Rami Reddy found that a parcel of his family land, which had been temporarily given to a distant relative for use as a cattle shed, had allegedly been converted into a Christian prayer hall. The relative had converted to Christianity and changed the site into a place of worship.
India the big loser in the US-Iran War: At the core the issue is of India being strung out between strategic subservience to the US — that has led to its Gulf policy ending in a cul de sac, and economic dependence on China, with both Washington and Beijing now hanging Modi-Jaishankar and India out to dry.
"Washington will strive to keep India down, preferably under its thumb, economically and in the technology sphere, prop up Pakistan as its main agent in the region, but will expect Delhi to help the US counterpoise China in the Indo-Pacific! The Indian govt is sufficiently spooked by the China threat to want to rely on the US strategically and to do so on American terms. And sure India should arm itself with American weapons, and reproduce any US military goods it wants but under license, thus lighting fire to the atmnirbharta pyre".
🇫🇷🇮🇳 France just drew a hard line… and it hits India’s airpower strategy directly.
Paris is refusing> to give India access to Rafale’s core source codes, which means New Delhi cannot independently modify the jet’s most critical systems, including its radar, mission computer, and… https://t.co/YJ3H46rst0pic.twitter.com/0Nl22cWZa7
The UAE has withdrawn from funding the development of the new Rafale F5 after France refused to transfer advanced technology. The message is clear: Real partnership with genuine technology transfer — or no deal. pic.twitter.com/MUTheN8DHB
— سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei (@saif_aldareei) April 3, 2026
🇨🇳 Chinese civilians with technical backgrounds are increasingly posting detailed military analysis online aimed at helping Iran counter U.S. forces, in a growing grassroots trend across Chinese social media, according to the South China Morning Post.
Protein myths: “There is no evidence that habitual exercise increases protein requirements; indeed protein metabolism may become more efficient as a result of training.” ..just because it’s post workout, doesn’t mean you need oodles of whey
Bike Bus: "One of the benefits of the bike bus is that when you're cycling as a group you feel a bit safer.
"There's been a lovely buzz watching the bike bus arrive each week and the children who participated have been really happy, enthusiastic, really energised by their bike ride here to school".
"I think it's great for kids mental health as well as their physical health plus I think it's great for parents too.
"I think for the community more broadly too because there's less cars on the road, less congestion, it's better air quality, so there's a lot of benefits."
Solar is winning the energy race: The world's cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas and nuclear aside. In 2015, Pakistan and South Africa each produced less than 1% of their electricity from solar. Ten years later, that has risen to 20% and 10% respectively.
'The myth about SIPs': At the end of the day, in order for me to win, someone else must lose. Now, in order to create that population of losers, you need the millions of retail investors, the millions of SIP participants, for their capital to flow somewhere.
Showing some spine: Malaysia exits US reciprocal trade deal. Becomes the first country to abandon a pact negotiated under Washington’s reciprocal tariff strategy after a court ruling removed the legal basis for the policy.
End of Bitcoin? Google research suggests encryption technique used by Bitcoin will be cracked by quantum computers around 2029 — search giant says quantum attacks need to be prepared for now
Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it 'Pied Piper'. . . A simple explanation of the key idea behind TurboQuant
India loses airbase in Tajikistan: The Ayni Airbase in Tajikistan, once India’s only real overseas military footing has been quietly vacated after pressure from Russia and China.
Water scarcity - Pakistan's Arabia wish coming true: Afghanistan has announced plans to construct a dam on the Kunar River, a key tributary of the Kabul River, aiming to restrict water flow to Pakistan after deadly clashes along the Durand Line.
Why Taliban trusts India but hates Pakistan: After 2001, India quietly supported Afghanistan with schools, roads, and Deobandi education. Meanwhile, Pakistan trained the old Taliban with violent Wahabi ideas. Pakistan also mistreated Afghan refugees and tried to control them. Today, the new Taliban trusts India and rejects Pakistan’s influence.
Evangelists try to conquer Silicon Valley: Many in the tech-Christian nexus are vocal Trump supporters – or at least sceptical of the more excessive liberal tendencies of Silicon Valley.
Christianity Was “Borderline Illegal” in Silicon Valley: To have two of the world’s richest technologists, worth a recently estimated $400 billion (Elon Musk) and $14 billion (Peter Thiel), speak admiringly about biblical teachings challenges the view that Christianity is anti-capitalist or even anti-intellectual.
Antichrist, who knew! Peter Thiel, the gay billionaire Christian evangelist CEO of Palantir is spreading the word about the rise of the Antichrist. This week, Thiel launched the first of a four-part lecture series about the Dark Lord.
"Moral crisis in tech industry": The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’
Meanwhile...: AI Startup Founders Tout a Winning Formula—No Booze, No Sleep, No Fun... going San Francisco-sober to 'lock in' for 'grind mode'
Trump is seduced by Asim Munir ;) "We have a great leader coming, the prime minister of Pakistan and the field marshal. Field marshal is a very great guy, and so is the prime minister, both, and they're coming, and they may be in this room right now," Trump said. . . . Why Is The US So Fond Of Asim Munir?
The Stupidity of GDP per Capita: What does GDP NOT tell us?
Ye nahi sudhrega: India seeks people access in US trade talks after H-1B visa row. . . . . "the less Modi talks of the H1B visa the better. Everybody and his proverbial uncle in the leadership circles in the US and the West has about had it with the Indian PM’s pleadings to let in more Indian engineers and science grads as a way of pleasing his middle class voter base".
How bad is Pakistan's image internationally?Couple of years back, I was at a place called Rouen, a pretty small town, about 3 hrs away from Paris. What was interesting was that there were a lot of Indian Restaurants in this small town, with names such as Rajasthan, Gandhi, Maharaja, Delhi, Namaste, etc. Each of these restaurants had a lot of symbols of India, Indian tradition & culture and things related to India.
What was surprising was that all of these restaurants were owned by people from Pakistan. Every staff working there were also from Pakistan. And all of these restaurant owners received me & my team very warmly. On asking why do they have Indian names, it was a common answer - Restaurants with names or references to Pakistan don’t really work. Hence, they bank on Indian names.
Dagestan: Muslim mob storms Russian airport in search of Jews
Instagram and girls: Instagram sued over harm to young people's mental health . . Meta pauses ads for users under 18 in Europe as it rolls out subscriptions. . . Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show... "Days Of Free Pass Over"
Rapist padres in trouble: The ChatGPT chatbot preached about leaving the past behind, focusing on the challenges of the present, overcoming fear of death, and never losing trust in Jesus Christ.. Next up, hearing confessions, forgiving sins.
I got nothing against it but what's up with SFO airport having a Christian Science Reading Room. Like of all airports in the nation this is the one that I would least expect to have this. The odd thing is it's down the longest hallway with nothing there. pic.twitter.com/aTWUkIEbB0
Brain-drain: A third of India's most sought after engineering graduates leave the country. Nine out of 10 top scorers in the annual joint entrance examination held nationally for admission to the IITs and other reputed engineering colleges have migrated. Up to 36% of the top 1,000 scorers, too, have taken this path.
India to lose 6,500 millionaires in 2023: Dubai and Singapore remain preferred destinations for wealthy Indian families..‘Millionaires’ or ‘high-networth individuals’ (HNWIs) refer to those with investable wealth of $1 million or more.
Germany's BIG FAT Churches: The two main churches have total assets worth about €300 billion with combined annual turnover of €150 billion. State payments are only a small part of church income in Germany, with taxes to the tune of €13 billion annually making up the bulk of it.
In addition, there's a sizable amount of income from church assets about which the clergy keeps mum. The two churches are said to be the biggest landlords in Germany, owning forests, farmland and other real estate, as well as holding stakes in businesses such as publishing houses, breweries, banks and insurance companies.
Biggest losers of AI boom are knowledge workers: The transformation will pile pressure on higher-wage knowledge workers whose activities “were previously considered to be relatively immune from automation,” according to McKinsey study.
A few years ago, McKinsey had estimated that about half of worker hours worldwide were spent on tasks that could be automated. Now it’s raising the figure to as high as 60-70 per cent. Employees could find that their time is reallocated — or that their jobs disappear.
EU Hits Google with Antitrust Charges: Google faces EU break-up order over anti-competitive adtech practices. Google may have to sell part of its adtech business.
Intel set to gain $11 Billion subsidy for German chip plant . . . Chinese companies are frantically pre-ordering GPUs before US sanctions fully kick in. ByteDance has gobbled up $1 Billion of Nvidia GPUs for AI this year.
Nisargadatta: The world is your reflection, begin in yourself.
Twitter Files exposé proved Jack Dorsey to be a criminal running a criminal enterprise that included regime change adventures and banning and trampling on freedom of speech of opponents. In a just world he and his ragtag gang of leftists would have been behind bars.
Organ donors: India has one of the world's lowest rates of organ donation. The current health system limits the health benefits of donated organs and allows private hospitals to profit without contributing much to the system.
Victims of Church in Canada: Some 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families during this period (1874-1996) and placed in state-run boarding schools.
When attendance became mandatory in the 1920s, parents faced threat of prison if they failed to comply.
The policy traumatized generations of Indigenous children, who were forced to abandon their native languages, speak English or French and convert to Christianity.
Christian churches were essential in the founding and operation of the schools. The Roman Catholic Church in particular was responsible for operating up to 70% of residential schools.
"It was our government's policy to 'get rid of the Indian' in the child. It was a breakdown of self, the breakdown of family, community and nation."
Low-Cost Turkish Drones Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics: Smaller militaries around the world are deploying inexpensive missile-equipped drones against armored enemies, a new battlefield tactic that proved successful last year in regional conflicts, shifting the strategic balance around Turkey and Russia.
Drones built in Turkey with affordable digital technology wrecked tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as air-defense systems, of Russian protégés in battles waged in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan. These drones point to future warfare being shaped as much by cheap but effective fighting vehicles as expensive ones with the most advanced technology.
China, too, has become a leading war drone exporter to the Middle East and Africa. Iran-linked groups in Iraq and Yemen used drones to attack Saudi Arabia. At least 10 countries, from Nigeria to the United Arab Emirates, have used drones purchased from China to kill adversaries, defense analysts say.
How India subsidizes healthcare in UK and USA: A BBC report commented that there were 'fewer than 10 doctors per 10,000 people and in some states that figure is less than five'. The BBC chose not to mention that the UK's National Health Service has about 26,000 doctors of Indian origin who received their medical degrees in India.
An article in the New Yorker magazine mentioned that 'India has nine doctors for every ten thousand people -- about half the global average, and only a third as many as the US'. There are about one million physicians of Indian origin in the US, most of whom received their medical education in India but there was no mention of that number. Significant numbers of nurses of Indian origin are also settled in the US and the UK
Pharmacy of the world: “The govt knew the companies’ production capacities and should have foreseen the need to ramp up manufacturing. Others did exactly this”.
US tariffs in response to digital taxes: The six countries subject to the tariffs, which are set at 25% on about $2 billion worth of goods, include India, Austria, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Great Green Wall: Chinese farmers planting trees to hold back the desert
Freeloader #2: Amartya Sen only Bharat Ratna awardee to avail free air travel.. He travelled 21 times between 2015 and 2019.
Freeloader #1: How Lutyens properties were usurped by the Nehru family
-:- Teen Murti Bhavan
-:- 1, Safdarjung Road
-:- 10, Janpath
Nowhere in the world, the official residences of govt heads are usurped in this manner
Who benefits from privacy? Is Telegram becoming the new alternative to the Dark Web? Cybercriminals are sharing illegally obtained private data without fear of reprisal
Over 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada: From 19th century until 1970s, more than 150,000 indigenous children were required to attend state-funded Christian schools. They were forced to convert to Christianity and not allowed to speak their native languages. Many were beaten and verbally abused. Up to 6,000 are said to have died.
Myocarditis: Israel reports heart problem link with Pfizer 2nd shot.
What is science? People talk glibly about science. What is science? People coming out of the university with a masters degree or a PhD, you take them into the field, they literally don't believe anything unless it is a peer reviewd paper - that is the only thing they accept. And you say to them, let's observe, let's think, let's discuss - they don't do it. It's just, is it in a peer-reviewed paper or not? That's their view of science. I think it's pathetic.
They go into universities as bright young people. They come out of them brain dead. Not even knowing what science means. They think it means peer-reviewed papers etc. No! That's academia and if a paper is peer reviewed it means everybody thought the same before they approved it. An unintended consequence is that when new knowledge emerges new scientific insights they can never ever be peer reviewed. So we're blocking all new advances in science that are big advances.
If you look at the breakthroughs in science almost always they don't come from the center of that profession they come from the fringe. The finest candle makers in the world couldn't even think of electric lights they don't come from within they often come from outside. We're going to kill ourselves because of stupidity.
Not a freeloader: Andhra sarpanch buys Rs 4 lakh ambulance with own money to aid villagers
Spreading disinformation:
Indian Bar Association Serves Legal Notice Upon Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, the Chief Scientist, WHO.
Looting Karnataka: Black money heist case fuels internal feud in Kerala BJP. The origin of the havala money is a BJP office in Karnataka.
All resources are centralised at Delhi and route to power in Delhi goes via the poor but populous states of North. A natural consequence of this is unfair distribution of political and economic resources between politically strong and politically irrelevant states.
Romania baptism manslaughter: A six-week-old had a cardiac arrest after he was immersed three times in holy water. He had a violent death and liquid was found in his lungs, an autopsy found.
Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid: Scores of Catholic dioceses across the U.S. received aid through the Paycheck Protection Program while sitting on well over $10 billion in cash, short-term investments or other available funds
‘You are what you ate as a child’: Childhood diet has lifelong impact, says study. The quantity of good gut bacteria is significantly reduced in the Western diet group. This type of bacteria is involved in carbohydrate metabolism.
Bye-Bye vaccine? Israeli drug cured 29 of 30 moderate/serious COVID cases in days.. Helps prevent deadly cytokine storm
Vaccine worry: Oxford jab doesn't work against S Africa variant. . . . South Africa pauses AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
Mindful walking: “Walking meditation makes us whole again. Only when we are connected with our body are we truly alive. Healing is not possible without that connection. So walk and breathe in such a way that you can connect with your body deeply.”
Ancient Peruvian mystery: The puquios were part of a sophisticated hydraulic system used to retrieve and channel water. The uniquely shaped holes let wind into a series of underground canals, which forced water from underground aquifers into the areas where it was needed. The puquios were so well-constructed that 30 of them are still utilized by farmers to this day. The creation of such a sophisticated and enduring network is evidence of the architects’ advanced understanding of the region’s geology and annual variations in water supply.
China is killing a third of its pigs: Farmers were feeding
kitchen waste to their pigs—a practice that essentially
renders the animals cannibals, eating remnants of other pigs. This is
reminiscent of the 1988 mad cow epidemic in the UK, which
was caused by feeding sheep and cow bone meal to cows, spreading bovine
spongiform encephalopathy.
Church to Have Say in St Stephen's Admissions: It is for the first time that a non-academic person from outside the faculty of the college been made a member of the admissions procedure of the undergraduates.
A Film About the Impending 5G Apocalypse: 5G relies primarily on the bandwidth of the millimeter wave, known to cause a painful burning sensation. It’s also been linked to eye and heart problems, suppressed immune function, genetic damage and fertility problems. EMF exposure has increased about 1 quintillion times over the past 100 years.
Dilli liberal mafia can't digest the OBCs & SCs of UP voting for Modi!
Voter in UP: Modi has given us toilets, gas
NDTV/Prannoy: but what about stray cows?
Voter: non-issue
NDTV: U must be Brahmin
Voter: No I am a Pasi, a Harijan
(vid courtesy 'Hindi journalist from Allahabad') pic.twitter.com/rALtJ31sxB
Pea is everybody’s new favorite plant-based protein:
The shift toward a new plant protein—especially one that hasn’t been
genetically engineered to withstand a barrage of herbicides—is still a
win for the environment
Water-powered engine:
Coimbatore inventor claims his distilled-water-powered engine can run
cars. "Utilising the thermal losses in the engine, hydrogen could be
burned that helps vehicle run. I have currently designed the engine with
the capacity of 100cc, which could emit oxygen while it's running".
Train 18 a super hit! Train 18 became the fastest Indian Railways train, hitting speeds of over 180 kmph during its trials on a section of the Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani route.
US based social media like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube are creating own vote banks in open societies like India. These platforms control, monitor & profile using AI secret algorithms. Worst of all, these vote banks are on sale for money & political leverage. INDIA IS VULNERABLE!
Bring back the milk man: About 91% of all plastic waste has never been recycled. “Preventing in the first place is always better than cleaning up after”.
Church crimes: Pope says weary Church 'wounded by her own sin,' in reference to abuse
Free e-book: The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey
Lobbyists win: Govt does U-turn on e-commerce policy after aggressive lobbying by MNCs. The sharp reversal comes barely a week after the govt had explicitly restricted private labels being sold by e-marketplaces.
Unsafe nuns of India: The Associated Press blows the lid off decades-long sexual abuse of nuns by Catholic priests in India. The nuns AP interviewed—some decades younger than their abusers—described the fear of retribution and being isolated or even expelled from their community, which forced them to avoid making official complaints. “It’s a fear of being isolated if I speak the truth. If you do that, you have to go against your own community, your own religious superiors.”
English is the albatross that's strangling India. It's making us think of ourselves as second hand imitations of the west. For heaven's sake, our journos talk of 'blue-eyed boy' (a freak in India!) or 'christened' (we just name kids) https://t.co/xlTRg5RHh5
The Keto Diet, Explained: We are fueled primarily by glucose, or blood sugar, much of which we derive from carbohydrates in foods like bread, fruit, potatoes, and sweets. If glucose levels in the blood drop to really low levels, we’d pass out and die. But, interestingly, the body can’t store much glucose — only enough to last a couple of days. So if we forgo eating carbs for a few days, we need other ways to keep going. One of those is a process called ketogenesis. In ketogenesis, our livers start to break down fat into a usable energy source called ketones bodies, or ketones for short. “Organs like the brain that normally rely primarily on glucose for fuel can begin to use a substantial amount of ketones. So ketones can stand in for glucose as fuel for the body when there’s a glucose shortage. It’s an amazing physiological adaption to starvation that allows tissues like the brain to survive”.
Chang'e-4 rover now exploring Moon: The far side could be an excellent place to perform low-frequency radio astronomy, because it is shielded from the radio noise of Earth.
Outflow of foreign funds: Foreign Portfolio Investors withdrew a record Rs 80,919 cr from Indian markets during 2018, almost double the amount witnessed during the 2008 global recession.
Esther Dhanraj: Ghar Wapsi queen takes on soul vultures. . (do share)
Sri @narendramodi, this may mean your chances of winning in 2019 have evaporated too. People like me will still vote for you, but our hearts won't be in it. You failed us on Rte, textbooks, dahi handi, Diwali, Sabarimala, every Hindu cause. Back to #NehruvianStalinism. Cry, india
This silence on #Sabarimala issue will cost @narendramodi , sorry to say this openly, waiting for Courts to deliver favorable judgement will not help fix this issue.
Constitution, which is written for Christians, does not protect Dharmic society.
Wake up atleast NOW.
Trump throws Kurds under the bus: Almost immediately after the decision to pullout American troops from Syria, Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held town in northern Syria. Without U.S. soldiers as a buffer, the Kurds are now stuck between Turkey, Assad and ISIS
Staggering loot: Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938. For perspective, $45 trillion is 17 times the total annual GDP of the UK today.
On A2 milk: Indian native breeds of cows and buffaloes are of A2 milk type and hence are a source for safe milk. The frequency of A2 allele was 100% in the five high-yielding milk breeds — Red Sindhi, Gir, Rathi, Shahiwal and Tharparkar, meaning that these breeds do not have A1 allele or A1A1/A1A2 genotype. In the remaining breeds, the availability of A2 allele was 94 per cent.
Christians Groups oppose Meditation, Yoga In Schools: The groups claim children in public schools across the U.S. are being “indoctrinated” by “Buddhist-based mindfulness methods in an “outright unconstitutional” practice.. Missouri megachurch pastor John Lindell similarly blasted yoga for its “demonic” Hindu roots in November. He added the “spiritually dangerous” practice was “ “diametrically opposed to Christianity.”
Draft EV Policy: Delhi "would like to" achieve 25% Electric Car penetration by 2023
Chinese colony: Uganda is adding compulsory Chinese lessons to its high school curriculum
Church planting: All Nations, the group that backed a missionary’s trip to Andaman, claims that every year, its representatives train around 3,500 missionaries in 35 cities to learn “church planting,” so that “churches rapidly multiply through people groups” across the world.
Why haven't Indian authorities filed criminal charges as yet against the U.S.-based All Nations missionary agency that broke Indian laws in sending evangelist John Allen Chau to his death? His exploits may have imperiled a highly endangered tribe's future. https://t.co/o4GMU4wSBa
S Gurumurthy shaking up RBI: "Shift the West-centric narrative into a world-centric and Asia-inclusive one".
Remembering UPA: The Praful Patel Guide to destroying Air India
OK to have spiders at home: Spiders regularly capture nuisance pests and even disease-carrying insects. If you truly can’t stand that spider, instead of smashing it, try to capture it and release it outside.
Murder??? Wait, what?! Christian Colonizers Demand Justice for Christian Who Attempted to Colonize an Indigenous Tribe
Leave the Sentinelese alone: The quality of life among the Sentinelese and others is not “primitive” and is very refined. When a tribal Jarawa gives a gift to anothers, something like a bow and arrow or a shell-necklace or some food, the gift-giver presents the gift with great reverence. The other man does not take it straightaway. He takes his own time. Are we like this? Social mores are such that an individual knows that when he commits a wrong, he has to punish himself. There is no tribal chief, council or panchayat to enforce anything. Such an individual isolates himself. The community indicates its disapproval by not looking at him, not talking to him. If food is in short supply, they will share. Nobody starves. If there is plenty, they will feast. Those who bring a hunted turtle, wild boar or honey, do not advertise their claims over it. Selfishness is unknown. The clans follow monogamy. There are no free-for-all sexual orgies. Close relatives do not marry each other. The absence of attire does not mean anything to them. They believe that the body is nature’s gift and should be treated with respect.
There's been a lot of talk about the missionary killed by the natives of North Sentinel Island. They're probably so aggressive because of this weirdo, Maurice Vidal Portman. So here's a big thread about this creep and some facts from my decade-long obsession with the island. pic.twitter.com/rfOVjfU2ZY
A selection of comments from WaPo and other sources on Missionary intruder killed by Sentinelese tribe:
So the Sentinelese kill a missionary the moment he lands. No wonder this tribe has successfully survived 60,000 years on their own. They know trouble when they see it.
Someone forgot to tell this guy that historically if you’re going to bring Jesus to a new people you’re supposed to bring an army, and lots of blades and guns to help convince the new people how much Jesus loves them, in case they can’t see clearly on their own or have any silly attachments to any other gods they may have been worshiping for a few thousand years or so
By spreading the word, Christian missionaries think they're saving "primitive" tribes from going to Hell. What kind of God would send people who have never even heard of Chistianity to Hell?
Not only did he break the law, but this man was holding out a hope that
he could single handedly convert an entire island to Christianity.
However unlikely that would have been, he basically dreamed of carrying
out a cultural genocide and erasing beliefs these people may have held
Reading that the Indian govt had created a "buffer zone" to protect these last few indigenous tribes from outside influences gives me a lot of respect for the Indian govt. The Indian govt also gave Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people a santuary in their country in 1959. Deeds are stronger than words indeed!
A willful intruder into the sanctity of the home of other people
for thousands of years.
Misguided Christian colonization attempt ignores tribe's collective, resounding "Not Interested."
You're freedom of religion should never effect My freedom from your religion
Christianity depends heavily on dividing humans into the saved and the damned, with the saved free to do pretty much whatever they want to the damned. Scapegoating is built in.
Arrogant evangelical risks killing an entire Neolithic people with diseases to which they have no immunity. The Sentinelese clearly don't want your civilization or your gospel. Unless invited, stay the f off indigenous territory. #AbolishProselytismhttps://t.co/5cYzyUQg1Jpic.twitter.com/M9jISUq9IE
Remembering Swami Lakshmananda on the 10th anniversary of his martyrdom..
The day was Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord
Krishna; a day celebrated across India. A group of
armed men had descended upon the girls school, lobbing grenades and
firing machine guns into the air. The headmistress of the school was
gunned down as she attempted to shield the life of her mentor, the 82
year old monk and founder of the school, Swami Lakshmananda . A visiting
parent along with two junior monks were also killed as the young
students fled for their lives.
Brannon Parker's investigation into the nefarious designs of Maoists and Missionaries in tribal areas:
"A true renaissance man, the late 82 year old Swami Lakshmananda taught
the Tribals organic farming and proper animal care. He opened free day
& night schools for children and adults. He opened free clinics and
accompanied frightened Tribals fighting for their lands to court
hearings and Govt offices. He turned the people from alcoholism towards
productivity. However he was assassinated as he prepared to celebrate
Krishna's Birthday at one of the many free schools he had built.
Kandhamal exploded into violence as the Kandha people reeled under the
shock and terror of the assault.
After my first investigation into the Kandhamal crisis I wrote a 450
page report entitled 'Orissa in the Crossfire-Kandhamal Burning' Read
online here http://www.scribd.com/doc/34732553/OR...
I went back for a follow up investigation in 2011. What follows is Part 1
of over 13 HOURS OF INTERVIEWS, unedited and raw. These are not
interviews with merely the experts alone but are first-hand accounts
from the native tribal people themselves. Hear them share their direct
testimony and recollections of events as they actually happened. Learn
of the ongoing efforts to dis-inherent them from their lands, their
cultures and in many cases their very lives.
This investigation includes a 3 hr interview with the late Justice S C
Mohapatra, who headed the Commission probing the 2008 Kandhamal
violence, interviews with Orissa Govt Minister and KandhaTribal Manoj
Pradhan and Kandha Tribal Chief Lambodar Kanhar among other community
leaders.
Odisha, Commonly known as Orissa, has a history going back thousands of
years, Odisha was once an ancient maritime power that conducted trade
from Rome to Japan. To this day festivals like Bali Yatra and Japan's
Ulumbana Festival remain as testaments to Odisha's ancient and broad cultural influence.
Odisha is home to a majority of India's Tribal people. The Kandha people
of Odisha are one of India's major tribal groups and they are centered
in the Kandhamal District. This region of Kandhamal was once home to
some of the most ancient Shiva and Buddhist temples and monasteries in
the world. The famous Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Huen Tsang traversed the
Kandhamal trail on his way to the Buddhist sites of Bihar in the year
436 AD.
Regrettably Orissa's indigenous cultures have long been the target of
various vested interests. In recent times foreign funded Maoists terror
groups and foreign religious groups have ravaged the social fabric of
the region. Recognizing the ongoing threats to the tribal people various
Hindu groups and leaders have dedicated their resources towards the
upliftment of India's Tribal communities.
One such Hindu leader was Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati. He Created an
Indigenous Cultural Renaissance in Orissa's Kandhamal District. He
restored many ancient tribal holy places and schools. Swamiji
established Radha Krishna temples throughout the region along with over
380 Kirtan groups.
Swami Lakshmananda stated in a 2008 interview. "I was attacked on
January 26, 1970. I had to hide myself in a school for over three hours.
Nobody came to my rescue. Then I thought that so many Hindus were there
as I was attacked but no one came forward at the time of the attack. It
was then that I vowed to reignite the light of conviction in the hearts
of the Hindus. I established Srimad Bhagavat classes, Radha Krishna
deities and opened evening prayer and choir centers. I taught the people
how to farm properly, how to worship Mother Cow and how to protect the
forests."
He was later assassinated as he prepared for Janmashtami celebrations in
August 2008 by Maoists and Christian Terrorists at a Girl's School he
founded.The day chosen for his assassination was also seen as an
intentional provocation. The day was Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord
Krishna; a day celebrated across India. The location of the
assassination also caused great anguish to the tribes people. A group of
armed men had descended upon the girls school, lobbing grenades and
firing machine guns into the air. The headmistress of the school was
gunned down as she attempted to shield the life of her mentor, the 82
year old monk and founder of the school, Swami Lakshmananda . A visiting
parent along with two junior monks were also killed as the young
students fled for their lives. Orissa was stunned and the entire State
went into mourning.
The World Remained Silent and instead focused on the predictable
response of his enraged followers-The Kandha Tribals-the most warlike
tribe in Indian history. I was able to expose the false narrative that
had been developed by the media. The US State Dept revised its take on
the crisis in conjunction with my report stating, 'The underlying causes
that led to the violence have complex ethnic, economic, religious, and
political roots related to land ownership and government-reserved
employment and educational benefits.'
Never say ”rape”; say “inappropriate contact”: The Catholic Church’s way of covering up abuse... If a predator’s conduct becomes known to the community, transfer him to a new location where no one will know he is a child abuser.
Turkey today, India tomorrow..? Seeking Brunson’s release has been a major cause for the powerful
evangelical community in America and Trump needs all the help he can get
from the Christian right.
Anti-Gadgil campaign proved disastrous for Kerala: “The church was spreading rumours and was engaged in fear mongering during the anti-Gadgil campaign. The MP who took a bold stand in favor of the report had to face the ire of the church and did not contest again. Joice George of the anti-Gadgil campaign contested and won the elections in 2014 from Idukki.. Pick all the operative parts of the Gadgil report and implement them in toto. Or else disaster is round the corner.”
Countries that have implemented environment protection projects have developed economically- this nonsense argument that environment protection hampers development has to stop. Kerala flood havoc was called for: Madhav Gadgil https://t.co/ZivRb2foOD
Turning blessing into curse: Kerala had lost 906,440 hectares of forest land between 1973 and 2016. This was more than 50% of the present forest area. The Modi govt is yet to take a call on the reports of the two committees.
Silent Valley -- testimony of an ecological triumph:
When the Kerala govt sent its minister to Delhi in
1976 to get clearance for the hydel project that would submerge 240 sq
km of area along the Western Ghats that formed one of the most
ecologically diverse forests on the planet, one man's telegram saved the
copious forest. Dr V.S. Vijayan, then a scientist at Kerala Forest
Research Institute, sent a telegram to the Union Power Ministry to put
on hold the sanction till the KFRI ecological impact report was
received. The ministry consented and the rest is history.
When Vajpayee ji lost in 2004, many of us cried a little ...when PM Modi was fighting elections many of us were reminded of mistake made by not working hard enough to get second term for Atal ji. This is what Atal's tenure meant for all of us.
