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Not the Festival of Lights, but Diwali. Not the Festival of Colours but Holi.

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Diwali marks the homecoming of Ram to Ayodhya. It has nothing to do with Christianity or Islam. It will neither be allowed to be trivialized as mere festival of lights nor dubbed into jashn-e-roshan.

Happy & Prosperous Diwali! Happy new year Vikram Samvat 2081 !

Its time to stop refering to Diwali/Deepavali as the Festival of Lights. Even Hindus have fallen prey to the agenda of trivialization of Hindu festivals by Chrisitian conversion mafia. Diwali is a distinct HINDU RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL CELEBRATED AS COMMUNITY. In Tamil Nadu, it is celebrated on the 14th day of the moon which is Chaturdashi, and in the rest of India, Diwali is celebrated on Amavashya the new moon day. Diwali also marks the Hindu New Year when the NSE and BSE of India, the national stock exchanges, open for a couple of auspicious hours that we call ‘muhurat.’ All accounts and ledgers are opened in entire India on this day, at this specific hour of trading that we call Muhurat trading. Diwali is the day Ram came back to Ayodhya with Seetha after defeating Ravana of Sri Lanka. For the first time in 500 years therefore, Ayodhya is welcoming Ram back finally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F13nrT03HBw

Lamps/diyas are lit as was the prevailing custom in the bygone eras. Lamps/Diyas we light in Hindu temples are oil lamps that are environment friendly. The wicks are cotton wicks. The fireworks used from Ramayana days to until a few decades before were organic and not toxic.

Diwali is typically preceded by Dhanteras (the Puja for Dhanwantri, the Hindu god for Health) and Lakshmi (Kubera) Puja (for Goddess of Wealth Lakshmi) in northern India. ‘Shubh’ ‘ ‘Labh’ is the byline. . Dhanteras is celebrated with gold and diamond shopping by prosperous Hindus. Diwali is the third day which is also marked by prayers and intense pujas. Fireworks meant the defeat of Narakasura by Lord Vishnu (in Tamil legends) and the victory of Ram over Ravana in rest of India. Hindus pray for health and prosperity during Diwali as Ram’s homecoming marks return of golden reign to the kingdom. Fireworks were for welcoming Ram back to Ayodhya. The tradition of lighting up fireworks in celebration of Ram’s return to Ayodhya continues for ages even if Ayodhya wore a gloomy look for five centuries after Babur the Mogul invader and marauder from present day Afghanistan, razed the holiest of Hindu shrines that was the birth place of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. Now can you imagine such a fate to Mecca or Madina. Bharat (INdia) is the cradle of Hindu Dharma. The reclamation of Ayodhya is Ram’s will, not Narendra Modi’s. The fourth and final day of Diwali will be the Bhai Dooj, which is celebration of brother-sister relationship. Diwali is a 4-day celebration for Hindu community. At the least, it is 2 day celebration. Now all that is what is compacted and trivialized by the church as one single festival of lights.

We also have the sikularists of India and foreign media referring to Diwali as ‘festival of lights’ trying to trivialize Diwali and foment a disconnect between the festival and its religious aspect. Many fellow Hindus have also started referring to Diwali as ‘festival of lights’ instead of calling it Deepavali. Its time this trend stops.

Holi, the Hindu festival of colours, is already neutralized and made into a global festival. Nobody talks about the Holi puja. From Raksha bandhan to Navarathri and even Pongal/Sankrtanthi, every Hindu festival first is ritualistically observed at home before the community celebration kicks in. Without the worship of Sun God there can be NO PONGAL. So what are these Tamil Christians celebrating as ‘samathuva Pongal?’ You left Dharma for foreign faith, then why do you want to hang on with Hindu rituals?

Here is a blatant attempt to trivialize and if possible christianize Diwali:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/diwali-christian-reflecti_b_2119892

The church will stop at nothing to absorb Diwali as their own. Well, Ramayana will be a story as much as Jesus was conceived by IVF. The author must know that Hindus don’t sell Dharma door to door like Jesus Harpic or Jesus Stayfree. Dharma is self reflection never imposed or bribed or bought over.

Look what they have done to Yoga: Beer yoga, Goat yoga. Nothing is sacred for them.

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This really made my day! #beinghindu

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Sincere, academic and profession oriented, hardworking, going home straight from work than hitting a liquor bar, going home to family everyday, disciplined, selfless, sacrificing, family oriented, CULTURED in true spirit – truly these are the characteristics of most Hindus. This i am saying after having lived abroad on and off for a quarter century, mixing with foreign cultures. Mainly Hindus don’t disturb others and let them be. That’s a great testimony we have here.

If India is poor, this land is lived in for 10000 years and seen the golden age for centuries. The streets we walk in are centuries old. The temples we visit are 2000 years plus ancient. Poor in only aspects important to the west. NEVER POOR when it comes to what really matters. More than our streets, our lives must be clean. More than the material wealth, our lives must be rich with culture and heritage passed down for millennia.

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Why I changed my mind on Amazon and Swiggy.

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In Middle east where we are based, I was struck with a very severe viral fever when I ran a temperature of 108 F for a continuous 10 day period. I needed at least two IV injections. Even so, my temperature would be back within 2 hours. I don’t know where I picked up this virus early this year = whether from mall or from our walking in the parks. Later I was told that most of the residents had received a vaccination for this mysterious virus that I didn’t. Many were falling sick and some required hospitalization.

In this period I was asked to have ORS for regaining my lost strength, being a vegetarian. My problem is that I am borderline diabetic. I am not on any pill but I am not supposed to take direct sugar as much as possible = and that too something equal to glucose. I try to keep control by adopting lifestyle changes. Sugarfree ORS was not available over the counter or by order anywhere in Middle East. I was forced to have the ORS with sugar pumped in in generous millies ! The doctor who attended me told me that ORS sugarfree possibly was available in India. Market in India is vast that there is nothing that is not available. I made a mental note to get it during my next home visit.

I asked for sugarfree ORS in pharmacies but nobody had it including the Apollo. There I placed my order, just in case, because they normally source it from others if they don’t stock it. The pharmacist told me only the tetrapacks of 100 ml were available. ORS tetrapack sounded funny even if priced at 45 bucks one pack. Again, you cannot take liquids abroad beyond 1 liter by air. The tetrapacks came in handy whenever I came home from a harsh sun, chilled in my fridge.

During this visit I searched the Amazon and was surprised as well as shocked to note that a whole long list of sugarfree ORS is available as sachets to be dissolved in a glass of water – just the like the sugared ORS sachets I found in Doha. More than delighted. We don’t take the Glucon D kind of thing regularly but when we feel extremely week after travel etc., drained of our energies, this can come in handy.

I don’t regularly order food from Swiggy but their Instamart definitely benefits me. Even the quality of vegetables and fruits is good. Within 10 to 20 minutes maximum on order, I get the subji. We can order the veggies after turning on the gas stove! Living in a polluted metro like Chennai which is also dug up entirely for Metrorail expansion plans facing the wrath of the monsoons at the same time, Instamart is a godsend with quickest service time. For working couples, it can’t get better.

Ten to fifteen years back, I used to order kurtis (rarely) online from those like Jabong. My books were ordered from Flipkart. Flipkart sold out to Walmart. Myntra is owned by Flipkart. Jabong sold out to Myntra. Why should these desis sell out to Amazon and Walmart and bow out. They make a quick profit and then they make a beeline for exit. Big global brand thrive on REINVESTMENT, not on selling the business once you make a landfall. Ploughing back of profits into the trade is the business mantra that our Indian entrepreneurs fail to grasp.

Compared to Ola I have also felt that Uber has better discipline and working ethics. Learn what is best from others.

I have reached the age where comfort and service matter to me most for which I am willing to pay the right price. If the Indian service providers fall short of standards, it is their problem.

Tata’s used to be grotesque car 15-20 years back. But both Tata and Mahindra upgraded themselves and they are the fastest selling India=made sedans and suvs in India today that are also being exported. Their steel and safety features have earned them 5 star rating.

https://www.acko.com/car-guide/safest-cars-in-india/

At least 5 of the top 10 safest cars in India are now India made.

I also notice that Amazon sources its supplies from numerous small sellers and traders. India Mart is there as well but here, you have to bulk-order. India Mart is mostly for wholesalers. Amazon allows for lowest unit of order.

Would rather put my faith and trust on Amazon and Walmart than on Ambani and Adani!

Posted in Economic

Ratan Tata leaves behind a matchless legacy.

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this man could have easily been within top 10 of world’s richest. instead he chose to become a philanthropist with hospitals founded for the masses. a humanitarian and son of India like none other. he was also a minority Parsi who chose to stay LOYAL to India/Bharat, his motherland.

Ratan Tata is no more. A son of India like none other. A visionary who took India forward step by step. His global conglomerate employs millions across the world. The legacy he leaves behind is immense and matchless. A huge fan of Tata both for his ETHICAL business ways and for the humanitarian he was. Men like these are born once in a millennium. After looking at the likes of Elon Musk etc., you reckon why men like Tata matter more for not just India but for the entire universe. An aspect called decency: that sets apart Tata from crude others. We have also had the Ramdev kind of so-called spiritual entrepreneurs. We have witnessed in recent past the rise and fall of the Patanjali Ayurved he founded as a practising yogi! Tata to me was also a yogi, only not in saffron robes. Men like Ratan Tata won’t have a punar janam (rebirth) but if he must, may he be reborn in Bharat/India again and again. Thank you so much Tata ji for what you gave back our ancient motherland. Words cannot describe what I feel from the bottom of heart, for you. Go in peace. But bless Bharat from wherever you are. A life so well lived in public service. Patriotism can take different shades. Like Tata’s for instance. What a selfless life! Business tycoons need not have to be always as brash as the Ambanis and as selfish as the Adanis who are profit motivated and nothing more. Industrial corporations need not have be as ruthless. Somewhere there can be a middle ground. There are those like the Tata group who still engage in ethical businesses who are the reason Bharat is still ticking. My heart feels heavy losing you Ratan ji even if I am aware, all of us have to come to this day sometime. Losing you is like losing a precious diamond. A real Ratan. There is not an area of economy that you have not touched. Its news to me that Tata even brought out the first CBS India cassette recording Nazia and Zoheb Hassan from across the border bringing them international fame. You brought respectability to this country, acquiring foreign manufacturing industries and firms. From TCS (Tata consultancy service (IT company)) and Air India to star hotels to Tata manufactured sedans with Tata buying out international brands like Jaguar of UK and Tetley tea, to Tata steel (that acquired Corus steel) to Tata telecom – and even those like Tata tea, Tanishq (designer jewelry brand) and Westside (fashion and accessories), you have carved a niche for yourself (Tata brand) in (gold) standard in the business world. You leave behind big shoes hard to fill. You are inspiration Ratan ji for generations of Indians. The biggest take away from you for all of us is that, you can keep your ethics and still make it a viable trade; you can engage in selfless public service and still run industrial corporations and manufacturing industries. You can transform societies if you have the will.

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Twin Golds for India in the World Chess Olympiad: Men & Women !

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The 45th World Chess Olympiad was underway in Budapest, Hungary that was watched avidly by chess lovers around the world. India today created a world record winning twin golds for both men and women category emerging at the top of the table.

Wow what a moment for India! Extremely proud of the young guys who made our dreams come true! Hearty congratulations to both the teams and especially the local Chennai boy Gukesh Dommaraju and Arjun Erigaisi who are both under world top 5. India easily outclassed Russia, China and the USA. One more Chennai boy Pragnaanandaa and Gukesh are both under 20 years. Prag’s sister Vaishali Rameshbabu is a member of the women’s contingent. Siblings on world record to have a ranking below world top 20. Me a mere follower of Chess developments here, nothing more 😀 The wins highlight the soft power that is India that conquers the world with holistic means such as Yoga, Meditation, Chess, Spirituality, Classical art forms along with world’s best and No.1 nutritious and yummy cuisine!

We have to keep in gratitude the chess academies of India that made this feat possible in the first place with their right grooming. Diamonds do need polishing with cutting edge technology.

Posted in Food For Soul

The Tirumala Laddoo Controversy.

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One of the possibly worst blasphemous crimes in Indian history was committed in Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthana temples. The temple prasadham Tirupathi Laddoo which is GI tagged for its unique recipe, allegedly is made with fish oil/beef tallow. The use of low grade ghee for ingredient is to blame. The news has vexed millions of devout Hindus who are vegetarian from birth. Even meat eating Hindus do not touch beef. The non vegetarian Hindus also don’t visit temples on consuming meat. Temple prasad and house menu on auspicious days of the week like friday and saturday and also for festive occasions such as family weddings, Diwali, Pongal, special pujas and even for death anniversaries etc., see all Hindus turning vegetarian. Food is an extremely sensitive issue for Hindus. I don’t even eat foreign chocolates because they contain gelatin. Eat the vegetarian cheese. And avoid croissants because they are brushed with egg white. Plane food is another complex problem for us vegetarians. As veganism grains grounds around the world, we are able to breathe a little easier these days. We get at least the garden salad wherever we go. Otherwise, world is a very tough place for vegetarians to survive outside India which is an overwhelmingly vegetarian country.

So imagine having the temple prasad contaminated with fish oil/beef fat. This may be a possibility because the laddoo making is outsourced by the temple. Unscrupulous elements could be making a backdoor entry here to spoil things for Hindus. Already non Hindus are employed in TTD temples which goes against Dharma. Will churches and mosques ever employ Hindus to keep accounts and manage their affairs. Rajashekar Reddy and now his son Jagan Reddy are known for taking missionary activities to the nook and corner of Andhra Pradesh. Rajashekhar Reddy’s copter crashed right on Nallamala hills when he was still the CM. Crypto christians using Hindu names is very common crime in India : just like how Seetharam Yechuri the communist who passed away recently hoodwinking the masses of this country got his christian burial.

There are no written laws in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). There needn’t be one. We Hindus adhere to strict code of conduct when it comes to our faith and temples. Women with menses do not enter the temples for 5 days and even our Pujas at home remain closed at this time. Birth/death in the family bars us from having puja at home or going to temples for fixed no. of days. We don’t go to temples without showering (cleansing). Even meat eating Hindus do not visit temples after consuming meat.

Lab tests reveal the presence of animal fat in the temple prasad Laddoos. Tirumala temple is world famous for the laddoos alone apart from being the world’s third richest after Shri Padmanabha temple, Thirvananthapuram (Kerala, India) and Vatican.

We have none to blame in this case, not even the Pakistanis. But we have in our midst our own brown christian and muslim agents working against the native Hindus and against Indian interests = who will do whatever it takes to convert this country into one more wretched Latin American missionary mafia country or pariah of the Arabs playing stooge to the middle eastern countries. Being Hindu by character and DENYING CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM negating them totally is India’s biggest problem which is now the world concern.

As for Hindus, it is time we too as a community and culture move away from Sarguna way of worship to Nirguna where we don’t have to involve ourselves with matters not concerning our inherent faith. Hindu Dharma is getting increasingly steeped in rituals with the substance getting lost in the process. The discipline both physical and mental and the decorum are for a higher purpose. Every single practising Hindu must remember this ultimate truth. We are seekers who are here with temporary costumes: both memory (birth life and relations) and body being the set of clothes we don on for one of our earthly sojourns. Our Atman alone is ours to take back with us with the essence of this lifetime added to us in the form of Karma. We are going to shed our memory and the body both. We are going to get a fresh pair of clothes in our next birth by way of a new memory and new body. So let us leave trivial matters to where they belong. Of course the laddoo matter is very sensitive. Its outrageous that someone could willingly inflict such a psychological damage on a massive population. The perpetrators of such a heinous crime must not go unpunished. In fact we need to treat this criminal offence as war on India. Yet it is wise to leave things at that and move on. May the custodians of law take up the matter. Everything else is immaterial, only the saaraansh of our bhakthi/faith counts. The more we focus on superficial matters, the more we shall lose track of our original goal and purpose in life. Our journey must not get stuck at a point with matters such as this laddoo for instance. These are hurdles in our path, nothing more. If Dharma has to die, then the world will come to a complete standstill. Dharma more than anything, is the much needed balance. With that self assurance, don’t look back but move up your spiritual life.

Posted in Economic

Work stress takes it toll.

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When 26 year old Anna Sebastian Peraiyil, a chartered accountant working for EY India, succumbed to work stress, it shed light on the prevailing toxic work culture we have in India. Not long ago, Infosys chairman Shri Narayana Murthy went on record saying that Indian youth must be ready to work for 70 hours a week. The founder of Infosys which became the first INdian MNC to be listed in Nasdaq is under fire ever since he made his controversial statement. There can’t be a better time to rethink the work-life balance that is precariously titled so far as careers with Indian corporates are concerned. Anna worked for over 12-15 hours a day including during weekends. She complained of a chest congestion and died within minutes on her way to hospital in an ambulance. Overworked and underpaid being the destiny of hundreds of thousands of young men and women, currently we have the most disillusioned generation in the history of the country who have lost the light in their eyes with early burnout syndrome. We have the younger people opting out of marriage and parenthood and putting material welfare ahead of personal life. Work stress and nonstop chasing of deadlines have driven the IT engineers especially towards dope culture which is an open secret. Social and economic development at what cost? Ambitious young Indians are dropping dead like never before to heart attack and cardiac arrest thanks to the toxic work culture that is the prevailing norm. We have PG medical interns and IITians committing suicide unable to cope up with burgeoning stress. It is time to streamline not only the corporate work culture in India but also take a second look at the grueling routine of interns and freshers in other fields of employment, with effective government policies put in place.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/after-pune-ca-dies-mother-alleges-work-pressure-firm-denies-9575175/lite/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFaV1ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdboOsHGenv_geGthMKHY52_2E-4vzL5jmrujGEmbWYNvZM8kPHGR4zKXw_aem_PNkn-T4OyGHaVPyUqTExdA

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What is it like for mixed kids.

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Mixed race kids can be OCI card holders. OCI stands for Overseas Citizen of India. This card is like the American Green Card. India does not allow full fledged dual citizenship for security reasons. So a kid who is an American citizen is allowed maximum to hold only OCI card in INdia which is good enough. With this card, the kid has lifelong green card/residency status in India while retaining his/her American citizenship. The children are entitled to the fair legal share of inheritances. Can opt to live for lifelong in India with both passports. Can own/buy/sell real estate property in INdia, operate bank accounts, work or whatever. No restrictions on owning real estate or holding bank accounts in the US. Will have to file two tax forms (IT returns) that’s all! What is ruled out for OCI guys is only the VOTING RIGHT. The OCI cardholders cannot exercise their adult franchise casting their ballot in the Indian national parliamentary elections. Other than that practically the OCI/NRI (non resident Indian) children can enjoy the benefits of dual citizenship upto some 99%.

Benefits for kids: OCI card holding kids of Indian origin/mixed race with one parent having been born in India living in America, may be eligible for admit into choicest academic institutions under NRI quota. Which means they can get payment seat in esteemed private medical universities under this quota. We have friends’ kids with OCI who have done this. The children went back to the US for their residency alone on having completed their medical degrees in India in premium private medical colleges in the city. A couple of kids even attended A class residential schools that follow international curriculum and also teach Indian fine arts and culture such as Carnatic/Hindustani classical music, Bharatnatyam – the classical dance of India. Apart from this Yoga and meditation are mandatory in these schools. The kids have holistic all round development.

Check out these residential schools in Chennai – around for decades.

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Mixed kids can have best of the both worlds. India gives them the cultural connect.

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Sri M’s past lives.

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A friend of mine is a follower of Sri M. Long back she narrated to me his story. He is a muslim by birth. In one of his previous janams (3 or 4 births earlier), he was a brahmin who was born in a very traditional family steeped in aachaara, anushtaanams. The family followed Mahaavatar Babaji. The young man in the family also followed their footsteps. He wanted to lead a yogic life and so he went to the Himalayas to do his sadhana/meditation/tapas where he found himself a guru. One day he was disturbed by a muslim seeker who wanted to learn the ways to self-realization from him. A fakir whose disciple he was, had sent him there. The brahmin was enraged that a muslim asked him to accept him as his shishya. He refused to teach anything to the muslim man. His guru then said, he would have to take multiple rebirths for that one sin and he would have to be born a muslim in the last birth of his to attain Nirvana. Every single sin or mistake of ours must be corrected and we must learn our lesson. It takes million rebirths to be born the perfect one like the mahaans. In his previous Brahmin birth of his, Sri M was too very close to get liberation from the birth cycle. It was to be his last. But a small slip pushed him back into the rebirth cycle. He endured a couple of more births to learn his lessons. Sri M who is now a born muslim, in his late teens or early 20s, met his guru when he was not looking for one. Later he remembered his previous births and especially the one wherein he refused to teach the spiritual ways to someone who was not brahmin by birth. This probably finally is his last birth. Sri M now is an enlightened being. Sri M’s rebirth story is of relevance to everyone including me me on faith. The depth and reach of Hindu dharma is unbelievable. Buddhism was born out of Hinduism and adopted 90% Hindu philosophy tweaking original Dharma here and there. Such a profound treasure is Sanathana Dharma (Hinduism). Blessed to be born a Hindu. And to be vegetarian from birth is one of the greatest blessings/birth privileges.

Got nothing to do at all with the Abrahamic philosophies. Jesus spent 6 out of 17 of his unknown years in Hindu Kashmir and Puri in India to learn the Hindu scriptures – the Vedas and the Upanishads from Hindu gurus.

Some copy-paste job on Jesus from Google that no Bible can teach them :

How long did Jesus spend in India?

He crossed Punjab and reached Puri Jagannath where he studied the Vedas under Brahmin priests. He spent six years in Puri and Rajgirh, near Nalanda, the ancient seat of Hindu learning.

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Did Jesus learn yoga in India?

Chetan Nath, a leading entity of the Nath Yogi Sampradaya, is considered to be guru of Jesus. It is believed that after crucifixion, he revived Jesus by his yogic powers and returning to India, Jesus lived in Himalayas in Kashmir for the rest of his life. Jesus eventually learned Kriya Yoga technique from Chetan Nath.

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Is Jesus mentioned in Bhavishya Purana?

Vedavyas, a research scholar with a doctorate in Sanskrit, discusses some important prophecies from the Bhavishya Purana, which he says dates back to 3000 B.C. He states that one prophecy describes the future appearance of Isha putra, the son (putra) of God (Isha)(Jesus Christ), born of an unmarried woman named Kumari …

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_years_of_Jesus

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When 15000 year old Hindu Dharma is sitting pretty here without spreading by sword (by conquering) (like Islam) or by bribe/brainwashing (like Christianity) as the ONE AND ONLY CONTINUOUS AND UNBROKEN CIVILIZATION IN THE WORLD HISTORY, why do these evangelists/christian missionary mafia want to convert Hindus to Christianity. Your Christ learnt his trade from our Hindu gurus. I am not saying this. Research says.

FOUNDER OF HINDU DHARMA: UNKNOWN

BOOK OF HINDUISM (LIKE BIBLE/KORAN) – NONE (Vedas and Upanishads are scriptures but not the ultimate book)

MECCA/VATICAN FOR HINDUS: NONE – TOO MANY HOLY PLACES AND NOT ONE IN PARTICULAR.

This should shut some big mouths yapping about converting illegally minor children to christian faith which is ILLEGAL. THIS WILL BE VIEWED AS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE INVITING APPROPRIATE RESPONSE/ACTION.

But theft from Hindu Dharma to Christianity continues: Yoga is essentially a tool to be used for your self awareness. It is meant for both physical and mind control. The ultimate goal is renunciation. Now America has beer yoga, goat yoga. How to degenerate and dirty and trivialize anything sacred – the Americans know. They stole and patented mathematical formulas as their own. They stole medicinal acumen and patented them as their own. They are now out to steal even concepts like Kundalini, Avatars (rebirth) etc. See how you-tube is flooded with ‘those who have come back to tell the story having met jesus.’ How is this possible when your Bible never talks of rebirth. Soon they will absorb everything as theirs (christian). Cultural appropriation is their most trusted weapon. What they cannot conquer, they buy out/merge with.

No depth of philosophical knowledge in christian church. Blah blah blah. Such a shallow preaching and understanding of faith. That is why they sell Jesus like Harpic and Whisper door to door. To flush your closet with. To wipe your ass with.

Hindu way of life – Yogic (leading to renunciation as you age – gradual detachment from worldly life). Hindus believe in million rebirths. To escape the birth cycle, you have to have self realization. This is the state of Nirvana which must be attained in your living years. Both the body and mind are temporary. Only the Atma is permanent. In every birth you get a new memory (mind) and body – like a set of clothes that you shed on death. So don’t fret too much. In your next birth, especially if you hate middle east, you may be born in Yemen! To cure you of your evilness, that is how Karma will assign you your next assignment!

American/Christian way of life – Bhogic. Only physical pleasures such as booze and sex are of prime importance. Materialistic life is the meter of the progress of the nation. No attempt for self realization. This is the reason for lack of morality, integrity and ethics among them. No holistic development. Only physical gratification. Physical cravings. No food for the soul. Look at the mass school shootings. EVeryone on therapy. If they are not in the bar, they must be stoned. Junk. Extremely immature population. This is why Steve Jobs to Beatles came looking for a guru to India.

Is it possible to realize deities. Not a pagan without reason. Christanity is superficial and they know their shallowness. Their cunning lies in propagating and projecting the basics of Hindu dharma meant for layman as the crux of dharma, while remaining wholly aware of what is the essence of Dharma. This they have done to all native faiths that are far superior and richer in content than christianity.

Heaven for Hindus is collective conscience – merging with collective consciousness. Everything else – the deities, the heaven, hell etc., may be symbolic.

We don’t want those who are not born Hindu by blood into Hindu Dharma. As an Abrahamic if you realize on your own and you are really a spiritual person, you will be drawn automatically to Sanathani (hindu) way of life. The discipline, the morality, the ethics are for a higher purpose. The body and mind have higher purposes – not for gluttony and booze and sex and gambling alone. You can have your cars and skyscrapers. We shall have our harmony and our hearth.

I am no expert in philosophy:

https://vijiravindran.com/category/food-for-soul/

The Hindu Key

If the American character has to be described in one word, I would call them the CHARVAKAS.

The Charvakas.

HALF BAKED CASES with church doing the missionary work for statistics is hilarious.

Not only with spirituality, in every other field Hindus/Indians are good and exceedingly good only. If they have NASA we have ISRO but we are not their level because CIA assassinated over 5000 scientists of ours in last 7 decades. Unexplained inexplicable mysterious deaths including high profile ones like Homi Bhaba, founder of Indian Atomic Mission. USA are better than rest of the world because they KILL,, sabotage and wipe out others. Its not that others are not competent enough. Its just like when their Jesus had a Hindu guru, they don’t speak about it but try to convert rest of the world to Christianity.

Posted in Women & Family

Shampoo alert!

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Friends’ daughters are all my daughters! Really, they make up for what I lack and long for always: A DAUGHTER. Of course my granddaughter filled up that vacuum.

Daughters are always the fashion advisors for moms. I am at a great disadvantage that way with nobody to tell me what is the latest trend. That is when I miss a daughter most!

But I do have friends’ daughters giving me grooming tips! What to buy. What is in. What should go with what.

I am that ‘fair & lovely’ girl who never used another day cream in my life. At night sometimes if I would remember, the good old Ayurvedic Kumkumadi tailam which is oil actually. Nothing more. When I started an anti-ageing cream in my 40s, a friend asked me to stop it because anti-ageing formula is addictive to the skin. Its also expensive. You have to keep feeding your skin the lotions lifelong. I immediately gave that up and moved to simple moisturizers mostly from Bodyshop. Why Bodyshop? Because their products are vegan, for no other reason. Plus supposedly organic.

Friend’s daughter said that was not enough. She said I had to start using vitamin c serum. It was she who put me on that routine – after I crossed into my 50s! Seriously never knew of this basic skin care idea! Then one day I applied the serum and went out in the desert sun. When I told her she was appalled! ‘Aunty you can’t do that!’ Your facial pores will be open on vitamin c application and you will be tanned like tar!’ It was too late and the damage was done! I was under direct sun with vitamin c serum for hours for continuous 2-3 days when there was national holiday. By fourth day my skin looked beyond repair. It took months to get back my normal tone. Its from that day I started googling about skin care – or if I started a new routine. You needed to know the followups and the do’s and don’ts. Now I go as per her advice: vitamin c + moisturizer + spf cream for sun protection even if I am home and for the evenings too because we have radiation from our phones and laptop monitor. I can’t believe I wasn’t even aware of this fundamental skin care until I hit my half century! Well, that’s what we need a daughter for! But I hope my coconut oil applications for decades and healthy skin maintenance the natural way have somewhat helped me even if I failed to keep up with the chemical skin care routine of the modern world. If not for this girl, I would have never bought a vitamin c serum in my life! But then, none of my school friends use one either! They won’t listen to me either and condemned my recommendation to the backburners of their mind! They don’t have to. They are all beauties without any of this extra attention to grooming.

My friend’s daughter also took one look at my eye bags and dark circles and recommended certain brands of under-eye creams. I follow her advice but I also apply aloe vera fresh gel plucked from my plant. On and off I would use the aloe vera extract straight on my face and neck along with honey. For de-tan or tan removal, I used to mix lemon juice in honey or simply rub a tomato slice on to my face. Mostly I have followed natural methods only so far. But on taking special care of my eye bags, I see a lot of improvement. Its slow progress but its happening.

On my ex friends’ gang’s insistence I once tried Keratin straightening. But when I googled it, I was shocked to discover that the chemicals in the treatment included formaldehyde which is a toxic carcinogen. I stopped forthwith plus I hated the straight hair and missed my frizzzzzzzz!

My friends’ daughter asked me to avoid shampoos with paraben and sulphate. So I dropped all the global brands and settled mostly for Bodyshop again. Two years back the girl asked me to quit Bodyshop so I did! Introduced me to Sephora where I never gave ample business! Before she spoke about them, I never even noticed the Faceshop or Mac honestly! She recommended coffee in everything! Coffee base for under-eye cream. Coffee for hair, everything coffee coffee coffee for an already hyper coffee lover! So I switched over to Herbal Essence coffee (shampoo)!

Just today the brat said I can’t be using shampoos with di-sodium EDTA and tri-sodium EDTA and perfume in my shampoos when I picked up a coffee shampoo from Watson’s. I got confused. Because, I never knew that shampoos contained perfumes in them! She put back whatever I took in the basket and gave me what she thought was safe! I put back what she selected for me from the store reading the price tag! The girl then asked me to get Husk from Lulu then that would fit my budget! Still the price is 30 riyal which is 10 real more than the 19 riyal Herbal essence! But considering her valuable inputs and health advice, I shall consider her recommendations!

The young lady also suggests a complete overhaul of my skin care routine but I said a big NO! This is more than enough for me! I am still happy with the Oud from the souq that I buy for 40 riyal. I have never bought a Burberry or Armani in my life! Only in last 2-3 years I am for the spray. I like the mild Marks & spencers ones. Never otherwise used perfumes. The girl admits the perfumes through our nasal breath enter our systems and affect the cell molecules. A chief reason for increasing infertility in women is this.

Anyway, passing on this tip when it comes to shampoo selection: check the constituents. I used to check for paraben and sulphates. Now I must also ensure that my shampoo also won’t contain the so=called di sodium EDTA and tri sodium EDTA and perfumes – besides parabens and sulphates ! These toxic chemicals are supposedly carcinogens.

My friend’s daughter recommended Nathabit from India, the Ayurvedic brand. Of course I got just that without knowing about it this time from Chennai. I got their lip balm and body moisturizers. I am loving them. For undereye cream as well, this time I got everything from India – all Ayurvedic products. In India, I always opt for Ayurvedic range.

I am also blank on fashion front. I check what is the latest and go for whatever. When we go shopping together, the kid dismisses most of my selections and picks up something for me. Priceless! Or if I want a suggestion she gives me. I really miss a daughter terribly in my life who could give me so much of grooming advice! What colour to choose, what to wear, how to take care of your skin, what is the latest picture, what is going on in Chennai, where to eat etc. I love the ice cream recommendations from here. Sorry can’t still recall the names. Will update soon. We don’t get that in India as yet. Heaven! I really don’t even know the cars of the city these days. I noticed the MG for the first time only this year after the girl got it. Yeah she drives an MG in India! My friends’ daughters are all queens! Until she told me I wasn’t aware that we have this car in Chennai!

When our only kid chooses to live abroad, this is what parents lose. Information on the latest trends. Mobile phones – we simply buy the latest on the scene, that’s all. From fitness to food ideas, cinemas to holidays, from giving us moral support to being ours for our lifetime, daughters are such a dependable pillars to families. Especially mothers.

I owe a lot to my friend’s daughter who is also like my own. Otherwise who will try to spruce the clumsy me up! I am popular for choosing wrong colours and mismatching accessories!

When we spend our time with the younger generation, we feel refreshed. Our mind is free. A daughter’s love can be so heartwarming.

Rounding off with my favourite song. My granddaughter is a blessing like none other. She fills such a huge gaping hole of vacuum in our lives with the sparkle of her presence.

….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ip9-ayGX4c