February 1st
these tales of british colonial activity in kenya should be internalized by indians. now that india is ruled by good white christians again, this is the sort of thing to look forward to.
the first stage has already begun with the attack on 'native' religions, which are on the point of being banned. the colonial religion is being imported on a massive scale, courtesy of such saviors as benny hinn.
the next stage will be in removing 'natives' off the land. this has already been done on a large scale pilot project in kerala (go to idukki and wynad districts and see the number of crosses around), and in the northeast. it just remains to be rolled out to the rest of the country.
the parallels with the kikuyu in kenya are striking. you may think the analogy is a little forced now, but not for long.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
NYTimes.com: 'Lot's Daughters'
quote:
Lot fled the annihilation of Sodom, lost his mate because she couldn't resist a backward glance and ended up in a cave with his two daughters, who conspired to get him drunk and then seduced him. ''The Lot story is shocking,'' Polhemus says, ''does describe offensive behavior, does probe shameful erotic secrets,'' which might not be so troubling were it not included in the Judeo-Christian canon. But it is; what's more, biblical genealogy traces Lot's seed through David all the way to Jesus. Ultimately, the hope of mankind, of ''a new heaven and a new earth,'' arrives through an act of incest.
end quote
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/books/review/30HARRISO.html
poor Lot did get around, eh? wife turned into a pillar of salt, then his daughters seduced him! how interesting: jesus (peace be upon him if he ever existed) was the product of incest, of Lot impregnating his daughters!
this is surely a new way of looking at christianity, much the way wendy looks at hinduism, as one obsessed with sex. christianity does have other stories of incest. eg. abel and cain, adam and eve's sons. the only female around was eve. so how did abel and cain have children? pretty oedipal, eh? wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
as reader prasank suggested, there are indeed 'multiple perspectives' to look at christian mythology as well.
Lot fled the annihilation of Sodom, lost his mate because she couldn't resist a backward glance and ended up in a cave with his two daughters, who conspired to get him drunk and then seduced him. ''The Lot story is shocking,'' Polhemus says, ''does describe offensive behavior, does probe shameful erotic secrets,'' which might not be so troubling were it not included in the Judeo-Christian canon. But it is; what's more, biblical genealogy traces Lot's seed through David all the way to Jesus. Ultimately, the hope of mankind, of ''a new heaven and a new earth,'' arrives through an act of incest.
end quote
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/30/books/review/30HARRISO.html
poor Lot did get around, eh? wife turned into a pillar of salt, then his daughters seduced him! how interesting: jesus (peace be upon him if he ever existed) was the product of incest, of Lot impregnating his daughters!
this is surely a new way of looking at christianity, much the way wendy looks at hinduism, as one obsessed with sex. christianity does have other stories of incest. eg. abel and cain, adam and eve's sons. the only female around was eve. so how did abel and cain have children? pretty oedipal, eh? wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
as reader prasank suggested, there are indeed 'multiple perspectives' to look at christian mythology as well.
A blog on the Kanchi issue and dharma under siege
February 1st
i find this blog quite interesting and worth reading. it seems to articulate the feelings of a lot of hindus who recognize that they are being subject to religious persecution unrivalled since the time of aurangazeb
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http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com
http://www.vivekanandagospel.org/AriseAwake.pdf
SIEGE OF KANCHI MATH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
"VIVEKAJYOTI"
Compiler's Note:
The only intention of this blogspot is to inform friends and
well-wishers of the Hindu Dharma and the Hindu society about what
actually is happening in India in general and Tamil Nadu in
particular, in the prevailing vitiated, 'secular', (read 'anti-Hindu')
atmosphere, where the Hindu Dharma and the Hindu society are
increasingly passing through an ordeal, ever since the change of
rulers in Delhi, and the alien-cum-inimical forces wielding
extra-constitutional powers and exerting a stranglehold on the present
ruling combination, which is anti-Hindu to the core.
The compiler has just done his duty as felt from within. It is thus a
self-imposed obligation. In fact, what he has done so far is nothing
but gathering, pruning and compiling the significant news items that
are already available online as well as in some of the local media. Of
course, wherever felt necessary, he has taken the liberty to
paraphrase, adapt and add appropriate, brief comments and captions to
clarify the subject matter, to make it more readable and interesting.
If the contents posted in this blogspot, from time to time, make the
readers reflect deeply on the subject matter and motivate them to do
whatever is necessary, in their own humble way, and within their own
arena of action, to spread the message among the likeminded, with a
view to solve the problem, the compiler's labor of love will have been
amply rewarded.
A quick glance at the contents:
Compiler's Note
"Support Acharya in his fight against the injustice meted out to him":
Gurumurthy
Kanchi Acharya\'s arrest: Significance and Analysis
"She is stupid beyond belief": Vigil
What kind of a sick woman is she? M. V. Kamath
She is "insane": Former President R. Venkataraman
So what will she do next? : Vigil
The followers failed to repose their faith in the Acharya: Bal Thackeray
Will the Dharmacharyas act? : Sadhu Rangarajan
The entire system stinks converting our nation into a banana republic:
Kalyanaraman
What is the jurisdiction of HR&CE which is recommending take over of
the Kanchi
Mutt? S. Lakshminarayanan., a Devotee
How long shall we continue like this? : Swami Nirliptananda
The Acharya kept in snake infested cell: Dinamalar
"I ordered Jayendrar\'s arrest with a heavy heart": Jayalalithaa
\'This is a victory in our sacred war against her oppression\':
Neelakanta Swamigal
"Police have registered a false case" -- High Court
Case \'foisted\' on the Shankaracharya: Justice M Thanikachalam
Seer\'s legal team to go on the offensive: News Today
Waging legal battles against her oppression: News Today
Mutt accounts hearing adjourned
VHP leader calls on Junior Acharya
Seer\'s detention under Goondas Act a rumour?
The story of another Arrested Pujya Shankaracharya during British Raj
i find this blog quite interesting and worth reading. it seems to articulate the feelings of a lot of hindus who recognize that they are being subject to religious persecution unrivalled since the time of aurangazeb
-----------------------
http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com
http://www.vivekanandagospel.org/AriseAwake.pdf
SIEGE OF KANCHI MATH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
"VIVEKAJYOTI"
Compiler's Note:
The only intention of this blogspot is to inform friends and
well-wishers of the Hindu Dharma and the Hindu society about what
actually is happening in India in general and Tamil Nadu in
particular, in the prevailing vitiated, 'secular', (read 'anti-Hindu')
atmosphere, where the Hindu Dharma and the Hindu society are
increasingly passing through an ordeal, ever since the change of
rulers in Delhi, and the alien-cum-inimical forces wielding
extra-constitutional powers and exerting a stranglehold on the present
ruling combination, which is anti-Hindu to the core.
The compiler has just done his duty as felt from within. It is thus a
self-imposed obligation. In fact, what he has done so far is nothing
but gathering, pruning and compiling the significant news items that
are already available online as well as in some of the local media. Of
course, wherever felt necessary, he has taken the liberty to
paraphrase, adapt and add appropriate, brief comments and captions to
clarify the subject matter, to make it more readable and interesting.
If the contents posted in this blogspot, from time to time, make the
readers reflect deeply on the subject matter and motivate them to do
whatever is necessary, in their own humble way, and within their own
arena of action, to spread the message among the likeminded, with a
view to solve the problem, the compiler's labor of love will have been
amply rewarded.
A quick glance at the contents:
Compiler's Note
"Support Acharya in his fight against the injustice meted out to him":
Gurumurthy
Kanchi Acharya\'s arrest: Significance and Analysis
"She is stupid beyond belief": Vigil
What kind of a sick woman is she? M. V. Kamath
She is "insane": Former President R. Venkataraman
So what will she do next? : Vigil
The followers failed to repose their faith in the Acharya: Bal Thackeray
Will the Dharmacharyas act? : Sadhu Rangarajan
The entire system stinks converting our nation into a banana republic:
Kalyanaraman
What is the jurisdiction of HR&CE which is recommending take over of
the Kanchi
Mutt? S. Lakshminarayanan., a Devotee
How long shall we continue like this? : Swami Nirliptananda
The Acharya kept in snake infested cell: Dinamalar
"I ordered Jayendrar\'s arrest with a heavy heart": Jayalalithaa
\'This is a victory in our sacred war against her oppression\':
Neelakanta Swamigal
"Police have registered a false case" -- High Court
Case \'foisted\' on the Shankaracharya: Justice M Thanikachalam
Seer\'s legal team to go on the offensive: News Today
Waging legal battles against her oppression: News Today
Mutt accounts hearing adjourned
VHP leader calls on Junior Acharya
Seer\'s detention under Goondas Act a rumour?
The story of another Arrested Pujya Shankaracharya during British Raj
AT Kearney survey: India now one of top FDI destinations
January 21st
amazing. even with the congress and communists in power!
or is it because these guys know that this is the best chance for the
mncs to make out like bandits, as indicated by the pharma companies'
coup on the patent ordinance? it's a small matter of greasing the
right palms, which are always ready to sell the motherland for 30
pieces of silver. mir jafar and jaichand live on.
FDI confidence survey, 2004
China remains the top destination for foreign investment, according to
an annual survey by A.T. Kearney, a management consultancy. America
comes second, followed by India, which has risen from 6th place a year
ago. India now ranks second, after China, as a location for foreign
investment in manufacturing. For the first time, Japan is ranked in
the top ten. The survey is based on ratings from big firms of the
countries they favour for foreign investment.
amazing. even with the congress and communists in power!
or is it because these guys know that this is the best chance for the
mncs to make out like bandits, as indicated by the pharma companies'
coup on the patent ordinance? it's a small matter of greasing the
right palms, which are always ready to sell the motherland for 30
pieces of silver. mir jafar and jaichand live on.
FDI confidence survey, 2004
China remains the top destination for foreign investment, according to
an annual survey by A.T. Kearney, a management consultancy. America
comes second, followed by India, which has risen from 6th place a year
ago. India now ranks second, after China, as a location for foreign
investment in manufacturing. For the first time, Japan is ranked in
the top ten. The survey is based on ratings from big firms of the
countries they favour for foreign investment.
Locals rebuild 9th century CE Vishnu temple
Feb 1, 2005
Local people rebuild a 9th century Vishnu temple
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 24, 2005
A 9th century Vishnu temple, which remained dilapidated for years,
is being rebuilt at Perumpazhuthur, near here, thanks to the
initiative of the local people.
Authenticated by historians as having been built during the rule of
the ''Ay" dynasty in 867 A.D, the temple is one of the rarest of its
kind the country with a circular-shaped sanctum santorum.
Though the temple finds mention in the ''Monuments of Kerala'',
published by the Archaeological Survey of India, it remained
dilapidated with most of its remains buried till the people of
Perumpazhuthur organised themselves to reconstruct the edifice and
restore its old glory a few months ago.
The book, authored by H Sarkar, mentions only a few circular temples
in Kerala, including that at Perumpazhuthur. He also highlighted
that circular temples were rare for Dravidian style.
''The Arts and Crafts of Travancore,'' authored by Stella Kramrish
and pubished by the Department of Culture, carries the photo of the
temple in a dilapidated condition and the damaged statue of Vishnu.
The effort to rebuild the temple started with the formation of a
trust named ''Sanadhana Dharma Sanghom Trust,'' with Mr R
Chandrasekharan as its Managing Trustee.
The idol of the principal deity, which is now kept at the
Archaeological Museum at the Sreekrishnapuram Palace at Kayamkulam
in Kerala, would not be used in the temple again as it was damaged.
The idol was removed from the temple after 1938, according to
records.
Local people rebuild a 9th century Vishnu temple
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 24, 2005
A 9th century Vishnu temple, which remained dilapidated for years,
is being rebuilt at Perumpazhuthur, near here, thanks to the
initiative of the local people.
Authenticated by historians as having been built during the rule of
the ''Ay" dynasty in 867 A.D, the temple is one of the rarest of its
kind the country with a circular-shaped sanctum santorum.
Though the temple finds mention in the ''Monuments of Kerala'',
published by the Archaeological Survey of India, it remained
dilapidated with most of its remains buried till the people of
Perumpazhuthur organised themselves to reconstruct the edifice and
restore its old glory a few months ago.
The book, authored by H Sarkar, mentions only a few circular temples
in Kerala, including that at Perumpazhuthur. He also highlighted
that circular temples were rare for Dravidian style.
''The Arts and Crafts of Travancore,'' authored by Stella Kramrish
and pubished by the Department of Culture, carries the photo of the
temple in a dilapidated condition and the damaged statue of Vishnu.
The effort to rebuild the temple started with the formation of a
trust named ''Sanadhana Dharma Sanghom Trust,'' with Mr R
Chandrasekharan as its Managing Trustee.
The idol of the principal deity, which is now kept at the
Archaeological Museum at the Sreekrishnapuram Palace at Kayamkulam
in Kerala, would not be used in the temple again as it was damaged.
The idol was removed from the temple after 1938, according to
records.
McKinsey: China cannot compete with India in IT in the near future
January 28th
McKinsey believes that China is too fragmented to compete with India
in this sector right now.
This also provides some good insights for India's second-tier IT companies. They have to consolidate/merge to be able to compete.
(free registration required at this site; it's worth it, as mckinsey has good stuff)
McKinsey believes that China is too fragmented to compete with India
in this sector right now.
This also provides some good insights for India's second-tier IT companies. They have to consolidate/merge to be able to compete.
(free registration required at this site; it's worth it, as mckinsey has good stuff)
NYTimes.com: The Scholar [sic] who irked Hindu Puritans
January 31
thanks to reader vijay.
here is a broadside from one of wendy's acolytes. the blighter seems
more charmed by wendy's picture from 1959 than anything else: he
sounds like one of those 'experts' on 'south asia' who mouth inanities
ad infinitum. in a nutshell, 'these fools don't know anything about
their own tradition, we whites have to teach them. and how dare they
object to us objectifying them and expropriating from them?'
he makes a derogatory connection at the end: the New Left in the us
and the Hindu Right. however, there is more truth to this than he
realizes. the green, womens' rights, traditional knowledge-oriented
movement worldwide has a great deal in common with hindu tradition.
this has been pointed out before, for instance by david frawley.
of course the new left is not to be confused with the old left, which
is very much a neo-semitic enterprise, indistinguishable from
meso-semitic faiths such as christianity and islam.
BOOKS | January 31, 2005
Connections: The Scholar Who Irked the Hindu Puritans
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Author Wendy Doniger's interest in exploring Hinduism from multiple
perspectives has run afoul of some of the religion's more solemn
movements.
thanks to reader vijay.
here is a broadside from one of wendy's acolytes. the blighter seems
more charmed by wendy's picture from 1959 than anything else: he
sounds like one of those 'experts' on 'south asia' who mouth inanities
ad infinitum. in a nutshell, 'these fools don't know anything about
their own tradition, we whites have to teach them. and how dare they
object to us objectifying them and expropriating from them?'
he makes a derogatory connection at the end: the New Left in the us
and the Hindu Right. however, there is more truth to this than he
realizes. the green, womens' rights, traditional knowledge-oriented
movement worldwide has a great deal in common with hindu tradition.
this has been pointed out before, for instance by david frawley.
of course the new left is not to be confused with the old left, which
is very much a neo-semitic enterprise, indistinguishable from
meso-semitic faiths such as christianity and islam.
BOOKS | January 31, 2005
Connections: The Scholar Who Irked the Hindu Puritans
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
Author Wendy Doniger's interest in exploring Hinduism from multiple
perspectives has run afoul of some of the religion's more solemn
movements.
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