Amazing planet of Shiva- where bliss and divinity reign supreme-My new photo stream on Kailas Manasarovar

My new photo stream on Kailas Manasarovar

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Like King Bharat, Sachin led a life of Chakravartin and renounced the empire too

Like King Bharat, Sachin led a life of Chakravartin and renounced the empire too

Here is link of my article published in today’s Sandesh Gujarati 

http://epaper.sandesh.com/185678/Ahmedabad/16-11-2013#page/6/1

and also in Hindi Punjab Kesari, Delhi (attached).

Modi Success Story– Reverberated in Washington, Ignored By Indian Media. Why?

Mother Courage

Mother Courage- a tribute to Smt Rajrani

“I am deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of your

mother, Smt. Raj Rani.

“Smt. Raj Rani was known for her dedication to the noble cause of

education of the poor. she was a role model for others and will be

remembered for her patronage of children from poor tribal families of

Assam.” Thus said President of India Shri Pranab Mukherji in a condolence message  sent to Shri Traun Vijay, son of Smt Rajrani.

She was a Mother Courage who faced tremendous odds in her life and dedicated herself for the education and the upliftment of the poor tribal childfdren of Uttarakhand , Ladakh, Rajasthan and the eight states of  the North East. 

Smr Rajrani never yielded to the difficulties and the challenges , in fact she invited newer challenges to defeat them.

Homages

नमस्कार । मा़. भय्याजी से शोकसमाचार प्राप्त हुआ । मेरी हार्दिक संवेदनाएँ । दिवंगत जीव की सद्गति तथा सभी को धैर्य प्राप्ति के लिये प्रार्थना ।

-------------- मोहन भागवत

param pujyasarsanghchalak, RSS

Dear Tarun ji,

Please accept our heartfelt condolences on the loss of your dear mother. Our prayers are with you at this sad time. May her soul rest in peace.  

Warm regards,

Nirupama Rao , (Ambassador of India to the USA) and Sudhakar Rao

A Prince disregarded in his homeland, gets a royal welcome in an Indian democratic state-Charles didn't show remorse for the British atrocities, we overdid the welcome

7th Nov 2013- Dehradun- Welcome we must, but with Prince charles we overdid it-said Member of Parliament from Uttarakhand Tarun Vijay. The way Chakrata Road was blocked for almost an hour, near IMA which is the main artery connecting city with other states, and thousands of citizens were put in great inconvenience is reminder of the old colonial days, Tarun Vijay said. He said that Prince Charles is a guest from no ordinary country-he  represents a regime that subjugated our nation through deceit and cunningness, killed three million Indians in a man made famine in Bengal, made the people of Himalayan region, including ours to unspeakable torture,violated all norms of law and decency while looting our wealth to enrich British empire. If the visiting Prince had any sensitivity towards us, he would have expressed regrets for all those atrocities. But we overdid even while welcoming him, and in a disaster affected  state, grand and gala parties in his honor smacked of a slave mentality. 

Prince Charles was taken to only those places which were built during the colonial period, not a single place was he taken which would have shown him post-independence development. Uttarakhand govt pusillanimously presented him a picture of King George the Vth , of the occasion when he had visited Mussourie, as if that was an honorable event for Indians!!

The British should have returned us our wealth of books anfd manuscripts they had taken away to london illegally and unlawfully, Tarun Vijay said.

As a public representative of this great state of warriors and freedom fighters, I feel anguished and pained at this brazen display of unwarranted enthusiasm for a British Prince which caused a lot of inconvenience to local citizens too.

Justifiably so, the BJP distanced itself from the lavish dinner hosted in honor of the visiting Prince, who himself stands isolated and discarded in his home country. Even the queen doesn't trust him to make him the next King!!

" Rajasthan will lead BJP's victory path at the national level'- In Jodhpur Tarun Vijay gives a message of victory and hope. Gets a warm welcome BJP workers confident and buoyant - to form state govt under Smt Vasundhara Raje-a strong message of victory

Shri Tarun Vijay visited Jodhpur and Pali on  29th September 2013  to address BJP workers' meetings and media training camp. He was warmly welcomed at airport by BJP President of Jodhpur unit and several other office bearers.  He said the central govt is waiting for Narendra Bhai Modi to lead the nation and Rajasthan will be rejuvenated and taken to the path of progress under the dynamic leadership of Smt Vasundhara Raje.  " Rajasthan will lead BJP's victory path at the national level' he said.He also visited RSS karyalaya and met Shri Nand Lal ji, Ma. Kshetriya Pracharak, a rishi indeed.At Pali he addressed a workers training workshop, which was presided by Smt Kiran Maheshwari ji , All india Vice President, BJP. Here are some pictures . courtesy Shri Parihar ji

Vivekananda Youth Connect -a unique campaign

Dr Rajesh Sarwadnya , Founder of  “Vivekananda Youth Connect“ is a devotee of Swami Vivekanand who has taken up the cause of Swamiji in a unique way. last week he contacted me, gave me some beautifully designed shirts and explained his concept of Vivekananda Youth Connect. I am  impressed with his zeal and dynamism. Here is a letter that he sent me about his campaign. Tarun Vijay

Dear Sir,

I would like to introduce you to our new initiative," Vivekananda Youth Connect" – an initiative to popularise Swami Vivekananda’s message to the youth and project him for what he is, a youth icon.

We all know that India is a Nation of Youngsters. The youth population of India is nearly half its 1.2 billion population and the largest youth segment in the whole world. This young generation (GenNext as it is referred to) needs an icon, a role model, a hero, a brand,  whom they can identify with, love, respect, embrace as an ideologue, and be inspired by.

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was a messiah of globalism

Rajesh explaining me the iunique concept to propogate Swamiji's thoughts 

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who preached universal harmony and religious tolerance to India and the West. His life is an embodiment of dynamism, service, fearlessness and strength. His love for his motherland was matched by his critical evaluation of India’s strengths and weaknesses. His questioning mind and scientific reasoning that sprang from his faith in himself spared neither God nor guru – leading him to embrace spirituality with the same fervor as he did modern science. His message of education for the masses, eradication of privilege and discrimination are relevant today as never before. Who can be a better ‘Youth Icon’ in India today?

T-Shirt & Social Media are two things the youth of today are crazy about. We thought to bring these two together to reach the young generation. It is our humble effort to connect the youth of 21st Century India with Vivekananda – his life, vision, mission to bring about a national resurgence.

We believe that the T-shirt can be an attractive medium to connect today's youngsters — boys & girls, so we designed 50 T-shirts of Vivekananda Quotes & Pictures. We have launched three designs so far.  We ask you, as a prominent member of society to buy Vivekananda T Shirts, wear it, get photographed in it and post it on social media. We too will circulate it on social media. This we are sure will make Vivekananda t-shirts and his message popular.

Dr Rajesh Sarwadnya
Founder “Vivekananda Youth Connect“

Why Dabholkar is a must for Hindus- my Jansatta Hindi column

Banzara Azadi- my column in Jansatta

New rise of the Hindu

Tarun Vijay |

May 2, 2007,

First published in Sunday Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/tarun-vijay/the-right-view/New-rise-of-the-Hindu/articleshow/1993903.cms

Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, must be a long place from India's Sanskrit learning centres and if a "fun-filled" spoken Sanskrit residential camp named Shraddha (devotion) for teenagers alone gets booked three months in advance, there must be something extraordinary about it. The interesting part is that the youth who have grown up in the US and made Sanskrit a part of their daily lives shall teach at the camp.

In China there is a renewed interest to know and learn about Hindu dharma and when I was there on a fellowship from Sichuan University, the vice-president of the university asked me to help them understand Hindu movements and write a book on the contemporary Hindu scene.

While the richest steel man of this planet Laxmi Mitttal is a devout Hindu so is the firebrand icon of entrepreneurial dynamism Anil Ambani , who took 17 friends on a special jaunt to Kailas Manasarovar , including the charming Adi Godrej family; and he told me once that his mornings begin with a puja to Ambaji.

Hindus are on an unprecedented rise all over the globe and they have startled the world with their prowess in mathematics, science, technology, industry and medical sciences. An average Hindu in the West is considered an honest, persevering, talented and compassionate vegetarian with an extraordinary capacity to adjust with the local societies and serve the adopted land with unquestionable loyalty. Hence Vodafone, Citibank, Pepsi have them preside at top positions.

The new Hindu is assertive and sensitive, not aggressive or a silent spectator to the assaults of the secular Taliban. So he stands up against a Durga being painted with whiskey bottles in her hands by an Amsterdam ad agency, or a Ganapati on the toilet cover, and voices strong protest against the destruction of the ancient Ram Sethu down south.

Faithful to his roots yet free from ritualistic blind dogmas, he gets angry at hypocritical religious behaviour. So while Indira Nooyi would dazzle the audience in the Ashok Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhawan receiving the coveted Padma award in a South silk saree, she may not be an exhibitionist and declare that she is an ambassador for Hindu dharma or go to a temple in the full glare of the media.

Dharma is a very personal and valuable theme for a modern Hindu, not to be worn on the sleeve. And to make corrections and improvements is an ongoing process for every devout that makes his faith - Sanatana , meaning always with the times, ever-changing yet eternal in its basic message.

The message of love, compassion and respecting (not tolerating please, that word spells negativism) the other viewpoint. That's the attitude and a belief distinguishing us from the Semitic streams. All roads lead to one God and all prophets have spoken well for humanity - that's a Hindu speaking at home or in a congregation without hesitation. He won't mind bowing his head before the inspiring and the compassionate altar, a picture of Jesus or an Islamic place of reverence, without compromising his own convictions. That's the reason he hates the politically-charged groups, parties and so-called ideological war horses, which have hardly done anything to correct or make amends in the caste-ridden structure or in the attitude towards women.

See the Provoked and decide which society you belong to. The Hindu who worships Durga during Navratra but kills the same Devi when she arrives in the womb? Or the Hindu who claims to see Ram in every creature, but refuses to dine with his co-religionist if he happens to be from a so-called "lower caste"? Hence the anger within in the new, real Hindu. Against the loot of the pandas in pilgrim centres, mismanaged temples and a complete control of the so-called high castes on every decision-making body of the society.

The reservation issue may be a difficult one, but pray who stops the high and mighty of the Hindu "high caste" to start centres of excellence for their disadvantaged sections so that they never ever feel the need to use the reservation ladder? While the stereotype basks in the meaningless repetition of the old dogmas, the newly-risen Hindu has started working on such development themes bringing Laxmi and Saraswati on the same platform.

For a Hindu, the spread of his vast entrepreneurial empire has to be greeted with the Gayatri Mantra (Videocon ad) and Vande Mataram (the Kumarmangalam Birla campaign) but nevertheless the biggest challenge comes from within and not from outside "enemies".

Job reservation for non-Hindus, the arrest of Shankaracharya on Diwali night and refusing to execute a non-bailable warrant against the Imam, the temple takeover spree by the state power, stopping of morning bhajans in trains, subsidy to Haj and silence on Hindu pilgrimages, biryani for terrorists and no hope for patriotic Kashmiri Hindus uprooted from their homes in the Valley -- all these issues make him uneasy.

This anger for the inner corrections and a will to excel has given a unique hue to the new rise of the Hindu which is the only assuring factor in spite of the cacophony of various interest groups working to confuse the march of the Sanatana Dharma .

The author is the Editor of Panchjanya, a Hindi weekly brought out by the RSS. The views expressed are his personal.