On Kali-yuga

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>From Puranic Encyclopedia:

 

KALI I. Incarnation of sin, the Sin-god.

 

1) Birth. Kasyapaprajapati, son of Brahma, begot of his wife Muni sixteen

sons and Kali was the fifteenth son. He was a deva-gandharva. The other sons

of Kasyapa were: Bhimasena, Ugrasena, Suparna, Varuna, Dhrtarastra, Gopati,

Suvarcas, Satyavak, Arkaparna, Prayuta, Visruta, Citraratha, Salisiras,

Parjanya and Narada. (4 Slokas from verse 43, Chapter 65, Adi Parva).

 

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5) The world in Kaliyuga. The celebrated sage Markandeya had prophesied

about the happenings in Kaliyuga thus: "In Kaliyuga all will be dishonest.

Charity and Sacrifices will be only for a name. Brahmanas would do the

duties of sudras. Sudras will become prosperous. There will be sinners as

kings. People will be short-lived and the stature of the people also will

diminish. Beastly type of men will be on the increase. Taste and smell will

vanish. Women will be 'Mukhebhagas'. Men will sell rice and brahmanas, the

Vedas. Women will sell their vaginas. The yield of milk from cows will

decrease. Flowers and fruits will become less. Crows will be on the

increase. Brahmanas would become beggars. Sages will be merchants. Brahmanas

would without any reason grow hairs and nails. None will observe the four

dsramas correctly. Students will defile the bed of their preceptors. Rains

will be in and out of season. Trees and plants will refuse to grow in many

places. There will be murder of people everywhere. Merchants will be cheats

and they will use false measures. Righteous persons will decrease and

sinners will increase. Girls of seven or eight years will become pregnant

and boys will become fathers. Young men at the age of sixteen would be

grey-haired. Old men will continue practising the habits of young men. Wives

will lie with their servants. Wives will be prostitutes even while their

husbands are alive. People will die in lots of hunger." (Chapter 188. Vana

Parva).

[tackleberry]

What you mentioned in part 1 is entirely false. Kali is none other than Duryodhana. This is stated by Sri Madhvacharya in his works. He is none other than Lord Vayu. The world seems to be heading for disaster and I do not know how it can last for another 4,25,000 years!!