat, led the Kol Insurrection (1831-1832) aimed against against tax imposed on Mundas by Islamists. • Sant Dhira or Kannappa Nayanar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints, a hunter from whom Lord Shiva gladly accepted food offerings. It is said that he poured water from his mouth on the Shivlingam and offered the Lord swine flesh. • Sant Dhudhalinath, Koli, Gujarati, a 17th or 18th century devotee (P. 4, The Story of Historic People of India-The Kolis) • Sant Ganga Narain, led the Bhumij Revolt (1832-1833) aimed against missionaries and British colonialists. • Sant Girnari Velnathji, Koli, Gujarati of Junagadh, a 17th or 18th century devotee Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 801
  • 802.
    Vanavasi Sants • Sant Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma or Guru Brahma, a Bodo whose founded the Brahma Dharma aimed against missionaries and colonialists. The Brahma Dharma movement sought to unite peoples of all religions to worship God together and survives even today. • Sant Jatra Oraon, Oraon, led the Tana Bhagat Movement (1914-1919) aimed against the missionaries and British colonialists • Sant Sri Koya Bhagat, Koli, Gujarati, a 17th or 18th century devotee • Sant Tantya Mama (Bhil), a Bhil after whom a movement is named after - the "Jananayak Tantya Bhil" • Sant Tirumangai Alvar, Kallar, composed the six Vedangas in beautiful Tamil verse Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 802
  • 803.
    Vanavasi Avatars • Birsa Bhagwan or Birsa Munda, an avatar of Khasra Kora & Singbonga, the sun-god. Converted even Christians to his own sect. Was against conversions by missionaries. Wanted not only political, but religious freedom as well! He and his clan, the Mundas, were connected with Vaishnavite traditions as they were influenced by Sri Chaitanya. Birsa was very close to the Panre brothers Vaishnavites. • Kirata - the form of Lord Shiva as a hunter. Mentioned in the Mahabharata. The Karppillikkavu Sree Mahadeva Temple, Kerala adores Lord Shiva in this avatar and is known to be one of the oldest surviving temples in Bharat. • Vettakkorumakan, the son of Lord Kirata. • Kaladutaka or 'Vaikunthanatha', Kallar (robber), avatar of Lord Vishnu. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 803
  • 804.
    List of VanavasiRebellions against British rule 1.Halba rebellion (1774-79) 2.Chamka rebellion (1776-1787) 3.Chuar rebellion in Bengal (1795-1800) 4.Bhopalpatnam Struggle (1795) 5.Khurda Rebellion in Orissa (1817) 6.Bhil rebellion (1822-1857) 7.Paralkot rebellion (1825) 8.Tarapur rebellion (1842-54) 9.Maria rebellion (1842-63) 10.First Freedom Struggle (1856-57) 11.Bhil rebellion, begun by Tantya Tope in Banswara (1858) 12.Koi revolt (1859) 13.Gond rebellion, begun by Ramji Gond in Adilabad (1860) 14.Muria rebellion (1876) 15.Rani rebellion (1878-82) 16.Bhumkal (1910) Vanavasis in the Indian independence movement Khajya Naik, Bhima Naik, Jantya Bhil, Rehma Vasave etc. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 804
  • 805.
    Some Notable ScheduledTribes 1. Andamanese 1. Mundaris 2. Bodos 2. Nagas 3. Bhils 3. Nicobarese 4. Chakma 4. Oraon 5. Dhodia Tribes of Gujarat 5. Santals 6. Gonds 6. Todas (Tamil Nadu) 7. Khasis 7. Maldharis of Gujarat. 8. indigenous people of 8. Cholanaikkan Lakshadweep 9. Warli 9. Kurichiya 10. Kisan Tribe 10. Kurumbar (Tamil Nadu) 11. Dongria Kondh 11. Tripuris 12. Bonda 12. Mizos Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 805
  • 806.
    Our Dalit Heritage aa Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 806
  • 807.
    Our Spiritual Heritage Sant Tukaram 1608 - 1650 Sant Tukārām 1608 - 1650 Religious Poet Spiritual Guru of Shivaji Maharaj Sant Tukārām 1608 - 1650 Devoted to Vithoba or Vittala Several Public Kirtan & Abhang on Day to day behavior of human beings, Love for fellow human beings, 4,500 Abhang Gatha Mantra Geeta Warkari Sect Musical Group Worship Jnaneshwar, Namdev, Janabai, Eknath and Tukaram Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 807
  • 808.
    Our Spiritual Heritage SamarthRamadas 1608 - 1681 Religious Poet Devotee of Lord Ram and Hanuman Guided Shivaji Maharaj to set up Swaraj Devotee of Lord Ram and Hanuman 2 Shivaji Raje accpted Ramdas ji as Spiritual Guru Ramdas Swami Guided Shivaji Maharaj to set up Swaraj Manache Shlok 205 memorable 4 line verse Dasabodh 7,751 owvya (Pl. of owi) Maruti Stotra adulatory poem on Hanuman Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 808
  • 809.
    Great Indians –Veer Savarkar •Savarkar emphasised that Hindus and Muslims must come together to oust the British. He addressed Muslims thus, "We shall fight for freedom along with you if you join us, without you if you do not, and despite you if you stand in the way." •Savarkar was arrested at Victoria Station in London on March 13, 1910 on the charges, among others, of waging war or abetting a war against the King and delivering seditious speeches in India from January 1906 to March 1906 and in London from 1908 to 1909. Tried on January 30, 1911, he was sentenced to double transportation for life -- 50 years. During the trial, a sergeant told him, "The benign British Government will release you in 1957." Savarkar retorted, "What makes you think that the British Government will last till 1957?" •After conviction he was deported to Cellular Jail in the Andamans. He was tortured, beaten and forced to do manual labour. •On June 18, 1921 writing in Young India, Mahatma Gandhi wrote about Savarkar, "He is brave. He is a patriot. The evil in its hidden form of the present system of Government was seen by Savarkar much earlier than I did. He is in the Andamans for having loved India too well. Under a just Government, he would be occupying a just post." •Nehru also did not give justice to Savarkar •Savarkar died at the age of 83 on February 26, 1966. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 809
  • 810.
    Veer Savarkar onMuslims "If you come, with you, “if you don't, without you; and if you oppose, in spite of you—the Hindus will continue to fight for their national freedom as best as they can." - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 810
  • 811.
    What Quran Expectsfrom all Muslims A Markaz al-Dawa wal-Irshad publication titled Hum Jihad kyun Kar rahe hain? (Why Are We Waging Jihad?), declares the United States, Israel and India as existential enemies of Islam. It lists eight reasons for Jihad: 1) To eliminate evil and facilitate conversion to and practice of Islam; 2) To ensure the ascendancy of Islam; 3) To force non-Muslims to pay jizya (poll tax, paid by non-Muslims for protection from a Muslim ruler); 4) To assist the weak and powerless; 5) To avenge the blood of Muslims killed by unbelievers; 6) To punish enemies for breaking promises and treaties; 7) To defend a Muslim state; and 8) To liberate Muslim territories under non-Muslim occupation" Hussein Haqqani Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 811
  • 812.
    Mistakes of SecularStates in Fighting Terrorism • Denouncing Islamic terrorism without denouncing Islam itself • "Terrorism has no religion" is the frequently repeated "Mantra" amongst most Indian Politicians, • Moderate Muslims and Islamic Terrorism. • actual number of Jihadis is probably .0001 % and all the rest are "moderate" and therefore "innocent". • (The signs of an internal renaissance within Islam are almost bleak and non-existent. But war between Militants and Military will finish off Islam) Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 812
  • 813.
    Moderate Muslims Moderates amongstIslam can be generally grouped into the following categories. • Those who will not themselves wage Jihad directly by taking arms or weapons - but nevertheless support Jihad, by donations, logistical support, manpower and other kinds of ways. • Those who will neither take arms nor support the Jihadis, but nevertheless agree with the Jihadis, and generally sympathize with their efforts. • Those who will not take arms, nor support nor sympathize - but they don"t really care one way or another - because it does not affect them personally. This group tends to worry more about the fallout of the terrorist attacks on their own reputation and lifestyles. • Those who actually disagree with the Jihadis, and are uncomfortable with the Jihadi ideology, but are too scared to raise a voice, for fear of retribution within their community. • Those who actually disagree with the Jihadis, and are so passionate in their disagreement, that they actually raise their voice and say something or do something - Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Islam. Let Noble such as standing for reform within 813
  • 814.
    Pakistan Pakistan is thecentre of world terrorism. Terrorist organisations are all based in that country. Taliban, al-Qaeda and LeT are all there. They are all there with the active support of the Pakistani intelligence. Author Salman Rushdie 75% of various terrorists' activities led back to Pakistan. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 814
  • 815.
    Pakistani Terrorism Pakistani Terrorism:its real aim and how to respond By: Dr. Dipak Basu Dec-19-2008 (The author is a Professor in International Economics in Nagasaki University, Japan) http://www.blogs. ivarta.com/ Pakistani- Terrorism- its-real- aim-how- respond/ blog-222. htm "English woman born in India" Arundhuti Roy, have no idea about long history of Islam and the history of the Indian subcontinent to understand the basic issue. Lashkar-e-Taiba - "The army of the pure" - was a militant offshoot of Markaz Dawatul Irshad, was founded in 1989 by Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Zafar Iqbal. Saeed was a former teacher of Islamic studies at Lahore"s University of Engineering and Technology. Lashkar based its philosophy on Wahhabism, the austere brand of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia, and has relied on donations from these Saudis and the Gulf Arab states. Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts 815
  • 816.
    Pakistan Terrorism The group"s objective is to impose Islamic rule to the whole of South Asia so as to free the Muslims from being ruled by the Hindus, who as the "idolaters" are specifically targeted by The Koran itself. In the Chapter Al-Taubah 9:5 of The Koran it is written clearly: " When the sacred months are over, slay the idolaters wherever you find them." and in 9: 12: "Make war on them. God will chastise them at your hands and humble them". Thus, Kashmir is a small fry in this strategy. Even if India will hand over the whole of the Jammu & Kashmir to Pakistan, the war against the "unbelievers" will go on. Although almost all Hindu reformers like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Dayananda even Ramakrishna Param Hansa have no hesitation to accept the similarity of the Hinduism and Islam as both of these religions accept only one creator, Muslims will never accept even the purest fundamentalist Hindus as "monotheist" . Thus, there will be no end of this war. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 816
  • 817.
    Pakistan Terrorism Anglo-American journalists do not understand that there are no comforts for the Christians or the Jews, the so-called "people of the books" either. The Koran said clearly in the chapter Al-Maidah, 5:15, " Unbelievers are those who declare, "God is the Messiah, the son of Mary" and in 5:51, " Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends". Attack on the Jewish center in Bombay shows that Jews are legitimate targets of the "believers". Most commentators, whether Indian or Western, completely ignore this aspect of fundamental religious difference between Islam on one side and all other religions on another side and try to analyse the issue in terms of contemporary world politics. As a result, the analysis presented by them in the world media is always missing the main point and the solutions they are now suggesting now to India, i.e., to compromise on Kashmir, falls short of the reality. When the aim of these terrorists groups is to hoist "Green Flag of Islam" on Washington and Moscow, the battleground is the whole world not just Kashmir. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 817
  • 818.
    Pakistan Terrorism India needs to think its strategy considering this grim reality. It is unfortunate that in 1947, at the time of the birth of India, India had two leaders, Gandhi and Nehru, who could not understand the history of the world since 7th century and had looked at the communal problem from a very narrow view. According to them, secularism and an appeasement policy towards Islam can eventually narrow the gap between the two warring communities. However, the recent history of the subcontinent showed that no amount of well intentional gestures could undermine the basic religious aim of Islam where secularism has no place but considered to be a dangerous heresy. Here let us analyse some recent issues to demonstrate that the worldview of the Muslims are entirely different from that of the secular political analysts. Whether it is Kashmir or Afghanistan or Kosovo or 9/11 or 26/11, that worldview of the Muslims is very consistent but unknown to the secular media. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 818
  • 819.
    Pakistan Terrorism Kashmir Issue: Theview of Arundhuti Roy and assorted journalists in the British media is that India disregarded the UN resolution of plebiscite on Kashmir and the right of the self-determination of the people of Kashmir, which according to the Pakistan are all Muslims. That has created an outrage for the Muslims to react as they did on 26/11 in Mumbai. However, there are about 20 resolution passed by the UN security council on Kashmir from 1948 to 1971, the most important one is the Resolution no 47, all others are repeating the same points. The UN Resolution No 47, on April 1948, which Pakistan regularly refers, said clearly: ".After Pakistan troops withdrawal, India to withdraw the bulk of its forces but to maintain a requisite strength for safeguarding the law and order in the state." As Pakistan never vacated the areas it had occupied, no plebiscite could take place. It makes no sense, after fifty years to implement the UN resolution in only 45 percent of the original state of the Jammu and Kashmir, which is in India now. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 819
  • 820.
    Muslim majority areasin India in their respective countries. In about Moderate Muslims six districts of Assam, Muslims are now in majority. The situation is the same in parts of West Bengal, north Kerala, and northwestern Uttar Pradesh. Pakistan and Bangladesh will not wait for a long time to demand these areas. Thus, acceptance of Musharaf"s proposal would imply fragmentation of India in future and open war between Muslim and non-Muslim communities as we have seen in the former Yugoslavia recently. Plebiscite, Exchange of Population and the Origin of Pakistan: Pakistan came into being because the leaders of the Muslims in British India had refused to live with the non-Muslims. In Kingsway Hall, London on December 13, 1946, Jinnah made a passionate plea for the Muslim State of Pakistan, which would be inhabited by "one hundred million people, all Muslims. Earlier in August 1946, the Muslim League resorted to the "Direct Action" against the non-Muslims in British India to get the Muslim homeland. Jinnah said, referring to the driving out of non-Muslims from East Bengal, that it was already the transfer of populationLet Noble Thoughts Come to usmachinery should be devised in action, and some from all Directions- Rig Veda 820 for affecting it peacefully and on a large scale. At a press
  • 821.
    Exchange of Population Thecases of Greece-Turkey, Germany-Czechoslova kia, Bulgaria-Turkey, Poland-Germany, Bosnia-Serbia, Croatia-Serbia, are the examples where full-scale exchanges of population along with partition were organized under the administration of the League of Nations and the United Nations. Soviet Union immediately after 1945 has organized exchanges of populations between Germany and Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, Poland and Germany, Ukraine and Poland, and between Bulgaria and Rumania. In 1989, the Soviet Union has organized an exchange of population between Armenia and Azerbaijan as well. In fact, it is unnecessary to partition a country if the populations are not to be exchanged. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 821
  • 822.
    Modi’s Gujarat &Gujaratis -1 An extract from an article in a Pakistani newspaper The News International' (Part of the Jang Group) a hardcore Islamic Pakistani paper as on 6th September 2008. • India's wealthiest man, Mukesh Ambani of Reliance, is Gujarati. Forbes says he is the world's fifth richest man, worth $43 billion. • Azim Premji of Wipro, is Gujarati. He is the word's 21st richest man, worth $17 billion. • Ten of the 25 richest Indians are Gujarati. • Some of the best business communities in India -- Parsis, Jains, Memons, Banias, Khojas and Bohras -- speak Gujarati. • The two great leaders of the subcontinent, the Mahatma and the Quaid, were both Gujaratis from trading communities. One a Bania, the other a Khoja. • Gujaratis number 55 million, five per cent of India's population living on six per cent of surface area, but hold 30 per cent of all Indian stock. They account for 16 per cent of all Indian exports and 17 per cent of GDP. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 822
  • 823.
    Modi’s Gujarat &Gujaratis -2 • On August 8, the National Council of Applied Economic Research published a report. • The richest city in India is now Surat, ahead of Bangalore and Madras, with an average annual household income of Rs0.45 million (over $11,000). • 80 per cent of all diamonds sold anywhere in the world is polished in Surat's 10,000 diamond units The only non-Jews in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem diamond bourse are Gujjus. Between 2004-5 and 2007-8 Surat's middle class doubled in size and its poor reduced by a third. • The fifth richest city in India is now Ahmedabad, ahead of Bombay and Delhi, and miles ahead of Calcutta. • The Communists rule Bengal and Kerala. They are splendid at protecting Muslims but rubbish at running the economy. They hold million-man rallies with the Jamiat-ul-Ulema- i-Islam (yes, we have the one too) demanding that America gets out of Iraq, but cannot stop Tata from being chased out of Bengal. • The percentage of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labour unrest is 0.42 per cent, the lowest in India. Of Gujarat's 18,048 villages, 17,940 have the electricity. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 823
  • 824.
    Modi’s Gujarat &Gujaratis -3 • Under Modi the face of industrial Gujarat is changing. The world's largest oil refinery is coming up in Jamnagar. Owned by Reliance, it already refines 660,000 barrels of oil a day and will double that this year. Thirty per cent of India's cotton is grown in Gujarat, 40 per cent of India's art-silk is manufactured in Surat, employing 0.7 million people. The world's third largest denim manufacturer is Ahmedabad's Arvind Mills. • A KPMG report says 40 per cent of India's pharmacy industry is based in Gujarat with companies like Torrent, Zydus Cadila, Alembic, Dishman and Sun Pharma. • The state's GDP has been growing at 12 per cent a year for the last 12 years, as fast as China's. • Gujarat has given Mahatma Gandhi & Sardar Patel. • Gujaratis are around the World. The 50 to 60% Non residence Indian (NRI) are Gujarati (Non Residence Gujarati) • Oil Wells at 'Bombay High' are in Gujarat. Bombay High is politically given name because the-then PM hated Gujarat & Gujaratis. Gujarat is given royalty for Oil by Central government. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 824
  • 825.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India for economic development: 20% of India 's Industrial Output 80% of India 's Diamond Production 9% of India 's Mineral Production 50% of India 's Natural Gas Production 54% of India 's Crude Oil Production 22% of India 's exports 24% of India 's textile production 45% of India 's pharmaceutical products 35% of India 's Sponge Iron Production 47% of India 's petrochemical Production The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 825
  • 826.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • The world's largest ship breaking yard is in Gujarat near Bhavnagar at Alang. • Reliance Petroleum Limited, one of the group companies of Reliance Industries Limited founded by Dhirubhai Ambani operates the oil refinery at Jamnagar which is the world's largest grass roots refineries. • Gujarat ranks first nationwide in gas-based thermal electricity generation with national market share of over 8% and second nationwide in nuclear electricity generation with national market share of over 1%. • Over 20% of the S&P CNX 500 conglomerates have corporate offices in Gujarat • Over 35% of the stock market wealth of India is with Gujarati People. • In recent Forbes magazine list of 10 richest Indian people four are Gujarati - Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Azim Premji and Tulsi Tanti. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 826
  • 827.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • Over 60% of Indian Population in North America is Gujarati. • An average income of a Gujarati family in North America is three times more than the average income of an American family. • Gujarat is having the longest sea shore compared to any other Indian state • Gujarat is having the highest no. of operating airports in India (Total 12). • India's 16% of Investment are from Gujarat .. • Gujarat is having highest no. of vegetarian people compared to any other state in India .. • The first ALL VEG PIZZA-HUT was opened in Ahmedabad • Ahmedabad – the commercial capital of Gujarat is the seventh largest city in India .. • Surat is the fastest growing city in the world. • Gandhinagar is the Greenest Capital City us from all Directions- Rig Veda Let Noble Thoughts Come to in whole Asia 827
  • 828.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad(IIMA) is Asia's 1st and world's 45th ranked management college located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. • Gujarat is the safest state as the Crime rate of it is 8.2 which is the least in India even after considering 2002 communal riots, stated by India Today 2005 report. • Gujarat is having least crime against women among all Indian states (excluding Goa ) where AP is 1st, Delhi is 2nd , Bihar is 3rd , Zarakhand is 4th and UP is 5th. • Ahmedabad which is the seventh largest city in India is the lowest in crime rate among all Tier-I and Tier-II cities of India as per National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report. • Ahmedabad is ranked 2nd in Real Estate - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai, Hyderabad , Mumbai & Delhi. • Ahmedabad is ranked 3rd in Policy Initiatives - Ahead of Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta , Mumbai & Delhi. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 828
  • 829.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • Ahmedabad is ranked 4th in Manpower - Ahead of Bangalore ,Chennai, Mumbai & Delhi. • Percent of man-days lost in Gujarat due to labor strike are lowest in country - just 0.52% • It is the first state to implement the BOT law for encouraging private sector participation • The first state to have to fully functional LNG terminal • Gujarat has 33 approved SEZs • Gujarat is the first state to interconnect 20 rivers • It is the first state to provide uninterrupted 24hr 2 phase electricity to all villages • It is the only state with statewide gas grid • It is currently implementing statewide water distribution grid that will connect all 14,000 villages and all cities) • It has largest e-governance network Come to us Pacific Let Noble Thoughts in Asia from all Directions- Rig Veda 829
  • 830.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • Its agricultural production has been increased four-fold in five years (from USD 2 Billion in 2001-2002 to 7.5 Billion in 2005-2006) • In every corner of Gujarat , within the range of 25 KMs there is a development going on. • Operation WHITE FLOOD (MILK) was initiated in Gujarat by Dr. Kurien which took India in 1998 (may be 1999) to become highest milk producer in the world. • Consumption of GOLD in Gujarat is highest in India .. • Largest number of immigration & emigration is done from Gujarat . • Also highest Numbers of passports are issued from Gujarat . • Baroda gas project - bringing natural gas to every home - More than 35 years ago they installed pipelines to bring natural gas to every kitchen. I think that was an amazing feat. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 830
  • 831.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • AMUL - NDDB & Dr. Kurian - another achievement for Gujarat - it was just fantastic to see how they collected milk early morning from every village in Gujarat . The villagers would line up at 3 in the morning at the milk collection centers!!! What a sight! • According to a recent study by the Reserve Bank of India, the country's central bank, Gujarat stood first in the country with investments of US$17.8 billion in 2006-07 or 25.8% of India 's total investment of $69 billion during the year. The southern state of Andhra Pradesh stood a distant second having attracted $6.1 billion in 2006-07. • Gujarat moved up from second place in 2005-06 having tripled its investments in a year. • A report in Times of India describes the Gulf of Kutch as India 's ' Gulf of Riches '. Four top business houses - Reliance Industries, Essar Group, Adani Group and Tata Group, have invested about $34 billion along the Gulf of Kutch's 700-kilometer long coastline. Other corporate, which had invested over $3.26 billion since the 2001 earthquake have investments worth another $19.5 billion in the pipeline. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 831
  • 832.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • Ten special economic zones (SEZs) near Jamnagar , a 4000-megawatt power project and five private shipyards are coming up. And massive expansion is being undertaken of the Mundra and Kandla ports. • Gujarat's 41 ports handle 80% of India 's port traffic and 20% of its cargo. It is estimated that by 2015, Gujarat's ports will handle 39% of India 's cargo. • Not only has Gujarat unseated Maharashtra as India 's number one investment destination but also, it is threatening to dislodge Mumbai, Maharashtra's capital and the financial and business capital of India, as the trade gateway to the country. • Mundra port where Indian Oil Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum are setting up giant oil storage capacities has already emerged as India's largest private oil storage tank farm. • Sixty percent of India 's coal imports enter via Mundra port. Mundra's importance is likely to soar further with the completion of mega power plants being set up by Adanis and Tatas. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 832
  • 833.
    Gujarat holds manyrecords in India • The volume of cargo handled by Mundra and Kandla ports alone has outstripped that handled by Mumbai's ports - the Mumbai Port Trust and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. • And now Gujarat is nursing ambitions of dislodging Mumbai as India 's financial hub. Its government recently announced the setting up of an international financial services center, the Gujarat International Finance Tech-City with an investment outlay of $6 billion in Ahmedabad. • Forbes Magazine published list of Top 20 Self-Made Business-Men from Asia . The list includes 6 men from India and out of 6 three are Gujarati - Tulsi Tanti, Gautam Adani and Uday Kotak. Be VERY PROUD to be a GUJARATI and please pass alone this to other Gujarati's. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 833
  • 834.
    Media • News can't be views. You can't have sensational programmes and pass them off as news. • "Is there any channel now that instils a sense of pride and contentment among viewers? • Society is going through a churning. Viewers need to be spiritually sensitised. • Education, health and the farmers have been ignored. These require sharper focus. • With the exception of mobile service providers, no MNC ads to play on the channels Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 834
  • 835.
    Intellectual Terrorism inBharat Aurobindo on Muslims, Sept 4, 1906 “The idea that by encouraging Mahomedan rowdyism, the present agitation may be put down, is preposterous; and those who cherish this notion forget that the bully is neither the strongest nor the bravest of men; and that because the self-restraint of the Hindu, miscalled cowardice, has been a prominent feature of his national character, he is absolutely incapable of striking straight and striking hard when any sacred situation demands this." Aurobindo, september 4 1906, bande mataram. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 835
  • 836.
    Intellectual Terrorism inBharat • Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls. • Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. • A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. • Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion. • The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. • Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. • May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 836
  • 837.
    Intellectual Terrorism inBharat Pub Bharo, carry condoms by Renuka Choudhary • And then there is Renuka Chowdhury, the irrepressible woman that she is, rose to the occasion and challenged Muthalik and his senamen. While sending a stern warning to them, she motivated the 'loose' and 'forward' women by declaring that she would lead from the front a 'Pub Bharo' campaign. Don't forget, the very same minister had earlier advised the womenfolk of India to always carry a condom in their bags and drive their husbands away if they are not acceptable to condoms. The minister hasn't done anything credible in her long political career. • What is promoted by the western ideals and this type of Valentine culture is just booze, sex and smut. Another sad fact with this so- called youth festival is that many youngsters, who fail in their love adventure, commit suicides. They invariably choose this Valentine's Day to end their lives and the rate of suicides increases every year as per police records. • There is nothing 'saintly' about this Valentine's Day. This is plain cultural invasion, which needs to be defeated at any cost. Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 837
  • 838.
    Intellectual Terrorism inBharat 2611 had local help, says Mumbai Police The Mumbai police has claimed that 16 Indians were involved in the 26th November terror attacks on Mumbai. Police Commissioner Hasan Ghafoor told rediff.com that 16 people were involved who either financed or helped the attackers with logistics. When Modi said the same thing, Chiadambaram blasted him and questioned if Modi is in touch with Pakistan. Now the same thing is being said by Mumbai Police Commissioner. So is Chadambaram going to sack Ghafoor? Let Noble Thoughts Come to us from all Directions- Rig Veda 838

Editor's Notes

  • #214 In a CBS 60 Minutes program telecast on her in January 2005, beauty queen and Miss World Aishwarya Rai, who has been called &apos;The Most Beautiful Women&apos; by even Julia Roberts of Hollywood, surprised the interviewer by insisting that he accompany her to meet someone who is very important to her. She took him to a Ganapati Mandir in Mumbai, which she visits very often, to have a Darshana of Shri Ganesha. She told him that she starts every day with a prayer to Ganapati. Surrounded by the glitter and glamour of Bollywood, and now even Hollywood, Aishwarya Rai never lost sight of someone who is more glamorous, someone who is more beautiful than her. She never forgot her Lord Ganapati. She has never let the flame of Dharma get extinguished from her heart. What did her Dharmic heritage have to offer to her? What does Hindu Dharma offer to women in general? What is the status of women in Hindu Dharma? What is the relationship between God, or rather Goddess and women in Hindu sacred books? Are there ways in which we should reform our Dharma so that women can be happier? These are some of the issues which we will cover in this slide show.
  • #215 In a CBS 60 Minutes program telecast on her in January 2005, beauty queen and Miss World Aishwarya Rai, who has been called &apos;The Most Beautiful Women&apos; by even Julia Roberts of Hollywood, surprised the interviewer by insisting that he accompany her to meet someone who is very important to her. She took him to a Ganapati Mandir in Mumbai, which she visits very often, to have a Darshana of Shri Ganesha. She told him that she starts every day with a prayer to Ganapati. Surrounded by the glitter and glamour of Bollywood, and now even Hollywood, Aishwarya Rai never lost sight of someone who is more glamorous, someone who is more beautiful than her. She never forgot her Lord Ganapati. She has never let the flame of Dharma get extinguished from her heart. What did her Dharmic heritage have to offer to her? What does Hindu Dharma offer to women in general? What is the status of women in Hindu Dharma? What is the relationship between God, or rather Goddess and women in Hindu sacred books? Are there ways in which we should reform our Dharma so that women can be happier? These are some of the issues which we will cover in this slide show.
  • #217 The ritual texts of the Vedas list women Sages to whom homage must be offered while studying the divine texts. See for instance Ashvalayana Grhyasutra 3.4.4; Shankhayana Grhyasutra 4.10 which enumerate women teachers such as Sulabha Maitreyi, Vadavaa Praathitheyi etc. While it is true that the word ‘man’ is used in a generic manner to denote ‘human beings’ in the Vedas, authoritative grammar and ritual texts (Purva Mimamsa Sutras 6.1.8 ) emphasize that this is merely a figure of speech, and that man and woman together constitute two halves of the same Persona while performing Vedic sacerdotal ceremonies. Vedic ritual texts emphasize that there is no difference between man and woman in so far as the right to perform Vedic rites is concerned (Katyayana Shrautasutra 1.1.7 etc). The language in which the revealed Hindu texts are composed, namely Sanskrit, has a neuter gender in addition to the masculine and feminine. In fact, the Ultimate Reality, the Supreme God of Hindus, is often described as gender neutral. The very word ‘Brahman’ used to denote Supreme Being in Hindu texts is in neuter gender. Likewise, many words used to denote Universal Virtues such as Truth (Satyam) are considered neuter gender in Sanskrit, the sacred language of Hindu Dharma. Interestingly, in a famous verse of Rigveda that says that all the various deities are but descriptions of One Truth (RV 1.164.64), the names of deities are all masculine but the phrase ‘One Truth’ (‘Ekam Sat’) is in neuter gender as if to emphasize that God is not male.
  • #218 The Vedas hardly ever conceive of devatas without corresponding devis . Almost as a rule, the Sage, the worshipper and the ritualist invoke the devatas to manifest along with devis and partake of the sacred oblations poured into the sacred fire altar. The Sarasvati River has now dried out but along its banks are more than two thirds sites of the so called ‘Indus Valley Civilization’, the largest and one of the original 4-5 Bronze Age cultures in the world. Recent discoveries suggest that this great civilization may have been the same as Vedic civilization. Vasant Panchami has been observed as a festival for worship of Goddess Saraswati since the Vedic and Puranic age. On this day Brahma created Saraswati to dislodge the dumb insipidity of the creation. By bestowing a Veena in her hands, he allotted the function of speech through her to the world. She was thus named as “Veena Vadini” and “Vani Dayyani” (the Veena player and the awarder of speech). By the grace of Saraswati, the devotee is made conversant with good behavior, intelligence, influence, brilliance, music, speech, poetry, and differentiation between proper and improper. Therefore, there is the tradition of the worship of Goddess Saraswati on Vasant Panchami festival. The worship is with sweet smelling flowers and powdered sandalwood. Sri Krishna (an incarnation of Lord Vishnu in the 4rd millennium BC) also worshipped Saraswati on this day by virtue pf which he became an expert in sixteen arts and in all others. Many Hindus initiate their kids for education on this day so that they receive blessing from Goddess Saraswati after her worship. Students in particular pay homage to the goddess of knowledge, intelligence, wisdom and knowledge of all arts, science, music and dancing. In the past, many kings and rulers used to organize literary seminars and symposia: poets, dramatists and writers were felicitated and rewarded on this occasion. Great dramas of Kalidasa and other dramatists were played before the audience on this festival. Devi Aditi is thus the mother of all prominent devatas such as Varuna, Mitra, Aryaman, Rudras, Indra, of kings and many other excellent sons. She is invoked as the mistress of the Cosmic Order, omnipotent, every youthful, protector, mother of the devout worshipper and a wise guide of all humans ( Atharvaveda 7.6.2; Madhyandina Yajurveda 21.5 )
  • #219 Significantly, the Shaakta tradition specifically worships the Divine as the Mother of the Universe (Markandeya Purana 91.2), to whom all the male deities also bow in reverence. Shrines of this tradition have perhaps a greater geographical spread than those of other traditions in the Indian subcontinent. The 52 main shrines are termed as ‘shaktipeeths’. They are spread all over Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Even Afghanistan has several Devi shrines that have now almost been abandoned because the Hindu minority has been ethnically cleansed by Islamists.
  • #220 A major Hindu festival, the Durga Puja during Navaratri, worships God as the Divine Mother in her various forms such as Durga. In this tradition, the Divine Mother is termed as ‘Shakti’ or ‘The (Supreme) Power’, as ‘Uma’ or the Sacred Wisdom, as ‘Mahesvari’ or ‘The Supreme Goddess’ and so on. The Shaakta tradition has hundreds of texts (often termed generically as ‘Tantras’) and traditions considered authoritative by Hindus even outside that specific tradition. Even texts not specifically belonging to the Shaakta tradition per se have sections that eulogize the Divine Mother. For instance, the famous ‘Devi Mahaatmya’ (the glory of Devi’) occurs in the Markandeya Purana which is not a Shaakta text. Popular Hinduism also exhibits the concept of ‘ grama-devata’ in which a local manifestation of the Divine is worshipped as the presiding deity of that place. Many Indian cities and towns, including several important pilgrim centers, have various forms of the Divine Mother as their ‘ grama-devi’ . As examples, we may cite Amba who is worshipped in Kolhapur and Ahmadabad (formerly called Ambavad); Meenakshi who is worshipped in the pilgrim town of Madurai; a form of Sati, the wife of Shiva, worshipped in Jalandhar; and Dhakeshvari Devi of Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh).
  • #221 The Shaiva tradition is considered the ‘male’ counterpart of the Shaakta tradition and the two share numerous texts, liturgies and other sacred traditions. In numerous iconic representations, God is shown as ‘ardhanariishvara’ or ‘God who is half woman’, to emphasize that either God has no gender or he is both woman and man. Even male deities such as Lord Vishnu sometimes incarnate as women (&apos;Mohini&apos;) to serve the cause of Dharma. The Devi herself is often said to combine the powers of all male deities including Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. ‘ tvam strii tvam pumaanasi’ -‘Thou art the woman and the man’ (Atharvaveda Saunaka Samhita 10.8.27); ‘ strii pumsau Brahmano jatau striyah brahma uta vavana’ – ‘Women and Men are both born from Supreme Being, Women are (manifestations) of the Supreme Being and so are these men’ (Atharvaveda Paippalada Samhita 8.9.11cd) In popular non-denominational Hindu prayers, whenever God is addressed as a parent, he is first termed as a Mother, and only then as a Father. The prayer commencing with the words ‘tvameva mata cha pita tvameva’ (You alone are Mother, and are also our Father) is recited by millions of Hindus all over the word. It is a Hindu tradition to address women before men in a group, out of reverence for the former. For instance, Hindu wedding invitations are normally addressed ‘To Mrs. and Mr. Smith’ and so on and not as ‘To Mr. And Mrs. Smith’ or as ‘ To Mr. and Mrs. John Smith’ or even as ‘To Mrs. and Mr. John Smith’.
  • #223 In the Vaishnava tradition, which is the most prevalent Hindu tradition today, God is worshipped as ‘Vishnu’ together with ‘Shri’, who is also addressed variously as ‘Lakshmi’ . They incarnate together , and their incarnations, namely that of Rama and Sita respectively, and so on, are also worshipped as a couple. Perhaps a good idea of the simultaneous and equal reverence that Hindus have for the feminine and the masculine aspects of Divinity may be gauged from the above quotation. Lakshmi is also worshipped independently as the deity of wealth, splendor, prosperity and fertility. In numerous Hindu communities of Bangladesh, Nepal and India, the most prominent festival in the year is dedicated to the Divine Mother. During Diwali, the most important festival in northern India and amongst Hindu communities in the Caribbean, the main worship is offered to Devi Lakshmi. Diwali itself is often called ‘Lakshmi Pujan’.
  • #225 In Hindu Dharma, there is also a concept of five ‘Satis’ or virtuous women namely – · Sita, who was born of Mother Earth and the Nepalese King Siradhvaja Janaka. She married Lord Rama, the prince of Ayodhya, and is considered an incarnation of Devi Lakshmi. · Savitri, who is described below · Sati, described below · Arundhati, the pious wife of Sage Vashishtha · Damayanti, the wife of King Nala These five (or rather the first four) are worshipped by Hindus as divine women of Dharma, noted for unwavering devotion to their husbands and for standing by them through all the ups and downs in their lives. There are no corresponding pentads of illustrious men.
  • #227 For Hindus, God is not necessarily a fatherly figure. ‘He’ is Mother and Father combined. In Hindu Cosmology and Ecology, Nature and Earth are uniformly referred to as Mother Nature (Prakriti) and kindly Mother Earth (Prithvi Mata) E.g., Atharvaveda 10.18.10; Rigveda 1.159.2. In Hindu philosophies , God and Nature are sometimes depicted as Husband and Wife who create the inanimate and animate Universe together just as mother and father give birth to children (Vishnu Purana 1.2; Matsya Purana 1.284.11-18). In a long hymn extolling the earth, the Sage concludes with the beautiful words - &amp;quot;O Earth, my Mother! Establish me securely in spiritual and material happiness, and in full accord with Heaven. O Wise One! Uphold me in grace and splendor!&amp;quot; Atharvaveda 12.1.63 While today we normally assume that the ‘husband is the breadwinner of the household’, traditional Hindus say that it is Devi Annapuurnaa who is the presiding deity of Foodgrains. It is Mother Ganga, Mother Yamuna, Mother Kaveri and so on who have manifested as rivers to feed mankind. Likewise, forests that provide us with so many resources are said to be presided over by Devis who are known as Vanadevis (vana = forest). Rivers, their confluences, their mouths and their origins form prominent Hindu pilgrim centers. The evening worship of Ganga Ma (‘Mother Ganges’) in the pilgrim center of Hardwar with hundreds of lamps which are set afloat on the river in the night is a breath-taking spectacle. The trend of considering rivers as manifestations of the feminine aspect of the Divine Being has been carried by Hindu immigrants to other parts of the world as well. Sanskrit mantras have already been composed for worshipping rivers such as Mississippi in the United States, underlying the fact that in Hindu belief, the Supreme Being is all-pervading. Such recent developments parallel a similar transplantation of Hindu sacred geography to South East Asia several centuries back.
  • #228 The source of this verse however has not been traced and it is presumed that an anonymous poet coined it in the 19 th century. Nevertheless, the verse has sunk deep into the contemporary Hindu psyche.
  • #231 Women warriors are mentioned in the Vedic texts. Vispala, the wife of chief Khela was an aggressive warrior who lost her leg in a battle [Rigveda 1.116.15]. The Ashvins, celestial physicians, gave her a metal prosthesis as a replacement for her lost leg. Mudgalani drove the chariot of her husband in a battle [Rigveda 10.102.2]. In the Mahabharata, Chitraangada, the wife of Arjuna, was an accomplished warrior in her own right. Mahabharata II.14.51 also mentions women warriors in a general way. Carvings and statues in several ancient Hindu temples depict women warriors. As examples, one may cite the Khajuraho temples in Chattisgarh, or the remnants of the Vishvanath Temple embedded in Aurangzeb’s mosque in Varanasi. When Lord Rama was asked to proceed on fourteen years of banishment from his kingdom, it was proposed that his wife, Devi Sita, could rule as the queen in his absence. [Ramayana 2.37.28] Queen Rudramba: She was the only daughter of the 6th King of the Kakatiya Dynasty of Andhra Pradesh (13th century CE) and succeeded her father to his throne. Her father got her educated fully in the affairs of the state craft. She made a mark of bravery while accompanying her father in the latter&apos;s victory tours. Thinking her to be a weak woman, the feudal lords and the area commanders revolted and neighboring rulers also found an occasion to grab her territory. But, Rudramamba defeated them all. She married the Chalukya king Virabhadra and they jointly ruled over the Kakatiya kingdom very effectively for many decades. The last Hindu ruler of Kashmir was a woman Kota Rani, who was the widow of Hindu king Uddyana Deo. She played a crucial role in warding off the Tartar invasion of Kashmir in the early 14th century CE but was finally deposed by Shahmir in 1341 CE. Shahmir started the long lasting Islamic rule in the region that, with traumatic consequences on the Hindu population of the region. Kalhana’s Rajatarangini mentions several other valiant Queens in pre-Muslim Kashmir.
  • #234 Amongst some Hindu communities, notably the Rajputs, when the fall of their citadel or city to Islamic invaders became imminent, the Hindu women of the area committed suicide by mass immolation. This act of sacrifice was termed as Jauhar. As a result, shorn of all love ties to their families, the Hindu men-folk of area would rush out of their forts and attack the invaders with their full might and motivation without any fear of death. Such instances of Jauhar happened because the Muslim invaders would molest and rape captured Hindu women after victory and therefore Hindu women often preferred death to dishonor and indignity of concubinage. One such instance of Jauhar by Rani Padmini and 700 other maidens of the fort of Chittor before its imminent fall to the invading Muslim Emperor Allauddin Khilji is the subject of a Hindi epic named Padmaavat authored by a Muslim poet Malik Muhammad Jaayasi. In a particularly large-scale instance, some 24,000 women of the Hindu kingdom of Jaisalmer committed mass-suicide just before it was sacked by Muslims in 1295 CE, to avoid falling into their hands. See Enrica Garzilli, &apos;First Greek and Latin Documents on Sahagamana and Some Connected Problems (Part I)&apos;, in Indo-Iranian Journal, vol. 40: 205-243 (1997), endnote no. 2 In the Sikh tradition too, women warriors and military generals played a crucial role in their battles against Afghan and Pathan Muslim oppressors. Women also played the role of spies. Around 300 BC, Emperor Chandragupta Maurya used a woman spy to assassinate his rival King Parvataka. Several Hindu women avenged the dishonor to our Dharma and our country by employing clever strategy, if not arms. In the year 712, the Arab invader Muhammad bin Qasim invaded the outlying Indian province of Sindh (now in Pakistan), killed its last Hindu ruler Raja Dahir, and sent Dahir’s daughters to Baghdad as a gift to the Caliph. The daughters told the Caliph that Qasim had already ravished them before sending them as a gift to him. Infuriated by this apparent insult, the Caliph had Qasim put to death, only to learn that the Princesses of Sindh had lied to him to avenge their father’s death. The two Princesses were tortured to death. In the early 14th century, Ulugh Khan, a Muslim military general invaded the Vaishnava holy temple town of Shrirangam. He massacred several monks, desecrated the temple and looted its treasury. The Muslim army occupied the temple precincts and put and an end to Hindu worship. A temple courtesan, who fascinated the invading general, prevailed upon him not to destroy the temple altogether, and restrict his vandalism to the destruction of a few cornices. The Brahmins in the surrounding areas tried to perform the sacred rituals whenever they could, but were harassed by the occupying Muslim forces constantly. Unable to bear the harassment of the devotees by the Muslims, she enticed the Muslim chief, took him up a temple tower in the east, and in the pretext of showing him a famous icon from there, she pushed him down and killed him. Scared that she will be tortured by the Muslims as a result of her deed, she hurled herself also down and died. According to tradition, to honor her memory, the funeral pyres of temple courtesans were lit by fire brought from the temple kitchen. [V. N. Hari Rao. History of the Srirangam Temple. Sri Venkareswara University, Tirupati (1976)] To finance the defense of their motherland from the invasions of the Turk Muslim ruler Mahmud Ghaznavi, Hindu women in what is now Pakistan willingly donated all their jewellery. It is relevant here to recall some rules of Hindu warfare that are enjoined in texts such as Manusmriti and Mahabharata. Women in general were considered inviolable, and were generally exempt from capital punishment. They could not be captured for use as concubines, and could not be assaulted sexually by soldiers.
  • #235 Hindu texts are unanimous in declaring that God does not differentiate between men and women. [1] From a Dharmic perspective, adherence to Dharma alone decides who is great and who is lowly. In the Hindu philosophy of Bhakti, or devotion to God, the cowherd women ( gopi-s ) who resided in the region of Braj in northern India are held as exemplars for all mankind. [2] In traditional enumerations of pious people who were saved by the salvific power of God, both men and women are listed without prejudice [3] . Both men and women are said to be God’s manifestations in several verses. In these verses, we often see that the Sanskrit word for women is given a graceful precedence over the word for men. [4] The Ramayana, a Hindu epic, narrates the story of Shabari, a tribal Hindu woman, who was ecstatic upon hearing that Lord Rama would pass her hut during his forest sojourn. She hastened to collect wild-berries to offer to him To ensure that they were all sweet, she chewed half of each berry, discarding the bad ones. When Shri Rama arrived, he was so touched by her pure devotion that he ate her half-chewed berries without hesitation. This story is often taken as an example to illustrate the power of loving devotion to God in the Hindu doctrine of Bhakti . [1] Gita 9.32 [2] Narada Bhaktisutra 1.21 [3] Shrimad Bhagvatam (Book X) mentions several women such as Kubjika, who were emancipated by God. [4] E.g., ‘ tvam strii tvam pumaanasi’ -‘Thou art the woman and the man’ (Atharvaveda Saunaka Samhita 10.8.27); ‘ strii pumsau Brahmano jatau striyah brahma uta vavana’ – ‘Women and Men are both born from Supreme Being, Women are (manifestations) of the Supreme Being and so are these men’ (Atharvaveda Paippalada Samhita 8.9.11cd)
  • #236 For the story of Gargi, see Madhyandina Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 3.8 The Kena Upanishad was considered so profound that it was singled out for not one but two commentaries by Adi Shankaracharya (8th century CE), one of the greatest Hindu philosophers of all times.
  • #237 Alvars were Vaishnava saints who lived in South India (especially in Tamil Nadu) between 400-800 CE. There were 12 prominent Alvars, the greatest of whom was a Shudra saint named Nammalvar. Their writings form 4000 verses and are collected in the work called ‘Divya Prabandham’. Portions of this work are considered equal in rank with the Vedas and are also termed as ‘Dravida Vedanta’. Andal composed two works in her short life. Both are in Tamil and are unique in their literary, philosophical, religious, and artistic content. Her contribution is even more remarkable considering that she was a teenage girl when she composed these poems, at a time when there is no other record of Tamil women composing poetry [2]. Far from being the prattlings of a youngster, Andal&apos;s verses display a literary and religious maturity far beyond her years. Her first work is the Tiruppavai, a poem of thirty verses in which Andal imagines herself to be a cowherd girl during the incarnation of Lord Krishna. She yearns to serve Him and achieve happiness not just in this birth, but for all eternity, and describes the religious vow (pavai) that she and her fellow cowgirls will take for this purpose. The second is the Nacciyar Tirumoli, a poem of 143 verses. Tirumoli, literally meaning &amp;quot;sacred sayings&amp;quot;, is a Tamil poetic style in which the work is composed. &amp;quot;Nacciyar&amp;quot; means goddess, so the title means &amp;quot;sacred sayings of our Goddess.&amp;quot; This poem fully reveals Andal&apos;s intense longing for Vishnu, the Divine Beloved. Utilizing classical Tamil poetic conventions and intermixing stories from the Sanskrit Vedas and Puranas, Andal creates imagery that is quite possibly unparalleled in the whole gamut of Indian religious literature. The impact of these works on the daily religious life of the South Indian has been tremendous. Just like the Ramayana, people are never tired of listening to the Tiruppavai. The poem itself is recited with great religious fervor by women, men, and children of all ages, particularly in Tamil Nadu. The daily services in most Vaishnava temples and households include its recitation. Both of these works, particularly the Tiruppavai, have been commented on extensively by innumerable scholars in a number of languages over the centuries. Today, we are fortunate to have many translations of the Tiruppavai in Western languages which make these poems available to an even wider audience. During the month of Margali (December-January), discourses on the Tiruppavai in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English take place all over India. Refer: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/alvars/andal/
  • #239 Other examples from classical Hindu traditions: Lalleshvari (14th century CE) is considered the greatest saint poet of Kashmir. Her devotional verses highlight the divinity within our own selves, and exhort us to love the Shiva who dwells in our heart. Lalleshvari walked out of a traumatic marriage and roamed the Kashmir valley singing her mystical songs, demonstrating Yogic feats while lost in the bliss of Bhagavan Shiva. Her spellbinding songs are recited even today. Akka Mahadevi (12th century) lived and preached in Karnataka. Though married, she severed her worldly bonds and instead sought to merge in Shiva. She roamed the countryside of that region singing of Lord Shiva, and ultimately is said to have merged in him. Akka joined the Virashaiva community after her meeting with Saint Basavacharya and wrote 350 exquisite spiritual compositions. Akka and Lalleshvari defied the social norms by eschewing garments for they had surrendered their entire being to their deity and had no use for social norms. A late twentieth century woman ascetic named Mate Mahadevi drew her own inspiration from the ideal set by Akka Mahadevi. The Shaiva Siddhanta tradition has been blessed with several women saints such as Kaaraikkaal Ammaiyaar, Thilakavathiyaar, Mangaiyarkkarachiyaar, Paravaiyaar, Changiliyaar, Chembiyan Madheeviyaar, Auvaiyaar etc. Some of them led a saintly life dedicating their lives to spiritual pursuits. The others lead a family life while spreading of spiritual teachings of Shaivism in Tamil speaking areas. Likewise, the Sant tradition of Maharashtra has several feminine voices from Muktabai (13th century CE) the sister of Sant Jnaneshvara, to Bahina Bai. Janabai (1298-1350) also wrote of abandoning social norms and offering herself to the service of God. The hagiographies of many of these women Sants occur in Mahipati’s Bhaktavijaya. Most women saints of this tradition were in fact housewives. Similar examples may be given from many other Hindu spiritual traditions such as Gaudiya Vedanta of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
  • #242 Many other Hindu women Gurus preach in the West in our times, including Ma Yoga Shakti, Shri Ma, Anandi Ma and so on. References: Johnsen, Linda. 1994. Daughters of the Goddess. St. Paul: Yes International Publishers Vasudha Narayanan, 1995. &apos;Women of Power in the Hindu Tradition&apos;, pp. 25-77 in Arvind Sharma and Katherine K Young (eds.), Feminism and World Religions, SUNY Press: Albany (New York)
  • #244 Often, when male saints have died, their widowed wives or women disciples have assumed the spiritual leadership of his followers. As an example we may cite ‘The Mother’, who was the spiritual companion or the first disciple of Shri Aurobindo . In our own times, Bhagwati Devi Sharma (d. 1994) provided spiritual leadership to the Gayatri Parivar, after its founder Guru Shri Ram Sharma Acharya passed away.
  • #245 Women have played an important role in other sacred traditions that have organic links to Hindu Dharma. For instance, one out of the twenty-four Tirthankaras (founding spiritual teachers) of the Jains was a woman. The heroine of a Tamil Jain didactic epic is a Jain nun named Neelakeshi. Guru Amar Das, the 3rd Sikh Guru, entrusted two of the 26 regions marked out for his missionary activity to women spiritual leaders. Princess Bhrikuti, the daughter of Nepalese Licchivi King Amshu Varma (7th century CE) married the Tibetan King Tsrong-tsong Gompo and influenced her husband to convert to Buddhism. She is also credited with the construction of several prominent places of Tibetan Buddhism such as Potala and Jokhang, as well as Buddhist shrines in Bhutan. Thus, she played a pivotal role in leading Tibetans to Buddhism and is therefore worshipped as a manifestation of the Tibetan deity Tara. It may be pointed out that Hinduism and Buddhism are fused in Nepal even today.
  • #248 However, it is important to note that the status of Hindu women can be made equal to that of men without affecting the core fundamentals of Hindu Dharma. This is different from other religions, where the very core teachings of a male God creating man in His image and women from that man’s extra rib, of restricting clergy to men alone and so on do not make it possible to improve the theological status of their women. How is this so with Hinduism? The revealed texts of Hindus do not contain much that deals with socio-cultural codes in a concrete manner because social mores cannot be eternally and universally valid or applicable. They must change from place to place, and from time to time. The main intent of Hindu Revelatory texts is to serve as a guide in expounding the more eternal principles and practices dealing with cosmology, theology, ritualism (which too changes with time), spirituality and so on. Injunctions on morality, social codes, political maxims etc., are rather explained in non-revealed texts of Hinduism, called the Smritis. Because of the temporal nature of social, political and moral codes, Hindu Sages have authored their own Smritis from time to time, and from region to region to serve the respective populations of their area. A perusal of these Smritis often reveals some teachings that are demeaning to women in various ways. These Smritis have often been merely ‘normative’ texts and their views did not always reflect social reality. In many ways, the actual position of women in the Hindu society has been better than what is enjoined by these texts, and vice versa as well.
  • #251 It is said that the behind every successful man, there is a powerful woman. This seems to be quite well-exemplified in the Hindu tradition. Numerous texts within the Hindu tradition have been named by male authors lovingly after their women family members. For instance, Vachaspati Mishra, a celebrated Hindu philosopher, named his magnum opus on Hindu spirituality (Vedanta) after his wife ‘Bhaamati’. An ancient mathematician named his work on arithmetic and algebra after his daughter Lilavati. In this way, grateful Hindu scholars have perpetuated the memories of their loving wives, mothers, daughters and so on down the ages. In the Mahabharata , Queen Kunti (she belongs to the pentad of ‘panchakanyaa’) narrates the soul-stirring ancient sermon of Queen Vidula to her son [Mahabharata, V.133-136], in order to boost the morale of her sons, the distraught Pandava brothers who had been deprived of their kingdom and livelihood by their cousins. The sermon contains memorable passages exhorting men to shun self-pity and a sense of defeat and instead rise to take charge of their own destiny. The narration obviously had its effect because the Pandava brothers soon prepare for the war. It is said that Goswami Tulsidas (16th-17th century CE), one of the most prominent saint poets of Hindi, was very infatuated with his newly wedded wife. One day, she reminded him that if he were infatuated with Lord Ram in the same way, he would have attained salvation. The words transformed Tulsidas into a great saint and a devotee and he went on to author 12 beautiful devotional works in Hindi. Jijaamata, the mother of Shivaji, inspired her son from his childhood with stories of great Hindu heroes, and motivated him to become a noble Hindu king who liberated parts of India from the tyrannical rule of the bigoted Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb in the late 17th century. Today, she is revered as an inspirational figure in large parts of India along with her illustrious son. A particularly touching instance in Hindu tradition is that of Haadi Rani. Newly married, her husband did not heed the call to arms against the enemies of his country. She had her head severed and sent to him on a platter, motivating him to forsake all fear of death and plunge headlong into battle. More than a thousand years ago, the Buddhist queen of a Hindu Pandyan Ruler of southern India was so disturbed by reports of massacres committed by the army of her husband in a neighboring enemy kingdom that she committed suicide as a way to protest and to impel her husband to shun the path of bloodshed. It is said that it was the mother of the famous monk Yadavaprakash who motivated him to shun his pride and become a disciple of Ramanuja (who had been his own disciple but had become a renowned spiritual teacher). Little wonder then that according to Hindu texts, the wife gets half the fruit of her husband’s good karma. WHO IS A PANCHAKANYA: In the Hindu tradition, a pentad of five women ‘panchakanyaas’ is especially revered. The first two are from the Hindu epic Mahabharata, and the other three from the Hindu epic Ramayana. It is believed that a remembrance of these five women destroys great sins. It is not exactly clear why these five women were chosen, but their diverse background shows the catholicity of Hindu Dharma in venerating virtuous women disregarding their social and ethnic background. These five women are – 1. Kunti, the wife of King Pandu, and mother of the five Pandava princes. She was an accomplished scholar of the Atharva Veda. 2. Draupadi, wife of the five Pandavas brothers, whose honor was preserved by none other than Lord Krishna 3. Tara, the wife of ‘vaanara’ (tribal) King Vali, and after his death, of his younger brother King Sugreeva who assisted Lord Rama 4. Sage Gotama’s wife Ahalya who was tricked into adultery by Indra, but had her honor redeemed by Lord Rama 5. Mandodari, the virtuous wife of evil incarnate Ravana, the King of Lanka. She prevailed upon him to spare Devi Sita of his lust.
  • #252 Queen Kulaprabhavati of the Hindu Khmer Kingdom (in Kampuchea) was a pious Vaishnava queen who in the fifth century (c.475) made many donations to a Vaishnava ashrama. And there were several other Hindu queens--Kambujarajalakshmi, Jayadevi in that dynasty who excelled in charitable and social welfare works. In Indonesia, Gunapriya Dharmapatni (late 10th cent. CE), the great-granddaughter of the Hindu King of eastern Java, married the Balinese Hindu prince Udayana and was instrumental in introducing Javanese traditions such as Tantric Hinduism into Bali. She was so influential that her name appears before that of Udayana in Balinese inscriptions. Goa Gajah, the Elephant Cave, near Bedulu, not far from Ubud, was built around this time, as a rock hermitage for Shaivite priests. Dozens of inscriptions from various parts of the Indian subcontinent also attest to pious Hindu queens and lady officials making endowments to temples, colleges, monasteries etc. These examples are too numerous to list here and only a few illustrations should suffice. An inscription in Afasarh states that the mother Shrimati Devi of King Adityasen established a religious school, whereas his wife Kona Devi had a pond dug up for the welfare of masses. From the Bheraghat inscription, it is apparent that Queen Alhanadevi, wife of a Kalachuri ruler, got a Shiva temple constructed. She also got a school and a garden constructed in the vicinity. The mosque at Bayana in Rajasthan occupies the site of a demolished Vishnu temple, which had been constructed by the daughter Chitralekha of King Saurasena. Likewise, the wife of King Tejpal repaired the sacred icons that were demolished or desecrated by invading Turk Muslims and also induced a Chauhan feudatory of her husband to make a donation for religious causes. Reference: For an enumeration of many more such instances, see pp. 95-97 in Urmila Prakash Mishra, Prachina Bharata mein Nari (in Hindi), Madhyapradesh Hindi Granth Academy, Bhopal (1987)
  • #255 By and large however, it appears that women were not initiated into rigorous Vedic or religious study as such. The noted social reformer Swami Dayanand Sarasvati cited Vedic testimony to argue that women are entitled to Vedic study. He founded the Arya Samaj in 1875, and its members soon established colleges for teaching Hindu scriptures to girls. Through the efforts of Lala Devraj several decades ago, women scholars were finally able to recite the Vedas and perform Vedic sacrifices publicly after several centuries. What was a rarity till recently is now becoming an increasingly common spectacle. For instance, in 1931, Upasani Baba founded the Kanya Kumari Sthan in Sakori (Ahmednagar district, India) where women are taught Vedas and the performance of seven sacred Vedic sacrifices every year. Influenced by this endeavor, another institution named Udyan Mangal Karyaalaya was started in the city of Pune wherein women of all castes and vocations are learning to chant the Vedas and become priests. There are now thousands of Hindu women priests both within India and outside India (including the United States) and are in great demand because they are often considered more sincere, learned and pious then male priests.
  • #256 In the Mahabharata 12.320, one reads of a profoundly spiritual nun Sulabha who studied under several teachers and has a philosophical debate with the philosopher King Janaka. Numerous texts of Sanskrit grammar [e.g., Katyayana’s Varttika 125, 2477] indicate the existence of respected women teachers of grammar . Commenting on the authoritative grammar text Ashtadhyayi 3.3.21 of Panini (~400 BCE), Patanjali (~150 BCE) says that women commence their education after undergoing the sacred thread ceremony. He then derives the feminine forms of words denoting teachers, professors and so on. Likewise, commenting on Ashtadhyayi 4.1.14, Patanjali mentions that ladies studied the ancient grammar of Apisali and also the Mimamsa text of Kashkritsna. In the Uttararamacharita 2.3 of Bhavabhuti (~8th cent. CE), it is mentioned that Atreyi goes from the hermitage of Sage Valmiki to southern India India to learn Vedas and Vedanta philosophy etc. In Kaadambari, the exemplary text on poetics authored by Dandin (~8th centy. CE), a lady named Mahaashveta is described as adorned with a white sacred thread that shone like pure moonlight. Numerous ancient Hindu temples (such as the Lingaraja temple in Orissa or the Khajuraho temple in Madhya Pradesh) show women as teachers (with male as well as female students) and painters etc. Ubhaya Bharati, the wife of ritualism scholar Mandana Mishra, presided as a judge in a debate between her husband and the spiritual philosopher Adi Shankaracharya. After the latter won, she then challenged Adi Shankaracharya (8th century CE) to a debate. The hagiography Shankaradigvijaya of Madhava states that she knew the Vedas, the six Vedangas (perquisite sciences for studying Vedas), poetics and several other branches of learning. When she debated with Shankaracharya, the audience was dumbfounded with the erudition and skill with which she marshaled Vedic citations, logical arguments and profound thoughts. [Shankaradigvijaya 9.63] Recently [1] , a commentary on Tiruvaayamoli of Shudra saint Nammalvar authored by a woman named Tirukkoneri Dasyai (15 th century) has been discovered. The commentary is an exquisite work and shows familiarity with Vedic texts, particularly those of Taittiriya Yajurveda. It may be noted that the Tiruvaayamoli is accorded the status of Samaveda in the Shri Vaishnava community, and is called ‘Dravida Veda’ or the Tamil Veda. [1] Vasudha Narayanan, “Women of Power in the Hindu Tradition”, pp. 25-77 in Arvind Sharma and Katherine K Young (eds.), Feminism and World Religions , SUNY Press: Albany (New York), 1999 CONTENT OF MADHURAVIJAYA: The epic celebrates the Hindu re-conquest of an area in southern India from invading Muslims who had indulged in large-scale massacres, cow-slaughter, desecration of temples and molestation of women. Many of the poems attributed to the famous medieval Bengali poet Chandidas were also actually written by his wife.
  • #259 Likewise, women such as Kishori Amonkar, Gangubai Hangal and so on are some of the greatest performers of other traditional vocal music styles such as classical Hindustani.