The Right way..!!

30th January is marked as a sad day in India  owing to the death of the 'Mahatma' M.G. Gandhi. We are told, he led our country to a 'non-violent' freedom movement. Ironically though, his own life was claimed by an act of volience committed by Nathuram Godse.  Godse was awarded capital punishment and rightly so for his heinous crime. Gandhi preached non violence his entire life. TURN THE OTHER CHEEK if someone hits you was his message. He faced criticism for this approach from all quarters and specially so after partion but Gandhi stuck his neck out. People claim he even sacrificed his life for that. So was the 'MAHATMA' able to pass on his life lessons to his disciples?. The Aftermarth:  Congress attacks Savarkar: We all know Veer Savarkar was implicated only to be acquitted  in Gandhis murder. Savarkar was lucky to have survived to face the trial. Congress had criticized Savarkar and his organization Hindu Mahasabha for taking an 'extremists' position i

 '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