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Ha, Now I Know Social Media Cannot Get To Me


Because, as Ramakrishna Paramahansa says: “If you enter the world without first cultivating love for God, you will be entangled…

Bhakti, Devotion to God, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Social Media

Ramana Maharshi on Suffering in the World


Visitor: There are widespread disasters spreading havoc in the world e.g., famine and pestilence. What is the cause of this…

Ramana Maharshi, Self (Brahman), Suffering, Suffering in the world

“A New Idea of India” – A Must-Read for Every Indian


Book: A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational StateAuthors: Harsh Madhusudan and Rajeev MantriPublisher: WestlandPrice: Rs 799 (Amazon.in lists…

A New Idea of India, Book on India, Book Review, Hindutva, India, Nehruvian socialism, Pseudo-secularism, Secularism

Happiness & Love


“Every happiness and love is a finite and fleeting glimpse of God.”–D. Samarender Reddy

God, Happiness, Love, Quotations, Quote, Quotes

Lub-Dub Lub-Dub Lub-Dub


Hindu or Muslim, Brahmin or Dalit How does it matter Who you “think” you are A penny for your thought…

Love, Poem, Poetry

O India!


(I wrote this poem in 1980 when I was in 11th grade) O India! Land of my mother And my…

Colonialism, Freedom struggle, Independence, India, Poem, Poem about India, Poem on India, Poetry

Windows to the Soul


Sitting there on the railway platform having nothing special to do except wait for Shatabdi Express and watch the melee…

Caste, Eyes, Poem, Poetry, Religion, Soul

Perennial Season of Love ðŸ’•


Love thy neighbour as thyself Even if, God forbid, that be Trump Is how Jesus would have it A tough…

Love, Poem, Poetry, The Golden Rule

Sigh!!


Absolute truth, Truth

Is God Love?


If God is Love God is absent from this world Go ask the Dalits. If God is Love God is…

God, Love, Poem, Poetry, Suffering

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