Category: Inspiring

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Man of the Millennium…..

From: Satish Oberoi < >

 

Man of the Millennium…..
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Mr. Kalayanasundaram worked as a Librarian for 30 years. Every month in his 30 year experience(service), he donated his entire salary to help the needy. He worked as a server in a hotel to meet his needs. He donated even his pension amount of about ten lakh rupees to the needy.

He is the first person in the world to spend the entire earnings for a social cause. In recognition to his service, the American government honoured him with the ‘Man of the Millennium’ award. He received a sum of Rs 30 crores as part of this award which he distributed entirely for the needy as usual.
Moved by his passion to help others, Super Star Rajinikanth adopted him as his father. He still stays as a bachelor and dedicated his entire life for serving the society. You can read more about him here.
See the attachment also.
Hat’s off Kalayanasundaram.. We Indians are extremely proud of you proudly say “THIS HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA”.
 

French youth stand up to Muslims, invoking Charles Martel

From: Madeline Brooks < >
Date: Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Subject: [HRCARI] French youth stand up to Muslims, invoking Charles Martel

 
Exciting news! A determined French youth group “occupied” the roof of the Great Mosque Of Poitiers as an initial step in turning back the tide of Muslim immigration. They declare that they love their culture, their French history and their French identity (their name is Generation Identity) and will not succumb to multi-culturism.
 
Calling upon the memory of the great Charles Martel who stopped the Muslim invasion of France at Poitiers in October, 732, they see themselves as the new front line.
 
“We are the sacrificed generation but we are not the lost generation.”
 
This group just emerged last month. More will be revealed.

आशा भोंसले का तमाचा

From:

Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik dr.vaidik@gmail.com

 

आशा भोंसले का तमाचा 

02 फरवरी 2012 : आशा भोंसले और तीजन बाई ने दिल्लीवालों की लू उतार दी| ये दोनों देवियाँ ‘लिम्का बुक ऑफ रेकार्ड’ के कार्यक्रम में दिल्ली आई थीं| संगीत संबंधी यह कार्यक्रम पूरी तरह अंग्रेजी में चल रहा था| यह कोई अपवाद नहीं था| आजकल दिल्ली में कोई भी कार्यक्रम यदि किसी पांच-सितारा होटल या इंडिया इंटरनेशनल सेंटर जैसी जगहों पर होता है तो वहां हिंदी या किसी अन्य भारतीय भाषा के इस्तेमाल का प्रश्न ही नहीं उठता| इस कार्यक्रम में भी सभी वक्तागण एक के बाद एक अंग्रेजी झाड़ रहे थे| मंच संचालक भी अंग्रेजी बोल रहा था|

जब तीजनबाई के बोलने की बारी आई तो उन्होंने कहा कि यहां का माहौल देखकर मैं तो डर गई हूं| आप लोग क्या-क्या बोलते रहे, मेरे पल्ले कुछ नहीं पड़ा| मैं तो अंग्रेजी बिल्कुल भी नहीं जानती| तीजनबाई को सम्मानित करने के लिए बुलाया गया था लेकिन जो कुछ वहां हो रहा था, वह उनका अपमान ही था लेकिन श्रोताओं में से कोई भी उठकर कुछ नहीं बोला| तीजनबाई के बोलने के बावजूद कार्यक्रम बड़ी बेशर्मी से अंग्रेजी में ही चलता रहा| इस पर आशा भोंसले झल्ला गईं| उन्होंने कहा कि मुझे पहली बार पता चला कि दिल्ली में सिर्फ अंग्रेजी बोली जाती है| लोग अपनी भाषाओं में बात करने में भी शर्म महसूस करते हैं| उन्होंने कहा मैं अभी लंदन से ही लौटी हूं| वहां लोग अंग्रेजी में बोले तो बात समझ में आती है लेकिन दिल्ली का यह माजरा देखकर मैं दंग हूं| उन्होंने श्रोताओं से फिर पूछा कि आप हिंदी नहीं बोलते, यह ठीक है लेकिन आशा है, मैं जो बोल रही हूं, उसे समझते तो होंगे? दिल्लीवालों पर इससे बड़ी लानत क्या मारी जा सकती थी?

इसके बावजूद जब मंच-संचालक ने अंग्रेजी में ही आशाजी से आग्रह किया कि वे कोई गीत सुनाएँ तो उन्होंने क्या करारा तमाचा जमाया? उन्होंने कहा कि यह कार्यक्रम कोका कोला कंपनी ने आयोजित किया है| आपकी ही कंपनी की कोक मैंने अभी-अभी पी है| मेरा गला खराब हो गया है| मैं गा नहीं सकती|

क्या हमारे देश के नकलची और गुलाम बुद्घिजीवी आशा भोंसले और तीजनबाई से कोई सबक लेंगे? ये वे लोग हैं, जो मौलिक है और प्रथम श्रेणी के हैं जबकि सड़ी-गली अंग्रेजी झाड़नेवाले हमारे तथाकथित बुद्घिजीवियों को पश्चिमी समाज नकलची और दोयम दर्जे का मानता है| वह उन्हें नोबेल और बुकर आदि पुरस्कार इसलिए भी दे देता है कि वे अपने-अपने देशों में अंग्रेजी के सांस्कृतिक साम्राज्यवाद के मुखर चौकीदार की भूमिका निभाते रहें| उनकी जड़ें अपनी जमीन में नीचे नहीं होतीं, ऊपर होती हैं| वे चमगादड़ों की तरह सिर के बल उल्टे लटके होते हैं| आशा भोंसले ने दिल्लीवालों के बहाने उन्हीं की खबर ली है|

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Kuran Se Ved Ke Aur (From Koran to Vedas)

Kuran Se Ved  Ke Aur

The story of how Maulvi Mehboob Ali, the Imam of the Badi Masjid in
Baduat, Uttar Pradesh, rejected Islam and became

Pandit Mahendra Pal Arya

By Satish Purohit

Maulvi Mehboob Ali used to be an imam who led believers in their worship of Allah, the God of the Quran. He was much loved by his Hindu as well as Muslim neighbors. Back then, he would chide them gently for sleeping late when birds, who are beings lower in the divine scheme of things than humans, were up and chirping. “Muslims should be in their mosques by now and the Hindus in their temples thanking their Maker. It is not done for humans to waste their time,” he would say.

The residents of neighborhoods surrounding the Barwala Masjid in Badaut in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh respected the maulvi. The years rolled on for the maulvi as he tended assiduously to his duties a leader of the faithful armed with a graduate degree in Islamic studies. Till then, he was assured, as most Muslims are wont to, that the Quran contained instructions from God himself. All one had to do to navigate life and the hereafter was to heed its instructions and one could not go wrong.

In the winter of 1983, the good maulvi met Master Shree Krishna Pal Singh, a teacher of science at the Gurukul Indraprasth. Singh smiled when Ali delivered an impromptu lecture on the Quran. “Will you be my guest at Gurukul Indraprasth maulvi?” he asked. Pandit Arya says that he accepted the invitation because being a Bengali, he was, like most Bengalis, free of sectarian biases that mar communal relations in other parts of the country.

It was evening when the maulvi reached the Gurukul. His hosts took him to a simple but clean room where he would live while he was at the Gurukul. It was time for the maghrib namaz. The Maulvi  purified himself with ritual wazoo and read his namaz before leaving his room for a stroll of the Gurukul. He watched as the students, teachers and visitors performed a Vedic yagnya. Some were attending to their sandhya. Later, there was a lecture on some Vedic subject and food was served. The Maulvi had dinner with Krishna Pal Singh before repairing to his room for his namaz. “Maulvi sahib, come,” said Krishna Pal Singh, “I would like to introduce to our people here.” Ali was introduced to Dharamveer, the mantri of the Gurukul and Swami Shaktivesh, a sanyasi. “What is your life’s mission?” the swami asked the maulvi. “To warn people of the world against falling prey to evil and to motivate them to do what is right,” answered the maulvi. “That is what we do here as well. That is indeed the aim of all Aryas. Why do you think we don’t work together?” asked the swami. “I don’t know,” the maulvi admitted, “let me give it thought.”

The next day the Maulvi rose early – at 4 am – to read his namaz. He stepped out of his room and saw the children exercising. He met the teachers. They discussed spiritual matters, including Islam with him. So far the maulvi had not been exposed to the spiritual thought of any religion other than Islam and had concluded that no other tradition had anything to add to what the Quran had to say. “I did not know that there was a world outside my little well. Swami Vivekananda probably had people like me in mind when he said that the vastness of the ocean was beyond the mind of a frog whose life is limited to his small well,” laughs Arya.
As the maulvi left Gurukul Indraprasth, Shree Dharmaveer handed a copy of Swami Dayananda Saraswati’s Satyartha Prakash in Urdu to him. As he sat in the bus to Badaut, the maulvi began to sift through the pages
till it opened on the fourteenth chapter that had the Quran as its subject. The maulvi was surprised to see ayats of his holy book written by a saffron-robed sanyasi. “I suffered the shock of my life. The book had a picture of a kafir sanyasi and inside there were verses of the Quran,” Arya reminisces. Swami Dayananda’s book, which continues to be in print in nearly all the major languages of India, processes the Quran and its claims in the light of the tenets of the Sanatan Vedic tradition.

To the Quran’s “Whichever way ye turn, there is the face of God. (2:109)” The Swami asks in Satyarth Prakash, “If this is true, why do the Mohammedans turn their face towards Qibla (the sacred Mosque in Mecca)? If it be argued that they have been commanded to do so, to answer that they have also been permitted to turn their face in whatever direction they choose. Now, which of these two (contradictory statements) should be held to be true. Moreover, if God has a face, it can only be in one direction and not in all directions at one and the same time.” In around 30,000 words, the fourteenth chapter of the Satyarth Prakash demolishes the claims of Quran in the light of the Vedas and points out inconsistencies, exaggerations and scientific inaccuracies in the holy book of the Muslims. The book had a profound effect on Maulvi Mehbbob Ali. “I had no answers to the questions. I could not fault their reasoning. The razor sharp logic had my certainties in tatters. Swami Dayanand Saraswati’s Satyarth Prakash held my hand in the darkness that surrounded me and led me to light,” says Pandit Arya. 

The maulvi made a list of questions and doubts that had surfaced in his mind during his reading of the Satyarth Prakash and mailed them to 25 leading muftis (Islamic scholars) of his time. If the Quran was perfect guidance, the answers would surely come. “I requested them to not to question my motivations but to answer what I had asked to my satisfaction,” explains Arya. “Just seven scholars wrote in. They said that I did not deserve the answers because by the very the act of questioning the veracity and holiness of the Quran, I had turned into an apostate in the eyes of Allah and his prophet.” Not one scholar answered the doubts raised in the maulvi’s letter and after much soul searching and study of Vedas and Vedic scriptures, Maulvi Mehboob Ali decided to become an apostate from Islam and embrace the Vedic dharma.

“On November 30, 1983, I underwent shuddhi and reclaimed my rightful heritage as a Vedic Arya. After the ceremony, I addressed thousands of Hindus and Muslims assembled at the venue and told them that I was not changing my dharma because dharmacannot be changed. I was merely changing  my community. Illiterate, emotional, illogical and unscientific, the Muslim ummah had no use for the truth, I explained. From the darkness of Islam, I was moving to the light of the Vedic tradition where reason is honored and debates are encouraged. I intended to spend the rest of my life among enlightened people,” says Pandit Arya.

After Pandit Mahendra Pal Arya entered the Vedic tradition, he happened to meet Swami Angivesh who advised him against taking a new name. “Agnivesh told me that I should retain my Muslim name and preach among Muslims. Amar Swami warned me to keep away from Aginvesh because he was a shady character. He had illegally taken possession of a part of the Janata Dal office near Jantar Mantar,” Pandit Arya explains, “Swami Shaktivesh has chosen a good name for you, he said. You are an Indian, why should you have an Arab name?” “Since then Agnivesh has distinguished himself by insulting the saffron robes that camouflage his shady intents. He always aligns with anti-Hindu forces of all shades and persuasions,” says Arya, “He wants the Satyarth Prakash edited, he stands with forces that malign Maharishi Manu and is always seen siding with the mullahs and maulanas on every issue that affects Hindus.”
For the last 29 years, Pandit Mahendra Pal Arya has facilitated the return of several perverts to Islam. “I focus mainly on scholars of Islam and have been successful in welcoming around 15,000 Muslims back into the Vedic faith. I am armed with the teachings of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and the Vedas that are logical, humane and free from all contradictions and scientific error.” Pandit Arya challenged fundamentalist Wahabi preacher Zakir Naik to debate with him on an Islamic issue of his choice in 2004. “Naik fancies himself a student of comparative religions and always runs down the Vedas and Vedic literature. He maintains a well-equipped and well-staffed office in Dongri, Mumbai that operates with the sole aim of misleading and converting uninformed Hindus to Islam.” Pandit Arya says Hindus are disorganized mired in superstitions and always caught sleeping while missionaries execute their nefarious designs. “It is time we wake up to the threat and revive shuddhi to welcome our brothers and sisters back into the Vedic fold. 

Narendra Modi is being criticized because he refused to wear an Islamic cap. Would the maulana who felt insulted because Modi refused to the skull cap wear a string of rudraksha beads in public if a Hindu offered it to him?” demands Pandit Arya. Note: This article is a first in a series on contemporary Muslims who have rejected Islam and embraced Sanatan Dharma.

Readers may contact Pandit Mahendra Pal Arya on mparya2010@gmail.com

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Duke Hires Its First Hindu Chaplain

Duke Hires Its First Hindu Chaplain

 

Usha Rajagopalan

Durham, NC – Duke University has hired its first Hindu chaplain. Usha Rajagopalan, who began her part-time role at Duke Aug. 1, will provide guidance for the Hindu Students Association and represent the group on Duke’s Faith Council and in the university’s Religious Life program.

Rajagopalan is fluent in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam, and comes to Duke with degrees from Annamalai University in India and the University of Maryland. She has been leading Hindu worship services in the Triangle area and received the 2009 Kathryn H. Wallace Award in Community Service from the Triangle Community Foundation.

“Hinduism, or Sanathana Dharma, is not a religion but a practice, a way of life,” Rajagopalan said. “Deepening understanding of their inner world as they pursue their academic goals allows Hindu students at Duke to receive a holistic education and to practice their Dharma or way of life.”

Duke Chapel Dean Samuel Wells said he welcomes Rajagopalan’s perspective in campus conversations among different faiths.

“I am proud to be part of a campus culture that builds up diverse faiths by bringing them into healthy dialogue and common enterprises with one another,” Wells said. “This is a flowering of our university’s longstanding aspiration to ‘eruditio et religio’ — academic learning and embodied faith.”

Founded in 1998, the Hindu Student Association at Duke organizes scripture studies, Hindu festivals and Hinduism Awareness Week.

The Religious Life program at Duke comprises more than two dozen campus ministries that operate under the oversight of the chapel.

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Source:  http://today.duke.edu/2011/08/hinduchaplain

 

A Gurkha soldier, who fought 30 train robbers

 

A Gurkha soldier, who fought 30 train robbers

January 16, 2011

Latest Related news (25 MAR 2011) Gurkha solider gets Britain’s second highest medal for bravery

Bishnu Shrestha, a brave Gurkha soldier in Indian Army, defeated 30 train robbers while returning home after a voluntary retirement.  The Indian army, is going to awarded Bishnu with Sourya Chakra, Bravery Award and Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha medals during the Indian Republic Day celebration on January 26 .

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While in the train, Maurya Express from Ranchi to Gorakhpur, on September 2, 2010, 35 year-old Bishnu saved a girl about to be raped by the train robbers in front of her helpless parents. After looting the train, when the robbers started to strip a 18 year old girl in front of him, he couldn’t contain his calmness. He took out his khukari and took on the a group of 30 robbers, alone. In the fight, he killed three of dacoits and injured eight others. Remaining dacoits fled the scene to save their lives.

The police arrested the eight injured dacoits and recovered Rs. 400,000 in cash, 40 gold necklaces, 200 cell phones, 40 laptops and other items left by the robbers while fleeing the train.

In recognition to his bravery, his regiment has given Bishnu a cash reward of Rs. 50,000 and it has also terminated his voluntary retirement, so that he could get a customary promotion after he receives the medals. In addition to that, he will also receive a cash rewards from the government, special discounts in international air tickets, and discounts in Indian railways train tickets.

UPDATE:

Updated according to a news in Indian newspaper Times of India of September 4, 2010. The report of Indian Army awarding Soury Chakra proved to be wrong as his name was not included in the official Indian Army site.

Source: http://xnepali.com/a-gurkha-soldier-who-fought-40-train-robbers-to-be-felicitated-in-the-republic-day-of-india/

 

India’s sharp-shooter granny

3 July 2011 Last updated at 19:14 ET

India’s sharp-shooter granny fighting male domination

By Suhail Haleem BBC Urdu

Parkaso Tomar’s family members initially made fun of her passion for shooting

At first glance there is nothing remarkable about Parkaso Tomar, a hardy 70-something woman who has spent most of her life working in the fields and tending to cattle in a small north Indian village.

Until of course she picks up a gun and fires a volley of shots, all bang on target.

She is the “shooter granny” of Johri village in Uttar Pradesh, a northern province infamous for honour killings and female foeticide. Not the best of places for girls to grow up.

This is where Parkaso Tomar has become an unlikely role model, inspiring a new generation of female shooters ever since she picked up a gun for the first time.

And that was well after she had turned 60.

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I defeated an officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police in Delhi.”

Parkaso Tomar Sharp-shooting granny

Since then she has silenced her opponents, both on the shooting range and in the local community, with unwavering commitment and zeal. On the way, she inspired her daughter Seema to become the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Rifle and Pistol World Cup.

Aiming high

It was destiny’s calling that took Parkaso and her much older sister-in-law to the shooting range in Johri, a pretty basic facility in the middle of a sprawling courtyard where poor village children practise for hours in the searing heat.

“I got my granddaughter admitted here, but she said she was afraid of coming alone so I started accompanying her. Then one day I picked up a gun and fired a shot, and it was quite good. So the coach said I should start practising and that I had the potential to be good.”

And then it became a passion.

“In the evenings I would come to the range and fire some shots,” she recalls.

The trophy cabinet in the Tomar household is healthy with shooting recognition

“But even at home or while working in the fields, I would find something – a jug of water or a stone – and keep practising as if I were holding a gun.”

Coach Farooq Pathan played a crucial role in helping the two grandmothers hone their skills.

“They were both very observant and picked up a lot just by watching other kids practice.

“The grannies were so good, a lot of the regulars stopped turning up at competitions to avoid being humiliated at the hands of a woman.”

‘Outlaws’

In these parts, a woman’s voice is seldom heard and rarely respected. So, when Parkaso became a regular at the range, boldly going where no woman her age had gone before, she faced ridicule every inch of the way.

“Everyone poked fun at us, but my sister-in-law and I paid no heed to them. Some would say: ‘Now she will follow her son into the army. What are they trying to do? Become outlaws?'”

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The grannies are so much older than us, so we thought if they can do it, why can’t we?”

Neetu Solanki International shooter

But the grannies were made of sterner stuff, never losing sight of their goal.

“We wanted to do something useful with our lives and show everyone what we were capable of – that we could excel despite our age. I was simply hooked to the sport. We were so focused that we defied all odds, beat the disadvantage of age and took part in competitions across the country.”

Even now, at the age of 75, Parkaso shoots with a steady hand and a piercing gaze.

And all this while the loose cloth she covers her head with flutters around in the air, only to be pulled tightly around the waist and tucked into her skirt every now and then.

The grannies may be shooting away to glory but local traditions and customs still have to be followed – covering your head with a scarf all the time is one of them.

At the Tomars’ freshly-painted home, the spoils of her success adorn one of the walls. Scores of medals jostle for space with dozens of sparkling trophies.

Game changer

Success for the ladies of the house started a mini-revolution in the village.

“Even the men in our family were poking fun at us initially, but when they read about our achievements in the papers and when we started bringing home medals, they said: ‘Practise as much as you want, and do it openly.’ And others who used to make fun of us would say to their wives: ‘You cook at home and work in the fields, but look at them, they are famous!'”

Parkaso says that the women’s shooting success inspired a mini-revolution in the village

For Parkaso, her first victory was the sweetest.

“I defeated an officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police in Delhi. When he was leaving, someone said: at least get yourself photographed with granny.’

“The DIG said: ‘What photograph, I have been humiliated by a woman.’

“Then my coach said to him, ‘you have been humiliated by the scorecard, you have been shooting all your life, she took to the sport only two years ago!'”

But medals or no medals, life at home never changed for the grannies.

“There would be a huge mound of cow dung waiting for me to take care of – it is used as fuel in these parts. We never gave up our household responsibilities, taking care of the animals and all the chores.”

Inspired young

Parkaso takes great pride in her achievements, but having inspired the young makes her the proudest.

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Neetu Solanki is one who swears by Parkaso. She too is an international shooter, having represented India at competitions in Hungary and Germany.

“The grannies are so much older than us, so we thought if they can do it, why can’t we?,” says Neetu.

“They showed us the way and now shooting has changed the lives of so many of us. Some have found jobs with the army, and the exposure to life outside the village is changing our worldview.

“When young girls say if Granny can do it, why can’t we? I say to them: work hard and keep your chin up and you will go places.”

This is a male dominated society, a female child is not always welcome. But thanks largely to granny Parkaso, young girls and boys stand here shoulder-to9shoulder, punching holes in paper targets, and unprogressive mindsets.