Pondicherry
and France Auroville Radio
On
the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the dejure transfer of the French
Establishments in India to the Union of India (August 1962), the Pavillon de
France à Auroville and the Central University of Pondicherry (Centre for
European Studies) are organizing a two-day seminar on the theme The Treaty of
Cession (1962) Fifty Years Later, Pondicherry and France.
Whatever
the appearance we must bear, Whatever our strong ills and present fate, When
nothing we can see but drift and bale, A mighty Guidance leads us still through
all. Sri Aurobindo, Savitri
Mamata
to visit Chandernagore via waterway The Statesman 19 November 2012 KOLKATA, 19 NOV:
To
avoiding traffic congestion and assess the potential for developing
Chandernagore as a tourist spot, Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee will use the river to reach the city
tomorrow.
Devotees
of Sri Aurobindo from all over the globe visit the place where Sri
Aurobindo stayed in the house of Motilal Roy after being acquitted in
the Alipore bomb case.
Close
associates of Sri Aurobindo including Sister Nivedita got the news that
the British were planning to arrest him once again. She persuaded Sri
Aurobindo to leave the city and Sri Aurobindo left for
Chandernagore in a boat.
A Nightmarish
Legacy from Centre
Right India by Sandeep Balakrishna
Nehru
was India ’s20th Century
Tughlaq. Over the last four days, I’ve been thinking of a term to characterize
independent India ’s
first Prime Minister and this is the closest and the most accurate I could
think of. Other Suggestions are welcome. The parallels are so stark and evident
that I cursed myself for not noticing them earlier. India was a playground on which Nehru played out
his numerous self-designed sports—except that every single sport he designed
ended up grievously wounding if not killing the actual players who merely happened
to be the citizens of India .
Not too unlike Tughlaq. And not too unlike Tughlaq, Nehru was full of ideas. To
our eternal misfortune, this Nabob of Cluelessness, like Tughlaq, had the power
to, and implemented those ideas whose rightful place is in the world of fantasy.
Like Tughlaq, Nehru’s unrivalled cluelessness was only complemented by his
incurable megalomania. Tughlaq at least lived in a time when the Royal Ego was a
desired qualification in a ruler.
SELF:
Father-image of Gandhi and Sri Aurobindo giving balanceand fulfilment
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