|| Satyameva Jayate ||

Dedicated to Bharat and Dharma

*Happy Diwali*, ॥ शुभ दीपावली ॥

by · October 16, 2009

|| श्री ||

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असतो मा सद्गमय | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ||
मृत्योर् मा अमृतं गमय | ॐ शांति शांति शांति ||

Asato maa Sat gamaya, Tamaso maa Jyotir gamaya
Mrityor maa Amritam gamaya, Om Shaanti Shaanti Shaanti.

…from falsehood to truth, from darkness to light, from mortality to immortality

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दीपावली के इस पावन पर्व पर आपके घर–आँगन में ज्ञान, सदबुद्धि, स्वास्थ्य व संपन्नता के द्वीप प्रज्वलित हों

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May this Deepavali brings you and your loved ones lots of joy, good health, happiness and prosperity

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On this joyous and festive occassion, please try and do the following:

  • Read the “Ramayan”
  • Do an act of charity
  • Spend more time with your family
  • …and less money on fireworks

Happy Diwali to all. ||Shubh Deepavali ||

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Political Activist, Blogger, Advisor to start-ups, Seed investor. One time VC and ex-Diplomat. Failed mushroom farmer; ex Radio Jockey. Currently involved in Reclaiming India - One Step at a Time.

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13 Responses

  1. Jatindernath Joshi says:
    October 16, 2009 at 6:48 pm

    Diwali ka Sandesh

    Hamaari buddhi prakashit ho,

    Hamaara man prakaashit ho,

    Hamaare prakaashit karmon se,

    Hamaara desh prakashit ho.

    Diwali arthaat Ram Rajya

    Ka swapna prakaashit ho.

    Jatindernath Joshi

  2. Indian says:
    October 16, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    Happy Diwali to everyone.

    Lets pray for knowledge, wisdom and good health to everyone by lightening a lamp.

  3. Patriot says:
    October 16, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    Happy Diwali to everyone and their family.

    Wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous year ahead.

  4. Kaffir says:
    October 17, 2009 at 10:36 am

    Shantanu, and frequent commenters/readers: Shubh Deepavali.

  5. kk says:
    October 17, 2009 at 10:49 am

    Wish you all a happy diwali!

    Shantanu, thanks for managing your time to keep this blog running.

    Satyameva Jayate!

  6. B Shantanu says:
    October 17, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    Thanks to you and all the other commentators KK – who make this so much a pleasure.

    Happy Diwali all…

  7. KSV SUBRAMANIAN says:
    October 17, 2009 at 9:38 pm

    WISH YOU ALL A VERY VERY HAPPY DIWALI AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!!

  8. gajanan says:
    October 18, 2009 at 6:40 am

    BObama celebrated Deepavali first time in person
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsJUy_ZMYuY
    Gordon Brown celebrated Deepavali in person.
    http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_gordon-brown-celebrates-diwali-at-10-downing-in-a-historic-first_1300036
    There was a video of Gordon Brown celebrating Deepavali , but it is missing now.
    Happy Deepavali to all. Best wishes to Shantanu for doing hard work to keep this site going

  9. Vikram says:
    October 18, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Here’s wishing everyone a very Happy, delightful, safe Deepavali and a prosperous year ahead!

    -Vikram

  10. gajanan says:
    October 18, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KULguo8cEKU
    Hope this is Gordon Brown celebrating Deewali

  11. Vivek says:
    October 19, 2009 at 7:17 am

    A few things about this mantra.

    In The Matrix Revolutions movie, during the final combat between Neo and Agent Smith, this mantra is recited in the background. When I first first observed this, like any other Hindu asked the question why. The reference may have been with respect to the meaning of Matrix itself. To find out, I tried wikipedia. The first I read was about Soundtrack. It said, that the choir was extracted from Mahayana Budhism which was absolutely wrong. Mahayana Buddhism picked it straight out of Upanishads. Even as a teenager I knew this. Couple of years later, when I refered back to the same page, the same info remained.

    Some time back I discussed the same with some of my “Hindu Fundamentatlist” friends and one of them had a wiki account. He immediately changed it with reference. Fortunately, by this time, there were enough references to prove that this mantra is from Upanishads. All this aside, the point is this. The basic fact that such a mantra with so much positivity and meaning to it is falsely shown to be from Buddhist philosophy. The de-construction of a culture starts from there. We have to start undoing this deconstruction from this point. What has been first said by Ancient Hindus should be attributed to Hindus alone, not some Buddhist monk!

    Heres a link on astonishing features of Ganga. Before somebody says Mr.Henkin identified it first about Ganga, let it be said that infact, it was ancient hindus who identified this first.
    http://chennaikaran.blogspot.com/2009/09/mark-twain-and-vishnu-sahasranamam.html

  12. B Shantanu says:
    October 19, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    @ Vivek: Thanks for the link…and good point:

    The de-construction of a culture starts from there. We have to start undoing this deconstruction from this point.

  13. HinduOnline.blogspot.com says:
    October 20, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    blessings to you too!!!!!!!!!