History of India.. are we really in a democratic country...

I just had a thought....

are we in a democratic country...

we are still being ruled by a "Royal Family The Gandhi's"

In the old times a king used to rule a kingdom he would be indulging in many battles and if he use to loose a battle the victorious king used to take over the kingdom. Either the defeated king or his son/well wishers avenge the defeat  and get back to power. Well that's what is happening at the center. The Gandhi's being the rulers(congress party) and the other governments which had come into power being the tiny kings who managed to get power but ultimately loose against the mighty Gandhi's.

Well History repeats itself. Britishers ruled India with just one Golden rule, "Divide and rule".

its a new world, the rule is the same but whom to divide and whom to unite and whom to rule changes dynamically.

They talk about "Aam admi" but the amount of money spent on the Gandhi's can easily make few villages prosper. Will this royalty ever end. will we be able to see the dreams that Netaji, Bhagat singh had thought of India. Can India be the golden bird again.

well its true that all the dynasties had a golden period, i hope the Gandhis have their golden period under Rahul rule.

Jai Ho

Matrix and the essence of life.

I just saw the 'Matrix' series.

The idea of the Matrix is that humans are cultivated by machines for power and the machines have programmed every individuals life.

Well, if we relate this concept with our lives, ...it sounds familiar right?

We pray to God because we believe we He controls our lives.. that our fate is in His hands. Yet, Hindu faith believes that the source of God's power is our faith and our prayers..
Paradoxical isn't it???

There are some other common Hindu beliefs that I find self-contradictory.. I have put them down...

1. We say a marriage is an affirmation for 7 births' worth of togetherness .
What I don't understand is that.. if in every successive generation we were born Hindu, and we affirm our togetherness for the next seven births...where does this cycle end?

2. We believe in rebirth i.e. that the soul or the 'atma' just changes the body after death like we would a piece of clothing.
So if that is the case then why do we do 'pindh dan' ? Pindh dan, for the uninformed is a rite which is observed/followed so our ancestors' souls could rest in peace.
But, if the soul has found another body... whither peace??
And if the soul has attained nirvana... whither soul!!!! it is now one with the Paramatman....

Paradox again!!!

It is a universal belief that meditation or penance leads to salvation....
If we try to understand idea of salvation.... it could be simply described as the freedom from the cycle of life and death!! birth and rebirth....
Isn't that what the movie was all about......
Freedom from the ' Matrix'!

That's super neat isn't it!!!