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Principle of New-Humanism

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by Ac. Krtashivananda Avt. ‘Having’ and ‘being’ are two fundamental modes of experience, the respective strenghts of which determine the difference between character of individuals and various types of social character. In the present period of crisis, two ways of existance are struggling for the spirit of humankind. First – and dominant in modern industrial society can be called the ‘having’ mode, which concentrates on material possessions and power within and is based on greed, … Continue reading

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NAXAL MOIST INSURGENCY IN INDIA

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On May 27, the Naxalites claimed responsibility for the attack by issuing a statement which called it a revenge for the atrocities done by the Salwa Judum. Nand Kumar Patel was suppressing people. It was in his tenure in the Center when paramilitary forces were deployed in the Bastar area. Mahendra Karma and his family have been exploiting tribals for long. They were into land grabbing and committed atrocities on tribals the statement further said. Karma was the prime target along with Nand Kumar Patel and VC Shukla but we regret killing of innocents and lower Congress functionaries. Continue reading

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Sos Village: a Pioneer project for Childrens spread in 130 Countries

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SOS Children’s Villages is active in 133 countries and territories. The variety of this international work is brought together by the umbrella organisation SOS Children’s Villages International, which unites all of the autonomous national associations.
We take action for children as an independent non-governmental social development organisation.
We respect varying religions and cultures, and we work in countries and communities where our mission can contribute to development.
We work in the spirit of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and we promote these rights around the world. Continue reading

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A Reflection

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During his university lecture in Regensburg after being elected, the Pope quoted the words of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus: “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached”. That had created a furore in the Islamic world.
The Pope further said that violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of soul. “God,” he said, “is not pleased by blood—and not acting reasonably is contrary to God’s nature. Continue reading

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Counter Evolution

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The world at present is at the phase of counter evolution. Counter evolutionary phase is a painful phase in human history:
example of counter revolution is Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956, of Checkoslovakia in 1968 and military uprising of the fundamentalist against Bangladesh Govt. In 1975. Uprising of military junta led by C.I.A against peoples govt. in Central and South America. Continue reading

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The Media and Mass Opinion

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Ac. Krtashivananda The primary function of the media is now to sell – sell audiences to corporate advertisers. The media make no money from subscriptions, only from advertisers, whose point of view they must reflect. Advertisers will not pay for discussions that encourage people to undermine corporate power. Media support of corporate power seemingly implies that the media  sell free market principles. In reality, like the corporations they rely on, the media believe in free … Continue reading

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UPRISING IN TIBET

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The high-altitude Himalayan plateau associated in popular memory with meditation and Buddhist serenity, has been the scene of periodic strife ever since it was seized militarily by China in 1951.
China’s government regards Tibet as an integral part of China and is sensitive to expressions of support from Tibet’s former ruler, the Dalai Lama, who fled into exile in 1959, after a failed uprising against Chinese rule. Continue reading

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Women’s liberation struggle in Chinese Society

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by Ac. Krtashivananda.
The three bonds of Confucianism – namely obedience to the ruler by his subjects, to the father by his sons and daughters, and to the husband by his wife were ultimately challenged both by men and women in the course of time, especially through the feminist movement.
The Taiping rebellion, which lasted from 1850 to 1864, was supposedly one of the world’s worst civil wars. This revolt arose in the southern provinces of China, where people were suffering from agrarian distress, unemployment and inflation. Continue reading

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Tibet is Under Siege

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by Ac. Krtashivananda Suppression of freedom, torture, arrest and even force sterilisation of young women is a common policy in Chinese occupied Tibet Due to infiltration policy of Chinese Govt, in half of the Tibet Chinese have out numbered the Tibetans. Still protests in Tibet continues after 62 years of occupation. Tsampa revolution’ gathers pace Tibetans continue to defy Chinese rule, with acts of resistance taking place daily, including at Bora monastery, which was placed under seige in March … Continue reading

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Women’s Liberation Struggle in Western Society

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Feminism in western society, was born in the background of Renaissance. When in society a suppressed feeling tries to express itself to release its suffering, it finds its vitality with an uncontrolled momentum. A revolution in the inner sphere of society takes place. Naturally it has its childhood, adolescence, maturity etc. In early phase it started with the symbolic protest to break the institutions, to deny everything that is imposed by man, in their fantasy they created a world of their own – isolated and without a direction. Continue reading

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Womens Liberation Struggle in Islamic Society

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by SHUBHASHISA AC.   The Shariat law did not do justice to muslim  women. Talibanisation was its extreme form. Many  moderate muslims claim that such extreme form is a distortion to real essence of Islamic religion. Whatever is written in Koran Sharif and  Hadish becomes a theoretical proposition if in practice women are pushed in a corner and forced to obey the dictum of all powerful priest class. Except some  isolated effort by Kamal Pasha … Continue reading

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RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan

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RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women’s rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977. RAWA was established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political/social organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan. The founders were a number of Afghan woman intellectuals under the sagacious leadership of Meena who in 1987 was assassinated in Quetta, Pakistan, by Afghan agents of the … Continue reading

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