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Himalayan Tragedy.

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Literally. Nepal tragedy is heartwrenching. But when I see that those returning from Kailash Yatra have perished in bunches, I wonder if they were taken into His bosom by Lord Shiva. Nowadays that’s how my mind works. Normally I don’t like Isha/Jaggi Vasudev. But I am surprised he does not seem to share my view, given the Yogi he is. But then you can’t speak the heart’s truth when you hold responsibility in your hands. He who talks so much about death and afterlife seems to be shedding some tears. The end may have been brutal – but imagine not returning from Mount Kailash. What more can a Hindu hope for. Of course hundreds or perhaps thousands of other civilians from all walks of life have lost their lives. Nobody has exact statistics. I don’t mean to sound insensitive. I can understand how the bereaving families must feel right now. The pilgrims stood no chance. Probably they were at Tibet-Nepal border immigration checking back into Nepal after their Kailash yatra. Most Indian tourists have perished while on pilgrimage to Nepal. Now Jaggi Vasudev must know what it is to go against nature in a massive way. Why should a glacier suddenly collapse. How much tourist traffic the Himalayan kingdom is handling. There are mountaineers heading to scale world’s highest peaks such as the Everest, the Anna Purna etc. Then there are millions of tourists from India on pilgrimage to Nepal. A good percentage of Indian pilgrims also head to Mount Kailash via Tibet border. In fact even from Tamil Nadu, hundreds have gone missing on their return journey from Kailash, the toughest trek on earth. But personally I think that’s a poetic way to go. Imagine having a darshan of the Kailash and then not returning home. Jaggi must know.

At the same time I saw this another spiritual group headed by Desa Mangairkarasi, who is of the Kripa Nanda Variar lineage, escaping the tragedy but stuck in the parikrama in Tibet/Nepal border. May the pilgrims from Tamil Nadu/India return safe.

Isha group seems to have perished totally. No news about them. Of these almost 100% the pilgrims are foreigners from the US and Australia and UK and dozen other countries who were on Kailash Yatra. Obviously they must be Isha followers and Shiva bhakths.

There is so much of unwanted activities going on in the Himalayan ranges. Himalayas may be the tallest mountain range in the world but they are the youngest geologically speaking. The Himalayas erupted out of a natural catastrophe like when two tectonic plates collided. Interestingly I have heard a Hindu philosopher speak of how there is no mention of Himalayas in the most ancient Hindu texts or puranas that must have been passed on from another plane of time, by whatsoever means. So you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand how seismically sensitive this zone must be. Already Nepal has seen devastating earthquakes. More vehicular traffic and pollution and construction activities and roads and footfalls mean, Himalayan glaciers melting real superfast in this global warming age. We have seen monsoon havocs in Kedarnath in India on the Himalayas exactly for the same reasons. This is why I am AGAINST THE CHAR DHAM PROJECT in India drilling the Himalayas. I don’t need to worship Shiva by drilling a hole into His Himalayan abode. Already millions are going on pilgrimage to Kedarnath, Amarnath, Gangotri, Gomukh etc., every year. The helicopter services have made every Hindu aspire to go to the Himalayas. The Char dham is now in every HIndu’s bucket list. But can you imagine what a damage millions of footfalls, helicopter services, construction activities etc., can do to the Himalayan glaciers. Even Ganga runs the risk of running dry at this rate. Now Jaggi Vasudev, can you understand why I hate you for taking over the Elephant territory at the foot of the Velaingiri Hills in Tamil Nadu for your Ashram. The Shiva I know or the Shiva I can comprehend may want the elephants roaming there not your mega Shiv Ratri hungamas. I can never understand this kind of piety sorry. I can never understand how you can save Hindu Dharma hurting environment and damaging nature. Those like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, Shirdi Sai Baba, Ramana Maharishi, Paramahamsa Yogananda etc., etc.. did quiet but effective service to Hindu Dharma WITHOUT DAMAGING ANYTHING/ANYONE. Their yeomen service to Dharma stands out recognized even today and they have millions of followers around the world without having to seek attention. When I saw acres cleared for parking space etc., in Isha near Coimbatore, I thought about the loss of green cover. You cannot plant Teak trees everywhere and call it ‘Kaveri calling.’ That is damage control. Why do we have sthala vrkshas in our temples. Every Hindu temple in India has a Stala Vrksha – it means it houses a native tree (vrksha) right from THAT exact geographic spot. For example, in Kapaleeshwara temple in Mylapore, it is Punnai maram (laughing tree). It even sheds a glimpse into our native history. Once upon a time, Mylapore was a garden or forest of laughing trees (punnai maram). That is how our Hindu ancestors saved and preserved each and every single native fauna of ours. Today in India we are ecologically rich and diverse even after such a huge environmental degradation, because of our Hindu ancestors who thought of every little thing including digging up a tank in front of every single temple they constructed. These water tanks are the lungs of our villages and towns and cities, after centuries and centuries and also ground water charging points on monsoons. You cannot substitute the Stala vrksha native trees with Teak trees everywhere Jaggi. Shiva is first that elephant. Shiva is first that forest cover. Shiva is first that Velaingiri mountain itself. Shiva is the very ground where your visitors park their cars. Well, that is my understanding of Shiva.

This is why I decided not to go on Char dham yatra ever. I can worship Shiva from right where I am. If I cannot see Him in my heart first, how can I hope to see Him in Mount Kailash.

When Raja Raja Chola built the Brahadeshwara temple over 1000 years back in Thanjavur (Tanjore) Kaveri delta, we Indians could still afford the deforestation. Acres of forested lands were cleared by our kings to build the most ancient 2000 year plus old Hindu temples that still proudly stand today in south India. (In north of course they were razed by the islamic invaders). But all that was eons back. Indian population remained optimal in those times. Monsoons were bountiful. Nature was respected and nurtured. There was no environmental degradation to alarming degrees obviously. When did we begin to celebrate Diwali. Fireworks were part of celebrations when Ram returned to Ayodhya with Seetha from when we started celebrating Diwali. So was dynamite used in fireworks through centuries in India? Never. Something organic was being used in the manufacture of our fire crackers which had no hazardous chemical content in them. Modern man has given every ritual a horrible twist and made it worst and regrettable. Joyous spirited festivals have been reduced to crass commercial gala events.

Nepal is bracing for more landslides and floodings in near future. For the locals this must be nightmare. For foreigners trapped in the landlocked nation, it can be traumatic. Not to mention the state of mind of their loved ones back home worrying about their safety – if at all they have survived.

We used to think about Nepal pilgrimage often. But my civil engineer husband would say, Nepal was poor when it came to safety standards. It would be a blessing to die there in a flash – and that is what I think about the Isha pilgrims who perished wholly on their return from Kailash darshan. But if you are wounded and stuck in Nepal hospital, that can be real horrendous situation. It is because of his practical reasoning that many times we dropped our plans to pack our bags to Kathmandu. Pashupathi Nath temple is in my bucket list. In fact we never anticipated the Gulf war that saw us retire from Doha. Otherwise in June/July we were thinking of Nepal. But my husband refused to allow me to book in advance. Nepal and Sri Lanka – he is not confident about. India is quick on reflex even if we are a third world nation. Our communication network and rescue ops etc., can bring quick relief even is disaster strikes (god forbid). In general we remain in preparedness most of the times for any eventually. We are shockproof in India. This is the advantage of belonging with a strong big nation. We have to act on warfooting basis during crises like the Nepal floods and we have to have access to resources, rescue op personnel, medical teams, food catering etc., with everything going on at the same time. We personally evaluate all these things and always rate India as a safe country that way. We don’t feel that way about most countries we have toured. In case of any emergency, things can freeze in most countries with inaction/inadequacy in many departments. Nepal sadly we rate as one such a vulnerable nation. But it is their destiny, understandable, being a landlocked Himalayan nation, at the mercy of the icy glaciers and prone to earthquakes caused by tectonic shifts. Most Nepalese factor in these life risks – as I understood from knowing them from our 20 year residence in Qatar where they constitute semi skilled workforce. Good workers. In fact every year I used to receive prasad from Pashupathi Nath mandir in Nepal. This year someone got us even a Rudhraksh mala from Nepal.

Dear Tourists/Hindu pilgrims: STICK TO BEATEN TRACKS. Don’t open new avenues. Kailash is best left free. So must be Amarnath. Kedarnath and Badrinath must be accessible by minimum land transport and mostly by foot- and not by helicopter or char dham tunnel presently under construction. Even this tunnel caved in, ending in tragedy remember. Don’t disturb nature – and if you do, be prepared to pay a heavy price. Don’t regularize Kailash yatra, Amarnath yatra, Vaishnodevi Yatra. All these must be reserved for the really motivated and physically dexterous. Rest of us have to satisfy ourselves with Kashi, Hardwar, Hrishikesh, what to do.

YOU SAVE HIMALAYAS/KAILASH/KEDARNATH/AMARNATH/VAISHNO DEVI/GOMUKH/GANGOTRI ETC., ETC., BY NOT GOING THERE, GOT IT?

Finally Shiva gave His piece of mind to Jaggi Vasudev. But what a brutal lesson was that.

Meanwhile Arnab:

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Finally, a glimpse of Her!

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Last one month has been a roller coaster one for me. 2026 is not yet over. But what a ride it has been so far! Two weeks earlier, I got a reassurance from saakshaath Divine Mother Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari Herself that all will be well. Although I have had some darshans of deities who I worship (in my visions on awakening), I never have had Ma Lalitha come to me so far. That She had to come to me in the most difficult of moments, is Her will and wish perhaps. That’s how She appeared in my life as well. I never got it until recently. She took over my life 33 years ago and has been behind every step of mine correcting me and nudging me towards Her slowly but steadily all this time. Even this rarest darshan of Hers that came as a vision was only a sidewards or slant view of how She is seated in Thirumeeyachur. No direct view. But I guess even the Kaligambal view was crystal clear until it zoomed into the sanctum santorum in my vision. The praharas were clearest but the deity was hazy.The garbagraha vision was lacking clarity (on purpose?). But even this is more than enough for me. She came to me at most critical moment when I least expected Her. Not that I did not believe even for a second She was away. She has been throughout with me but showed evidence when I least expected it.

Not only Ma Lalitha Parameshwari, my own biological mother appeared in my dreams last week just a night or so before we faced a critical day. There is this school ground or perhaps a stadium where children are playing. May be a sports event was being held. The side stands look packed. I go to her sitting in the stands and ask her permission to go to a shopping mall with a friend of mine (as if I had been doing it all my life! so casual!). She says, ‘ I know you two can take care and you will return safe.’ These were her precise words (almost). It was only in the morning I realized the true meaning of her words. She looked much younger and prettier like I had never seen her in my life. May be she looked like that before my birth! She was in her very sweet version. She who left me over 44 years ago probably chose to stay in her younger physical form in the eternity. An Ambal Upasaka years back told me, my mother is not reborn at all. Very proud to be the daughter of this soul who must have escaped the vicious karmic birth cycle. Very punya atma who taught hearing and speech impaired middle school girls until the last day of her life. After almost 20 years, she was back in my dreams. With a veiled message that was indeed a blessing.

Twin blessings when I needed Divine Grace the most.

I see a lot of discussion on Lalitha Sahasranama in social media. Its true when I started the parayana decades back, I was seeking material benefits, better life. But with time, I lost interest in acquisitions. Nowadays I chant not only Lalitha Sahasranama but any shloka or mantra for sheer pleasure or bliss of it. I do seek help – after all I am human. I pray for the health and well being of my family and friends. I try not to seek material benefits. Of late I also try not to pray in a way that may alter someone’s karma. So these days my seeking favours is very minimal and matter-of-factly. I am aware of the thing called destiny and I understand even Gods have limited powers in altering our Karma. Yes, our Ishta Devta CAN rewrite our destiny – because I believe mine is rewritten by none other than Ma Lalitha Herself, and I do count myself extremely blessed for being in Her favour; yet barring exceptions, changing our karmic destiny may be next to impossible. So did Lalitha Sahasranama do the wonders for me. As I have heard a Guru say, Ma gives you what you want. If you have materialistic aspirations, you will succeed in your efforts. But if you move away with a purpose to know Her better, She will take you one level up. She may start to promote you spiritually and it is at this point She may begin to change your destiny – for the better. You may vibrate at higher level than before and you may receive the gift of higher consciousness. She after all gives one what one seeks. Many stop with material gratification. We all start any chanting ritual or prayer with a motive, to begin with, but gradually we have to wean off and move towards unselfish seeking. This is my personal experience. So nobody returns empty handed from Divine Mother’s.

The physical manifestation of any deity in idol form (Saguna worship) is only the starting point. Eventually serious seekers realize the Nirguna form of god. In some world religions, the Nirguna worship is thrust upon masses who cannot come to grips with the immensity of the One Supreme. This is why they become religious bigots. Spiritual maturation must be a gradual process. It must be like climbing a pyramid. You cannot attempt to summit the peak overnight in one giant leap. You have to take step after careful step. Saguna or idol worship is for laymen but it is the best form to improve your focus and manifest energy forms (deities) so that the deities will themselves lead you on to Nirguna worship (formless) of theirs in course of time. Generally masses stop at this level. It is for the determined to proceed from this entry point. Hindu Dharma does not stop with idol worship. But it is a good starting point nevertheless. It is for the truly motivated to progress from this threshold to higher consciousness. The immensity of Divine Mother who rules the multiverse is not something any of us can comprehend. However, relating to Her saguna form is the simplest way for me to reach out to Her. I do wonder in amazement at the Para Shakthi that She is. Sanskrit scriptures hail Her as the ruler of the multiverse. But Her choosing to come to me the way I can most understand Her, is like how a Mother tries to speak to a child in baby language that the child can understand. That is how merciful She is. Extremely considerate. Just writing about Her fills my heart to the brim.

I am no Guru or Pandit or Swami or Vedic or Pujari or anything. A mere grandmother/mother/housewife here who dwells day in and day out in the world of domesticity of family life. This is what I am capable of in my limited capacity as a simpleton seeker. But even this slight and imperfect devotion of mine is respected and answered back and rewarded by my Divine Mother. She ignores nobody. That is Her grace. Every moment Mother is with me. That gives me the strength to go on.

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Awakening is NOT Enlightenment.

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Awakening is just the first step I know. But novices can be forgiven their initial euphoria/excitement for cracking into even this basic stage. Enlightenment is at the head of the stairs. Just looking up ahead can dizzy you. But lets take one day at a time. Let it take eons, many births, multi janams. I am not bothered. Earlier I used to seek liberation from the birth cycle in my prayers. Now I am in total surrender. Let me be played the way Divine Mother wants to play Her game of Maya! Let Her have some fun at my expense! Just in case She must think, I have had enough, then fine! May be She has played me maximum already that She thinks I need to be rested! She may just pull me off my Karmic cycle liberating my poor soul once and for all in which case I would count myselt luckiest. What better spot to rest than under the lotus feet of the Divine Mother. Again this ‘I’ props up! Anyway, can’t help it. So that’s how I view my spiritual journey now. I want to go with the flow. What I am experiencing day in and day out I cannot even attempt to make people understand. But I hope with each passing day I am marking some advancement along the long, winding path. The improvement may not be visible in a short time, but may become more apparent with time. Om Shri Matre Namaha! All glories to the Universal Divine Mother!

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META apologizes to Indian government.

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Why ask for apology. Why should Facebook not be kicked out of India.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/meta-apologises-for-error-in-restricting-pms-video/articleshow/132972236.cms

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mark-zuckerberg-apologises-for-child-sexual-abuse-content-on-meta-platforms-sources-11869474

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/meta-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-apologises-for-csam-deepfake-content-errors-in-operating-platform/article71309386.ece

CJP, the Cockroach Janata Party of India did not grow ORGANICALLY but was watered by social media platforms such as Facebook by Meta. It means, India’s very democracy is at risk.

Thank god I am not on social media! I was but I signed out years back. Social media sounds so FAKE. The interest in social media fizzled out. Back then Facebook was really ideal for closeknit groups. In those days we used to share family vacay pics, kids’ graduation photos etc., freely on FB. Personally for me, as my buddy list crossed 250-270, I felt uneasy about sharing everything with everyone. Besides loss of privacy, it looked like seeking validation from one and all. We are sufficient and we don’t need approval or certification, that’s my point. Nobody needs to know about our private lives. So many acquaintances’ personal stories were something I felt I could do without too. That extra piece of sh*t about others’ families – why should we fill our head with. I DON’T EVEN WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OTHERS EVEN IN THESE TIMES OF ONLINE SNOOPING WITHIN THE 4 WALLS OF OTHERS’ HOMES. That extra useless information is garbage. To that extent, our own life is interesting and engaging enough for me! There is simply no space in my mind for third parties. The importance some people give us make me only grin. Because for me they are like, ‘my foot!’

Today in You tube, saw this leading ex heroine of Tamil film industry confess, her daughters never saw her films and were not even aware that she was an actress. But these stars spoil the masses while fiercely protecting their own family and values. The problem is with us.We have to plug the loopholes and make sure we don’t pay attention to these cheap distractions. The films must be begging for our attention. They must be only for our relaxation when we want to have some brainless entertainment for distraction. Even Zuckerberg once in an interview was seen making dinner with his family while the rest of the world wasted time on social media. So whose mistake is that really.

I am extremely conscious of WHAT MY MIND CONSUMES. About what I watch, what I read etc. This is why I mainly signed out of social media platforms. CONTENT is very important. What our mind sees, shapes our persona and ultimately our lifestyle and very living.

And if Meta had been deliberately promoting CJP in India to create national problems, then it is a huge security threat to the country. This angle must be probed and Meta, if needed, must be kicked out of India or banned for at least 6 months as some experts aver.

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Arisikaarar of those days.

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Something brought to my memory long forgotten Arisi Kaarar of those days. Our Arisi Kaarar (the rice man) came from Nellore. Telugu man who never bothered to learn Tamil. He used to communicate in his broken Tamil with us. Every month before 5th, he used to come I think with his Arisi vandi (rice cart – must be one drawn by oxen; omg i don’t even remember how he brought home those huge rice bags!). Or I vaguely remember, the cart could be pulled either ways by men with the rice bags loaded from Andhra. He walked besides them I think.

We bought normally half a moottai (or half sack) I think. It was Andhra Pachcharisi. He used padi (measuring cups) to measure rice that was normally done in the front room of our house. For years this tradition continued since my birth or from before that. I don’t even remember what was the price of 1 kg rice then. Then when I was in higher secondary perhaps, he came home with a marriage invitation for his daughter. The wedding was in Andhra I think. We could not naturally go. After that he never came back.

We did not even have his contact address in those days. No phone number. Every month he came from Nellore on one big round of good old Madras with his rice bags. Only if he ever came, we saw him. Then one day his foreman/assistant came home for collection (i think). He told us that the marriage of the Arisikaarar’s daughter did not go through at the last moment. After that he never left the house out of shame. In those days, it was a big matter. People ended their lives over loss of respect and honour in the society. We settled the balance, whatever. After that no more rice came for us from Nellore. Like everyone else we switched over to Tanjore Ponni I think for the first time. A few families like ours never visited Arisi Mandi (rice shops) for years and stuck to Nellore rice. I think from late 80s we moved over from Nellore rice to Tanjore delta rice permanently.

Interestingly there is a street in Mylapore by name Arisikaarar street.

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This is not to demean anyone, but two smart Telugu girls who we used to call ‘lachchi’ came for bathroom cleaning every alternate day. I think the profession was then based on caste. We paid monthly 2 or 3 rupees to them at one point of time. Both were attractive teens in lambadi clothes. They wore colourful beaded necklaces and bangles. That much I can recollect about them.

Thankfully our society has outgrown of the ‘lachchis.’ I take this opportunity to think of them who used to clean others’ bathrooms/toilets. Now we have sophisticated so-called ‘deep cleaners’ who we can book online through apps if we can’t manage tiles/bathroom cleaning with our domestic helps. But how horrible we were as a community when we entrusted this menial job to someone for caste reasons paying them abysmally poor for their labour. Today when I see the Shahrukh Khan Harpic commercial showing Indian toilet, I am reminded how sparkling ours used to be without using bleach or Harpic in those days as maintained by those lachchis, who used only a thick short broom stick and soap powder or something like that for cleaning.

All these lines of work are now eliminated as I see. They got eliminated long back from our midst. They are not around since the 1990s.

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India is a lot changed for the better. We have a far more just and equitable society here now than we did until the 1980s. Less of caste/community prejudice or discrimination. Equal opportunities for all. Very high literacy in Indian history. Both of my househelp’s kids are graduates and are computer literates. So are my regular autowallah’s children. We see people develop all around us but these 2 families I personally have seen climb out of poverty as education paves the way for a better future for their children. India’s economic strength has not happened in a single day. Its years of reformation on every front – social, political, micro and macro levels, state and nation levels. Its good to see some cursed caste based professions disappear.

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Jana Nayagan running to packed houses in US cinemas

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The last picture of CM Vijay has had worldwide release. Firsthand information from family: the movie opened with a bang even in Tucson, not even Phoenix that has sizeable Indian/Tamil population. Just imagine Bay Area, New Jersey, Seattle. Tamils/Indians around the world are lapping it up. I can’t remember when I last went for a movie to the cinemas. May be it was Bahubali 2 in Doha. Can’t spend 3 hours in cinemas. Been to only blockbusters like Dasavataram, Robot etc., to the cinemas. Can’t stand the violence and noise content. Cannot stand Vijay’s pictures sorry. Was watching Rhythm starring Arjun and Meena in tv today. It was a treat to watch Meena not even having her hair straightened and cut short. May be she used a wig for the long plait. So homely and sans much makeup. No overacting. So yadhartham. Arjun is also an action hero. I think i saw this picture in VCR at home during our Malaysian days. Malaysia! I forgot what a frenzy the Tamils there are driven to when a new Indian film is released. Ok movies are for our entertainment, that’s all. Nothing more than that. The filmy heroes are getting paid for their roles. Nothing is social service. Listen to a few upbeat numbers, watch a movie for relaxation and then get on with REAL LIFE. This nonsense culture of heroworshiping filmy heroes happens only in India.

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The dots connecting the impending FCRA law Amendment 2026, Deep State of the US & the CJP of India.

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What is the new FCRA amendment 2026?

On 22 June 2026, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs adopted the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules granting the Indian government sweeping new powers to police the activities, operation, management and leadership of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving foreign funding.

The above is a copy & paste job by me from Google. The reason for the current protests in Delhi is as simple as that. India says NO to foreign funding (read American) which in the guise of funds for church can fund any anti-national activity in Indian soil. Precedents have been set in Nepal and Bangladesh where the US Deep State allegedly played an active role. The CJP, the Cockroach Party of India is sponsored by who? The Delhi protests are sponsored by who? Why should the US government that wants a favourable trade deal in American favour want to pump in millions of dollars into India year after year supposedly for church and related organizations. FCRA is internal matter of India and is of huge concern to the national security. India has every right to refuse funds from the US. What an irony is that the Americans WANT to forcefully fund destabilizing activities in India with funding through legal channels aimed at overthrowing present BJP government. Has America not destroyed enough nations on earth already.

NEET paper leak is shameful still it is internal matter of India. Care has to be taken that the protests in the capital do not get fanned out of control by the Deep state of America through channels such as FCRA. Enough was done during last parliamentary elections. BJP still won the last Lok Sabha elections and PM Modi ji returned as the prime minister of India for a third term. It is BECAUSE OF MODI AND TEAM ALONE THAT WE FEEL SECURE WITH ROGUE NATIONS LIKE PAKISTAN AND CHINA FOR NEIGHBOURS. IT IS BECAUSE OF MODI ALONE WE ARE TIDING THROUGH TOUGH GLOBAL TIMES TIMES BECAUSE OF ENERGY CRISIS IMPOSED ON THE WORLD BY THE ONGOING GULF WAR. How the team of Modi-Jaishankar-Doval is pulling the trick is unbelievable – given the massive population of India and geography. Look at the queues and oil prices in countries around the world including Europe. Risking India’s safety and security with Rahul Gandhi – is INSANE IDEA.

Funny to see the totally corrupt Stalin and Udayanidhi are making headlines in Tamil news channels with their nonsensical views. Why do they want NEET cancelled? So that per seat they can mint lakhs of rupees that will grow into crores. A steady stream of income. We all are aware what the PG med management quota seats were selling for prior to NEET. Now just the stipulated fees running to a few lakhs per year, a NEET aspirant who secures a medical seat has to spell out under payment quota. No capitation. And for PG the stipend is handsome. Initially even I was opposed to NEET when it was introduced. But in practical life over years, I am seeing nieces and friends’ kids benefiting largely from NEET paying fair fees and getting admit to otherwise impossible PG speciality seat.

All frustrated losers out there in Delhi to see if they can dislodge center. Let us see how far this goes. Meanwhile. FCRA 2026 Amendment has to be enforced and foreign funding needs to be investigated and frozen. If minister Dharmendra Pradhan is guilty, he must be dealt with as per law. How about removing him from the cabinet for a starter. BJP in power for 15 years and therefore some complacency must be setting in in the party and the leaders. The third term was expected to see this excess. Not that it is justifiable in any manner. If Modi does not act now, the party will have to pay a heavy price in the next Lok sabha elections. Dismiss Pradhan and deliver justice. Why is Modi hesitating. Is it because it will be like opening the Pandora’s box with other irregularities falling out?

BJP govt has committed nothing that Congress hadn’t done earlier. How about auditing Vadera first. Rahul Gandhi’s secretive life – we don’t even know about. How to have such a fishy person whose only qualification to anything is by virtue of birth alone – as a leader of anything. His credentials look dubious.

Corruption has to routed out but there are legal ways to go about it. Useless fellows engage in protests. Real hardworking students don’t go out and carry banners in the streets. They prove their mettle in the universities. Take a stock of the protesting youngsters: most will be non technical arts and literature and social sciences majors. No STEM candidate will ever carry a placard and waste time in protests against government. Those with scientific temperament and definite purpose in life don’t engage in worthless activities. Students with too much extra/leisure time, spoilt brats pursuing aimless degrees to make a future in visual media etc., will be the frontliners. Why can’t the media people quiz the protestors about their college background.

We all know of the Kejriwal story. CJP too will burn out with time.

Again from Google:

What is the FCRA bill?

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) is the law that governs how Indian individuals, associations, NGOs, trusts and companies may receive and use money, securities or articles sent to them from a source outside India.

Why is America keen on funding India. They already must be running huge defence bills over war with Iran. They keep complaining about unfair trade practices by India. Yet they want to pump in millions into our NGOs, all American tax payers money, and want no supervision. If this is not the Deep state of America at work, then what is it. India has every right to refuse the ill-intended American charity.

Its not easy to govern a mammoth nation like India with diverse population of about 1.4 billion, especially through testing economic times like these. Instead of appreciating Modi govt, these guys are out to tear up the security blanket of India. Doing a fantastic job so far Modi & team. But Dharmendra Pradhan MUST go. No second opinion on that.

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Awakening is different for different people.

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One thing I am learning; YOU CANNOT RETRACE YOUR STEPS BACK TO NORMAL/PREVIOUS LIFE OF YOURS ONCE YOU ARE AWAKENED! Sometimes I miss that normal happy-go-lucky life of mine that evaporated just like that overnight with my third eye springing open. Not that I am ungrateful for the gift I have received from Divine Mother. Nostalgia for good old carefree times that’s all. Now I am aware I have immense responsibility on my shoulders. I have to take care.

Pleasantly surprised to discover that a few awakened SRI VIDYA souls who i have followed/listened to in You tube (who all I consider my gurus too) are visiting me (astro travel) in my home, in my visions. Not only them, other awakened souls too who I can reckon vaguely who are not into Sri Vidya Upasana or are not masters/gurus also have been spotted by me but I can’t exactly place everyone. A few white faces (!) too surface in my visions. I can aver this much: my understanding of this on talking about this matter with some high vibrational awakened souls is that, I have probably upgraded! Not only that, an unexpected (unawakened) living soul (sukshma atma or the subtle body may be) came visiting me twice. (I did not see this person in dream; i saw him in VISION in my home, probably visiting me!) That means, the subtle body/soul is leaving this person and visiting me in sleep (in dream) of which he may not be aware of (these are the dreams we cannot recollect). I am saying this to show how my own understanding of the ways of sukshma atma (the subtle soul/body) is improving with these visions.

(Refer: Yogananda Paramahamsa’s book “Autobiography of a Yogi.’ Every soul/atma has 3 bodies: THE GROSS BODY (our physical body on earth) (what we call Stoola Shareer) and then the SUBTLE BODY the Sukshma Atma/Shareer (that can leave our body and roam like we do in dreams) and then finally the highly curated version called the CAUSAL BODY or the Kaarana Shareer) that will dissolve finally into the Universal/Collective Consciousness.) (like it may take some 10000 years for a soul to progress from amoeba life to this kaarana shareer level passing through some 84000 wombs of different lifecycles/species before reaching the human stage).

I have nearly had vision of all the deities whose mantras I chant at least once. Last to arrive has been Maha Vishnu. Enlightened souls may dismiss this as distractions. We have to rise over and above the deity darshan stage, I completely agree with their wisdom. Working on that. One step at a time. The initial euphoria that I guess must be natural. I will grow out of this phase.

NEGATIVITY SPOTTER: Immediately spot the negativity in homes ever since awakening. But I keep my mouth shut so as not to alarm the residents.

I don’t know – all this is since March month only although the process of my awakening started way back in November 2025 itself in Doha, where we were longtime residents. It bloomed out one fine day in Arizona, US this March 2026 as I awakened with such an intensity in my son’s home that I wanted to return to India immediately so as not to scare him! Baffled for last few months, now I realize what a gift Ma Lalitha Tripura Sundari, my beloved Divine Mother has bestowed upon me – for I never thought I was the perfect person to earn this prize from her. In fact a few happen to think that I either lie or that I don’t deserve this awakening. Crossing a tumultuous period in my life – spiritually. To what extent my Devtas have gone out of their way to show me love and reaffirm to me that they are with me in this journey touches my heart. Universal Mother for a reason!

Finally, all this is possible because of my principal gurus who I hold in deepest gratitude. I will never forget their blessings and their valuable teachings and their strict discipline. I will keep holding in reverence my principal Paramaguru and Parameshti guru for life. My sincere pranaams to the guru paramparas of India without who India may not be so blessed. They are taking forward a spiritual tradition that shuns materialism and promotes the evolution of the soul from lowest rungs to highest levels. A quiet and peaceful revolution is on for millennia in this country. I am grateful I am born a Hindu in this Bharathiya nation that made me access the Gurus and Gurutvaa with much ease. Forever I will remain grateful to my principal gurus without who I could not have come even this far. Of course I am still a KG entrant. I have a long way to go and graduate. Looking forward to continuing my spiritual journey with all optimism and eagerness with Ma Lalitha Maha Tripura Sundari leading me by my hand..

All the best to all sincere seekers. We don’t know when we will cross over to the 4th dimension.

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Qatar: Father Emir passes away.

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Qatar was our second home for some 20 years. We have felt safest in Qatar and Ma Lalitha once again spared me the ordeal of war. I left Qatar for the last time by January end, never to return again. At that moment I had no idea that that was my last time in Qatar. But before going to airport, climbing into my husband’s Prado, i got an intuition that I was seeing him for the last time. I now reckon intuitions are not 100% correct but they can give you a vague idea. My high vibrational friend told me, I must take it as, it was the last time I was seeing my husband in Qatar. Now we are retired and back home in Chennai. But what happens in Middle east continues to be of interest to us. I see that we lived in the middle east probably in their golden period who knows. Now the expat communities who continue to work and live in the gulf states are steeped in fear and deep uncertainty. Projects are not rolling and there is a heightened sense of insecurity among residents. Wages are being delayed if not slashed, and the Hormuz is still not safely and routinely operational.

But under the emir of Qatar, we all lived a happy and peaceful life in their country. I recall the day when the son took over from father may be some 10-15 years back*(2013 I understand). We got a message in phone asking us not to step out for security reasons. Power transition was smooth.

Under both the father and the son, the country has prospered. They hosted last FIFA world cup in Doha and I got to watch at least 3 matches live in stadiums. My husband got to watch 5 at least. Its a one in a lifetime experience. Even a nonfootball person like me enjoyed the occasion thoroughly as entire Qatar wore a festive look.

Frankly until this Iran war, I never thought such a fate would befall on the gulf states. I used to be a frequent flyer. I have switched flights in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Dubai, Muscat, Bahrain that all became so familiar airports to me. Doha I used to be more familiar with than even Chennai my hometown as I spent at least 6 months there every year (3 in Chennai and 3 in the US). More comfortable with Doha metro. Our everyday evening walk would be in tastefully curated parks and in the seafront Corniche. Quality of life was really good. We had an eye for art scene there as well. I would say our life in Doha was rich in the sense, it was deeply satisfying to all our senses.

Even though I have seen Doha grow in front of my eyes under the younger Emir, I am told that its the father Emir who got Qatar out from very dismal low levels of livelihood. His period saw the nation grow stronger and become the world’s wealthiest. Politically too the tiny nation drew international attention, not only for hosting FIFA world cup 2022 but also with their keen negotiating skills with varied rival factions from warring middle eastern nations. Father emir also gracefully left the throne when he was much younger and healthy, to the present emir – a rarity in islamic countries.

Qatar has been a beautiful and peaceful chapter in my life. We grew economically little comfortable in Qatar, we became grandparents and even spiritually I benefited from enforced loneliness in Doha that I capitalized for Mantra Japam! In fact my awakening was starting to happen right in Doha before I boarded the flight to the US this january end. But I had no idea what was happenign to me then.

Qatar is also blessed today because of the powerful mantras chanted by Hindu Indian population there and because of the pujas we do there. THERE IS NO HINDU TEMPLE IN QATAR. That was a big peeve for me. So most of us double our pujas at home to compensate for lack of temple visit. In fact, we feel that there is so much of negativity in islamic nations in general because of their blood thirst and violence ideology. Definitely if nations like UAE, Qatar, Bahrain etc., have withstood this gulf war and have stayed secure, it is because of the positivity of the Hindu population and the christian population (the filippinos). Our dharmic lifestyle and good karma in middle east no doubt have kept these nations safe and secure so far. Don’t you owe Hindus a temple tell me EMIR OF QATAR?

I still wish Qatar safety and security first and wealth, happiness and prosperity. The younger emir will miss the wisdom of the father emir undoubtedly. These are difficult times. One thing I hated about Qatar was their Al Jaz*era that used to spew venom on India. The father emir trusted India and remained close. Now that I am out of Qatar for good I can very well say this: the younger emir partners with rogue nations like Turkey and Pakistan. Even Iran used to be Qatar’s best buddy. Recently in Ras Laffan, over 15 engineers lost their lives to accident (they say) in the gas production facility. 14 of them were Indians and only 1 Paki engineer. But we are all treated the same. What is our contribution and what is theirs. The younger emir will be inviting trouble to the island nation if he is going to follow this path. The older man was wiser.

Sometimes I can’t believe that I won’t be going back to Qatar. A 20 year residence just like that came to a close. Doha used to be my home away from home. I miss Doha and the peace and quiet of Qatar where silence ruled the skies. Now the same skies are seeing the missiles and drones with warnings screeching on phones as govt reportedly issues alarms. I wish Qatar longlasting peace.

BUILD A HINDU TEMPLE, EMIR OF QATAR. YOU NEED ALL PRAYERS AND WELL WISHERS. God bless you. God bless Qatar. Om Shanti, Father Emir. May your Atma attain Satgati. You were a good man. We all loved you and had immense respect for you. Go in peace.

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When Ma Kali enters your body for a min…

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Confused and dazed since crossing over to the 4th dimension in last 3 months; having my reality changed overnight; imagine Divine Mother to who nothing matters other than showing me all the time She is there for me…

Divine Grace chooses you, not the other way. I have not even done Kali sadhana. I have done two posts on how Ma Kali has made an appearance in my life. Last night was as usual. Woke up midnight to use the washroom. REturning back to bed, was surprised to note that I had been chanting Kali Gayatri unconsciously. I don’t know for how many minutes or how long I did that.I picked those two verses from You tube honestly more than a couple of years back. Those 2 lines stuck to my mind.

I recalled the last time I chanted Kali Gayatri in front of Badra Kali, in the Prathyangira temple at Sholinganallur (OMR-ECR connecting road), Chennai. And Ma Kali ended up giving me Vishwaroopa darshan in my vision. So now I made a silent plea to Her to stall (yes) as it was midnight, just in case She wanted to come to me. Sleeping is difficult for me these days as the moment I close my eyes, I am flooded with visions. I have to tire myself out and my eyes have to shut in sleep on their own. This is how I am going to sleep in last 3 months. Awakening is a painful experience. Its not at all cakewalk. I tried the same trick of trying to tire myself out to go back to sleep. Just that moment I knew that Divine Ma Kali entered my body perhaps for a minute or so. I have earlier heard of Ma Varahi entering a friend’s friend’s body in similar fashion – in daytime, in a temple. I just knew Ma was within me. It was like I had sleep paralysis. Suddenly I could not move a muscle. The sensation that coursed through my body I cannot put to words. But it was a good, indescribable sensation. Energy flow. Like a current is passing through your entire body or some sweet warmth is spreading head to foot. At that moment only a few words came to my mind; MA PARDON ME OF ALL MY SINS; BLESS EVERYONE. I had only that much time – very brief time in fact that lasted under 1 minute. In moments Ma Kali left me as quietly as She came. I felt normal then but thinking of Her grace, I feel like crying now. What did I do to deserve Her grace. I was not even Her devotee.

Not only Ma Kali, in the last 2 weeks since I got into this emotional turmoil, Ma Lalitha too showed me Her presence within me but I don’t want to share that experience here. It is like, Divine Mother in whateve way wants to show me that SHE HAS NOT ABANDONED ME even if the world may seem to have. I have nothing more to lose, nothing more to fear.

I don’t care about the obstacles i face in my spiritual path.. I am willing to wait how many janams it may take me to reach the lotus feet of My Divine Mother. She has seen me up until this. She will see me through I know now and I don’t have to think twice on that. I am human after all and I may continue to accumulate some karma good and bad, knowingly and unknowingly. Its all part and parcel of the game called Maya. But I am learning every single day.

Ma Kali is protecting me and stays very close to me ALL THE TIME. I have no words to describe how grateful I feel and how blessed I feel for Her presence in my life. Its a GIFT. No wonder She cut some cords to eliminate negativity from my life – and for Her it doesn’t matter which/what position they occupy in my life before She severs the cord; disrespect/betrayal on anyone’s part when it comes to me can result in Her cutting the cord neat and clean. I understand now wholly what transpired in last two weeks. Its HER handiwork no doubt!

I didn’t remove some posts from my blog because I didn’t want to HIDE OR ESCAPE THE MEMORY OF ANYTHING. Its also a mirror to my face to show how much I have changed with time. Humans judge you looking at your superficial body and lifestyle and YOUR PAST. YOUR PAST IS OVER. YOUR PAST IS NOT YOUR PRESENT OR FUTURE. AMMA NEVER MAKES THAT MISTAKE OF MISJUDGING YOU. MA LALITHA KNOWS ME FROM MY PREVIOUS BIRTHS AND SHE KNOWS MY HEART IN THIS PRESENT BIRTH. That’s what finally matters. Soul honesty is very important to me and apparently Amma likes that in me. To be able to live with your past and have no shame about it is itself a virtue. Not that I have done anything condemnable. I learnt about Srividya Upasana ONLY by 2020. Before that I have enjoyed life with my girlfriends and have downed even a glass of wine or vodka on rarest occasions. Unabashedly material girl. Why hide it. What matters is how you live your life once you take up Upasana. I took mine only 4 years back. After that I am living a celibate life and I am a vegetarian anyway from birth. I gave up cakes and croissants that I thought were few luxuries that life offered me. Honestly after awakening I realize, all that doesn’t matter at all. I may not be a pro, but I think you can breach that line to 4th dimension by crossing some mental barriers such as caste, community, language, religion etc., and by reckoning that your atma has no memory, no mind, no sex, nothing. Shedding your prejudices is a crucial step forward. You have to leave negativity such as jealousy and hatred behind. For me, its been a learning experience for years now. I benefited from numerous online gurus who shaped and chiseled my mind day by day.

To what lengths my Lalitha and my Ma Kali have gone in last 2 weeks to show me that divine grace is with me… I lost my biological mother early in life. Now I have Divine Mother showing me every step, every minute that She is with me.

Life has never been fair to me. That’s all right. In this janam it is my curse to be misunderstood. I accept wholly my karma and I forgive those who erred me and prefer to forget and move on. I don’t stagnate. There is no place for negativity in my mind. As Gandhi said, I shall not allow my mind to become dustbin to store hatred and negativity. I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO WALK OVER MY MIND WITH THEIR DIRTY FEET. I CHOOSE POSITIVITY; I CHOOSE OPEN MINDEDNESS; I CHOOSE SOUL HONESTY; I CHOOSE MY MA LALITHA/KALI/MOOKAMBIKA. Period. It is my heart and soul that got me even to this threshold. I will not back down now.

Jai Ma Kali! Jai Ma Lalitha! Om Shri Matre Namaha!