BREAKING: Tollywood actress Shweta Kumari arrested by NCB

I heard it on the Panorama album by Amanaska a long time ago and just reheard it at the beginning of Shook by Raja Kumari.
I imagine it is from a sample pack similar to what Axel Thesleff used in Bad Karma. Any ideas?

Those who can read hindi- https://www.aajtak.in/crime/news/story/bihar-minor-rape-and-murder-case-motihari-police-take-action-viral-video-1204037-2021-02-07
For rest I will google translate it.
After the incident, a video of the father of the deceased girl, seeking justice, went viral. After watching this video, Motihari SP Naveen Chandra Jha took action in the case and suspended the head of the police station on charges of negligence and started investigating the case.
In Motihari, Bihar, a minor girl was murdered 15 days ago after being raped. It is alleged that after this incident, the accused after forcibly applying pressure, burnt the body of the child by putting kerosene and salt. Not only this, an FIR was not even registered in the local police station for this matter for several days. The deceased and his family were residents of Nepal. RJD has described this incident as 'Hathras incident' of Bihar.
Motihari SP took action
After this incident, a video of the father of the deceased girl pleading for justice went viral. After watching this video, Motihari SP Naveen Chandra Jha took action in the case and suspended the head of the police station on charges of negligence and started investigating the case. An audio clip between the police station and the accused went viral and he was accused of conniving with the accused for not registering an FIR for 11 days in the case.
On the other hand, on this issue, the opposition party has said that this incident is like Hathras scandal. The government has failed in the matter of law and order. RJD has tweeted on this issue.
What is the matter
A minor girl was murdered in Motihari 15 days ago due to rape. A video of the deceased's father pleading for justice reached SP Naveen Chandra Jha. Investigation of the video revealed that the said video is related to a person named Bahadur, who lives in Nepal. According to the information, Bahadur used to work hard with his family in Motihari living on rent in the house of a person named Sah. On January 21, Bahadur and his wife went out to work as a ferry. Her 12-year-old daughter Kumari was alone at home. When the minor's brother came home, he saw that his sister was lying in a bloody condition. In a hurry he informs the father and then they take the girl to the hospital. But the doctors there declared the girl dead.
Dead bodies lit up in the dark of night
It is being told that in the meantime, the people of the house of the accused landlord, under pressure, told Bahadur that if you do not burn the dead body then the same will happen for you and your family. After which at around 12 o'clock, the dead body of the dead girl was burnt by putting kerosene and salt in a deserted place. Also, the victim's family was threatened not to file a case.
If you want audio clip- https://twitter.com/BiharTakChannel/status/1358445423703150599
If you want video clip then head over to /IndianPublicFreakout

Okay, so for context, I live in an extended family and I am south asian. So, there is this organisation called brahma kumaris and my aunt has been a long time follower of it. For the past few years, I have been noticing some red flags in this peaceful organization. They say that the world is only five thousand years old, disregarding any scientific proof. And my aunt, despite being highly educated and cracking civil services exams twice, buys into that shit. Moreover they are also preaching that the world is ending and if you don't join their organisation, you will be reborn at a horrible time while their followers will get a ticket to heaven. They tell their followers to not eat onion and garlic, which is commonplace in some households in my country, but these people take it a step further and say that you shouldn't eat the food prepared by your own relatives because apparently non believers have too much of a negative energy around them. Heck, they have convinced so many people to leave their jobs/ education to join this sect because the world is ending anyways so what's the fucking use?
Apart from that, these people encourage others to remain celibate and if you are married, don't have kids. View your spouse as your sibling. My mom and aunt have bickered about this but I am afraid that my dad might turn into a brainwashed follower. He has been going through a rough phase. She always preaches to me and my brother about how we need to remain celibate/not get married. I am an asexual panromantic. I feel that her attempts of indoctrination has instilled a sense of guilt/shame in my head, whenever I catch feelings for someone, my conscience tears me apart.
I feel that she has been brainwashed. Because once we were in a car and she Literally kept on repeating 'this is the dark ages' for like an hour.
I have done some research on this organisation/asked around and all my friends have explained the same situation.
So, this is a sort of vent. That's it.

Before starting this discussion, I want to give a shout out to all the members who have joined this sub over the past few weeks. It feels really glad to know that some of you have been recommending this sub to people publicly and privately. Like this sub's founder mod u/finessedace mentioned a few days back, we are eager to see more activity in the posts and comments sections, but again, that really doesn't mean that we want low-effort one line replies just to bounce the numbers. Anyway, I hope that as a community, we will keep moving forward with your support and participation.
Let's look at the major national news stories from last week; also besides the following titles please feel free to add any news topics that you feel would be worthy of discussion in the comments:

1. The ministerial cabinet decides to implement a Social Media Usage law, which will be used to dictate how Nepali citizens can use the social media; it will also have provisions to punish people with prison terms and fines (Source)
2. The government puts prominent CPN youth leader Ram Kumari Jhankri from her house in police custody for insulting the President; amidst widespread condemnation by opposition parties and the public, she is released in the same evening (Source)
3. Department of Immigration announces that it is working on a law that will make it mandatory for women below the age of 40 to seek approval from the local ward and consent from male members of the family for travelling alone in destinations where there are no proven relatives; after widespread condemnation, the department issues a clarification that it was just a proposal and is meant for travelling in what they term to be risky destinations like the Middle East and Africa and aims to curb human trafficking. (Source)
4. Telecom regulator plans to invest Rs1 billion to filter ‘harmful’ internet content (Source)
5. Government says that the long delayed Nijgadh airport will be built by the country's own resources (Source)
6. Nepal Telecom’s profit down by 33 percent compared to the same period of the past year; Telecom says that cheap data rate and low interest rates by banks are to blame (Source)

Maybe I'm just posting from a position of incredible luck, but these black Friday ticket pulls have been some of the best free ticket pulls for me since these types of events have been a thing. My intention is not to brag but to show genuine appreciation for the fact that these pulls have erased some of the mountains of salt from previous pulls that were 95% dupe fests. I feel like progress is being made for my collection.
 
While nothing I got is a super op relic (at least not to my knowledge) this is the first time where nearly everything I got was new, not dupes, and still leaned heavily toward 6* . This to me is the highlight of the 3 x 5* format. I'd love to see this type return versus the the other types. Here is what I ended up with:
 
Sync: Ultimecia, Maria, Ignis.
 
Awakening: Palom, Gogo (vi), Rapha, Josef, Kumari.
 
Arcane overstrike: Zied, Delita, Refia, Serah, Onion,
 
Glint+ : Ingus.
 
Got a bunch of new usb and osb too but seems less relevant to go through them. How did you guys do and what are your thoughts?

Hey guys,
Like many of you, I too am utterly disappointed with the decision IB has taken. The stone-hearted Siva Kumari and her slaves at the IBO HQ did not account for the students' mental health, physical health, preparedness, and consent for the examinations. Users like u/Granitejj have been very helpful in providing information from time to time and we salute you, kind sir. All of this was done so that IBO could earn the money they lost in 2020, just like everybody. However, not everyone compromises their co-workers' health or their family's health, unlike IBO who wanted their 86 million dollars and they are doing that by compromising children's lives, which is simply not the solution. Thus, they decided that the 30% who cannot have exams be freed from this dilemma - sorry: diploma ahead of time, while the other 70% will struggle. They will struggle to polish IAs and prep for exams at the same time, all while the other 30% enjoy with a bottle of champagne in their bathrobes, watching the students slowly burn and being thankful they weren't there. (This isn't an attack to the 30% btw. Sorry if y'all took it that way) But anyway, to the 70%, whether exams happen or not, we are all in this together. As my TOK teacher at school says if you look at it from a point of view, even an enemy can become your best friend, so as long as you approach it the right way. Make the textbooks your best friends (Can't wait for the bot to pop up LMAO). No matter, whether you pass the exams or not, defer or write, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Everything is an opportunity in disguise, one must know when to take it. Obviously, health and family come first, so please don't engage in all-nighters trying to study the one chapter you forgot to study right before the paper. Your family will always be by your side and will support you, no matter what they believe in, so find comfort in them. In the end, I would like to quote the great Michael Scott ""You Miss 100% of the shots you don't take"- Wayne Gretzky". We'll get through this and we'll show IB that pandemic or not, we'll give our best shot at this and perform the ultimate sike on them when we graduate. On the plus side, even a pandemic couldn't stop IB students from getting 40s.
Yours truly,
Struggling IB student

It would be unfair to place the entire blame for alcoholism in India at Bollywood’s door. But there appears to be an undeniable complicity.
Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor was devastatingly handsome, charming, and urbane – a trailblazer who made a quantum leap from Bollywood to Western and parallel cinema, and whose crooked teeth bewitched millions with every imperfectly perfect smile.
He was also a raging alcoholic.
On 4 December 2017, he died at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai after initially being admitted for a “chest infection”.
The Shashi Kapoor who died was not that same strapping hero whom most remember in his films. For years, he endured a “long battle” with liver cirrhosis, as well as kidney failure.
Aseem Chhabra writes in the biography Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, The Star that Kapoor’s drinking problem began to spiral after the death of his wife Jennifer Kendal in 1984. The actor’s “domestic staff would bring refills as soon as his glass emptied out. He wouldn’t even have to ask… by the end of lunch, he would be quite sozzled.”
According to the biography, Kapoor drank up to a bottle of vodka per day.
Officially, Kapoor’s cause of death was cited as “liver cirrhosis” – a condition that leaves the organ incapable of purifying blood and more susceptible to subsequent illnesses.
I’m not sure what passes through most people’s minds when they hear the word “cirrhosis”. As a physician, I think immediately of the patients I have seen hospitalized with some of its worst consequences: liver cancer or life-threatening bleeding from engorged veins below the throat. When you’ve watched enough people vomit blood to their deaths, cirrhosis stops being an obscure medical term in gastroenterology and becomes a horrific cause of death.
Of course, none of this was mentioned in the numerous articles written in the wake of his passing, which focused more on his celebrated career than his sorry demise.
Alcohol abuse, plain and simple, is the most common cause of cirrhosis in India. The country adds 10 lakh new patients diagnosed with the disease every year, accounting for nearly one-fifth of the global death toll due to a largely preventable condition.
Yet Shashi Kapoor’s death wrought no battle cry to raise awareness of alcoholism. Deaths from suicide or lung cancer frequently spark national conversations about mental health or tobacco use respectively. Why is alcohol abuse so different?
Despite being no stranger to addiction behind the camera, Bollywood’s depiction of alcoholism onscreen throughout the years has been shallow at best.
From as early as Rajesh Khanna in Kati Patang, who eventually died of liver cancer after decades of alcohol abuse, or Dharmendra in Sholay, who later revealed his real-life drinking problem destroyed his career while promoting Yamla Pagla Deewana 2, classic Bollywood films frequently glorified a hero who drowns his sorrow in drink.
If it comes as a shock that Rajesh Khanna’s cancer was entirely due to his drinking problem, don’t feel bad – as usual, nobody talked about it.
Behind the scenes, Bollywood often scrambled to hide the vices of its stars, particularly among its women, at a time when drinking was taboo. After years of heavy alcohol abuse, tragedy queen Meena Kumari’s poor health became so visibly apparent that the entire song sequence for “Chalo Dildar Chalo” from Pakeezah (1972) was reportedly shot in a way that would hide her face from the camera lest the public realize the extent of her addiction. She died of liver cirrhosis within weeks of the film’s release.
Similarly, popular singer Geeta Dutt died of cirrhosis at the young age of 41 after alcohol had ravaged her liver. When Dutt missed recording appointments (opening more doors of opportunity to the Mangeshkar sisters) or could not go on stage because of her inebriation, excuses were fabricated to hide her addiction from fans. The irony of Meena Kumari lip-synching Geeta Dutt’s booze-induced plea “Na Jao Saiyan” from Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam still haunts the ugly history of alcoholism in Bollywood.
But our society has evolved and so have our films. India has long shed its reputation as a nation of teetotallers. Women who drink, once relegated in classic Bollywood movies to scandalous, cringeworthy hiccups after each sip, are now allowed to keep up with (and outshine) the alcohol tolerance of their male counterparts.
Bohemian beauty Parveen Babi flaunted her drinks with insouciance in hit films Deewar and Namak Halal, helping usher in a new age of liberalisation for young women. When she died in 2005, a past marred by real-life alcohol and drug addiction resurfaced.
One of the most well-known cases of behind-the-scenes addiction is comeback actor Sanjay Dutt, whose alcoholism is said to have forced a split with his first girlfriend, actor Tina Munim. His stark tale of addiction is most notable for its unusual twist – he actually sought rehabilitation in the United States in the early 1980s. To his credit, Dutt has recently discussed plans to open rehabilitation centers in India for those who cannot afford treatment abroad.
While Dutt remains among the very few who have openly sought help, rumors continue to fly of the drinking problems of other major stars, including Shah Rukh Khan, Suzanne Roshan, Arjun Rampal, and Sonam Kapoor.
Today, films demonstrate that drinking is not merely glamorous, but de rigeur in modern social spheres of any class.
Top-billed heroines Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone carry guilt-free drinks in their hands just as casually as their cellphones, without any obligatory scenes of subsequent shame (debauchery, of course, is optional).
Blockbusters now routinely feature a club or bar scene complete with a catchy, raucous dance number that make the days of Helen’s drunk “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja” from Caravan seem laughably tame. Recently, music producer turned singer Honey Singh helped usher in an era of Bollywood music that goes beyond praising the simple pleasures of intoxication. His hit “Chaar Botal Vodka” from Ragini MMS 2 celebrates binge-drinking, a dangerous theme recurrent in his music and his personal life. After an 18-month hiatus from the music industry, Singh disclosed his struggle with alcohol addiction and bipolar disorder.
Last September, Shashi Kapoor’s own great-nephew and modern-day heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor discussed having an alcohol addiction with Vogue India in the aftermath of his breakup with actor Katrina Kaif. “I have seen it in my family, I have seen it go the wrong way,” he said. “So I'm aware I have a drinking problem.”
This profound moment of maturity and self-realization is buried deep within the article. Vogue quickly glossed over the rare opportunity for impactful discourse, but not before assuring the reader: “For the record, the beverage of choice is a cold draught beer.”
A cold draught beer?
The most important follow-up to that revelation was unequivocally not which drink Kapoor likes to binge on. This fun fact feels strangely like an affirmation, as if instructing the reader on what next to order at the bar in order to become a cool alcoholic a là Ranbir Kapoor.
Again, this is not wholly surprising from a country which was able to quickly forgive, forget, and worship an actor like Salman Khan who was found guilty for killing a man in 2002 while drunk driving (he was later acquitted of charges).
After all, someone’s drinking problem is not a real issue (c’mon, it’s just for fun), and even if it is, it doesn’t affect other people, right?
Wrong.
Alcohol abuse is a major public health concern in India. Approximately 1/3 of domestic violence incidents occur while intoxicated, and a whopping 60% of all emergency room visits involve alcohol.
Consumption of alcohol is highly politicised, and a hot election issue in many states. In Tamil Nadu last year, the now-deceased former chief minister J. Jayalalitha began to shut down hundreds of liquor stores in the public sector in a move that many believed would pave the way to complete prohibition. A ban on alcohol in Kerala was reversed earlier this year when the Left Democratic Front defeated the previously prohibitionist government. Several other states have experimented similarly. Drinking is currently banned in Gujarat, Nagaland, and most recently Bihar. The state of Gujarat, in fact, has gone so far as to impose a death penalty for moonshine.
Yet despite multiple attempts by state governments to curb it, alcohol abuse is rising rapidly. In the last 20 years, consumption in India has increased over 55%, one of the fastest rates in the world. And a majority of Indian drinkers meet criteria for “hazardous drinking”.
It would be unfair to place the entire blame for India’s drinking problem at Bollywood’s door.Yet there appears to be an undeniable complicity.
A study released in 2012 demonstrated that Indian adolescents aged 12-16 who were exposed to alcohol consumption in Bollywood films were almost three times more likely to drink than those who were not.
Is it actually surprising then that the average age of drinking initiation has dropped from 19 years old to 13 years old in the last 20 years?
When art mimics life and life mimics art so fluidly, how do we know where to start dismantling the romance of alcoholism?
The complete banning of alcohol consumption in films would be ludicrous, and would fan the dangerous flames of artistic censorship with which India is already struggling.
A better place to start would be a more holistic depiction of alcohol abuse in Bollywood films: Keep the lustre of getting tipsy with friends at parties and the hilarity of its use as a social lubricant, but also show the families who fracture from it, and the medical emergencies that alcohol can provoke.
Audiences deserve a balanced, realistic perspective somewhere in between the melodramatic trainwreck of Amitabh Bachchan in Sharaabi and the rosy naivety of Kangana Ranaut in Queen.
If only alcohol were like tobacco. Unlike drinking, smoking is categorically harmful to health and increases mortality. And cancer is a scary word we can all get behind, a serious and common outcome of cigarette smoking. Because of this, the government controversially passed a smoking ban in Bollywood films that was effective (more or less) from 2005 to 2009.
Yes, the move failed spectacularly, but the message was clear: Smoking kills, and we need to do whatever we can to try to stop it.
Alcohol, however, is far more nuanced. In moderation, alcohol is perfectly acceptable, socially and physiologically (well, usually). In fact, research has demonstrated the health benefits of moderate amounts of red wine. But defining the limits to moderation is where things become murky, and recognizing the signs of addiction plays a key role.
To make matters worse, the transition from being social drinker to having a drinking problem carries all the baggage and stigma of a mental health issue that tends to be ignored, downplayed, or villainised.
So perhaps that is why when a legend like Shashi Kapoor dies from the consequences of alcohol abuse, we like to shrug it off.
If we continue to polarise alcohol addiction toward flippancy or toward shame, the numbers of Indians dying from it will continue to rise.
Sadly, like many banes of modern medicine, cirrhosis is preventable but not curable. An easy vehicle of escapism, alcohol abuse has emerged as a critical public health concern in India that we are falling precariously short of addressing. In one of Shashi Kapoor’s beloved Bollywood hits, Sharmilee, he plays an army officer whose romantic misadventure drives him to alcoholism. He sings tearfully:
“Ab toh karo kuchh aisa yaaro, hosh naa hum ko aaye.”
[“Now do something, friends, so that I don’t return to my senses.”]
How tragic that his wish came true.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/trishapasricha/what-shashi-kapoors-death-says-about-indias-drinking-problem

So, I'm leaning the new Events for the TOS-Now and Then saga, and I have no idea how to complete the "Rescue the Crew" event. I sent in ships with a Hull busting crew of Krell, Mara and Gorkon but get only 100 or so points for it. My strongest ship is my Kumari with a strength around 475K so I'm unable to give the ships in the Pandosia system (3 mill+) much of a dent.
Am I using the correct ship? Am I missing in the instructions what I should be doing? Any guidance would help at this point.

This one reads a bit too much like Sacred Games
WHAT THE BRAHMA KUMARIS DON’T WANT THE UNITED NATIONS TO KNOW
First Few Paras:
The Brahma Kumaris have, to date, largely been able to slip underneath the radar of New Religious Movement or Cult Watch groups. This is partly due to their passive front but largely because of their secrecy and highly centralised structure of control. Secrecy and control especially over its actual mediumistic teachings given to mass séances at its India headquarters. Teachings which the rest of humanity have “intellects too impure” to understand.
The Brahma Kumaris have, for decades, exploited a heavily invested but superficial relationship with the United Nations for the sake of their credibility and to gain access to politicians and VIPs.
It seems strange that an organization whose leaders teach that their followers will bring about the “Destruction” of the world, including the death of 6 Billion “impure” human beings by nuclear holocaust, should be accepted by the United Nations.
The Brahma Kumari teachings have, for 70 years, clearly and specifically stated, that the Brahma Kumaris will “give courage” or inspire the scientists to detonate the nuclear devices in order to “purify” an “impure” humanity, so that they – the Brahma Kumari leadership – might rule as emperors of a heaven on earth for 2,500 years.
Indeed, according to original documents held in the British Library, in its first decade, the Brahma Kumari leadership actually wrote to political and military leaders exhorting them to enact martial law and practise scorched earth.
“This letter is not about BK philosophies but rather their values. Whether the cycle is 5000 years long, is neither here nor there, but the way I was taught to feel and perceive my concerns, doubtless the two are connected. My observations and concerns about the Brahma Kumaris have built up over the last few years and if none of you knew how I was feeling despite the many years I’ve known you, well what does that show about the organisation? How can an organisation call itself your family if it knows nothing about you? For twenty odd years, I was unable to talk to my father because he was someone that needed to be served or saved. If he were lucky enough he would get a ticket to heaven just because he knew of me or us”, (his mother was a member, his father wasn’t, the parents were divorced. The Brahma Kumaris have a 70 years record of breaking families); “can you imagine trying to make small talk with your own father as a child because he was some kind of “Shudra”. (Shudra is the word that the Brahma Kumaris use for non-Brahma Kumaris it comes from the Indian which means untouchable. All other human beings are untouchables to the Brahma Kumaris. It’s used with the same sort of influence as perhaps nigger would be used in current society).
“And now to look back and see that I had a father but in my own head I didn’t, how much did I miss? When my parents split up because of Raja Yoga what did the seniors do for me then? Did they hold me when I cried? I might have been given an apple, although I am sure that I’d rather have had my parents back. As a BK child I was bullied at school and I found I had no ability to deal with people or confrontation. All I could do was cry and my mother would have to sort it out. I had no ability to socialise with people. That made me very lonely. I could never have any close friends and when I told other school children about the end of the world I was ridiculed for years after. Childhood in general was very mixed up for me. I do believe that it is for many Brahma Kumaris children. On one level it was taken away from me. I was told “you are an old soul” a-84 birth. People thought that I was like an old man when I was 12 and the responsibility of the world was placed on my shoulders. Let alone that of saving my own father it was not fair to give the children this kind of superiority complex and burden and yet treat them as children. Then again we were never allowed to grow up. For example my sister was always “the angel” until she became a teenager and fell from grace in the eyes of the others. However could she love herself when she could see herself changing from being a perfect angel to a menstruating, acne riddled teenager?”
You may not be aware of this, the BK actually believe they are becoming angels. They believe that all the memorials in history, all the renaissance paintings of angels are pictures of them. That through their practice they are actually going to become angels of light, saving the world. I am not using these words metaphorically they actually believe this.
[...]

Hindustan extended from present day turkey to Indonesia and Japan.
Benzeiten is the Japanese goddess of learning. That is our saraswathi. Benten in Japan is our brahma. Read about this on Wikipedia if you like.
The Kushan empire, based out of present day Afghanistan was one of the mightiest known to man. They occupied the same areas mentioned earlier. But they came later.
Semula was an island continent about 300 miles off the east coast of India. This was the site of the epic war between Shri Ram and Ravan. The war did not happen in Lanka.
Lanka was 20–30 miles away from Semula separated by sea. It was not more than that because periodically the parties would eyeball each other.
The present day Lanka is one small portion that is left over after Semula went beneath the waters in a cataclysmic volcanic eruption.
This Semula (or kumari kandan or Lemuria) is the same place known later as Atlantis that Greek philosopher Plato mentioned.
However, Plato did not discover this. He heard the story from another Greek, Solon. He too is not the original source.
Solon heard about it from Egyptian priests.
The Egyptians were land lubbers. Their sea going adventures were limited to the Nile and minor forays into the Red Sea.
So the priests heard this from Indian traders of that era. Indian traders built their ships out of teakwood. So these did not rot in salt water. They sailed the world and populated the areas of south and North America.
Look at the incas, Mayas and red indians. They are all brown skinned Indians. The swastika symbol is common all over South America. The temples in Mecca destroyed by Mohammad in 600–700 AD were all Hindu temples.
Before the Kushan line around 5000 BC came the Harappa civilization. By the way Mohenjodaro built at the same time was not a fancy touristy place. It was merely a place of burying dead bodies. There isn't even a semblance of living arrangements in that area. You conducted ceremonies and then cremated the dead in that place. Then you went elsewhere. The name Mohenjodaro is itself a clue. It means “mound of the dead”.
So that is the story. Or at least a bit of it.
And where is the rest of it you may ask. I'll share one more bit.
Suvarna Dwipa (sometimes spelt as Suvarnadvipa) is a term you come across often in ancient Indian literature. It means “The Golden Island”.
Our ancients had a tough time as it is making sure their knowledge was passed on to us.
Oral transmission to each generation worked to some extent. They sometimes painfully etched out granite stones with the highlights of their times.
Typically they left clues on their monuments and prayed that future idiots (me; you;) will decipher WTF they were communicating.
So ancient Indians would not invent grandiose words like this unless it meant something.
It does.
I will tell you about SD. Very briefly.
For reasons that I may share later Garuda (Shri Vishnu’s preferred ride) was extremely hungry. He was holding on to something when Hanuman set fire to the original Lanka. Garuda let go of what he was grabbing with his beak.
It turned to gold.
The heat of Hanuman’s pyrotechnics melted it. 1/3 rd of Lanka got covered in molten gold. That portion of the land sank beneath the waters.
Hanuman most definitely did not care about gold. Mortals living in that era did.
They may have attempted to retrieve the gold. On the day when they knew that their time on earth was over, they passed on that information to subsequent generations.
And that is the origin of the word Suvarna Dwipa.
Jai Shree Ram

February 13, 2021 at 02:24AM
https://www.a108.net/blogs/entry/36124-come-with-me-to-navadvipa/
Come with me to Navadvipa
Shrila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaj Murwillumbah, Australia: Feb.14, 2002 Gosvami Shri Shrimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja [A Discourse on Jaiva Dharma] Try to come with me to Navadvipa-dhama. In Godruma-kunja, full of flowers, creepers, cuckoos and others birds, there was a bhajana-kutira named Pradyumna-kunja. In that very lonely place on the bank of Ganges and Sarasvati, Paramahamsa Premadasa Babaji performed his bhajana. Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written that Premadasa Babaji was the siksa-disciple of Pradyumna Brahmacari, but he has not written the name of the Babaji's diksa-guru. Usually the name of one's diksa-guru is written, but because Premadasa Babaji's siksa-guru was higher than his diksa-guru, Thakura Bhaktivinoda has not done so. Shrila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami had a bona fide diksa-guru, but he is particularly known as Svarupera-Raghu, the Raghunatha dasa of his siksa-guru, Shrila Svarupa Damodara Gosvami. Svarupa Damodara Gosvami is a very high-class paramahamsa and an eternal associate of Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Radha-Krsna Conjugal. He is Lalita-sakhi. He is therefore more powerful than Raghunatha dasa Gosvami's diksa-guru, Yadunandana Acarya, and he was therefore more prominent in his life. In a similar way, Shrila Thakura Bhaktivinoda has given the name of Premadasa Babaji's siksa-guru. Premadasa Babaji was known as 'Paramahamsa Babaji' and Pradyumna Brahmacari was known as 'Brahmacari.' The title 'paramahamsa' is higher in rank then that of the brahmacari, and therefore we can only imagine what kind of brahmacari became of guru of a paramahamsa. Nowadays, everyone wants to be known as gosvami, paramahamsa, parivrajaka, and so on, but Pradyumna Brahmacari never wanted that. Devotees like Shrila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura kept their family name, but they are more than paramahamsa. If the diksa-guru and siksa-guru are both on the same level, we can honor them to the same extent. On the other hand, if one of them is superior, we have to give that guru more respect. For example, my Gurudeva is nitya-lila-pravista om visnupada Shri Shrimad Bhaktiprajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja. If my siksa-gurus are Shrila Rupa Gosvami and Shrila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, I will have to give more honor to them. First I must give honor to my Gurudeva, because he has dragged me from family life and he has supported and nourished me in bhakti, but if my siksa-gurus are Rupa Gosvami, Cakravarti Thakura, or Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Rupa Manjari, I will have to give more respect to them. One must first offer pranama to his diksa-guru, and, if his diksa-guru is a high-class Vaisnava and the disciple feels greatly indebted to him, then he must also give all honor to his diksa-guru. In some cases, however, as here in Jaiva Dharma, Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has only given the name of Premadasa Babaji's siksa-guru. The diksa-guru should be served by the process of arcana. Although sastra has said, 'visrambhena-guru-seva; one must serve the guru with a sense of intimacy,' you may commit some offences if you attempt this at your stage. When you come to the level of spontaneous devotional service, then you can do visrambhena-guru-seva. Otherwise, you will have to show that gurudeva respect, awe, and reverence. On the other hand, the siksa-guru can be seen as one's own heart, and the siksa-disciple can even joke with him. I used to joke with my Shrila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaja. Sitting on the same seat, we used to laugh together. I never sat on the same level with my Gurudeva on my own accord, but sometimes he ordered me to serve him in that way, sitting on his bed or on a nearby chair as we worked on so many things together. I did so on his order, but I always felt a sense of awe and respect. With ones siksa-guru, on the other hand, there is so much joking and telling of everything that in ones heart. There is nothing to hide, and the siksa-guru will reveal truths about Radha and Krsna that we cannot always discuss with our diksa-guru. If anyone is very advanced, he can also act in that way with his diksa-guru, but such a disciple is very rare. As Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has given the name of Premadasa Babaji's siksa-guru in bhagavata-parampara, we should try to accept that bhagavata-parampara given by our acaryas. Shrila Kavi Karnapura was the first to give the list of these bhagavat-parampara gurus; then Shri Baladeva Vidyabhusana, then Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, and then, especially, Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Prabhupada. Premadasa Babaji Maharaja was very learned and perfect in all sastras, like the Vedas, Upanisads, Puranas, Brahma-sutra, Mahabharata, Ramayana, and Caitanya-caritamrta, and he was also expert in the books of the Gosvamis, like Ujjvala Nilamani, Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Brhad-bhagavatmrta, and Sat-sandarbha. Try to follow Premadasa Babaji, and then you can be pure devotees. He chanted two lakhs of harinama every day without any fail. He not only chanted one, two, or three rounds. He chanted 128 rounds, and that is equivalent to two lakhs of harinama. Moreover, he was not only chanting two lakhs names, but he was also serving the six Gosvamis in the following ways: sankhya-purvaka-nama-gana-natibhih kalavasani-krtau nidrahara-viharakadi-vijitau catyanta-dinau ca yau radha-krsna-guna-smrter madhurimanandena sammohitau vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau ["I worship the Six Gosvamis, who passed their time in chanting the holy names, singing songs, and offering dandavat-pranama, thereby humbly fulfilling their vow to complete a fixed number daily. In this way they utilized their valuable lives and conquered over eating and sleeping. Always meek and humble and absorbed in the highest bliss, they were enchanted by remembering Shri Radha-Krsna's sweet pastimes." (Shri Sad-Gosvamyastakam by Shrila Shrinivasa Acarya)] Besides his two lakhs of harinama, he engaged himself for hours each day in offering dandavat pranama, falling down like a stick at the feet of all the associates of Radha-Krsna and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He offered similar dandavat pranama to Vrndavana, Navadvipa-dhama and Jagannatha Puri, and to all the pastime places there. Besides this, he used to do madhukari at the gopa-grha (homes of the cowherd families), begging only a little milk or some chapatis from the residents and thinking those places as part of Nandagaon. He never spoke any 'chatter-patter.' Rather, he spent the rest of his time reading Prema-Vivarta. He was not reading Bhagavad-gita or Caitanya-caritamrta, but Prema-Vivarta of Shri Jaganananda Pandita, which was full with rasa. If a rasagula is squeezed, rasa continually flows out, and similarly, every line of Prema-Vivarta is full of rasa. While reading, Premadasa Babaji used to weep bitterly, with tears in his eyes, and his bodily hairs stood on end. Many Vaisnavas used to come to hear him speak from that book, and he used to explain Shrimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta, Brahmara-gita, Gopi-gita and other topics of krsna-katha by using it as his reference. One day, at about 3.00 in the afternoon, Premadasa Babaji had completed his rounds and was reading Prema-Vivarta while drinking from the ocean of bhava and prema - love and affection. At that time an ekadandi-sannyasi came and fell flat at his lotus feet. There are two kinds of sannyasis: ekadandi and tridandi. Our parampara is a tridandi sampradaya, and he was from the ekadandi Sankara Sampradaya. Such persons are mayavadi. They think that brahma is undifferentiated oneness, whereas tridandi means that by our mind, senses and words, we engage in the service of Krsna. Tri means three, and therefore tridandi also means the acceptance of sakti, saktiman and jiva. Krsna is saktiman, Radhika is sakti, and in this connection jivas are all the souls who serve them in madhurya-rasa. These three are also in the seed mantra 'klim.' They are fully present in klim, in a seed form. Believing that all are brahma, mayavadis carry take one danda. Nityananda Prabhu once took the ekadanda of Mahaprabhu, broke it into three, and threw it into the river. He was teaching us, "Don't take one danda; take three dandas." He also taught that although it is necessary for us to carry the weight of a danda, there is no need for Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to do so. When that sannyasi arrived, Babaji was not in his external consciousness. He was totally engaged in a mood of serving Radha and Krsna and Mahaprabhu. He was in antardasa, trance or samadhi, and he could not see that a sannyasi had fallen down like a rod at his lotus feet, doing sastanga-pranama to him for some time. When he finally returned to external consciousness and saw the sannyasi, Paramahamsa Babaji also began to do pranama to him, calling out, "Ha Nityananda, ha Caitanya. Please sprinkle your mercy upon this wretched person." Then, folding his palms, that sannyasi said, "I am so fallen and full of anarthas. Why are speaking in that way and cheating me of your mercy? Please don't cheat me." Babaji Maharaja then gave him an asana made of banana leaves. He himself was sitting on such an asana, and he gave the same to the sannyasi and told him, "O Sannyasi Thakura, what service I can do for you?" The sannyasi replied, "I am very unfortunate." When a sisya goes to his Gurudeva to take initiation, he should behave as Sannyasi Thakura behaved towards his Gurudeva. Folding his hands he said, "I am a very high class of ekadandi sannyasi. I've very thoroughly read the sastras containing the six philosophies: sankhya, patanjala, nyaya, vaisesika, purva-mimamsa and uttara-mimamsa." In India there are six kinds of philosophy, and Sannyasi Thakura was perfect in them all. He was accustomed to speak in Sanskrit, and he had studied Brahma-sutra, the Upanisads, and Vedanta-sutra. Sannyasi Thakura said, "I was in Kasi, Varanasi, wasting so much time in tarka and vitarka, logic and argument. I practiced chanting, 'All are brahma,' and I practiced the belief that brahma is nirvisesa, we are all pratibimba, reflections, of that brahma, and in the end we'll mix in and become brahma. And I used to try to prove this by logic. Twelve years ago I took sannyasa from Saccidananda Sarasvati and I roamed in all the holy places of Kanya Kumari in the South, in Badarikasrama and Kedaranatha in the South, in Dvaraka in West, in Jagannatha Puri, and here and there. During that time, I discussed with and defeated all those who came to question or challenge me." Sannyasi Thakura continued, "I have passed the three stages of sannyasa, namely kuticaka, bahudaka, and hamsa." Kuticaka means to remain in one place. After that, the sannyasi gives up that kutira, roams here and there, and drinks water from many different places. Hamsa means swan. As the swan can take the milk portion of water and leave the water, a hamsa sannyasi can differentiate between worldly things and that which is transcendental. He can differentiate between atma-tattva and anatma-tattva, what is the soul and what is this body (not soul, but inert matter). Sannyasi Thakura's idea was that this world is false, there is a soul within the body, and that soul is brahma. He told Paramahamsa Babaji, "I practiced chanting, 'Aham brahmasmi,' 'prajnanam-brahma,' and 'tat tvam asi.' I completed my sadhana of all these meditations, but I was not happy. I passed so many stages, but still I was not happy." Shri Vyasadeva was paramahamsa, but he was also not happy. Actually, he was the father of all paramahamsas and the forefather of all paramahamsas. He was a manifestation of Narayana Himself, but still he was not satisfied with what he has accomplished. Although he had realized all his Vedic literature, but still he lamented, "Why am I not gladdened?" Sannyasi Thakura is similarly lamenting to Paramahamsa Babaji. "One day," he said, "I saw a Vaisnava loudly singing, 'Shri Krsna Caitanya Prabhu Nityananda, Shri Advaita Gadadhara Shrivasadi Gaura Bhakta-vrnda.' He was weeping bitterly and rolling down on the ground. His eyes were full of tears and his hairs stood on end. Sometimes rolled on the ground, and sometimes she stood up and then again fell down. I had been practicing 'aham brahmasmi for twelve years,' but I had never felt what I felt that day, in a moment. I cannot explain to you how happy I became. At that time my bodily hair stood on end and tears also fell from my eyes. I wanted to go to him and offer prostrated obeisances at his lotus feet, but I thought, 'I am paramahamsa. Why should I go there?' I was stopped by my false ego and I could not go to him. I could not offer proper respect to him. Then, he went on his way and disappeared. "It was after he left that I realized, 'Fie on me. Fie on my paramahamsa-pada (position of paramahamsa). Why could I not go and take his foot dust?' I began to search for him, wondering, 'Where is that Vaisnava?' I realized that if after a moment's darsana I am so happy and overwhelmed by bhava, then how much greater he will be! I knew I should go to him as Vyasadeva went to Narada Rsi to hear from him how to have that happiness. I continued to search, but I could not find him. I then left Kasi, Varanasi, thinking, 'This class of Vaisnavas may be in Vrndavana, so I must go there. I went to Vrndavana, and there I went door-to-door, bhajana-kutira to bhajana-kutira, to the bank of Yamuna, to the lotus feet of Govardhana, Radha kunda and Syama-kunda. I searched everywhere, but I could not find him. "By roaming throughout these places, my sukrti increased. By passing through all these high class of pastime places of Krsna and seeing the Vaisnavas singing, dancing, hearing hari-katha, and hearing Shrimad-Bhagavatam classes here and there, I amassed vast sukrti." In Vrndavana, there are more temples than there are houses. Yamuna flows practically everywhere there, and birds like the cuckoos are singing, "Radhe Radhe." Even watchmen in various areas in the night are chanting, "Oh, Radhe Radhe." All the bumblebees are singing, "Radhe Radhe." And all the creepers and trees are singing, "Radhe Radhe." So he went there, and some transcendental impressions came in his heart. Sannyasi Thakura continued, "All the pure devotees in Vrndavana dhama were weeping due to feeling separation from Shrila Rupa Gosvami and Shrila Sanatana Gosvami. They were praying, 'O Rupa! O Sanatana! Vande rupa-sanatanau raghu-yugau sri-jiva-gopalakau.' Having entered the sweet pastimes of Krsna in trance, and having taken the names of Sacinandana Gaurahari and Patita-pavana Nityananda, all were weeping there. I did parikrama of the entire caurasi krosa (the 84x2mile or 128 mile area of) Vraja-mandala parikrama. "Upon my inquiry regarding that Vaisnava I'd seen in Kasi, a devotee told me, 'You can have darsana of a Vaisnava like this. Just go to Navadvipa.' I then journeyed here, visited the birthplace of Caitanya Mahaprabhu and other holy places, and everyone directed me to you. Thus, today I have taken your darsana." Sannyasi Thakura then began to weep. This is the process of going to bow down at the feet of gurudeva. Such a person can have a real guru, just as Krsna sent Sannyasi Thakura to a real guru. If you want to discuss with your mind and think, "I can select my guru," you will not be able to do so. If you want to have a siksa-guru or bhagavata-guru in bhagavata-parampara, pray to Krsna and try to follow the above-mentioned procedure. Premadasa Babaji is not different from Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, in the sense that Bhaktivinoda Thakura is not less than him. Thakura Bhaktivinoda was realizing all the events and highest moods in Jaiva Dharma in his trance, and then he wrote it down. Falling again at Premadasa Babaji's feet, Sannyasa Thakura now said, "I heard your glorification and I have thus come to you. I have surrendered my entire existence at your lotus feet and you are free to use me in your service in any way." This is the process. If you want to have an eternal guru and an eternal relationship with Krsna and Radhika and Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda Prabhu, you'll have to follow this process. Devotees in this process will not be weak. They cannot fall down. Lust cannot approach them, nor can worldly desires touch them. Give up all desires, today, with this vow: "I have given up all other interests. I want to serve Radha and Krsna totally." After Sannyasi Thakura completed his identification, Babaji Maharaja began to weep as He took a straw between his teeth and said. "I only pretend to be trnadapi sunicena (more humble than a blade of grass). O Sannyasi Thakura, I'm very unfortunate. I have wasted my time in filling my belly and chattering. It is true that I live in Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastime place, but I have not yet realized what is krsna-prema." It is stated in Shri Caitanya-caritamrta: na prema-gandho 'sti darapi me harau krandami saubhagya-bharam prakasitum vamsi-vilasy-anana-lokanam vina bibharmi yat prana-patangakan vrtha ["Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, 'My dear friends, I have not the slightest tinge of love of Godhead within My heart. When you see Me crying in separation, I am just falsely exhibiting a demonstration of My great fortune. Indeed, not seeing the beautiful face of Krsna playing His flute, I continue to live My life like an insect, without purpose.'" (Cc Madhya 2.45)] Shrimati Radhika Herself is saying this: "I have no krsna-prema; not even a scent of it. Sometimes I weep. I know I weep. Why? I do so only to show off to others that I have overwhelming love and affection for Krsna. Until now I've not taken His darsana. If I really had love and affection for Krsna, I would not have been able to remain alive in his separation. And yet I'm alive! The fish actually have great love and affection for water. The proof is that if they're taken out of it, they will die in a minute or two. Still, I'm not dying! Why am I not dying? Because My heart is made from a thunderbolt, without any krsna-prema." Babaji Maharaja similarly began to speak, "Though I live in a very high class of pastime place of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I don't know what is prema. You, on the other hand, told me that you felt this love and affection simply by seeing a Vaisnava for one moment. I have not realized this." Saying this he began to weep loudly and he embraced Sannyasi Maharaja. Seeing this, Sannyasi Thakura began to weep still more loudly. Tears continually fell from his eyes, and now even more feeling came than when he had seen that Vaisnava in Varanasi. Now he felt great love and affection for Krsna, and the hairs of his body stood on end. He realized that Premadasa Babaji was still more elevated than that devoted Vaisnava in Kasi. We have seen in Brhad-bhagavatamrta that when a young gopa of Govardhana was cowherding and he heard a voice, he could not decide whether the person whose voice he heard was weeping or singing. When he began to search for him, he saw a Vaisnava in the midst of a very thick grove, weeping bitterly. He was not singing, but he was weeping, "Radhe, Radhe! Radha Ramana Hari! Govinda Jaya Jaya!" Now, Sannyasi Thakura even more fully surrendered himself at the lotus feet of Premadasa Maharaja and said, "I have surrendered myself to you, so please be merciful to me. I am your eternal servant." A person who wants to be a disciple should be like Sannyasi Thakura, whether he is a grhastha or a renounced person like he was. When Shri Caitanya Mahaprabhu went to Gaya and met with Shri Isvara Puripada, Mahaprabhu said the same thing: "I have surrendered to you my life, my body, and everything I possess. Please do what is best for me. Now I'm not mine; I'm yours." He said this not only by his words, but by his heart and soul. If you follow the way in which Caitanya Mahaprabhu approached His Gurudeva, no one will be able to cheat you. Krsna will arrange for you to go to a very bona fide guru. Otherwise, Krsna will also cheat you. He will consider, "This person has some worldly desires. Let him go to a third class, cheating, bogus guru." Those who select their guru by their own intelligence fall into the trap of bogus gurus. On the other hand, for those who first surrender to Krsna and say, "Krsna, I've surrendered to You," Krsna will make arrangements. Krsna is caitya-guru. You should always know that you cannot cheat Him. He is always in your heart. He knows everything about you that you don't even know; so how can you cheat Him? You'll cheat yourself; not Krsna and guru and Vaisnava. If Gurudeva is bona fide, if he has surrendered to his guru and Radha and Krsna and Mahaprabhu and Nityananda, we should not try to hide anything from him. He is not a mortal being. Premadasa Babaji then said, "I wish that you remain here in my asrama. I want to associate with you." The Sannyasi Thakura replied, "I have surrendered myself to you. Not only for two or three days, or one or two years; I've surrendered to you for my whole life. I am your servant." From then on he stayed with Premadasa Babaji, and if we follow him, we will attain Krsna's mercy very soon. Guru's mercy will come to you, the mercy of the parampara will come, and you will become a high class of pure Vaisnava. We have not come to enjoy in this world. We have already engaged in sex enjoyment for lakhs and lakhs of births in various male and female forms. We will not be satisfied by that process. Don't go in that direction. If you are married, you and your husband or wife should serve Krsna together. If you are not married, then don't marry. Be like Sannyasi Thakura. If you cannot do so, then you can remain with one devotee. If the wife and husband remain together in Krsna consciousness, they are also like brahmacaris. There is no harm in that. But try to follow all the instructions elucidated in this chapter of Jaiva Dharma. Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has written everything in Jaiva Dharma with full realization, and he has invested all his life's realizations in each word. Jaiva Dharma is not the figment of his imagination. He wrote this literature as Vyasadeva wrote Shrimad-Bhagavatam. Shrila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami also did not write anything in Caitanya-caritamrta that is not real, but rather he wrote what he had seen in his trance. Shri Sanatana Gosvami has also written Brhad-bhagavatamrta in the same style as Jaiva Dharma, in the form of a discussion, and there is no part of it that is false. Pray to Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, "Om bhaktivinodaya svaha." By this process, he will reveal to you all the answers and realizations about his identity and his writings. [Devotee:] Gurudeva, what's the difference between a hamsa and a paramahamsa? [Shrila Narayana Maharaja:] A hamsa can differentiate. As a swan can take the milk portion of the water and leave the water, a hamsa sannyasi can differentiate between spiritual substance and maya, and he will reject maya. A paramahamsa, however, sees that everywhere there is only milk, milk, milk. There is no water at all. Moreover, if there is water, the paramahamsa can turn it into pure milk. This is paramahamsa. Transcribers: Shrimati Yamuna devi dasi and Shrimati Rohini devi dasi Editor: Shrimati Shyamarani devi dasi Typists: Shrimati Jayanti devi dasi and Shrimati Radhika devi dasi

To whom it may concern; I am writing to you to express my utmost disappointment at how the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) has been treating this year’s May exam cohort. Amidst a global pandemic, much of the world still faces insurmountable challenges both socially and economically. The IBO claims that the IB Diploma Programme is of a “Learner-centric” nature. Abiding by this claim, I would like to express my concerns, as a learner, over the severely unfair circumstances we have found ourselves in. Understandably, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to adapt to the unstable, fast-changing nature of life. In light of the pandemic, and all the chaos around the globe, I can rightfully claim that the IBDP May 2021 cohort has had to face the worst circumstances and approaches to their education leading all the way up to the examinations. Since March of 2020, we have all been placed under extreme duress, under lockdowns and curfews. These have been unprecedented times that none of us could have ever imagined being in; yet, here we are, with more than 20% of the world’s population already infected with the virus. These are difficult times for each and every single one of us–teachers, administrators and students alike, but I wish to reach out and feel for the student community, a community that has seen the worst side of the crisis. The points that follow might be specifically addressed and catered to the IBDP aspect, however, my firm belief is that every student around the globe, IB or not, has suffered similar problems. No one will honestly stand by saying that online and virtual education has been a more efficient experience than being physically present in school. Each hour spent in front of the glaring light of our computer screens has been hardly 50% as productive as what we are actually capable of. I raise no doubt that Zoom, Google Meets and Microsoft Teams are extremely capable platforms that have acted as the backbones of the education system in the current reality; they, however, come nowhere near close to the first-hand, face-to-face learning experience all of us have been accustomed to receiving for the past 11 years. The quality of tutoring is severely depreciated, assignments are done half-mindedly, and assessments are unsupervised. These conditions come nowhere near close to how it will be if the IBO decides to move forward with the final May 2021 examinations. Speaking on behalf of many students I personally know of, school is what is considered as a safe place. We, as students, look forward to coming to school, to being in an environment that is conducive and suitable for learning and education, to begin in a space where we as learners can efficiently work and develop simultaneously. Being home for the past eleven months has changed many things. Without striking offence to anybody, I think it is important we recognise that not all households and environments are the right ones to grow in, and with the lockdown in effect, with many parents losing employment and finding themselves at a financially unstable situation, tensions are high. In light of the pandemic, so many of us have, regrettably, lost loved ones. If this was not enough, alongside dealing with the grief of the same, we have had to deal with unparalleled levels of anxiety, helplessness, and distress. It doesn’t take an expert to figure out the immense mental, emotional, and cognitive trauma that this can pose to fragile, growing teenage minds. It is also important to mention the distractions imposed upon us by the lack of distinction between a home and learning environment, further dismantling our productivity. In addition to this, we have been expected to complete our Internal Assessments (IA’s) and Extended Essays (EE’s) and give them our best. We have been told that in case our examinations are cancelled, our marks would completely depend on these submissions. I ask you; how on Earth is this fair? Given subpar resources and limited access to professional equipment, how are we expected to come up with stunning reports and lab results, when we are unable to access crucial laboratory apparatus including chemicals, reading devices, even the most basic of items such as measuring cylinders and flasks. This demand from the IB is absolutely unreasonable and has done nothing but mount on the ever-growing pressure that we are faced with. I can say, with complete honesty, that the majority of May 2021 students have not received enough consulting and assistance in regards to their IA and EE reports from their supervisors. This, added with the Theory of Knowledge essay requirement is over and above being unfair and simply wrong. With submission being of mediocre quality, we do not deserve to be graded on these, simply because we are not the ones at fault–no one is. These parameters of grading might have been relevant to pre-COVID times, however, they no longer hold value and efficiency. With a completely new scenario and its devastating consequences, we have the right to a fair evaluation of our work and a fair system of grading; one that takes into account all the confounding factors that have played a role in the quality of work we submit. On January 4, 2021, it was confirmed that the UK government had made the decision to, similarly to 2020, cancel A-Level examinations. I would like to bring to the IBO’s attention the unjustness of the situation that falls on the shoulders of us, IB students. Those of us who have applied to UK universities are put at a great disadvantage compared to home students. Firstly, we will be assessed on a completely different basis—A-Level students will be given grades by their teachers, while IB students will be graded on their exam performance. This, not only is unjust, but is ridiculous to even think about. It will result in many IB students missing out on their university offers while A-Levels students maintain high grades and fill out all the available spots. Secondly, with the pandemic being nowhere near under control, the UK has acknowledged the importance of social-distancing and keeping COVID-safe guidelines. I am afraid that the choice of conducting examinations will be extremely unfair to the many of us who have household members who belong to risk groups, potentially putting their lives in danger. This is no longer a time for members of the IBO’s Senior leadership Team & Director General, Dr. Siva Kumari to sit by without making a firm decision. Conducting an examination in this situation would be nothing short of an atrocity and a disaster, absolutely unfair on students, and definitely detrimental to our future progress. It is with this that I sign off, hoping that the plea of the student community, at large, does not fall on deaf ears. It is with utmost respect to the IBO that I make the request to those with the power in hand to do the right thing. Respectfully, Name Surname

With 1500 squatters kicked out from Lutyens bungalows, it might explain why its always Modi vs All https://www.opindia.com/2018/02/with-1500-squatters-kicked-out-from-lutyens-bungalows-it-might-explain-why-its-always-modi-vs-all/ Cleaning up that has happened in Lutyens’ Delhi since BJP came to power. In the first year itself, more than 460 squatters were sent packing out of their cosy Lutyens’ bungalows in the first year. Many of them had been staying there for generations and had started considering it private property. Some approached the courts with appeals to let them keep their fiefdoms. But to no avail.
Ajit Singh, the son of former PM Charan Singh was squatting on a bungalow. He was locked out and his belongings thrown on the lawn.
Painter Jatin Das, the father of actor Nandita Das, was enjoying another bungalow in Lutyens. Evicted!
The Print why Narendra Modi does not have an army of intellectuals defending him, unlike the Nehru-Gandhi's The word intellectuals is a joke. Most are the lowest moral scums of society. Willing to sell anything for a gift in cash or kind.
By late 2016, the number of evictions had swelled to 1500...... There are only a handful of articles in the media documenting this cleanup mission in Lutyens’ Delhi. A lot of free loading journalists in love with congress gifts got kicked out too.
There is this absolute gem of a quote in The Telegraph from an unnamed Congress MP.
“The Congress had a long tradition of not implementing the rules so strongly.”
Amazing suggestion
Looks like Lutyens Delhi was a rent free district of people who were supporting the political party in exchange for rent free palatial bungalows . In the Congress Raj, before a case went to the Supreme Court, everything was managed .. Which judge will go to the bench and what decision will the judge give…
This is the biggest secret of the success of 70 years of Congress, that it has managed all the media and judiciary and ruled it ..
Retired Judge of the Gujarat High Court, Justice MB Soni, revealed this when he found that any petition related to the Gujarat riots which is filed in the Teesta Supreme Court, why does it go to the bench of Justice Aftab Alam only, according to the roster Should go to someone else's bench .. Then they investigated further and it was found that the registrar was ordered from above that Teesta's case should be sent to the bench of Justice Aftab Alam and for this the muster roll and roster should be changed. Then he further investigated that it was learned that Justice Aftab Alam's real daughter Arusa Alam is a partner in Teesta's NGO Sabrang and also the wife of the then cabinet minister and senior advocate of Supreme Court Kapil Sibal.
He then sent a letter to the Chief Justice against this and detailed the 10 rulings of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice Abhilasha Kumari, daughter of Congress leader and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, by elaborating in eight thousand pages.
Then, this gang was separated from every single case in Gujarat
If Justice MB Soni was not there, then the Congress government had done its entire planning to implicate Narendra Modi
Have you ever heard Rahul Gandhi, Lalu Yadav, Sitaram Yechury, Mayawati, Akhilesh, Mamta, Mehbooba, and opposition leaders calling each other thieves?
No !!!
While some of them have been convicted, some are in jail, some are on bail and some are facing trial in court but they do not call each other a thief!
But Modi who has no official charge, no FIR, no trial is going on, no court has even ordered any investigation, all these leaders are calling him a thief!
Blessed Understanding and a sense of responsibility towards the country. It is a shame on such traitors.
A MUST READ
How will you turn your eyes away from this truth, think about the future of your future children ....Read carefully
When a Bangladeshi Muslim reaches India and wanders somewhere in the Ambala district, he has neither money nor public knowledge.
He somehow reaches the nearest mosque and gets 100% refuge there, being a Muslim.
Every district has a royal mosque to which every mosque in the city is attached.
He is then sent to the royal mosque of the Bangladeshi Ambala district, where he secretly finds refuge.
The royal mosque of every district remains attached to Jama Masjid in Delhi.
Jama Masjid of Delhi has responsibility for Islamization of North India. It has a record of every Lok Sabha constituency of North India and the Muslim population living in it - 100% true record.
Now that Bangladeshi reaches Delhi and takes refuge in Jama Masjid. Jama Masjid checks which Lok Sabha constituency of North India has less Muslim population. Suppose there is less Muslim population in Jhansi of Uttar Pradesh.
Now lets start the real game .. !!
Jama Masjid sends that Bangladeshi to the royal mosque of Jhansi district. The Imam of the royal mosque of Jhansi, with the help of the Waqf Board, arranges for the stay of that Bangladeshi and also manages his employment.
He gets Indian passports with the help of Bangladeshi local Muslim and corrupt Hindu leaders and officers.
Corrupt governments like Samajwadi Party give land to the Waqf Board in lieu of votes, corrupt municipal officials make berth certificates by taking bribe.
Police and Intelligence Department officials take passport file for bribe without any further verification, and get other important documents ready, such as Aadhaar card.
That is, a Bangladeshi who was wandering in Ambala city a few days ago without any money and identity, has become an Indian citizen living in Jhansi district.
This is the story of a Bangladeshi… A large number of Bangladeshis and Pakistani tribal Banjaras come to the country every day and become Indian citizens with the help of Waqf Board.
The religious equation of many districts of India, especially Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and West Bengal has completely changed. Hindus may be a minority in these districts in the 2021-22 census.
Read and understand yourself and explain to your Hindu brothers to understand the real reason why the present Indian Government is being uncooperative in the interests of the country.
10 lakh poor have disappeared in Maharashtra by providing new Aadhaar link!
Poor people holding many lakh fake BPL cards in Uttarakhand have ended!
More than 30 million (30000000) fake LPG connection holders are over!
1,95,000 fake children who got stipend from madrasas disappeared!
Over 1.5 crore (15000000) fake ration card holders disappeared!
Why and where they are disappearing!
The whole black blog of Choro is about to open… That is why all the thieves together petitioned the Hon'ble Supreme Court that the Aadhaar link is a violation of our fundamental rights! What right of privacy to thieves!
1) Company MD: Modi has closed more than 3 lakh companies fake!
2) The amount dealers were annoyed!
3) Property Dealer annoyed!
4) Brokers are annoyed with the online system!
5) 40,000 fake NGOs are closed, so the owners of these NGOs are also angry!
6) People purchasing property with No 2 income got annoyed!
7) Some contractors were also annoyed by being an E-Tender!
8) The gas company got annoyed!
9) So far, 12 crore people who have come under the purview of Income Tax are angry!
10) Due to the implementation of GST system, many people got annoyed, because they have come to the automatic system!
11) People who are doing the work of 2 numbers have stopped blooming!
12) The system of white to black has become completely corrupted.
13) Lazy government officials get angry because they have to work on time!
14) Those people who did not work in time got angry and believed in working by giving bribe.
15) A JNU student who breaks a free bread for 7 years for a room of Rs 10 and a meal for Rs 300 a month is also upset with Modi.
Grief is bound to happen, the story of country change is being written, which is being understood, which is not changing, they are cradling the chest by saying #Mind_Gulaam of the brainless Yuvraj, calling us blind devotees...

UK Census 2021: What is Your Religion? Brahma Kumaris form guide
Number of respondents answering ‘Brahma Kumaris' to the What is Your Religion? question
2001=331
2011=442 (+34%)
2021=?
Check out the form at Betfair-Metaphysical.com form guide.

Earths backstory?
I think it’s possible that both on Mars and Earth, humanoid species were developed by aliens in a type research project or something more nefarious. The original aliens were probably discovered doing this by a ‘federation’ of other aliens and stopped because they were unethical. Mars was probably started well before us and the treatment of them is probably what caused an intervention. The martians would have had plenty of time to advance technologically prior to the abandonment of the projects but they had damaged their planet irreparably in that time. The intervention forced all aliens to cease direct interaction with Mars and earth.
Being so advance, what if the last of the people on Mars managed to contact early humans and taught them how to communicate with them. They then taught them to create a way for the martians to travel to earth so they could escape their own dying planet.
They might have used an asteroid to end an ice age and in the process destroying continents like Mu and Kumari Kandam before coming to earth because that is where strong opposition resides. They wanted to claim land for themselves.
They contacted the humans slowly at first, teaching them how to construct a way to better communicate. This could have been the Tower of Babel, that was used to access a type of hive mind amongst humans (could be like directly hearing voices in their heads or just subliminal messages). After setting up this communication array they set about teaching them all they could. Like using the earth as a power source and that pyramid structures and crystals could best access this power. They did this to both prove their own existence and the help get them off of Mars and over to earth.
Possibly martians may have had the ability to travel via space craft but were stopped by other alien species and those battles are depicted in ancient stories and physical scars remaining on earth (mohindra daro vitrification). They had to turn to alternative travel methods like a einstein rosen bridge (these were powered again by the earth/crystal system).
It could also be possible that the martians didn’t wipe out all humans but just set them back technologically prior to their arrival so they could live in peace hidden under Antartica.
In more recent times (2000bc to present) delegations could have be sent frequently by the alien’s that are working together to check in and determine the state of humanity. Or these could have been rouge aliens civs looking to find profit here.
These are just random thoughts I’ve put together based on the evidence the TV series Ancient Aliens professes to be ‘probable’.
Would love to have an open discussion about these theories. Especially around the claim an asteroid impact caused massive tectonic plate shifts around the end of the ice age. This of course shifting/sinking continents and setting human civilisations back technologically.