Yuva Bharati Voice of Youth April 09 Issue

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... a book onPhilosophy,Religion andSpirituality with aHindu perspective.

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...Sister Niveditaon her masterSwamiVivekananda,SwamiVivekanandastalks onHinduism

GOD MIND & MATTER

INSPIRATIONS

DATES TO REMEMBER

April 2

V.V.S Iyer Jayanti

April 3

Ramanavami

April 10Bhagavan Mahavir Jayanti

April 13

Baba Saheb Ambedkar

Jayanti

April 13Jalianwala bagh Massacre

April 14

Ramana Maharishi Smriti

Din

April 14

Sri Adi Shankaracharya/

Sri Ramanujacharya Jayanti

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The festival of Holi was traditionallyc e l e b r a t e d a t B A P S ,Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Neasdenon Tuesday 10, March 2009. The sacredimages in the Mandir were adornedwith beautiful coloured clothing.Devotees from all over London andthe UK braved the damp weather toenthusiastically offer their prayers onthis most auspicious day. Visitorsexpressed their gratitude that they

were able to bring their children on this auspicious day to witness andparticipate in the traditional way of celebrating Holi and many were verypleased at the way that the arrangements for the festival were made. Prior tothese celebrations. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by The Duchess ofCornwall visited The Swaminarayan School, London, on the afternoon ofWednesday 4, March 2009 to celebrate the festival of Holi.

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Life laughs at you when you are unhappy,Life smiles at you when you are happy,But life salutes you when you make others happy

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Sqn.Ldr.Dr.P.Ramani

appiness

Know Thyself Grow Thyself

appiness is a wonderful feeling.

Happiness brings anything and

Heverything to everyoneHappiness guarantees a healthy life; keeps

everyone relaxed, paves way for a more

conducive domestic and official environment,

increases productivity promotes healthy

relationships, eases tension and stress amongst

colleagues.

When you are happy, you charge theenvironment with your happiness. You will be

able to see visible changes in your friends,

colleagues and others when you keep them

happy. The changes that occur out of happiness

in a group of people are positive indicators for a

healthy society. To feel happy or otherwise

depends upon individual ability or capacity. It

depends upon one's attitude to life or how one

views at things that happen around. There are

things, on which we can exercise control. There

are many things which are beyond our control.

We must try to develop a mental state in which

we should be able to receive whatever we see or

find with equanimity (a calm state of mind,

which means that you do not become angry or

upset, especially in difficult situations. One

must develop a strong attitude to set goals and

objectives, make efforts to realise them and

develop a mindset to accept the successes and

failures with equanimity. Before our scientists

scored a definite success in the launching of

Sandrayan, they had several setback earlier.



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Their is one of the pursuits of accepting things as

they happened with equanimity and a policy of

never yielding to mental pressures at the times

of failures or complacency during successes.

Such an attitude not only keeps you free from

pressures, but also trains you to move towards

God because nothing can move on this earth

without His Grace.

There are some who always feel contented and

try to look at the positive side of things and feel

free and happy. Such people always entertain

happy feelings and make others feel happy.

Happy people can alone infect others with their

happiness. Happiness thus derived, resultsautomatically in good feelings, warmth and

affection and promotes healthy relationships.

Such healthy relationships promote greater

understanding amongst the colleagues. A

relaxed ambience in an organisation ensures

greater productivity. People free from stress

and strain stay healthy for longer periods.

Healthy people of a society are the real assets of

any nation. There are a number of factors that

really contribute to the well-being and

happiness of individuals.

The nine factors that ensure happiness are:

1.Sustaining sense of Humour.

2.Being Helpful (Helping others)

3 .Bui lding and Binding Harmonious

relationships

4.Bringing Hope (injecting Hope into

the Self and others)

5.Keeping a Cool Head.

6.Possessing a considerate, generous

and large Heart.7.Choosing a Humanistic approach to

solving problems.

8.Showing your Human face (Keeping

away your animal face).

9. Living healthily.

1. Sustaining sense of Humour

2. Being Helpful

3. Building and Binding Harmonious

Relationships

Children are usually endowed with a sense of

humour. As they grow, they face problems and

get worked up due to a number of reasons.

Hence, we should decide to emulate the child.

When we try to sustain ourselves with our sense

of humour, everyone will seek our company.

Thus, they will turn out to be friendly with us.

How will you sustain a sense of humour? It all

depends on us. The other day, I happened to

propose a vote of thanks. During the course of

my speech, I said, Dr.Murali has been a source

of inspiration all along to us. Dr.Murali didn'twaste a single moment to interrupt and said

Thank God, I have not been a source of

perspiration. The whole audience burst into

laughter. Hence, we may believe that we

should not miss any single opportunity to

exploit it to our advantage and sustain our

abilities to be humourous.

Our forefathers have always advocated lendinga helping hand to the others. The person who

helps some one is great. The person who

receives such help is greater as he provides an

opportunity for a person to help. Let the noble

thought of caring and sharing be everywhere. A

friend in need is a friend indeed. Timely help

makes the receiver of such help over come big

hurdles. There is a bond and good-will created

between the 'receiver'/'seeker' and 'giver' of

such help. 'Help thy neighbour' is the keyword.

Each and everyone is a unique person in the

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None can ever be branded small. Everyone

should try to understand the problems of others

and try to contribute at least a little towards

removing the problems of others. Everyone

should be ever ready to find solutions for the

problems any member of a society may face in

any context. Trying to understand and

appreciate others problems and finding

solutions in every possible way is probably the

best way towards seeking harmonious

relationships. Providing space for others and

trying to be proactive in any situation means

millions for the well-meaning people. The

bonds and relationships thus created promote

good feelings amongst the members of thecommunity. A harmonious environment creates

an atmosphere free of tension.

We should firmly believe that everyone around

us in the organization works towards the

organizational goals. Hence, we should hope to

achieve the results by our sustained efforts.

Such a confident feeling instills hopes in

everyone. Thus, we can dream of the brightfuture. After all every human being has to hope

against hope and it is certain that good things

will happen.

When we perform our job, we should always

hope that we shall be winners at the end of the

day. We should keep our cool heads despite

difficulties. Never, we should we become

emotional or influenced by other undesirableexternal forces.

A person may be at top of the organization or at

4. Bringing Hope

5. Keeping a cool head

6. Heart

the bottom. What is essentially required is that

he/she must have a heart. The feelings and

emotions of people should be respected and

reciprocated. One has to be sincere, loving and

caring.

All human beings should prove their worth by

their kindness, sharing mind and a caring

attitude. Everyone must sympathize with

others especially with those who are at a

disadvantage.

Are you a good human being? You can be

anything, a scientist, a technologist, an engineer,

a doctor, a professor or a businessman. But the

most required thing of a person is that he should

be a good human being. Whatever your status

may be, ensure a human face and be an

ambassador of happiness.

Once you ensure all the above, you may not have

stress or strain. You are bound to live a healthy

life. Only a happy human being can keep

himself/herself healthy.

Health (Physical, moral and spiritual) is the real

wealth. An organization full of healthy people

can generate a lot of good will and enthusiasm,

which will result in better productivity. Better

productivity will facilitate better living

conditions and happiness of all.

7. Humaneness

8. Be a Human/Have a human face

9. Health



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Book Review

ook Review: Tibet from Tranquility to

Turmoil Authors: Sudhakar Raje,BThubten Patel, and Vijay Kranti;Publisher India First Foundation. Price Rs. 300/-

: 2008

The book under review is a book on a tragedy at

both political and civilizational scale. The Indian

population has been highly de-sensitized

towards this tragedy that is still unfolding. Rightin front of our eyes one of the important

contributions of Indian culture and spirituality

to the world, is getting destroyed mercilessly

and most cruel in the way.

This book is an attempt to sensitize the reader to

the immensity of the terrible tragedy.

The book is divided into three parts. The first

part shows lucidly how Tibet was an organic

part of the Indo-Chinese spirituality,

synthesizing Vedic-Buddhist streams from

Indian mainland and indigenous spirituality of

Tibet called Bon. The book claims that Tibet was

the land known in ancient India as Trivishtapa.

The book decisively exposes the emptiness of

one of the persistent Euro-centric myth about

Tibet. The Western stereotype of Tibet being

forbidden isolated and a Shangri-la, with its

implications of being remote and quite out of

this world, is false. Tibet in the past was an

active, sometimes a dominant, player in the

cross-cultural pollination of Asia. (p.66)

The cultural and spiritual links between Tibet

and India through both Vedic religion and

Buddhism is well brought out. Documentation

of this aspect of Tibet is very much needed as the

occupying communist China is fast destroying

these links and has had considerably cruel

s u c c e s s . F o r e x a m p l e t h e h o a x o f

misinterpretation of a Stele by the Chinese

propaganda machinery to provide historic

validity to the absorption of Tibetans into Han

ethnic majority of Chinese population has been

vividly brought out in the book (p.75). The book

gives a detailed account of the non-violent

struggle of the Tibetans against the occupying

forces of China (pp.85-102). It is also the internal

crisis of Dalai Lama who had to face the wrath of

the youth of his people when he expressed his

determination to walk the path of non-violence.

As against such non-violence the brutal

strength of China stands in stark contrast in the

book.

The book brings out the cruel facts of Marxist

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million Tibetans killed; demographic change

made by settlements of Hans; erasing of culture

from the memories of the children through an

educational system that aims more to brain

wash and indoctrinate than to educate. And the

'civilized' world, which stood mute spectator to

the Bengal Famine caused by British

imperialism and Jewish holocaust caused by

Nazis, also stands mute as the cultural genocide

and population displacement ravish the face of

Tibet. Its mineral wealth-looted away into China

(pp.50-58). Today China has a massive

expansion plan in this part of Asian region. And

it did not start today. It started when it tasted the

blood of victory in Tibet and when theideological vested interests in the Nehru

government betrayed Tibet politically and

damaged India's foreign policy ethics

spiritually.

The book provides a comprehensive summary

of how the Tibetan government in exile works

and has made a remarkable achievement in

preserving the culture of Tibet and taking

forward the civilizational knowledge of Tibet in

tune with the modern changing world. This is nosmall achievement given the fact that Tibetans

are always in the danger of losing their culture

given the predatory nature of theo-vultures that

prey on the traumatic displaced people like

Tibetans. On the whole the book is a must read

for every Indian who is concerned about the

preservation of Tibet and how we as a nation

failed our civilizational responsibility to the

people who looked at us with admiration and

spiritual respect. This book takes a significant

step in making us realize that historical truth forthose who do not learn from history are often

doomed to repeat its saddest pages.

Readers' Voice

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When the whole country was going gaga overthe so called Oscar achievement, you've hitthe nail right in the head. The article on pubculture was also an eye opener. The entirediscussion in this issue has been (mis)guidedby the media. This perspective needs someintrospection Varsha Mathur, Thane,Maharashtra

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No Creator and More Ecology!S.Aravindh

Eco Dharma

e all agree today that the dominant

human civilization, which isWessentially Western, on the planet issimply an ecological disaster for every one. But

we seldom ask the question why. Is it because of

modern technology as many Neo-Luddites

allege? Is it the punishment by God for a Godless

modern society? Or is it something deeper

something inherent in this dominant civilization

of humanity?

Lynn White, a Professor of medieval history of

Europe, wrote a famous paper trying to trace the

historical roots of current ecological crisis of the

Western civilization. He concluded that what

people do about their ecology depends on what

they think about themselves in relation to things

in their environment. He argued that the

Western civilization is built on a theology that

was fundamentally exploitative of the natural

world because of the assertion of man's

dominion over nature, which in turn establishes

a trend of anthropocentrism. Further this

theology makes a distinction between man

(formed in God's image) and the rest of creation,

which has no "soul" or "reason" and is thus

inferior.

So ultimately how you view your relation to

nature depends on the creation mythology of

your culture. And how you internalize that

myth.

In the case of India, there is no one narrative of

cosmic origin. Every community has a local

mythology of creation. No single creation hymn

takes upon itself the task of projecting it as the

True account of creation. The reason may be

that all these creation myths are realized as

narratives that form a par of the possibility of

the mother of all creation hymns - Nasadiya of

Rig Veda. Origin of the Cosmos is presented

here as the open-ended mystery for meditation

and wonder not conclusion and theology.

Who really knows?

Who will here proclaim it?

Whence was it produced?

Whence is this creation?

The gods came afterwards, with the creation of

this universe.

Who then knows whence it has arisen?

Whence this creation has arisen

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the One who looks down on it,

in the highest heaven, only He knows

or perhaps He does not know.

No creator, No specific moment of creation and

hence no special place for the humanity to be the

sovereign of all that is created. Such an open-

ended wonder can take in its bosom all

kindergarten varieties of creation myths and

tender them for the value it has for the psyche

and prune it not to become the only truth. So

each species, plant, animal or even a village

community becomes a center of the universe in

its own right and simultaneously a strand in the

infinite. A renowned Indian ecologist Prof.

P.S.Ramakrishnan observes:

The lowest level in the hierarchical

organization of the concept of the

sacred but a higher level in social

evolution is the concept of sacred

species. These socially selected species

are valued for cultural or spiritual

reasons. For example basil (Ocimum

sanctum) and need (Azadirachta indica)

became sacred as part of a conscious

decision by Hindu society that was

linked to their tangible value as

medicine and for other purposes. Ficus

species are valued by Hindus and

Buddhists in the Asian region and by

the traditional animalistic societies of

Asia and Africa. (Conserving the Sacred,

2003)

Even secular worldviews of the West did not

liberate themselves from this theologicaldictum. Thus Karl Marx wrote of Hinduism as

a brutalizing worship of nature, exhibiting its

degradation in the fact that man, the sovereign

of nature, fell down on his knees in adoration of

Kanuman, the monkey, and Sabbala, the cow. It

is interesting what a Marxist state that should

have seen man as the sovereign of nature did

to ecology in and around the nation it governed.

Professor Murray Feshbach, of Georgetown

U n i v e r s i t y , a l e a d i n g a u t h o r i t y o n

environmental problems in the former SovietUnion points out that the Soviets left a continent

and a half with fouled air, polluted rivers and

untreated sewage. The toxic mess that Marxists

created was so great that even the region's

vastness cannot absorb the damage. (Ecocide in

the USSR: Health and Nature Under Siege ,

BasicBooks, 1992) As against such a toxic mess

the monkey and cow worshipping Hindus

managed amidst all their problems, 14000

sacred forests.

If only those who swear by Western theologies

and ideologies, have taken a leaf out of the

ecological visions of the ancient India they

despised, colonized and tried to destroy!

European theologies and ideologies have

always placed man as the dominating ruler

over nature. Worldviews contrary to this

were denounced as demeaning humanity.



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he impact of Abrahamic faiths has beendevastating in a diverse scale. The very

Tfact that all nations and peoples of theworld had practiced and preserved indigenousethnic religions and ancient traditions has beenerased from the memory of those very nations.The only remnants of such traditions are mostlysubstance of myth and folklore.

With a view to revive and revitalize all suchethno-religious traditions,

organized

, in collaboration with the

. The venue was Nagpur and thetheme was

International Centerfor Cultural Studies

WorldCongress of Ethnic religions, the NationalCounsel of Elders Mayas, Xinca y Garifuna deGuatemala

the thirdInternational Conference and Gathering of

Elders

Renaissance of Ancient Traditions:Challenges and Solutions.

As in the past conferences, the Nagpurconference saw the congregation of delegatesfrom many religions and traditions

, of India;of Africa;

fromAmericas; fromEurope;

of Asia.

Vivekananda Kendra's Chennai centre playedhost to the delegation from Latvia. They practicethe Dievturba, the traditional Latvian way of

life. An insight into the revival ofDievturba canbe gleaned from the following interview.

Mishmi,Apatani, Adi, Nyishi, Mizo Yoruba,Gikuyu, Tongo, Zulu, Asante Maya,Okanagan, Navajo, Cherokee, Tahitian

Romuva, Dievturba, Druidism Judaism, Jainism, Buddhism, Parsi

Zorastrian

Interview With Ramants Jansons, Who Led

Cover Story

Latvia : from cross roadsto hope...

Latvian team led by Ramants Jansons: clad in theirEthnic dress.



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The Latvian Delegation And Astra Lasmane

Ramants Jansons:

Ramants Jansons:

1.Tell us about the movement that is trying torevive the ancient tradition

Having experienced both communist andcapitalist rule, what do you feel about thesesystems?

Dievtur ba means 'Worshipping God inLatvian. It is not a movement, it is our nationalreligion. It is our ancient way of life. Threedeities form the primary triumvirate ofDievturba are Dievs The supreme God, theCreation itself; Laima the Goddess that decidesour Fate; Mra the Mother of all materialelements.

Capitalism and Communism are very similar intheir effects. These systems are trying to destroynational and native cultures throughout theworld. The effects of communism are very clear

rdin Latvia: nearly 1/3 of the population ofaround 2.5 million were killed, families wereseparated and children killed. Old people weredeported to Siberia in trains. Among thesedeportees were all great national leaders likeErnests Brasti who revived Dievturba.

2.

Ernests was killed in 1942. All national

re l igions were ignored and severaldenominations of Christianity were registeredas traditional religions. This system is still in

place today. We are striving to get the nationalreligion of Dievturba registered as a traditionalreligion.

Capitalism is different in different countries. Inour country, all native industries have beendestroyed: the fisheries, sugar industry,agriculture, all of them have been destroyed. Ithas created an artificial economic crisis. Ourpeople are having to suffer throughunemployment. The systems followed by the

Latvia is a Baltic country in Northern Europe. It is bordered

by the Baltic Sea, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia.

The capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians are

descendants of the Balts and have inherited the Baltic

culture. The Latvian language along with the Lithuanian, is

the only existing members of the Baltic language family.

Historically, Latvia was known for its amber in the ancient

and middle ages. Farming was the main occupation until

the 20th century. The ancient Balts were nature

worshippers. This made them heathen to the Christians

and therefore the Baltic region was the consistent target of 'crusades'. The conquest of the Baltic

region was initiated by the Germans under the guise of 'crusades'. The Germans had the region under

their control until the 15th century. From the 16th century onwards, the Baltic region was under the

control of Lithuania, Poland and Sweden in succession. By the beginning of the 18th century, Latvia

came under the Czarist Russia, and remained under Russian control till the end of World War I.

Latvia was invaded and occupied by alien military forces thrice in the last century. First, it was the

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private banks are not helping either. There is arise in individual greed and even family eldersare not being taken care of. There now exist onlytwo classes of people in Latvia: the super-rich

and the extremely poor. Pensioners are verypoor and their income is not enough to makeends meet. Young people are greedy and arelured to gain money in crooked ways likeassociating with the mafia.

There is a great similarity between Dievturbaand Indian culture. Goddess Laima is likeGoddess Lakshmi. Fire worship in bothtraditions is very similar. Even the numbers are

very similar. The traditional ornaments alsohave a similar design. Swastika for example iscommonly used in our religion also; it refers to afire-cross. The cloth with these symbols tells usour future and the future of our nation. This isused in our rituals. We also have traditionalsymbols that are very similar to these (points toAishwarya kolam). Our regular rituals also areperformed at sunrise or sunset, just like it is donehere.

3.What do you feel about India's tradition andculture?

Astra Lasmane:

Like in Indian tradition, living in harmonywith nature is inherent in our religion also.

4.In your efforts to get your people back to theroots of their ancient tradition, do you thinkIndia has a role to play?

Ramants Jansons:There must be a great role for India to play;

because our people are small in number. Theforces that are working against the revival of ourtradition are very strong and organized.Ancient knowledge is of great value for allnations and countries. It is very important andsignificant to teach this to people who have losttheir ancient culture. When the rebirth ofancient religions happen, there will be no wars.It is only the artificial religions that are leading

Soviet forces in 1940. Then it was Nazi German Occupation

in 1941-44. Again by Soviet Union from 1945-91. These

periods of occupation by the alien forces marked one of the

worst bloodsheds in history. The Red Army soaked Riga, the

capital of Latvia in real red, with its mass executions of

people who resisted the occupations.

History has shown that any illegitimate occupier would try

t o l e g i t i m i z e

their occupation

by terming it as liberation. The Soviet Red Army was no

exception. Children were made to study a new version of

history and sing paeans about the so called liberation. In1991, Latvia gained its political independence. And now

Latvia is searching for its lost roots.

*Photos courtesy: The three occupations of Latvia 1940-41. Published by

Occupation Museum Foundation*



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to wars. In Israel and Palestine, they have beenfighting and this war seems endless. Conversionto Christianity is sparking a lot of conflicteverywhere with native religions. Against such

forces, we need to organize ourselves and Indiais helping us to strengthen our voice.

No, there are no laws to protectthe nat ional rel igion ofDievturba. But we are striving

to get them. Our traditions arenot recognized as culturalheritage of Latvia! Our rituals are notacknowledged as cultural; the marriagesdone in the system of national, natural religionsare not recognized by law. Even the birth of achild, is not recognized. These questions werediscussed in the conference at Nagpur. We aretrying to bring some laws. As yet, we haven'thad any positive results. They close their earstrying hard not to hear our voices, which is whywe are participating in international conferencesto raise our issues. Such problems for native

religions are significant all over Europe:Lithuania, Poland, Germany, France, Belarus,Ukraine, Russia, everywhere.

5.Are there any laws to protect the ancienttraditions in your country? If not, are thereefforts that are undertaken to bringthem?

6. Can you tell us how your way of life isreceived by the general populace in Latvia?

Ramants Jansons:

Astra Lasmane:

Ramants Jansons:

When under the Soviet Union, people of manydifferent nationalities lived in Latvia. There aredifferences in acknowledging Dievturba, the

Latvian way of life because of this. There havebeen many marriages between Latvians andRussians, Ukrainians etc. So there is a lesserstrength of the culture. To an extent, there is anincrease in the number of people followingDievturba. The summer solstice festival,which is one of our most important festivals, issteadily drawing more youngsters.

Yes; A big yes. We already mentioned how our

voices are strengthened through theseconferences. Also, these conferences enrich ourknowledge about various traditions. Not onlyfor us, but for every delegate, it is a greatlearning because all of us are coming together. Imust say I have a wonderful feeling to meet all

these representatives from all cultures,especially people from your country.

And we are extremely grateful foryou efforts in organizing allthese conferences, yourhospitality and your kindness.It is a divine feeling.

Interview and Photographs :Vasanth.P.

V.V.Balasubramanian

7.Are these international conferences helpingyour efforts?



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e is regarded as the father of the

modern Tamil short story. HeHtranslated the Thirukkural intoEnglish and created the work A Study of

Kamban's Ramayanam. He was the comrade-in-

arms of Veer Savarkar. He was notoriously

known to have trained revolutionaries like

Madanlal Dhingra and Vanchinathan in the use

of guns. He was the editor of the Desabakthan.

His fiercely patriotic and revolutionary ideas

garnered for him the charges of sedition by theBritish. He is none other than the scholar, poet,

patriot and revolutionary Varahaneri

Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar.

He is lesser known of the freedom fighters from

South India. And a fighter he was until being

stolen away by time. He hailed from

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. His effervescent

Our HeroesA Pillar Of Strength

Memories of those momentous years and trying days rise in a flood and, struggling to find avent, keep knocking at the gates of our heart. How we wish we could have spoken of them alland recited our reminiscences How we long to write of the goodness and gentleness ofdisposition - how when betrayed thou stood unshaken, how thou served them who ownedthee not and how thou suffered when unbeknown and modest, and made not the slightestmention of it when thou got known - how we long to write of it all. But our pen is a brokenreed. The noble story of thy life must for the time being, nay, perhaps for all time to come,remain untold. For while those who can recite it are living, the time to tell it may not come,and when the time comes, when all that is worth telling will no longer remain suppressed andwill eagerly be listened to, the generation that could have recounted it might have passedaway. Thy greatness, therefore, must stand undimmed but unwitnessed by man like the loftyHimalayan peaks. Thy services and sacrifices must lie buried in oblivion as do the mightyfoundations of a mighty castle.

S.Shivsankar

Veer Savarkar on V.V.S Aiyar.



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love for the motherland evinced Veer Savarkar

to declare that, For indeed he was a pillar of

strength, a Hindu of Hindus one of the most

exalted representatives and perfect flower of our

Hindu civilization - ripe in experience, and mellowed

by sufferings and devoted to the service of men and

God, the cause of the Hindu Sanghatan was sure to

find in him one of its best and foremost champions in

Madras.

He entertained only one dream, one thought in

his mind, throughout his life the Freedom of

his Motherland. In November 1914, after the

outbreak of World War I, he was being forced

and threatened to leave Pondicherry by the

French. This was because the French were

pressured into exiling Indian refugees (read

patriots) by the British. He then ardently wished

to bequeath a legacy for the future generations to

come, since he had no idea of where his destiny

would lead him to. He fructified his desire by

translating the wisdom of Thiruvalluvar into

English as The Maxims of Thiruvalluvar and

published it in March 1915. So engrossed by the

work was he, that even when the policemen

came calling in search of non-existent fugitives,

whom he had hidden in his closet, he would be

busy writing, while they ransacked his house!

His date of Birth falls on 2nd April. Let us

remember such a noble soul.

world's largest gathering ofwomen

An annual cultural assertion by IndianWomen !An estimated thirty lakh women devoteesfrom Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Naduconverged on streets leading to theAttukalBhagavathi Temple at Thiruvananthapuram.

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illennia ago pilgrims from aroundthe world came to India because thisMland offered them enlightenment.

Persecuted nationalities and religions came tothis land like a child in pain running back tothe comforting safety of its mother's lap. Everyreligion every tradition found a niche under

this magnificent banyan tree. This is India Eternal India the land that gives everlastinglife. This is the land that produced noblestspirituality that never frightened humanitywith the nightmares and kindergarten fairytales of eternal heaven and hell. Instead thisnation offered absolute freedom to the seekerand the persecuted. It remains so to this day.

Millennia ago in Europe the wrath of a BronzeAge male sky god descended on a paganpopulation which was disorganized andshowed foolish Theo-magnanimity. This was a

god who invented an eternal hell fordisbelievers and who notoriously declaredthat those who are not on his side are naturallyhis enemies; the Fire of his wrath would keepthe land in darkness for the next thousandyears. Temples were destroyed. Deities weredemonized. Sacred groves were cut off.Libraries were burnt. Women of wisdom werebranded as witches and tortured. Wholepopulations of disbelievers including childrenwere massacred.

Thousand years of darkness, witch hunts, holyinquisitions, spreading of colonial plaguethrough the continents, monumental slavetrade that ripped apart millions of families inAfrica, untold and immeasurable humansufferings, gas chambers and holocaust andtwo world wars all these would come to passbefore the stranglehold of this monotheistic

god would slightly loosen from the westernland.

And now again we hear voices. Tender voicesof course; voices that ask for Theo-diversity;voices that speak against exclusivist tyrannyof closed religious dogmas. These are

rebellious voices that celebrate the age-oldgods and goddesses of this planet and itscycles and celestial cycles too. Even as theyraise their voices their eyes and hearts searchfor that land in the earth where as the poet said the mind is without fear and the head is heldhighand where knowledge is free

And their search unfailingly brings them tothe land of Advaita and Nalanda India.

This nation too has the scars that the BronzeAge god inflicted. Some scars are still

bleeding. But even then, hopes are pinned onthis nation as this is the only land whereancient civilizations can still trace their lostroots. Dreams are weaved by those who are insuch a search that this cradle of all civilizationswill lead to a new world order bereft ofconflicts and violence. The mantle is waiting,let's assert..

S.AravindhYBET

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pril 30 1908, was an important day. On

the evening of that fateful day, the firstA bomb was thrown for theindependence of India, for the downfall of the

British Empire. It was planned and executed by

two revolutionaries, who belonged to the group

Yugantar. But surprise! Their average age was

just 19! The first armed revolutionaries were

teenagers.

Those two youngsters were Khudiram Bose (19)

and Profulla Chaki (20). Their target was D H

Kingsford, then Chief Presidency Magistrate of

Calcutta. He was infamous for his harsh

punishments and orders, which he meted out in

grand measure to Indians. Kingsford, who got

wind about the threat to his life, cowardly fled to

Muzaffarpur, Bihar. However, he did not change

his crooked ways. The two young men followed

him to Muzaffarpur.

On that evening, the two young revolutionaries

stationed themselves outside the club, regularly

frequented by Kingsford. When the carriage

arrived, the two youngsters attacked it with

their bombs. Unfortunately, instead of

Kingsford, the carriage contained the wife and

daughter of Pringle Kennedy, a barrister. The

police chased the two youth. Profulla Chaki shot

himself dead on being cornered. Khudiram was

arrested at Waini railway station.

Khudiram was sentenced to death. He

embraced death at the gallows with exuberance

on 11 August, 1908. The prison authorities,

who normally witnessed the weak minds

and pale faces of those sentenced to death,

got a shock when they saw a buoyant

youngster. Khudiram, hale and healthy,welcomed death with peace and happiness.

This incident was the spark that destroyed

the British Empire. It moved patriots like

Tilak and Savarkar and Bose, who in turn

shook the very foundations of the Empire,

until the empire lay in ruins.

Lest we forgetNot an Ordinary Youth

S.Shivsankar

It is a great thing to take up a

grand ideal in life and then giveup one's whole life to it.

Swami Vivekananda



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3uva bharati - April 2009


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here are exams all over;

not just for the students

T but for the politicianswho manage to get tickets and for us the voters-too. We have tolerated half adecade of inaction against terrorism, underperformance, misguided policies, communalappeasement, devastating foreign policy,irreparable financial policy and irresponsibleresponse to security threats.

Students would cram the entire year's syllabusin the last few days and get through to the nextyear. Politicians in power will cunningly try to

cover up for their ineffectiveness through emptypromises, distributing monies or gifts,appeasing minority sections, slanderingopponent contestants, reworking allianceequations and what not. Both students andpoliticians will pass the test.

Grey Matters

Duty To Choose The RightA.Sudarshan



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But the real test at this hour is for the voters. Weare left with no excuses to cover up anyinefficiency, lack of clarity or indecisiveness onour part. We can pass this crucial test only by

managing to identify the real issues that hauntour country today. And of course, by identifyingindividuals and parties that will make effortstowards solving these issues. For this, if we lookfor support from the media, we will continue toremain foolish and let ourselves down again forthe next five years. Obvious attempts are beingmade by all forms of mainstream media to keepthe voters clouded about the real issues on hand

by consistently bringing to the forefront,irrelevant ideas, insignificant incidents and non-issues while relegating the real ones to the back.

The media has started its campaign much aheadof the political parties. Looks like, it has a lot ofinterests vested on the outcome of the polls, evenmore than the contesting parties. It has devised apoll strategy for itself. The issues, whatever theymay be would get squeezed and fitted in theframe of incidents like those that took place inKandhamal and Mangalore, with the soleunderpin being casting a section of the politicalclass as anti-minority.

Let us identify the real issues. Wrong economicpolicy that fueled farmer suicides, weak home

department that allowed free run for theterrorists, confused approach with regards tohappenings in our neighborhood, lethargicpolitical response to prompt information aboutattacks through sea route and many moredebacles in the past few years are all not going to

be raised by the media at this crucial hour ofelection. Quite understandably, it has a moresignificant agenda; a self inflicted responsibilityin highlighting extreme cases like some glassframes being broken in a remote church ofKarnataka. For the noble media, Mohd Afzals

are certainly not as dangerous as Muthaliks."Nothing official about inflation" is a slogan in thecampaign website of a leading newspaperwhich has tugged for itself the work to campaignand lead india instead of informing the publicimpartially.

Adventerous television anchors fix politicalalliances, media houses overstep their limits tocampaign for political parties, articles are beingwritten to relieve the ruling government of its

failure to control price rise. After all, the votersthinking is being influenced by the mighty andpowerful to fulfill their vested interests.

Whether the media's effort is conscious andconspired is not the debate here. The issuerather is that, we have a right to be aware of realissues. We have a right to be free from influencesof vested interests. Media is not going to help usidentify our ideal candidates. We need to helpourselves.

Voting is not merely our right. It's pretty much

our duty. We have a right to know who standsfor our nation, culture and thought. We have theduty to show the door to those politicians who

believe that we are disunited lot as a communityand that can be taken for granted. We have aduty to vote for the right - for the right person,for the right party, for all the right reasons.

On an average only 55-60 % of the people go tothe polling booths. The party that comes topower secures not more than 30% of the totalvotes. Effectively less than 20% of thepopulation decides the fate of the country.

If we desire to change this situation, we need toshow our collective strength. A small collectiveact of ours, will not only pave way for stronggovernance for the next 5 years, but will alsoleave an everlasting impact on developmenthereon.

History will have to record

that the greatest tragedy of

this period of social transition

was not the strident clamor

of the bad people, but theappalling silence of the good

people.

- Martin Luther King Jr.



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Common genetic traits

Kumar Chellappan

n international team of geneticscientists has ruled out the theory ofAAryan invasion of the Indian sub-

continent.

The age old argument that there was an Aryaninvasion of the sub-continent is simply bunkum.Scientific studies prove that there is no such thing as

Aryan Indian or Dravidian Indian. Genetic highresolution studies carried out by us prove that allIndians are derived from same grand-grand parentswho arrived here 60,000-70,000 years ago from

Africa, Dr.Gyaneshwer Chaubey, a scientist ofthe team, told Deccan Chronicle.

Dr.Chaubey, a member of the scientificcommunity at the Institute of Molecular and CellBiology, University of Tartu, Estonia, said theresearch also proved that all Indians hadcommon genetic traits irrespective of the regionsto which they belonged.

It took us four years to complete the study andwe analysed 12,200 samples to reach thisconclusion, said Dr.Chaubey.

Genetic studies help us to establish relations between populations. We focused on thepaternal (Y Chromosomes) and maternal DNAgenealogies. The data which we generated doesnot support any major influx to the subcontinentother than the earlier arrival of migrants fromAfrica. He said.

The present day caste/creed/religion is ofindigenous origin, said Dr.Chaubey.

Courtesy : Deccan Chronicle Dated:2nd March

GenealogyThe age old argument

that there was an Aryaninvasion of the Sub-continent is simply

bunkum.

Aryan Theory demolished

The only religion

that ought to betaught is thereligion offearlessness.

Swami Vivekananda



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Chennai

Ambarnath

On 1st March 2009, in Swadhyaya Varga arenowned blogger, Sri Anand Ganesh fromBengaluru, gave a talk on National and Anti-

National forces on the Web, stating that it is verydifficult to get nationalistic view point in mainstream media. He emphasized the importanceof articulating our view through the web. Citingseveral blog spaces which had good positiveview points and had a large reach, he alsoexplained that this could be future main stream.He further explained that this importance isalready felt by various sections as the anti-national forces have already started occupyingthe space to a considerable extent. 25Swadhyayees participated in this.

On 15th March 2009, Expressions a workshopon writing was conducted. Sri B.R.Haran,prominent writer and journalist andSri P.Ramaniji, Prof. Emerites, Director, PRISTUniversity conducted the workshop. Sri Haran

spoke on the need for the right thinking peopleto express themselves on vital issues and also theneed to occupy the space in Media. Sri Ramaniexplained about the nuances of writing and howto articulate our views. 35 people participated inthis workshop.

The children from the poor and under privilegedfamilies from old Ambarnath area have a newsource of succor in the form of Vivekananda

Kendra, Ambarnath Branch. Gone are the dayswhen education and overall developments werethe privilege of rich and affluent families withthe support of Principal, teachers and staff ofDhyanamruth Vidyala. Vivekananda Kendra isable to bring a smile within two years of itsefforts there. A marked improvement in the

academic performances has convinced theirparents about the efficacy of our PersonalityDevelopment programmes. The result was awonderful response from parents when KendraOrganized Kudumba Sammelan in the monthof February 2009. Prof. Mrs.Vidya Thai Navalfrom Thane was the Chief Guest of this event.There was a group discussion among theparents about what they expect from theirchildren. There was also an exhibition forchildren on Swamiji's life and message.

Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, Project:Arun Jyoti, Arunachal Pradesh organized a FreeMedical Operation Camp from 16th to 21stFebruary 2009 at Coal India Hospital,Margheritta, Assam. A team of seven volunteerdoctors from Remote Area Medical (RAM),Knoxville, U.S.A. came for the noble cause.They were:

T

Dr. Gangadhar Maddiwar, General SurgeonTDr. Vinayak Kulkarni, GastroenterologistTDr. Anuradh Kulkarni, AnesthesiologistTDr. Mohini Gehani, AnesthesiologistTDr. Krishna Deshpande, General SurgeonTDr. Harish Pariaini, Internal MedicineTSmty. Sandhya Deshpande, Trained Dietician.Coal India Ltd., North-East Coal Fields,Margheritta collaborated with VivekanandaKendra for this camp. In the camp eighty ninepatients from remote villages of ArunachalPradesh were examined. Thirty four of them

were operated for Appendicitis, Gall Bladderstone disease, Uterine and Lumps & Bumps.

The Mobile Medical Unit of VivekanandaKendra, Arun Jyoti screened the patients fromthe last week of December. They visited Tirap,Changlang, Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley, East

Arunachal Pradesh

Vivekananda Kendra -

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Siang and West Siang districts of ArunachalPradesh. The target group was the poor andneedy patients.

The camp was inaugurated by Dr. DebashisSarkar, General Manager, Coal India Ltd.,Margherita on 16th February. In his speech heappreciated the work done by VivekanandaKendra in North- East and assured help in thefuture also. After the completion of FreeOperation Camp, the Mobile Medical Unitstarted the follow up programme withpersonal visits to patients.

VIMARSH- INDIA: FOREIGN POLICYOPTIONS AND CHALLENGES BEFORE

THE NEXT GOVERNMENT

Vimarsh, the monthly discussion series ofVivekananda Kendra International was heldon 27th February 09 at 6.30 pm in the premisesof Vivekananda Kendra International,Chanakyapuri,Delhi. The topic of theVimarsh was 'India: foreign policy optionsand challenges before the next government'

and the speaker was Shri Rajiv Sikri, theformer secretary, ministry of external affairs.Shri Ajit Doval, the honorary director of VKIgave a brief description of the hostileenvironment in which our nation was placed.

Sri Rajiv Sikri said that, as we are living in anera of globalization, everything ranging frommind to terror to economy is being globalized.We have to formulate a policy which shouldenable us to maintain an international balancewithout tilting in favour of any country. Weshould not allow ourselves to succumb to any

pressures exerted by any nation because thatwill lead to undesirable consequences. Forexample, after the nuclear deal was struckwith USA, our old strategic ally Russia did notfeel very pleased with it and it increased theprice of the nuclear submarine 'AdmiralGroshkov' by 400 %.

A Country As Large As India Should Not BeDominated By Anybody, But Should HaveAn Independent Foreign Policy

We have to be very clear regarding whatposition we wish to seek in the internationalscenario. We should emphasize more on

relationships with our neighbouringtroublesome nations like China, Bangladesh,Pakistan etc, and formulate strategictechniques to confront their conspiracies. Weshould never allow any emotions associatedwith any cultural factors to undermine ourinternational strategies, such as India andChina being neighbours from timesimmemorial, Bengali fraternal ties betweenIndia and Bangladesh etc. We should make itvery clear to China that Tibet has always been aregion having provincial autonomy and it wasChina's responsibility to make the atmosphere

in Tibet conducive enough for the refugees toreturn and get rehabilitated. He pointed out asChina claims Tawang to be their a part of theirnation, on the grounds of the 5th Dalai Lamahaving been born there, India can also retaliate

by claiming Kailash-Mansarovar as they havebeen associated with our Hindu mythology.

He also mentioned that if the need arises, weshould not hesitate in adopting subtletechniques such as an efficient exploitation ofIndus water sharing agreement which we hadwith Pakistan, which would lead to the drying

of rivers there and subsequent droughts. Themost important points mentioned by Shri RajivSikri was that with the information explosionand all pervasive media, foreign policydiplomacy is not restricted to the Diplomats inexternal affairs ministry. It is now a publicdomain. Effective building of public opinionand mature media management have becomeneed of the hour.

The talk was followed by interaction with theaudience which comprised of various

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ociety is not j u s t aSaggregate of

individuals, evenif they are vast in

number. It is whatthose individualshave in common;do in common. To

bind people fromindividuals toc o m m u n i t i e s ,communities tos o c i e t i e s a n dsocieties to nation,various factors areinvolved. The most important bond is culture.Culture, as many think is not just meant for

disciplining an individual's personal chores, butalso to make a person more pliable for socialinteraction. This aspect has been dealt in theform of festivals and ceremonies in our country.

Once when Sri Rama asked his Guru SageVashista, the reason for apparent lack ofenthusiasm among the people in spite of theideal state governed by him, his Guru said thatsecurity, meeting the needs of people, prosperityand absence of conflicts will not suffice to bringcheer into the minds of the people. They need

some reason to celebrate; through celebrationthey will all come together. When a person seesthat others are also happy like him, hishappiness multiplies. Real happiness is notselfish. Therefore, in order to make people exudehappiness, realize that everybody else in thesociety is also happy and share their happinesswith others, this was his advice to Sri Rama. This

e sse nce of our culture,though losti n o u rr i t u a l i s t i c

performancea n dexhibitionisttendencies tos h o w c a s eour materialprosperity iss t i l l a l i v et h o u g hdormant. Ifr e k i n d l e d ,

this spirit will work wonders, in guiding

humanity into peaceful coexistence.

Now evidence from psychology and neurologyis emerging to explain how tactics likeorganized marching and group activities canwork to exert influence on the mass. A recentresearch by Scott Wiltermuth and hiscolleagues ofS t a n f o r dUniversity inC a l i f o r n i ahave foundt h a t

a c t i v i t i e sperformed inunison, suchas marchingor dancing,i n c r e a s eloyalty to the

Saffron Quark

Group activities increase social bonding.

Scott Wiltermuth

V.V.Balasubramanian



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group. He states that it makes us feel as thoughwe're part of a larger entity, so we see the group'swelfare as being as important as our own.

Wiltermuth's team separated 96 people into fourgroups who performed these tasks together:listening to a song while silently mouthing thewords, singing along, singing and dancing, orlistening to different versions of the song so that

they sang anddanced out ofsync. In a latergame, whena s k e d t od e c i d ew h e t h e r t ostick with the

group or strivefor personalgain, those int h e n o n -synchronizedg r o u p

behaved less loyally than the rest (PsychologicalScience, vol 20, p 1)

There are instances where thiswonderful technique was usedagainst humanity. Fascist

leaders like Hitler andMussolini had the abilityto bend millions ofpeople according tot h e i r w i l l . T h o s esocieties, were unableto check this when itwas put to undesirableu s e . P s y c h o l o g i s t Jonathan Haidt at theUniversity of Virginia inC har l ot te sv i l l e , who hasauthored the book The Happiness

Hypothesis, thinks this research helps explainwhy fascist leaders, amongst others, useorganized marching and chanting to whipcrowds into a frenzy of devotion to their cause,though these tactics can be used just as well forpeace, he stresses. Community dances and

group singing can ease local tension, forexample - a theory he plans to testexperimentally (Journal of Legal Studies, DOI:10.1086/529447).

What was developed in our country to bindpeople into a nation was used in other places todevelop a herd mentality. Haidt says our brainsare geared to mimic our peers. It needs a manendowed with supranormal qualities to breakthis hegemony as the society tends to behavelike a herd when it is groping in such darknessand it will be very difficult to come out of it.

The very essence of festivals and ceremonies inour country is to emphasize the importance ofsharing, care for environment and love towards

all beings. In the last century, in our country,Lokmanya Tilak used the Ganesh Chaturthifestival to mobilize people and infusenationalistic fervor in them. Festivals andcelebrations harness relationships, reduce stressat the societal level and works as a universalforce. Such wonderful truths of Bharat, hithertotermed as myths are now corroborated by thescientific mind.

Noble ideas bind people ande v o l v e t h e m i n t o

h a r m o n i o u s l o t .Ignoble ideas sinkpeople into herds. AH i t l e r a n dM u s s o l i n iprompted the westto study the human

behavior patternsand understand the

factors involved ininfluencing individuals

into societal behaviors. LetRama and Krishna, further

evolve them from that trough to the crest ofharmony, peaceful coexistence and enthusiasm.

Jonathan Haidt



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We, The Nation(s) Of India

India breathes through her multiplicity,not her fragmenting voices

National identity is to a nation's well-being what the immune system is tothe body's health. The over-stressed body succumbs to external andinternal threats, and eventually death, as its immunity weakens. Similarly,a nation stressed by a vacuum of identity, or multiple conflicting identities,or outright confusion, can break up. Just as the body's immune systemneeds constant rejuvenation, so too a nation needs a positive collectivepsyche for its political cohesion.

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Nothing can change by changing our faces,



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Web trotterGerman scientist trains farmers on ancientIndian vedic homa therapy

To deal with the impact of climate change in agriculture, farmers in HimachalPradesh are being trained by a German scientist in the ancient Indian vedichoma therapy.

http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090319/824/tnl-german-scientist-trains-farmers-on-a.html

everything can be changed

byFacing the Change

Pranams to

Sri Ramana Maharishi on

his Smriti Din on April 14



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Editorial 4

Duty to Choose the Right5

Latvia: From crossroads to hope 10

No Creator and

More Ecology

A.Sudarshan

HappinessSqn.Ldr.Dr.P.Ramani 7

S.Aravindh 18

Book Review 35

Mananeeya Eknathji Ranade

P.Parameswaran

Nivedita Raghunath Bhide

Prof. P.T.Santha

Prof. P.Ramani

A.Sudarshan

P.Vasanth

S.Shivsankar

S.Aravindh

V.V.Balasubramanian

D.Krishnamoorthy

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