NOV-20 BOUDHIK YOJANA
Nov-01-2020 Samachar Sameeksha: Nobel Prize in Sciences
Ø Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been announced for Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of a method for genome editing
Ø They have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools: the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision.
Ø This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.
Ø Nobel Prize for Physics has been announced for Roger Penrose for discovery of Black Hole as a prediction of General Theory of Relativity
Ø Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy
Ø Roger Penrose proved that black holes really can form and described them in detail; at their heart, black holes hide a singularity in which all the known laws of nature cease. His ground-breaking article is still regarded as the most important contribution to the general theory of relativity since Einstein.
Ø Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez each lead a group of astronomers that, since the early 1990s, has focused on a region called Sagittarius A* at the centre of our galaxy.
Ø The measurements of these two groups agree, with both finding an extremely heavy, invisible object that pulls on the jumble of stars, causing them to rush around.
Ø Nobel Prize in Medicine is awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice
Ø Prior to their work, the discovery of the Hepatitis A and B viruses had been critical steps forward, but the majority of blood- borne hepatitis cases remained unexplained.
Ø The discovery of Hepatitis C virus revealed the cause of the remaining cases of chronic hepatitis and made possible blood tests and new medicine
Ø Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson or improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats
Ø They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies.
Ø 6 Laureates are from USA, 2 from UK and 2 from Germany
Nov 08-2020 Boudhik: Ayodhya and Beyond
Ø Hon SC in it’s landmark judgement on Ayodhya case, gave the complete rights over disputed land to Hindus and accepting the argument that a temple existed before it was demolished and a mosque was constructed.
Ø However Ayodhya is not the only place where Islamic vandalism destroyed structures of other faiths. For Hindus, Kashi and Mathura, which are as holy as Ayodhya have also seen destruction of temples.
Ø The list does not end there, such symbols of slavery are strewn across Bharat, be it Dhar in MP, Quwattul Mosque / Qutub Minar in Delhi, Adhai din ka Jhopda in Ajmer, or be it Bengal or Assam or Andhra Pradesh.
Ø Sita Ram Goel in his book “Hindu Temples: What Happened to Them” has provided a list of at least ~ 1300 temples across Bharat which have been demolished and converted into mosque. Some claims are of a higher number of ~ 40,000 sites across the country which have been vandalized. It is said in the same book that Jama Masjid in every city has been constructed after demolishing the biggest temple of the city.
Ø It will be impossible for any self-respecting Hindu to just stop at Ayodhya and leave these symbols of slavery for generations to come. Till these sites are handed over back to Hindus, the cause of communal harmony will be a wishful dream.
Ø However major impediment to reclaiming these sites is not only lack of Hindu awareness but also the “ Places of Worship Act” passed by Congress Government in 1991.
Ø The act is applicable to whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir, (which saw hundreds of temples being desecrated by Jihadis in 1990)
Ø “place of worship” means a temple, mosque, gurudwara, church, monastery or any other place of public religious worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof, by whatever name called.
Ø Bar of conversion of places of worship.—No person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of worship of a different section of the same religious denomination or of a different religious denomination or any section thereof.
Ø It is hereby declared that the religious character of a place of worship existing on the 15th day of August, 1947 shall continue to be the same as it existed on that day.
Ø If, on the commencement of this Act, any suit, appeal or other proceeding with respect to the conversion of the religious character of any place of worship, existing on the 15th day of August, 1947, is pending before any court, tribunal or other authority, the same shall abate, and no suit, appeal or other proceeding with respect to any such matter shall lie on or after such commencement in any court, tribunal or other authority. It does not apply to suites which are filed for conversion of places of worship after 15th August 1947.
Ø Act not to apply to Ram Janma Bhumi-Babri Masjid.—Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the place or place of worship commonly known as Ram Janma Bhumi-Babri Masjid situated in Ayodhya in the State of Uttar Pradesh and to any suit, appeal or other proceeding relating to the said place or place of worship.
Ø Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Ø It can be seen from the act that it equates the sheep and wolf as same, Hindus have been subjected to aggression and intolerable horror over a millennium with their sacred sites destroyed, desecrated or converted. As an independent country, it should have been the first duty of people to reclaim and remove these sights of slavery.
Ø However Congress and Left aligned intelligentsia was always against such acts and derided it as a ‘Hindu revivalism’, seen in the case of Somnath Temple.
Ø A good start has been made by filing a case in Mathura court for Shree Krishna Janmasthan temple and Idgah mosque.
Ø Even though the case was initially dismissed but later on it was accepted the hearing is slated on 28th November.
Ø A petition is also pending in front of Supreme Court challenging the “ Places of Worship” Act as well.
Ø A sustained public pressure on government and judiciary can deliver results as was seen in Ayodhya case. It has to scale up to massive proportions to liberate temples across Bharat and “Bring the Gods back home”.
Reference: 1) Hindu Temples and What happened to them ? by Sita Ram Goel
2) https://indiankanoon.org/doc/603724/ Place of Worship Act
Nov-15-2020 Charcha : Nehruism: Veiled Imperialism
In Pandit Nehru’s own words, we had a tryst with destiny on 15th August 1947. It was our collective misfortune that a man very alien to our culture and nation, was at helm at this crucial juncture. This had debilitating consequences for our national life.
Nehruism is the combined embodiment of all the imperialist ideologies Islam, Christianity, White Man’s Burden, and Communism that have flooded this country in the wake of foreign invasions.
There are always people in all societies who confuse superiority of armed might with superiority of culture, who start despising themselves as belonging to an inferior breed and end by taking to the ways of the conqueror in order to regain self-confidence. They begin finding faults with everything they have inherited from their fore-fathers, and who finally join hands with every force and factor which is out to subvert their ancestral society. Pandit Nehru was no more than a self-alienated Hindu, and Nehruism is not much more than Hindu baiting born out of and sustained by a deep-seated sense of inferiority vis a vis Islam, Christianity, and the modern West.
The power and prestige which Pandit Nehru acquired within a few years after the death of Sardar Patel had nothing to do with his own merits, either as a person, or as a political leader, or as a thinker. They were the outcome of a long historical process which had brought to the fore a whole class of self alienated Hindus. Pandit Nehru would have never come to the top if this class had not been there. And this class would not have become dominant or remained so, had it not been sustained by establishments in the West, particularly that in the Soviet Union.
It is not an accident that the Nehruvian regime has behaved like the British Raj in most respects. The Nehruvians have looked at India not as a Hindu country but as a multi- racial, multi religious and multi-cultural cockpit. They have tried their best, like the British, to suppress the mainstream society and culture with the help of minorities, that is, the colonies crystallized by imperialism. They have also tried to fragment Hindu society, and create more minorities in the process. In fact, it has been their whole time occupation to eliminate every expression of Hindu culture, to subvert every symbol of Hindu pride, and persecute every Hindu organization, in the name of protecting the minorities. Hindus have been presented as monsters who will commit cultural genocide if allowed to come to power.
The partition of the country was brought about by Islamic imperialism. But the Nehruvians blamed it shamelessly on what they stigmatized as Hindu communalism. A war on the newly born republic of India was waged by the Communists in the interests of Soviet imperialism. But the Nehruvians were busy apologizing for these traitors, and running hammer and tongs after the RSS. The Nehruvian formula is that Hindus should stand accused in every situation, no matter who is the real culprit.
In 1953, when Stalin died Nehru passed a resolution in the Indian Parliament to mourn the death of the most cruel mass murderer in the history of humanity ranking along with Hitler. He called Stalin as one who was “more than the head of the State” and as “a man who favored peace” and described his own generation of Indians as “children of his age”. In 1955, Nehru was allowed to visit Soviet Union as a state guest. He described this visit to the USSR as a ‘pilgrimage’.
A conscious rejection of Nehruism in all its forms will hasten its demise, and save us from the mischief which it is bound to create further if it is allowed to linger. If India is to live, Nehruism must die.
Reference: 1) “How I became a Hindu” by Sita Ram Goel
Nov-22-2020 Katha: Eknathji Ranade
Early Childhood
Shri Eknath Ranade was the youngest of eight siblings (four brothers and four sisters). He was born on 19 November, 1914, at Timtala in Amaravati District of Maharashtra.
Nath (as Shri Eknath Ranade was called in his childhood) was sent to Nagpur in 1921 to stay with his eldest brother Baburao. He had his primary education in Government Primary School in Phadanavispura at Nagpur. When his father’s health failed, the whole family moved to Nagpur and stayed with the eldest son.
Introduction to RSS
Shri Eknath Ranade’s brother-in-law Shri Annaji Sohoni was closely associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh which was established in Nagpur in 1925 by Dr. Hedgewar. Under Annaji Sohoni’s guidance, Nath attended a Sangh Shakha in 1926 and that became a turning point in his life.
He completed his Matriculation from New English High School, Mahal, in 1932. After his matriculation, he straightaway wanted to become a Sangh Pracharak but was advised by Dr.Hedgewar to finish his graduation first.
Eknathji started studying the Upanishads to counter the propoganda of Christian Missionaries. As he found it difficult to interpret them, he took up the works of Swami Vivekananda. And thereby, he first learnt about the life, works and vision of Swami Vivekananda.
RSS responsibilities
In 1938, Eknathji joined the Sangh full time as a Pracharak. His first assignment as Pracharak was in Mahakoshal Pranta, consisting of the central part of India. He enrolled himself for L.L.B. in Sagar University which he completed in first class in 1945. During his work as the Pranta Pracharak of Madhya Bharat, Shri Eknath Ranade’s superior organisational abilities and phenomenal memory came to be widely known.
In 1953, Shri Eknath Ranade was given the additional responsibility of Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh. In 1956 he was given the charge of Sarkaryavah, or General Secretary, of the Sangh. He became Akhil Bharatiya Bauddhik Pramukh in 1962.
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
In 1963, destiny took Shri Eknath Ranade to the purpose for which he was born. He was requested by Guruji Golwalkar to take up the cause of establishing the Vivekananda Rock Memorial.
It was post India’s debacle in 1962 China War and the whole country was demoralized. To revitalize the whole nation, there could not be any better choice than celebrating birth centenary of Swami Vivekananda. It was decided that a rock memorial of Swami Vivekananda was to be established at Kanyakumari.
It is not a story of mere construction but a saga in itself. As Eknathji was up against Christian Missionaries, Dravidist movement and a secular Central Government. He was triumphant against all odds.
Initially when he approached the Central government, Humayun Kabir, then Tourism Minister did not support the idea at all. Eknathji turned the tables on him, when he took a press conference in Calcutta, Humayun’s constituency and proclaimed that a man from Bengal was opposing Swami Vivekananda’s memorial. The minister received a lot of flak and had to relent.
When he approached Prime Minister Nehru he was directed to Lal Bahadur Shasrti, then Home Minister. Shastriji asked him to showcase a wide support for the Rock Memorial. Within a fortnight, Eknathji mustered support of 300 MPs across party lines for the Memorial. Shastriji was pleasantly surprised and gave a go ahead.
Christian Missionaries opposed the memorial, claiming that the Rock was actually the place where St Xavier had first landed. Fearing communal clashes, Bhaktavatsalam, then CM of Tamil Nadu, opposed the project. Eknathji came to know that Bhaktavatsalam was an ardent devotee of Shankaracharya of Kanchi. Eknathji met Shankaracharya and took his blessings, once the CM came to know of this, he immediately agreed.
As a fund-raiser, he established district level committees to create a nation-wide awakening. It is estimated that almost 1 Crore people contributed to the project by purchasing 1 Re ticket for the Rock Memorial.
Vivekananda Kendra
Shri Eknath Ranade was a prolific and punctilious letter writer. Since he took charge as the Organising Secretary of Vivekananda Rock Memorial Committee in 1963 till his death in 1982, he wrote over 25,000 letters! He chose the North-East as the thrust area of the Kendra’s initial activities. After an extensive study of the area, seven residential schools were opened in Arunachal Pradesh where Jeevanvratis of the Kendra worked.
He procured land in Kanyakumari to establish the headquarters of Vivekananda Kendra known as Vivekanandapuram. Apart from being involved in the publication activites of the Kendra in the periodicals Yuva Bharati and Kendra Bharati, Eknathji also took series of lectures for Jeevanvratis.
The relentless pace of work claimed Shri Eknath Ranade’s health. In 1980, he collapsed during a walk and went into coma. When he recovered consciousness, he had lost partial vision and his memory almost completely. The second affliction was all the more saddening to him as he had such a phenomenal memory that he could remember the names of whoever he was introduced to. He was advised by doctors to slow down his pace of work, but this was not possible for him to adhere to.
On 22 August 1982, Shri Eknath Ranade suffered a massive and fatal heart attack in Chennai. His body was brought to Kanyakumari and cremated on 23 August.
Reference: 1 ) https://haindavakeralam.com/story-vivekananda-rock-and-hk17640
Nov 29-2020: Prarthana Abhyas
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