Bharat Rakshak

Kumar

Thanks Acharya. If true then that Rs 2 coin is really weird. Normally there is some text explaining what is being shown. But there is nothing. India's national symbol apperas puny compared to this new symbol. The new shape looks like a cross, and its bottom and right arms appear longer than normal, ...

Kumar

Acharya,

There is something fishy and disturbing about the 2006 coin. Are you absolutely sure that these are real coins in circulation?

P.S.
Arun_S, thanks for the images of the East India Company era coins showing icons from hinduism.

Kumar

G Subramaniam, Thanks for posting a lot of info regarding the hatred spread about the hindus/budhists by the evanjihadis. One wonders though, if hinduism is so "satanic", "devilish" and involved in the worship of "demons", then shouldn't it be the hindus going around sp...

Kumar

Old causes for mistrust of the non-hindu regarding hindu temples. Couple of references: Hindu temple destruction caused by the followers of Islam: Hindu Temples - What Happened to Them Hindu temple destruction caused by the followers of Christianity: Temples of Goa Temples in Portuguese Goa Goan tem...

Kumar

Raju, Temples have their own set dynamics and age old revered rules, and any changes are going to be very very slow IMHO. If you are expecting "major" changes in the way temples function, then don't hold your breath waiting for them. As shiv mentioned, besides the main worship areas inside...

Kumar

Yes, and every hindu home tends to have a shrine. Temples are for bigger occasions & specific purposes. Most of hinduism is practiced in front of small shrines within one's own home. P.S. Raju, Who is being classified as enemy #1 here? Calvin?? Why do you think so?? One may differ with him, but ...

Kumar

P.S. There is a big difference between temples and churches and mosques. churches and mosques are primarily a place for faithful to gather and worship & pray. Temples are literally the houses of the deity. Every temple goes through an elaborate ritual of "prana-pratishtha" or invoking ...

Kumar

It appears that some temples, for all the putative "tolerance" of Hinduism, do not welcome people of non-dharmic faith ... It appears that non-hindus are allowed at Char Dham Calvin, I believe it has nothing to with Dharma per se, but everything to do with the bad experience hindus have h...

Kumar

Alok, Last post from me also in this vein. All the records of sages' contact with a deity mention how vast the deity appeared to them and how much awe, humilty and wonder was instilled in the sage during that experience. Hardly a response appropriate for a supposed "invention" by the said ...

Kumar

If we should follow the scientific method, then puting a heavy presumption that gods/goddeses are figments of our imagination, is not justifiable. Let scientific method sort that out, if science must be the arbiter. you are a pro at distorting what someone else has posted, and then refuting it ... ...

Kumar

Shiv, Regarding what needs to be saved in hinduism: IMVHO, hinduism has seen a large number of reforms in the recent past, much larger than any other religion. It is time to consolidate. It is a strategy of the adversaries to keep hinduism on defensive about one thing or other and demanding reforms/...

Kumar

you may recall the question asked of Vivekananda whether he believed that his god resided in a piece of rock, and the subsequent guffawing that followed when the answer was "yes" ... one has to be aware of the opposition which has its agenda of denigration ... there are several ways to mo...

Kumar

he answer lies in the wombs of the Hindu/Indian women. Yes, the Hindu mother produced and produced ever more than the marauding Mussalman troopersâ€™ scimitar could slay or forcefully convert. While the slaughtereing Mussalman exausted his will and retired, the Hindu/Indian mother tired not. She co...

Kumar

Alok, I knew from your chosen user name "Alok Niranjan", the sanskrit version of popular hindi phrase Alakh-Niranjan, that you must have had some yoga connection. :) Good to know that you had that connection. Gurudev, My first post was general and addressed to no one in particular. I am no...

Kumar

secondly, this game can be continued to another level ... what you have posted is your thought based on what others have written and is not your experience either ... Alok, My personal spiritual experiences are of no value to the forum here as I am nobody in this field. But other great sages' exper...

Kumar

IMO, gods and godesses were invented as Thought Lite, i.e., as a technique for explaining complex concepts and cosmology ... protecting these symbols of the Thought while letting the Thought itself decay is not a wise course of action ... in other words, EJ is not the threat to the survival of the ...

Kumar

Sanjay, In absence of any proof that god doesn't exist, atheism is faith. If you prefer Occam's razor, it is better to stick with agnosticism. No, agnosticism is not Occam's Razor, because agnosticism gives equal weight to the idea of God existing or not existing. Occam's Razor would not give equal...

Kumar

Sanjay M wrote:Kumar, atheism is not faith, it is a rational economy of belief. Occam's Razor, if you will.

Sanjay,
In absence of any proof that god doesn't exist, atheism is faith. If you prefer Occam's razor, it is better to stick with agnosticism.

Kumar

strange that you would accuse folks of being simplistic ... the sort of argument you are providing about prove/disprove is not even simplistic, it is plain wrong ... science does not operate on non-existent quantities ... the first order of business would be to define what a soul is, detect a soul ...

Kumar

Sunoor, Thanks! And don't worry, I am not a "believer". :) I am sometimes bothered by scientific narcissism as it starts to border on blind faith. I am myself a scientist FWIW. The objections you have raised are not new also, and they have been raised even thousands of years ago and there ...

Kumar

SaiK, Please read up a little bit on Carl Popper's Falsifiability criterion for scientific validity. This criterion is central in seprating pseudo science from science and is one of the major priciples of the scientific method. Others being Occam's Razor etc. And, it does say that scientific method ...

Kumar

Alok, IMO, the purpose of religious faith is to satisfy humanity's curiousity and/or insecurity about its own existence ... it is the only vehicle (unlike science) that can provide 100% satisfaction in this department ... ... atheism fortunately does not need a stamp of approval from anyone ... so b...

Kumar

There is too much simplistic argumentation about religion by self professed atheists in this thread. It is like hearing Mullah Jamaluddin at the local Madarssa speaking his mind on the virtues of idolatorous hinduism. You can't judge something properly unless you have lived it, according to its own ...

Kumar

Vick, It is a large game with many board pieces. And journalists are probably the cheapest to afford. No one is saying they are the deciding factors. But they can act as cheap and useful pawns. The bigger aim is to create a sustained distrust in public's mind about indigenous capabilities. The resul...

Kumar

Years ago I think it was Badar who had commented that LCA had a "behenji" kind of ordinary look from the side as compared to other attractive western aircrafts in development.

I think the PV3is now an attractive beauty, even from side view.

Kumar

Lalmohan, Ajai Shukla had graced this forum with his presence and popmpous drivel earlier too. Thats why the rather unanimous, instantaneous and somewaht 'emotional' response. Its not that he is something brand new and needs to be given a period of time to 'understand' his side. P.S. What is better,...

Kumar

BRF posters don't get paid for their write-ups. Journalists do. It is clear which group is more likely to have a conflict of interest in their writing. And it shows.

Kumar

I saw that Shiv Aroor highly commended Ajai Shukla's drivel. There is something strange going on. A sort of consolidation of a bunch of defense reporters to portray Indian R&D efforts in bad light. Shiv Arror did that on Indian Express earlier besides some other kindered bedfellows. Indian Expre...

Kumar

Sunoor Singh wrote:
Guru Govind dou khadae, kakae lagoon paav
I always thought this doha created a contradiction.

Kabir's version:

Guru Govind dono khade, kake lagoon paav
balihari gurudev ki govind diyo milaaya

A non-contradictory version:

Guru Gobind Singh ji khade ...

Kumar

Raj, The initial talk was about some proximity fuzes. Now this hint of HTK. The target missile did get destroyed. What did it in? Collision at high speed or explosion by a warhead?

Kumar

In our standard Yindoo style of arguing amongst ourselves, it seems we failed to notice the pindrop silence on this in PakeeLand. That (shocked?) silence is certainly drawing a lot of wondering attention from others. I have been scanning Paki news sites for the same and the silence is deafening. Ho...

Kumar

It is premature to be too jubilant about the missile interception capability. The test was a great feat, but still 'dilli door ast'. with almost a trillion dollar forex reserve reaching chinese would get bankrupt? i have to take certain arguments here with andhra-pickles. Given time, Chinese can sur...

Kumar

It will take another decade for all these media jerks, Indian or otherwise, to understand the effect of the IGMDP, LCA and other programs on India's overall technological ability. I had written a piece once, but was told not to go ahead with it. That was that. Perhaps it indeed is best that the res...

Kumar

It sounds a bit naughty to have a Prithvi no-dong a Ghauri in the boost phase itself.

In an accursed Paki moment, I even imagined the iron pillar at Qutub Minar complex in Delhi with fins.

Kumar

Not sure whether these have been posted or not. Crossposting. India crosses the ballistic missile threshold: Rajiv Singh BMD Focus: India's giant leap forward : UPI India's successful test of its own anti-ballistic Prithvi missile Monday still leaves the country a long way from fielding its own, hom...

Kumar

Not sure whether these have been posted or not. India crosses the ballistic missile threshold: Rajiv Singh BMD Focus: India's giant leap forward : UPI India's successful test of its own anti-ballistic Prithvi missile Monday still leaves the country a long way from fielding its own, home-produced sho...

Kumar

This missile interception does appear to be a big deal. Which leads me to a conspiracy theory that lifafa wielders probably had enough intelligence input regarding the plan to collide two 'prithvis', and lifafa wielders perhaps had confidence that the interception test with such 'primitive' missiles...

Kumar

It is a "humble-pie day" at the Indian Express. To be followed by "return your lifafas day". Just to reminisce: Indian Express Editorial: Gunning for change Instead of a pragmatic strategy to enhance national capabilities in research and development through international collabor...

Kumar

Thank God for Judiciary and Election commission for saving the republic from time to time. Left to the politicians and Babus, we would still be stuck with the colonial era Police act of 1880s. This is indeed a revolution. Lets see how it plays out. Results should start to become visible in a few yea...

Kumar

P.S. Everytime the missile-displays passed by, I thought the DD commentators would perhaps recall the connection with President Kalam. But none of them did. Pretty strange as some commentators were retd. Brigadiers. May be his gandpa manners and stylish hairdo lull people into subconsciously thinkin...

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