Tattva

 Namaste,

This year three important Hindu festivals will be celebrated in the month of March - Holi on the 3rd, Yugadi on the 19th and Sri Ram Navami on the 26th. While we all know about Holi and Sri Ram Navami, Yugadi carries a special significance of its own. It is the Hindu new year day. The day recalls the inspiring occasion when the invading Sakas from Central Asia were vanquished by the great emperors Shalivahana and Vikramaditya in the 1st Century A.D. As a happy and meaningful coincidence, the great founder of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar, was also born on this very day of Yugadi in 1889. On this festive occasion let us take inspiration from these great souls.

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Please visit http://www.hinduyuva.org/tattva-blog/2007/03/ to read the March 2007 edition of Tattva.

Arun Lakshman reporting from the state of Kerala in India for ‘The Pioneer’:

In Kerala, as in other states of India, M.S.Golwalkar(Gurji)’s birth centenary was a year-long program aimed at stimulating mass opinion on the single most important issue before the nation: Terrorism

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The media often portrays Hindutva as an ideology of hate towards non-Hindus and is projected as a political tool to play with the emotions of people. The word “Hindutva” can be understood as Hindu +Tattva= the ideology related to Hindus. A fundamental aspect of this ideology is devoted to day-to-day living. In particular, Hindutva is a practical approach to the problems of Hindu Society, to the problems of India (Bharat). Therefore, Hindutva has a definite goal and offers the methods to reach that goal.

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30 States, 106 places, 4364 participants & 477,169 Surya Namaskars.

The Yagna: From 13th to 28th January 2007, throughout the country from the San Francisco Bay area to Boston to Houston, Americans both Hindu and non-Hindu congregated to learn about and performing the yoga postures of “Surya Namaskar”, or “Sun Salutations”. The physical, mental and spiritual heath benefits of doing the Surya Namaskar were directly experienced by individuals from four to 70 years old at more than 100 centers throughout the United States. Local print media and local affiliates of ABC and NBC covered this innovative national project.

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This article is taken from the book ‘Awaken Bharata: a Call for India’s Rebirth’, by David Frawley. The full text of the book can be accessed on line from http://www.hindubooks.org/david_frawley/awaken_bharata/index.htm

The Challenge of the Information Age

We live in the age of the information revolution, which has taken a quantum leap since the introduction of computers and the opening up of the Internet. The new information flood is changing the nature of the society in ways that we have yet to know and for which there is no precedent. This information revolution is in many respects an information war, with different groups vying to put their views out to the general public as the truth. It is often a disinformation war as well, with groups trying to discredit those who have different views, using the media as their weapon.

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There is sufficient evidence available today to say that Sanskrit is the oldest language of the world. Among the current languages which possess a hoary antiquity like Latin or Greek, Sanskrit is the only language which has retained its pristine purity. It has maintained its structure and vocabulary even today as it was in the past. Read the rest of this entry »

मांगलयम् तंतुनानेना मम जीवन् हेथुनाकंठे बधनामि शुभगे संजीवा षरदः षतम्

māṁgalayam taṁtunāanenā mama jīvan hethunākaṁṭhe badhanāmi śubhage saṁjīīvā ṣaradaḥ ṣatam

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“Our youth must be made to feel proud of being born in the great lineage of rishis and yogis. If we have to live up to their legacy, we must live as Hindus, we must appear as Hindus and we must make ourselves felt by the whole world as Hindus.- Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1906-1973).”

Popularly known as Guruji, was the second chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was the force behind the formation of many organizations of the Sangh.