Showing posts with label Hindutva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hindutva. Show all posts

Friday, March 04, 2016

Nation under attack from Marxist anarchists and Hindu Rashtra proponents

Sraddha "a Quarterly devoted to an exposition of the teachings of The Mother and Sri Aurobindo" edited by Arup Basu and published by Sri Aurobindo Centre for Research in Social Sciences (Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata - 700071) continues to be a quality offering in its seventh year. It can be read at:
http://motherandsriaurobindo.in/#_StaticContent/SriAurobindoAshram/-09 E-Library/-05 Magazines

The JNU episode has shown how ideology can mould minds. It also underlines the fact how we, the followers of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo, have failed miserably to carry their philosophy to the students. Most Universities harbour divrse streams of political opinion but Sri Aurobindo is nowhere to be found. Silence and Meditation are surely admirable Yogic attributes but when the nation is under attack, both from Marxist anarchists and Hindu Rashtra proponents, then a great responsibility devolves upon us. 

From whatever little appears on the Web, it's clear that there is no unanimity among the Devotees. Open discussion and debate on matters of socio-political importance are therefore necessary for removing doubts and confusion. Adequate intellectual development is also essential for withstanding the temptation of uncritically supporting the ruling party. Seeing through fallacies in conflicting arguments and detecting methodological errors are crucial for right understanding of issues. Besides, thorough reading of a set of certain writings need to be taken up as a syllabus. A minimum of organised effort can go a long way in pushing this long term goal. [TNM55]

References:
Establish institutions of eminence where classical Indian spiritual traditions are taught - By Kundan Singh Asura or the negative hostile forces operates through both: ignorance and evil.

Dharma under the lens of legitimate social causes - Kundan Singh rama ranjan • With regards to your second point, I would say that please wait for the full series to appear--you will see why I cl...

Spirituality that Bharat represents - Savitri Era Party ‏@SavitriEraParty Mar 2 Ghaziabad, India RW columnists have no other option but to borrow theoretical ammunition from Sri Aurobindo for c...

Sri Aurobindo belonged to all worlds and cultures at once - A chat with Anusuya Kumar Ph.D Auroville Radio Short talk with Anusuya about her research work on Johannes Hohlenerg's meeting with Sri Aurobindo - A chat w...

Sri Aurobindo’s Concept of the Nation-Soul – Kishor Gandhi - “Mother India is not a piece of earth; she is a Power, a Godhead, for all nations have such a Devi supporting their separate existence and keeping it in b...

India, Indology and Deep Colonialism (by Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay -Part 4) -CONTINUED FROM PART 3 THE WAY FORWARD Now that we understand the landscape and the forces at work, how do we deal with this situation? Below I propose a 7-...

7. Resurgent India February 2016 Issue

Ghaziabad, India [not a single hymn in Rig Veda out of its 1017 hymns, a ritual or a rite... no mention of a priest lighting a fire.] http://selforum.blogspot.in/2007/07/there-is-no-mention-of-priest-lighting.html …

Ghaziabad, India [Kant adored “Émile” and went somewhat further than Rousseau had, ... accepting the moral need for rational faith] http://selforum.blogspot.in/2007/08/kant-adored-mile-and-went-somewhat.html …

From Rajiv Malhotra Dr. Sampadananda Mishra, a Sanskrit scholar in Pondy and a solid researcher of Sri Aurobindo, has written to me that we must “form a collaborative publishing platform with a home team of genuine scholars and commence the work of publishing that is deeply perceptive of our Vedic tradition. We could perhaps call it the "Vande Mataram Library". 

11. Related TOI report by Yogita Rao on removal of American Indologist Sheldon Pollock


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Dynasty and nasty personality cults

Tweets 30m - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty The followers of Sri Aurobindo can grow a critical mass to influence the politics of the country provided they forego intellectual hedonism. 58m Che or Hu, a firm commitment to an ideology is the key. 1947 Five Dreams Manifesto provides a futuristic road-map for India and the World. 1h Right moment to get rid of the dynasty and other nasty personality cults. Neither Anna nor Kejriwal, adopting an honest ideology is the way. 1h Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo imparts the right intellectual muscle to judge complex political and economic currents circulating in the world. 1h Sri Aurobindo's teaching constitutes an essential feature today for enduring power and nation building. No other ideological glue is safer. 1h Congress accommodated Leftist scholarship to look respectable but RSS banished Sri Aurobindo's illuminating vision from its curriculum.
4h - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty - @alok_bhatt @rsyashasvi In commentaries on ancient Indian texts, his fidelity is matched by the profundity he furnishes  View conversation 4h Fighting colonialism as well as resisting revivalism was twin challenges before Sri Aurobindo as a writer a century ago. 4h Neither the Nehruvian nor the Hindutva worldview can be counted as appropriate for India at the moment. [TNM55] http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2012/11/the-mother-and-sri-aurobindo-stand-for.html …
[8 Nov - Madhu Kishwar @madhukishwar Kiran segal dancing to soul uplifting poetic compositions of oriya poet Kuntala Kumari. Amazing first time composition pic.twitter.com/LyN7iugd  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View photo]
7 Nov - Savitri Era Party @SavitriEraParty @sabhlok Being an ace criminal lawyer, Jethmalani can't make do without criminals.  View conversation
5 Nov Rely on Sri Aurobindo, and not on Naipaul, for "rediscovering and questioning every received wisdom" about Indian history and culture.
4 Nov Sri Aurobindo was a rebel & stayed so till he breathed his last. Savitri Erans are envoys of Unity, Mutuality & Harmony http://savitriera.blogspot.in/2007/10/savitri-erans-are-envoys-of-unity.html …
4 Nov A must read RT "@sabhlok: Sri #Aurobindo – the vocal opponent of #socialism http://goo.gl/fb/M373I "
[2 Nov - B Shantanu @satyamevajayate @prasannavishy @doubtinggaurav Pl do read @sabhlok's recent posts on Aurobindo, Chanakya etc.. We don't hv to rely/copy western paradigms  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation]
[1 NovAshísh Gulhatí @an4rky What I meant by Auroville bring socialist was that there's ostensibly no property rights within Auroville. @sabhlok @Getafix2012  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation
[1 Nov pvnatarajan @pvnatarajan Sri Aurobindo - the vocal opponent of socialism - Sanjeev Sabhlok's revolutionary blog http://sabhlokcity.com/2012/11/sri-aurobindo-the-vocal-opponent-of-socialism/#.UJMZejZrHJg.twitter …  Retweeted by Savitri Era Party
[1 Nov - Sanjeev Sabhlok @sabhlok @an4rky You are right! This is a mess: http://www.aurovillefoundation.org.in/organisation/the-secretary … @Getafix2012 Why do Aurobindo's followers need IAS officers? Retweeted by Savitri Era Party  View conversation

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Shastri's revision

"Hindu Vaichariki," the latest book by Dr. Vijay Sonkar Shastri, is a manifesto of sorts of a very wide and liberal interpretation of the Hindu ethos that comes very close to the internationalism of Sri Aurobindo. It's heartening that right thinking people are coming out of the narrow formulation of Hindutva by Savarkar at the conceptual level if not from the zone of slogans.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Shooting arrows at Ramalgam

It is heartening to note that the ideological Ramalgam pursued by RSS-BJP so far is being subjected to critical scrutiny by their own young and astute sympathizers. In Secularism is Important to Modern India, for instance, Harsh Gupta @hguptapolicy inter alia avers, “The political philosophy of Hindutva is morally wrong, detrimental to the Indian national interest, detrimental to Hinduism, and politically counter-productive.”

Similarly, ThePragmaticIndian @Realist_Indian tweets 5h, “My views. State has to be secular. Don’t understand what Hindu Rashtra means.” These are, no doubt, refreshing perceptions that come from common sense and compassionate attitude. Interestingly, such views stand close to the vision of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo but, unfortunately, no one has read their works. [TNM55]