AWAKENINGS

Rahul Gandhi had a secret meeting with Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui amid the Doka La border stand off with his sister Priyanka and Robert Vadra – his brother-in-law.  First Congress denied the meeting, but, unfortunately the Chinese Embassay had posted in its website about the meeting – but, withdrawing it later. The chinese web site said: “The two sides exchanged views on the current China-India relations and other business.”  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took strong objections for Rahul meeting Chinese ambassador amid the Doka la border stand off for the purpose of understanding the situation – She said: Rahul should have come to us to understand the situation from the Indian government, as the head of the responsible largest opposition group in the Lok Sabha .  She further ridiculed Congress Vice President thus: Congress did not try to understand the situation of the border stand off from the Indian government’s perspective, instead...

A fitting Memorable Memorial for Kalam   at Pei Karumbu in Rameswaram where he was buried was made ready with all its splendor within a period one year and all credits should go to  DRDO who could made this happen in record 9 months.  The second phase of the memorial will consist of the knowledge centre- a library, planetarium and auditorium. Its completion will take at least a year.  The entrance of the memorial depicts the India Gate and has a Chettinad door integrated into the structure, while the main dome of the building is a replica of the Rashtrapati Bhavan . The memorial will reflect India's diversity and various cultures and will pay homage to Kalam's life, displaying replicas of rockets and missiles that the late ace scientist worked on. Modi had inaugurated the Memorial on the 27 th July 2017 with much fanfare for which the Tamilnadu Government had extended all their support and assistance in making the function a great success. Citing e...

A plea was made to the Supreme Court to seek for a probe and subsequent prosecution in the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits which took place during 1989-90. The plea sought to probe and prosecute various persons, including terrorist turned ‘leaders’  Yasin Malik and Bitta Karate for the heart-wrenching crimes committed against the Kashmiri Pandits . The plea came for hearing before the bench of Chief Justice J.S. Kher – who is to retire on the 27 th August 2017 and Justice D.Y.Chandrachud – to retire only on the 10 th November 2014.    They had simply rejected the plea and the reasons for their rejection seem to be a Himalayan Plunder Inflicted on the judicial system to say the least. Hold your breath, they had observed: “Almost 27 years have passed since the event took place, hence it would be very difficult to gather evidences in the cases of murder, arson and looting which led to the mass exodus of Kashmir Pandits from the valley. “ You ...

Raksha Bandhan is celebrated in Shravana month during full moon day or Purnima day. Raksha Bandhan in Sanskrit literally means "the tie or knot of protection". The word Raksha means protection, while Bandhan is the verb to tie. It is an ancient Hindu festival that ritually celebrates the love and duty between brothers and sisters. During the festival, sisters tie a rakhi (a holy thread) around their brothers’ wrists signifying love and well being of their brothers. In return, brothers ritually pledge to protect and take care of their sisters under all circumstances. To many, the festival transcends biological family, brings together men and women across religions, diverse ethnic groups and ritually emphasizes harmony and love. The prayer uttered during this festival is a self composed note, or one of many published Rakhi poems and prose.  One of the earliest examples of a Rakhi prayer is found in Book V, Chapter V of Vishnu Pu...

There are conflicting reports about the birth year of Goswami Tulsidas – a realized soul, saint, poet, reformer and philosopher.  Though there are consensus about the year of his attaining Mukthi – i.e. 1623 in the month of Shraavan (July – August) on the river bank of Ganges at Assi Ghat in Varnashi , various opinions are mooted regarding the birth year of Tulsidas – according to some the year of birth was 1497 and for others the year was 1532. Hence Tulsidas had lived around 126 or 91 years depending upon how one takes his year of birth.  His birth place is however identified at Rajapur – also known as Chitrakuta at the banks of Yamuna river in UP. Upon  his father Atmaram Dubey’s death after four days of Tulsidas’s birth, his mother – Hulsi , fearing for her life like her husband, had abandoned her child Tulsidas   and Chuniya – the female maid of his mother – took care of Tulsidas at her native place Haripur . At Tulsidas’s 5 ½ years of ...