Swami Vivekananda humanified and humanised

Today, is the birth anniversary of swAmi vivEkAnanda. Every newspaper from India, carried one article on their Editorial pages, a eulogical biographies of swAmi vivEkananda, mostly cut-copy-and-paste affairs of last year's stories. Entire next fortnight, media will be full of rallies and celebration stories of the event, conducted often from Government grants. Ok,let go. The trigger for me to write something here, is not the above celebrations, but it is one wish, said to have been expressed by a Senior Police Officer transferred from Hyderabad to Mumbai. He was reported to have said that, after his retirement from his service, he would start a school and present 30 vivEkAnandas every year to the Nation. ybrao a donkey's personal view: Gujarat Chief Minister and projected propspective Prime Minister of India will probably be happy. He can present on his speech platforms, human vivEkAnandas produced by schools, instead of some flexi-boards of swAmi vivEkAnanda printed ...

. This is an electoral-festive season in India, with 2014 General elections fast aproaching. Vivekananda‴s 150th birth Anniversary. 120th Anniversary of Vivekananda‴s voyage from Mumbai to United States for attending the Chicago Congress/Parliament of Religions 1893. Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. narEndra mODi has already encashed vivekananda‴s name and image, by placing his image on all election podia and pulpits. BJP, RSS, Vishva Hindu Parishad seem to have embraced vivEkAnanda without studying his biography or his works in depth. Now, it is the turn of the Congress, TMC (Ms. Mamta Banerjee‴s Party ruling bengAl), and the bengAl CPM. Every party wants to garner some votes by singing the paeans and panegyrics of swAmi vivEkAnanda. They do not mind spending public money or the Government‴s money for arranging processions, rallies and great assemblies. Well, this is a free country, I do not wish to find fault with them. I only wish that the speakers do some homework regarding th...

Semanti said... Swamiji need not influence Himself because He Himself is the Divine Nectar & Energy for all. Dear blog writer, I pray to Swamiji to forgive & Bless you always! March 30, 2013 at 4:20 AM . Reply from ybrao a donkey vivEkAnanda as divine nectar The adjective `divine` is a vague term. The phrase `divine nectar` is intangible. Fans of celebrities be it vivEkAnanda or SalmAn khAn or Sharukh khAn or somebody else love their idols blindly and ignore even serious shortcomings. Well, fans are entitled to their own beliefs. svAmIji forgiving and blessing this blog-writer: We atheists and Marxists do not require blessings and forgiveness(es). vivEkAnanda needs blessings and forgiveness(es). The countless chicken, shad fish, American and Indian turtles, beef-giving buffaloes and cattle finished by svAmiji have to forgive him. Of course, souls do not exist as per current scientific thinking. Their physical structures have all got amalgamated into th...

The globe is agog with the news that retired Pope Benedict XVI will stop wearing his official red shoes. He will not be allowed to wear papal red-shoes, it is said. He will have to start wearing brown shoes. Packing is very important in trade. This everybody knows. But, packing is the-most-important in religious-preaching. Preachers wear uniforms of different colors, patterns, and symbols, reflecting their authority-clan-cult. Christianity has a tendency to mock other religions for such practices, whereas Christianity itself is not devoid of those same practices. Back-to-Vivekananda. Traditional-foot-wear for Hindu-monks: topless-wooden-bottoms, with one sculpted-wooden knob for the head-toe and the second-toe. These are called 'pAvu-kOLLu' in my mother-tongue telugu. This is an All India tradition. I am unable to quote Indian language equivalents of pAvukOLLu. Mendicant-monks (theoretically, every Indian-Hindu-Monk should-be a mendicant moving all the time). ...

I felt that I have already overzealously overcovered the subject of swAmi viVEkAnanda, and I thought that if I write further, I shall be gradually pushing myself towards unintended slandering. I wish/wished to DRASTICALLY SLOW DOWN making further posts on this blog and concentrate on making corrections of the posts already made, particularly those which are unreasonable to swAmi vivEkAnanda. But, alas, the BJP stalwarts narEndra mODi (Chief Minister, gujarAt) and today, Mr. nitin gaDkAri (President of the BJP Party) have again by their utterances triggered me to write further. context: Mr. gaDkAri, in a public meeting equating the IQs of the international (criminal?) don Mr. dawood ibrahIm and swAmi vivEkAnanda. There is an immediate reaction from the Congress, demanding apology from BJP. I, as a firm believer of the principles of Marxism and Communism (not the current Russian or the Chinese brand), regard both of them as bourgeois parties and communal parties. Hence, in this pa...

What is common between Allen Solly and swAmi vivEkAnanda? It is coppery saffron. It is Hot Fridays. DESIGNATIONS ARE FORGOTTEN ON A FRIDAY DRESS UP! HOT FRIDAYS Allen Solly Thus advertises a readymade garment marketer. We then have a lady (model) walking between two lads. The lady has coppery-red hair. She is dressed in matching robes, with a well-tucked dark saffron pants, a dark saffron coat covering her shoulder and hands. Her blouse, though white in background, has saffron flowery-design. There is an air of semi-flamboyance, probably by the striking domination of coppery-saffron color. The accompanying men are dressed in suits, of in gray and a sort of navy blue. But the "saffron color" matching with the pants of the lady, has not been left out. The modelling gentleman on the right of the model-lady, wore a conspicuous shirt with large saffron checks. The modelling on the gentleman on her left, wore a saffron tie, not to be left out in a matching color. T...

What is common between swAmi vivEkAnanda and salmAn khan? Ans: Both have strong bodies and handsome appearances, which can capture the attention of women. vivEkAnanda thought he suffered from neuresthania, acquired in United States. Mr. Salman Khan is said to be having some neurological problems. I am not sure where and when Mr. Khan acquired his neuro problems. Year: 2012. salmAnkhAn: A leading Bollywood star. Sports a six-pack bod. Mr. salmAn khAn is said to be receiving acupuncture treatment for his neurological problems. He was said to have been spotted with 'needles on his face', while shooting at satAra for the film 'dabAngg 2'. Mr. khAn's brothers Mr. Arbaaz and Sohail khAn were said to have persuaded a reluctant Khan to give it a try. Mr. khAn is said to be happy with his health. Year 1899. swAmi vivEkAnanda sent a telegram to swAmi brahmAnanda, presumably from California, on 13th Dec. 1899: PERFECTLY CURED. BLESS ALL. VIVEKANANDA. swAmi vivEk...