Reducing Hinduism to tourism

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on war and peace

aurocafe.substack.com/p/sri-aurobind…

https://twitter.com/ujmpondy/status/1784421626710295020?t=NA4BCDAfbEfk5ez8nsV8RA&s=19

New Episode! "Mental Formations Mixing With Vital Forces"

reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life , Ch. 3 Hidden Forces Around, pp. 69-70 This episode is also available as…

Player links & show notes:

https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1785283682204291462?t=FZGSb3egieW8wuK_J9gxjw&s=19

On his birth centenary we along with our friends of #SriAurobindo Ashram paid our humble homage to Sri Prapatti with silent meditation… Team SNSMT

https://twitter.com/SNSMT/status/1785248457202307264?t=66sApV1zdG85Yhe7AdlI5Q&s=19

Yes, that is why they are aspects of One. Sri Aurobindo is one of those who has brought this out. It is not about commonalities, though there are many, but different facets.

https://twitter.com/roshendalal/status/1785109675576570275?t=hV1VPqNaeMQNWafuCLszcg&s=19

Sri Aurobindo: A broad overview of the Greatest Visionary

https://twitter.com/hindupost/status/1784579928186323244?t=DAmmLO92NpQtJ_ElEMcV2g&s=19

In politics whether or when you do wrong is not the issue. Where and when you get caught is the issue

https://twitter.com/madversity/status/1785224332832289269?t=eR-47GTi3uZx8CdAvxkeyQ&s=19

संविधान बचाओ-देश बचाओ!

एक ऐसी पहल जो अगर आज नहीं शुरू हुई तो आगामी भविष्य में इसका महत्व शून्य हो जाएगा।

क्यूँकि अगर देश बचाना है तो संविधान बचाना है और यदि संविधान बचाना है तो समझदारी से वोट देना ज़रूरी है।

कल तेलंगाना के महबूब नगर में ‘संविधान बचाओ-देश बचाओ’ सम्मेलन के दौरान!

“निरंकुश सत्ता के इरादों पर लोकतंत्र की जीत होगी।”

https://twitter.com/_YogendraYadav/status/1784560701484503438?t=udGUW5IG--JWBHrlsqRf8Q&s=19

#Hindutva, which is not monolithic, needs several regional expressions and inflections. This is true not just in the South, but also in the east, especially Bengal and Odisha, writes @MakrandParanspe t.ly/8_gdd

https://twitter.com/Openthemag/status/1780573674980155431?t=z4z-2B988o26IjVAbvmuuQ&s=19

When Vinoba Bhave led Bhoodaan movement in 1950s for large land holders to voluntarily give up their land for re-distribution, “Hindu Upper Caste” wholeheartedly came forward and gave up 47 lakh acres of land!

Bihar, UP, Rajasthan, Odisha “upper caste” Zamindaars alone made up for over 75% of that land redistribution for poor.

As opposed to Bihar (6.4 lakh acres), Odisha (6.3 lakh), Raj (5.4 lakh), UP (4.3 lakh) - Punjabis (Jats) only donated a meager 5,167 acres - and less than 1/4 of it was actually redistributed. Today Punjab has the worst land holding equity. 

But you will not speak up against those annadaataas.

https://twitter.com/bhAratenduH/status/1783158529416716338?t=xt5_33PeYOxuxKDkbyAesg&s=19

रेवन्ना कांड इस या उस पार्टी या धर्म का मामला नहीं है। सत्ता के अंधे मद और दुरुपयोग से स्त्रियों के भयानक, अकल्पनीय, अभूतपूर्व लंबे शोषण का है। हमारी समूची राजनीति के चरित्र, बीमार समाज, व्यवस्था का है। इसलिए इसपर प्रधानमंत्री क्या कहते-करते हैं इससे उनकी भी परीक्षा होगी।

https://twitter.com/rahuldev2/status/1785195451685204256?t=ORcQfimRec0fDvcxU8K0RA&s=19

देखकर संतोष मिलता है कि कई सज्जनों की बौद्धिक-भाषिक सक्रियता का कारण हूँ। वे इंतज़ार में रहते हैं कि कुछ भी कहूँ तो उसमें सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्म छिद्र खोज कुछ न कुछ टेढ़ा-बाँका-विकृत-कुत्सित कह कर अपने स्नायुओं का व्यायाम कर सकें, जलते-कुढ़ते चित्त को निंदासुख प्राप्त हो। कल्याणमस्तु

https://twitter.com/rahuldev2/status/1784877619395043685?t=6lsNWorSfxBj3MlHIImCzw&s=19

I have been saying that the normalization of Brahmin hate is the beginning of Brahmin genocide. When you perpetuate a victim-oppressor narrative without stopping to examine current realities, then you take the first steps toward genocide. This is a precursor to genocide

https://twitter.com/rameshvenkatram/status/1785197020916974045?t=MmZGr330AVp066feVlwcuQ&s=19

How did Arnab become so irrelevant in last 5 years?

Looked very promising at one point of time and it seemed he would take Indian media to international level but now I don't see even right wing mentioning him even once.

https://twitter.com/Arminiu_ss/status/1784993032410161208?t=BuHBqhjIJinThMB7-q_8zw&s=19

Huge impact - the work Dhruv, and @TheDeshBhakt, and some in language channels - @ShyamMeeraSingh, others are doing. If democracy survives, these guys would've played a key role. Not to forget the many satirists - @ms_medusssa, @therantinggola. Cartoonists like @MANJULtoons ...

https://twitter.com/prasanto/status/1784878073915064347?t=umxuR5t6N1LMyNLyIOgn6A&s=19

Hindus have given their hospitality to refugee communities: Jews, Syrian Xians, Parsis, Tibetans. But many of even these groups only heap slander on their benefactors. No gratitude.

https://twitter.com/ElstKoenraad/status/1785269260459143219?t=8_MPVIQc3kF-h5mT_X9x7w&s=19

#Urdu is the language of the heart for younger gen N. Indians. They tend to express love, pain, and even spirituality & wisdom in Urdu. Shuddh #Hindi is just considered nerdy. Used in schools, satsangs & sarkari daftar. Urdu captured Bollywood and won the match.

Urdu targeted and systematically took over Bollywood very early on. Whereas Hindi ignored pop culture and has always depended on state power and took over schools, bureaucracy and religious satsangs (but even here failed to become the language of choice for spirituality).

https://twitter.com/Parikramah/status/1784995726646272043?t=jbAT1CBu8QRAeeNybF-Vrw&s=19

Urdu is not a language but a creole. A creole of Hindi with a preference for Arabo-Persian loan words for standard vocabulary and according phonetic adjustments of native Indian words. 

So, are they the same “language”? Like any Creole is a form of its substrate mother language, Urdu is also a form of Hindi. Different scripts is the smaller matter. 

Is Urdu intelligible to non-Urdu native speaker of Hindi? Of course the market level talk is, but as soon as one speaks a slightly more elevated register, such as the Urdu of classrooms or literature, it is not very intelligible without a dictionary.

https://twitter.com/bhAratenduH/status/1785351233772966193?t=Rqt0kAaxeQgRS97zLVPvhw&s=19

In this video snippet, Arun Shourie contrasts Hinduism's inner focus with Semitic religions' state ties, warns against reducing Hinduism to tourism, and criticizes the fusion of religion and state. Watch the full insightful talk: youtu.be/xRCb43q68g4 #SangamTalks

https://twitter.com/sangamtalks/status/1785270374722416740?t=bgAiHxXHBgJeR3xh1YMTyw&s=19