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Feb 13, 2022
5 min

Religion is a private not public matter.

How feeble must be a God who needs the help of politicians, militants and priests? Yet we arrogant human fools persevere in our efforts to save God. Every one talks about rights, and it's true that within a democracy each individual is promised certain rights, by the State. However these rights are not absolute, for they are linked to upholding responsibilities and they are granted on the condition that they do not trample over the rights of other citizens, society at large a

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Dec 2, 2021
6 min

Coming implosion and disintegration of Pakistan

Pakistan a land carved out of India in 1947 to provide a separate homeland to India's Muslims , unwilling to remain in a Hindu majority secular democracy. The land until its formation had been home to the oldest surviving civilisation in the world. The people innovative, sturdy and hardworking and the land once rich with fertile lands, mineral riches, culture, arts and science is now a pariah state with no money, credibility, respect, friends nor partners. Pakistan state as w

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Sep 18, 2021
5 min

Why America barged into Afghanistan and why it suddenly flew out.

The foundation of the modern global economy is driven by the default currency which is the United States dollar. In turn the dollar's value is pegged to the price of oil, making control and distribution of this vital energy source oil and gas extremely important. Afghanistan has 7 neighbours. Pakistan to the South and Iran to the West, the Central Asian Republics (CIS countries), of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan lie to the North, and China to the West and Pakistan o

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Nov 2, 2020
3 min

There is no Moderate or Radical Islam

There is much talk by many world leaders including Muslim leaders about Islam needing to be reformed. Terms such as 'Radical Islam' and 'Moderate Islam', 'Religious Islam' and 'Political Islam' are being bandied about. All these terms are nonsensical, according to Turkish President Erdoğan the head of Turkey since 2003., who emphatically says, "..... Islam is Islam and that’s it." What then is Islam? Islamic scholars claim, Islam is the word of God verbally revealed by the

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Aug 21, 2020
6 min

What is this American led, 'Global Order'?

World War II dramatically changed the then existing world order. Based on three fundamental pillars of democracy, free trade and capitalism, America the only great power that survived the war with its economy and market intact became the de facto world leader of the non communist world. American leadership established this new world order at The Bretton Woods Conference, 1944. This 'order' based on a number or global institutions ensured under the Marshall plan the rebuilding

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Jun 18, 2020
3 min

Why must they, Rest in Peace?

We often just imbibe aspects, of the dominant culture, its values, language and beliefs without even realising it. When we delve deeper, we can be fascinated by what we learn about different cultures, languages, philosophies, religions etc. A recurring doubt, why when offering condolences on the loss of someone do they say 'May his soul Rest in Peace' ? Raised as a Sikh (the Guru's disciple in search of truth) the concept of 'Rest in Peace' (RIP) from the Latin 'Requiescat

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Feb 18, 2020
3 min

Why are Muslims lagging behind?

Every society has some form of social stratification. In India this was originally done on the basis of one's knowledge, skills and merit, called 'Varna' Over the centuries it kept on degrading until it came to be based on birth rather than merit. Thus powerful non meritorious groups cornered most of the rights and wealth and oppressed the weaker. This lead to the easy conquest of India by foreign invaders initially Muslim and later European. The promise of Islam to the downt

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Nov 1, 2019
3 min

The hijack of morality by religion

What is meaning of 'morality'? It could be defined as, the distinction between proper and improper thoughts, intentions and actions. Who defines what is moral or immoral? As far as we can remember, morality has been defined by religion. By religion we mean institutionalised/organised religion. Structured as an institution with clear organisational hierarchies, defined powers and role of priests (officers). Religions are structured like the Communist party says Pope Francis

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Sep 15, 2019
6 min

Why Pakistan will fail

Not every country is a civilisation. A country is just an inhabited parcel of land. A civilisation like India is a stable, progressive open ended society. It not only accommodates but celebrates diverse people, cultures, religions, languages etc. continuously blending them inside a melting pot to create a better and richer homogenous society. Amongst its greatest sins, Britain for its own political purposes brutally tore asunder the Indian civilisation by partitioning India

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Aug 5, 2019
5 min

India, the last great surviving civilisation.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.* ~ Ancient Indian saying A recent UNESCO study on all of the 46 notable civilisations that ever existed since the dawn of known time, reveals that only one survives till this date. That is the Indian civilisation, old and yet thriving. The terms 'empire' and a 'civilisation' are often used used interchangeably even though there is a vast difference between them. Its necessary to distinguish the di

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Apr 4, 2019
4 min

The Mosque built by a Guru

"Guru ki Maseet" (Guru's Mosque) Where do we go when we seek the divine? We seek the guidance of a spiritual Master to guide us. The Muslims call such a great soul, 'Murshid' and the Hindus and Sikhs call 'Guru'. Unlike us ordinary mortals, they have only come to give. We inevitably find what we seek. If we seek violence, hatred, and intolerance we find them. If we seek out good and noble souls, universal brotherhood, compassion, and dignity we find these too. The Guru teache

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Mar 13, 2019
5 min

American Empire of the 21st Century

America, currently the sole superpower dominates the world financially, technological, socially, politically and militarily. Thoughts, words and actions of the American Establishment have far reaching impact across the world. The American empire and its domination of the world today is based on, Access to fantastic financial resources. (Almost every country invests its savings in American government bonds) Access to great financial resources. It is a great repository of infor

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Jan 28, 2019
5 min

Violent Saint

Open any of the Indian school books and you will discover, what we teach our children about Indian independence? That non violence got us our freedom. This is untrue. They blatantly disregard the blood, sweat and tears contributed by countless Indians and even many Britishers and Americans. Gandhi ji is revered by many, not only in India but across the world for propounding the philosophy of non violence. That is why he is is popularly known as a Mahatma (great soul). No doub

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Jan 13, 2019
3 min

Warrior Saints

The disciples of Guru Gobind Singh ji Wherever one travels in the world, one is sure to encounter Sikhs, a people like no other. They are usually handsome, hard working, magnanimous, friendly and passionate. To understand and appreciate the Sikhs one has to look at the ten Gurus, whose teachings the Sikhs imbibe. To be industrious, seek oneness with the divine and live well while sharing with others. The Sikhs have always been a peace loving people. With the grace of the 10th

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