Friday, August 25, 2023

Reducing God to a kind of superman

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (2005), Founder, Savitri Era Religion (2006), and President, Savitri Era Party (2007). Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

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… While critiquing Nation as a Goddess Joyjit Ghose (nd) quotes Tanika Sarkar who
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It has always been a serious issue to empower the tribal women of the schedule.
Over the last three decades, there has been a continuous rise in awareness of the
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We consider our country India as our Motherland. India is our Bharatmata or Mother
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The book examines the works of Akshay Kumar Dutta (1820–1886), who can be
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Reflections on Divinity: A Tantalising Pursuit of the Divine Enigma

H Dierickx - 2023
This book is an original, non-denominational approach to the concept of divinity. The
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The present study details the theoretical and pedagogical development of an
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Religion, Populism, and Modernity: Confronting White Christian Nationalism and Racism

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In this timely book, an interdisciplinary group of scholars investigates the recent
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… mediates principles of guruship, we also see how a multitude of public gurus
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idea of India’. We suggest, in light of the frequent mutual mediation of gurus and …

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… Here, it is also important to refute the common misconception that “Hindutva” is
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… In the last ten years, four prominent rationalists in India were assassinated
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Digital Authoritarianism, Religion and Future of Democracy

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… In India, the BJP government is widely supported by Hindutva organizations and
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… Hindu nationalist organizations known as the Sangh Parivar, including the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP),
Bajrang Dal, the Shiv Sena, and many more, place a high priority on advancing the …

The crisis of neo-liberal capitalism

P Patnaik - The Japanese Political Economy, 2023
Neo-liberal capitalism brings about a de-segmentation of the world economy
whereby wages in the “north” remain subdued by being linked to the massive labor
reserves of the “south”, even while these reserves themselves swell despite …
My take on 'Transcendence Naturalism,' dialoguing with John Vervaeke and Gregg Henriques:
A must read..This is exactly what was propagated in Tamilnadu ..thankfully Tamil culture is inherently conservative. Society is inherently conservative.. and this protects women..progressive movements destroy women.. Me Too is a good example.
Present feminism I would say echoes these farcical changes.seemingly pro woman ;in reality plays into the hands of predatory Men who claim to be progressive.
Much to be said for Marriage..anything which breaks up marriage so easily should be opposed.
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Savitri is Sri Aurobindo’s major poetic work, an epic in blank-verse of about 24,000 lines in which a tale from the Mahabharata becomes a symbol of the human soul’s spiritual quest and destiny. Order here : hindueshop.com/product/savitr
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No way.... it's Bengal land that blesses one with intelligence and higher aspirations. That's why there's not only caste brahmins, also kayastha Ghoshs ( Sri Aurobindo, P Yogananda ) , Bose and other castes....who are amongst the greatest of men in the world.
India's #NationalFilmAwards have been hijacked by potboiler culture. There's no difference between art and show business in the so-called honours. Why waste taxpayer money and state patronage on works that are better served by commercial interests?
#TheWasteLand by #TSEliot as it should be. Read aloud with its unique, meaningful sounds
TV news has made it a norm that only news of national scale have some value and people have been accustomed to accordingly. But life is local which needs to be the focal point. Unhinging from the news, therefore, has many advantages. Habit of steamrolling the local should stop.
Raining heavily. Feeling like sailing a paper-boat Once again like in the childhood In the stream of two colours The brown being water from the thatched roof Flowing along the grey muddy water of the earth Just like Bhagirathi and Alakananda Merged at Devprayag to form the Ganga.


Savitri Era Political Action: All are welcome to participate in the Auroville Literature Festival sepact.blogspot.com/2023/08/all-ar Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (b. 1956), Founder, SELF (2005) & Savitri Era Religion (2006) Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

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