It’s always funny to watch American politicians have such tantrums about this when America itself uses the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to heavily scrutinise any domestic group receiving foreign funding to ensure it’s not acting as a front for foreign interests.
The States also completely bans foreign funding in its elections and political processes to protect its democracy.
The FCRA in India is built on the exact same logic - i.e. ensuring external money cannot be used to alter India’s social, political or demographic landscape.
Foreign funding isn’t a basic human right.
It requires immense amount of scrutiny.
Just because you’re American, doesn’t automatically mean you get to dictate what a sovereign nation does with its domestic laws.
This tantrum below also ignores the fact that thousands of major Hindu mandirs are already under direct government control.
State governments manage their finances, lands and administration.
It is a privilege for any minority faith to have their autonomy, and it’s not a given for the majority faith.
The FCRA amendments are not targeting you.
They are being applied universally to all NGOs and religious charities receiving foreign funds to ensure compliance and prevent money laundering.
You’re not being attacked.
Your country is being emulated for its stringent national security standards.
You should be flattered.
There are 3 ancient texts from the St Thomas Tradition-
Gospel of Thomas
Acts of Thomas
Infancy Gospel of Thomas
The first book is FULL of wisdom sayings taken directly from Mahayana sources, especially the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
The 'Hymn of the Pearl' embedded in the Acts of Thomas is a direct and audacious plagiarism of Pañcāvudha Jātaka- an Indian story about a prince of Kāsī being sent by the King and Queen to Takṣaśilā to be trained on a mission. The audacious author of the Pearl actually named this work 'The adventures of Thomas in the land of the Indians'.
The third book is a retelling of multiple infancy stories about the 'Child prodigy' from the Lalitavistara. ‘Humbling the teacher’, prodigious numeracy/literacy, giving life to birds etc.
Dear Congressman Moore, please don't use St Thomas for Geopolitics. It will horribly back fire one day when the source-critical findings of recent research become public knowledge.
Modi-ji appoints Nandan Nilekani, who contested the 2014 elections as a Congress Party candidate, because the government respects his experience leading Infosys and Aadhaar and so many other projects.
Priyanka-ji attacks IIT Madras Director Prof Kamakoti, under whose leadership IIT Madras has emerged as the top tech institution in India and has spawned a vibrant startup ecosystem.
One of them is a classy leader.
What the actual hell, Meta has restricted Prime Minister's 1st Selfie Video on Facebook where he was talking directly to the youth
How the hell did they had the audacity to do this
This was stated millennia ago in Bhagavad Gita: 'The soul is neither born nor dies... it is unborn, eternal, ever-existing. Not slain when body is slain.' (2.20)
Adi Shankaracharya expounded the same Advaita truth 1200+ yrs ago: Atman = eternal Brahman, beyond illusion of void.
NOTE: THIS IS MY PERSONAL NOTE, NOTHING TO DO WITH RSS
In the melee of #CockroachProtests we have not noticed the spectacular failure #BJP media team including ITCell. Total inability to create a narrative to counter hateful well crafted narrative of Left Ecosystem. They didn’t go beyond memes or whataboutry.
Their attention seems to be more on stalking well-wishers who, on some occasions, also criticize BJP honestly & positively, and threatening or abusing them. Harshvardhan ji @MediaHarshVT knows this just like me.
That #Modi ji had to put in his all to retrieve the situation, even make a reel at midnight reflects poorly on BJP communication. My heart breaks. Hence this bitter post.
BJP Media seems to have no connect with the ground, no feedback mechanism obviously, and did not understand youth anger built over months, not just on NEET. NEET was the straw on their back.
People like me speak from field experience, not excel sheets or ppts. My criticism 2024 served BJP wonderfully well.
Yes, I will keep struggling for success of nationalist forces, support BJP but speak up where required. For people like me Nation comes first.
They can shadow me, threaten me or take ‘revenge - sood ke saath’ as a new age leader warned me. :-) I belong to a generation who expected nothing but soldiered on for decades before these horizontally grafted leaders were even on the scene.
@NightSkyToday This was stated millennia ago in Bhagavad Gita: 'The soul is neither born nor dies... it is unborn, eternal, ever-existing. Not slain when body is slain.' (2.20)
Adi Shankaracharya expounded the same Advaita truth 1200+ yrs ago: Atman = eternal Brahman, beyond illusion of void.
When one watches such videos, one wonders if education system has crumbeld or parenting in India gone wrong or is it an attempt to follow the percieved model of west where abusing is standard norm.
These are exceptions excited on few moments of confidence, will not regret later but convince about the courage it takes to say such filth on camera in public.
The fluency and confidence of language used is not again some grouse but a standard nature.
Fortunately for India, for each such kid there thousand decent young people who affirm my faith in the youth. Hardworking, sincere, respectful and responsible.
FCRA: Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act
➜ Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) is the law that governs how Indian individuals, associations, NGOs, trusts and companies may receive and use money, securities or articles sent to them from a source outside India. It is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
➜ #FCRA does three things:
💠 It identifies who may accept foreign contributions, and on what conditions.
💠 It specifies how that money must be received, accounted for, and reported.
💠 It restricts a narrow, defined set of foreign-funded activities that could affect India’s sovereignty, security or public order.
➜ FCRA establishes a clear, rules-based process for every organisation that wishes to receive foreign contributions in India
Read here: https://t.co/D7ZeeGEXVS
#ForeignContributionRegulationAct
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Jantar Mantar Delhi was conceived by Jai Singh II,
funded by Jai Singh II,
built by Jai Singh II,
on Jai Singh II’s own estate
Rangila’s only contribution to history?
Weeping like a lil bitch in front of Nadir Shah begging for his life; and that too he still couldn’t save it.
This map is factually incorrect.
Xuánzàng, who toured India in the early to mid 7th century AD, states with regard to the residents of Ṭakka (Punjab):
「少事佛法,多事天神。伽藍十所,天祠數百。」
"They give little concern to the Dharma of Buddha but much attention to worship of the Devas.
There are ten Buddhist saṅghārāmas, yet hundreds of temples or shrines dedicated to the Devas."
"Qaum jaante ho Major? Qaum... nishaniyan, identities, jo paida hote hi lag jaati hain"
Tahir Hussain is now convicted, entire ecosystem which larps as secular rushed to defend the culprit because of his Qaum, nishan, identity
Why do Indian diplomats have such meek body language, as if they're on the verge of an emotional breakdown? A chinese wolf warrior diplomat would have simply said in an assertive tone that "It is India's internal matter. We won't discuss it here" & moved on. We needs to raise an entirely new generation of diplomats who can defend Indian interests unapologetically & assert India's point of view ruthlessly.
GOI's act wast policy in action.
Indonesia is an important nation with which we need to have good relationship.
Apart from MOUs on democratic processes, rare earth supply chain, renovation of Hindu-Buddhist cultural heritage sites, we will also deploy UPI there.
This is ofc wonderful.
What I'm somewhat suspicious about is our potential sale of brahmos to them.
Indonesia has a local Chinese elite who have oversized influence on Indonesian economy and certain strategic sectors in it. They also played important role in Indonesian military/state projects just after indonesia got it's independence.
We need to be cautious there.
Regardless,Directionally speaking, we need to basically act towards revival of what an Indosphere will look like in 21st century sovereign nations of South East Asia.
The fact that his grandmother & aunt were burned alive by Razakars, the militia backed by the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (predecessor of today's AIMIM).
Yet this coward has no guts to point at the real perpetrators & instead attacks Hindus with fake news. Truly pathetic.
Warm birthday greetings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. His message of peace and harmony has been a guiding force for people across the world. His moral and spiritual strength and his commitment to global good are commendable. Wishing him a long and healthy life.
@DalaiLama