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Why I Became a Hindu
Why I became a Hindu Parama Karuna Devi published by Jagannatha Vallabha Vedic Research Center Copyright © 2018 Parama Karuna Devi All rights reserved Title ID: 8916295 ISBN-13: 978-1724611147 ISBN-10: 1724611143 published by: Jagannatha Vallabha Vedic Research Center Website: www.jagannathavallabha.com Anyone wishing to submit questions, observations, objections or further information, useful in improving the contents of this book, is welcome to contact the author: E-mail: [email protected] phone: +91 (India) 94373 00906 Please note: direct contact data such as email and phone numbers may change due to events of force majeure, so please keep an eye on the updated information on the website. Table of contents Preface 7 My work 9 My experience 12 Why Hinduism is better 18 Fundamental teachings of Hinduism 21 A definition of Hinduism 29 The problem of castes 31 The importance of Bhakti 34 The need for a Guru 39 Can someone become a Hindu? 43 Historical examples 45 Hinduism in the world 52 Conversions in modern times 56 Individuals who embraced Hindu beliefs 61 Hindu revival 68 Dayananda Saraswati and Arya Samaj 73 Shraddhananda Swami 75 Sarla Bedi 75 Pandurang Shastri Athavale 75 Chattampi Swamikal 76 Narayana Guru 77 Navajyothi Sree Karunakara Guru 78 Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha 79 Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 79 Sarada Devi 80 Golap Ma 81 Rama Tirtha Swami 81 Niranjanananda Swami 81 Vireshwarananda Swami 82 Rudrananda Swami 82 Swahananda Swami 82 Narayanananda Swami 83 Vivekananda Swami and Ramakrishna Math 83 Sister Nivedita -
Folklore Foundation , Lokaratna ,Volume IV 2011
FOLKLORE FOUNDATION ,LOKARATNA ,VOLUME IV 2011 VOLUME IV 2011 Lokaratna Volume IV tradition of Odisha for a wider readership. Any scholar across the globe interested to contribute on any Lokaratna is the e-journal of the aspect of folklore is welcome. This Folklore Foundation, Orissa, and volume represents the articles on Bhubaneswar. The purpose of the performing arts, gender, culture and journal is to explore the rich cultural education, religious studies. Folklore Foundation President: Sri Sukant Mishra Managing Trustee and Director: Dr M K Mishra Trustee: Sri Sapan K Prusty Trustee: Sri Durga Prasanna Layak Lokaratna is the official journal of the Folklore Foundation, located in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Lokaratna is a peer-reviewed academic journal in Oriya and English. The objectives of the journal are: To invite writers and scholars to contribute their valuable research papers on any aspect of Odishan Folklore either in English or in Oriya. They should be based on the theory and methodology of folklore research and on empirical studies with substantial field work. To publish seminal articles written by senior scholars on Odia Folklore, making them available from the original sources. To present lives of folklorists, outlining their substantial contribution to Folklore To publish book reviews, field work reports, descriptions of research projects and announcements for seminars and workshops. To present interviews with eminent folklorists in India and abroad. Any new idea that would enrich this folklore research journal is Welcome. -
K a N D H a M a L ( O R I S S a )
K A N D H A M A L ( O R I S S A ) R O O T C A U S E JUSTICE ON TRIAL A-12, Shakti Enclave, Opp. Pushkar Apartment, Nr. Judges Bungalow’s Cross Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad – 380054. Ph.: (079) 65440695, 26840382, Fax: (079) 26840382 E-mail: [email protected] • 2 • K A N D H A M A L ( O R I S S A ) REPORT RELEASED ON 7-2-2008 AT BHUBANESWAR BY JUSTICE ON TRIAL A-12, Shakti Enclave, Opp. Pushkar Apartment, Nr. Judges Bungalow’s Cross Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad – 380054. Ph.: (079) 65440695, 26840382, Fax: (079) 26840382 E-mail: [email protected] • 3 • F A C T F I N D I N G C O M M I T T E E 1. Sardar G.S. Gill Chairman Additional Advocate General, Rajasthan. Jaipur. 2. Shri P. C. Dogra Member Former Director General of Police, Punjab, Chandigarh. 3. Smt. Nafisa Hussein Member Former Member, National Commission for Women, Mumbai. 4. Captain M. K. Andhare Member Social Activist, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. 5. Shri Ram Kishor Pasari Member-Secretary Social Engineer, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. • 4 • CONTENTS 1. Report of the Committe 7 Conclusions & Recommendations 42 2. List of Doccuments Relied upon and referred in 49 • 5 • • 6 • JUSTICE ON TRIAL AN INTERIM REPORT All attempts have been made by Justice On Trial (JOT) with the constraint of resources available and prevailing circumstances to collect factual information regarding the situation in Kondhamal district. This report is based on the basis of the depositions made by the persons who were available at different sites and the persons who came across to put up their version. -
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BREAKING INDIA western Interventions in Dravidian and Dalit Faultlines Rajiv Malhotra & Aravindan Neelakandan Copyright © Infinity Foundation 2011 AU rights reserved. No part of tliis book may be used or reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. Rajiv Malhotra and Aravindan Neelakandan assert the moral right to be identified as the authors of this work This e<iition first published in 2011 Third impression 2011 AMARYLLIS An imprint of Manjul Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Editorial Office: J-39, Ground Floor, Jor Bagh Lane, New Delhi-110 003, India Tel: 011-2464 2447/2465 2447 Fax: 011-2462 2448 Email: amaryllis®amaryllis.co.in Website: www.amaryUis.co.in Registered Office: 10, Nishat Colony, Bhopal 462 003, M.P., India ISBN: 978-81-910673-7-8 Typeset in Sabon by Mindways 6esign 1410, Chiranjiv Tower, 43, Nehru Place New Delhi 110 019 ' Printed and Bound in India by Manipal Technologies Ltd., Manipal. Contents Introduction xi 1. Superpower or Balkanized War Zone? 1 2. Overview of European Invention of Races 8 Western Academic Constructions Lead to Violence 8 3. Inventing the Aryan Race 12 Overview of Indian Impact on Europe: From Renaissance to R acism 15 Herder’s Romanticism 18 Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) 19 ‘Arya’ Becomes a Race in Europe 22 Ernest Renan and the Aryan Christ 23 Friedrich Max Muller 26 Adolphe Pictet 27 Rudolph Friedrich Grau 28 Gobineau and Race Science 29 Aryan Theorists and Eugenics 31 Chamberlain: Aryan-Christian Racism 32 Nazis and After 34 Blaming the Indian Civilization . -
0X0a I Don't Know Gregor Weichbrodt FROHMANN
0x0a I Don’t Know Gregor Weichbrodt FROHMANN I Don’t Know Gregor Weichbrodt 0x0a Contents I Don’t Know .................................................................4 About This Book .......................................................353 Imprint ........................................................................354 I Don’t Know I’m not well-versed in Literature. Sensibility – what is that? What in God’s name is An Afterword? I haven’t the faintest idea. And concerning Book design, I am fully ignorant. What is ‘A Slipcase’ supposed to mean again, and what the heck is Boriswood? The Canons of page construction – I don’t know what that is. I haven’t got a clue. How am I supposed to make sense of Traditional Chinese bookbinding, and what the hell is an Initial? Containers are a mystery to me. And what about A Post box, and what on earth is The Hollow Nickel Case? An Ammunition box – dunno. Couldn’t tell you. I’m not well-versed in Postal systems. And I don’t know what Bulk mail is or what is supposed to be special about A Catcher pouch. I don’t know what people mean by ‘Bags’. What’s the deal with The Arhuaca mochila, and what is the mystery about A Bin bag? Am I supposed to be familiar with A Carpet bag? How should I know? Cradleboard? Come again? Never heard of it. I have no idea. A Changing bag – never heard of it. I’ve never heard of Carriages. A Dogcart – what does that mean? A Ralli car? Doesn’t ring a bell. I have absolutely no idea. And what the hell is Tandem, and what is the deal with the Mail coach? 4 I don’t know the first thing about Postal system of the United Kingdom. -
The Journal of Parliamentary Information
The Journal of Parliamentary Information VOLUME LVII NO. 2 JUNE 2011 LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd. 24, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-2 2009 issue, EDITORIAL BOARD Editor : T.K. Viswanathan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Associate Editor : P.K. Misra Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Kalpana Sharma Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Assistant Editors : Pulin B. Bhutia Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat Sanjeev Sachdeva Joint Director Lok Sabha Secretariat © Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi for approval. THE JOURNAL OF PARLIAMENTARY INFORMATION VOLUME LVII NO. 2 JUNE 2011 CONTENTS PAGE EDITORIAL NOTE 101 ADDRESSES Address by the President to Parliament, 21 February 2011 103 ARTICLE Parliamentary Oversight of Human Rights: A Case Study of Disability in India—Deepali Mathur 116 PARLIAMENTARY EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Conferences and Symposia 123 Birth Anniversaries of National Leaders 124 Exchange of Parliamentary Delegations 125 Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training 127 PRIVILEGE ISSUES 129 PROCEDURAL MATTERS 131 PARLIAMENTARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS 135 DOCUMENTS OF CONSTITUTIONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 143 SESSIONAL REVIEW Lok Sabha 151 Rajya Sabha 184 State Legislatures 205 RECENT LITERATURE OF PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST 210 APPENDICES I. Statement showing the work transacted during the Seventh Session of the Fifteenth Lok Sabha 219 (iv) II. Statement showing the work transacted during the Two Hundred and Twenty-Second Session of the Rajya Sabha 223 III. Statement showing the activities of the Legislatures of the States and Union Territories during the period 1 January to 31 March 2011 228 IV. List of Bills passed by the Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President during the period 1 January to 31 March 2011 235 V. -
List of Members of Parliament
ORISSA REFERENCE ANNUAL - 2005 Shri Surendra Nath Naik ... Agriculture Shri Surjya Narayan Patro ... Energy, Tourism, Information technology Dr. Damodar Rout ... Panchayati Raj, Culture Shri Bijayashree Routray ... Health and Family Welfare Shri Manmohan Samal ... Revenue, Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Shri Ananga Udaya Singh Deo ... Works, Housing Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo ... Urban Development, Public Enterprises. MINISTERS OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) Shri Balabhadra Majhi ... Scheduled Tribes & Scheduled Castes Development (Scheduled Tribes Development) Shri Jayanarayan Mishra ... Commerce & Transport Shri Pradipta Kumar Naik ... Labour & Employment Shri Rabi Narayan Nanda ... Science & Technology (Ind. Charge), Water Resources - (Resigned on 23.3.2006) Shri Debasis Nayak ... Information & Public Relations, Sports and Youth Services Smt. Surama Padhy ... Cooperation Shri Nagendra Kumar Pradhan ... School & Mass Education **** NAME OF THE GOVERNMENT CHIEF WHIP Shri Kishore Kumar Mohanty (BJD) NAME OF THE GOVERNMENT DEPUTY CHIEF WHIP Shri Mohan Charana Majhi (BJP) 476 ORISSA REFERENCE ANNUAL - 2005 LIST OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT 1st LOK SABHA-(1951-52) No. of constituencyŌ16 (4 Double and 12 Single) No of Seats -20 Sl. Name of the Name of the Party Affiliation No. Constituency Member of Parliament 1 MAYURBHANJ Ram Chandra Majhi INC 2 BALASORE Kanhu Ch. Jena INC 3 KENDRAPARA Nityananda Kanungo INC 4 CUTTACK Herakrushna Mahatab INC 5 PURI Loknath Mishra INC 6 KHURDA Lingaraj Mishra INC 7 GHUMUSAR Uma Ch. Pattnaik IND 8 GANJAM Bijoy Ch. Das CPI 9 NAWARANGPUR P. Subba Rao G.P. 10 KALAHANDI Giridhari Bhoi G.P. BALANGIR Rajendre N. Singh Deo G.P. (Double Constituency) 11 SAMBALPUR Natabar Pandey G.P 12 BARGARH G.Das Thirani IND 13 DHENKANAL Niranjan Jena INC WEST CUTTACK Sarangadhar Das S.P. -
Rajya Sabha Matters Raised with Permission of the Chair
RAJYA SABHA _________ ∗SYNOPSIS OF DEBATE _________ (Proceedings other than Questions and Answers) _________ Monday, December 3, 2007/ Agrahayana 12, 1929 (Saka) _________ MATTERS RAISED WITH PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR I. Protests against setting up of steel plant at Jagatsinghpur, Orissa SHRI D. RAJA: I wish this House takes note of what is happening in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa. There is a very strong resistance to the steel plant proposed to be set up by Posco there. If that plant is set up, they will be displaced and the fertile agricultural land will be taken over by the Posco Steel Plant. This will also lead to a very serious drinking water crisis for the city of Cuttack and other places on the banks of river Mahanadi because a large quantity of water from the river will be used by the plant. This will also adversely affect the functions of the Paradip Port. This plant is going to seriously affect the forests and environment in that area. If the Union ___________________________________________________ ∗ This Synopsis is not an authoritative record of the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha. 277 Government does not intervene at this point of time, the situation will get out of control and anything may happen there. II. Report of possible terror attack on Tirupati SHRI SHREEGOPAL VYAS: Informations have been received regarding possible attach on the Tiruputi mandir. Tirupati mandir is a place of devotion of crore of Hindus. Such events will have a very bad effect on the country. Therefore, I request the Government to enquire into the mater and prevent such incidents to occur. -
E:\Election Backgrounder\P1-10
SEVENTEENTH GENERAL ELECTIONS TO LOK SABHA ELECTION BACKGROUNDER, ODISHA-2019 Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, I.A.S Shri Laxmidhar Mohanty, O.A.S(SAG) Commissioner-cum-Secretary Director Shri Subhendra Kumar Nayak, O.A.S(S) Shri Niranjan Sethi Joint Secretary Addl. Director-cum-Joint Secretary Shri Barada Prasanna Das Deputy Director-cum-Deputy Secretary Compilation & Editing Shri Surya Narayan Mishra Shri Debasis Pattnaik Shri Sachidananda Barik Dr. Prasant Kumar Praharaj Co-ordination Shri Biswajit Dash Shri Santosh Kumar Das Shri Prafulla Kumar Mallick Shri Pathani Rout Cover Design Shri Manas Ranjan Nayak DTP & Layout Shri Hemanta Kumar Sahoo Shri Kabyakanta Mohanty Shri Abhimanyu Gouda Published by Information & Public Relations Department Government of Odisha CONTENTS 1. FOREWORD 2. SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA ELECTION, ODISHA, 2019 3. LIST OF PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES GOING TO POLL (2019) ON PHASE-WISE 4. FACTS AT A GLANCE (SUCCESSIVE GENERAL ELECTIONS) 5. ALL INDIA PARTY POSITION IN LOK SABHA FROM 1951-52 TO 2014 6. VOTES POLLED–SEATS WON ANALYSIS (1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014) 7. STATE/UT-WISE SEATS IN THE LOK SABHA 8. LOK SABHA ELECTION, ODISHA (1951-52 TO 2014) 9. PARTY-WISE PERFORMANCE IN LOK SABHA ELECTIONS OF ODISHA FROM 1951 TO 2014 10. PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCIES AFTER DELIMITATION 11. ELECTIONS TO THE SIXTEENTH LOK SABHA, 2014 : ODISHA AT A GLANCE 12. ELECTIONS TO THE SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA, 2019 : ODISHA AT A GLANCE 13. TOTAL NUMBER OF POLLING STATIONS (CONSTITUENCY-WISE) SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA, 2019 14. NUMBER OF ELECTORS IN THE ELECTORAL ROLL 2019 (P.C. / A.C.-WISE) WITH POLLING STATIONS 15. -
Synopsis E 27.11.07.Pdf
RAJYA SABHA _______ SYNOPSIS OF DEBATES _________ (Proceedings other than Questions and Answers) _______ Tuesday, November 27, 2007/Agrahayana 6, 1929 (Saka) _______ GOVERNMENT BILL - WITHDRAWN The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2003. ________ GOVERNMENT BILL - INTRODUCED The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2007. ________ MATTERS RAISED WITH PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR I. Protection of rights of Adivasis SHRIMATI BRINDA KARAT: Today in our country there is a question of the protection of tribals, protection of their respect and rights and implementation of provisions provided in the Constitution. One adivasi woman was stripped and paraded 112 publicly on the roads in Guwahati. The local people provided refuge to her and protected her. Judicial probe orders have been issued regarding the incident of Guwahati, but still two hundred fifty tribals are admitted in hospital at present. Rules regarding the Forest Rights Act have not been notified for one year as a result of which s a large number of Adivasis are being evicted from their homes and lands in the forests all over the country in many state. First recognise and vest the forest rights in all Adivasis including protected areas. Secondly, wildlife habitat may be identified and where necessary Adivasis may be relocated according to certain procedures. (Shri Ajay Maroo, Shri Surendra Lath, Shri Rudra Narayan Pany, Shri Pyarelal Khandelwal, Shri Dinesh Trivedi, Shri D. Raja, Dr. (Shrimati) Najma A. Heptulla and Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari associated.) II. Demolition of temples in Malayasia SHRI BALAVANT alias BAL APTE: I want to draw the attention of the Minister of External Affairs towards a large number of temples being demolished in Malayasia. -
ANSWERED ON:14.12.2005 NOMINATED MEMBERS of TAC Verma Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:3090 ANSWERED ON:14.12.2005 NOMINATED MEMBERS OF TAC Verma Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) the norms being followed for appointment of Member in the Telephone Advisory Committee; (b) the number of Members nominated to the Telephone Advisory committee on the recommendation of each Member of Parliament; (c) the details thereof, member-wise; (d) the number of letters from the Members of Parliament related to the TAC forwarded by the PMO to the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology; and (e) the action taken by the Government thereon? Answer THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD) (a) The Telephone Advisory Committees (TACs) are constituted Secondary Switching Area (SSA) wise and the norms followed for appointment of members in the Telephone Advisory Committee (TAC) are as follows:- # The members of TAC are taken from all segments of society such as Social Workers, Press, Trade, Commerce, Industry, Medical and other professionals etc. # Each Member of Parliament may recommend five names o f eminent persons from his/her constituency to be considered for nomination in the TAC. # The Hon'ble Members of Parliament shall be members of only one TAC falling within their constituency by virtue of their office. In case of nominated Rajya Sabha MPs, they may be nominated in the TAC falling within their adopted constituency [with regard to the constituency adopted for Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) programme. -
Statistical Report General Elections, 1999 The
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1999 TO THE THIRTEENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS) ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI Election Commission of India – General Elections, 1999 (13th LOK SABHA) STATISCAL REPORT – VOLUME I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results) CONTENTS SUBJECT Page No. Part – I 1. List of Participating Political Parties 1 - 5 2. Number and Types of Constituencies 6 3. Size of Electorate 7 4. Voter Turnout and Polling Station 8 5. Number of Candidates per Constituency 9 - 10 6. Number of Candidates and Forfeiture of Deposits 11 7. Candidates Data Summary 12 - 43 8. Electors Data Summary 44 - 75 9. List of Successful Candidates 76 - 89 10. Performance of National Parties Vis-à-vis Others 90 11. Seats won by Parties in States / UT’s 91 - 95 12. Seats won in States / UT’s by Parties 96 - 99 13. Votes Polled by Parties – National Summary 100 -108 14. Votes Polled by Parties in States / UT’s 109 -129 15. Votes Polled in States / UT by Parties 130 - 143 16. Women’s Participation in Polls 144 17. Performance of Women Candidates 145 18. Performance of Women in National Parties vis-à-vis Others 146 19. Women Candidates 147 -163 Part – II 20. Detailed Results 164 - 263 Election Commission of India-General Elections,1999 (13th LOK SABHA) LIST OF PARTICIPATING POLITICAL PARTIES PARTYTYPE ABBREVIATION PARTY NATIONAL PARTIES 1 . BJP Bharatiya Janata Party 2 . BSP Bahujan Samaj Party 3 . CPI Communist Party of India 4 . CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5 . INC Indian National Congress 6 .