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ANARCHISM

We cannot blame the ‘government’ alone, for selling us ‘flamboyant dreams’, by shrewdly disguising their ‘shady deals’ deep within.

(LOS ANGELES) - You are the ‘best judge’ in terms of how you should live, or how you may want to live your life on earth. No so-called ‘title baring interloper’ is qualified to ‘dictate terms’ on how you should be living life.

This earth has no ‘superior possession’ to any other ‘designated creature’, anymore than it has to you.

Rajan Zed invited to `World Economic Forum`

USA based Rajan Zed has taken up interfaith, religion, environment, Roma (Gypsies) and other causes all over the world.

(RENO, NV) - Distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, has been invited to participate in “World Economic Forum”.

`The Okapi and the Ghost-Frog`

Poetry review of historic children's tale.

(LOS ANGELES) - “THE OKAPI AND THE GHOST-FROG” saw daylight, as an inspiration from Edward Lear’s ever famous ‘Nonsense Poem’ initially published in 1871 ; “THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT”.

Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl named Janet Symonds - the daughter of Lear's friend and Poet ; John Addington Symonds, and his wife Catherine Symonds.

ART AID - Dubai Based Photographer Shows How

"Photography in hard areas has its challenges, but someone has to do it..." - Fahad Bhatti

(LONDON) - In today’s world the role of humanitarian aid agencies and the need to effectively highlight the impact of their projects has become crucial and as a consequence so has the role of photographers who work alongside documenting the crisis and steps taken to aid the needy.

At a time of global recession with governments budgeting and less donors, disasters haven’t lessened, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Major Lecture on BEING DIFFERENT, Chicago

This is the final part of my lecture series in Chicago this summer. Earlier I had sent out the videos of my other events during that trip.

(PRINCETON, NJ) - While my recent book has been discussed in numerous forums, each talk takes on a flavor depending on the specific audience.

The talk in the above link was before an audience of well informed Indian Americans dedicated to their dharmic tradition.

Professional Fireworks to Mark Diwali in Canada`s City of London

Diwali, which falls on November 13 this year, aims at dispelling the darkness and lighting up the lives and symbolizes the victory of good over evil.

(RENO, NV) - Hindu festival of lights Diwali will be celebrated with professional fireworks display in Canada’s city of London (Ontario) this year, reportedly for the first time.

In addition to Hindus of India-Nepal-Bhutan-Caribbean-Sri Lanka-Canada descent; Sikhs and area non-Hindus are also expected to participate.

How Far Can Your Freedom Go?

Free will and giving it up do not contradict each other; they always reciprocally protect one another.

(MADRID) - German writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe once explained that if someone who in the name of liberty gives up being one’s true self, then it is like that person is committing suicide.

A certain type of ethic, which gives as a good standard a double morality in many areas of human existence, is spreading like a deadly narcotic.

American Values

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance. --Samuel Butler

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - In a eulogy for American poet Robert Frost, John F. Kennedy said:

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

Random Acts: the Man from Iron Mountain... Up In Michigan

There's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ~Scott Adams

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - The year was 1959. We were driving, in fact moving, my wife and I and our two small boys, from Edmonton to Toronto.

Second day out, in Manitoba, we pulled into a rest area a few miles from Portage La Prairie.

British `Channel 4` labeled `highly irresponsible` for `Big Fat Gypsy Weddings`

Television was a powerful medium and it could have been used in a more positive and educative way voicing European Roma apartheid.

(RENO, NV) - Hindus have blamed “Channel 4” of United Kingdom for acting highly irresponsibly in its smash hit documentary series “Big Fat Gypsy Weddings”.

They say it resulted in adding more misery to the lives of already maltreated European Gypsy (Roma) community.