@chandrarsrikant@manujosephsan Kerala is a paradise if you are a tourist. But once you start living there, you realize there's another side. Watch the movie 'Ishq' - it's not an exaggeration.
Uber One is just a marketing gimmick. Their so-called top driver made me wait for 30 minutes and then cancelled the trip. Not renewing this useless subscription! @Uber@Uber_India
@CardMavenIn Never go for prepaid orders on Amazon. Their delivery agents are crooks and Amazon seems to have no control over them. If you must order, use COD.
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Just when you thought @amazonIN delivery can't get any worse, they've botched up my order again - order was never delivered but has been marked as delivered! Never renewing their worthless Prime membership again. What a bunch of crooks!
Just when you thought @amazonIN delivery can't get any worse, they've botched up my order again - order was never delivered but has been marked as delivered! Never renewing their worthless Prime membership again. What a bunch of crooks!
@AmazonHelp@amazonIN I have already checked everywhere. Your delivery agent didn't even visit my apartment. But he has shamelessly marked as delivered to security. What kind of dishonest people are you hiring?
@ProfVemsani@VivekGRamaswamy Is adhering to monotheism a prerequisite to win an election in the US? Besides, very few Hindus have an understanding of Vedanta. Puranic Hinduism is largely polytheistic.
@Iyervval Hindus are way too grateful to live in culturally Christian Western countries. Remember how hard Vivek Ramaswamy tried to prove how Hinduism is not that different from Christianity? No one bought that, of course.
@mujifren Only those who have lived in Bihar of the 90s can understand this. Patna Gaya expressway, uninterrupted electricity was unimaginable back then. People talking about caste politics, it's true for most states, not just Bihar. Nitish Kumar's caste is only 3%, yet he's the CM.
The Bhakti Movement was able to do this for Hinduism - direct connection with God. Though rituals are very important, they can also sometimes be intimidating for the laymen. Bhakti is simpler to practice. ISKCON for example, has flourished because of singular focus on Bhakti.
I went to a Church yesterday...
This Dussehra, I was in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. After a bit of pandal and jhanki hopping, I came across a church in the railway colony area. Out of curiosity, I decided to step inside; it was around 6:30 in the evening.
As I entered, the first thing I noticed was that slippers had been left outside, just like in Hindu temples. Inside, many people were already seated on the benches. I joined them. Among the women present, some had visible sindoor on their foreheads, while others had none. They, in turn, looked at me with equal curiosity, probably because of the tilak on mine.
I expected to see someone on the dais delivering sermons from the Bible, but instead, an audio recording was being played, very much like bhajans are played in temple. A man sat at the console, controlling the playback. As the audio filled the hall, the women began reacting in striking ways. Many raised their hands skyward, some started sobbing, others were chanting fervently, and a few behaved as if they were possessed. I noticed a direct connection between the pace of the audio and their reactions, when the tempo increased, the women in the front rows shook violently, and when it slowed, they calmed down, almost as if under someone’s control. How they were able to mobilise people without even being there is beyond belief, I have never seen Hindus even chanting Hanuman Chalisa dedicatedly, even if someone is standing and requesting them to.
The atmosphere was growing more awkward by the minute. I felt uneasy sitting there. On the desk in front of me lay a schedule, which I skimmed through before deciding to walk out after a few more minutes.
Having reported extensively on missionary conversions and church activities, I had always heard accounts but wanted to see for myself what happens at such prayer meetings. In Pilibhit, a Sikh man had told me: “They play music, we dance, and for a moment we forget everything. It is in that moment they make us chant ‘Yesu’.” Similar stories had surfaced during my coverage in Jharkhand, where many who had reverted back to Sanatan described how the Church stripped away joy from their lives. They said Hindu women were made to appear like widows, cut off from festivities and simple pleasures, as if life itself had lost its charm. And sitting inside that Bilaspur church, even for those few minutes, I could feel exactly what they meant.
On the surface, it may seem simple that one could just meet these people, convince them that the missionaries are deceitful, and they would walk away. But today, as I sat there and watched them surrender themselves so completely, it shook me. The missionaries have silently harvested their souls, binding them in ways that cannot be undone with mere arguments. Bringing our people back will never be as easy as it appears.
-Subhi Vishwakarma
#Religiousconversions
India already had its own messaging app long before Arattai - Airtel backed Hike. Despite being a solid app, it failed because everyone was on WhatsApp. Until Arattai has a clear USP, users are unlikely to shift. The 'swadeshi' tag alone won't cut it. Remember Koo?
@Schandillia The Goan Christians are victims themselves, they just don't realize it after 4 centuries. Some do. Celebrated cartoonist Mario Miranda, for example, was aware of his GSB roots. His family still kept ties with the Shanta Durga temple. He chose to be cremated.
Osho once said, if you are materially poor, you can't recognise inner poverty (Maslow's hierarchy of needs). Besides, Biharis are resilient and usually have strong familial ties.
Why Suicide rates are high in Telangana, TamilNadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka etc?
Biharis are more resilient towards life?
More prosperity more depression more suicides?
@sankrant Osho once said, if you are materially poor, you can't recognise inner poverty. Besides, Biharis are resilient and usually have strong familial ties.