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Tulasi-Vivah – The Story Behind
Today is Tulasi-Vivah, also known as Tulasi-Kalyanam, which is celebrated on Kartik Shukla Dwadashi, or Utthana Dwadashi post Devuthi Ekadashi. Do you know why we celebrate Tulasi-Vivah? This short story will amaze you. The story of Tulasi Vivah in the Skanda Purana centres around Vrinda and her husband, Jalandhara, a powerful Asur. According to the…
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Ratan Tata – The Gentle Giant of India Inc.
One day a very dear and sharp friend made an interesting observation about Ratan Tata – whose career began with a fight with Rusy Modi and ended with a battle with Cyrus Mistry, the two giant Satraps of the Tata Group. Interesting, and factual. But what happened in between? There’s something more. In today’s Information…
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Portraying ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hinduism’ in a puerile and perverted manner, is deeply rooted in the psyche of the Indian National Congress.
During a stormy monsoon session in the Parliament, when the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi rose to speak, he held up a placard with the image of Lord Shiva saying that the opposition took refuge in the Hindu deity when it was under attack. Amidst the commotion, and after citing Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism,…
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Impact Analysis: 2024 Indian Parliamentary Elections Verdict
The business end of the 2024 General Elections is over. 486 (90%) parliamentary constituencies have already voted. 28 states have fully completed their voting process. Before Himachal, Punjab, Chandigarh and the remaining seats of Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Orissa, and Uttar Pradesh go for the final phase (57 seats), India has already given the verdict of…
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Vishvanath Pratap Singh – The Prime Divider
Late Vishvanath Pratap Singh was a humongous disaster as Prime Minister. No one damaged India’s social fabric as much as VP Singh in his 11-month short tenure, spread the caste poison and pushed India a few decades back. VP Singh’s tenure as PM was a bundle of contradictions, the intent was not there, and deceit…
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Narendra Modi’s astute sense of timing on the Women’s Reservation Bill puts the Congress led I.N.D.I Alliance in the doc.
The claims of Congress Party about it being the prime mover of the Women’s Reservation Bill, is a plain lie… and this desperation only shows that they are rattled with the timing of the Bill. The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (the Women’s Reservation Bill or W.R.B.) in a critical…
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Sarvam Shakthi Mayam – An Intimate Journey of Family and Faith!
This series deals with core emotions in any typical urbanized Indian family, challenging its viewers to reflect on their beliefs and values and urging them to find meaning in the intricate tapestry of life. All parents and youth must watch this with their entire family to have an uplifting experience and to realize how, in…
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The Great Indian Rebellion of 1857 (The Sipahi Vidroh)
This day (10th May 1857), the great Indian Rebellion #SipahiVidroh begun by Indian troops in service of the East India Co. The soldiers were shackled & imprisoned, but they kept fighting ferociously, shot British officers, and marched on to Delhi, but eventually ended in defeat. The Company controlled much of India through many native sepoys,…
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The mainstream media’s radio silence over verdicts of Maliana Massacre and Naroda Gam Killings tells us that the art of building communal narrative for electoral incentives, lies in peddling falsehood, with utter shamelessness.
In last month, two significant verdicts related to major communal riots were pronounced. 1. March 31: The Meerut Court acquitted 40 people accused of arson, murder and rioting in the 36-year-old Maliana (UP) communal clash case for lack of evidence. 2. April 20: A special court in Ahmedabad acquitted all 68 accused in the Naroda…
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Trying to ban the agenda driven #BBCDocumentary is a stupid, self-defeating measure!
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ questions PM Modi’s leadership as the state CM during the 2002 Gujarat riots when violence broke out following the burning of a train carrying Hindu pilgrims in Godhra. The 2002 Gujarat riots had killed…
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