AWAKENINGS

Click to read full text of Panneerselvam's column in the Hindu:  https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/a-disturbing-downward-spiral/article29368592.ece The Hindu’s Readers’ Editor A. S. Panneerselvan again let down the readers: I had come to this feeling on his observations published in the Hindu dated 9 th September 2019 while dealing with Vijay S. Raghavan’s complaints, a reader from Navi Mumbai. Raghavan expressed his serious concerns to Panneerselvan’s last column titled – “Selective Silence Leads to Calamities” (September 2, 2019). Readers’ Editor said: “After criticizing the role played by the political families of Jammu and Kashmir, including the Abdullahs and Mufti Sayeeds, Raghavan contended that the Modi Government should be given a long rope to bring about law and order in the region. He then spoke of THE EXODUS OF PANDITS FROM THE VALLEY AND SAID THAT NO MEDIA CAME TO THEIR RESCUE THEN . He cited cross-border terrorism to justify

Raghavan , who is one of the few living to have heard all the Independence Day Speeches of all the Indian Prime Ministers beginning from Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947, had said: INSPIRING AGENDA FOR INDIA’S GREATNESS. I certainly was one of the few living to have been part of the team which put together the Independence Day speeches of Lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi in the years 1964-69. I can asseverate with full conviction that this year’s Independence Day speech by Narendra Damodardas Modi is the best that I have heard. Of course, Modi is nonpareil in his oratorical eloquence and in the art and science of effective communication. But speaking this year from the ramparts of the Red Fort he excelled himself in content, diction and delivery – all extemporaneously flowing replete with felicitous expressions and captivating word play.  The only other Indian Prime Minister with whom he stands comparison is Jawaharlal Nehru who too shunned prepared speeches and

India’s para shuttlers   # ManasiJoshi ,  # PramodBhagat  and  # ManojSarkar etched their names in the history of  # IndianBadminton  as they became the world champions at the  #BWFWorldChampionships2019  ,Basel. Nation is proud of you all the three. This  # NationalSportsDay  we celebrate the ‘Will to Win’ of Manasi Joshi, Pramod Bhagat and Manoj Sarkar , All are Pride of India.  Rising above their disability, they have won bringing glory not only to themselves but also to India.  They are the stars of India.  Sports Ministry took a decision to handover the cash money to every player at the time of arrival itself which would amount upto 20 lakhs per athlete.

Shweta Ratanpura became the first ever woman candidate from India to win a medal at World Skills, recently held in Kazan Russia. The female contingent of the country is winning awards and medals left right and centre especially in the field of athletics. Be it PV Sindhu , Manasi Joshi, Manu Baker, Hima Das, Bhavna Tokekar , the list is endless. S Aswatha Narayana from Odisha won a gold medal in water technology , Pranav Nutalapati from Karnataka won a silver medal in web technologies while Sanjoy Pramanik from West Bengal won the bronze medal in jewellery and Shweta Ratanpura from Maharashtra also won the bronze medal in graphic designing.  Indian contingent won a total of 19 medals at the competition including - one Gold, one Silver and two bronze medals along with 15 medals of excellence. More than 1,350 competitors participated from 63 countries that participated in the global competition. All these wins ranked India on 13th position out of 63 countries

SINDHU’S GOLDEN WIN – INDIA’S PROUD MOMENT: In her third successive BWF World Championships final, # PVSindhu finally outclasses Nozomi Okuhara to become the first Indian to clinch a gold in the prestigious tournament. #BWFWorldChampionships2019 . India congratulate Our Golden Sports Champion who brought name and fame to our Country being the first Indian to win this gold medal.  Table below showing the position of various countries in the Brazil Shooting Competition held from August 27, 2019, will  definitely make India proud. Those who won, are eligible to participate in Japan Olympic 2020. 

https://youtu.be/wtbwrePc7YA?t=3 PM Modi's speech at Indian Community Event in Muscat, Oman https://youtu.be/wtbwrePc7YA?t=3 Please just click the link above and listen how much the Muscat Diasporas responded with loud cheers and applauses. Modi had earned such love and affection within a short period of 5 years in spite of Media - both foreign and local apart from print media - both foreign and local - continuous venomous anit-modi campaigns calling Modi as Merchant of Death, Devil, Hitler, Chaiwalla, Chore, Low Caste etc. list is endless. Even to counter his Love of Bharath, Hinduism and Respects to all religions, Congress Rahul started Temple Run, Wearing Sacred Thread around his chest. But after tasting utter failures in the Temple of Democracy, Rahul had abandoned his Temporary Avatar of Temple visit with choosing Wayanad Constituency in God's Own Temple City! That became Rahul's fate. Modi had raised – Bharath Matha Ki Jai and Vanthe Mat

PM Narendra Modi conferred with the prestigious ‘Order of Zayed ’ by HH Crown Prince of UAE Mohamed Bin Zaved the highest civilian honor of UAE for PM's contribution in strengthening relations between India and UAE. Modi : I humbly accept The King Hamad Order of the Renaissance. This is a recognition of India’s strong friendship with Bahrain, which goes back hundreds of years and is expanding rapidly in the 21st century.

Scintillating PM’s address at Malayala Manorama News Conclave 2019 - August 30, 2019 https://www.narendramodi.in/text-of-pm-s-address-at-malayala-manorama-news-conclave-2019--546229 Usually, it is believed that public figures prefer to be on forums whose thought process matches with the person's own world view. Because there is a lot of comfort in being among such people. Of course, I also cherish being among such surroundings but at the same time, I believe there must be a constant and continuous dialogue between individuals and organisations irrespective of one's thought process. We need not have to agree on everything but there must be enough civility in public life for differing streams to be able to hear each other's point of view. Here I am, at a forum where perhaps I do not have many whose thought process is similar to mine but there are enough thinking people whose constructive criticism is something I greatly look forward to.