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Swamiji and India’s independence movement

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) was born on 12 January 1863, 163 years ago. He left at the age of 39, on 4 July 1902. By then he had spread spiritual fire in Chicago, America, at the World’s Parliament of Religions, on 11 September 1893.

Uneasy Waters

The latest Congressional briefings on the US military’s September boat strike in the Caribbean reveal a troubling truth: even as new details surface, the deeper questions surrounding America’s expanding anti-narcotics campaign remain unanswered.

Return of Oligarchs

Outgoing US President Joe Biden in his farewell address spoke of “dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few ultra-wealthy people, and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power was left unchecked,” underlining threats to the institutions that govern American society by placement of plutocrats in bodies deciding public policy and the monopolistic control over personal data and misinformation campaigns by some wealthy individuals ~ which was shaping political discourse and public perception.

Pillars of Caste ~II

The fifth pillar of caste, according to Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” is the division of labour based on one’s place in the hierarchy.

Pillars of Caste~I

‘Throughout human history, three caste systems have stood out. The tragically accelerated, chilling, and officially vanquished caste system of Nazi Germany.