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Skype Conference Call, 12th Dec at 8pm IST

11 December 2008 13 views 7 Comments

Following the first skype call we had a few days ago, I would like to invite all of you to join the conference call tomorrow, 12th Dec at 8pm IST, focusing on Identity.

The single point agenda is:

“What can be the defining basis for an Indian identity?”

The call will be via Skype. My skype name is b.shantanu

Pl. leave a comment here if you would like to join or send me a message when I am online tomorrow and I will invite you in. To get in the frame, please try and have a read through at least one of the posts below:

Related Posts:

The Politics of “Identity” 

“Reclaiming India” – excerpts

7 Comments »

  • 1. K.Harapriya said:

    Check out this article by Subramaniam Swamy:
    http://www.aryasamaj.org/newsite/node/368

  • 2. Guru Charan said:

    Harapriya,

    Thanks for sending the link. Shantanu, it gives a clear idea of a Indian (Hindustani) identity about which we had some discussion. It is an excerpt from the book ‘Hindus under siege – the way out’. As i mentioned, please read Shri Sita Ram Goel’s “How i became a Hindu” online at VoiceofDharma.org.

    Cheers,

    GC

  • 3. Indian said:

    @K. Harapriya
    Thanks for the link and this I found from there which I have pasted here

    सन्देहों से भरा मन‌
    Submitted by AnandBakshi on Fri, 2008-12-05 12:16. Bhajan/Kavita
    भारतीय हैं भोले भाले, शत्रु को शत्रु न कहते
    मित्र लगें उनको सारे
    धोखे पर धोखा वह खाते, अपनों का है साथ गवांते
    फिर भी शत्रु देख न पाते, मित्र लगें उनको सारे
    इसको शान कहें हम अपनी, यह तो बस पागलपन होगा
    आओ पहचानें अपने शत्रु को
    धोखा दो से अधिक बार जो दे देता है
    मित्र नहीं कहलाता, वह शत्रु होता है
    हर व्यक्ति जो भारतीयता को न माने
    उससे कैसे प्यार करोगे, कैसे उसके साथ रहोगे
    जागो खुद अब और जगाओ सबको
    सन्देहों से दूर रहो
    फिर निश्चय कर अपनी जीत गहो
    ‘निश्चय कर अपनी जीत गहो’
    कह गये गुरु गोविन्द सि‍ह्ं
    पर निश्चय जब हो डोल रहा, तो जीत बने कैसे अपनी
    कब छोड़ेगें शायद को हम
    निश्चय क्यों न कर पाते हम
    सन्देहों से भरा चित्त कब, कर पाता दुनिया में काम
    पाक नहीं है दुशमन तो क्या मित्र हमारा
    आस्तीन का साँप बना जो हरदम डसता
    और पाक के साथी कितने बसें हमारे भीतर
    नाम देश का, काम करें शत्रु का
    फिर भी सन्देहों से भरा हुआ क्यों चित्त हमारा
    शत्रु को शत्रु न कहता, कहे मित्र को शत्रु

    तो फिर कैसे भाग्य हमारा उज्जवल होगा
    सन्देहों से भरा हुआ जब तक मन होगा ||

    Jai Hind!

  • 4. B Shantanu (author) said:

    @ Harapriya: Thanks for the link. I will have a look.

    ***

    @ Guru Charan: Yes, I need to get around to reading that book.

    ***

    @ Indian: Thanks for the poem…Very apt.

  • 5. K.Harapriya said:

    Here’s another speech on Hindu identity.

  • 6. B Shantanu (author) said:

    Thanks Harapriya

  • 7. K.Harapriya said:

    Here’s another article on Indian identity by Rajiv Malhotra.http://vivekajyoti.blogspot.com/2009/01/lurking-danger-of-indias-fragmentation.html

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