Friday, August 23, 2024

Different shades of grey that we all live in

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

6 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo. The Hour of God. and other writings. IV. Thoughts and Aphorisms. Bhakti. 407. I am not a Bhakta, for I have not renounced the world for God.
24 hours ago — Mahatma Gandhi was murdered on 30 January 1948. Asked on 5 February for a message on the subject by All India Radio, Tiruchirapalli, Sri Aurobindo wrote this ...
Perfection is not a maximum or an extreme. It is an equilibrium and a harmonisation. The Mother …
21 hours ago — 1:01:34. Sadhana and Seva | In the Light of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother | Ramakrishna. Sri Aurobindo Society, Hyderabad.
Classical Metres in English Poetry "The lines must glide or run or walk easily or, if you like, execute a complex dance, stately or light, but not stumble, ...
10 hours ago — ... Sri Aurobindo”. Speaking on the occasion, Karan Singh said that his “interest in consciousness lies not between Wilber and Sri Aurobindo, but within science ...
5 hours ago — 3034×4722 3,1 Mb. Drawing 104. Pencil | 22,5x14 cm. PHOTO ID: 00665. SOURCE: The Mother. Paintings and Drawings.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1992.- 198 ...
15 hours ago — The Revolutionary Of Journey of Sri Aurobindo. Sri Aurobindo's life is a testament to the power of transformation—from a fierce nationalist leader to a profound ...
13 hours ago — Alok Pandey, disciple of Sri Aurobindo answers about the situation in Bengal based on the writings of Sri Aurobindo and Mother on Bengal. Recently, after ...
16 hours ago — Perhaps to show the design of the dress. PHOTO ID: 00685. SOURCE: The Mother. Paintings and Drawings.- Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1992.- 198 p.
17 hours ago — The Veda - In the Light of Sri Aurobindo. Read the Veda online with profound and easy-to-understand Verses, Glossary and Meanings in Sanskrit and English.

One voice of dissent, in 2009, was Arun Shourie, if people remember. Yes, despite his bizarre turn towards sharing a platform with some of the most grotesque elements in Indian polity, his writings remain some of the sharpest and most incisive, second only to Sita Ram Goel and Ram Swaroop. 

If you want to hang (this is a figure or speech) him for his recent utterances, if you want to play that game, then you will lose, badly, utterly. Don't go there.

If you read some of his articles and interviews from the time, you will find its echoes in what some from the RW have been saying on social media and elsewhere. 

https://x.com/AbhinavAgarwal/status/1802037773056024577?t=X5Fb7jCh_ywC3R-bb74RDA&s=19

A Brief History of Time was published on this day in 1988 (after many rejections), forever changing our understanding of the universe. Hawking's answer (delivered with uncommon elegance of mind and his signature wit) to the ultimate question: Is there God?

https://x.com/themarginalian/status/1826312321687249073?t=309TKMIQIAmTEqZKvTvT4A&s=19

Indian leaders are making unscientific claims of imaginary technological achievements and exaggerated ideas about ancient Indian knowledge systems to build a hyper-nationalist narrative.

https://x.com/Diplomat_APAC/status/1825931331408154976?t=pyVqH1M8ecpiPChQ5LwJMQ&s=19

Me: throws away a pseudoscience book.

Trained, practicing Indian medical doctor: Karma will get you.

I'll say this loudly. Indian doctors may be hardworking and skilled. But their scientific temperament also lies in that bin with the book. This is a core reason why India lags wonderfully behind in contribution towards cutting edge medical development and clinical research globally.

https://x.com/theliverdr/status/1826468844027703736?t=pn8TonX6BxBIgVnBttnUzw&s=19

Ramayana was copied from Homer’s Epic, the Bhagavad Gita was adapted from the Bible,  the art of writing was not known to Panini - This kind of free-flowing European dysentery passed off as Indological scholarship for nearly a century.

https://x.com/dharmadispatch/status/1826480587701428714?t=7VJ88uJ-q6X7-KQw-ebtxQ&s=19

Here's a sample of the kind of vision that P.V. Kane had: "Preparing a thorough Sanskrit Dictionary with linguistic material over 1000s of years can't be undertaken light-heartedly. National honour demands that it must be completed at all costs."
dharmadispatch.in/history/pv-kan…

https://x.com/dharmadispatch/status/1826250198214935000?t=MeHhDuPevi2xaNDJ-zZOrQ&s=19

Anyone is interviewing anyone. YouTube interview podcasts have reached pandemic levels.

https://x.com/csharpian/status/1826245972319719431?t=GUfsx3Ch_ybLNIkgzJGLwQ&s=19

ଆଗରୁ ଲୋକ ପାନ ଦୋକାନରେ ବସି ଚୁଗୁଲି କରୁଥିଲେ ଏବେ ୟୁଟ୍ୟୁବ୍ ପଡକାଷ୍ଟ ରେ କରୁଛନ୍ତି।

https://x.com/bagha_mamu/status/1826275249698283964?t=q63HMRsFzmQ5qOv5cdf3Jg&s=19

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