Friday, August 23, 2024

Tendency for more universalism

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

The Mother speaks of Sri Aurobindo as the "Future advancing towards its realisation". He is the Avatar of the Future, the one who not only declares that in the ...
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[PREMIERE] The latest episode of The Dharma Podcast narrates the full and the downright dirty story of how Nawab Nehru & his Henchmen Banished the great scholar R.C. Majumdar.

Premieres at 8 PM today.
youtube.com/watch?v=0T6p8R

https://x.com/dharmadispatch/status/1826978126150222039?t=ZhJwGW9WsRiewX54nUjtkg&s=19

There is not a single Indian scholar who has studied Egyptian or Babylonian antiquities and made independent investigations into their relation to the Indus Valley civilization or their influence on Indian life in any sphere at any time - P.V. Kane, 1946

dharmadispatch.in/history/indolo

https://x.com/dharmadispatch/status/1826924612992606280?t=9tegKsYzB1yq7P3nSwNKiw&s=19

Congratulations to the women who brought it out...I think we all know it’s not just about the Malayalam industry; it’s about every film industry. I don’t think any industry can escape the truths revealed in the Hema Committee report. shorturl.at/Lm6Mq
@IndianExpress

https://x.com/tmkrishna/status/1826935879333810439?t=hpHXFV3e8YzxR1jXvLOmZA&s=19

The tendency over the past three millenia is for more universalism (equality of rights across humans) and more individual freedoms. The two are sometimes, but not often, in conflict.

2) An example of a conflict is the right of states vs abolitionism in the 19th C. (The US Civil war). Another is political correctness & cancellations.

But the tendency for more universalism is inexorable. Nobody can successfully fight history, which is the problem of Israel.

https://x.com/nntaleb/status/1826600225026240601?t=gKsGPs2UOBlRJdCzh3FDEQ&s=19

Likes of Zoo Bear, Mandal, Meshram etc weild so much power. It is impossible without backing of ruling party. Joke is on IT celliyas who assume BJP will come to their rescue. This one is huge embarassment for @MrSinha_ !

https://x.com/Deyveeka/status/1826598558113603886?t=g60Q_LxKWoxJfgdFDvlZxw&s=19

Dilip Mandal is India's biggest hatemonger.. he abuses Hindus, their scriptures & UCs every single day (esp Brahmins).. paints them as pigs.. didnt even spare abusing UC students. When such a person is appointed govt advisor you should know Modi is NOT a Hindu but a Hindu-Drohi..

https://x.com/mediacrooks/status/1826793983395123565?t=nDl5q2UYxQbwEIHNAo8q7g&s=19

Worse is, there are fake celibates who enjoy all the luxuries of life but claim to be a Brahmachari. They thrive under a false halo and claim they are selfless since they have 'no family'. It's never been as good for these fakes as now.

https://x.com/HemadriRavi/status/1826829032325087362?t=ZKMHDC4eU8Pa7WWXL4kQ-w&s=19

The Indian Farmers' Protest of 2020–2021: Agrarian Crisis, Dissent and Identity

C Moliner, D Singh - 2024
The Kisan Andolan or the Indian farmers’ protest of 2020–2021 is one of the longest and biggest (and victorious) social movements in the history of independent India. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to contextualise the movement in the …

8 The Farmers' Movement and New Agrarian Politics in Northern India (2020–2021)

S Kumar - The Indian Farmers' Protest of 2020–2021: Agrarian …, 2024
… hitherto espoused together with Muslim farmers and, instead, embraced Hindutva, or a Hindu fundamentalist identity. However, during the … These new developments led to fissures in the agrarian polity in the region over the last three decades, giving …

2 Farming Laws BJP's Strategic Vision of Strengthening Agro-business Capitalism and Hindu Nationalism¹

P Singh - The Indian Farmers' Protest of 2020–2021: Agrarian …, 2024
… The troubled relations with Shiv Sena and Akali Dal, two of the oldest allies of the BJP, are manifestations in different ways of the tension between the ideological perspectives of centralist Hindutva and regional aspirations (Singh, 2020b). The …

13 'It Is Baba Nanak Who Is Running this Protest'

C Moliner - The Indian Farmers' Protest of 2020–2021: Agrarian …, 2024
There is a lot of peace at this protest site, which makes me believe that it is Baba Nanak who is running this protest. When we came here, we offered ourselves to the Gurus and took their shelter. 1 This statement by a farmer from Mansa district settled …

The Aristotelean Ethic and the Spirit of Neoliberalism: Askēsis and Capitalism Today

W Tilleczek - Mythogenesis, Interdiscursivity, Ritual, 2024
… Self-responsible, “fit” subjectivity is so integral to the functioning of our … yoga (a set of 26 postures taught in franchise-studios that Bikram even tried, unsuccessfully, to copy-right). Indeed, yoga is now often sold nearly in the form of a consumable …

[PDF] East meet West: the Balinese undagi-Dutch architect cross-cultural design collaborations in Bali early colonial era (1910-1918)

IKD Noorwatha, I Santosa, GP Adhitama… - Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2024
This research investigates the cross-cultural design collaborations between Balinese undagi (traditional master builders) and Dutch architects during the early colonial period in Bali (1910-1918). Focusing on three key projects—the Bali …m

[PDF] Theorizing the JewBu: Converts, Secularizers, Integrators, and Hybridizers in American Buddhism and Jewish Mindfulness

J Michaelson
American Jews have been disproportionately present in the leadership and membership of American Buddhist communities. Surveying the work of Emily Sigalow, Mira Niculescu Weil, and others, this chapter analyzes five modes of …

[PDF] The Effect of Lifestyle Coaching on Stress Reduction: A Mixed-Methods Study

J Pelzer - 2024
This mixed-methods study evaluates the effect of lifestyle coaching provided by Topvorm Twente in reducing perceived stress among students and employees at the University of Twente. Guided by the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis and the …

[PDF] Reframing resilience as a systemic issue: Meta‐competencies that transform individuals and learning ecologies

M Potts, B Le Hunte - Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2024
… Embodied practices, such as yoga, mindfulness, deep listening and the nature immersion walk, validated the importance of knowing by being in our bodies and senses. The students seemed almost surprised by what they learned. One student …

[HTML] David Pearce

AG Emilsson
Creating “digital sentience” is a lot harder than it looks. Standard Qualia Research Institute arguments for why it is either difficult, intractable, or literally impossible to create complex, computationally meaningful, bound experiences out of a digital …

32 The Future of Media and Social Justice: Resistances, Reckoning, and Reparative Justice

S Ramasubramanian, OO Banjo
As we pen these concluding remarks in early November 2023, the United Nations (UN) and several world leaders are calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East as Gaza experiences unimaginable levels of destruction of civilian lives, homes, schools, and …

10 Digital Religion and the Negotiation of Gender/Sex Norms

R Tsuria
… The Facebook group, which started as a joke, soon became a hub for activism against Hindutva—a Hindu movement that promotes, among other things, a gendered and sexist extremism. The Hindutva movement in India" draws on images …

6 Between Desire and Domesticity

A Agrawal - Dissent with Love: Ambiguity, Affect and …, 2024
Without expanding any further upon the merits and uses of this conceptual and analytic schema derived from Stacey's work as a framework to examine many forms that intimate relations take in particular social contexts, this chapter will demonstrate …

[PDF] Yoga Sasono, Gita Sugiyarti (2024). Digital Revolution: Aligning Transactional Leadership and Competencies to Improve ASN Performance (Case Study of Semarang …

HS Nurwahyudin - Saudi J Econ Fin
This study aims to analyze the impact of transactional leadership style and digital competence on the performance of State Civil Apparatus (ASN) in the era of the digital revolution, with employee motivation as an intervening variable. This study …

Protection of Human Rights in The Framework of International Law

L Gultom, CA Tambunan, BS Sitohang - MIMBAR KEADILAN: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum, 2024
… This research provides insights into the integral components of human rights, factors contributing to their expansion and commitment, and … Sanda Yoga Pindonta Sembiring, Angel Safira Christi Siregar, Bertrand Silverius Sitohang …

[PDF] Devatva And Life: A Critical View On Spirituality In Rituals In Bihar

NK Vats - Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, 2024
The idea of divine permeates the yog of all existence. It holds a prominent position in the Indian lok Parampara. This paper explores the conception of the divine in the rituals of marriage ceremonies in Bihar. This work is an attempt to understand the …

Performing the Constitution as an insurgent document

N Menon - Theatre, activism, subjectivity, 2024
… By the end of the first term of the BJP, the Hindutva project of establishing Hindu rashtra (Hindu nation) was well in place. Minorities and Dalits,1 as well as dissident voices even from within the Hindu community, were terrorised and often killed.Legal …

The Intellectual Roots of Hindutva: Influences from Early German Romantics and Mahatma Gandhi

J Scheuer - 2024
… rise and dominance of Hindutva. However, this paper takes a different approach by tracing the intellectual roots of Hindutva through the … paper is to enrich the debate and enhance our understanding of Hindutva by providing an alternative …

Culture and Cultural Policy in Radhakamal Mukerjee and Indian Sociology: Text in Context

M Chaudhuri - Sociological Bulletin, 2024
This article focuses on culture and cultural policy for it is a theme present in Radhakamal Mukerjee’s (RKM) writings and is a persistent presence in Indian sociology. Perhaps no other time is more appropriate than now to revisit the debates …

The indiscreet charm of Left nostalgia: Reeking redolence in the contemporary

A Parameswaran - Theatre, activism, subjectivity, 2024
… 7 Even in a more recent production Nona (Lie 2018) that undertakes a frontal critique of the Hindutva Right wing, Joseph seems to work with a vision that isolates the figuration and obsessively follows it. In the case of Nona it is the ‘other’ side, that …

[PDF] The Influence of Islamophobia on Violence Against Muslims in India

S Anam, C Mar'atun, A Hidayat - Ulumuna, 2024
… significantly contributes to anti-Muslim propaganda, often aligning with the ruling BJP and its Hindutva ideology. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, some Indian media outlets falsely accused Muslims of deliberately spreading the virus …