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 'महात्मा' M.G. यांच्या निधनामुळे 30 जानेवारी हा दिवस भारतात दुःखाचा दिवस म्हणून ओळखला जातो. आम्हाला सांगितले जाते की त्यांनी आमच्या देशाला 'अहिंसक' स्वातंत्र्य चळवळीकडे नेले, परंतु नथुराम गोडसेने केलेल्या हिंसक कृत्याने त्यांनी आपला जीव गमावला. गोडसेला त्याच्या जघन्य गुन्ह्यासाठी फाशीची शिक्षा देण्यात आली. गांधींनी आयुष्यभर अहिंसेचा संदेश दिला. जर कोणी तुम्हाला मारले तर दुसरा गाल पुढे करा असे ते सांगत. या दृष्टिकोनाबद्दल त्यांना सर्वच स्तरातून टीकेचा सामना करावा लागला विशेषत: फाळणीनंतर. तरी सुद्धा त्यांनी ध्यास सोडला नाही अणि असा दावा आहे की त्यासाठीच त्यांना आपले प्राणीही गमवावे लागले. मग 'महात्मा' आपल्या शिष्यांना आपल्या जीवनाचे धडे देऊ शकले का? नंतरचे परिणाम: काँग्रेसचा सावरकरांवर हल्ला: वीर  सावरकरांना फक्त गांधींच्या हत्येतून निर्दोष ठरवण्यात आले होते हे आपल्या सर्वांना माहीत आहे पण सावरकर नशीबवान होते की ते खटल्याला सामोरे जाण्यासाठी वाचले. स्वातंत्र्य चळवळीत 'अतिरेकी' भूमिका घेतल्याबद्दल काँग्रेसने सावरकर आणि त्यांची संघटना हिंदू महासभेवर नेहमी ट

One festival different names. The true unity in diversity of India is celebrating a Meta theme yet maintaining it's regional flavor. Makar Sankranti in West, Pongal in South, Lohri in North Western India is one such festival which marks the beginning of Uttarayan. The festival is celebrated with pomp and cheer across India. As with most festival in India, Sankranti also has display of vibrant colors, most notable being being the kite flying and black is generally avoided during festive times. Even then there is peculiar tradition in Maharashtra, where Maharashtraians wear black clothes on an auspicious day like Sankranti. Also even as it is auspicious day it is not considered as such in Maharashtra. As a child I was always curious of the black clothes during festival and why it is not allowed otherwise, but no one really had a satisfactory answer.  After being a litter older and having developed little curiosity in history tried to find an answer to this question. Often all traditi

 As we celebrate Dussera, there are various stories related to the festival. This festivals is linked to the Divine Shakti and the worship of the goddess and her victory over Mahishasura. It also marks the day of victory of Rama over Ravana. It is also significant in Mahabharata were the Pandavs finished their 13 years of exile and took out their arms which they had hidden  on the bidi leaf 🌳 (aptyachi pane). Thus Dussera marks the significance of worship of the arms (shastra) in hindu tradition for protecting dharma from adharma. Along with the worship of arms and Shakti the duserra also has a tradition of worshiping of Saraswati the godess of knowledge.  A few days back one of the former minister in maharashtra questioned why we have to worship Saraswati, no one has seen her then what's the need. Duserra give us a good opportunity to clarify why Indian civilization owes all its gratitude to Saraswati.   Saraswati the river: Saraswati River was the most important river for the h

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Narendra Modi launched the Urban Swacha Bharat Mission and also reviewed the Jal Jeevan mission. (connecting rural areas with Tap water). This triggered the idea of this article. Watching him on YouTube, which took me to some of his older interviews, he was asked about the importance of Bapu's thoughts in todays world. As a CM he said he would like to build a true welfare state on the ideals of Bapu's Ram Rajya. Words can sometimes mean nothing until they are backed by actions. Hence now 7years on and a global pandemic later, it is a nice time to review Modis work as PM, and has he stood on his words of building a welfare state. For the purpose this article, we will try to focus on the economic aspects.  Welfare State is different form Socialists State: Welfare state IMO is very different from a Socialists /Communist's State. The Socialists state chases a Miraj of equality for all in all fields, a high sounding ideal but an impractical goa

“The Rule of Law and maintenance of order is the science of governance” - Kautilya’s Arthashastra, 4th century B.C. While Justice delayed is justice denied is a legal maxim of the common law, which traces its origin in the west, as we can see from the above quote, that the principles of justice were laid out in the ancient Indian tradition of governance as well! While the scope of the maxim is very wide and can be argued from various standpoints, for the purpose of this essay we will focus on the social and economic impact of justice delayed and its consequences on the society from the stand point of India. Data on the pendency of cases in India: As of March 2021, 4.06cr. Cases are pending in all the courts put together, out of which 3.51cr or 86% of the total cases are pending with the lower courts, 57lcs cases or 14% or pending with the high court and remaining 66 thousand with the apex court. Charts for the cases pending in lower courts and high courts is presented below. Al

With the slowdown in the domestic economy and the technical recession that has been caused by COVID 19 induced lockdown in the Q1 of 2020 a lot of ‘economists’ have been writing obituaries for the Indian Economy. The Stock market fell about 30% in April and then everybody was projecting the doomsday scenarios and were like ‘look I told ya’ they don’t understand economics. The same guys have now changed their positions as markets traded at all-time high just 8 month after pandemic. Also in a democracy were mandate of the people is considered the barometer, Modi led BJP has not just retained power in 2019 but has also been making gains in the majority states. So what’s the myth and what is the reality. This piece is not about the narrow data point to argue one way or the other but just too simply lay what the trajectory of reform initiated by the Modi government is. The 1 st tenure: Modi with his 282 was thought of continuing on the ABV path, and initiated with the land reform bill wh