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27 Jun 2010
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| Editorial: Shivaji Coronation a Milestone in Hindu History |
Editorial: Shivaji Coronation a Milestone in Hindu History
The Editorial Team
The day of Shivaji's coronation is inscribed in golden letters in Hindu history. This year on 24 June 2010 as per Hindu calendar (The 13th day (trayodashi) of the first fortnight of the month of 'Jyeshtha' as in the year 1596) the "Rajyabhisheka Day" has been observed. Shivaji was formally crowned Chhatrapati on 6 June 1674 at Raigad fort, and given the title Kshatriya Kulavantas Sinhasanadheeshwar Chhatrapati Shivaji Mahārāj. Pandit Gaga Bhatt, a renowned Brahmin f...
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| Ancient Ganesh Idol Found at Parra |
Ancient Ganesh Idol Found at Parra
VOIF Correspondent
A beautiful ancient brass Ganesha sculpture masterfully created by the agile hands of an artisan was found buried in the house of Mr Jagganath Chodankar of Aradi, Parra in Bardez on Tuesday.The beautiful idol of Ganesha seated on singhasan holding an axe in the right arm and a noose in left are representative of symbols of his ability to cut through obstacles.The idol was found after the divine appearance of the Lord in the dream of 18-year-old Ms Pooja Chodankar, daughter of...
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| Lessons in Barbarism and Paramhansa Ramakrishna |
Lessons in Barbarism and Paramhansa Ramakrishna
 Lt. Col. (Retd.) Mahendra Mathur
In his Story of Civilization, Will Durant quotes William Summer, American socialist, who held that violent subjection was usually of a settled agricultural group by a tribe of hunters and herders. For agriculture teaches men pacific ways inures them to a prosaic routine, and exhausts them with the long day's toil; such men accumulate wealth, but they forget the arts and sentiments of war. The hunter and the herder, accustomed to danger and skilled in killing, lo...
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| Uniform Civil Code Alone Can Liberate Muslim Women of India | Uniform Civil Code Alone Can Liberate Muslim Women of India
Dr. Radhasyam Brahmachari
According a report appeared in the October 29, 2007, edition of the Indian Express, a leading English daily, Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed of the Delhi High Court, ruled, "If a talaq is pronounced in extreme anger where the husband has lost control of himself, it would not be effective or valid." There is no doubt that verdict had provided great relief to the Muslim women across the country. His Lordship also observed that, triple talaq or talaq-e-bidat (divorce...
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| Did Gandhi's Ahimsa Get India Freedom | Did Gandhi's Ahimsa Get India Freedom
Sanjeev Nayyar
Savarkar, Subhas Bose and Bhagat Singh left a legacy that India can be proud of. A re-evaluation of Gandhi's role in India's independence is necessary to give other leaders due credit. IN HIS article, ‘Our violent streak' (Sept 7), Ramachandra Guha would have us to believe that India got freedom because of Gandhi's Ahimsa, that violent revolution is bad and its advocates-cum-practioners, Veer Savarkar, Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh, though adored by large sections o...
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