Most of us brought up in an education system that does little to celebrate our national heroes can be forgiven for forgetting that today is the death anniversary of one of the most extraordinary characters in our freedom movement: Khudiram Bose.
Khudiram Bose’s story is all the more remarkable because of his age. When put to the gallows, he was barely an adult and was probably one of the youngest martyrs of the movement. His execution fired the youth in Bengal had repercussions throughout British India. Khudiram’s “crime” was his attempt …

Excerpts from an essay by Swami Chinmayananda on non-violence and righteous violence titled, DHARMA HIMSA TATHAIVA CA (emphasis added):

Personally, I am no advocate of violence. But violence, too, has its rightful place in life, life does not preclude death. The average Indian has been moulded into a particular national mentality of quixotic tolerance. His attitude is shaped into its distinct pattern by the ideologies and moralities preached in our national literature. And no single work in our classics has gained such a wide influence on our people as the Bhagawad …

This is anything but Hahhahhaha..
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Pl watch and weep for these children..
Then take a pledge to spend at least 30mins every week to do something to improve the eduaction standards of a young child (or ideally, a few children) near your home or work-place).
Together, we can Reclaim India – the India where literacy rates were higher than Britain just 200 years ago…Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!

Some photographs from the Leadership Development workshop in Pune…
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and some from the various meetings related to “Saluting Our Heroes: The Param Virs of Bharat” book launch…
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Related Posts: 18-hour workdays, too many ideas… and “Saluting Our Heroes” – The formal launch/
P.S. You can order your copy of the book here: “Saluting Our Heroes” – The formal launch
P.P.S. More photos from various meetings and outreach events here

I began to get seriously worried about “India Against Corruption” and “Team Anna” when I spoke to Prahlad Pandey last week. Prahlad is a young enthusiastic FTI member and now a full-fledged political activist. Many of you would remember him as the hero of a lone man’s fight against the “system”. But when I spoke to Prahlad last week, I became seriously worried. He was enthusiastically planning for August 16th, he told me. When I asked does he not feel uncomfortable about this, knowing that after all corruption is just …