Thursday, October 06, 2016

Emerson admired Ram Mohan Roy

Hindutva, with its perennial agenda of "Kashi, Mathura, Ayodhya" and "Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan" has permanent enemies in "Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah" and "Marx, Max Müller, Macaulay." Now that Modi has become mainstream, more and more people are finding such a narrative normal. However, the truth is different and has to be told over and over again. Emerson admired Ram Mohan Roy and played a stellar role in popularising Indian wisdom. Thus, recognising the role of the West in shaping the present day India is important. 

India suffered much under the Colonial rule, but how it has profitted in numerous ways can't be denied. The civilisational ramifications of East-West synthesis that it engendered is enormous. Present generation of India need to be awake to such nuances while studying history and explore how best to harness that advantage for the future. [TNM55]

References:

1. [in 1845, Indian philosophy and evolution began to bond, that will form the basis for Emerson's mature philosophy.] https://t.co/dLqtNM7ztL [Thoreau went to sources, not satisfied with extracts and quotations as Emerson was, and not bluffing as Whitman] https://t.co/iGdOQcCCxy [If you want to know the source of Emerson's inspiration, it is this book, the Gita.] [There is no record that he had even heard of Thoreau.] [Darwin's The Origin of Species in 1859 marked a turning point] [in 1849 Emerson united evolution and transmigration] https://t.co/dLqtNM7ztL

2. 3. Toward a Transpersonal Structure of the Psyche
CJ Clements, U Talmor - Shadows & Light (Volume 1: Principles & Practices): …, 2016
... and other minerals. This concept was promoted from Plato and Aristotle to Plotinus to Aurobindo and others and later reviewed by Smith (1976) in Forgotten Truth: The
Common Vision of the World's Religions. Its central claim ...

3. Emerson in Context - Page 43
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Wesley Mott - 2013 - ‎Preview - ‎More editions
By the middle of the next decade, Roy had so risen in the young Emerson's esteem that he was included on a short list of the world's greatest and most self-reliant individuals, each of whom, he wrote, “annihilates all distinction of circumstances” (JMN 4:283). As Emerson's readings in Asian thought widened to include other,  ...

4. Emerson in Context - Page 43 - Google Books Result
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Wesley Mott - 2013 - ‎Biography & Autobiography
Also significant was Indian reformer Rammohan Roy, whose career Emerson first encountered in the pages of the Christian Register in 1820–21. Roy was a scholar from Bengal who, in collaboration with a few ...

5. Mr. Emerson's Revolution: - Page 389
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Jean McClure Mudge - 2015 - ‎Full view - ‎More editions
But of various scattered Asian responses to Emerson's writings in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the quickest and most concerted came from ... society founded in 1828 by the Bengali social reformer, Rammohan Roy, which was closely associated with English and American Unitarians residing in India... Rammohan Roy, later hailed as the father of modern India, whose life and career Emerson found profiled in the ...

6. Mr. Emerson's Revolution: - Page 379
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Jean McClure Mudge - 2015 - ‎Full view - ‎More editions
In the early 1830s, he copied out a passage from the Mahābhārata, the great national epic of India, which was contained in Gérando's history of comparative philosophy, noting that Idealism was “a primeval theory”. 163 Soon thereafter, he read a précis of the Bhagavad Gita, arguably the pivotal text of the Hindu Renaissance, ...

7. Mr. Emerson's Revolution: - Page 379
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Jean McClure Mudge - 2015 - ‎Full view - ‎More editions
Like other members of the Unitarian community, Emerson was so taken with this socially enlightened man of the East that by the middle of the next decade, he placed Roy on a short list of the world's greatest and most self-reliant individuals, each of whom, “annihilates all distinction of circumstances”.162 When over the ...

8. How I became a Hindu: my discovery of Vedic dharma David Frawley - 2000 - 208 pages
intellectuals are of the same ilk; conditioned by Marx, Max Muller and Macaulay they cannot appreciate an Aurobindo or a Ramana Maharshi. Ram Swarup, however, never turned his critical statements into any blanket condemnations. ...
9. Guru English: South Asian religion in a cosmopolitan language - Page 93 Srinivas Aravamudan - 2006 - 330 pages
Aurobindo makes a bold attempt to give the Indian nation a mythological pedigree based on the origin of the goddess Bhawani ... 
10. Tusar Nath Mohapatra11:47 PM, October 05, 2016
Thanks. Comparisons do help but not always. There are many success stories too and the idea of a cohesive nation should stand alone irrespective of superfast Development.

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Philosophical flight with right and light

How to understand the world
How to understand the world is a perpetual challenge and philosophy will survive because thinking doesn't require much material assistance.
Philosophical thinking is easy and comes naturally but is obstructed by the phalanx of history, economics, mathematics, politics, and poetry
Philosophy doesn't mean that one has to go through all that Aristotle or Abhinavagupta wrote, nor Russell's A History of Western Philosophy.
Thinking over ordinary topics like why gold is the least reactive metal or how much protein the body needs can lead to deep philosophy niche
Science, philosophy, and psychology are sisters but they no longer claim that they can make us understand the world, sometime in the future.
So each one has to fend for himself of herself when it comes to understanding the world as all that has been explained till now may be false
Thus, all the information one acquires through education or indoctrination need to be ruthlessly scrutinised and fictions, duly segregated.
This is not easy as mind keeps on churning fresh dishes kneading recipes from diverse sources from what is hidden in genes to even lightning
One may think of two sides of brain in this context but not with total dependence. Strengthening the philosophical recess however is crucial
Proverbs & folksongs contain philosophical statements or even newspaper headlines. An eye for such occurrences can cure long held prejudices
One can always try when awake or alert but mind has no control during sleep, dreams, pain, diseases or under the clutch of strong emotions.
On the whole though one's philosophical treasure can't assure unadulterated truth it would help in showing right direction and lighting path
Now the brass tacks: Which philosophy? Which text? Which interpretation? etc. A veritable maze but not impossible to cut through the clutter
Interesting that while writing a previous tweet, I have valorised two terms right and light quite normally as if they are self evident truth
That's a good start and we can examine one of them but let's take the pair together as a concession to left and right hemispheres of brain.
Both right and light are needed on utilitarian criterion and are associated with all that are considered as good and noble (two more terms).
So by taking up right and light not only we are considering their allied notions but also we have segregated their opposites. Seems complex!
A cursory glance however would confirm that right and light are almost universally respected and coveted across all religions and cultures.
Further, right and light with or without allied terms form some key concepts common to almost all streams of philosophy systematised so far.
Urge to turn what is not right to right or bring what is not in light to light is ordinarily considered not only normal but also a normative
Then the question arises why right and light are valued so much and what is the basis? And how we deal with them along with their opposites?
Here, one may remember the human rights and how they help to see the world in a different light. So right and light do have multiple layers.
Be it right or light apart from their extreme opposites a hierarchy of grades or levels till their perfection makes it a gradual progression
How to understand the world in two dozen tweets: Philosophical flight with right and light https://t.co/Rk4kUaiKKw #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams
Savitri Era: India at a crossroads; let fifty new nations be born https://t.co/R7MCqh9VK5 #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #FreeStates
@dwimidhaM From the point of view of Democracy and Development, 60m is the peak population for a nation, on exceeding which it should split.
@dwimidhaM Democracy enjoins to brainstorm and break fresh ground. If you value status quo, that also provides the needed dialectic tension.
No dearth of people shedding tears for Indian languages but when it comes to supporting Sovereign linguistic nations, they develop cold feet
Fond hope of India nurturing all its languages is a chimera. Only the States as Sovereign nations can cultivate pride in respective tongues.
The Ideal of Human Unity was published by Sri Aurobindo from September 1915 to July 1918 and The Human Cycle, from August 1916 to July 1918.
Freely available online, essential reading for clarity on issues like society, castes, religion, culture, and future https://t.co/pNDBq9IizJ
The world has not produced a thinker and visionary who can surpass Sri Aurobindo yet. Hindu and Dalit scholars can profit immensely from him
Sri Aurobindo's message broadcast on August 14, 1947 enunciating his #FiveDreams has assumed greater relevance today https://t.co/WXiX06vy9s
An iota of acquaintance with Sri Aurobindo's ideas and vision is a thousand times beneficial and fulfilling than reams of any dissertation.
RW lacks intellectual prowess. Sri Aurobindo is an ideal threshold for embarking upon a life of intellectual, aesthetic, & ethical adventure
@_Mauna_ We followers believe that Sri Aurobindo as avatar was in full control and deployed various characters/events for Evolutionary goals
Plain & Simple: Society, castes, religion, culture, and future https://t.co/1IkYzXTIsL #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #SavitriEra
the Orchid and the rOse: Vedic hymns could also be read as metrical poetry https://t.co/UFpDMFcypY #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Savitri Era Learning Forum: Sri Aurobindo observed the divine works through harmony and peace and not by conflict https://t.co/rsKhk1LAxR
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7
Indian Political Thought: A Reader, Edited by Aakash Singh and Silika Mohapatra (Routledge) Presenting a canon of names
Hegel's India, Aakash Singh Rathore & Rimina Mohapatra; Strong recommendations from Slavoj Žižek & Robert Bernasconi https://t.co/vnSGbym6Ic






Monday, October 03, 2016

India at a crossroads; let fifty new nations be born

Tweets by @SavitriEraParty
Savitri Era Party: India must split due to overpopulation https://t.co/pX4rxSPXJd
Savitri Era: At seventy India must retire https://t.co/fYo2k49F2s #SriAurobindo
Although Nature has created multiple languages with optimum population strength of a nation, they have been hostages of Indian Constitution.
Extraordinary population size of India is a Colonial legacy which must break into Independent States with a peak of 50-60m. @swaraj_abhiyan
People of India need freedom from the Central Govt. 40-50 new nations with 40-50m population can reorder the global scenario @swaraj_abhiyan
The first and foremost necessity for swaraj ideal is to grant Sovereignty to linguistic States and other regional claimants. @swaraj_abhiyan
One Prime Minister deciding the fate of 1.3b people is a dangerous gamble. Let each State be a Sovereign Democratic Republic @swaraj_abhiyan
Overpopulation is the reason why neither Democracy nor Development is reaching people. Let the States be independent. @_ProfAnand @pbhushan1
Quasi-fictional Democratic machinery of India conceived as a Colonial legacy is at the root of System logjam and Development dysfunction.
Fourfold increase in population since has robbed whatever legitimacy or efficacy the Constitution of India had at the time of Independence.
Linguistic States are natural Nations with reasonable population and hence should be granted independence for enhanced Democratic experience
Easy diffusion of good ideas and sentiments in a large country like India is an upside but spreading evil is also equally swift. #FreeStates
India splitting into fifty Sovereign linguistic nations is the best remedy for puncturing the burgeoning muscular nationalism of Hindutva.
No need to craft a National Education Policy or any monolithic philosophy when the States become Sovereign Republics https://t.co/hkXYT0c9yB
No language needs to be recognised, no art form needs approval, no policy requires to be vetted by the Centre once the States are Sovereign.
People of India are now like the captive audience within a theatre. Democracy and Development will burgeon when they get linguistic Nations.
Many verdicts are reversed by Supreme Court but time now to reverse the Court itself and get off the high horse. State High Courts enough.
Centre-State dual Govt. system is an agonising Saas Bahu serial inflicted upon the countrymen for the last seventy years. Time to call halt.
People of India pine for freedom along linguistic lines like European nations and not be bonded like erstwhile USSR or totalitarian China.
Sri Aurobindo deals with specifics very sparingly but World Union is very much a part of his Ontology like Hegelian consequence. #FiveDreams
Many fume and squirm or cringe when I advocate breaking India into 50 new nations citing Sri Aurobindo's vision. That's 2016 and Evolution.
Thanks to Twitter, this unusual idea of splitting India has already reached a few thousand minds and some have started liking this prospect.
What Sri Aurobindo wrote in 1950 (after two World Wars) should attract the attention of serious scholars more than what he advised in 1905.
Despite some critical comments, Sri Aurobindo was never wholly against Gandhi who, surely, was an able instrument in the hands of Evolution.
Rating Churchill for dereliction for 1943 Bengal Famine would be erroneous when judged against how much Sri Aurobindo valued him during WW2.
Admiring Subhas or Savarkar, in spite of their association with Hitler, is a serious judgemental error from Sri Aurobindo's point of view.
Both SwarajIndia @swaraj_abhiyan and @SwarajyaMag representing two ideological factions have forgotten Sri Aurobindo the original propounder
Hindutva hatred for Christians and Muslims dovetailing into a compelling narrative suspecting all that comes from the West is a tragic turn.
Caveat emptor: Names of foreigners lend credence but half-a-dozen of them who quote Sri Aurobindo to justify Hindutva are a pernicious lot.
One may dislike their religion, question their culture, or oppose their nation but to hate fellow human beings can never be a sign of ethics
@_Mauna_ Those favoured partition acted in their wisdom; blood was a later phenomenon. So punishing is slightly misplaced. Those old tweets?
@_Mauna_ I don't think anyone could have imagined a consequence of such magnitude. But then what was the option? The date was already fixed.
@_Mauna_ It was the British who forced the partition, and I feel, wisely. Rest were pawns. I still remember your perceptive tweets on Gandhi
@_Mauna_ 1943 Bengal Famine, 1984, 2002, there are many instances but ultimately they are accidents of history; serve well for future lesson
@seemay @DDSez Mere diagnosis is not enough and the Gandhian narrative has run its course. Sri Aurobindo is key now for countering Hindutva.
@dragonflayer_ @yugaparivartan Sri Aurobindo is the most credible guide for scrutinising civilisational issues but unfortunately, who reads?
Hindutva has a convenient whipping boy in Congress which helps it to evade more complex questions pervading Indian polity and global arena.
Why it's undesirable to follow the kind of Indology pushed by Hindutva can be felt from this migraine-inducing piece https://t.co/T6OIcDvOar
@YRDeshmukh @MihirkJha Modi is something like Void ab initio or Nemo dat quod non habet meaning "no one gives what he doesn't have." Certain
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7
Indian Political Thought: A Reader, Edited by Aakash Singh and Silika Mohapatra (Routledge) Presenting a canon of names







Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Society should be rationally reconfigured like shop floor

@GreatHeretic I agree. Actually Twitter is the culprit; it offers this platform for instant publishing and I express what I feel to be right
@GreatHeretic Savitri Era Party draws inspiration from Sri Aurobindo but on practical issues we may differ from what he wrote at that point.
@sadhanapr Depends upon what suits us and Bollywood Remix numbers are widely accepted. So public is the sole arbiter in a Democracy. Period.
Shouting on TV screen has become a new paradigm of legitimacy. It's a matter of regret that knowledge, ideology, and arguments face neglect.
I have been writing since 2005, yet a novice without much study would challenge me every now and then. No regard for age or experience. Sad!
Misusing the name of Sri Aurobindo is an oft-repeated charge against me. My simple answer is no one owns Sri Aurobindo so as to do policing.
I was founder member and Chairman of the Durga Puja Samity in our colony but had to exit when felt unwanted due to linguistic discrimination
It was terrible in the first few years to work among predominantly Punjabi colleagues, when I got myself transferred to HO. Language factor!
Having spent half my life in Delhi & Ghaziabad, gender issue of Hindi exposes my being an outsider and my value decreases before any vendor.
In the Hostel, we were students from various States but integration never happened even after four years and parting was marked by conflict.
Delhi is said to be a cosmopolitan city but various temples in the evening would be crowded by State-centric devotees determined by language
Even in supposedly universalistic atmospheres like Sri Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville people tend to flock together around own languages.
A tweet has enough room to make polite comments and express disagreements without being perceived as rude or offending others in the thread.
We are juggling with ideas & some are bound to shock or displease. The best course is to allow it to sink in instead of ticking off offhand.
Twitter is not for propaganda; it's an excellent medium for exchange of ideas. So the learning approach is necessary instead of showing off.
@HeathenIndian @maidros78 I tend to agree but apart from his books, the Ashram etc. are integral to his philosophy and need to be examined.
@HeathenIndian Ashram is the practice part where machines/innovation are welcome. PVNR said in Parliament that he first saw a Computer there
@HeathenIndian This is a better representation of his ideas but then it's difficult to express his complex position within a single tweet.
@HeathenIndian I think he spoke against West's obsession with industrialisation (and neglect of spirituality) but not as evil or undesirable
@HeathenIndian Problem is, his writings have happened at different stages and quotations can mislead. So crucial to know his overall vision.
@HeathenIndian True and that's why I butted in to caution you. The overall vision has to be earned before one loses eyesight. Perseverance!
@HeathenIndian Didn't get you but that doesn't mean that one stops. One can continue to comment with whatever one has understood of his work
@HeathenIndian Perfect. Reason being the Evolution perforce catches hold of an inchoate instrument to advance its agenda and speak the truth
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's work on Consciousness is unsurpassable; Westerners keep on writing money-spinning books https://t.co/qeTp5i8fX6
Sokal hoax created a storm in 1996. Tampio seems to have set the cat among the pigeons, two decades later. https://t.co/pi11xQgcQq
Democracy is about clarity and transparency but a political party runs on strategy and secrecy. Yet Sunshine truly is the best disinfectant.
Sovereignty to the States is a valid political demand and those who sense promise and potential in this campaign may join Savitri Era Party.
Savitri Era: Savitri Era Party demands Sovereignty for the States https://t.co/CxSCD5bLgs #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams
@vakibs No single logic or ideology drives humanity. Let's hope civilisational values find more takers and animal instincts are reined in.
@vakibs They are separate nations after all even after a quarter century, mutual conflicts notwithstanding. The same can happen in India too
@vakibs China is a dictatorship and I don't consider it as an ideal society to follow. Besides, it may suffer the fate of USSR at any moment
@vakibs I agree and therefore propose that India split to enhance its international presence and bargaining power through fifty new nations.
@vakibs Essentially, I'm proposing a replica of EU in India. Autonomy for States can galvanise the overall sentiment of grappling with world
@vakibs USA is a Democracy and has got superior ethos than Russia. Economically it may decline but certain values have very strong roots.
@vakibs African nations have a different history; we needn't compare India with them. Sovereign States will compete & bring economic growth.
@vakibs India has no proper history and what you say is all imagination. Besides, the population size is unprecedented and past doesn't help
@vakibs Democracy is not perfect anywhere and evolving for which the West as a whole has made commendable contributions. India got from them
@vakibs I don't have to live in EU to understand it. It's imperfect, I agree but provides a perfect model as far as our States are concerned
@vakibs India never had Democracy before 1950. But the States which are actually nations have been tragically imprisoned by the Constitution
@vakibs India must free the States so that they achieve their full potential by competing with the world by displaying true Indian Spirit.
@vakibs I never requested you to agree or disagree with me. My tweets are meant for just reading and ruminating over them. cc @HeathenIndian
@HeathenIndian Natural nation may be a Modernity notion; postmodernism has radical pointers.
https://t.co/kWbTtfvXU1
@SwarnaBharatIN Fine. But please go through the series of justifications I have archived at:
https://t.co/OkaWh4f6wQ
India was never a single nation before the British and language is a more binding factor for a nation than geography as seen in Sri Lanka.
@Hiranyareta Presidencies of British India were administrative divisions; language never mattered. Sri Aurobindo is not averse to Federation
@cpdarshi Sri Aurobindo supported linguistic divisions in Message to Andhra University. https://t.co/0VC28uRz6s @Hiranyareta @HeathenIndian
Population of India has gone up nearly four times since Sri Aurobindo left. Federation of independent States needed. https://t.co/0VC28uRz6s
@GreatHeretic Agree. Language is a stupid but emotive issue that grips people when it comes to the crunch. So preemptive measures is prudent
Demand for reservations is a major disintegrating factor in independent India and it will lose steam when the States turn Sovereign nations.
Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) as a sovereign country is okay but West Bengal can only change its name but can't become an independent nation. Sad!
All those who are obsessed with history must change tack and work for the future. Languages are languishing; so the States be made Sovereign
Odia and Telugu stand the chance of being heard in the UN if the respective States are granted independent Republic status. Proud prospects!
Granting independence to the States including Kashmir by abolishing the Central Govt is the only long term solution of the present situation
Instead of being ruled by puppet Prime Ministers from Delhi, the States must take charge of their own fates by turning Sovereign Republics.
Odisha is the first State to be formed on a linguistic basis in 1936 and self-immolation of Sriramulu led to the creation of Andhra Pradesh.
Instead of waiting for further self-immolations or dealing with the then Punjab like inferno, all the States of India be declared Republics.
MMS was a puppet and Modi is a clown. Let not the fate of a staggering 1.3b people be decided by one individual acting under remote control.
The questions of caste & religion are best addressed at the respective States level instead of imposing a uniform national policy from Delhi
India comprises of its States but the phantasmal Centre has been sucking their bloods for the last seventy years which must stop forthwith.
Due to perpetual obsession with the glamorous national discourse, the States have escaped focus and scrutiny. Time to correct this asymmetry
A random sample of tweets shows how people are incessantly talking about Pak or Modi neglecting serious issues or events of their own States
An impression has taken root that what is National has value and talking about States is backward. Sovereignty to States will change that.
Election reforms is in the air but the priority is Constitutional reforms to grant independence to the States and dissolve the Central Govt.
An outsized country like India is responsible for breaking countless homes and uprooting numerous families which even Duronto fails to heal.
Huge geographical and population size of India is antithetical to human happiness and is causing widespread alienation and avoidable stress.
Both Democracy & Development have fallen victim to an outsized India and have become dysfunctional. A small nation is good for human emotion
The Prime Minister as conceived by Indian Constitution is an impossibility. No human being can draw support from the CMs of all the States.
Multiple roles like leading the Govt, heading the party, campaigning for elections, selecting and keeping CMs under tab are hard for anyone.
Due to uniform policies black-money flies out of India. Independent States will mean black-money being retained within the subcontinent.
Words are the best weapon of a civil society. So preserving respective languages or dialects will be the bounden duty of Independent States.
Indian nation is a mirage that we have been chasing for the last seventy years. States as Sovereign countries will provide lasting solution.
Sri Aurobindo, half-a-century before postmodernism arrived, highlighted the role of the local & federal spirit by warning against uniformity
@timesn0w @arungiri @India_Progress Indian nation has proved to be a Leviathan; a resurgence likely in the wake of the States as Republics.
@bnmallick That's where India is heading for with a comical Kejriwal as anarchist catalyst. And then clamour of States will reach crescendo.
Authentic local faiths & wisdom have been subjected to needless hybridisation and consequent trivialisation due to pan-Indian straightjacket
Odishi Sangeeta as a classical genre, for instance, has not been able to get its due due to Central Govt apathy and bureaucratic conspiracy.
Seems strange that those who keep on chanting liberty are against granting freedom to the States which Savitri Era Party is proud to espouse
If the Central Govt's only concern and priority is Pakistan, then the States must be awarded Sovereignty to look after their own interests.
The States of India are undergoing existential predicament due to Dual Govt. system akin to running a three-legged race by unequal partners.
There are nearly 150 countries in the world with less population than Delhi State but it can't become an independent nation. This is absurd.
It seems that the question of all the States of India attaining Sovereign Republic status will be thrashed out on the anvil of Kashmir issue
States of India becoming Independent shouldn't be seen as disintegration but rather rejuvenation via diversification https://t.co/0VC28uRz6s
Eastern coast was home to leading Intern'l ports doing roaring business which grant of independence to concerned States can easily revive.
Top nations of the world are suffering from megalomania. Ideal population figure for a nation is 6 crore (60m) after which it should split.
Among the planets of the Solar system the Earth is special perhaps because of rightsizing. Similarly, countries with huge populations split.
We hear so much about Russia, but population-wise India can be divided into ten nations of Russia's size. Twenty of France, UK, or Italy's.
I'm keying in on Micromax CanvasTab P650 and it has stayed with me since 2013 because of its right size. Odisha too has right size as nation
Linguistic nations will infuse pride and competitive spirit among its citizens so that the neglected human resources yield heavy dividends.
Present nations are accidents of history who must undergo a phase of rationalisation. Mankind will benefit if China, India, US, etc. split.
Many are expressing their disappointment over Govt atrophy. Dispensing with the Central Govt & the States as Republics is enduring solution.
All large countries are a threat to the world peace and hence should split into multiple new nations of 5-6 crore (50-60m) population size.
Top fifteen countries with population above 9 crore (90m) are immediate candidates for splitting into multiple nations of reasonable size.
China, India, US, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia, Mexico, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Egypt must split.
All problems of India can be traced to its abnormal population size. Creation of forty to fifty new linguistic nations is the best solution.
Imperialist instincts are out of date in the modern world and nations must follow the example of corporations in rightsizing for efficiency.
Both India and US should split to engender around one hundred new Democratic nations which will immensely vivify the international situation
Inclusion of one hundred new nations in UN belonging to diverse cultures is sure to add dynamism and creativity apart from a sense of parity
Let's hope this is the last US presidential election after which its States are awarded sovereign status for ushering in federal world union
There can be no bigger irony than RSS operating its dirty tricks department in the name of Vivekananda. It's clueless about Sri Aurobindo.
@a_r_j_u_n It's a general observation on the ferment India has witnessed since 2010 via Ramdev, Anna Hazare, etc aided by that organisation.
Modi supporters are terribly on the backfoot; a sorry spectacle indeed! More agonising is how these wellread folks were so confident of him!
We have consistently maintained that AAP, BJP, Congress, & the Left need to be opposed. But educated people fail to notice any value in that
One of the very practical tips by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is to learn to depend more on the power of truth than of lies in all situations
@India_Progress Many negative/comical comments but no one has endorsed any Spark. Life is no laughing matter & a serious quest is called for
Western philosophy is not easy to master. It takes long years but one reaches a dead end leading to disquiet. Sri Aurobindo is final answer.
Consciousness, which Sri Aurobindo foregrounds, is bridging philosophy and psychology but rigid modalities followed can never be relied upon
The Mother & Sri Aurobindo never relied upon the laboratory procedures or group survey method. One's own body and consciousness is enough.
@vhpparekh Both were mortals and a substantial details of their lives is already documented. Probing one question can bring multiple rewards
It would be wrong to assume Sri Aurobindo has all the solutions. He leads philosophical inquiry to its logical end and shows Integral Yoga.
Sri Aurobindo had already reached Pondicherry on April 4, 1910 when William James died on August 26, 1910. SA continues from where WJ left.
Sri Aurobindo foresaw a World Union as a free association of free nations. India must facilitate this by giving birth to fifty new nations.
Sri Aurobindo's words deserve deep engagement and action but the way the Hindutva sympathisers trivialise him fills one with disappointment.
BJP won Election by selling muscular nationalism but is now wresting with pragmatism. Following Sri Aurobindo would have imparted honesty.
War mongering crowd is enthusiastically bandying Sri Aurobindo about as endorsing violence but he wrote "The Doctrine of Passive Resistance"
1940: Sri Aurobindo unilaterally extending his hand of support to the British in fighting against Hitler is a turning point in human history
Followers of Sri Aurobindo must support abolition of Central Govt and Sovereignty for States https://t.co/OkaWh4f6wQ
@satyanveshan For support for success of World Union as delineated in his Third Dream through wider and multi-pronged international presence
If our planet is the only one in the whole Universe to house human beings, then the nations must undergo reorganisation to secure happiness.
Happiness is the birthright of every human being and those who rule must be forced to shed megalomania and create nations of optimal size.
Optimal size of nations can instil a heightened sense of belongingness & emotional attachment among people accentuated by linguistic bonding
Each State turning a full fledged independent nation with UN membership is not against Indian nationalism but rather enhances it multifold.
Disregarding neighboring States is common at present but when turned Independent, economic necessity would force deeper mutual engagement.
Granting sovereignty to the States by India will put enormous pressure on China and US for similar respect for people's self-determination.
China remains a colossal abnormality in the modern world and it must undergo fission to create small organic nations with 50-60m population.
@Sheks65 I'm proposing a EU like federation as a prelude to World Union. So the spirit of Indian nationalism or urge for unity don't vanish.
@Sheks65 The basis on which Telangana parted from Andhra is not an isolated event. Similar urge for self-determination is bound to erupt.
Constitution of India is so designed that the country can not get a capable, honest, and informed person winning mandate as Prime Minister.
It's time to throw away this absurdity called the Central Govt and free the States as Sovereign Republics to take on the world on their own.
In hindsight, it appears that it would have been certainly better had India acceded to the Khalistan demand of Jagjit Singh Chauhan in 1980.
Many in the country are sympathetic toward independence of Kashmir but such piecemeal approach is no longer viable. All the States at one go
Although, it's politically incorrect to say so, there is some intrinsic truth behind Castes and Sri Aurobindo confirms this unlike Ambedkar.
Consensus on this can lead to understanding the Indian society better and an effort can be made to create homelands for various caste groups
Hindutva ideology suffers from a utopian modernist grandnarrative and megalomania thus closing its mind to what Sri Aurobindo is pointing at
Ideological distance is so vast that even a perceptive commentator like @arvindneela dares not to probe deeper into Sri Aurobindo's oeuvre.
Theory has been a victim of Marxists and postmodernism has not been able to take advantage of Sri Aurobindo. Hindutva commits same mistake.
However, those believe in Sri Aurobindo, both intellectually as well as in religious mode, have reason to dismiss the Marxists and Hindutva.
Sri Aurobindo's espousal of difference warrants enduring political mechanisms on the ground which can't be left to the Marxists or Hindutva.
Just like Dalit discrimination is claimed to be social and not merely economic Sri Aurobindo prioritises growth of consciousness over wealth
With this idea in mind Sri Aurobindo had set up an Ashram to enable those who want to pursue consciousness to live in a politically safe hub
Similar Ashrams have mushroomed but they are light-years away from Sri Aurobindo's ideal; challenge however is to cover the society at large
The goal of Development or Governance, though ambitious, prove to be wanting by Sri Aurobindo's yardstick, thus necessitating suitable steps
Since Sri Aurobindo is not satisfied with the few residing in Ashram and says All life is Yoga, it's a call for the whole society to adopt.
Necessary political organisations are hence to be put in place to facilitate pursuit of consciousness and ensuring wherewithal and security.
Many followers of Sri Aurobindo who live in comfortable conditions loathe politics but the foregoing would convince anyone of their naivety.
Coming back to the contentious suggestion of some connection between castes and pursuit of consciousness, not much help from Sri Aurobindo.
But his delineation on demands of yoga & spirituality is definitely close to the qualities he ascribes to distinguish the Brahmin from rest.
That said Sri Aurobindo is emphatic about nobility or Dharma of each caste and holds them to be equally valuable in pursuit of consciousness
Be that as it may the question of political organisation remains & modernity demands that society be rationally reconfigured like shop floor
Democracy should be able to push such rational reorganization but for the vested interests of Marxists, Congressmen, & Hindutva enthusiasts.
Reimagining and Refashioning Integral Management - Tusar Nath Mohapatra, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) Ghaziabad https://t.co/YGoEhdLyp7








Saturday, September 24, 2016

Savitri Era Party demands Sovereignty for the States

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Savitri Era: Kashmir and Odisha should be weighed on the same footing https://t.co/wuzoV59Cg6 #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams
@SREEHARI2001 @BirdsEyeWeiv Why? Tamil Nadu already has a Kannada born Brahmin to lord over an anti-Brahmin party. So, where is the problem?
So far Modi Govt is nothing different than UPA-III on the economic front and at this rate India has to wait for 22nd century for Development
Renaming Race Course Road where the PM resides is farcical. Entire Constitution of India needs relook whether Indians need a Prime Minister.
When made sovereign, Indian States have better scope of negotiating with neighbouring countries for their Development and cultural exchange.
At present, States are prisoners of a pan-Indian narrative. Therefore Odisha can't directly deal with Indonesia or Tamil Nadu with Sri Lanka
If Algeria or Argentina with similar population as Odisha are independent countries, then why Odisha should not be allowed to rule itself?
@AmbarishSharmaO Nothing against a State or a Caste in particular. I have highlighted prevailing paradoxes & absurdities Constitution ensues
China's dictatorial regime can handle a large population but the multi-party system of Democracy in India has proved to be an utter fiasco.
What can be more ridiculous and tragic than the 20 crore people of UP being at the mercy of a Central Govt. for funds and policy decisions?
India as a single nation has failed to deliver and citizens are suffering from deprivation. So, the States must be endowed with Sovereignty.
The Constitution of India as a British legacy has turned a trap which the present generation must jettison with individual States as nation.
Celebrities of local languages and cultures won't feel inferiority complex for not making it to the National scene if States are Sovereign.
Savitri Era Party demands "Sovereign Nation" status for the States as the Central Govt. has become an impediment in the path of Development.
Democracy conceived at the time of Independence of India has become untenable and infructuous due to population explosion over the decades.
Linguistic nationalism has great potential to spur Development in the States with renewed vigour which the Central Govt. is unable to tap.
Fifty new Indian nations interacting with the rest of the world directly has tremendous possibilities for economic and cultural resurgence.
If role of the Central Govt is reduced to dole out MGNREGA kind of alms, then it has no reason to exist. States can do as Sovereign nations.
If Indian culture and philosophy is propagated by fifty new nations in diverse fashion then it would be a victory for Sri Aurobindo's vision
Balkanisation has been understood as a negative phenomenon but for present day India it can usher in an era of growth and multiplier effect.
Geopolitical strategy and scenario thinking brigade have benefitted by Central Govt; States have languished with people poor and unemployed.
Central Govt. is responsible for dispensing monochromatic education lacking in creativity and wonder. States as nations can push competition
The overpowering idea of India has so enervated and enfeebled its citizens that people are shuddering at the hint of States going Sovereign!
@a_r_j_u_n That would again be a compromise; deferring the solution for another five to six decades without any substantial gain. So surgery
Right now the most vigorous linguistic nationalism is sweeping Karnataka. Give it Independence and see the kind of metamorphosis it engenders
When the States become Sovereign Nations, their respective demographies would dictate fresh policies on Reservation and affirmative action.
Isn't it illogical that the Govt. of West Bengal can't build a port at a site of its own choice? Why would a Central Govt. throw a spanner?
Central institutions have enjoyed enormous power and advantage which would go for the welfare of States, thus electrifying Market dynamics.
Languages are not going to die easily and as long as they are vibrant, fissiparous tendencies in India will persist. Proactive steps prudent
If Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Mauritius are independent nations, then why Odisha, Vidarbha, or Bundelkhand be prevented from turning one.
Instead of reacting to only eruption of violence, a modern Democracy should be awake to people's aspirations and urge for self-determination
Many local cultures and knowledge systems have been steamrolled by the Indian nation which will see new opportunities for efflorescence.
If given independence at least 20 Indian States will occupy space within 50 most populous countries to enjoy commensurate bargaining power
Systemic changes are a peacetime activity and shouldn't happen in a firefighting mode. Transition of States to Sovereignty warrant maturity.
Many would be aghast at how can we talk of independence of States without Churchill or Nehru. But yes, this decision has to be taken by us.
So far, the Central Govt has performed its role as a guardian. Now the time has come to set the States free so that they fly with own wings.
Addition of fifty new Indian Nations is sure to alter balance of power in UN and other international fora transforming North-South discourse
One thing that needs to percolate into people's mind is that there is no essential virtue in having a large nation with gigantic population.
Technology and digitalisation is transferring many known roles of Central Govt. to private multinationals facilitating nationhood of States.
Languages hide immense treasure and the States will take adequate care of them when they become Sovereign Republics. https://t.co/exRA8HqgnI
When the most timid person comes out as a lion to denounce Modi you know that everything is as per RSS script. DMs fly to create right noise
UP is the most crucial challenge and every single move is aligned in that direction. Events seem random but hard to rule out RSS machination
Most BJP supporters & commentators pretend as if RSS doesn't exist or sits silently during periods of controversy. No one discusses its role
Sloth in Modi Govt. is due to enormous population of India. Devolving Sovereignty to States is the only option and the most required reform.
Once all the States turn Republics, regional co-operation in true sense of the term will ensue without expectation of any Delhi intervening.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 has helped everyone and it's surprising why the States of India are waiting for so long to emulate.
Giant nations are dangers to world peace and hence India must split into 40-50 independent countries and disable nuclear war possibilities.
There are 200 member countries of United Nations with less population than Odisha and so there is no reason why it should be under Delhi.
Modi raising Balochistan in his Independence day speech is likely to snowball into balkanisation of India leaving him Gorbachev and last PM.
Savitri Era Party is first to demand granting independence to the States of India and those sympathetic must express solidarity. #FreeStates
@himanshujmohan You're right but the history of urge for self-determination, like love, shows that it defies logic and possible consequences
@himanshujmohan Besides, you are already a client of Twitter and Google cyber-empires and they are not exactly under Indian Sovereignty.
@himanshujmohan Just gave an example; your definition of State should change. Real power lies with Artificial Intelligence and Google on top
While the lowest population among the States of India is around 1m, there are 70-80 countries in the world with less population than that.
Demanding independence can spread like wildfire with terrible consequences. So let's get onto the task preemptively for peaceful transition.
It's a common feeling that accidents happen to others. Clamour for independence by the States may not be easy to suppress, like in the past.
That a large section of people are poor, uneducated, and unemployed shows Delhi's widespread disconnect with and indifference to citizens.
When the States become independent, a lot of people for whom Pak bashing is staple would be jobless. Fertile web of Diplomacy will dissolve.
Democracy entails involvement of people; when population grows it becomes less participatory in that proportion. So 1947 can't dictate 2017.
Gandhi and Nehru were chosen by Evolution, no matter what their imperfections. Those nitpicking expose their own vileness and insensitivity.
@ArmchairPseph I "feel" Gold Standard is as impractical as Sanskrit as National language. So no point arguing @AgentSaffron @UttaraMimamsaka
@ArmchairPseph No disputing; I was thinking of future and its relevance/efficiency unless all the nations agree to give fresh lease of life.
@ArmchairPseph Yes, I'm not aware. So, what next? Are these nations opting for Gold Standard? Can they convince all other nations?
@ArmchairPseph Let's suppose USA declines by 2020. Will India play ball with China? Seems doubtful; whoever is at top will be suspected.
@Zen_twt @MunimB @vajrayudha11 English may be good for jobs but the States of India must become Sovereign Nations to save respective tounges
Europe comprises of nations on linguistic basis since ages but in India Colonial legacy has prevented the States from acquiring nationhood.
India is the root cause of discord in the Sub-continent. If the Central Govt. is abolished, States can live in peace with their neighbours.
India was never a single entity and the Frankenstein's monster that the British have forged by force needs to be dispensed with forthwith.
@AmbarishSharmaO No Centre; States are Sovereign nations with UN membership and option of being under regional federation/coalition. Simple.
@AmbarishSharmaO Hope you read the whole set of tweets on the subject. I'm building my arguments on population size. https://t.co/OkaWh4f6wQ
@AmbarishSharmaO You are free to paint me in any brush but I am proposing a Constitutional route to abdicate the Constitution. No agitation!
@AmbarishSharmaO From the handle you can notice that it's a party and it's only a couple of days back that I started this brand new campaign
@AmbarishSharmaO If you support abolition of Central Govt, I will be glad to have you as a co-worker. We can discuss the details via gmail.
Ultimate Federation is the UN. So, each State has direct access to global politics with tremendous potential. Bargaining power multiplies.
The Central Govt. is an impediment in the path of peace and prosperity of Indians as it guzzles enormous resources and enfeebles the States.
The Central Govt. is a replica of Colonial rulers which sucks the blood of the States and squanders them on foreign tours and arms race.
Modi's reference to the Baloch freedom struggle in his Independence Day speech has turned prophetic. Bihar and Bundelkhand too want freedom.
Bhojpuri is one of the most vibrant languages in India (& Internet:-) ) today. So, why can't there be an independent country called Bhojpur?
The Dominion of India has become an instrument of demonic domination over the States and people, thus turning own raison d'être infructuous.
Not a day passes without a Chief Minister criticising the Centre on some pretext. Time to jettison the Central Govt. lock, stock, and barrel
When the States become independent, no one in Kerala will bother about goings on in Kashmir or Kolkata. What a great relief for the people!
High decibel rhetoric on terror and war is on but States are starving of resources. Central Govt is enjoying; school children have no shoes!
People of India have been feeding a white elephant called the Central Govt all these years. Dual Govt system is a curse for a poor country.
Each State of India must become a Sovereign country. No one can deny this right or stop such an eventuality. Time to follow the USSR example
There is no justification for the Central Govt to exist. Each State can manage its affair well as a Sovereign Republic. Overhaul necessary.
War mongering by Hindutva enthusiasts has proved that their brand of muscular nationalism is nothing but religious hatred & baying for blood
Lofty ideals set forth in the Indian Constitution should not fall victim to Hindutva obscurantism. So snap the advantage of a large nation.
Chasing a grand-narrative, Indian Constitution has strangulated legitimate aspirations of people for self-determination on linguistic lines.
Movie theatres have given way to Multiplexes. Republic of India must make way for the States turning Sovereign nations to enter global arena
India as a nation has suffered as guys belonging to different States in a team don't see eye to eye. Forced nationalism is counterproductive
The mystery of a language is still a secret. Let the people of India promote their own languages by becoming separate Independent countries.
Dialects of Hindi have suffered under its weight. Regions with distinct dialects must claim nationhood and huge States to split accordingly.
The Central Govt & its bureaucratic network across States has been able to throttle regional aspirations and urge for autonomy. Dissolve it
Empty phrases like Unity in Diversity and National Integration have cheated the Indians of our generation of genuine linguistic fraternity.
The Hindi, Hindu, and Hindustan agenda of RSS must be foiled by abolishing the Central Govt and granting Sovereignty to the States of India.
Odisha must recall its ancient civilisation and overthrow the tentacles of Central Govt. over it. Each and every State of India is a Nation.
National scene and the round-the-clock discourse around it has proved total unproductive and hegemonic to eclipse the States out of focus.
While Caste or Religious discrimination draws attention, linguistic discrimination is pushed under the carpet. So, States must turn Nations.
Brain drain and irrational migration has sapped the States which need to be rejuvenated with Sovereign status and allied global transactions
Central Govt is a cesspool of lobby & liaison for deriving unfair advantage by pleasing one or two persons which multiple Nations will curb.
The names of 17 soldiers killed in Kashmir is known but the secret beneficiaries of the Rafale deal will never be known. Say halt to Centre.
People residing in the vicinity of Delhi have greatly benefitted from Central Govt leaving the inhabitants of far flung States high and dry.
@yugaparivartan Let Modi be the last PM of India and get Nobel Prize for granting Sovereign status to the States by dissolving the Centre.
Pak-centric commentary will stop when the States of India become independent and deal with their respective neighbours and distant friends.
@SwarnaBharatIN Please support our campaign for abolition of the Central Govt and Sovereignty for the States @Loksatta_Party @swaraj_abhiyan
@Prof_HariOm Present task https://t.co/OkaWh4f6wQ
@SudheenKulkarni @madhukishwar @bainjal @SwarajyaMag @rahuldev2 @sardesairajdeep @Retributions @atanudey @sanjaycsds @sabhlok @RaisinaSeries https://t.co/Pv9WRShXTY
Dr. Alok Pandey labours a lot to elaborate but gets bogged down in verbosity. Healing needs precision and certainty. https://t.co/6UT3aGV4c6
Promising instant or assured results by invoking the spirituality of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo must be avoided due to subjectivity/Swabhava








Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Kashmir and Odisha should be weighed on the same footing

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Savitri Era: Rituals are facing negotiation from Modernity and Feminism https://t.co/VTYTiCX8jz #SriAurobindo
Favourable remarks from Prakash Karat and Makarand Paranjape are not insignificant achievements for Modi Govt; let's concede well deserved
One may sympathise with Modi for the tightrope walking he does but the existence of RSS will never permit BJP to be seen as mainstream party
Although RSS hands are tight as Modi is under Reliance's thumb and his Nobel dream is paramount, mischiefs are warranted for winning polls
@sarkar_swati That's the norm in Statecraft for ages and whether Monarchy or Democracy, one should resign to the fact that an idiot rules.
@dikgaj The original formulation of Hindu by @sarkar_swati unfortunately is more fundamentalist than what the Socialists practiced. @JyoitaS
Despite grappling with diverse cultures prevailing in the country for almost a century, it's a miracle that RSS has retained monochromatism.
No matter how much one imagines India as one country, local languages make you feel as an alien even in different regions within U.P. State.
Optimal size should receive due consideration not only for Corporates but also for towns, cities, States and country for gaining efficiency.
While the liberal spirit behind Copyright verdict is laudable repercussions will be devastating if extended to marriages and religious sites
Agitations for separate state of Uttarakhand or Telangana and the violence involved is irrelevant today. Kashmir will look like that one day
Imperialist sentiments insisting on some intrinsic virtues in having a country as large as possible is nothing but a humongous superstition.
It needs to be mulled whether everyone should emulate "Giocante, son of commander Louis de Casabianca who remained at his post and perished"
Like Negotiable Instruments are time barred, human memory is erased to make life happy but historians and politicians stir forgotten wounds.
With population as yardstick India can be divided into four U.S. like nations of optimal size who would be free to be part of one Federation
India is suffering just like a huge joint family and modern technology and infrastructure have failed to achieve integration as one nation.
Democracy in a country of such huge population is unprecedented in history and so anomalous. Say of people in Govt is negligible and a sham.
Thinking about Pakistan or Kashmir in abstract terms is a trap. Military solution is a chimera; human emotion and suffering should be focus.
Arunabha Bagchi has a fine piece but by not distinguishing Sri Aurobindo from Vivekananda he commits simplification. https://t.co/PGf4RI1fyW
Watch superb musical puppet Play 'Across the Sea (Paar Samandar)' at LTG auditorium, 6:30 PM by National School of Drama, Sanskaar Rang Toli
JNU is culprit of criminal neglect of Sri Aurobindo on "how Asians think about international affairs and strategy" https://t.co/Xzl2ucZLpR
Congress is determined to grab a bigger slice of the pie of power in UP than Bihar and SP is not its favourite. So it's advantage Mayawati
Idea of nation must evolve from geographical boundaries to cultural (including religious) cohesiveness and shifting choices of human beings.
Time is ripe for a leap forward towards Asian Federation allowing broad corridors in the borders as common ground for cultural exchanges.
International encounter and human destiny can't be left in the hands of Military and restrictions on trade and culture need to be slackened.
Kashmir and Hyderabad are two mistakes of 1947-48 the consequences of which refuse to stop bothering after 70 years. Time for drastic steps.
The present citizens of India should take a common sense view of Kashmir and resolve it without being entangled by its complicated history.
Territory should stop being the defining element of nationalism and Soft Power and Goodwill should propel towards Peace and Harmony, instead
Understandable that those in Govt can't proceed openly & hence a Citizens' movement must build up for immediate resolution of Kashmir issue.
Bloodshed for Uttarakhand & Telangana was unnecessary. Indians must be sympathetic enough to resolve the Kashmir issue with ink across table
Instead of looking upon Kashmir as a loss or defeat, the possibility of it turning as the fulcrum of Asian unity and melting pot is bright.
Kashmir as it stands today has a single solution. Govt, the ruling coalition, their supporters and public in general need be honest to admit
Govt has displayed commendable restraint in spite of jingoist cacophony by irresponsible supporters, perennially driven by religious hatred.
There is no reason why a Constituent Assembly of 1946 vintage should be the arbiter of fate of 1.3b Indians in 2016. Let States be set free.
People of each region must have the right of self determination sans any coercion or undue influence from any central or outside authority.
Last decade has proved that the Prime Minister is operating under the direct control of extraneous entities. Safe to overthrow Constitution.
@Sheks65 It's for the people to decide which comes first. Master narrative of an imaginary nation shouldn't deprive school children of shoes
After enjoying the bare beauty of Astaranga beach, noticed school children returning home in bare feet https://t.co/oxHndIaj1W @OdiaCulture
@ArmchairPseph While your sympathetic portrayal of Kharavela sounds nice, sparse details about him makes any reasonable assessment suspect.
Review of the Constitution is no longer in the priority list of any party. Savitri Era Party takes this agenda forward to rectify past error
India's population has multiplied almost fourfold since Independence and hence it has become unmanageable as a single country and Democracy.
The system of Dual Govt, multiple parties, and bureaucrats from other States has played havoc due to which Development has taken a back seat
If Algeria or Argentina with similar population as Odisha are independent countries, then why Odisha should not be allowed to rule itself?
Why would a Prime Minister from Gujarat and a Chief Minister who can't speak Odia be sympathetic to the ancient civilisation that Odisha is?
Democracy in India has become anomalous due to vast & diverse population and nowhere in the world such an disastrous experiment is going on.
Parliamentary Democracy works efficiently in smaller countries and India should give birth to around 50 such new entities including Kashmir.
The way the democratically elected Govt of Delhi is humiliated proves that such Saas-Bahu serial is futile and the Central Govt is redundant
Democracy is tantamount to a certain distance between the Military & civilians but RSS strategy is to keep people charged with war rhetoric.
Just like someone's toothache troubles all in a huge joint family, a minor event in one corner of India harassing 1.3b citizens is absurd.
Linguistic diversity in India provides a perfect template for multiple nationhoods and there is no scope for any Central Govt to be imposed.
Despite its ancient history to insist that Odisha is not a nation is bizzare and symptomatic of some megalomania masquerading as nationalism
If there are more than one hundred countries in the world with less population than Odisha, then no reason why a Gujarati should rule them.
@AmbarishSharmaO The PM. The CM is also half-Odia and half-Punjabi and can't communicate to people in Odia though in office since 2000. Alas
Big States need split to 3-5 crore population level and all the States, including Kashmir, should be set free as independent countries.
Though an ancient civilisation, Odisha has been a victim of the totalitarian traits of Indian Constitution. School children have no shoes!
Like all other States and regions of India, Odisha too wants liberation from the yokes of an insensitive Central Govt and march as a nation.
@AmbarishSharmaO Yes, one side of argument. You are free to provide a counter narrative. Let there be a national debate over whole situation
Terrorist attack in Kashmir and Maoist attack in Odisha are two sides of the same coin. Self-determination by people can't be suppressed.
Traditionally, Ram is not worshipped in Odisha but by building new Ram temples, RSS wants to induct north-Indian ethos and throttle culture.
Kashmir is not a Pakistan issue nor has Military solution. Self-determination for Kashmir and Odisha should be weighed on the same footing.
School children who are fortunate to have shoes should join a campaign to provide shoes to those don't have, so that they walk with dignity.