Durga Prasad Dash

Yogi, Poet, Philosopher, Photographer

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते |
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योग: कर्मसु कौशलम् ||

With evenness of mind one goes beyond deeds
good and evil in this very life.
Hence fight for the sake of yoga,
Because, being skilled in your chosen activity is yoga.
https://t.co/75ZW9uS2u8

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@ValueWithPrem Absolute opposite of Bengaluru, the most lively city as far as potholes and road rage is concerned

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@ValueWithPrem Absolute opposite of Bengaluru, the most lively city as far as potholes and road rage is concerned

[Prem Soni @ValueWithPrem]

Ahmedabad is a hopelessly boring Tier 2 city. Please don’t move here.

Living here is an absolute nightmare:

• Zero Adrenaline: Women are just casually roaming around at 2 AM eating ice cream without fearing for their lives or dodging intense police naka bandis. Where is the survival thrill?

• No Linguistic Pride: If you don't speak Gujarati, nobody even threatens to beat you up or smash your shop's signboards. They just awkwardly reply in broken Hindi. Absolutely no passion!

• No Traffic Trauma: The roads are so wide and well planned that you actually reach your destination in 20 minutes. How am I supposed to finish my audiobooks or rethink my life choices during a 3 hour bumper to bumper commute?

• Missing Action: Someone bumps into your vehicle, and they just say sorry and pay you instead of pulling out a hockey stick. No street fights, no "Tu jaanta nahi mera baap kaun hai." So dull.

• Zero Aesthetic Culture: No underground drug or Udta Punjab vibes. Just boring, safe, sober families existing everywhere.

Honestly, it’s unbearable. Please stay in your happening metro cities, enjoy spending half your life in traffic and keep breathing that sweet AQI 1000 air.

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@sreemoytalukdar @sanataniameric1 No sympathy should be shown to such spineless chameleon persons.

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy!

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape.

May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy?

Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process?

In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people?

The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings.

It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world.

Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges.

Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy?

India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.

[Chota Don @choga_don]

First 3 days of government, difference between C. Joseph Vijay and Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari

>BSF land transfer
>Ayushman Bharat
>Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
>Resume training for IAS/IPS
>Resume census
>rack down on cattle smuggling

C. Joseph Vijay

>Begged for support from left
>Appointment of Hindu astrologer as OSD and removed him
>Stayed silent and smiled after Udhayanidhi Stalin said "Sanatana Dharma must be abolished"

The difference is clear.

[Anand #IndianfromSouth @Bharatiyan108]

Kerala Politics: Same Phenomenon, Different Narratives

Fathima Thahliya belongs to the IUML, a party that traces its roots to the Muhammad Ali Jinnah's pre-Partition All-India Muslim League. In her constituency, minority votes consolidated and helped her secure victory. The narrative? A “secular” win.

Shobha Surendran lost in another constituency after similar minority vote consolidation. The narrative there? “Communal forces” defeated.

Minority vote consolidation for a candidate that openly bears the name of a particular religion is "secular" in Kerala.

This is the strange kind of “secularism” in Kerala today

[Manu Joseph @manujosephsan]

In his first speech as Tamil Nadu chief minister, Vijay said that he grew up in poverty, and that he even knows what hunger is. It's bullshit because he was my classmate in the third standard in Loyola School.
His father was a filmmaker who set up his son for a career in films.
It is possible that like most filmmakers his father may have had periods of financial strife but that's not the same as Tamil-grade poverty. A lot of affluent boys confuse being broke with poverty. Two very different things.

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@SadaaShree I used to be a Bachchan fan in my younger days. But now I have Zero respect for him. Lots of respect for the versatile Mithun Da.

[Mythili Murthy @MythiliMurthy_M]

🌀Welcome to the politics of hypnosis!

🎬 Cinema Image to Leadership
A cinema image built over decades suddenly becomes “leadership” overnight.

🧠 Fans, Not Questioning Citizens
Fans emotionally attached to a screen character stop questioning values, contradictions, political consistency, and sudden shifts in stand.

🔁 Narrative Shift
Yesterday, the same political ecosystem was called corrupt.
Today, alliances with them are justified because power is within reach.

⚠️ The Real Danger
When image becomes greater than ideology, and fandom becomes greater than political awareness, democracy becomes weak.

🗳️ Democracy Needs Thinkers
Democracy weakens when citizens behave like fans instead of informed thinkers.

❓ Question Everything
Question every leader.
Question every narrative.

#PoliticsOfHypnosis #QuestionTheNarrative #PoliticalAwareness #TamilNaduPolitics #TVK #Democracy #ThinkBeforeYouFollow #BlindFandom

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

Exploring Vlogging. This music video showcases my lyrics. I appreciate your support through likes and subscriptions. Your feedback is welcome. What genres of music appeal to you?

https://t.co/hdRYEiSwSo

[Mandar Deepa Manmohan Sawant @MandarSawant184]

Vijay has promised so much freebies including 3000 per month to women and 8 gm gold to girls getting married I presume, that DMK and ADMK must give him time to rule and fail.

He is likely to become Kejriwal in a year or two and say "Modiji hame paise nahi de rahe aur kaam karne bhhi nahi de rahe".

[Tina Sequeira @thetinaedit]

Fascinating history of Yoginis—the powerful female yogis of ancient India who had their own temples and cults. A hidden chapter of yoga you must read

Yoginis: the mysterious female yogis of ancient India https://t.co/6Q4ILjhbIo via @dpdash67 @blogchatter #ReadTheNew #BlogchatterA2Z

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@Iam_Rohit_G He was a spineless selfish opportunist and was notorious for dirty politics even in his cricketing days.

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@SouleFacts When it comes to civic sense, we are the worst.

[MeenalSonal @AuraofThoughts]

Defining Yoga https://t.co/bgViikuMSJ via @dpdash67 #MeenalSonalReads #ReadTheNew

[Swati Mathur @swatimathur1701]

@blogchatter
#ReadTheNew #SwatiMathurReads
Zipping it up https://t.co/Hr5085uVBA via @dpdash67

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@sunandavashisht You are telling as if it is the Bengali Bhadralok who are the real culprits of Bengal's downfall. And they have been the last to wake up the the disaster.

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@BefittingFacts She has no grace. Behaving like a street thug. But that is her style that appeals to her followers. Maybe she is trying to instigate violence. But people are already fed up of her drama

[Durga Prasad Dash @dpdash67]

@rrealsaurabh Even hell is better than WB under Mamta. If you are a Bangladeshi or hardcore Mamta
Bano fan t is a different story