Ishwar Sharan's Blog, page 177
October 11, 2016
Negligence killing Kerala’s elephants – Mini Muringatheri
Impaired vision and signs of mental illness are also manifest in several elephants. Starvation-induced exhaustion, ear-splitting crackers and unruly crowds often push these normally gentle animals to aggression at times. Mahouts are known to use brutal methods to contain elephants during musth. Ten people lost lives in elephant attacks so far this year and nine […]
October 10, 2016
The Meaning of Durga – David Frawley
India can develop a new yoga shakti to help usher in a new yuga, a new world age for all humanity. Its yogic and meditation teachings are already bringing major changes into the world mind. Yet there remains a tyrannical Mahishasura of greed, violence, arrogance and fanaticism that must be removed to allow the higher […]
October 9, 2016
Devi Upanishad – Rishi Atharvan
Om! Devas! With ears let us hear what is good; Adorable ones! With eyes let us see what is good. With steady limbs, with bodies, praising, Let us enjoy the life allotted by the Gods. May Indra, of wide renown, grant us well-being; May Pusan, and All-Gods, grant us well-being. May Tarksya, of unhampered movement, […]
October 8, 2016
8 – Temples, Elephants and Traditions – B.R. Haran
The documentary Gods in Shackles is full of negativity and the makers have not attempted to show anything positive about temple traditions. It appears as though the film was made with an intention to end the use of elephants in temples. – B. R. Haran Traditionalists, devaswoms and a section of devotees are of the […]
October 7, 2016
The legend of St Thomas in India is neither factual nor secular – Koenraad Elst
The Roman Catholic Church in India owes Hindus an abject apology for the blood libel she has perpetuated for centuries, falsely charging Hindus with the murder of Thomas even as she falsely charges Jews with the murder of Jesus. – Ishwar Sharan A predictable component of platitudinous speeches by secularist politicians is that “Christianity was […]
October 6, 2016
Statue of Gandhi will be removed from Ghana University campus after protests – Lily Quo
Gandhi, … was a 24-year old lawyer when he came to South Africa in the late 1800s. He referred to black South Africans as “savages” and “kaffirs”—a racial slur—according to a biography published last year. – Lily Quo Ghana has said that it will remove a statue Mahatma Gandhi from a [University of Ghana] campus in […]
Statue of Gandhi will be removed from Ghana University campus after protests- Lily Quo
Gandhi, … was a 24-year old lawyer when he came to South Africa in the late 1800s. He referred to black South Africans as “savages” and “kaffirs”—a racial slur—according to a biography published last year. – Lily Quo Ghana has said that it will remove a statue Mahatma Gandhi from a [University of Ghana] campus in […]
October 5, 2016
India must follow Kshatriya Dharma to defeat adharmic Pakistan – David Frawley
Today India has to stand firm as a military, economic and spiritual force in the world. This is certainly its way of progress for the future in all fields and on all fronts. – Dr David Frawley Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was practising Lord Krishna’s ahimsa when his armies fought against the tyrannical rule of Aurangzeb […]
October 4, 2016
Between Moolah and the Mullah – Tufail Ahmad
Muslim community leaders of Kerala know only too well about this rapid radicalisation among the youth, but many of them are in denial. – Tufail Ahmad The hammer-and-sickle is giving way to the crescent of Islamism in Kerala. This is evident in the headlines, and sometimes between the lines of reports that portend grave dangers […]
October 3, 2016
VIDEO: Rebirth of the Bateshwar Temple Complex – K.K. Muhammed
Filed under: archaeology, ASI, hinduism, temples Tagged: archaeology, ASI, bateshwar, hindu temples, k.k. muhammed, madhya pradesh, video
