Sunday, September 26, 2021
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Sunday, September 26, 2021
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Vividh Bharati kept us captive of Hindi songs while depriving of Bengali music
Excellent informative piece and well deserved homage to P.V. Krishnamoorthy. Similar overviews on evolution of modern Odia music during AIR Kolkata phase or the interactions at Mumbai are needed to complete the picture. The role of recording companies too. More power to your pen.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1317115982410776576?s=19
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She is 79 and is believed to be born this month. Odia music is forever grateful for the voice of Nirmala Mishra. All Odia female singers struggle to imitate her "natural" accent while singing covers. Of course, she would be nowhere without the celestial scores of Balakrushna Das.
Prajatantra used to publish a weekly page on culture in the 1960s called Rupa Rasa Chhanda. Profiles of singers, dancers, etc was a regular feature. They contain a wealth of information and relevant compilations should be published on the web. No one is interested in serious work
During marriages and other functions these records were played in our village and those days there were not many popular numbers. Fulei rani sajafula was the most popular number as far as I remember. Even band parties used to play it. Next was Kalijuga Krushna muhin on Radio also
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1220636053058588672?s=19
Sajafula was also a flagship programme of Akashvani, Cuttack which produced some evergreen songs. It also brought out the best out of the lyricists. @OdiaCulture
I have reconstructed about a dozen; more if we gather more information https://t.co/NKJOvQkAc7
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Cover by Tusar Nath Mohapatra (Original by Dhananjay Satpathy from AIR, Cuttack Sajafula for August 1969. Bana mayuri mo bayasi denare by Bhubaneswari Mishra was companion number besides the duet Jhumuku jhuma. Related: Bana hansi go pagala by Bhikari Bal) https://t.co/Ho90ySC3M2
Thanks. That's because I love them. Radio being the only source of entertainment those days and Odia culture at its best. Those radio plays featuring Himanshu Bhusan Sabat and Jharana Das. Nadiya Bihari Mohanty of SS. There used to be a song: Hajigala bayasa, michhe khoji basana!
Before it, Chora Chora Priti was very popular; played everywhere. As a film also, ManaAkasha was a success; galvanised the whole scene.
In Dharitri, earlier Bengali singers are there but in ManaAkasha he introduced female singers from the South.
This thread of A-Z top #OdiaSongs is a unique list covering most singers of the era. It was a golden period with lyricists and composers giving their best. Odia language is indebted to them for ever. Further, these represent authentic Odia life and culture and not archaic Odissi.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1309158761169391618?s=19
Gitatie kete barasharu sate luchi rahithila kahin
Adha dina aji sarita galani se surati gai gai
Janichi didina pare sehi tana mana patalaru mama
Ubhei jiba se keun anya mana karu karu anweshana
Tathapi tahara ajira asara rahiba ananya hoi
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My first song https://t.co/K3dhv5cJLw
Akshaya Mohanty aji ta nahanti
Dei jaichhanti gita asaranti
Kete hasa kete dukha o biraha
Sapana juara moha aau koha
Riti niti bhangi banga dhanga fingi
Odiara muludua thapichhanti
#KhokaBhai
https://t.co/Ve7YyiNTcM
Kudos to the Guru but many complains by a commoner
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1. He stresses on purity. So once one gains expertise, he will feel guilty to experiment.
2. Till now he hasn't commented on listeners. I mean how anyone can have patience if the lyrics is incomprehensible
Odia music scene is witnessing unprecedented popularity, creativity, and confidence. Let's hope it takes the language to ever newer heights. That will be the best respect to Akshaya Mohanty. #KhokaBhai #OdiaSong
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Many are eager to deify him but there can be alternative views. I don't know how much fidelity his renderings have to Ragas but his pronunciation lacks softness where required. This Pala like primitive style of singing became unsuitable for home situation with Gramophone or Radio
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1313157442671243267?s=19
No disputing of statistics but aesthetics is different. Interestingly, Shymamani Devi gives an example of the difference of style of Singhari and Balakrushna Dash at one place in this interview. So, there was a clear transition which became popular, later. https://t.co/45Oq4SYYon
HMV had status and marketing infrastructure. It gave prestige. If you can specify from which year to which year it didn't record anyone other than NCH, then the picture will be clear. But it means additional work for you and therefore I don't trouble you with questions, generally
You are imagining things and romanticizing the period through which I have lived. In your enthusiasm, you are trying to distort history but my preference is to give honest accounts.
Can you give absolute numbers and how many households had Gramophone? No other singers were recorded; so obviously his records were purchased by the same people out of compulsion. Reach of Radio was limited and people used to switch off when he was played. He is like K.L. Saigal
I'm interested in the evolution of Odia music and there's no clarity. My suspicion is about conspiracy by Bengali officials at HMV to keep Odia as a primitive language by not recording modern songs in other voices and Banikantha might be a part of the nexus out of self-promotion
I respect your research and am grateful for what you are doing for Odissi. But facts can't be twisted.
We have discussed it before but better to argue with data.
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The word primitive is not my invention; it's a primitive entry in the dictionary. I guess, sun rising every morning is the culprit which generates yesterdays. @OdiaCulture @TaraniTrotter @DandapaniSatap1
Pala and Daskathia were also popular those days due to lack of opthions. Theatre was popular before cinema. HMV by not recording others created artificial scarcity and NCH's records sold. That by any means can't be construed as popularity. Dandi style was replaced by Balakrushna.
Sure, but think of 50 years from 1906 to 1956: nothing much to be proud of about published music of Odisha. Govt publicity records are another wastage of opportunity. Then came positioning of Odissi and the later Kalia deluge. Thus, the few years of modern Odia music is precious.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1314264028395364352?s=19
[Bonding with the Lord: Jagannath, Popular Culture and Community ..., 2019
While Harichandan's version is performed in his signature high-pitched and monotonal dandi style, Das's rendition (in 3 minutes and 49 seconds), through precise tonal variations] https://t.co/jTggQhRGp0
Old Odia songs are of the first order but the same can't be said about other fields. Literary or cerebral talk is also rare. So, threat to Odia script or language is not the only concern. Overall, nothing much to be proud of about Odisha except Delanga Daroga or even Rangeilunda.
The simple tune of the most popular Odia prayer underwent a profound makeover by Prafulla Kar. Always with its transforming effect, Ahe dayamaya biswa bihari https://t.co/kIhRQ0JmvC
Not many on Twitter who have actually experienced the phenomenon. 1968: Fulei rani saja fula proves to be a smashing hit; being played everywhere. One song which outsmarted all great poetry from Bhanja to Sachi Routray. The lyricist is Gurukrushna Goswami. Music: Akshaya Mohanty.
This song hasn't got its due.
Mo mana chhan chhan chhan re mu tora nan san re
Film: Ghara Sansara (1973)
Singers: Akshaya Kumar Mohanty & Sipra Basu
Music: V. Balsara & Rakhal Mohanty
Lyrics: Brundaban Jena
https://t.co/UVX9NrRPwH
As more and more songs auto-generated by YouTube flood the scene, it's a problem of plenty. I have been spending hours and hours for locating and collating them as they don't appear easily through searches. Spelling mistakes or variations are another bog.
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Being the only modern classical language in the whole of North India, Odia is at the greatest advantageous situation today. #NEP2020 has further emboldened this position with the chance of Odia literature and culture receiving far wider exposure. Ghettoisation of music is spoiler
Vividh Bharati विविध भारती kept us captive of Hindi songs while exposure to the pulsating Bengali music scene was nil. This deprivation for sixty years is my biggest regret. Hybrid Hindi music is too alien now while Old Bengali songs seem heavenly. Rivalry barrier melts in music.
Being a Brahma, Bhaktakabi's prayers became popular and others contributed to the genre. Graduating to modernity and secularism was also a challenge post Independence. Thus, this predominantly religious nature of Odissi music is a drag. New generation must experiment with themes.
Any one can sing a new lyrics but he can't repeat it. Others can't learn it too. The role of classical music is basically this. Transcribing voice into a special language of sargam. Chhanda by definition obviates this necessity; therefore it can't be identified as Classical music.
Odissi dance has a global presence now and it's under no compulsion to tether to any particular style of music or singing. How it adapts to various languages and cultures depends upon local performers. The common name Odissi shouldn't mislead of any essential hegemonic connection
Music is considered as hobby but due to lockdown it has turned life itself. Old songs in that sense are crucial. I don't like new versions of old songs. Adding false video to old songs is also an injustice towards purity of appreciation. Tampering with someone else's IP is wrong.
Foot tapping numbers have added utility for exercise during lockdown. https://t.co/e40w62JDvX
Best of Feel Good Odia Songs
https://t.co/L8aJnysjTE
The question is who will define art and priorities relating to it. Odia film music of 1960s is of greatest importance for Odia language and culture but Govt is passive to its preservation. It may wake up after twenty years. So enlightened opinion has value but forever in minority
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1301858722478653443?s=19
Fine, but rules can be amended. If Folk is promoted, then why film music is seen as outcast? And in this case, all kinds of experimentation happened to create a firm foundation for Odia language. Recognising that is important for right understanding of evolution of Odia identity.
Visiting old temples or posting nature photos can't be a sign of excellence and residents of Odisha should debate and discuss as to how the State can progress. What to promote and what are the priorities. Odias residing outside the State can't technically be identified as Odias.
How he was involved with lyrics of Mayuri go (Arundhati - 1968) by Jibanananda Pani (1933 - 1998), a relative.
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Godhuli gagana tale by Raghunath Panigrahi had inspired him a lot https://t.co/dx3sEvt1jA
Gita sikhila bele chhotia chadei-ti bhali https://t.co/C5LNdMs0Ry
An anthology of contemporary issues from a subaltern perspective
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@GobardhanDhal @MANOJNAYAK71 @sarojpatna @skmohanty
@OdiaCulture @anitaexplorer
@MohapatraSneh @SavitriEraParty
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1316816102245056512?s=19
A book with revolutionary prospects
https://t.co/InzUZxSuVj
VP Singh, the visionary
https://t.co/qf3V7apvFk
1262 followers in eight years but I take it as 262 of which only 62 notice and 2 respond. Even that is a great achievement in this age of infotainment overload sans firm value assessment. Standing by the best brand #SriAurobindo is therefore the most logical step (or lack of it).
I have devoted 2-3 decades to secondary literature on Sri Aurobindo including Western perspectives on him. It has been amply rewarding but at the end of the day, his own writings seem to be so self-sufficient. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) is enough for the rest of the present century.
Thanks for your encouraging words but many a time I go beyond the writings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo when it comes to speculating on current affairs or grappling with political issues. Some get irritated and boycott but in that case the loss is theirs. https://t.co/6s6nhDRd69
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1316761882653409280?s=19
Many people, directly and indirectly, advise me to practice and experience instead of any mental exercise or writing. They forget about Swabhava and Swadharma. I wish them well in their pursuit of experience. But I wonder, what they are doing on Twitter; why at all they are here?
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1317483748460384256?s=19
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You are the most sensible twitter handle who understand Sri Aurobindo ! Your are doing great service to the Masters! 🙏🏼:-)
#gratitude
https://twitter.com/childOfNewAge/status/1314483130187706368?s=19
The people who gets irritated because they are still grappling with their Identities namely Religion and Nationhood ; about SA wrote earlier extensively during his early days ; but He consciousness goes higher and higher Lately and His Vision Broadened into the Supreme Lord;
Because they do not understand that Bhav is a function of Dharma without which there is no urge to seek beyond Chitta and reach Purusha.
https://twitter.com/kaushikuhart/status/1317551704921927680?s=19
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Navajyoti was gift of Prapatti
Navajyoti took birth a couple of years after me and by the time I was able to read, some old issues were already part of the library in our village home. Right reading material at the right point of time therefore is extremely important in one's life. #SriAurobindo
https://t.co/BLdNnx2d69 https://t.co/TBwu0Zkkpc
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1308428670369898496?s=19
Amusing to read tweets on diverse issues plus puerile responses from very sensible people. Reading Sri Aurobindo is such a foundation that there's no confusion or vacillation. But most are content with stray quotations. How this deficit can be met is a big intellectual challenge.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1302747513309597703?s=19
From my list of top 108 Hindu handles, I observe that no two persons agree on any matter. Fierce fighting is on on various counts. Obviously there's no common ground nor any solution to age-old contradictions. Sri Aurobindo refused to be in favour of reforms which was respectable
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1303753717393420289?s=19
Many intellectuals worked consistently and pushed narrative to bring the present Govt. to power but they have not been rewarded adequately. Their sense of satisfaction however is more vital. But they missed the opportunity of reading Sri Aurobindo's books. https://t.co/UQxaFgnaIF
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1302383409919000576?s=19
TV and Internet teach in a variety of ways apart from general and professional education plus job experience. Still, the situation of any individual is precarious and lopsided. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo invite to examine what is missing. They tell about the hidden forces of life.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1296412011555938305?s=19
Most people imbibe psychology lessons from movies since academic opportunities are rare. Nothing wrong but human affairs are so complex that even after sixty years one feels perplexed. Besides the spiritual spectrum is hardly interrogated. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo help in this.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1295375681082109952?s=19
Inferiority complex is so rampant in India that no one dares to occupy the top position but Savitri Era Party has no competition today in terms of ideology and future vision. But the copy-paste brigade unfortunately fail to realise this opportunity and are content with servility.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1296064403578609665?s=19
Amusing to notice tweets quoting Sri Aurobindo validating gods and goddesses as if it's his main work. People are so bonded to the past that they even use The Mother & Sri Aurobindo for this. Strange that devotees don't accept them fully and put their legs in two different boats.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1293935547589640192?s=19
For many years it was mainstream and everyone believed in the same paradigm. So much so that even Girilal Jain had to wait for his retirement. Now also most seem to have succumbed to a similar kind of smugness but Savitri Era Party keeps on reminding them about lack of legitimacy
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1292884726072528896?s=19
Odisha situation is interesting as some are exasperated that Jagannath is reluctant to give right of way to Rama. Today #Kalinga and #Ashoka also are at loggerheads. Not to mortgage one's intelligence to some grand narrative is the task. Reading #SriAurobindo can open new vistas.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1292449833693798400?s=19
Difficult to find even a single handle which espouses right views; to be just and fair is rare now. Perhaps, same was the case, always; but failed to notice. Sri Aurobindo is the only symbol of hope midst this gloom; an infallible touchstone to decipher dishonesty and hypocrisy.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1291366480907350016?s=19
Meagre followers yet our stand is unique in a nation of 1.4b population. No one else has been able to articulate our rationale. Not many muster courage to support. Many are pained but can't refute. That's the power of Sri Aurobindo's thought. It will catapult us to power one day.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1290851360951267330?s=19
I'm not talking about BJP alone; rather commenting on the long period since JP Movement when I was in college.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1290295676090253317?s=19
Perhaps I'm the only one among the followers of Sri Aurobindo here who isn't happy about the temple. It needs to be recorded that it's anti-Evolutionary. That it's being done during a catastrophic situation like a pandemic is on further negative side. It's against Democracy, too.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1290074716703617024?s=19
Sri Aurobindo didn't finish his project on language. Neither he nor The Mother disclosed much on Transformation of Cells. These two fields may be related, as modern Tech indicates. This is one reason why the prose and poetry of Sri Aurobindo are important. https://t.co/TwRFlp6iZE
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1289932931062829057?s=19
I used to be very hopeful about Market but it's all monopoly, mafia, and cartels. Big Data makes competition impossible and Deep State takes care of clutter free deal making. Even political parties are hand in glove. Media aids manipulation. So, citizens are becoming powerless.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1289626988504784897?s=19
Despite the enthusiasm for building a temple large scale Rice-bag conversions to Christianity is a reality which exposes basic flaws of Hinduism. Savitri Era however is a mid point and its intellectual content will attract people to join this new Religion. No material temptations https://t.co/R5I8xMFVZI
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1289559693140979713?s=19
Avalanche of virtue signalling but dishonesty is rampant. They just imitate their rivals; no new model of decency or civility. Besides, claiming past glory is empty. I haven't come across a single handle which is reasonable. Only The Mother & Sri Aurobindo can teach higher ideal.
Through The Secret of the Veda Sri Aurobindo toppled mythological fiction. In Human Cycle he subverted the idea of nation. Thus the dominant fond hopes are in disarray. No amount of brick and mortar can resurrect a lost hope. So why flog a dead horse? Writing on the wall is clear
Two books, Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx by D.P. Chattopadhyaya and The Meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy by S.K. Maitra, helped me substantially to understand theory. Later, The Humanization of Transcendental Philosophy by R. Sundara Rajan was pivotal.
~This post is extremely important for understanding Sri Aurobindo philosophically.
https://t.co/GLc3A4zZQT
~one suffers not only from the repression of one’s biological drives but also can suffer from suppression of the sublime (Reddy, 1988). Soumitra Basu
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Durga Puja in Bengal is well known which covers three to four months. Many things are stereotypical and repetitive; yet, it's an informal University. It trains both young and old in diverse fashions. Culture is drilled into the brains and injected into the genes. Castes dissolve.
Education is not simply brick and mortar; measuring the general consciousness is also essential. Odisha and Bengal are at a much higher level today despite the apparent poverty or deprivation that meets the eye at the first instance. India must value this bowl of social capital.
What's status quo in Odisha and Bengal remains a high ideal for the rest of India. Therefore Kalinga is important and warrants renewed interest in investigation into its history. The philosophical underpinnings lie there; standing as the pillars in #Sisupalagada and #PrachiValley
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1287347460516376576?s=19
A new song with old world charm https://t.co/K3dhv5cJLw
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1307730773697462272?s=19
Thanks. Not as self promotion, but I feel that this song deserves to be listened to by all Odias for a heightened aesthetic experience owing to its unique and genuinely clean theme. Requesting all to recommend, share, or put a comment in YouTube
#OdiaSong
https://t.co/k2WZxvysK3
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1307743634855403521?s=19
Sunday, March 08, 2020
Konark and dunghill
We have seen three phases in the course of the last sixty years.
1. Socialism will bring equality and freedom from exploitation
2. Market will force freedom and access to equal opportunities
3. Internet will usher in transparency and fairplay
The three have failed; Cartels rule.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1235136923993284608?s=19
Efforts of the last seventy years have evaporated. Why? It's not easy to diagnose and therefore it's likely to fester. Sri Aurobindo talked about these a hundred years back. The Human Cycle is a classic which has solutions to many problems of the present. https://t.co/258htdcrnn
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1236239592589635584?s=19
ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନ ଆପଣ ସେମାନଙ୍କର ସମସ୍ତ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଅନଲାଇନରେ ପ ି ପାରିବେ https://t.co/EXGOQ0pV9G
ବିଭିନ୍ନ ସଂକଳନ ଏବଂ ଶିଷ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ପୁସ୍ତକଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଉପଭୋଗ୍ୟ ଏବଂ ଶିକ୍ଷଣୀୟ | ଆପଣ ଯାହା ପ ୁଛ ତାହା ଉପରେ ଟୁଇଟ୍ କର ଯୁବ ପି ଼ି ଲାଭବାନ ହୋଇପାରେ | ଦୟାକରି ଗୁଗୁଲ୍ ଅନୁବାଦର ଭୁଲ୍ କ୍ଷମା କରନ୍ତୁ | ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ
ଦୟାକରି ନିଜ ଚାରିପାଖକୁ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ | ହୁଏତ ଶିକ୍ଷାର ସ୍ତର କିଛି ପରିମାଣରେ ବୃଦ୍ଧି ପାଇଛି କିନ୍ତୁ ଅଜ୍ଞତା ବିସ୍ତାର କରୁଛି | ସମସ୍ତେ ପରମ୍ପରା ଆଗରେ ପ୍ରଣାମ କରିବାକୁ ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ଧବିଶ୍ୱାସ ଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବାକୁ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ | ସମୃଦ୍ଧତା ଲୋକଙ୍କୁ ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିୟ, ମସ୍ତିଷ୍କକୁ ଅଳସୁଆ କରିଦେଇଛି | ଏହି ସବୁ ରୋଗ ପାଇଁ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଉପଶମ ଅଟନ୍ତି
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1236068858307293184?s=19
Not enough to be proud of Konark temple alone. How to build the future is very important. There are professionals and experts but there is a lack of thinkers. All have a responsibility to build a hatred-free society. #SriAurobindo helps in the growth of all aspects of personality.
Please look around you. The level of education may have increased to some extent, but ignorance is spreading. Everyone is ready to bow before tradition and worship superstition. Prosperity has made people inactive, the brain lazy. #SriAurobindo is the cure for all these diseases.
ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ଜନ୍ମ ଶତବାର୍ଷିକୀ ଅଗଷ୍ଟ 15, 1971 ରୁ 1972 ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପାଳନ କରାଯାଇଥିଲା। ଓଡିଶାରେ ଅନେକ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକ୍ରମ ଚାଲିଥିଲା। କଟକରେ ବାର୍ଷିକ ସମ୍ମିଳନୀ ଏପ୍ରିଲ 4 ରୁ 7, 2020 ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ହେବ। ଓଡିଶା ପରିଦର୍ଶନ ଅନ୍ୟ ରାଜ୍ୟରେ ରହୁଥିବା #ଶ୍ରୀମା ତଥା #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ଭକ୍ତଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ନୂତନ ଦିଗ ଖୋଲିପାରିବ।
ମାତା ମିରା ଆଲଫାସାଙ୍କ ଜୀବନ ସଂପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଅସାଧାରଣ ଅଟେ | ଫେବୃଆରୀ 21 ହେଉଛି #ଶ୍ରୀମା ଙ୍କର ଜନ୍ମବାର୍ଷିକୀ | ସେ ମାର୍ଚ୍ଚ 29, 1914 ରେ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଙ୍କୁ ଭେଟିବା ପାଇଁ ଭାରତ ଆସିଥିଲେ। ସେ ଘୋଷଣା କରିଥିଲେ ଯେ ଫେବୃଆରୀ 29, 1956 ରେ ସୁପ୍ରାମେଣ୍ଟାଲ୍ ଚେତନା ପୃଥିବୀକୁ ଓହ୍ଲାଇଥିଲା। ଫେବୃଆରୀ 28, 1968 ରେ Aurovilleର ଜନ୍ମ |
ଅଧିକାଂଶ ବୁଦ୍ଧିଜୀବୀ ଇତିହାସ, ପ୍ରତ୍ନତାତ୍ତ୍ୱିକ ଆବିଷ୍କାର କିମ୍ବା ରହସ୍ୟବାଦ ପାଇଁ ଉତ୍ସର୍ଗୀକୃତ ପୁରାତନ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ସହିତ ବ୍ୟସ୍ତ ରୁହନ୍ତି | #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଆମକୁ ସେହି ଭାରରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କରନ୍ତି | ଅତୀତ କେତେ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ ତାହା ସେ ବାଛିଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ଏକ ଅନନ୍ୟ ଭବିଷ୍ୟତର ଉତ୍ପାଦନ ପାଇଁ ବିବର୍ତ୍ତନର ଦାବି ସହିତ ଏହାକୁ ମିଶ୍ରଣ କରିଥିଲେ |
ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଇଂଲଣ୍ଡରେ ଆନୁଷ୍ଠାନିକ ଶିକ୍ଷା ଲାଭ କରିଥିଲେ, ତେଣୁ ତାଙ୍କ ଲେଖାରେ ପାଶ୍ଚାତ୍ୟ ଭିତ୍ତିଭୂମିର ଛାପ ଅବିସ୍ମରଣୀୟ। ଏହା ବ୍ୟତୀତ ସେ ବ୍ରିଟିଶମାନଙ୍କୁ ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତାର ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ବିଷୟରେ ପ୍ରଭାବିତ କରିବାକୁ ଚେଷ୍ଟା କରୁଛନ୍ତି | ବେଦର ରହସ୍ୟରେ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଦେବତାମାନଙ୍କ ସାଙ୍କେତିକ ଚରିତ୍ର ବିସ୍ତୃତ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି।
#ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ପରିପକ୍ୱ ଲେଖା 1914 ରୁ 1950 ପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅଟେ ଯାହାକି ଦୁଇଟି ବିଶ୍ୱଯୁଦ୍ଧ ଦେଖିଥିଲା | ତାଙ୍କର କସ୍ମୋଲୋଜି ଚୂଡାନ୍ତ ନୁହେଁ, କିନ୍ତୁ ସେ ସମଗ୍ର ବିଶ୍ୱରେ ଏକମାତ୍ର ଚିନ୍ତକ ଯିଏ ଉଭୟ ପାଶ୍ଚାତ୍ୟ ଏବଂ ପୂର୍ବକୁ ଭଲ ଭାବରେ ବୁଜନ୍ତି। #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଙ୍କ ଲାଇଫ୍ ଡିଭାଇନ୍ ର ମେଳ ନାହିଁ; ତାହା ସବୁଠାରୁ ସମନ୍ୱିତ |
#ଶ୍ରୀମା ଏବଂ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ହିଟଲରଙ୍କ ବିରୁଦ୍ଧରେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧ କରିଥିଲେ, ଯିଏ ଶୀର୍ଷ ଚିନ୍ତକମାନଙ୍କ ସମେତ ଏକ ସମଗ୍ର ଦେଶକୁ ବିସ୍ମିତ କରିଥିଲେ | ଭାରତର ଧର୍ମର ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱ ବୁ ିବା #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ପୁସ୍ତକ ପ ିବା ବିନ| ଅସମ୍ଭବ, ତଥାପି ଅଧିକାଂଶ ଶିକ୍ଷିତ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ତାଙ୍କୁ ଅଣଦେଖା କରନ୍ତି। ତେଣୁ ତାଙ୍କ ପୁଙ୍ଖାନୁପୁଙ୍ଖ ଅଧ୍ୟୟନ ଜରୁରୀ |
1. ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କୁ ଏକାଡେମୀ ବାହାରେ ରଖିବାରେ କଂଗ୍ରେସ ଓ ବାମପନ୍ଥୀମାନେ ସଫଳ ହୋଇଥିଲେ।
2. ହିନ୍ଦୁତ୍ୱ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଙ୍କୁଠ|ରୁ କିଛି ଲାଭ କରିବାର ନାହିଁ ଏବଂ ସେଥିପାଇଁ ଓଠ ସେବା କରେ |
3. ସ୍ୱାଧୀନ ପଣ୍ଡିତମାନେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉଠାଇବା ସୁଦୂର |
4. ସାଧାରଣ ବୁଦ୍ଧିଜୀବୀମାନେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଜାଣନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ |
5. ତେଣୁ, ଆତ୍ମ-ଅଧ୍ୟୟନ |
ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ ଉପରେ ଅନେକ ବିଶେଷଜ୍ଞ ଅଛନ୍ତି | ଓଡିଆ ଯୁବକମାନଙ୍କୁ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମାର୍ଗଦର୍ଶନ ଏବଂ ଯୋଗ ମାନସିକ ବିଷୟରେ ଆଲୋଚନା କରିବାକୁ ଅନୁରୋଧ | ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ | @singh_shreepal @drsbasu2115 @GoutamGhosal2
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#ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ #SriAurobindo
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ଟ୍ୱିଟରରେ ବହୁ ସଂଖ୍ୟକ ଶିକ୍ଷିତ ଯୁବକ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମତ ବିନିମୟ କରୁଛନ୍ତି | କିନ୍ତୁ ବେଳେବେଳେ ଏହା ଭଲ ଲାଗେ ନାହିଁ ଯେ ସେମାନେ ଗମ୍ଭୀର ବିଷୟ ପ୍ରତି ଆଗ୍ରହୀ ନୁହଁନ୍ତି ଯେପରି #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ | ଭବିଷ୍ୟତର ବିବର୍ତ୍ତନ ଏବଂ ନୂତନ ସମାଜର ଆକୃତି ବିଷୟରେ ତାଙ୍କ ଭବିଷ୍ୟବାଣୀ ଜାଣିବା ଏବଂ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ କରିବା ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ |#SriAurobindo
[ମା ଏବଂ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ସୁଭାଷ ବୋଷଙ୍କୁ ଦେଶଦ୍ରୋହୀ ଭାବରେ ନାମିତ କରିଥିଲେ କାରଣ ସେ ଅସୁରିକ ଶକ୍ତି ସହିତ ନିଜକୁ ସହଯୋଗ କରିଥିଲେ |
Nothing justifies Bose aligning with Hitler or Japanese forces.
ବୋଷ ହିଟଲର କିମ୍ବା ଜାପାନୀ ବାହିନୀ ସହିତ ସମାନ୍ତରାଳ ଭାବରେ କିଛି ଯଥାର୍ଥ ନୁହେଁ | (GoogleTranslate) #SriAurobindo]
[ଅବିଚ୍ଛେଦ୍ୟ ଯୋଗ ଧର୍ମର ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ ମାଗେ ନାହିଁ। ସେଥିପାଇଁ ଜ୍ଞାନୀ ମୁସଲମାନ n ଖ୍ରୀଷ୍ଟିଆନମାନେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଏତେ ଭଲ ପାଆନ୍ତି |(Google Translate) #SriAurobindo]
ଏହା ରକେଟ୍ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ ନୁହେଁ ଯେ ସାବିତ୍ରୀ ପରେ ପୁରାତନ ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ ଏବଂ ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରଗୁଡ଼ିକ ପୁରୁଣା ହୋଇଯାଇଛି | ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ ସହିତ ଯେକଣସି ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ଏକଥା ଜାଣିବା ଉଚିତ୍ ଯେ ପୁରାତନକୁ ଧରି ରଖିବା ହେଉଛି ବିବର୍ତ୍ତନ ବିରୋଧୀ | #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଥରେ ରଷି ଶବ୍ଦ ବିଲୋପ କରିଦେଲେ | ଏତେ କଠୋର! (Google Translate) #SriAurobindo
ମନେ ରଖିବାକୁ ସର୍ବପ୍ରଥମ ବିଷୟ ହେଉଛି ଯେ ମା ଏବଂ ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦଙ୍କ ଆଗମନ ପରେ ଅତୀତର ସମସ୍ତ ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ ଏବଂ ପରମ୍ପରାକୁ ପୁନସ୍ଥାପିତ କରାଯାଇଛି | ତେଣୁ ଯେପର୍ଯ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଜଣେ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ପ୍ରାଥମିକତା ସହିତ ଯଥେଷ୍ଟ ପରିଚିତ ନହୁଏ, ପୁରାତନ ତତ୍ତ୍ ଏବଂ ନୀତିଗୁଡିକ ସ୍ଥିର ରହିବାର ସମ୍ଭାବନା ଅଛି | କିଛି କମ୍ ନୁହେଁ, ଆଉ କିଛି ନୁହେଁ | (GTr)
ଆପଣ କିପରି ଜାଣି(ଲ ଯେ #ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଡିଫେଣ୍ଡର ଆବଶ୍ୟକ କରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ? ଦୟାକରି ମୋର ଗୁରୁ ହେବାକୁ ପୋଜ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ ନାହିଁ | ମୁଁ କ’ଣ କରିବି ଏବଂ କ’ଣ ନକରିବି ଭଲ ଭାବରେ ଜାଣେ | ଯଦି ଆପଣ ନୀରବତାକୁ ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱ ଦିଅନ୍ତି, ତେବେ ଟ୍ୱିଟର ଛାଡି ନିଜ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଉପରେ ଧ୍ୟାନ ଦିଅନ୍ତୁ | Btw କିଛି ନମ୍ରତା ଏବଂ ଭଦ୍ରତା ଶିଖ | (Google Tr.)
ତାହା ବହୁତ ଭଲ କେବି ମଧ୍ୟ ତାଙ୍କ ଅନୁଭୂତି ଉପରେ ଚାପ ପକାନ୍ତି | ତେଣୁ, ବିବାଦ କରିବାର କିଛି ନାହିଁ | କିନ୍ତୁ ମୁଁ ରାଜନତିକ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରୁ ସଠିକ୍ ହେବାକୁ ଚେଷ୍ଟା କରେ ଏବଂ ସେହି ସଂଘର୍ଷ | ଆସନ୍ତୁ ଆଶା କରିବା ଭବିଷ୍ୟତରେ ପରିସ୍ଥିତି ଦ୍ୱାରା ପରିଚାଳିତ କିଛି ରିଜୋଲ୍ୟୁସନ୍ ହେବ | ଅନ୍ୟ କିଛି ଦୃଷ୍ଟିକୋଣ ହୋଇପାରେ | Google Translate
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ଶ୍ରୀଅରବିନ୍ଦ ଉପରେ ଅନେକ ବିଷୟବସ୍ତୁ ଅନଲାଇନରେ ଉପଲବ୍ଧ କିନ୍ତୁ ଯୁବ ପି ଼ି ଏହାର ଫାଇଦା ନେବାକୁ ଅସମର୍ଥ | ଆଜ୍ଞା ହଁ କିଛି ମାର୍ଗଦର୍ଶନ କିମ୍ବା ସମର୍ଥନ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ | ବର୍ତ୍ତମାନର ଆଦର୍ଶଗତ ାଞ୍ଚାଗୁଡ଼ିକ କତୁହଳକୁ ଅନୁମତି ଦିଏ ନାହିଁ | ତେଣୁ, ପହଞ୍ଚିବା ପାଇଁ ଏକ ଆକ୍ରମଣାତ୍ମକ ଆଭିମୁଖ୍ୟ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ |
So much of content on Sri Aurobindo is available online but young generation is incapable of taking advantage. Obviously some guidance or endorsement is needed. Present ideological frameworks don't permit curiosity to foster. So, an aggressive approach for reaching out is needed.
Further, having lived in a village surrounded by all kinds of religious activities for years, I'm sceptical about the salutary claims you make. But then, again, it's personal and subjective; local and contingent. Btw, can litter be used in a positive sense? Thanks. #SriAurobindo
Overall problem is this:
Each person has his impressions and opinions and it's not easy to reconcile them. It's only by putting faith on Sri Aurobindo that we are able to check or test. But on many points it may not be possible. So what's so apparent to you may seem flawed to me.
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1235697412338925569?s=19
No disputing with your apprehensions but from what I have observed, it's not in human hands. Always some absurdity becomes normal, I can cite so many examples. So the current phase is also as per Divine plan, there must be some purpose, even contradiction. Expecting ideal in vain
That's great. KB too stresses on his experiences. So, nothing to dispute. But I try to be politically correct and that clashes. Let's hope there will be some resolution in the future driven by circumstances. May be some other perspective emerges.
Claiming that only your tweets emanate from The Mother's lap and my tweets from a dunghill is itself a sign of hare-brain. Your stance on Hindu issue, moreover, is puerile and partisan. Yet, you are eminently entitled to your views and so called unseen experiences.
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There should a joint photo with Tara Jauhar and let's hope an occasion can be found. Thanks.
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1. Ghara Sansar is a glaring omission in Jena's book.
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2. Jibana Ranga, a literary monthly, brought out a special issue in 1972 on History of Odia Cinema and I had collected a copy from its editor Ranadhir Das. Many pages uploaded at
https://t.co/ePrjRGsxt0 https://t.co/vG1L8sjMYB
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Just uploaded an old song of Swayamprabha Mishra https://t.co/OgTHquNIK8
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
My original contributions to understanding Sri Aurobindo
My original contributions to understanding or interpreting Sri Aurobindo can be summarised under a number of heads:
1) Against Hindutva, Mythology, & Astrology
2) Vedas against Rituals
3) Against Vivekananda
4) Espousing Modernity & Democracy
5) Nationhood to States & languages.
We had high hopes in 2014 that Sri Aurobindo would now adorn the centrestage but after checking a large number of tweets it's evident that even in 2019 he is nowhere near anyone's wishlist. Really an unfortunate aspect for a nation which reserves ignominy for the greatest Indian.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1109550604433539072?s=19
Five dreams of Sri Aurobindo form a luminous roadmap for the mankind. An Evolutionary leap from the present state to a Supramental harmony might sound utopian but #SriAurobindo is emphatic about the possibility. So a federation evolving from Indian soil is a distinct eventuality.
https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1109313419025408002?s=19
Current election scenario is very much indicative of a plural polity based on regional aggrandisement concealing fissiparous tendencies. So from the Evolutionary point of view neither Nehruvian nor Hindutva national cohesiveness is a success. Languages reflect genuine nationhood.
Hope you support my campaign for granting Sovereignty to the States and other linguistically distinct regions. That's the ultimate solution. https://t.co/pGAzvS9hUW
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Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
Those owing allegiance to any of the present crop of religions can't obviously claim admission to Savitri Era Religion and hence it's better to make the choice early without indulging in self-deception, any further.
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All along I have been reading the books by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. I don't want to corrupt my thinking by reading such books. I think, you should avoid too unless you are into academic research. Can't follow what you're saying exactly and why should it happen that way at all.
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I have recommended this book for more than a dozen times since 2012. https://t.co/RfubnzjtOg
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That's what I said https://t.co/ckVgqOWtpV
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Odisha was busy fighting for a separate State and the leaders then were of a different make; many were poets with a universal outlook. No wonder, Odisha admires Sri Aurobindo at a mass level. Sri Aurobindo too was not enthusiastic about Subhas; saw some strains of negative energy
https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1109778234663682049?s=19
Effort gives joy, says The Mother but Twitter also serves as an excellent medium for venting pent up emotions, albeit in euphemistic terms. Coping up is a perpetual challenge and those using unseemly language reflect this malaise best. So subtexts are clue https://t.co/Smcgb9pgFI
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This much we know from The Mother & Sri Aurobindo: descent of the Supramental consciousness on earth was an uncharted path for which they "struggled, suffered, hoped, endured so much" and "attempted all, prepared, achieved all for us" but we can't produce evidence. It's all faith
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I have written hundreds of tweets justifying Sovereignty for States. Links: https://t.co/pGAzvRRH3o
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#MirraAlfassa #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #WorldUnion
Further, the underlying principles are alluded to here: https://t.co/MvsMXiEWtU
I don't watch TV but so many tweets against NDTV proves that it is serving the function of the principal Opposition party in a Democracy to its level best when the role of Parliament is actually getting increasingly eclipsed with the possibility of redundancy or even obsolescence.
"This meant a continuous thinking, a high and subtle and difficult thinking on several lines, and this strain, which we had to impose on ourselves, we were obliged to impose also on our readers," wrote #SriAurobindo but his followers unfortunately love to be at picture-book level
Prabhu Sri Aurobindo came along with a galaxy of geniuses: poets, philosophers, artists, and inventors to prepare the field for the Supramental consciousness. Many came before him too so that the contrast or tension becomes amplified. Need to understand this difference and forte.
It's always necessary to remember the shape of Indian map on August 15, 1947 to understand that India is not an integral whole and being deaf to regional self-determination is counterproductive. Graduating to a model like EU is the only way to avoid an ugly, USSR-like, situation.
I love reading Western philosophy but mercifully could not develop any attraction towards their fiction, movies, or music, not even poetry.
Why the Western music seems like a rollercoaster journey while our Hindi evergreen old movie songs are so neatly symmetrical is beyond me.
Zero attraction for TV serials, Cars, or Cricket is also something which I consider as a blessing. The time obviously is consumed by Twitter!
As a child I had promised to myself: No cosmetics and no narcotics which continues to be in force. So, many assume me to be ten years older.
Grey hair is also a good teacher. It alerts to be socially responsible so that one is saved from the temptation of stupidly playing younger.
Community life suffers a lot due to disproportionate reliance on cosmetics especially by women who feel younger & avoid normal conversation.
Savitri Era: Warp and woof of attraction and repulsion harnessing space and time savitriera.blogspot.com/2016/04/warp-a
You are free to stick to theory but my approach is more practical than literal. Further, I have no clue as to what happens to another person involved in various activities while remembering The Mother. So, there can't be any theory to judge people or verify their progress in yoga
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Some disagreements:
1. There are no compartments in Integral Yoga. All activities, including reading, involve multiple faculties and elevate them.
2. So blind reading is again an oxymoron.
3. Agenda is not about the body alone. It's a whole universe, even a volcano. @AgendaMother
Empty erudition is an oxymoron; more so when applied to The Mother's books. You're entitled to your opinion but trying to negatively influence other readers of the tweet who could derive a moment's inspiration is cruel. "Grant that nothing in us shall be an obstacle to Thy work."
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Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.
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You are a well read person and I respect your views. In any case, you are only supporting or justifying a fait accompli out of political love. Hope, you reconsider on this a decade hence. I however stand by my verdict and feel proud that no one has objected except @krishnarjun108
The PM is wrong
Savitri Era: I won't allow anyone to wash my feet https://t.co/BeOE0J36sm Posted by Tusar Nath Mohapatra @NathTusar Director, SELF, SRA-102-C #ShipraRiviera #Indirapuram #Ghaziabad #UttarPradesh 201014
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Promoting honest, astute, and dispassionate scholarship is the need of the hour to rectify distortion of history and the overall narrative accumulated so far. Courage needed to face Sri Aurobindo's work which is subversive of the tradition and religion. https://t.co/267RIdYTnj
I have always been against literal use of the words of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo and avoid quoting them. Actuality is just a solitary moment out of thousands of possibilities and hence demanding a certain course of events is uncalled for. They hold the rudder well & don't sleep. https://t.co/3cSNyfs0DX
People are more interested in the theatre of war, so his poetry may be useless for public taste, but dismissing Sri Aurobindo as a philosopher is not the right thing in the present circumstances. His forays into probing consciousness is exactly what science is seeking to unravel.
When I talked about politics over a decade back many were flabbergasted and some used to rebuke me as to how could I "use" Sri Aurobindo for such a lowly purpose. Now, of course, it has become mainstream but my focus on "using" Sri Aurobindo for fighting Hindutva remains untapped
I won't allow anyone to wash my feet and no one should. It's against personal ethics and modern values. When the PM sets an example of ceremonially doing the same, the backward march of negating what Bengal Renaissance achieved 200 years back, sets in. Why impose whims on others?
Please read the full thread. I'm questioning the rationale, and the criteria, of the very selection of a particular profession over others to be subjected to PM's fancies. Which book or manifesto gives sanction to such an arbitrary act of the State machinery or Party functionary?
Truth, I feel, is more important than insult. You can think over the whole thing later and judge how the organisation came to be built step by step and its contributions with a critical lens, without being swayed by hagiographies. A reappraisal can help understanding the present.
Twitter is about ideas, events, information, communication but is also literature, a sort of "aesthetic yoga" as K.D. Sethna (Amal Kiran) would term it. Those who privilege experience may find a tamarind tree to meditate under instead of wasting time here. https://t.co/HLoWsyMMOE
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I have already said that what the kings did is none of my concern. I don't know, where I'm dishonest. As an academic subject it's okay but using certain episodes of history for arousing passion and political mobilisation is not a desirable thing. However, Democracy gives freedom.
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See I'm arguing that whatever happened in the past is by Monarchs who are beyond Democratic or legal interrogation. So when you bring in Islam as an entity or agency, it's anomalous. What the kings did or didn't should be the point of attention but is of no avail. @fourfoldvision
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I highlighted the fact of man killing man. Between cults, between ethnicities, between kingdoms, between rival businesses, so on and so forth. In most cases there is no credible history. However, such facts are being used dishonestly for spreading hatred against a specific target
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Twitter being an open platform, all kinds of views need to be respected. Uninformed or unpalatable opinions also need to be circulated so that they come to the notice of a bigger audience leading to a wider engagement and animated debate. “A drop of ink may make a million think.”
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Scholarship is a lifelong affair and narratives keep changing. Apart from his intellectual prowess, Sri Aurobindo did disclose in public (Uttarpara speech) that he can see the future, unlike other mortals. Contesting that claim is way beyond our faculties. https://t.co/6JSzvwkDPU
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Considering the fact that humans have been inhabiting this planet since one lakh years, creativity relating to women by men through art, architecture, poetry, literature, music, and movies is recent. So much of content but women, unfortunately, are deprived of enjoying sentiment.
Haldia Township (West Bengal) is ideal.
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The meaning of ola is a fool in Odia. But, April Fools' Day is a few days away! However, here is Rickshaw wala https://t.co/nMK3GF2Xt7
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Savitri Era Open Forum: Sheer brilliance & ingenuity of Sri Aurobindo's writings https://t.co/IHS2vw3tKQ @NathTusar
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I have been using Twitter since 2012 for expressing my views as @SavitriEraParty and @NathTusar. Besides, my blog at https://t.co/gkJmG83eGJ is in operation since 2005. (Photo from Ashram at Talla Ramgarh, Uttarakhand on February 21, 2019) https://t.co/QTTnoZ2gBG (Last post for Google+)
Savitri Era of those who adore,
Om Sri Aurobindo and The Mother.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Debi and Prachi
My opposition to BJP, RSS, and Modi has become an additional factor for Hindutva votaries avoiding Sri Aurobindo's oeuvre. We don't have clear indications regarding current political choices from either The Mother or Sri Aurobindo, yet fighting fascist tendencies remains crucial.
Two books, Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx by D.P. Chattopadhyaya and The Meeting of the East and the West in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy by S.K. Maitra, helped me substantially to understand theory. Later, The Humanization of Transcendental Philosophy by R. Sundara Rajan was pivotal.
We have been demanding granting Sovereignty to different States of India on the basis of language under a Federation like Europe. But those spewing hatred against some language or the other seem to be misguided. Learning multiple languages has many advantages for each individual.
Nothing more puerile than associating languages with specific religions or philosophical system. Humanity's quest for knowledge and aesthetic necessities have harnessed various languages across space and time. They all need to be respected and appreciated; The Mother spoke French
Of course the language and our Katak version since a slight variation feels like being slighted. No language is static and it's difficult to check distortions but thankfully old movies and songs have amply documented it for the future generation. It's not parochialism but purity.
I'm not an expert on the subject but as far my perception goes, what you call Standard Odia was the language of the undivided Cuttack district. Other twelve districts betrayed some variation of intonation. I'm born and brought up in Sailo Jharapada village on bank of Debi River.
Too cryptic to convey meaning! However, generalising can be done in either way.
Agree with you but there is no solution to geography and regional differences. Respecting all variations by disregarding jokes is the only sane approach. Btw, I remember having used the word Darpana always when young.
Can't agree fully since many Odia words that we love are from Persian, Portuguese, etc. or their distorted forms. Each language evolves and Odia is no different.
Exchange of words will continue but one reason why Odia will attain prominence one day IMO is because of its beautiful rounded script. Let's hope that all Indian languages will adopt it. If Urdu is written in Odia script not many would have objections against it.
I appreciate your concern and respect your sentiments. If you can do something tangible in this direction, that'd be great. But right now, I'm trying to enjoy the vast treasury of old Bengali songs which I had neglected for the last sixty years because of a psychological barrier.
Ritu Sarin awarded IPI Excellence in Journalism 2017 at IIC https://t.co/w32b2eE02a
Seminar on Challenges of Democracy at the Constitution Club organised by Ananta Balia Trust, Odisha. https://t.co/ZfD3SayJJX
Democracy in danger; Seminar organised by Ananta Balia Trust, Odisha. https://t.co/TP88cQl7cI
Odisha needs a new CM and it must keep BJP at bay. Those who agree on these two basic points can vote for the best independent candidate to create a new paradigm of participatory Democracy. Major political parties have become dictatorial and their stranglehold needs to be broken.
BJD is holding firm against BJP and Congress in Odisha on its own without the crutch of Muslim and Christian votes or any casteist polarisation prevalent in other States. The party must elect a new face as leader for 2019 otherwise is sure to face defeat; it's unpalatable truth.
A section of educated youth in Odisha is getting lured by BJP in the recent past. Exploiting their anti-incumbency sentiments is fine for a political party but holding #Odishaparba in Delhi is too elitist and pandering to Odia nationalism can be counterproductive. Beware of RSS!
Of course the language and our Katak version since a slight variation feels like being slighted. No language is static and it's difficult to check distortions but thankfully old movies and songs have amply documented it for the future generation. It's not parochialism but purity.
Watching videos of Black and White Odia film songs on YouTube remains a dream even today. Hope, #ClassicalOdia activists and organisers of #Odiaparba divert a fraction of their energy towards this worthy cause. @CMO_Odisha too should lend a helping hand for this golden treasure.
Odisha before 1936 was under different rulers and its different regions belonged to different cultures and languages. Imposing homogeneity now seems fashionable but is utterly unreasonable. Bordering States and their languages will continue to hold attraction for several reasons.
Heard Ogo Nirupama for the first time and later Akshaya Mohanty's Badhu Nirupama to compare. https://t.co/sOSCAZCD6y
[Bijoy Sarkar (born Bijay Krishna Adhikari, 20 February 1903 – 4 December 1985) was a Bangladeshi poet, baul singer, lyricist and composer.] @aakashaath
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I was a science student and served a commercial bank with an abiding interest in arts and humanities. Ambivalence and incoherence of my tweets I attribute to my modest education, average intelligence, and limited memory. This, obviously, is normal of human condition and finitude!
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Separate State demand for Odisha was a necessity but a subtle aversion towards the Bengali language that persists even today poses a cultural barrier. Odias can gain much in terms of movies & music from Bengali repertoire.
Some gems https://t.co/JK8t62jD3M
[Dadasaheb Phalke formed Hindustan Films in partnership with five businessmen from Mumbai. Baburao Painter and his main disciple V.G. Damle eventually put together a working camera in 1918. He was also a film enthusiast and founded Maharashtra Film Company in 1919 at Kolhapur.]
[Suprabha Sarkar had the historic opportunity to sing in the first playback song in Indian films along with Parul Biswas & Harimati in Bhagyachakra (1935), Mora Pulak Jachi and Hindi version Dhoop Chhayon (1935), Main Khush Hona] Musepaper: Aji jharo jharo https://t.co/r0YpD8sy0E
Much has been written on how Bankim Chandra's Vande Mataram ignited the Freedom movement but the role of music and poetry in catching the imagination of people goes back a lot farther which keeps various streams of philosophy alive. https://t.co/Y99MSl3FiC
Musepaper: Chaiti fuler ki bandhis https://t.co/ZQsNxA49Tw
Some iconic old Bengali songs https://t.co/Vkwl1EXSac
[Vijay Malla was a biggest asset for Kashmiri language and literature. He was young and had to do a lot for ...] Vijay Malla Kashmiri (Gachun Gaam Che) #RepublicDay
Savitri Era: Auroville took birth 50 years back https://t.co/fQfxuXbDTX #SriAurobindo #FiveDreams #Auroville50
Savitri Era: The Future Poetry was published 100 years back #SriAurobindo https://t.co/LoqNxChB6W
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BHUBANESWAR: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Bhubaneswar branch has unearthed faunal remains of several marine animals and wild animals like rhinoceros at Bharati Huda excavation site, located at Prachi River Valley, about 50 kms from Bhubaneswar. The excavation has also thrown ...
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