Then check this out
https://youtu.be/oYK6JU7Nx38?si=JWPNQEosKlVMWvK-
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Yes my post was about the first picture Kantara.
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Sabarimala Gold 'Scam' Rocks Kerala: BJP Chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar EXCLUSIVE | Plain Speak
A sacred shrine like Sabarimala would end up with 4.5kgs of gold missing is shocking to start with and is unforgivable to say the least. But I think there is an overall systematic culture of corruption that has crept into the Kerala government.
Neither has the Devaswom Board chief resigned, nor did the Devaswom minister. Pinarayi Vijayan is a weak CM, he can't even make these ministers in his government resign.
This is not an issue of control of the government but about the accountability that a government takes. Under the constitution, the state government has the control of the Devaswom Boards, with that comes accountability.
A sacred shrine like Sabarimala would end up with 4.5kgs of gold missing is shocking to start with and is unforgivable to say the least. But I think there is an overall systematic culture of corruption that has crept into the Kerala government.
Neither has the Devaswom Board chief resigned, nor did the Devaswom minister. Pinarayi Vijayan is a weak CM, he can't even make these ministers in his government resign.
This is not an issue of control of the government but about the accountability that a government takes. Under the constitution, the state government has the control of the Devaswom Boards, with that comes accountability.
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One pillar of the Indian state, the Media, commenting on the other pillar, the Judiciary
A snippet of an Ajeet Bharti interview
A snippet of an Ajeet Bharti interview
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Happy Deepawali to all
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Deepavali shubhaakankshalu to all the BRF members and their near and dear.
Crackers phodo our BIF ke bhoot bhagao !
Crackers phodo our BIF ke bhoot bhagao !
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Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa once remarked, if tears appear when you tell the name of God then no further work is required for Moksha. Your own nature will carry out the work of Sadhana (penance).
Though the above state is too high for the common man there are still some rare temporary occurrences of this state. One example is Feroz Khan who played Arjun in B R Chopra's Mahabharat serial. After his work in Mahabharat, Feroz changed his name to Arjun as he felt deeply affected by his role as Arjun. As per him his mother also calls him Arjun in their home. There is a YouTube video of him crying after the shooting of the last scene in Mahabharat. The soul stirring music in Mahabharat, the realistic and very dignified performance by actors all created a glimpse of the spiritual aura of ancient India. For a newcomer with a developed mind this sudden meeting with Hinduism with its teachings of universal love, its long glorious history etc will be overwhelming. It is like one suddenly entered the land of Devas and then realising one day that the stay is over and have to return to the gross world.
YouTube video of 3.39 minutes duration given below.
Though the above state is too high for the common man there are still some rare temporary occurrences of this state. One example is Feroz Khan who played Arjun in B R Chopra's Mahabharat serial. After his work in Mahabharat, Feroz changed his name to Arjun as he felt deeply affected by his role as Arjun. As per him his mother also calls him Arjun in their home. There is a YouTube video of him crying after the shooting of the last scene in Mahabharat. The soul stirring music in Mahabharat, the realistic and very dignified performance by actors all created a glimpse of the spiritual aura of ancient India. For a newcomer with a developed mind this sudden meeting with Hinduism with its teachings of universal love, its long glorious history etc will be overwhelming. It is like one suddenly entered the land of Devas and then realising one day that the stay is over and have to return to the gross world.
YouTube video of 3.39 minutes duration given below.
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Pankaj Dhir, who played Karan in the epic, sadly passed away last week. May he attain moksha
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Resplendent Ayodhya
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Diwali Dazzle Worldwide
DD India
A very nice special from DD News on Deepavali celebrations across the world
NZ, Australia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Germany, The Netherlands, Paris, Madrid, and Toronto.
DD India
A very nice special from DD News on Deepavali celebrations across the world
NZ, Australia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Germany, The Netherlands, Paris, Madrid, and Toronto.
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Diwali in Trafalgar Square London 2025 || ट्राफलगर स्क्वायर में दिवाली || Dancing in the Sq || DIL
I feel that PIOs of the UK are very confident. They are way more confident than the PIOs of the US. They have more experience with the British than we in the US have with the Americans. Moreover, UK PIOs are there by right of being oppressed for two centuries in India itself. Here we are as much usurpers as the Europeans who came here before us and exterminated the native Americans.
Oct 13, 2025 #london #diwali2025 #trafalgar
Trafalgar Square celebrated the Mayor of London’s annual Diwali on the Square on 12th October 2025, right in the heart of London.
Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is an important celebration for Hindu, Sikh, and Jain communities. It symbolises the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil. Diwali on the Square brought people from all over the UK and abroad together for a joyful day of light, hope, and unity.
The day was packed with exciting activities that included
• a colourful opening dance sequence with 200 dazzling dancers
• a main stage showcasing music, dance, and performances from London’s Hindu, Sikh, and Jain communities
• family-friendly activities like sari and turban tying, yoga, meditation, puppet shows, and dance workshops
• comedy, cookery theatres, and henna
• a bustling market and food stalls offering tasty vegan and vegetarian treats.
It was a fantastic day out for everyone to enjoy – Wishing you a Happy Diwali 2025
I feel that PIOs of the UK are very confident. They are way more confident than the PIOs of the US. They have more experience with the British than we in the US have with the Americans. Moreover, UK PIOs are there by right of being oppressed for two centuries in India itself. Here we are as much usurpers as the Europeans who came here before us and exterminated the native Americans.
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Indeed! I recall in an interview it was his idea to not blink when delivering his lines when playing Karna. Also he got this role because he refused to shave his moustache when he was being offered Arjun/Brihannala!
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Fireworks Fourth of July IshStyle..
https://x.com/marinebharat/status/1979914812852486546
// watch the video by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on occasion of Diwali
https://x.com/marinebharat/status/1979914812852486546
// watch the video by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on occasion of Diwali
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Diwali and Holi are the biggest festivals in India but look totally disconnected from the Hindu roots. So disconnected that even seculars who don't want anything to do with Hinduism had the comfort to wish on these holidays.
What surprises me is that even the right wings in social media seems not bothered about it.
What surprises me is that even the right wings in social media seems not bothered about it.
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Sabeer, don’t venture into subjects that you know nothing about - you sound like a pompous fool.
Your claim that fireworks “arrived” in India with the Mughals is completely blown to pieces by evidence - fireworks were already blazing across the skies of India centuries before the Mughals. In 1442 CE, the Persian ambassador Abdur Razzak, was sent by Timurid ruler Shah Rukh, to visit the Vijayanagara Empire and recorded his travels in Matla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain. He described the Mahanavami festival at Vijayanagara as a spectacle of pyrotechnic fireworks and regal illuminations. This is an irrefutable evidence that proves there were organized firework displays during festivals in India a century before the Mughals came to India.
Several decades later, Portuguese chronicler Domingo Paes (c. 1520 CE) witnessed the same grandeur at Hampi, writing of “many fiery rockets and different sorts of fires… castles that burn and fling out bombs and rockets.” That was 6 years before Babur. These firsthand accounts offer irrefutable proof that India’s mastery of fireworks and rocketry was already flourishing long before any Mughal atishbazi.
The Sanskrit scientific texts reinforce this with older evidence. The Śukranīti (written earlier than 4th c.) gives the exact proportions for gunpowder - 5 parts saltpetre, 1 part sulphur, 1 part charcoal. The ancient Rishi Vaiśampāyana referred to exploding smoke-balls used in war, which later commentators identify as gunpowder devices, while the Rājalakṣmīnārāyaṇa Śraya of the Atharvaṇa Rahasya uses the explosive blending of sulphur and charcoal as a metaphor for illumination through knowledge.
Linguistically, Sanskrit agnicūrṇa (“fire-powder”) and Tamil marundhu / Kannada maddu / Telugu mandu/ Malayalam marunnu are all ancient terms which show how the science of combustion with gunpowder was well known to Indians millennia ago. Plus with ancient expertise in saltpetre extraction, India clearly possessed both the materials and the know-how of explosive chemistry well before such knowledge reached the Islamic or Chinese worlds.
Dr. Gustav Oppert, in his study of the Nītisāra (3rd c.) noted that the Indian formula for gunpowder closely matches the one found in the Chinese Wujing Zongyao (1044 CE) which gives the first Chinese specific chemical formulas for gunpowder. This suggests that India’s formulation predates the Chinese recipe. Meanwhile, Chinese Taoist alchemists stumbled upon gunpowder accidentally while experimenting for the elixir of immortality - yet much of Taoist alchemy itself had absorbed Ayurvedic and Rasāyana Śāstra influences. The usage of mercury and cinnabar in Chinese alchemy (waidan) elixir recipes was directly derived from Indian metallurgical and rasāyana methods transmitted by Buddhist monks centuries earlier.
European historians like Johann Beckmann and M. Langlès have even acknowledged that the Arabs most likely obtained gunpowder from India, not vice versa.
The bottom line is that Hindus had both fireworks and gunpowder centuries before the Mughals even existed.
We had mastered the art of turning light, knowledge, and chemistry into joy through fireworks at our important Hindu festivals like Mahanavami and Deepavali. This was perfectly in sync with the tradition of Ulka Dāna as specified in the ancient Skanda Purāṇa. Ulka-dāna meant offering or holding blazing firebrands and fireworks to light the way for our Pitris (ancestors) to return to the heavenly realm during the time of Pitṛpakṣa, Mahalaya, and Dīpāvalī.
Next time you watch a Diwali firework pierce the night sky, remember - that blaze is way older than the Mughals, their empire or Islam, and far brighter than the darkness of your ignorance.
So cut the nauseating fake historical Gyaan already - this ain't Hotmail - outdated, overhyped, and permanently out of service.
@MumukshuSavitri
Sabeer, don’t venture into subjects that you know nothing about - you sound like a pompous fool.
Your claim that fireworks “arrived” in India with the Mughals is completely blown to pieces by evidence - fireworks were already blazing across the skies of India centuries before the Mughals. In 1442 CE, the Persian ambassador Abdur Razzak, was sent by Timurid ruler Shah Rukh, to visit the Vijayanagara Empire and recorded his travels in Matla-us-Sadain wa Majma-ul-Bahrain. He described the Mahanavami festival at Vijayanagara as a spectacle of pyrotechnic fireworks and regal illuminations. This is an irrefutable evidence that proves there were organized firework displays during festivals in India a century before the Mughals came to India.
Several decades later, Portuguese chronicler Domingo Paes (c. 1520 CE) witnessed the same grandeur at Hampi, writing of “many fiery rockets and different sorts of fires… castles that burn and fling out bombs and rockets.” That was 6 years before Babur. These firsthand accounts offer irrefutable proof that India’s mastery of fireworks and rocketry was already flourishing long before any Mughal atishbazi.
The Sanskrit scientific texts reinforce this with older evidence. The Śukranīti (written earlier than 4th c.) gives the exact proportions for gunpowder - 5 parts saltpetre, 1 part sulphur, 1 part charcoal. The ancient Rishi Vaiśampāyana referred to exploding smoke-balls used in war, which later commentators identify as gunpowder devices, while the Rājalakṣmīnārāyaṇa Śraya of the Atharvaṇa Rahasya uses the explosive blending of sulphur and charcoal as a metaphor for illumination through knowledge.
Linguistically, Sanskrit agnicūrṇa (“fire-powder”) and Tamil marundhu / Kannada maddu / Telugu mandu/ Malayalam marunnu are all ancient terms which show how the science of combustion with gunpowder was well known to Indians millennia ago. Plus with ancient expertise in saltpetre extraction, India clearly possessed both the materials and the know-how of explosive chemistry well before such knowledge reached the Islamic or Chinese worlds.
Dr. Gustav Oppert, in his study of the Nītisāra (3rd c.) noted that the Indian formula for gunpowder closely matches the one found in the Chinese Wujing Zongyao (1044 CE) which gives the first Chinese specific chemical formulas for gunpowder. This suggests that India’s formulation predates the Chinese recipe. Meanwhile, Chinese Taoist alchemists stumbled upon gunpowder accidentally while experimenting for the elixir of immortality - yet much of Taoist alchemy itself had absorbed Ayurvedic and Rasāyana Śāstra influences. The usage of mercury and cinnabar in Chinese alchemy (waidan) elixir recipes was directly derived from Indian metallurgical and rasāyana methods transmitted by Buddhist monks centuries earlier.
European historians like Johann Beckmann and M. Langlès have even acknowledged that the Arabs most likely obtained gunpowder from India, not vice versa.
The bottom line is that Hindus had both fireworks and gunpowder centuries before the Mughals even existed.
We had mastered the art of turning light, knowledge, and chemistry into joy through fireworks at our important Hindu festivals like Mahanavami and Deepavali. This was perfectly in sync with the tradition of Ulka Dāna as specified in the ancient Skanda Purāṇa. Ulka-dāna meant offering or holding blazing firebrands and fireworks to light the way for our Pitris (ancestors) to return to the heavenly realm during the time of Pitṛpakṣa, Mahalaya, and Dīpāvalī.
Next time you watch a Diwali firework pierce the night sky, remember - that blaze is way older than the Mughals, their empire or Islam, and far brighter than the darkness of your ignorance.
So cut the nauseating fake historical Gyaan already - this ain't Hotmail - outdated, overhyped, and permanently out of service.
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President Droupadi Murmu offers prayers at Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple
Kerala: President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the famous Sabarimala Temple during her visit to the state. The President’s temple visit marks a moment of spiritual significance and respect for Kerala’s revered pilgrimage site dedicated to Lord Ayyappa. Devotees and officials welcomed her with traditional rituals and warm hospitality.
Kerala: President Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at the famous Sabarimala Temple during her visit to the state. The President’s temple visit marks a moment of spiritual significance and respect for Kerala’s revered pilgrimage site dedicated to Lord Ayyappa. Devotees and officials welcomed her with traditional rituals and warm hospitality.
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Think my home state of Goa is just about beaches and beer? Think again. Beyond the beach lies a Goa that carved its story on stone long before there was even a word for history.
Down by the serene banks of the Kushavati River, near Rivona in South Goa, lies Ponsaimol. On an ancient laterite riverbed, archaeologists found Goa’s oldest storytellers, geoglyphs, etched into rock perhaps 20,000 years ago, maybe even older.
Most prehistoric carvings in India cling to cave walls or boulders, hidden from the sun. But here in Goa, our ancestors chose open skies and flowing water as their canvas.
See carefully and you will notice humped bulls, graceful deer, labyrinths, giant footprints, and mystical human figures etched on the stone. The Ponsaimol geoglyphs whisper of a time when humans lived by the river, hunting, fishing, and foraging, watching the stars wheel above them.
These engravings link Goa to the larger Konkan geoglyph tradition, creating a silent map of memory that tells us people have lived, dreamed, and created here for tens of thousands of years.
So, the next time you head to Goa, skip the shack and sunscreen for a morning exploring the geoglyphs of Drive Ponsaimol. Stand on the river bed, and look beneath your feet. You’re standing on the earliest pages of Goa’s story.
Follow me for more such stories about Goa, that very few people outside Goa know.
@ShefVaidya
Think my home state of Goa is just about beaches and beer? Think again. Beyond the beach lies a Goa that carved its story on stone long before there was even a word for history.
Down by the serene banks of the Kushavati River, near Rivona in South Goa, lies Ponsaimol. On an ancient laterite riverbed, archaeologists found Goa’s oldest storytellers, geoglyphs, etched into rock perhaps 20,000 years ago, maybe even older.
Most prehistoric carvings in India cling to cave walls or boulders, hidden from the sun. But here in Goa, our ancestors chose open skies and flowing water as their canvas.
See carefully and you will notice humped bulls, graceful deer, labyrinths, giant footprints, and mystical human figures etched on the stone. The Ponsaimol geoglyphs whisper of a time when humans lived by the river, hunting, fishing, and foraging, watching the stars wheel above them.
These engravings link Goa to the larger Konkan geoglyph tradition, creating a silent map of memory that tells us people have lived, dreamed, and created here for tens of thousands of years.
So, the next time you head to Goa, skip the shack and sunscreen for a morning exploring the geoglyphs of Drive Ponsaimol. Stand on the river bed, and look beneath your feet. You’re standing on the earliest pages of Goa’s story.
Follow me for more such stories about Goa, that very few people outside Goa know.