Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Communists are blind to Sri Aurobindo's overture

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Savitri Era: Liberal ideals are of Vedic origin https://t.co/AvdpcsC5va #SriAurobindo
@MRVChennai To his credit, his brand of popular history has a host of RW acolytes now, adept at applying slant with impunity and finesse.
If truth is at a discount in an empirical domain like History, then expecting any firm proposition in the world of Metaphysics is farfetched
Sri Aurobindo has written on a prominent role for India in shaping human future but that is more about chasing Vedic knowledge & perfection.
The Mother's hand in defining Sri Aurobindo's concept of man & his destiny stemming from a Judeo-Vedic symbiosis is unprecedented & epochal.
With The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's work on Cellular transformation conforming to Vedic imperative & Lurianic Kabbalah emerges a new religion.
Just because Indian diversity is susceptible to vote bank politics exploiting it won't continue for ever. Sri Aurobindo wants rise of reason
Since reason alone can't assure an enduring motivation towards right path, faith and loyalty need to be drawn from religion, in combination.
Inertia and ignorance force people to fall back on tradition and status quo but The Mother & Sri Aurobindo offer a safe home sans confusion.
The rigour and sophistication with which The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have examined the human condition vis-à-vis religion is verily peerless.
Rather than as inheritance, following a religion should be assessed on the basis of merits and demerits just as supporting a political party
The legacy of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo spanning over more than a century has a large reservoir of knowledge and devotion across the globe.
More and more people with genuine quest & scientific perspective are recognising the futuristic potentials of Sri Aurobindo's pronouncements
Although many fine minds are held captive by Hindutva, gradual efflorescence of curiosity and knowledge in them can't be held back for long.
Problem with Hindutva is that no one has authority or is responsible as to which text or philosophy is right. Sri Aurobindo charts out path.
Dalit antipathy towards Vedic knowledge as unveiled by Sri Aurobindo is pushing them towards intolerance & fanaticism scuttling emancipation
Unfortunate that no one tells Dalits how new Cognitive psychology and Genetic engineering findings coincide with Sri Aurobindo's prophecies.
A single tweet is enough to convince any one about Sri Aurobindo but to wake up those who are pretending to sleep needs constant hammering.
Both Right and Left have found it safe to ignore Sri Aurobindo but no more. Savitri Erans have enough ammunitions to disrupt their strategy.
Irreconcilable fissures exist among RW and Hindutva proponents. Sri Aurobindo comes handy to exacerbate the rupture when controversies erupt
Hindutva is yet to conquer India, convincingly. While so-called Secular forces claim credit, followers of Sri Aurobindo must snatch victory.
The Mother warns that "the past seeks to endure" and Sri Aurobindo exhorts to be worthy of "the noons of the future." So no room for laxity.
Communists were pioneers in the field of experimental and avant garde films and literature. We find them blind to Sri Aurobindo's overture.
Characterisation of India's past has been problematic with Hegel, Marx, & Max Weber. Indians no better except Sri Aurobindo's deft handling.
Political players leveraging own factions for winning games of Democracy is understandable. Sri Aurobindo foresees play of widening ambits.
The fact that neither the Hindu majority nor the Bahujan samaj were able to seize electoral victory is proof of Evolutionary forces at work.
Vedic light, freedom, & perfection are unseen goals of humanity which The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have underscored in their copious writings.
Prosperity and pomp have become the new criteria of credibility and respectability for modern day ashrams instead of treasures of knowledge.
Pilgrims thronging festivals and rituals exposes the utter neglect of education and employment the majority of Hindu population suffers from
Both Hindutva and the Communists want the masses to be in ignorance so that they can be manipulated well. Sri Aurobindo votes for knowledge.
Ideologies followed by AAP, BJP, Congress, & the Left makes them adversaries of the Nation if one is acquainted with Sri Aurobindo's vision.
@ramolia82 From a long-term perspective neither Pak nor Islam need be seen as a concern. They are minor irritants in comparison to Hindutva.
Sri Aurobindo had no confidence in piecemeal solutions. Tinkering with systemic flaws may be contingent but latching on to Evolution needed.
@Duttvijay @manishpant22 It's necessary to look beyond activism and discover true wisdom unveiled by Sri Aurobindo. https://t.co/11HzVokiqg
@profabanerjee Thanks, with encouragements from @SangeetaRG @sarojoshi65 @Ji16Sanjay @Nimai_Swain @kuldips59 @ramolia82 and @SanyalIndranil









Monday, September 12, 2016

Liberal ideals are of Vedic origin

Not many on Twitter are adequately conversant with Sri Aurobindo's writings and in that sense I consider myself fortunate and a bit special.
Yoga and spiritual aspects of Sri Aurobindo's teaching are well-known and receive Institutional patronage. I popularise his political views.
Both Western and Indian Philosophy have been lukewarm towards Sri Aurobindo and his reception in the non-academic circle too is rudimentary.
Studies have been attempted on political philosophy of Sri Aurobindo but present rise of Modi and RSS lend an excellent context and urgency.
While different political parties are scratching their heads and scrambling to grapple with the Hindutva menace, the clue is firmly with me.
The philosophy of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have been explained by competent disciples with due fidelity but political facet lacking focus.
Many followers of Sri Aurobindo are averse to politics and some are wedded to Hindutva. That leaves my task unique and the track, untrodden.
It amuses me how intellectuals in India don't realise what I see so naturally. Then the question of funding emerges which dictates ideology.
Democracy has deified numbers but "Talent is rare" (Satyajit Ray) and "Equality, Quality and Quantity: The Elusive Triangle..." (J.P. Naik).
Thus despite lacking popular reception so far, the intervention of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo a century back is sure to illumine the future.
Gandhi, Nehru, and Ambedkar did fight the Hindutva menace in their own way in the firefighting mode with some help from Marxist academicians
Opposing majoritarian Hindutva on rationalist and humanist planks succeeded but within thirty years of Independence they could taste power.
Hindutva however clung to all kinds of backdoor methods and piggyback riding to capture power until Modi happened with complex ramifications
Despite its avowed antipathy towards Communism, Hindutva's engagement with Socialism, Lohia, Ambedkar, SVD, and JP is an interesting story.
Besides, at one point or the other, both CPI and RSS have scuttled Freedom struggle but endorsed Indira Gandhi, JP movement, and Anna Hazare
Some prefer to restrict Hindutva to Savarkar's pamphlet or Golwalkar's "Bunch of Thoughts" but nuances accrued from Deendayal to Sudheendra.
RSS seems to understand the diversity obtaining in India and has avoided pushing Hindu agenda mindlessly fearing damage to the social fabric
Many people like K.R. Malkani, Sikander Bakht, & Dattopant Thengadi have been instrumental in weaning Hindutva away from fundamentalist diet
Die hard supporters crave for a hardliner leader but BJP and RSS have so far been level headed due to compulsion of seeking votes from all.
Apart from harking back to Mythology, Rituals, and obscurantism, Hindutva was a manageable proposition but Reliance-Modi factor adds danger.
From "Ramdev launches political party named 'Bharat Swabhiman' (March 17, 2010) to Swaraj Abhiyan, India has seen manifold confusion.
If Modi were merely a Reliance project with RSS as midwife it would have been tolerable but involvement of an International syndicate exists
Thus, as far as being hand in glove with International operators is concerned, AAP, BJP, Congress, and Communists are birds of same feather.
With Modi at the helm, no one is sure how much he helps the cause of Hindutva or expands its core constituency. RSS didn't bargain for such.
Overall, the attempt is to avoid looking at Hindutva through a monochromatic lens and indicate RSS-Modi contradictions & fatal consequences.
That brings us to the Hindu ecosystem with its elaborate Mythology and intricate Philosophy which even baffled Hegel https://t.co/X53HtEeywK
Not only a large mass of Indians follows the religious tradition but also a new section of elite takes pride in Hindu culture and philosophy
Flip-flop by BJP, RSS, or Modi notwithstanding, a loyal section of Hindu population will always be the silent vote bank and funds provider.
Faith being the cementing factor, no critical stance can disturb such an ecosystem but a theoretical antidote stands the chance of invading.

The role of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo springs up at this precise moment which had been waiting in the wings for almost a whole century now.
Point is, the Gandhian, Nehruvian, and Marxist ammunitions that have been deployed to keep Hindutva at bay have turned blunt and ineffective
Further the popularity Congress once enjoyed has been squandered away by successive leaders due to faulty policies and ambivalence on issues
A firm indication that in the absence of robust theoretical bulwark, mere enthusiasm is not enough to resist a behemoth like Hindutva ethos.
Surely, Development, employment, and other economic issues are far more important than matters of religion as the Leftists keep on harping.
Sri Aurobindo on the other hand hints at the primacy of religion which has proved to be the Achilles' heel of the whole Communist ecosystem.
Sri Aurobindo can be surmised to be sharing the Marxist anathema for organised religion but he doesn't throw the baby out with the bathwater
Ambedkar's painstaking studies on religion similarly examined sociological aspects and their political consequences bypassing spiritual core
Marxists have tried to apply corrective by appropriating Gandhi, Tagore, and Vivekananda to an extent but siding with Islam has warped track
Though difficult to grasp Sri Aurobindo's thought from a couple of books, it's profitable to glean from "Our Ideal" https://t.co/KmKX5X8GZL
While provincialism is a norm with most political parties in India, Sri Aurobindo posits a form of Nationalism that embraces whole humanity.
In advocating a federal World Govt, Sri Aurobindo is echoing what thinkers from Kant to BC Pal envisioned as inevitable Evolutionary outcome
Although Sri Aurobindo has dwelt upon some external characteristics differentiating the East from West, he is firm about future human unity.
@desaisantosh Sri Aurobindo reiterates eternal values date back to Shruti and have been available to the seers in their vivid inevitability.
@Mint_Opinion @livemint Sri Aurobindo teaches to respect Evolution and value its direction despite its opposing elements achieving success.
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Dr. Karan Singh says goodbye to Auroville https://t.co/pYDmcTmxKd #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era: Human volition is a toy in the hands of Evolution https://t.co/e3415XE2II #SriAurobindo
Non-human teachers also play significant roles as enumerated in https://t.co/q4LhiosOVX
After enjoying the bare beauty of Astaranga beach, noticed school children returning home in bare feet https://t.co/oxHndIaj1W @OdiaCulture








Monday, September 05, 2016

Human volition is a toy in the hands of Evolution

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Savitri Era: RSS itself should retire https://t.co/R7VS8VP024 #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams
@Bodhisatvaa Author's family connections may be dictating such PR exercise and you are certifying it. Please preserve your critical faculty.
@samas777 @Retributions Not to forget, Reliance, in fact, nurtures the ambition to take over the State which Modi is stealthily facilitating
From Gandhi to Modi, Gujarat's culture of reliance upon business houses is so normal. Raising an alternative paradigm for politics is needed
@a_r_j_u_n Reexamining your own expectations and insistences is rather a better course for evaluating how BJP is trying to modifying itself.
Who killed Gandhi is a fruitless debate like Is Subhas alive? How to elbow out the Gandhis from political scene should be the sole doctrine.
When one thought that Internet made things accessible and transparent, came the wicked Apps which are barriers and cause disenfranchisement.
R-Jio announcements send shivers down the spine as the worst prospects of "Big-Brother-is-Watching-You" loom large and there is no escape.
Quantum of mandays lost in observance of Rituals and countless Festivals in India, plus the indolence they promote, is simply unforgivable.
Science is the source of power, both economic and military. Mythology is responsible for preventing blossoming of scientific spirit in India
Rediscovering our identities as human beings beyond any kind of demographic taxonomy and securing Constitutional sanction for it is priority
All train names are superfluous and should be abolished, and replaced by numbers like flights showing originating and terminating stations.
People from Delhi are not much aware of or enthusiastic about visiting Puri. Best beach of the country apart, it has diverse others to offer
If you've run out of tourist destinations, visit Haldia. Take an afternoon stroll alongside the river. Rejuvenating! https://t.co/lbKHa5IiZN
To know the name of a river or a station a train crosses is difficult to know for a passenger as size and location of signboards are flawed.
Many songs are shot in remote as well as popular locations and @Vividhbhartiorg should remind listeners of those before playing the numbers.
Just because some facts and views have been presented in an well written article and published in a respectable site, it need not be valid.
Texts belonging to 5000 - 7000 years of Indian civilisation can't have full relevance for those born after 2000. Ruthless excision necessary
@prabhashashi Waking to the challenges of future and taking stock of current creativity is needed by coming out of the prison of old sayings
If we are really an extraterrestrial entity as MT believes then a huge fraternity of planets promising life across galaxies can be conceived
Origin of life and march of Evolution spans over billions of years and so illusory mythological stories shouldn't cloud children's thinking.
Just because "RSS has waxed" it can't claim legitimacy. It straggles with an omnibus ideology unheeding Sri Aurobindo's sharp criticisms.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have not only criticised major religions but also found fault with many lifestyle choices imposed by modern world
While we concur with the overall thrust of arguments, portrayal of Sri Aurobindo's ideology and vision is uninformed https://t.co/Xsv64muvXI
Three sins of Ambedkar: 1) Tainting the Constitution with SC & ST, 2) Not reading commentaries by Sri Aurobindo, and 3) Valorizing Buddhism.
India today is a product of complex course of history, philosophy, and technology. Sri Aurobindo asks to prepare for a front-runner's role.
The most tangible aspect of Sri Aurobindo's teaching is he provides an alternative to Marxist, Nehruvian, Ambedkar, and Hindutva worldviews.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo valiantly pushed an alternative global perspective surpassing Bankim, Bipin, Tagore, Vivekananda & Radhakrishnan.
The most surprising phenomenon about erudite Hindutva votaries is they never talk about its inadequacies, perniciousness, or contradictions.
Rituals and ceremonies are not harmless acts, apart from being unscientific. The Mother warns about frightening occult consequences of them.
Recovering from hubris and checking one's beliefs and convictions with Sri Aurobindo is essential for walking safe in life sans confusions.
Akin to cleaning of garbage from public spaces, it's everyone's responsibility to keep our mindspaces free from Mythology and superstitions.
@GreatHeretic Sri Aurobindo avoids specifics but The Mother at one place tells about the ill effects of worshipping the black Kali idol.
@GreatHeretic As long as one is under the spell of R&V, one can't grasp the full import of what The Mother & Sri Aurobindo say. Problematic!
@GreatHeretic Only in passing. You have started reading Sri Aurobindo and it will take time to discover the whole range of Himalayan peaks.
@GreatHeretic The writeup ends with a "host of questions" and that is enough indication. You may however author a book on their connection.
Just like exercise of body can be done by oneself, understanding Sri Aurobindo's distinctiveness can be attained by continuous self-effort.
@RAJIVNJAIN66 @NewsGram1 Please read the works of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo for a more enlightened take on Karma & rebirth beyond religions
[The all-absorbing interest in food and its consumption should be replaced by an almost chemical knowledge of needs] https://t.co/hsh61P2MIc
Many pronouncements of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo are beyond scrutiny by present tools of science. Focus should be on their political vision
Being on the side of Sri Aurobindo means discarding Mythology, religion, and rusted philosophies of Tagore, Gandhi, Nehru, and Radhakrishnan
Indians must stimulate their creativity in designing new tech products instead of confining it to Mythology and hackneyed religious artwork.
Rationalists believe in the autonomy of human volition without realising that it is a toy in the hands of Evolution, explains Sri Aurobindo.
Don't fall prey to Marxists, atheists, and Rationalists; avoid the other extreme occupied by Hindutva. Read Sri Aurobindo for justification.
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7
@sippy_sippy Time is running out. Modi must have his Nobel. You should be kind and accommodating to that extent. He doesn't want a 2nd term.
Instead of millstone, someone has tweeted milestone as regards Modi. Strange, how fairly educated men stoop to delude themselves and others!
Even films like Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. or Gandhigiri raised positive feelings among viewers but Hindutva supporters ferment religious division.
There is no dearth of people who repose their faith in common sense, fairness, and sympathy. They will all support Savitri Era Party someday
@ThinkersPad @Sheks65 I have a copy of "Doosri Gita" of 700 verses where Arjuna requests a second innings after the War and Krishna obliges.
@Sheks65 @ThinkersPad Check Mahabharata; it's very much part of it. Sad that Hindutva stalwarts are so inadequately informed of tradition!
@Sheks65 Instead of showing gratitude for imparting you new knowledge on Teachers' Day, you are calling my explanations! Not Hindu culture!








Wednesday, August 31, 2016

RSS itself should retire

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Savitri Era: Modernist agenda of Savitri Era Party https://t.co/InTo57Ikpy #SriAurobindo
@jasmvk So, what is the alternative? Without positing that no meaningful task is possible.
@jasmvk Modi majority is not for ever. Task is to build a new party so that the modern generation can have an option other than cow worship.
Hindutva votaries used to promise that they will set the History books right. No such confidence is visible now save stray digital articles.
Travelled from Udhampur to Jammu by bus last Sunday & it indeed felt like cruising through some Science Fiction zone https://t.co/zmBTxm0hiA
@ShootinThoughts At times, contemplating over the wisdom of a specific tweet (or lack of it) is in order instead of focusing on the author.
RSS doesn't try much to defend itself for it understands that the more acute is its criticism, the more will be the number of its supporters
Common and easy strategy is castigating the detractors instead of coming clean on allegations or clearing their concerns and apprehensions.
No other person's death anniversary can serve so much of happiness and enjoyment especially if Vividh Bharati is on. https://t.co/6hkL1zm6Ui
@Rjsayema This is the best ever by #RafiSahab https://t.co/wNeuhrRzdk @Raja_Sw @Satyapriyan
Watched Aan and thought Nimmi being in a double role; later, found out she is Sheela Naik. Baahubali kept on crossing my mind as comparison.
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Three melodious song offerings https://t.co/Jh0GeknuAo #SriAurobindo
@ShekharGupta Remember the tagline, "If you want to talk, you don't have to walk" (Superphone intercom in 1978) ? Now, "To quit, just tweet"
UP is being projected as a direct fight between BSP & BJP but the reality is Akhilesh is firmly ensconced in his throne to perform hat-trick
Those enjoying power and wealth by selling victimhood to Dalits will never agree to dispensing equality to all under the Indian Constitution
@LopakdotIn This exposé shows how watchdogs are essential cogs in the wheel of Democracy.
@biswajeetdash @alok_bhatt @OdiaCulture A variant with flat exterior is called Neua in Odia. A poor cousin, indeed, in terms of taste.
@alok_bhatt @mamtan14 @OdiaCulture Neither Kaddu nor Sitafal bring sense of the shape of Pumpkin by sound effect as its Odia name, Kakharu.
This national campaign against Reservations is being run by @SavitriEraParty to awaken people at large to the virtues of Liberty & Equality.
If private companies handle their own Foreign affairs, there is no reason why States shouldn't set up their own Overseas issues Ministries.
Since many Indians hold considerable asset in foreign lands including human resources, Nationalism has turned a nebulous and porous concept.
Democracy is all about dreams. One should enjoy one's own conception of and hope for an ideal society. Only imposing on others is a problem.
Democracy is an admirable proposition but a political party through which it functions is like a Leviathan so far as a citizen is concerned.
Science is the threshold separating a verifiable fact from hypothesis. Those valorising Mythology and Rituals do enormous harm to Science.
Body has a role in industrial and health related activities but in matters of religious experience, it is likely to be lazy and mechanical.
Popular brands of Hinduism reinforce the mechanical model of Mimamsa and Tantra whereas Sri Aurobindo refuted it and preferred Consciousness
All forms of activism and marketing are proven Defence mechanisms and so their sanity part is a little suspect, but not always the issues.
Even Freud established a predatory duality between the analysand and the analyst but The Mother & Sri Aurobindo award autonomy sans any Guru
Crossed Dadri level crossing yesterday for an auto & it seemed to be an expedition with Captain Cook. Filth on Pathankot rly tracks appaling
@Roflindian Objections:
1. The Picture seems to be concealing more than revealing
2. A perfect moment in time doesn't seem to be convincing.
Just like true Democracy is a hostage of rules of Parliament, price discovery is prevented to a large extent by the rules of Stock Markets.
Most issues of Governance and Development are subordinated to the Muslim factor and hence change to Presidential system is the only saviour.
Treat all citizens as equal. No Reservations or privilege dispensation. Free the citizens from the clutch of religions on lifestyle choices.
Reservations pile up more and more grooves of privileges involving a plethora of injustices. Time now to throw away this worn out machinery.
Indian State must not discriminate among its citizens. Labeling them as SC, ST, or OBC etc. is against the spirit of Liberty and Equality.
People from all castes and sections are occupying influential positions and hence justification for social justice no longer have relevance.
Love for India shouldn't degenerate to a slavish loyalty for BJP. Sri Aurobindo keeps aloft a sublime version of Nationalism and Human Unity
Protect your individuality, protest against received wisdom and imposition of Rituals and Superstitions. Sri Aurobindo provides ammunitions.
Rebel against Mythology and the whole industry that is built around it to fleece you. Insulate your children from being contaminated by it.
People following questionable ideologies are quoting Sri Aurobindo out of context. Beware of their keenness in seeking deceptive legitimacy!
Hindutva demands the kind of protectionism that Marxism has enjoyed in Media and Universities but Sri Aurobindo encourages free war of ideas
Sri Aurobindo far surpasses Vico, Herder, Hamann, & Hegel in his independent inquiry into motivations behind Evolution and East-West tension
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo experimenting with cells when Margulis and Sagan, Maturana and Varela, and Luhmann too were active is interesting
Rescuing Sri Aurobindo from the worshipers of cow, Sanskrit, and Mythology is essential to expose the youth to Tech, Science, and Modernity.
India is not free yet as despicable ideologies are ruling the political discourse. Bringing Sri Aurobindo's vision to centrestage is uphill.
How many have read a complete biography of Sri Aurobindo? It is a necessity for understanding the significance of the genesis of new India.
Role of Sri Aurobindo is critical in injecting a slew of correctives to a series of skewed diversions thrust by various Renaissance schools.
History is important but more important is to rescue the current course of events from being steered by the RSS. Sri Aurobindo is the means.
Many forces like the Marxists, Dalits, rationalists & secular brigades of various hues are against RSS but themselves harbour serious flaws.
Parliament is the appointed place for discussion of issues but everyone seems to want them decided outside. Telecasting proceedings futile.
Sectarian and partisan politics pull away from rational understanding of issues but Sri Aurobindo assures that such foolish phases will pass
Democracy hinges upon the right person being elected to rule. By being lured by false will-o'-the-wisps, Indians have been a failure so far.
A large section of educated Indians being RSS supporters, one can only pray for a liberal and ethical polity reigning the country by 2047!
Ignorant voters are often blamed for electing wrong persons to power. But educated citizens are more responsible for supporting the corrupt.
Sri Aurobindo is hopeful that the rule of Reason and Ethics is bound to replace the present state of affairs driven by fear, hate, and greed
Modi is a known protector of crony-Capitalism and corruption. Followers of Sri Aurobindo must stop supporting this anti-Evolutionary agent.
Apparent democratic functioning of BJP and liberal posture of Modi are brilliant smokescreens. Invisible hand of RSS is expanding its grip.
Anyone who is fighting for truth, moderation, restraint, decency and transparency can be said to be a soldier of Sri Aurobindo's #FiveDreams
@SaatmA I don't recommend "Experience" since imposters are the first to jump over and start spinning a yarn or an immersion healing session.
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7
RSS, itself, and not its shorts, merely, should retire. Born with all good intentions, it has verily turned into a Frankenstein's monster.
No sympathiser of RSS can be a votary of freedom and Democracy. None of its members has ever demanded any transparency or accountability.
India is afflicted with numerous burning problems but burying RSS is a priority for re-evaluation of issues and exploring remedial measures.
Politics in UP and Bengal is driven by large concentration of Muslim voters. Those complaining appeasement etc. fail to grasp the reality.
State-wise arithmetic doesn't permit any firm pattern precipitating in national politics. Despite apparent stability, India is on a volcano.
For facilitating urgent change of journey plans by trains available at the time, sale of tickets within the platform area should be provided
Twitter is an excellent platform where one grows fast. But those who employ staff or hide identity may not benefit from its full potential.
A common mistake by newcomers is to follow celebrities & ladies. Searching by topics and circulating deserving tweets should be the strategy
@ArmchairPseph @devayasna Thanks. Kalinga as birthplace of Buddha should be examined seriously for possible discovery of many missing links.
Old and outdated facts crowd our textbooks and People are given disproportionate importance. Children should study only the latest concepts.
Proverbs, like Rituals, have enormous hold upon the masses. Lines from some evergreen Bollywood numbers too tend to sway people's emotions.
Film lyrics offer almost the entire inventory of nuggets of philosophy and hence the youth in India don't feel attracted towards Cosmology.
Some influential streams of philosophy emphasise upon the primacy of the individual but parents are the most important points of departure.
Unlike the present day urban youth, being born and brought up in a village is a huge advantage for understanding why Hindutva to be avoided.









Saturday, July 30, 2016

Modernist agenda of Savitri Era Party

@tweetingsourav @Marut_ @ScorpiusMaximus @MandarSawant184 @CestMoiz History of liberalisation in India starts with V.P. Singh as FM.
Evolution acts as a tension between the cyclical or mechanical movement of Nature and an emergent urge towards New. https://t.co/l5p9TL71Ds
If all goods and services are liable to be traded then votes are also included. So the challenge is to rescue it from greed to moral footing
From Tilak's Ganesh festival and P.C. Joshi’s PWA and IPTA to personality cult of Modi and Kejriwal, methods of securing votes are evolving.
Voting for AAP, BJP, and Congress is against national interest and we have been consistently reminding about this to one and all since 2012.
@rranjan501 Those supporting our Party can contest as Independents. Voting for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation is option.
@Sheks65 There is no greater political agenda than liberating the people of India from the debilitating influence of anti-Evolutionary, RSS.
Hindutva hardliners on Twitter are impatient with Modi but that doesn't mean that this Govt. is on the right path. RSS needs to be uprooted.
Our ideological differences with AAP, BJP, and Congress are too deep and diverse. Only Sri Aurobindo's vision is the future path for India.
Knowledge about Sri Aurobindo is meagre in our country and the educated minority is prejudiced against him. Need to break that pincer attack
Society may not be purged of hierarchy but the State enforced Reservation system perpetuating inequality needs to be thrown out, forthwith.
Hindutva antipathy for Secularism signals a composite opposition towards Democratic norms, Human Rights, Equality as citizens, and Freedom.
Lazy and easy theorising prefers to segregate everything according to current political fault lines but Sri Aurobindo points towards Harmony
It's such a disappointing feeling that the ten thousand year old Indian civilisation did not find a capable person to head the HRD Ministry.
Any contagion of Hitler is wrong, not in degrees, but wholly. Any truck with Hindutva, similarly, is to be avoided, even if it seems harmless.
Pushing or justifying party line is nothing but intellectual dishonesty. Projecting party's winning chances in an inflated way is chicanery.
@bainjal We have been harping on to oppose AAP, BJP, and Congress. SEP, drawing inspiration from Sri Aurobindo, is the only viable option.
@kavereeb We have been harping on to oppose AAP, BJP, and Congress. SEP, drawing inspiration from Sri Aurobindo, is the only viable option.
After failed experiment of AAP anti-Hindutva forces are trying to rally round Congress but it's suicidal. Sri Aurobindo is the only solution
Checkmating Hindutva is an admirable project but those throwing their weight behind Congress or ranting against Neo-liberalism are misguided
Instead of expecting dramatic rise of a new party, all right thinking persons should lend their support to the slow and steady growth of SEP
Neither BJP nor RSS has any ideological clarity and refrain from intellectual engagement with issues and future challenges. Not fit to rule.
Many people are under the illusion that Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Puducherry is the whole repository of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's legacy.
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo belong to the whole humanity and their identity can't be restricted to any nation let alone a particular location
Evolutionary action of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is taking place through all kinds of people whether or not they are aware of their vision.
Only a handful of poets and writers were able to assess the greatness of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo or blessed to come under their influence
Congress & BJP have slender hopes in UP but SP & BSP are not invincible. A new party with modernist agenda can capture people's imagination.
Abolition of all forms discrimination and reservations should be the first and foremost priority of the new party to give UP a real option.
Citizens have been forced to live under various forms of categorisation and privilege systems but time now to throw away such outdated props
Most of Indian Philosophy is of archival value. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have painstakingly built a philosophical recipe for modern living
Voluntary nationalism, and not imposed or coercive one, is a virtue. States and regions wanting separate existence should be given a chance.
Modernity and Democracy establish the supremacy of the human person before whom all considerations of nationality or religion are secondary.
Students never question the syllabus and think some supreme authority setting it. Higher education shows how crafty minds indoctrinate them.
Research in unknown areas is normal and certain foreigners have taken fancy to Hinduism. But, their wholesale campaigning for it is tainted.
Modernity inculcated a huge respect for printed words but the free-for-all SM demolished it as anyone may ridicule anything or publish trash
@_Mauna_ @AgentSaffron @IDIOTpathicDOC Any means to get an idea how many and which section of Hindus are also part of unclean professions?
@_Mauna_ I think, the Medical personnel and staff engaged in Post-mortem examination would also qualify.
@h_tejas @vinayaravind Please read the works of The Mother. They are an eye-opener. https://t.co/PEnpIra9Gu









Thursday, July 28, 2016

Need for a new Indian framework for theory (NIFT).

Philosophy should encompass the whole human race but geography plays a role in separating people of different regions and nations and in that sense the context varies as also the importance accorded to various issues. India, with its ancient tradition of vast philosophical literature, seems to be a paradox since its predominant engagement with Western thought at present is accepted as so normal in all fields of Humanities. Yet, India has some peculiarities and specialities which only Indians can understand and resolve related contradictions. Many present issues have not been dealt with adequately by ancient texts and hence the need for a new Indian framework for theory (NIFT).

Population, Education, and Development are major areas where India differs from the west. Further, Indians continue to wrestle with their colonial past. Western thought entered a new phase after Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, and James. Similarly, it can safely be said that India got its firm philosophical foundation through Sri Aurobindo. His writing saves one from the ultra-rational atheist viewpoint as well as overdose of speculative narratives. No doubt, Sri Aurobindo pulls the rug from under the feet of the present civilisational paradigm but the solutions he offer are too futuristic with spiritual dimensions. Thus, formulating a NIFT without ignoring him is a necessity. 

It is easy to repeat Sri Aurobindo's insistence that real change can come through spiritual progress but there is no assured method for individuals to attain it in a time bound basis. Besides, it's often dicey to judge genuine examples of spirituality. So building a model of theory upon it is not feasible. That brings us to the Constitunal values, as honed from time to time by the judicial process, as the touchstone. Since Sri Aurobindo provides a broad Evolutionary framework via his Five Dreams, Constitutional values can easily be tethered to them to act as an aspirational paradigm for citizens. Needless to mention that such a framework will be appreciated by a very limited number of people at the outset. But it is bound to gather speed with time and expansion of consciousness. [TNM55]







Monday, July 18, 2016

Better to avoid the word Spirituality

Faith healing is an age old concept and mostly caters to people lacking access to formal medical facilities. But it has gained respectability among the elite, over the years, by being portrayed as an alternative lifestyle choice as well as a valid form of spirituality. This sort of Arta and Artharthi mode of seeking has trivialised the word spirituality and Spa establishments are milking it quite successfully. Recent political elevation of Hindutva also has provided a fresh impetus to such endeavours.

The attitude of young people towards all these, however, is a bit curious. Many of them just go through the practices in a mechanical fashion due to social pressure but inwardly the critical approach persists. Education and professional situation never permits young people to believe in superstition. Rituals are performed as a compulsion but without the feeling of complete reliance on them.

This is the enduring contribution of modernity and its emphasis on scientific attitude and rational scrutiny. In this sense, the word spirituality needs to be avoided since it means nothing and there is no method of validating it. This is essential to stop quackery and cheating which is proliferating at a fast pace. It's worth repeating that no one knows the mystery of this world and human life. [TNM55]








Sunday, July 17, 2016

Nature abhors the periodicity and symmetry imposed by Democracy

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Prominent intellectuals on Twitter supporting BJP are more or less exposed now for their half-hearted enthusiasm for Modi as Hindutva saviour
BJP insulted women in particular and the country in general by first appointing and now removing an underqualified person as HRD Minister.
One sin remedied; two more persist: 1) PM and Party President must not be from same State & 2) PM must face the Press and respond extempore.
Smriti Irani has every right to fight for her rightful place in politics & my tweets are not against her. But HRD was a mistake on her part.
@IamIndian4alwyZ @DrGPradhan I have said it before: I have no objection to any other portfolio or PM. But HRD Minister should have Degrees.
Irani at HRD, against widespread resentment, was a constant reminder of Modi's arrogance, authoritarianism, and willful disregard for norms.
Many Modi supporters had expressed their consternation but @madhukishwar and @sarkar_swati had almost campaigned against Smriti Irani at HRD
Many are talking about Irani's performance or lack of it as the reason but the real relief is she was not educationally fit to be appointed.
@bmcowl9 Quite intriguing that many in BJP are vehemently against Jaitley despite his intellectual prowess and as Govt's conscience keeper.
Let's all aspire and work for a nation where no one is identified as SC, ST, Dalit, or OBC and no discrimination or privilege on that basis.
Reservations have served their purpose and time now to throw away the crutches and develop capability to compete; savor equality and freedom
@RaisinaSeries You may be right but the lingering suspicion that AAP is the B-Team of BJP is yet to be conclusively disproved. cc @skjain_05
Divisions on the basis of castes, religions, and languages are deep and intimidating but migrations and marriages facilitate bridging them.
One law for all people in the country and abolition of Reservations or any kind of discrimination/privilege on the basis of birth is our aim
Enough is enough. State has no business in segregating citizens into rivals and reinforce unjust preferences in the name of social justice.
Imposition of lifestyle codes such as on dress, food, and marriage by political parties or religious organisations need to be done away with
Most BJP supporters keep on ranting about Muslims but never utter a word about the secret Money dealings that lubricate their own ecosystem.
No questions are asked as to how their numerous organisations run and a bland rhetoric circulates that there is no corruption in the Govt.
Ideology of Hindutva or Nationalism is a mere mask and Money is the only Dharma that RSS understands. Let RW warriors turn their guns there.
No one ever demands electoral reforms or deplores reliance on Money power during polls. Demography is considered more crucial than Democracy
Whenever some controversy is raging over SM or a mock fight between Party men, be sure that 'mota maal' is changing hands clandestinely.
If someone says I don't breathe, would you believe him? Same is the case with folks proclaiming they are atheists. One rarely knows oneself!
There is more to know is the basic premise that fuels all philosophical investigation; limited competence is underlying factor for humility.
Expertise acquired in a certain field might mesmerise one as a know-all but finitude is a reality and the way mind moves is warped & twisted
Apart from Money, attraction for Power and Sex apply wobbling effect all the time, due to which rational thinking is almost an impossiblity.
20th century Psychology has expanded the scope of Sex so much that any form of pleasure-seeking (like long Twitter sessions) too is included
Similarly, Power games are source of most of our moves and moral posturings; even ostensible pursuit of austerity and ideological strictness
A name is being discussed as if he is running the world. No person or organisation, it's Evolution that is, firmly, in charge of the future.
@AgentSaffron In fact, their language (Jatland upwards) sounds like pelting stones and hence the impression. But good people are everywhere.
Democracy facilitates change but the strict periodicity and symmetry followed by it is often in variance with the Nature's scheme of things.
Talent is rare and Nature invests lots of it plus opportunity to catapult people to the top which it may not want to reverse after 5 years.
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Emergence is central to a Hayekian understanding of spontaneous order https://t.co/oTMqTcBEqb #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Bruno Latour: People have been silenced by moralism https://t.co/4eh02JROpV #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Colman, Gerbode, Rakover, Overton, Kegan, and Csikszentmihalyi https://t.co/RuaJbgMi08 #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era: Sri Aurobindo's devotees should gather once in Delhi https://t.co/ZqwWLdPU9W
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Itihāsa, Abhirūpā, Assemblage, and Immaterialism https://t.co/IV2g93vYdj #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era: With Whitman and Harvey in Pauri https://t.co/0dbeqVFLMz #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era Learning Forum: This style claims to distance itself from all effe... https://t.co/msZM216yka #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Hyderabad Symposium on Innovation in Education (De... https://t.co/pPrmMWZiZ8 #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era Learning Forum: To have realisation on earth in physical body https://t.co/SC010xmEXV #SriAurobindo
[a few minutes passed in the calm of silence are a more effective rest than hours of sleep] The Mother, On Education https://t.co/M075AarFEk
Savitri Era: Focusing on humble and unassuming seekers https://t.co/34BM47JFHo #SriAurobindo
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Roundabouts can help develop two yogic disciplines... https://t.co/eNA7KlklZr
[Roundabouts help two yogic: learning to resist immediate gratification and taking into account the needs of others] https://t.co/sxDuqEMxAg
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Rakesh Chandra, Vibha Chaturvedi, and Pragati Sahni https://t.co/lBsD0iKK8t
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Hobbes, Hegel, Derrida, Deleuze and Guattari https://t.co/o9YznGieNL
@guNagarbhaH @GhorAngirasa @Rjrasva Hegel is a desire and Nagel is a fact. https://t.co/1MrO1HdI7x
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Olcott argued that the Aryans were indigenous to India https://t.co/Mv0nIza2jq

Sri Aurobindo never hesitated to criticise leaders

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Hindu Rashtra Inhabitants (HRIs) are so insulated psychologically that they are repulsed by any trace of the West, Christians, or Muslims.
There have been millions of Muslims who never slayed polytheists. As they flouted their scripture, the question is whether they are Muslims?
An individual born to Muslim parents has every right to act in a manner he thinks fit as per scripture, laws of the land, and social mores.
A highly-educated gang of five is aggressively circulating its alarming projections on demographics as if Muslims are second class citizens.
@E_P_W Hindutva stalwarts are allergic to the Leftist discourse and so show symptoms of Theory deficiency. This book can heal their anaemia.
India was firmly under the British rule but Sri Aurobindo was audaciously writing about Evolution & Supramental Consciousness a century back
Handful of misguided brains are responsible for fermenting unrest in the world in the pretext of nationalism or religion. They need reform.
Reliance on The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is the only way to be on the side of Evolution and "fight successfully the great battle of the future"
Aspiring that "nothing in us shall be an obstacle to" Evolution necessitates to be under their "influence to the exclusion of every other."
Most are happy attributing disturbances to rival religions or nations but Sri Aurobindo saw them as human problem due to Evolutionary logjam
A vocal section of Indians claiming to be angels and demonizing the people of other religions is height of hypocrisy. Causes are elsewhere.
Mythology is unscientific and anti-Evolutionary but apart from Soft Power its potential for tourism and allied economic activities enormous.
The British gifted us Democracy. This single event is a thousand times more valuable than the seven thousand years of Indian civilisation.
Imprint of the West is unmistakable in every aspect of life in India today, so much so that it takes some effort to create ethnic ambiance.
No point in indulging in conjectures and there was never an entity named India. Thinking for future should be based on hard facts of history
@aatmashodh Monarchy and feudalism are yet to be exorcised from Democratic functioning in India even after 70 years. https://t.co/xX5oPQl1M1
@aatmashodh Each system has its merits and demerits. Removing imperfections should be the aim of political process by grappling with issues.
@aatmashodh It seems that you are against Democracy and the Constitution of India. I may not be able to prove but rate Democracy as the best
@aatmashodh I never thought I'm so important! Thanks for the attention and analysis of my views. Democracy permits all sorts of viewpoints.
@aatmashodh That's fine but everyone accepting a monochromatic narrative of Indian pride and self-respect is surely a little bit problematic
@aatmashodh Each citizen will have his own conception including deviant themes. Democracy is about choice and freedom; not imposing of norms
Indian legal system, thankfully, borrows heavily from the West. Many facets of social system of modern India are mirror images of the West.
Films can be said to be the biggest contributor of domesticating Western lifestyle by bridging the language barrier. https://t.co/V5Dv5RKMw2
@akazlev Please spare some time for Indian affair as various ethical issues are being debated involving clash between tradition & modernity.
If people are getting organised for destructive purposes, why can't the Savitri Erans come forward to work together towards a positive goal?
Sri Aurobindo was not merely a Freedom fighter, he was fighting against ideas, against status quo, and never hesitated to criticise leaders.
Instead of trying to engage with the web of ideas Sri Aurobindo wove at Pondicherry, some foolishly complain, "Why he left politics midway?"
Sri Aurobindo advised his disciples to practice surrender to The Mother and a new religion can be said to have sprouted despite his denials.
@Benamrakshas Books by Georges van Vrekhem and Rod Hemsell are available online which provide a well rounded appreciation of Sri Aurobindo.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/749562399254917120
Writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo contain such subversive material that all major religions are to crumble by their serial explosions.
Beware of half-a-dozen foreigners who, for the sake of their own career rehabilitation, quote Sri Aurobindo's words to fan Hindu fanaticism!
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo convince us to come out of the juvenile conception that "My religion is better than yours." They debunk them all.
Ambedkar never read, wrote on, or quoted Sri Aurobindo and consequently stands as a formidable barrier in the path towards Dalit emancipation
@ksunjai @_Mauna_ Several layers of disagreement if we survey Lacan, Foucault, Derrida and Baudrillard to our own The Mother & Sri Aurobindo
@AgentSaffron @SabinaBasha @ArpanBhaduri Sri Aurobindo has something interesting to tell about wolf (vŗka, ‘tearer’) https://t.co/4Qw6ETsFvP
Savitri Era: Evolution is discarding heritage and tradition in slices https://t.co/LZ5K77r9Ts
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Sri Aurobindo and Ambedkar rejected the idea of Aryan race https://t.co/a6DlNcZWCA
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu and S.S. Kulkarni pass away https://t.co/uUVgy3CsPz
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Hu Hsu, Ganesh Devy,  and Kirtan Bihari Bramha https://t.co/5TdD4DWy5W
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Nirmalangshu Mukherji’s plea to abandon the rhetoric https://t.co/KaUSNuhGL0
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Devdutt Pattanaik, Bijayananda Kar, and Beatrice B... https://t.co/Bsh6VtZS7V
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7
Because Thou Art: The Divided Line in Art, Rimina Mohapatra, Vista https://t.co/o0AtIRAdBI
[Hu Hsu, a great painter and litterateur lived in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and translated several major works of Sri Aurobindo into Chinese]
[On his way to the earth Narad sang five songs. During the return journey it is the anthem of eternal love that he is singing.] RY Deshpande
[Nirmalangshu Mukherji is consistent in his opposition to armed struggle and considers practice of Bhagat Singh and his comrades invalid.]
[I referred last time to William of Ockham’s teaching – derived, as far as I can tell, from Muslim Ash’arite thinkers – that God was a will]
Hobbes' Mistake - The Rational Case For Anarchy - The Times of India https://t.co/fyJ4ux7sfO via @timesofindia