Being A Rebel

My first public publication of the year is about Hindu Traditional Knowledge. It is published at HinduPost on 9th May 2020. My writing activities have been very minimal recently. Hope, to write more in future. My article on Hindu Traditional Knowledge system and #Covid_19 Pandemic. #TEK #coronavirus #HinduKnowledge https://t.co/V88rUj90WK — Amit Srivastava (@AmiSri) May 9, 2020 Pandemic pause: Lessons from Hindu traditions and practices BY: Amit Srivastava May 9, 2020 We are currently at a health crossroads triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Sadly, the country of origin of the virus  and international institutions have failed to help the global  community in  stemming  the COVID-19 pandemic. The silver lining, however, is that  practices and traditions in Hindu Dharma, that date back to several millennia,  offer valuable guidelines   in dealing with this highly contagious virus. Since  time  immemorial,...

कुछ युवकों के अदम्य साहस ने विश्व-विजयी (जैसा की उनका दावा था) अंग्रेज़ो को उनकी औकात बता दी थी। काकोरी में खजाने वाली ट्रेन ही नहीं, बल्कि अंग्रेजों के दंभ की इज्ज़त भी लूटी गयी थी। अंग्रेज़ कायरों ने भारत माता के सपूतों रामप्रसाद बिस्मिल, अशफ़ाक़ुल्लाह खान और ठाकुर रोशन सिंह को आज ही के दिन, सान 1927 में फांसी दिया था। इस कांड के चौथे योद्धा थे राजेंद्र प्रसाद लाहिड़ी जिन्हे दो दिनों पहले ही यानी 17 दिसंबर को सरकार ने गोंडा जेल में फांसी दे दी थी। भारत के इन चार अमर बलिदानियों को कोटिशः नमन। आज जब देश आजाद है, कुछ खानदानों और कुछ व्यक्तियों ने ही इतिहास के सभी पन्नों पर कब्जा कर लिया है। अफसोस और शर्मनाक बात है कि इन शहीदों के नाम पर देश के शायद किसी शहर में कोई सड़क या मोहल्ला हो। ऐसे वीर सपूतों को भुला देने वाला राष्ट्र अपनी आज़ादी भी किसी दिन भुला देगा।       मुझे याद है, कि जब मैं  स्कूल में था तब हिन्दी की किताब में ठाकुर रोशन सिंह कि फाँसी, उनकी आर्थिक दशा और पारिवारिक जिम्मेदारियों पर एक कहानी थी। उसी माध्यम से मैंने रोशन सिंह जी को पहली बार ज...

This year has been fulfilling year so far. Our well desired government is at center, India getting prominence in the world. And new visions on development, diplomacy and security are coming afore.  World Hindu Congress is brainchild of great visionary Swami Vigyananand ji. He conceptualized it in 2009, and presented in VHP-ICM Meet, Mumbai 2010. And Finally last month the imagination and concept became the reality: When 1800 Hindus from 53 countries, heed the call of “Sangachchhadhwam Samvadadhwam” (Step together, Express together), and converge to put their combined constructive and positive energy together, the event had to be historic for Hindu rise and resurgence. This happened from 21-23 November 2014 when delegates from around the world gathered to deliberate the future for a better world at the First World Hindu Congress, through the universal Hindu values and pluralism, in New Delhi, Bharat. Seven conferences, 45 sessions, and 196 speakers provided the opportunity to ...

मंगलयान की अभूतपूर्व सफलता "एक भारत, श्रेष्ठ भारत" की दिशा में एक लंबी छलांग है। भारतीय वैज्ञानिकों ने आज वह कारनामा कर दिखाया है, जिसकी कल्पना करना भी कुछ साल पहले तक नामुमकिन था। अब तक दुनिया भर के कई देश कुल मिलाकर 51 बार यह कोशिश कर चुके हैं, कि सबसे रहस्यमयी कहे जाने वाले मंगल ग्रह तक पहुंचा जा सके, लेकिन सिर्फ 21 अभियानों को सफलता का मुंह देखना नसीब हुआ। 24 सितम्बर, 2014 के इसरो की प्रेस-विज्ञप्ति के अनुसार: India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft successfully entered into an orbit around planet Mars today morning (September 24, 2014) by firing its 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) along with eight smaller liquid engines. This Liquid Engines firing operation which began at 07:17:32 Hrs IST lasted for 1388.67 seconds which changed the velocity of the spacecraft by 1099 metre/sec.   [भारत का मंगलयान मिशन सफल हो गया है। मंगलयान आज मंगल ग्रह की कक्षा में प्रवेश कर गया है। भारतीय समयानुसार सुबह 7.17.32 बजे के आसपास मंगलयान का ...

When a public figure, whom millions of people consider their ideal and inspiration, takes a step, it worth a million steps as people starts taking similar steps. In this context Aamir Khan and his Satyamev Jayate   successfully demonstrates the celebrity power to a corruption and hopelessness ridden nation. Needless to say the aforesaid programme is not totally ‘social’ per say, it is more than a commercial program with double advantage of making image of Mr Khan along with the financial gains. But the issue of this article is not about the programme and its beneficiary, but the mindset of the mass and the media is main issue.  For a man of celebrity status, It is easy to make issue out of everything. But for a non-celebrity but expert of social matter, neither common man nor media is bothered.  With name Satyameva Jayate , a great thinker, political activist and author Shri B Shantanu have been voicing against the evils of politics and governance since y...

Officially the first citizen of India and the supreme commander of Indian Armed forces, the president is not more than a rubber stamp. Since it is symbolically important to the image and nature of the nation, it reflect the ruling regime and also the electoral fallacy or electoral wisdom. Last president, allegedly a cook of Gandhi dynasty, reflected India's timid and remote controlled image for 5 years. Today, new president election results are to be declared. And to keep its tradition, UPA is making another dynasty loyalist Pranab who has a long history as crooked!  Here are some of his hight level corruption charges: 1. He was holding 'office of profit' at the time he filled nominations. 2. Shah commission, which was made to examine the culprits of Emergency 1975, found Pranab as one of the main power exploiter. 3. As per Frontline : "The commission noted in great detail that Pranab had played a great role in unceremoniously removi...

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star”  ~ Confucius Starting with this quote of Confucius, I wanted to draw our attention on the ignorance we are carrying forward in our daily life. It is not about being a pessimist or being a critique, but an observation from real life situation.  Talking about our society and country... a high level of ignorance could be found at every aspect. It is not only political, economic but also societal and personal. One of the most common attribute to the ‘educated’ class, when you talk about ‘politics’ or ‘public policy’ they make face of disgust. It a fashion and its contagious. They would flaunt it and say, ‘I hate politics’. Majority of them, never go and vote. However, they never miss a chance to cruse and abuse the criminal type political leader who was elected due to ignorance of such people. But they love their ignorance! And you cant convince them to do... not to blame.  The...

While all Indians are living uncomfortably under a scam ridden country, the trails of graft and scams are still coming with same speed.  For example, just one major 2G scam ($ 40 Million) is substantial portion of   India's GDP   ($1.73 Trillion). Since then huge scams like  Commonwealth Games Scam,  Coal Scam, KG Basin Oil Block selling, NRHM Scam, MNREGA Scam and IPL Scam are equally huge, the portion of black money is huge in proportion in Indian power game.  It is funny to see the top brass of government are not only covering up all he scams but also taking retrogressive steps to shoot down new business and start-ups.  The Annual Budget 2012-2013 of Indian Union presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukharjee imposed a new tax ‘Startup Tax’. “It is proposed to insert a new clause in section 56(2). The new clause will apply where a company, not being a company in which the public are substantially interested, receives, in an...

While caste being less and less important in common lives of Indians, caste-politics is picking up and growing up to deeper depths. Education and appointments are totally casteists now, even the text book and examination papers are becoming tool for justification of caste politics and vote bank politics.             When India won freedom, entire population was poor and illiterate, regardless of its caste line. Reservations were far less and only in Electoral and public jobs. At present, 64 years down the line, Indian populous is richer and more literate and even more urban (where caste don’t even matter in real life), the caste quotas are must increased and infested all higher educational institutes even specialized agencies such as ISRO, NRSA, DRDO and all other government agencies. What is making this tendency stronger? Certainly nothing but the lust of power, which is being clinched through divisive vote bank policies....