How Much do I Love You: A Poem Dedicated to Bharat Mata, by Sharath Kumar
Oh mother what am I without you?
Blessed are we to be born
In your blessed soil never felt forlorn
You are of civilization the cradle
Your purity and perfection are to others a riddle
Beautiful forests, mountains and streams are all over
Why go to heaven, You are of happiness the bestower
Your holy soil produced the Vedas
With relish took incarnations did the Devas
The lord manifested again and again
As saints, Sadgurus and Avatars in your divine region
The children you reared
Never any land invaded
Only came out messengers of peace
From this beautiful place
Barbarians came into your divine land
They too were blessed by your bountiful hand
Oh mother you are like a river pure
For both good and bad, quenches thirst sure
Or like a bountiful tree
Which gives fruits when stoned for free
Why should you be victimized oh mother?
By the devil to the west and to his east his brother?
Their agents are crawling all over
Why dost thou give them shelter?
Your own children are not for you bothered
They do not care that you are bruised and battered
Oh mother, I pledge to you my life
For you I will with my best strive
I will not allow the weak and the selfish
To rob your culture with relish
I pray to you oh mother divine
For I get strength from your form benign
My love for you is boundless
May your reign as world power be endless
–Utthishta Bharata! Jai Hind!
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September 8th, 2010 03:09
It is not an ordinary poem and it is the prayer of so many crores of Indian souls.We pray almighty to give a long and healthy life to the author so he can contribute a lot further.
September 29th, 2010 04:25
Thank you so much Mr.Balachandran for your kind comments and wishes. I was overwhelmed after reading your comment :)
April 17th, 2011 04:12
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday said that there were indications that around 4,000 girls had been converted to other religions in the last four years by feigning love and asked the state government to consider framing a law to prevent such forcible religious conversions.
Justice K.T. Shankaran of the HC made these comments while denying bail to two youth who had been arrested for allegedly trying to convert two females MBA students to Islam after feigning romance.
The HC had earlier asked the director-general of police to submit a report on whether there was any ‘love jihad’ movement in the state.
Though the DGP said that the police had got no evidence of such activity in the state, the HC reached a different opinion after perusing the police reports, case diaries and other reports from across the state.
The judge said that majority of the ‘romantic’ conversions had occurred in the north Kerala districts including Malappuram, Kasargode and Kannur. In recent months itself, there had been more than 100 conversions, he added.
It appeared that the conversion of girls in the guise of romance has been prevalent in the state for quiet a while, said the court.
Such forcible conversion was against the law and the state government had the responsibility to prevent it, the court pointed out.
In his report, the DGP had said there was no organised conversion movement in the state. The union home ministry had also submitted a similar report to the HC.
Reacting to the HC’s comments, leaders of the DYFI and the Youth Congress said that the verdict might cast suspicion on all inter-religious marriages.
“We are not in favour of a moratorium on love,” said the YC state president, Mr Liju.
April 17th, 2011 04:13
Bangladeshi Muslims Burn Bhagavad Gita after destroying Temple
by Upananda Brahmachari of hinduexistence blog
Mohammedan fanatics burned sacred Hindu scripture “Srimad Bhagabad Gita” after destroying 555 yrs old Hindu temple complex in Islamic Republic of Bangladesh.
Srimad Bhagavad Gita burned, Srivas Angan destructed and partially grabbed by Islamists in Bangladesh.
In the series attack upon the Hindu Temples in Bangladesh in recent months, aiming to frighten the minority Hindus there and to grab the Hindu temple properties within a so called secular regime of Awami League Govt. headed by Sheikh Hasina, latest feed back came to us about a total resentment of the retaliating Hindus in the nefarious design of burning of “Srimad Bhagabad Gita” in the temple complex of Sribas Angan in the vicinity of Beyani Bazar of Sylhet district. Before this culpable act the Islamist perpetrators destroyed the ancestral deities of this “Sree Sree Lakshmi Narayan”, “Lord Shiva” and “Radha Madhav Jiu” of Achray Sribas Swami, a great Sanskrit scholar ever and the champion companion of Sree Sree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486–1534), a great spiritual leader in India for his Bhakti Movement.
The ancestral complex Sribas Acharya is considered as a heritage monument and famous Tirtha Khestra (pilgrimage resort) for Hindus comprising with very old “Sree Sree Lakshmi Narayan Mandir”, “Pancha Tattva Mandir”, and “Siva Mandir” was destroyed by the local Mohammedan land grabbers and perpetrators.
On 02.04.11, morning at about 10.00 am in broad day light, local influential perpetrators and land grabbers backed by ruling parties burned at least ten copies of Sreemad Bhagbad Gita with many religious books in front of local people after rampaging the whole pilgrimage complex to ensure a Islamic capture over a Hindu rights upon a temple property(Devottar sampatti). The fanatic Mohammedans successfully tried to destroy the relics of famous library building of Srivas Swami where a good collection of Hindu classic literatures and scriptures were the main attraction for the erudite students of the Master Srivas, across eastern India. It is believed that Srivas Swami started here an indigenous block print method (printing press) to copy old Sanskrit Texts. For a very unfortunate fate of the Hindus in Bangladesh all these historical and religious monuments have almost been perished into the Islamic aggression and the Government negligence.
After the traumatic burning of Sreemad Bhagbad Gita and other religious books and the rampant rampage of deities and temple properties, the area of incident of Khasa Pandit Para, Beyani Bazar, Sylhet (the old historic SRIHATTA), tension raised a level of retaliation and the aggrieved Hindu locals lodged a FIR in Biyani Bazar Police Station vide no. 03/02-04-2011, u/s 143/448/294/323/379/380/506. It has come to know that one Janab Dipu Sheikh and his gang have been operating to encroach the entire five bigha (1.65 acre) of this temple property. The Muslim attackers tried to murder Sri Siddha Gaur Das Brahmachari the monk-in-charge of the temple premises and throw away all the broken deties into a nearby pond after rampaging abruptly. The perpetrators also snatched away the donation box of the main temple. Janab Dipu Sheikh maintains his political connection with Awami League and Jamat e Islami – Bangladesh, both hand in hand. Dipu has open criminal connection with Islamist to run his persecution program upon minority Hindu women, Hindu shopkeepers, general Hindu minorities and Hindu land grabbing. One Sabul Ali of Dipu’s gange physically assaulted Siddha Gaur Das Brahmachari and attempted to murder this monk-in-charge. The political affiliation vested in Dipu’s group made them a terror to the Hindu locals.
In a protest the Math Mandir O Devottar Sampatti Raksha Samity (MMDSRS) of 79 Swamibag Road, Dhaka -1100, held an urgent press conference on 12th April 2011 at 11 am in the Dhaka Reporters’ unit, VIP Lounge, Segun Bagicha, Dhaka to draw the attention of all concerned to protect the growing torture upon Bangladeshi Hindus along with their temples, landed properties, business, women folk and even animals possessed by them.
In a very anguished PRESS statement by MMDSRS, its convener Satya Ranjan Barai conveyed that the paramount cry of the Bangladeshi Minority Hindus do not touch even any civil society of Bangladesh, which denotes its fake secularist attitude to the damn apathy to a Hindu persecution and ethnic cleansing. Prominent Hindu activists present there demanded immediate arrest and punishments of the Muslim perpetrators caused a hell and burning of Srimad Bhagavad Gita in Srivas Angan.
In the press note MMDSRS accused the present Enemy Property Act and its Amendments, which fueled all the Muslims to grab all Hindu properties as Muslims consider Hindus as enemies. And this is the stand point of a so called liberal Govt in Bangladesh.
In the press statement, convener of MMDSRS pointed out in the recent past, the 200 yrs old Radha Govinda Jiu Temple at 222 Lal Mohan Saha Street, Sutrapur, Dhaka is under the Islamic scanner to grab it. Land Mafia Hazi Islam Uddin, Hazi Afjal Hossian and local Awami League President of 77 no ward, Hazi Abul Hossian Abul clubbed together to occupy the temple forcefully. Their men have been threatening the temple authorities as Hindus must close all Muth (resident of monastic orders) and Mandirs (temple) to ease the land grabbing by these Muslim Land mafias in BD. (vide GD no. 1841 dt 28-03-2011 of Ramna Model P.S.).
In another incident, Abul Hossain Abul threatened the opposition Hindus, ” If you people do not leave your temples and religious institutions, we will not allow any kaffir Hindus to stay here peacefully. Any kind of Hindu protest will be stopped with a severe communal riot” with in very office of Addl. Police Superintendent, City SB, Dhaka. No authority could resist a venomous Abul Hossian for a while. (vide GD no. 1556 de 28-03-2011 of Sutrapur P.S.)
In Rampura area of Dhaka, where 220-225 Hindu families reside, one Rajauk Ali encroached 75% land of a Hindu crematorium beside the “Sree Sree Gouranga Maha Pravu Mandir”, Now Rajauk is trying to occupy the lone Hindu temple of this area, for which Hindus are determined to fight Land Grabbing Jehad in Bangladesh. It is also reported that the Awami League MP Jajid Malik has destroyed one temple in Urkiya, 2 km away from Manikganj town to vacate a Hindu possession of Golak Mondal and Sarat Mondal for a proposed hospital there. In the name of so called development, hospitals, cattle houses, slaughter houses, multi storied buildings; the Hindus properties are being snatched, even not giving a minimum price.
Pointing out an overwhelming discrimination to Hindus, it is told that when a Madrasha educated teacher gets his salary in a regular scale, then a Sanskrit scholar gets an honorarium of only Taka 120/- pm. As the Muslims claim their superiority in BD, Hindus there are treated as III class citizen. These Hindus also fought a brave fight and got tremendous torture from Pak platoons at the time of struggle of Free Bangladesh. The Math Mandir O Devottar Sampatti Raksha Samity has a plan to protest and hunger strike all over the Hindu pockets in BD. ISKCON Bangladesh is very much aggrieved as the maximum attacks are held in the Vaisnavite Goudiya Temples.
On behalf of MMDSRS, Pinaki Das, a Hind activist of BD forwarded a mail demanding justice in favour of BD Hindus as : ”WE DEMAND PROPER PUNISHMENT TO OUR GOVERNMENT. PLEASE HELP US AND CREATE PRESSURE TO THEM FOR INITIATING PROPER STEPS.
WE NEED FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR DEMANDING JUSTICE AND PLEASE SAVE THE HINDU TEMPLE LANDS WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN GRABBED BY THE ISLAMIC PERPETRATORS.”
http://hindurevolution.blogspot.com/2011/04/bangladeshi-muslims-burn-bhagavad-gita.html
April 17th, 2011 04:14
Islamic extremism was not fundamentally rooted in Islam, nor could it be claimed a reaction to American foreign policy. It had its roots in the stagnation and dysfunctions of the Arab world. Decades of failure under tyrannical regimes, all claiming to be Western-style secular modernizers, had produced an opposition that was anti-Western, religious, violent, and increasingly globalized. Since the mosque was a place where people could gather and Islam an institution that was outside the reach of censorship, they both provided a context for the growth of the political opposition. An inter-generational effort to create more open and dynamic societies in Arab countries, and thereby helping Islam enter the modern world is admissible.-Padmabhusan Dr.Fareed Zakaria B.A., Yale University,Ph.D., Harvard University Born Mumbai, Maharashtra, India an Indian-American journalist and author. From 2000, he was a columnist for Newsweek and editor of Newsweek International, until moving to Editor-At-Large of Time in 2010. He is also the host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, and a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, trade and American foreign policy[After the 9/11 attacks, in a Newsweek cover essay]
April 17th, 2011 04:15
Castism is rampant in hindu society, but it is recognised as a disease and laws are enacted to punish any offender, the Indian constitution also guarantees against any discrimination in the form of cast,creed,clour ,or race. Islam does not guarantee anything but the barbaric sharia and their division of humanity as momins and infidels,who are worse than animals fit to be killed without remorse: if this is not castism then what else is? Momins or muslims in majority can loot infidels’ hardearned wealth,rape their women, kill them with impunity ,levy special tax on kafirs, not allow them to build temples, or allow any public worship etc.- this is worse than castism. This is what happened and Delhi saw its first temple in centuries when the Birlas built the Lakshmi Narayan Temple in the early twentieth century under British rule , not under the barbaric islamic rule! Islam and the muslims were responsible for the destruction of thousands of temples in its 700 years of despotic rule! Castism is on the wane. You can see leaders of Dalit communities becoming ministers ,parliamentarians,chief ministers of Provinces in India. Castism was not prevalent in the Vedic times ,but was of later hinduism . Even in Mahabharata , in the episode where a Yaksha questions Yudhishtra about who is a ‘brahmin’ , Yudhishtra answers that ‘a person is a brahmin not by his birth or education or social standing , but a brahmin is a person having exemplary conduct and morals(‘dharma’ or righteousness). Many of the most revered saints in India were not brahmins like Sant Tukaram or Kabir, or Avaiyar or Thiruvalluavar,etc. So hinduism does’nt uphold castism ,which is man-made social custom!
April 17th, 2011 04:15
“one of the most painful aspects of Muslim demographic warfare is the open attempt by Muslims to grab non-Muslim girls to use them for their own demographic ambitions, meanwhile also inflicting a good dose of humiliation on the accursed kafirs. In Bangladesh and in Muslim-majority areas inside India, this often takes the form of simply kidnapping girls, or of threatening their families to marry them out to Muslims? In the open market-place of the West and of westernized circles in India, it takes the form of normal courtship”- Mr. Elst Still if these silly Hindu filmmakers think that they are actually building ‘secular bridges’ by giving Muslim man riding Hindu woman, (the Muslims, of course, won’t allow the reverse.) then they are in error. They fail to understand Islamic mindset. Even if you make all the Muslims in India superstars, in Pakistan this will not be accepted for as a sign of Hindu benevolence or even a gesture of genuine secularism but as an explicit evidence of Hindu inferiority and Islamic superiority! Such is their contempt for all things Hindu. And it does not stop there; Abu Salem (killed Gulshan Kumar, organized Bombay Bomb blasts on more than one occasions even opened gun-fire at the shooting of Hindu religious epic Mahabharta) has managed to get much for Islam. The popularity of “khan” series of Bollywood masala flicks has led to a deadly trait of more and more Hindu girls in western countries (mostly U.K.), misusing the freedom their religion gives them, finding it ‘cool’ and ‘okay’ to marry a Muslim. This is also helped by the cultural vacuum left by Hindu parents who are so secular that they feel ashamed to give their child any knowledge about the great heritage of Hinduism. Zakat (petro-dollars) come all the way from rich Islamic states in gulf to reward the Muslim boys who bring more and more girls to the fold of Islam. Some Muslim boys have even made this “campus-jehad” a full time occupation! And of course for such gullible Hindu girls life is one-way street, once she enters Islam (hoping the warm embrace of her future in-laws who should be grateful to her for leaving her very own parents and religion) she discovers there is nothing warm in the embrace of Islam she embraced as promised in the film that inspired her for this foolish emotional death-dive, but by then it is too late. She is done for. She will probably spend the rest of her cursed life cooking stinking halaal meat and giving birth to a new generation of suicide bombers.
April 17th, 2011 04:16
Hindu society needs the total Hindu solidarity and Kshatriya spirit. He said atrocities are being committed against the Hindus everywhere in India and in its neighborhood. Everywhere the Hindu’s hearth, home and honor is under assault. But be it Assam, West Bengal, Kashmir or Kerala, the Hindu is fighting alone. The plight of the Hindus in Kerala doesn’t seem to affect the Hindus in Assam. The distress of the Kashmiri Hindus doesn’t disturb the slumber of the Tamil Hindus. On the other hand, even at the slightest provocation, the shrill, hue, and cry of the Ummah across the globe rents the sky. The government scurries for cover and the media literally froths at the mouth. The need of the hour is the total freedom – from servitude, suppression, subjugation, repression, restraint, and oppression imposed mercilessly and ruthlessly by anti-Hindu forces. We Hindus have to understand that a society or a community that cannot defend itself against the aggression cannot survive for long. It is the law of nature.Every community needs a sword-arm to protect itself against the aggression, overt or covert. This is what makes the role of a kshatriya or the warrior important in a community and in periods of turmoil and conflict, it is paramount. Hindu society is under attack from every direction and in every manner. The need of the hour is to re-ignite our kshatriya spirit. An eminent scholar Dr. David Frawley has said correctly that Hindu society needs intellectual kshatriyas to do battle with the nefarious and malignant assault of the communist dominated media and academia against the Hindu faith.[Tapan Ghosh]