Zeitgeist Explained ::

zeit·geist | Pronunciation: 'tsIt-"gIst, 'zIt | Function: noun | Etymology: German, from Zeit [time] + Geist [spirit] | Date: 1884 | Meaning: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era
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AadvaaNii Sowed Tree Blooms

If This Is Terrorism!?! What Was Mosque Demolition?!?

01:05 PM 07/05/2005 :: X-Baabrii babri Mosque and Now a make shift temple erected upon that mosque unlawfully attacked this morning... all 4-5-6-7-8-9 [different channels different number :)] 'terrorist' killed... but last time round all those terrorist named also in court cases... still standing... that was state terrorism/vandalism [democracy rule of the majority]... [This Shivraaj Paatil so unfit 4 the job... either Laalu or Arjun Sinh shud be the home minister.] Aadvaanii lead this stupid movement now reaping more fruit... Security being praised 4 dropping them 'terrorist' 4 muslim they wud be 'liberators' me is sure... that's the dynamics... security expert cum hawks back on TV... Security guys being praised 4 killing them all while last time round they were mute spectators... and those 'terrorist' got away with it unscathed and not just that but 'offered rule of law' 4 six long years ha!!!... the other difference is that the former one came in huge numbers lead by LKA... or is this also a design by the right wing of Indian Polity... responsible 4 the demolition of the mosque... [ndtv had 2 tv debate about uniform civil code, taking further, a right wing agenda 4 profit]... 50 loot & plunder United States' Moto "In God We Trust" who is no where 2 be seen... and these pagan heathen shows a street sign in Ayodhiya on and on as Raam janm bhoomi... Raam's birth place as if he ever existed or took birth... character outta folklore, as fictitious as any comic character...

'Disgustingly Filthy Bombay, 3X Over Populated

10:24 PM 06/30/2005 :: In Bombay... city is absolutely filthy and 2, 2, 2 mooch over populated... ocean of people every where... local trains sick puky over crowded, if onboard like bringing a ju-e-sher... 2 alight even more difficult... and MMS talking of making it Shanghai is sickening... and making him one of the lot as Eugene O'Neil described them... 2 many street dogs bark all through the night everywhere... on top of cacophony offa places of worship...

Emotionally Dead, Page3 Crazy Hoi Polloi

Mid-day completes 26 years and does 9 supplements spl issue... 5 on BhaanDwood and 4 on property ha! what a farcicle stupid journalism... One Times of India publication talks of cutting page3 to size and another [zoOmTV] keep talking about them on & on... ["Twentieth-century culture’s disease is the inability to feel their reality. People cluster to TV, soap operas, movies, theater, pop idols and they have wild emotion over symbols. But in the reality of their own lives, they’re emotionally dead." ~ Jim Morrison on Culture]

btw me mirror site on bravenet was temp suspended, [including services as counters and tell a friend add ons features] the whole site of 100s of pages just 4 one or 2 pages which allegedly violates their code [that 2 applicable 4 free sites and not the paid ones] feared that angelfire.com may censor it one day, hence created this mirror site...

'Organized Whorring of the Skilled Workforce'

Loophole Contributing 2 The Unemployment in EU/US

45 million educated unemployed... then there is 'organized whorring of the skilled workforce' slogging 4 less then 10% of the wages... which is conning of well articulated fear against unrestricted labour movement across the EU... this loophole contributing the unemployment figures of the rich regions...

'Vande Gaayam/BhaiNsam' not Acceptable 2 All

11:31 AM 06/16/2005 :: Gaur is sure stupid enuff 2 impose 'not acceptable 2 all' Vande Gaayam bhaiNsam maatram or whatever... even diggy is stupid, chickening and not opposing such a stupid move [proof that INC is anti-muslim and they r all just the same]. BL Gaur is no better than Oooma, Chauhaan cud be a good choice. Diggy and his arrogance r the reason why MP was lost so badly 2 the lumpen. All INC spokespersons NOW look and seem arrogant... 10 years he wudn't accept any post if loses, was just a lie. Why Diggy is a GS and incharge of Assam and Orissa. So in essence Sonia has a team of 'discredited' non-entities... t has spoken on 'Vande' business earlier and why Vande Maatram shud be chucked away asap... MEA behaved stupid on Yaasin Malik comments on Sheikh Raashid, so was ABV's salvo, writing 2 MMS the PM.

the mound was impressive sweet thiing Navodita/ndtv, in the Yoga story... the sanskrit shloka was gr8 about those without song & daance one r like chopaayaas [cattles]... btw all those OpEds in Indian Media not mentioning Vinaayak Damodar Saavarkar was the one who started 'two nation theory'...

Howzthat and 'knot' Out AaDvaanii

Hindutva’s foreign tie-up in the 1930s :: archival evidence ~ Marzia Casolari

Distinct, antagonistic and conflicting with this was the right-wing vision which envisaged independent India to be a country whose denomination and definition would be defined by the people's religious affiliations. This vision found a twin expression — the RSS that advocated its fascist "Hindu Rashtra" and the Muslim League which advocated a separate Islamic state.

In fact, the RSS vision was articulated even before its formation by V.D. Savarkar in 1923 in the pamphlet, "Hindutva: Who is a Hindu?". The RSS was founded in 1925. In his Presidential Address to the Hindu Mahasabha on December 30, 1937, Savarkar said: "There are two nations in the main: the Hindus and the Moslems in India". Mohammad Ali Jinnah propounded his two-nation theory in 1939. In this very year, the then RSS chief, M.S. Golwalkar, chillingly articulated the fascistic character of the "Hindu Rashtra" in his treatise, "We, Or Our Nationhood Defined".

Having declared that all others except Hindus are foreign elements, Golwalkar proceeds to state: "there are only two courses open to the foreign elements, either to merge themselves in the national race and adopt its culture, or to live at its mercy so long as the national race may allow them to do so and to quit the country at the sweet will of the national race... There is, at least should be, no other course for them to adopt. We are an old nation; let us deal, as old nations ought to and do deal, with the foreign races, who have chosen to live in our country."

And how should `old nations' deal? "To keep up the purity of the Race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic Races — the Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here. Germany has also shown how well-nigh impossible it is for Races and cultures, having differences going to the root, to be assimilated into one united whole, a good lesson for us in Hindusthan to learn and profit by."

Jinnah's vision divided the country, harmed the community that he led and with the break up of Pakistan in 1971, it completely exposed the falsity of the two-nation theory. A march towards fascism ~ By Sitaram Yechury published in The Hindu Saturday, Dec 28, 2002 [Also Khushwant Singh has informed his audience about Saavarkar's speakin' too soon... [and btw Vinayak Damodar Savarkar articulated the Idea much b4... around 1922-23]

Nisf sadii Bigotry Rath Enters Liberal Lane

10:22 PM 06/08/2005 :: Aadvaanii statement this morning after the meet with the PM... when he stated that the reasons still persist 4 why I resigned... clearly meaning that if all the bitter criticism by VHP lumpen retract their venom... It was a clear sign that he wud reconsider, but stupid Indian media kept saying all through the day that him determined about quitting... the meeting of BJPPB plus other office bearers was due @ 5 PM and 4.30 PM Giriraaj of VHP did a press conference and apologized on behalf of Tagarii... and prior 2 that around 2 PM even RSS head softened, praised Aadvaanii's work and that RSS is not 2 intervene... Bihaari Sinha owes everything 2 Aadvaanii but look how he behaved... suggesting that him shud quit as the Leader of the Opposition aswell...

t has been constantly opposing the stupid 'sarva dharma sambhaav' uttered by BJP ideologues but even the jaahil filth INC leaders... while me wanted Jinnah way excluding all these bunch of stupid fictions outta business of guvernance... these jaahil baboons need 2 learn so much... especially the history. And btw if VhateParishad so badly despise the partition and 2 nation theory... they must hate saavarkar 4 it, coz Saavarkar responsible 4 it 4 he was the one who wrongly articulated that Hindus & Muslims r separate nation.

Times They R A Changing!?! ::

09:27 PM 06/04/2005 :: 2 mooch hulla gulla over Aadvaanii change of heart & image change PR... or is it historical balancing him style... or is it that them coming center right and Old Jansangh take far right 2 right... Still the 2 most important facts about Jinnah unspoken newhere that Jinnah's mentor was Gokhle and he was a nationalist... and 2ndly Kamaal Ataturk's Turkey and his opting 4 secularism despite being 98% Moslem... [Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen/ And keep your eyes wide/ The chance won't come again/ And don't speak too soon/ For the wheel's still in spin/ And there's no tellin' who That it's namin'./ For the loser now Will be later to win For the times they are a-changin'.] took a friggin' half a century 2 realize Jinnah's persona...

04:24 PM 06/03/2005 :: Aadvaanii visiting paakisstaan a changed man!?! military spending 2 Baabrii mosque demolition regret... here ABV expressed the same regret... really!?! haathii ke daant or ghaRyaalii aaNsoo?!? They may have a change of heart but how all these lampaty cadres have such transformation... [Ah! ZeeNews/ even Sahaara kept calling Baabrii Mosque as 'vivadit dhaancha' while ABV himself called it a mosque in the same report] but their guvs in MP and Raajisthaan demonstrating its gobari mindset letting Sati and child marriage flourish by not combating them... wonder if they are literate of the constitution eh! forget the oath 2 guard [?] it.

Takshashiela Buddhist Tantra Center ::

Vijay 3vedi/ndtv report on Takshashila was good... padmasambhava & buddhist tantra centre... wow!! [Buddha's message Dhammapad #5 a_bair non-violently killing the bair]

[Courtesy Rediff Guide 2 net feature. Sex, Drugs & Rock 'N' Roll] ...many dead links, V will fix them later or just google "paul morgan"+rock+roll

Finally, in 1963 -- just in time to change Britain and the rest of the world -- came four guys called John Lennon :: John Ono Lennon, Paul, George and Ringo.

The Beatles had arrived. The spell was cast. And all was right with the world again.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the Negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix…"
-- Allen Ginsberg, 'Howl'.

There's a lot said about the sixties. About its celebrities and excesses, music, its ideals, or lack of them. After a point in time though, it was more than just Britain, America or the rest of the world. It was simply an era where lines between people, continents and ideologies were blurred forever.

A 'decade of discontent', some called it. Because there were demonstrations, the Vietnam war and Detroit race riots. President Johnson introduced Medicare, while the Berlin Wall created a huge divide. Marilyn Monroe died, and John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

Others disagreed. It was all about peace, they said. There was love, gay and women's liberation, the hippy lifestyle and the 'flower children'.

If the fifties gave us the transistor, the sixties gave it life. The 'twist' shook dance floors. Then Jim Morrison came, in leather tights, breathing out 'Light My Fire' to the masses.

Before the decade was up, man had reached the moon. James Meredith became the first black to enrol into a University. Fashion changed, new musical genres were created, and there were new heights for the quartet from Liverpool to conquer.

"The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust (our own) government's statements. I had no idea until then that you could not really rely on them."
-- Senator William Fullbright

There were questions, too. Posed by people within and without all kinds of charmed circles. Posed by children born to the flower children. Posed by people three decades later, few of who believed things had been the way they were.

And who could blame them, when confronted with popular culture so diverse. How could musicians like The Yardbirds and the Rolling Stones arrive at pretty much the same time as The Kinks, Bob Dylan , Led Zeppelin , The Who and the Grateful Dead?

How could cinema yield actors like Ken Kesey, Peter Fonda, Jane Merrow and James Dean, all in one short period?

How could literature incite authors like Harper Lee, D. H. Lawrence, Joseph Heller, Jack Kerouac, Sylvia Plath, Norman Mailer and Arthur Koestler to explore new facets of the unexplored?

So, there were questions, answers to which are still not forthcoming.

"A man needs a little madness, or else ... he never dares cut the rope and be free."
-- Zorba the Greek, 1964.

With the magic came the madness. A man called Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of assassinating Kennedy. In another corner of the world, Charles Manson heard The Beatles sing 'Helter Skelter' huddled in a room with members of his cult. He convinced them that God wanted actress Sharon Tate murdered. They carried out his wishes.

Drugs like Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (better known as LSD) helped create new rules, all of which were reflected in art and the work of artists like Andy Warhol.

By 1967 though, there were thousands of American soldiers dying every week, with the troop strength in Vietnam touching a heartbreaking figure of 475,000. The magic was beginning to fade.

"We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity."
-- John Lennon John Lennon, Evening Standard, 1966.

Just before the end, in 1969, Woodstock happened. The 'summer of love'.

From a humble camp out, it grew, taking on a life all its own while organisers watched in horror and fascination. Three days under the stars with 500,000 people - comprising protesters, war veterans, gays, lesbians, government advocates, black militants, homophobes and more -- for company.

Apart from traffic jams 20 miles long, there was little food and sanitation, heavy rain, lots of drugs and alcohol, heavy rain, two deaths, two births and musicians like Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin doing what they did best.

For the thousands who lived through those three days, things were never quite the same again.

"Turn on; tune in; drop out."
-- Dr. Timothy Leary, 60s guru.

It's been four decades now, since it all happened. Logging on gets you glimpses and little peeks, from photographs and toys, to rock music, hippy culture, vegetarianism and more

They say a lot, these pages. They also say very little. What was it like to be there? To do what they did and feel like they felt? To sit oneself under a tree and decide there was nothing more to be done? To smoke a pipe, pass it around, and do nothing but listen to some folk rock?

Ultimately, I suppose, the sixties stand apart simply as a moment in time when people decided, irrespective of all they struggled with, to do their own thing. With flowers in their hair... ~ Paul Morgan

Sufii Tasawwuf Music Gone Pop ::

11:43 PM 03/27/2005 :: Sufi tasawwuf they tried 2 talk on the Humloag/NDTVhindvii, singing it 2... no one cud explain the Sufi phenomenon but wonder if it all cud be said in words. Words r picture while music or naad or sound definitely not picture. Sufi music not just coming mainstream but b'coming pop is a real sign of real beginning of a new millennia, as 2 what is Sufism, women & Sufism what is Sufism wonder if it's still on?!? :: [Camille Adams Helminski of the Mevlevi Sufi Order, briefly discusses some well-known women Sufis and central issues concerning women in the history of Sufism.] [ZeeTV started on MKG's birthday and renaming a few of the channels and redesigned logos of all on me B-day...]

Wolf! Wolf!! WB Wooof!!!

Proportional Representation System of Voting

Fractured mandate in so many past elections suggest that winner take all system of voting a failure... Proportional or Full Representation System of Voting is the answer... check me thread on the index page. 8th March women's day check Social and Political Oppression of Women thread 2...

"Organized religion is like organized crime; it preys on peoples' weakness, generates huge profits for its operators, and is almost impossible to eradicate."