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4th Convocation Address by Subroto Bagchi at NIT Rourkela,Orissa
This is must read ....Amazing....
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April 21, 2006
Congratulation : Oriyamusic.com
Congratulation and Many many Happy returns of the day to OriyaMusic.com.
We are looking forward to see more happening in future.
Three cheers to www.OriyaMusic.com
hAri BoloMarch 13, 2006
Doctoral Summer School at Bhubaneswar
A Doctoral Summer School is being arranged at Bhubaneswar, India, for doctoral scholars in management and related disciplines, who may be enrolled at any university/institute. Research-minded colleagues from academic and other backgrounds are also welcome to participate. Proposed Topics: place of case studies in research, contexts of case research, case design, skills relevant to case-study research, case writing, case-based pedagogy, typical case studies, case-based thesis proposals, etc.....
Objectives
Overall: To reflect on case study as a method of research and explore its application in a research area of one's interest.
Supporting: (a) To become aware of the challenges of doing research in applied disciplines, such as management; (b) To explore the distinctive features of case-study research and the variety of approaches followed in different situations; (c) To practice the skills of doing case-study research.
Registration
Please send an e-mail to the Convenor introducing yourself and describing your interest in case-study research. After receiving the Convenor's comfirmation, please make a bank draft in favour of "Xavier Institute of Management" payable at Bhubaneswar, for the appropriate participation fee (INR 2,500 for students; INR 4,000 for those in employment; the fee includes registration, non-air-conditioned accommodation, and boarding; for a possible discount, write to the Convenor). Air-conditioned accommodation will be available for a higher price. Foreign participants are requested to contact the Convenor for separate registration details. Please send a covering letter (and the bank draft) to the address given at the end. For any payment-related queries, please contact Mr Kishore Pradhan, Accounts Officer (kishore<AT>ximb.ac.in).
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Suresh Behera
March 11, 2006
The Legend : Pranab Kishore Patnaik
Pranab Kishore Patnaik , one of the rare gems of oriya music industry who reigned over for 5 decades has uniqueness in his voice, which lies in the fluidity of his songs, which are not only delightful but an unrestrained creation which brings up a profusion of melodious sensitivity and tones with the jugglery of meaningful rhythm. The variation in his vocal rendering are quite wide and his unique style is incomparable. His GAYAKI is mounted on such a platform, which makes the listener realize the finest elements of the supreme creation. He has lent voice to various segments of music like Odishi, Folk, Devotional & Bhajans, Semi Classical, Traditional, Hindi Geet and Ghazal etc.
More reading at...
http://www.oriyamusic.com/ArtistProfile/Pranab/
hAri Bola...
Suresh Behera
March 09, 2006
The Gaudiya Vaishnava Calendar - Panjika
Oriya Panjika 2006 - 2007
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Suresh Behera
Amalakii EkAdasii
AMALAKI EKADASI
King MAndhAtA once said to Vasishtha Muni, "O great sage, kindly be merciful to me and tell me of a holy fast that will benefit me eternally."
Vasishtha Muni replied. "O king, kindly listen as I describe the best of all fast days, Amalakii EkAdasi. He who faithfully observes a fast on this EkAdasii obtains enormous wealth, gets free of the effects of all kinds of sins, and attains liberation. Fasting on this EkAdasii is more purifying than donating one thousand cows in charity to a pure brAhmana. So please hear me attentively as I tell you the story of a hunter who, though daily engaged in killing innocent animals for his living, achieved liberation by observing a fast on Amalakii EkAdasii and following the prescribed rules and regulations of worship.
"There was once a kingdom named VaidishA, where all the brAhmanas, kshatriyas, vaishyas, and shudras were equally endowed with Vedic knowledge, great bodily strength, and fine intelligence. Oh lion among kings, the whole kingdom was full of Vedic sounds, not a single person was atheistic, and no one sinned. The ruler of this kingdom was King PAshabinduka, a member of the dynasty of Soma, the moon. He was also known as Chitraratha and was very religious and truthful. It is said that King Chitraratha had the strength of ten thousand elephants and that he was very wealthy and knew the six branches of Vedic wisdom perfectly.
"During the reign of Maharaja Chitraratha, not a single person in his kingdom attempted to practice another's dharma (duty) so perfectly engaged in their own dharmas were all the brAhmanas, kshatriyas, vaisyas, and sudras. Neither miser nor pauper was to be seen throughout the land, not was there every drought or flood. Indeed, the kingdom was free of disease, and everyone enjoyed good health. The people rendered loving devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vishnu, as did the king, who also rendered special service to Lord Shiva. Moreover, twice a month everyone fasted on EkAdasii.
"In this way, O best of kings, the citizens of VaidishA lived many long years in great happiness and prosperity. Giving up all varieties of materialistic religion, they completely dedicated themselves to the loving service of the Supreme Lord, Hari.
"Once, in the month of Phalguna (February - March), the holy fast of Amalakii EkAdasii arrived, conjoined with DvAdasi. King Chitraratha realised that this particular fast would bestow especially great benefit, and thus he and all the citizens of VaidishA observed this sacred EkAdasii very strictly, carefully following all the rules and regulations.
"After bathing in the river, the king and all his subjects went to the temple of Lord Vishnu, where an Amalakii tree grew. First the king and his leading sages offered the tree a pot filled with water, as well as a fine canopy, shoes, gold, diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, and aromatic incense. Then they worshiped Lord ParashurAma with these prayers: 'Oh Lord ParashurAma, Oh son of RenukA, Oh all-pleasing one, Oh liberator of the worlds, kindly come beneath this holy Amalakii tree and accept our humble obeisances.'
Then they prayed to the Amalakii tree: 'Oh Amalakii, Oh offspring of Lord BrahmA, you can destroy all kinds of sinful reactions. Please accept our respectful obeisances and these bumble gifts. O Amalakii, you are actually the form of Brahman, and you were once worshiped by Lord RAmachandra Himself. Whoever circumambulates you is therefore immediately freed of all his sins.'
"After offering these excellent prayers, King Chitraratha and his subjects remained awake throughout the night, praying and worshiping according to the regulations governing a sacred EkAdasii fast. It was during this auspicious time of fasting and prayer that a very irreligious man approached the assembly, a man who maintained himself and his family by killing animals. Burdened with both fatigue and sin, the hunter saw the king and the citizens of VaidishA observing Amalakii EkAdasii by performing an all-night vigil, fasting, and worshiping Lord Vishnu in the beautiful forest setting, which was brilliantly illuminated by many lamps. The hunter hid nearby, wondering what this extraordinary sight before him was.
'What is going on here?' he thought. What he saw in that lovely forest beneath the holy Amalakii tree was the Deity of Lord DAmodara being worshiped upon the Asana of a waterpot, and what he heard were devotees singing sacred songs describing Lord Shri Krishna's transcendental forms and pastimes. Despite himself, that staunchly irreligious killer of innocent birds and animals spent the entire night in great amazement as he watched the EkAdasii celebration and listened to the glorification of the Lord.
"Soon after sunrise, the king and his royal retinue - including the court sages and all the citizens - completed their observance of EkAdasii and returned to the city of VaidishA. The hunter then returned to his hut and happily ate his meal. In due time the hunter died, but the merit he had gained by fasting on Amalakii Ekadasii and hearing the glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as well as by being forced to stay awake all night, made him eligible to be reborn as a great king endowed with may chariots, elephants, horses, and soldiers. His name was VasUratha, the son of King VidUratha, and he ruled over the kingdom of Jayanti.
"King VasUratha was strong and fearless, as effulgent as the Sun, and as handsome as the Moon. In strength he was like Shri Vishnu, and in forgiveness like the Earth itself. Very charitable and every truthful, King VasUratha always rendered loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord, Shri Vishnu. He therefore became very well versed in Vedic knowledge. Always active in the affairs of state, he enjoyed taking excellent care of his subjects, as though they were his own children. He disliked pride in anyone and would smash it when he saw it. He performed many kinds of sacrifices, and he always made certain that the needy in his kingdom received enough charity.
"One day, while hunting in the jungle, King VasUratha strayed from the footpath and lost his way. Wandering for some time and eventually growing weary, he paused beneath a tree and, using his arms as a pillow, fell asleep. As he slept, some barbarian tribesmen came upon him and, remembering their longstanding enmity toward the king, began discussing among themselves various ways to kill him. 'It is because he killed our fathers, mothers, brothers-in-law, grandsons, nephews, and uncles that we are forced to aimlessly wander like so many madmen in the forest.' So saying, they prepared to kill King VasUratha with various weapons, including spears, swords, arrows, and mystic ropes.
"But none of these deadly weapons could even touch the sleeping king, and soon the uncivilised, dog-eating tribesmen grew frightened. Their fear sapped their strength, and before long they lost what little intelligence they had and became almost unconscious with bewilderment and weakness. Suddenly a beautiful woman appeared from the king's body, startling the aborigines. Decorated with many ornaments, emitting a wonderful fragrance, wearing an excellent garland around her neck, her eyebrows drawn in a mood of fierce anger, and her fiery red eyes ablaze, she looked like death personified. With her blazing chakra discus she quickly killed all the tribal hunters, who had tried to slay the sleeping king.
"Just then the king awoke, and seeing all the dead tribesmen lying around him, he was astonished. He wondered, 'These are all great enemies of mine! Who has slain them so violently? Who is my great benefactor?'
"At that very moment he heard a voice from the sky: 'You ask who helped you. Well, who is that person who alone can help anyone is distress? He is none other than Sri Keshava, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He who saves all who take shelter of Him without any selfish motive.'
"Upon hearing these words, King VasUratha became over-whelmed with love for the Personality of Godhead Shri Keshava (Krishna). He returned to his capital city and ruled there like a second lord Indra (king of the heavenly regions), without any obstacles at all.
"Therefore, Oh King Mandhata," the venerable Vasishtha Muni concluded, "...anyone who observes this holy Amalakii EkAdasii will undoubtedly attain the supreme abode of Lord Vishnu, so great is the religious merit earned from the observance of this most sacred fast day."
Thus ends the narration of the glories of Phalguna-sukla Ekadasi, or Amalaki Ekadasi, from the Brahmanda Purana.
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hAri Bolo...
Suresh Behera
March 08, 2006
Pseudo-swamis, Social workers, and Religious leaders
Here is one awesome political explanation by Markandeswar bhai to Mr Sachi....My collage say this more negative inclination towards politics.....But how far no answer...Well,I am folding my hand ...did i say anything ;)
Dear Sachi babu,
Namaskar. First of all, I congratulate you for initiating an internet political forum for the Oriyas
living around the world. I have read most of the reasonable messages and definitely liked some of
the great literary pieces and logical arguments on the latest issues. The issues would change without any solution, and new issues would sprout in. The debates are interesting enough to please most of us, whether interested in politics as a profession or as a past time. The truth is, when there is a war against the government, patriotism wakes up like the legendary Kumbhakarna, and that is how there are discussions. At all other times, it sleeps well, because of a fateful curse, allowing the power to be in the hands of professional politicians. That is what I, as a common man think about the esoteric subject of practical politics.
Namaskar. First of all, I congratulate you for initiating an internet political forum for the Oriyas
living around the world. I have read most of the reasonable messages and definitely liked some of
the great literary pieces and logical arguments on the latest issues. The issues would change without any solution, and new issues would sprout in. The debates are interesting enough to please most of us, whether interested in politics as a profession or as a past time. The truth is, when there is a war against the government, patriotism wakes up like the legendary Kumbhakarna, and that is how there are discussions. At all other times, it sleeps well, because of a fateful curse, allowing the power to be in the hands of professional politicians. That is what I, as a common man think about the esoteric subject of practical politics.
I would never consider myself to be a person qualified to speak about this human branch of governing each other. My posting in this learned forum is based on my incomplete understanding from several books on the philosophical aspects of politics, and should not be confused with the now existing need of putting fellow humans in trouble and then making the efforts of uplifting them. These days, the names of �swamis�, scientists, religious leaders are all invoked in the name of politics.
The pseudo-swamis, social workers, and religious leaders love it. Therefore, I may be excused for making the following unpalatable comments. There are not lesson to be learned by the intellectuals who studied the subject as a curriculum, or are involved in �real life� politics, but it is a reminder to the common peoples� tastes, forgotten by time and necessity. For impletons like I am, the English word �politics� has a much broader meaning than the common denominator, 'rAjanIti'. Writing a genealogy for its activities or fruits, the good or bad results
obtained from its application in ruling others, or be ruled by some, would be futile. But its origin can be assumed to have been taken birth when the first man/woman became jealous of the larger size of the hunt by his/her neighbor, and in a hidden rage tried to control him/her without showing any visible signs of anger or hatred.
One of the oldest preserved records is 'The Government by Philosophers' by a Greek philosopher
named Plato, who tried to explain the realities of politics about 2400 years ago. His books, often
written as dialogues, contain elements of religion, science, of a political system and of legislation.
He was a tough warrior, sportsman, versed in empirical sciences and literature, a sportsman, acquainted with arts and crafts, and a well traveled salesman. He wrote, "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to
the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their
evils, -no, nor the human race, as I believe, and then only will our state have a possibility of life, and behold the light of the day".
named Plato, who tried to explain the realities of politics about 2400 years ago. His books, often
written as dialogues, contain elements of religion, science, of a political system and of legislation.
He was a tough warrior, sportsman, versed in empirical sciences and literature, a sportsman, acquainted with arts and crafts, and a well traveled salesman. He wrote, "Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to
the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their
evils, -no, nor the human race, as I believe, and then only will our state have a possibility of life, and behold the light of the day".
Later, the other philosopher Aristotle's 'politics' written about 2300 years ago, dealt with the governances of both city states and the common men as social groups. The arguments proposed in his Politics-book IV are strong weapons in the hands of all defenders of democracy. In the same book he admits that the group of men noble enough to govern solely for the best interest of people at large, are rare and hardly to be found. From his book-I, people quote the popular statement, and yet out of context,"Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal".
The rest of the statements following this are never read by even the so-called learned scholars in
Political Science. In our understanding, the entire Republic of Plato or the Politics of Aristotle
simply boils down to the present day 'politics' with the wrongly painted picture- dirty politics. Later, Machiavelli, in his book the �Prince�, written around 1514, did not define much about the
broader aspects of politics. He narrowed it down to personal advices for sovereigns. The Prince
contains advices on how to become successful, how to achieve and retain power, and how to render political adversaries harmless and to check dissatisfied people.The book is old not as old as the Art of War (China) or Kautilya's Arthashastra (India). As a statesman, Machiavelli was a failure. As a philosopher, he was disputable, but as a writer he was magnificent. Kautilya's Arthashastra was probably written around three hundred years B.C.E. This is politics too, but for Kautilya; �artha� was wealth and not just the meaning of something. He considered
wealth as the chief end of life, and all other prosperities, such as spiritual and artistic, depends upon a strong economic foundation. It is wrong to mix the Dharmashastras, and Arthashastra together, and Kautilya knew it very well. If one reads his book, he/she will find all other texts written on politics have cleverly borrowed ideas from this politician of ancient India. If somebody is interested in the philosophy of politics, the Arthashastra called as science (biJNAna) by Kautilya, consists of 15 books, 150 chapters, 180 chapters with a total of 6,000 slokas. All of the following are in the preface of his Book 1, and are a part of politics, past or present, necessary for dministering a kingdom, a city, a group, or even a very small family."The end of sciences; association with the aged;restraints of the organs of sense; the creation of ministers; the creation of councilors and priests; ascertaining by temptations of purity or impurity in the characters of ministers; the institutions of spies; protection of parties for or against one's own cause in one's own state; winning over the factions for or against an enemy's cause in an enemy's state;
the business of council meeting; the mission of envoys; protection of princes; the conduct of a
prince kept under restraint; the duties of a king; duty towards the harem; personal safety". There is one word of caution. Acquiring all the knowledge on politics may make one look like Kautilya,
Krishna, or BhiSma, and yet at the same time the learned politician would never qualify of becoming a king or a president. The ruthless nature of administering a kingdom, a state, or a country will never be the domain of the learned political philosophers.
Political Science. In our understanding, the entire Republic of Plato or the Politics of Aristotle
simply boils down to the present day 'politics' with the wrongly painted picture- dirty politics. Later, Machiavelli, in his book the �Prince�, written around 1514, did not define much about the
broader aspects of politics. He narrowed it down to personal advices for sovereigns. The Prince
contains advices on how to become successful, how to achieve and retain power, and how to render political adversaries harmless and to check dissatisfied people.The book is old not as old as the Art of War (China) or Kautilya's Arthashastra (India). As a statesman, Machiavelli was a failure. As a philosopher, he was disputable, but as a writer he was magnificent. Kautilya's Arthashastra was probably written around three hundred years B.C.E. This is politics too, but for Kautilya; �artha� was wealth and not just the meaning of something. He considered
wealth as the chief end of life, and all other prosperities, such as spiritual and artistic, depends upon a strong economic foundation. It is wrong to mix the Dharmashastras, and Arthashastra together, and Kautilya knew it very well. If one reads his book, he/she will find all other texts written on politics have cleverly borrowed ideas from this politician of ancient India. If somebody is interested in the philosophy of politics, the Arthashastra called as science (biJNAna) by Kautilya, consists of 15 books, 150 chapters, 180 chapters with a total of 6,000 slokas. All of the following are in the preface of his Book 1, and are a part of politics, past or present, necessary for dministering a kingdom, a city, a group, or even a very small family."The end of sciences; association with the aged;restraints of the organs of sense; the creation of ministers; the creation of councilors and priests; ascertaining by temptations of purity or impurity in the characters of ministers; the institutions of spies; protection of parties for or against one's own cause in one's own state; winning over the factions for or against an enemy's cause in an enemy's state;
the business of council meeting; the mission of envoys; protection of princes; the conduct of a
prince kept under restraint; the duties of a king; duty towards the harem; personal safety". There is one word of caution. Acquiring all the knowledge on politics may make one look like Kautilya,
Krishna, or BhiSma, and yet at the same time the learned politician would never qualify of becoming a king or a president. The ruthless nature of administering a kingdom, a state, or a country will never be the domain of the learned political philosophers.
To summarize in one sentence, someone has already commented that politics is simply polite tricks. Everybody thinks he/she can handle it, until the cause leading to any failure in that profession materializes at the end. There have been no exemplary politicians in any of the historical records of the world, unless the mythological Krishna of Mahabharata is taken
into account. Any moral advice on politics is probably baseless for the present day politicians.
into account. Any moral advice on politics is probably baseless for the present day politicians.
They are completely free from any questioning by their own consciences. A pure evil can possess a pure mind, although it would be an anti-thesis of the pure mind of the good. However, I would never say that all politicians are evil. Many have good intentions but are caught in the quagmire of theoretical speculations. In India or Orissa, an opposition party lives with the intrinsic qualities of opposing every action of the party in power.
Now coming back to the politics of Orissa, we may ask the question: why should the public attack the military police and kill one of them? There would be many logical and illogical but politically correct answers. As blinds leading the blinds, whether poor or rich, living in Orissa, India, or abroad, we are probably still blind.
In my humble opinion, politics is not fun,perhaps not lucrative as a profession, and its actions
are never reasonable within the power hungry humans known as political rivals. On the other hand, the rules of politics are very simple, involving either acceptable logic to control the intellectuals or
simple actions of benevolence to control the rational but undereducated mass.
With regards,
Markandeswar Panda
are never reasonable within the power hungry humans known as political rivals. On the other hand, the rules of politics are very simple, involving either acceptable logic to control the intellectuals or
simple actions of benevolence to control the rational but undereducated mass.
With regards,
Markandeswar Panda
March 07, 2006
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