A fragrant flower can only spread fragrance. Sometimes people behave badly because that is what they have inside. Can a happy person go and hit somebody? Impossible.
I am so happy to see the great vindication of The Art of Living and Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
In a a remarkable ruling The Indian 🇮🇳 Supreme Court this week set aside the anccusations against The Art of Living for alleged environment damage during World Culture festival in 2016. It clarified what many of us always knew - that no environmental damage was done.
After a decade-long fight, truth has triumphed. It has taken ten years - no less.
I still recall visiting India during the World Cultural Festival 2016. There was an unprecedented media frenzy on the Yamuna River event attacking it morning, midday, evening. The Supreme Court ruling should act as a severe warning against such one sided media onslaughts.
The World Culture Festival 2016 was a historic celebration of India’s cultural heritage and soft power, bringing together 3.5 million people from 155 countries, including world leaders, heads of state, 37,000 artists and 2,500 spiritual leaders. It was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. It was unprecedented in size.
My warmest congratulations to Gurudev Sri Sri and the entire Art of Living family! This is a day of huge relief. It inspires to future good work for india and the world.
Onboard Air India AI2718, PNQ→BLR, 26 Aug, 14:55. AC isn’t working and only hot air/heating is blowing. It’s extremely uncomfortable on a full flight. How is this acceptable?
@airindia@RamMNK@mohol_murlidhar@MoCA_GoI@DGCAIndia Please intervene urgently.
A healthier choice should be the easier one.
When idli replaces vada pav and chaas replaces cola in a school canteen,it may appear to be a small change.But It is a shift in the food environment in which children form habits.
#TukaramMundhe#Nutrition#publicHealth#inspiration
In the 1971 war, India lost a warship at sea. Its sonar had not been able to find the submarine that sank it.
India then tried to buy better sonar. The countries that made it would not sell.
So the Navy told one of its own officers to build it himself.
His name is Arogyaswami Paulraj.
He was born in Pollachi, a small town in Tamil Nadu. He joined the Indian Navy as a teenager and stayed for about 30 years.
The Navy spotted him early and sent him to the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi for a master's degree. His professors told the Navy not to stop there. He finished a doctorate.
After the 1971 war he was given the sonar problem.
He had no foreign help, no foreign equipment and no permission to buy either. His team built the system from the ground up. It was called APSOH. It went into the fleet in 1983.
It was not a compromise. It is still considered one of the best sonars in the world.
He went on to set up 3 national research laboratories in India, in computing, artificial intelligence and military electronics. India gave him the Padma Bhushan.
Then he left the Navy and joined Stanford University in America as a postdoctoral researcher, starting again at the bottom.
While running wireless experiments there, he noticed something odd in his results about how signals could be separated from one another. He followed it.
What came out of it is called MIMO. In simple terms, instead of one antenna sending and one antenna receiving, you use several at both ends at once, and the signals stop fighting each other and start carrying far more data.
That is the foundation of every WiFi connection and every 4G and 5G phone on the planet.
The chairman of the Marconi Society put it plainly. Every WiFi router and 4G phone today uses MIMO technology pioneered by him.
He founded a company on it, which Intel bought. He founded another, which Broadcom bought. He holds around 80 patents.
He has the Marconi Prize, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, the Faraday Medal, and a place in the United States National Inventors Hall of Fame.
The internet in your house is running on his idea right now, and almost nobody in this country knows his name.
Happy Birthday Gurudev! The world needs your compassion, wisdom and healing energy more than ever. 🙏✨
Check out this beautiful old video from my days as an anchor with Star News, with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar — a presence that brought immense calm and grace into my life.
I first learned Sudarshan Kriya through Art of Living Foundation during my years at the The Times of India, and honestly, it was transformative. There are phases in journalism and public life when the noise outside becomes deafening — deadlines, chaos, constant pressure, emotional exhaustion.
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@narendramodi@narendramodi_in@timesofindia@abplive@ABPNews@IamRajnishAhuja@milindkhandekar@Shazizaman@ArtofLiving@ArtofLivingIC@Gurudev
Congratulations, Shri @SuvenduWB, on becoming Chief Minister of West Bengal. Best wishes to you as you serve the people and drive the progress of the state.
While at Art of Living, met Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Ji. We had an excellent discussion on various subjects, notably the work of Art of Living. His passion towards furthering societal good is noteworthy.
@ArtofLiving@Gurudev
Crazy man does crazy things to get his way. This could mean a block on all ME energy reaching India (and of course China). No wonder India was seen preparing for the worst and PM Modi was giving statements to get all prepared.
But I'm confident India will be able to get its energy even if the US is able to pull off the blockade. India has played its FP very well. Especially during this war. But Indians have to be wary of sick people trying to spread panic and fear using this.
30+ years..
Countless Kriyas..
Infinite laughs..
Same old troubles..
Lesser hair to bigger hearts.. 😁
Blessed to have brothers by my side through it all.. 🙏💕
@ArtofLiving
When you let go of "me and mine", you get access to the Infinite Energy, the Shiva Tattva, which is beauty, truth, and the ultimate blossoming of existence.
An ocean of people at the @ArtofLivingIC, and many more all over the world, soaked in Divinity on Mahashivratri.
An emotional moment as devotees witnessed the glorious puja of the Somnath Jyotirlinga, after 1,000 years.
On my maiden visit to Oman, we had an evening of music, meditation, and wisdom at Madinat Al Irfan Theatre in Muscat. I was welcomed warmly by the people. It is a beautiful country with the right ecosystem for peacebuilding.
@ArtofLiving has been active in Oman for the past 27 years. It recognized important people who have contributed significantly to society.
Goodbye USA.
The EU and India have signed a trade and security agreement in New Delhi.
According to Ursula von der Leyen, the new agreement creates a free trade zone for around two billion people. It provides for a gradual reduction of Indian tariffs on cars from the EU from 110% to 10%. Most other tariffs will also be eliminated: 44% for machinery, 22% for chemicals, and 11% for pharmaceutical products.
European farmers will gain access to the Indian agricultural market – most restrictions will be lifted or significantly reduced. EU companies will receive privileged access to the Indian services market, including financial services and maritime transport.
The security agreement provides for enhanced cooperation in maritime and cybersecurity, counter-terrorism, and the potential joint development of military technology in the future.
Every experience of the past year, pleasant or unpleasant, has made you wiser, deeper, and stronger. Enter the New Year knowing you are fortunate, and that you are here to give back to society.