AWAKENINGS

Electoral Bonds were floated in January 2018 and were scrapped by the apex court on the 15th February 2024, after they were in existence for 6 long years.  Electoral Bonds were the idea and plan of Late First Finance Minister of Modi Government Mr. Arun Jaitley to make election fundings transparent and clean to the extent possible. Electoral bonds are like promissory notes – but neither the purchasers nor the beneficiaries – (political parties) identities would be disclosed in the bonds, but these details will be available with the bank issuing such bonds. Only State Bank of India was authorised to issue the bonds through their selective Branches. Electoral Bonds were issued in 5 series of values  ₹ 1,000, ₹ 10,000,         ₹ 1 lac, ₹ 10 lacs  & ₹ 1 crore denominations. The stanches of bonds will be available for purchase for 10 days only in the month of January, April, July, and October with an additional time-frame of 30 days in the year of General Elections for Lok Sabha. No c

Ever since Clean Rule of Sri K. Kamaraj was dethroned from power by DMK, Tamilnadu  Congress Party and in particular so called Congress High Command had done everything for Congress Mukt Tamilnadu. The feeble voices of local Tamilnadu Congress to announce at frequent intervals that “We Willl Bring Kamaraj Rule” had lacked sincerity and hence no impacts on Tamilnadu Electorates.  To survive as a political party, Grand Old All India Congress Party had chosen to wait at the gate of Arivalayam with begging bowls to get some seats allocated to fight the elections as an alliance partner since long. In effect, such a course had led to Congress Mukt in Tamilnadu and its slogan of bringing Karamaj Rule in Tamilnadu had never seen the light of the day.   And above all, it is a pity that such a grand old Tamilnadu Congress had never felt its failures as a political force at least to bargain for a good number of seats to contest in elections. With the arrival of Sri K. Annamalai in the Tamilnadu

MAHA SHIVARATRI – 8th March 2024 – Friday - OM NAMAH SHIVAYA Maha Shivaratri means ‘Great Night for Lord Shiva’. That Night was Great because it was the birthday of Lord Shiva, the marriage day of Lord Shiva and Sakthi Devi Parvathi and also the day of His Cosmic Dance of Creation, Preservation and Destruction. According to Indian Mythology, in the midnight of Maha Shivaratri, Lord Shiva was appeared in the form of Linga and hence the devotees worship Shiva Linga during Shivaratri with vilva leaves. Further Maha Shivaratri is considered the day when Adi Yogi or the first Guru awakened Shiva’s consciousness at the material level of existence. On the completion of earth’s creation, when Goddess Parvati asked Lord Shiva which was his most favorite day, Lord Shiva replied that Shivaratri is his favorite day. LET US BE BLESSED BY LORD SHIVA ON HIS MOST FAVOURITE SHIVARATRI DAY.   

This budget was the 6th union budget for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and  by this, she had set a record by presenting six Budgets in a row — five annual Budgets and one interim — a feat achieved so far only by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The interim budget – a short-term financial plan – seeks Parliament’s nod for a grant in advance to meet the government’s essential expenditure for the first four months of the new financial year. With confidence, Nirmala Sitharaman said that the full-fledged budget will be presented by the Modi Government after getting the people’s mandate for the third term in succession. The goal was already set by the Modi Government to make India ‘Viksit Bharat’ (meaning developed India’ by 2047 and hence the next 23 years with 23 full-fledged budgets the Modi Sarkar is confident of achieving “Prosperous Bharat in harmony with nature, with modern infrastructure, and providing opportunities for all citizens and all regions to reach their potential”

  Thai Pusam are two Tamil Words.   The first word Thai means month and the second one Poosammeans star and hence the words denote Pusamin the month of Thai.   Thai Pusamis the festival, which is mainly celebrated in Tamil Nadu.  Thaipusam festival is celebrated to honourLord Murugan, the Hindu god of war, for his victory over Surapadman with a vel, a heavenly spear bestowed by Parvati.   Yellow is Lord Murugan'sfavouritecolour and Panchamirthamis his favouriteone for Abhisheka and Neivedya.     Thaipusam is observed by Tamil speaking Indians in Sri Lanka, South East Asia notably in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, other countries with significant people of Tamil origin like Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa and Canada, Caribbean countries including Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname, countries with significant Indian migrants including United States and Australia.   It is a holiday in Mauritius, many states in Malaysia and in the Indian state of Tam

  In this Brahdaranya Upanishad’s series, the present article deals with the Vital Force in the body which needs to control three factors – name, form and action. Some liberties have been taken with a view to make the concepts clear, though the core thoughts have been kept intact.    -   The Editor. As per Brahdaranya Upanishad, this Universe consists of three things. They are name, form and action.   Let us examine each one by one.   Let us take the case of Name. The actual source of name is speech. The source of speech is sound and the source of sound is tongue, an organ in the body.   The next thing is form. The source of form is sight. The source of sight is eyes, which are the organs of the body.   The last one is action. The source of action is body. The source of body is its organs including mind and intellect.   The man should realize that these three factors viz. name, form and action need to be abandoned to realize the presence of God in him. To achieve th

  Innovate to Succeed by   Dr. Nikhil Agarwal, Director, Europe Asia Business School (EABS) Two fascinating words are: Innovation and Collaboration. In the present recessionary times, these two words have become buzzwords for most organization. To treat Innovation as Invention is a great myth. Invention is creating absolutely a new product by individual research or idea, whereas innovation is commercialization of the invented product. There are various aspects of innovation, like disruptive, operational and incremental innovation, which are common in the business world. I was reading the Garfield cartoon strip in the Pune Mirror recently. The scene was set at a location where one person is diffusing a bomb whereas his partner is giving him instructions on phone. The person diffusing the bomb says, ‘Hurry up tell me the way out; only five seconds are left’. The person on phone say, ‘Can you see two wires one red and other green? Please cut the red now.’ The person with the b