PLEASE JOIN PROTEST AGAINST ANDHRA CM YSR IN CHICAGO ON MAY 6th

[Guest guest]

I have no political affiliations neither am I an NRI nor do I know anything

about the politics in Andhra. This forward was sent to me by a reliable source

and hence I shared it with this group.

I live in India and have often witnessed the biased attitude of the government

of a so called secular country. An example is the Family Planning program whch

was implemented a few years ago. The Muslims and the Christians, because their

religion prohibits it and because the vote banks required them, were excluded

from it and the Hindu community bore the brunt of it.I have also experienced the

" hard sell " methods of people/evangelists who want to " save " my soul.

 

I agree that Hinduism has many practises that are unhealthy and that the

politicians capitalise on it. I myself am a " sudra " and a " woman " ..the worst

combination possible according to the scriptures and the caste system! Yet now

we have many enlightened people working towards the eradication of many such

evils and misinterpretations of the scriptures. Just because I belong to a lower

caste or a woman has not stopped me or my teachers in helping me grow into a

better human being. I am learning to chant the vedas, I do rites for my late

father every year [ something which only sons are supposed to do] but I guess

belonging to a matriarchal society also helps because much of the conditioning

is not there.

 

The following link has an article on the Sadhu's meet at Tirupathi.

http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/17/stories/2006071709040300.htm

 

 

I have known Swami Dayananda Saraswati , who was part of this protest,

personally for many years and I also know that he is trying his best to set

right the shortcomings in the Hindu way of life, educating the people and

protecting the culture. His nation wide movement called AIM for Seva has been

doing excellent work cutting across all caste and sex barriers. As far as I know

he has no political affiliations.

 

What I do know is that with all the media hype and the politically motivated

programs such as " reservations " and the " minority community " status, the common

man/woman and Hinduism at large is the loser.

 

 

NMadasamy <nmadasamy wrote:

Thank you for this. I'm often disturbed when I received this

messages. Most of the time I would just reject them.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, Devi <tclived wrote:

>

> I have no political affiliations neither am I an NRI nor do I know

anything about the politics in Andhra. This forward was sent to me

by

a reliable source and hence I shared it with this group.

 

And hence our respectable V. Bhaskar has point out the whole issue

is misleading, meaning to incite caste politics. You have said

yourself, you know nothing about Andhra politics, then you should

not have just join in blindly. Find out first. All this got nothing

to do with Shakti Sadhana. Please bring your caste politics out of

the group.

 

In future such messages will be rejected by me.

 

Just a little note : Last night after I post that message, my

delivery mode in the group have been change. I confirm with my

other moderators here and none of them touch my moderator's

privildeges. I believe this is a work of an insider. IS there some

people here do not like when I talk abt the Dalit? Somebody is

trying to send me a message : what? stay off!

[Guest guest]

, " NMadasamy " <nmadasamy

wrote: Please bring your caste politics out of the group.

>

> In future such messages will be rejected by me.

>

> Just a little note : Last night after I post that message, my

> delivery mode in the group have been change. I confirm with my

> other moderators here and none of them touch my moderator's

> privildeges. I believe this is a work of an insider. IS there some

> people here do not like when I talk abt the Dalit? Somebody is

> trying to send me a message : what? stay off!

 

 

Apr 5, 2007 12:58 am thegoddessisinme2002 <nmadasamy

Set message delivery to digests.

 

I'm already offline by that time. The same thing happen to me long

time back when we were having a lot of problem with another

personality. Somebody just change my account information from Nora

to Vanitha. This too is the work of an insider. I don't believe my

email have been hack. IS there somebody in employee just abuse

their privildeges and go into people account to meddle with it?

[Guest guest]

I am sorry I have been little abrupt in my immediate reaction. I appreciate that

you have only forwarded what you received in good faith.

 

Devi <tclived wrote:

I have no political affiliations neither am I an NRI nor do I know

anything about the politics in Andhra. This forward was sent to me by a reliable

source and hence I shared it with this group.

[Guest guest]

That's all right. I guess in future I will refrain from forwarding any such

" inflammmatory " material !

 

venkat bhasksr <sitam_subba wrote:

I am sorry I have been little abrupt in my immediate reaction. I appreciate that

you have only forwarded what you received in good faith.

 

Devi <tclived wrote:

I have no political affiliations neither am I an NRI nor do I know

anything about the politics in Andhra. This forward was sent to me by a reliable

source and hence I shared it with this group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Pranam, Deviji. I agree with you. Just a thought... About two or three years

ago, I went to Kakinada ( a town in Andra) by road and I did so again

recently... Three years ago, there were fewer churches on the highway. Now,

whetever there is a gas station or not, there is definately a church and they

are built quite grandly. There are also disturbing incidents happening in

Tirupathi. Mr Reddy is a christian and Christianity seems to have received quite

a boost since he came to power. So what is really happening?

 

 

With Love

 

Shankaree

 

 

 

 

Let my every word be a prayer to Thee,

Every movement of my hands a ritual gesture to Thee,

Every step I take a circumambulation of Thy image,

Every morsel I eat a rite of sacrifice to Thee,

Every time I lay down a prostration at Thy feet;

Every act of personal pleasure and all else that I do,

Let it all be a form of worshiping Thee. "

 

From Verse 27 of Shri Aadi Shankara's Saundaryalahari

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your mail Shankaree.

 

I will not offer any comments on this as this is not the right forum for such

discussions and I have already been warned that such mails will be blocked! But

it is sad that the outsiders perception of what is happening in India is only

based on media reports which very often ignore the truth and any time Hindus get

together to defend their rights or to protest against any injustice, it is seen

as " communal " or " caste-based " . I will mail you seperately a couple of

interesting articles.

 

Regards,

Devi.

[Guest guest]

There in doubt that there has been an increase in Christian activism in the last

few years in AP and needs to be combated at grass roots. This is the result of

politics and not any great love for Christianity among the people including the

CM. With exception of few states, politics is a game between various powerful

Caste groups. All others--Christians, Muslims, Dalits and Poor Hindus are pawns

in this game. This is a complex game. To day you may find a few more Churches

and tomorrow less or more. Some Hindu activism is necessary, but without falling

into traps. This a country full of mine fields.

 

Shankaree Ramatas <shankaree wrote:

Pranam, Deviji. I agree with you. Just a thought... About two or three

years ago, I went to Kakinada ( a town in Andra) by road and I did so again

recently... Three years ago, there were fewer churches on the highway. Now,

whetever there is a gas station or not, there is definately a church and they

are built quite grandly. There are also disturbing incidents happening in

Tirupathi. Mr Reddy is a christian and Christianity seems to have received quite

a boost since he came to power. So what is really happening?

 

 

With Love

 

Shankaree

 

Let my every word be a prayer to Thee,

Every movement of my hands a ritual gesture to Thee,

Every step I take a circumambulation of Thy image,

Every morsel I eat a rite of sacrifice to Thee,

Every time I lay down a prostration at Thy feet;

Every act of personal pleasure and all else that I do,

Let it all be a form of worshiping Thee. "

 

From Verse 27 of Shri Aadi Shankara's Saundaryalahari