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South Indian Star weddings

admin — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:44:48 +0000

Ananya Engaged to Anjaneyan

South Indian actress Ananya got enagaged to business man Anjaneyan .After marriage Ananya wants to start an school for teaching Malayalis how to use facebook.

Mamta Mohandas married to someone else’s childhood friend Prajith Padmanabhan

Thalathil Dineshan’s son Vineet Srinivasan married Divya Narayanan

Samvreta Sunil Married Akhil

Dulquar Mammooty , the lucky chap with an easy life married Amal Soufia

Asiif Ali got engaged to Malabar Girl

MyTamilGirl.com , A Kandothankandy Website celebrates 4th Birthday

admin — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:22:47 +0000

MyTamilGirl.com , A Kandothankandy Website Celebrates 4^th Birthday

Please join us in Celebrating the 4^th birthday of your favourite website ‘MyTamilGirl.com , A Kandothankandy Website ‘ on 17^th Of September 2012 by doing any good deed for people around you . Any small gesture of Kindness, which will have a good impact on people around you.

In this fourth year of our existence we made a policy change to publish articles written by millions of our readers around the globe. Should you wish to publish your articles in our website , please email it to admin(at)mytamilgirl.com.

Wish you all the blessings of the nature and the abundance it offers.

Kind regards

Staff and Management at MyTamilGirl.com

How to make money ?

admin — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:34:17 +0000

There is an old saying, “There is money in everything “ . Okay , I don’t want to lie this time . I heard this crap only recently and I am not sure whether this is a recent one created by a Facebook addict or something passed through generations. Whatever it may be, I assure you that, “There is money in everything” . If you don’t believe me, please read on. Here is the story of a few crazy people, who made their millions from weirdest or craziest ideas.

GeesePoliceInc.com

The foundation for Geese Police was laid over 25 years ago when David Marcks, President and Founder of Geese Police, was working as the grounds keeper for a golf course in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1986.

His task to oversee the beautiful golf course was being undermined by some 600 Canada geese that were residing there. Through his trials and frustration, David discovered a new and highly effective way to control the geese problem.

Several tactics were tried, including scare cartridges, fake dead geese and live swans, fencing around all the ponds, stringing the ponds, and even the application of goose repellent to the lawns surrounding the ponds. Although some of these tactics worked temporarily, none of them provided the long term or permanent solution he was trying to achieve.

Along with his brother Richard, David then began experimenting with different breeds of dogs to scare off the growing menace. Several breeds worked initially, but would eventually lose interest due to their inherent instinct to retrieve.

Then they came across the Border Collie. It seems Border Collies possess the perfect combination of traits for this specific job. These inherit traits along with David's successful training methods had the geese gone before they knew it.

Before long, the word about David’s new found goose control success spread to other local golf courses and interest began to grow.

A few short years later, David decided to use his newfound skills to start a business. In 1996 he officially went into business as The Geese Police. The following year he incorporated the company to Geese Police, Inc., which it still remains today.

Geese Police, Inc. now has over 35 specially trained dogs. They service clients throughout New Jersey as well as Richmond County in New York. Today, he uses 27 trucks and 35 dogs to chase those poor, hapless geese away from municipal parks, golf courses, and land owners. His business churns out $2 million every year by chasing the Goose. Do you agree now there is money in everything? At least we have to agree that there is money in goose.

milliondollarhomepage.com

Alex Tew , made his first million in 6 months’ time when turned 21 by selling every pixel in his home page for $1. I don’t want to add anything more. Please visit his crazy site to believe. He placed a sold out message on his homepage after he sold the whole page.

PickyDomains.com

Dmitry Daydov will come up with a cool domain name for you , in case you are struggling to find a cool domain name for your business or business idea . All for a cool $50. I recently visited his website and terribly impressed with what he is doing. If you want to have a taste of his talent below are a few.

TrimChic.com

Fitness Blog For Girls.

WittyNation.com

Site That Sells Quirky Products.

MumsAndMe.Com

Online Shop For Moms.

Webiot.Com

Weird, Odd, Unusual News.

Affilytics.Com

Data Analysis Service.

Doggles.com

If global warming take effect in all its fury, we may be able to sell ice to the Eskimos in near future . But who will think of selling sunglasses to dogs to make their millions. A couple of guys thought they could sell sunglasses to dogs. You’ll be surprised that their Doggles products are now sold in 4,500 different outlets in 16 countries. Please visit the website to know more, how you can sell sunglasses to dogs.

ShoppingCartAbuse.com

End of the day the message is “Don’t abuse your shopping cart “. If you are not cruel enough to abuse a shopping cart, you probably will be interested in buying something from our online store. At that point a successful online business is born. Visit the website to know more.

Prayer

admin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:55:00 +0000

Prayers for all Religions

Prayer

Om Poornamadah Poornamidam , Poornat Poornamudachyate,

Poornasya Poornamaadaya , Poornamevavashishyate,

Om Shantih, Shantih, Shantih

Meaning of the prayer

That is Absolute, This is Absolute,

Absolute arises out of Absolute,

If Absolute is taken away from Absolute,

Absolute remains

OM Peace, Peace, Peace*

Prayer

Om Asato Maa Sadgamaya ,

Tamaso Maa Jyotir Gamaya,

Mrityor Maa Amritam Gamaya ,

Om Shantih, Shantih, Shantih

Meaning of the prayer

Lead me from bad to good,

lead me from darkness to light,

lead me from death to immortality.

OM Peace, Peace, Peace

Prayer

Om Sahanaa Vavatu Sahanau Bhunaktu ,

Saha Veeryam Karavaavahai,

Tejasvi Naavadheetamastu Maa Vidvishaavahai ,

Om Shantih Shantih Shantih

Meaning of the Prayer

May He protect both of us. May He nourish both of us. May we both acquire the capacity

(to study and understand the scriptures). May our study be brilliant. May we not argue

with each other. Om peace, peace, peace.

Word-by-word meaning:

Saha- both; nau-us; avatu- may he protect; bhunaktu-may he nourish; viryam

karavavahai-may we acquire the capacity; tejasvi-be brilliant; nau-for us; adhitam- what

is studied;astu-let it be; ma vidvisavahai-may we not argue with each other.

Prayer

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah ,

Sarve Santu Niramayaah Sarve Bhadrani Pasyantu ,

Maa Kaschid-Dukha-Bhag-Bhavet

Meaning of the prayer

Om, May All become Happy,

May All become free from Illness.

May All see what is Auspicious,

Let no one Suffer.

Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

Prayer

Twameva maata cha pita twameva ,

twameva bandhu cha sakha twameva

Twameva vidya draviNam twameva ,

twameva sarvam mama deva deva

Meaning of the prayer

oh god, you’re the father , mother , relative , and friend. you’re the god of education and knowledge. You’re everything and all over.

Music notes

admin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:56:42 +0000

In traditional western music theory pitch classes are represented by the first seven letters of the Latin alphabet A, B, C, D, E, F and G. The eighth note or octave is given the same name as the first, but has double its frequency. The name octave is also used to indicate the span of notes having a frequency ratio of two.

The seven basic notes of the scale (swaras), in Indian music are named shadja, rishabh, gandhar, madhyam, pancham, dhaivat and nishad, and are shortened to Sa, Ri (Carnatic) or Re (Hindustani), Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, and Ni and written S, R, G, M, P, D, N. Collectively these notes are known as the sargam (the word is an acronym of the consonants of the first four swaras). Sargam is the Indian equivalent to solfege, a technique for the teaching of sight-singing. Sargam is practiced against a drone. The tone Sa is not associated with any particular pitch. As in Western moveable-Do solfège, Sa refers to the tonic of a piece or scale rather than to any particular pitch.

The swaras Shadjam and Panchamam are fixed and they have no variety . They are called Prakrti Swaras . Remaining five swaras have two varieties each , one komal ( lower note ) and Tirvra ( Long note ) . They are Vikrthi swaras . They are 10 altogether . The total number of swaras are twelve and they are:

1. Shadjam

2. Suddha rishabham

3. Chathusruti Rishabham

4. Sadharana Gandharam

5. Antara Gandharam

6. Suddha Madhyamam

7. Prati Madhyamam

8. Panchamam

9. Suddha Dhaivatam

10. Chatu sruti Dhaivatam

11. Kaisiki Nishadam

12. Kakali Nishadam

Position	Swara	Short name	Notation	Mnemonic
1	Shadja	Sa	S	sa
2	Shuddha Rishabha	Ri	R1	ra
3	Chathusruthi Rishabha	Ri	R2	ri
3	Shuddha Gandhara	Ga	G1	ga
4	Shatsruthi Rishabha	Ri	R3	ru
4	Sadharana Gandhara	Ga	G2	gi
5	Anthara Gandhara	Ga	G3	gu
6	Shuddha Madhyama	Ma	M1	ma
7	Prati Madhyama	Ma	M2	mi
8	Panchama	Pa	P	pa
9	Shuddha Dhaivatha	Dha	D1	dha
10	Chathusruthi Dhaivatha	Dha	D2	dhi
10	Shuddha Nishadha	Ni	N1	na
11	Shatsruthi Dhaivatha	Dha	D3	dhu
11	Kaisiki Nishadha	Ni	N2	ni
12	Kakali Nishadha	Ni	N3	nu

The Two Swaras having the same sthana are

Chatusruti Rishabham and Suddha Gandharam

Sadharana Gandharam and Shat Sruti Rishabham

Chatusruti Dhaivatam and Suddha Nishadam

Kaisiki Nishadam and Shat Sruthi Dhaivatam

Hence the total number of Swaras are 16, while the total number f varasthanas are twelve.

The two swaras having the same sthana shown above will not appear together in any Raga

Reference

Wikipedia

Cricket should rise above gender barriers

admin — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:46:19 +0000

(Photo courtesy:- http://flobroderick.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/homosexuality-vs-masculinity-in-womens.html)

This should not be the way forward to make women's cricket popular

Cricket is an all-male affair. The existence of women’s cricket is surprise news for many. It is a fact that Women's cricket has been played internationally since the inaugural women's Test match between England women and Australia women in December 1934. The main difference between men’s and women’s cricket is the lack of spectators for the latter. There is a tendency to belittle women’s cricket due to this. The lack of sponsorship and money flow restricted the best female talents from entering the sport. In fact cricket is not an alpha male game. The characteristics that make a good cricketer are cool head, good temperament and good hand eye coordination. Needless to say all these characteristics are best found in women than men.

Cricket is not a game that requires high level of stamina and physical strength like soccer or hockey. It is a game that could be played mixed without any gender barriers or divisions. While keeping women’s cricket as it is, men’s cricket has to be transformed to a mixed game. I am in no way suggesting any quota of reservation for women but instead the selection has to be based purely on merit. This will not only enhance the popularity of cricket, but also will attract a large pool of women into the sport since the rewards are attractive. It will open a window of opportunity to shatter the glass ceiling in other areas of life.

In other sports like Tennis or Boxing, women champions are no match for their male counter parts because of the disparity in physical capabilities. But unlike cricket the performance excellence of their male counter parts never diminished the importance of women participants in those sports. Maria Sharapova is as loved as Rafael Nadal . Many may contradict this view pointing out that the popularity of women tennis has more to do with the attire of the players than the play itself. Sadly I do agree. A similar comparison can be made about Beach Volley Ball . As a matter of fact fully clad beach volley ball players will ensure zero viewership for the game and will see it getting eliminated from all major sporting events. But expecting to see women cricket players in their lingerie’s to fill the galleries, should not be considered as the way to move forward.

In India cricket is a way of life .Recently, IPL has transformed Indian cricket to a people’s movement rather than a cricketing event. Introducing mixed cricket will definitely help it take to the next level. At least as an experiment, international cricket council should seriously consider introducing mixed cricket and that should be the way forward.

Why women's tennis and beach volley ball are popular ?

Mahishasura Mardhini Stothram

admin — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:16:40 +0000

ayi giri nandini, nandita medini, visva vinodini, nandinute ||
giri vara vindhya shirodhini vasini vishnuvilaasini jisnunute ||
bhagavati he shitikaNthakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikrute ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

suravaravarshiNi durdharadharshiNi durmukhamarshiNi harsharate ||
tribhuvanaposhiNi shankaratoshiNi kilbishamoshiNi ghosharate ||
danujaniroshiNi ditisutaroshiNi durmadashoshiNi sindhusute ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi jagadamba madamba kadambavanapriyavaasini haasarate ||
shikharishiromaNi tungahimaalaya shringanijaalaya madhyagate ||
madhumadhure madhukaitabhaganjini kaitabhabhanjini raasarate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi shatakhaNda vikhaNditaruNda vituNditashuNda gajaadhipate ||
ripugajagaNda vidaaraNachaNda paraakramashuNda mrigaadhipate ||
nijabhujadaNda nipaatitakhaNda vipatitamuNda bhataadhipate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi raNadurmadashatruvadhodita durdharanirjara shaktibhrute ||
chaturavicharadhuriiNamahasiva dutakrita pramathaadhipate ||
duritaduriihaduraashayadurmati daanavaduta krutaantamate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi sharaNaagata vairivadhoovara viiravaraabhayadaayakare ||
tribhuvanamastaka shoolavirodhishiirodhikritaamala shoolakare ||
dumidumitaamara dundubhinaada mahomukhariikrita tigmakare ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi nijahunkriti maatraniraakrita dhoomravilochana dhoomrashate ||
samravishoshita shoNitabeeja samudbhavashoNita biijalate ||
shivashivashumbhani shumbhamahaahavatarpita bhutapishaacharate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

dhanuranusangaraNakshaNasanga parishphuradanga naTatkaTake ||
kanakapishanga prishatkanishanga rasadbhatasringa hataabaTuke ||
krutachaturanga balakshitiranga ghatadbahuranga raTadbaTuke ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

jaya jaya japyajaye jayashabda parastutitatatpara vishvanute ||
jhaNa jhaNa jhinjhimijhinkritanoopura sinjitamohita bhootapate ||
natita nataardhanatiinatanaayaka naatitanaatyasugaanarate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi sumanah sumanah sumanah sumanoharakaantiyute ||
shrita rajanii rajanii rajanii rajanii rajaniikaravakravrute ||
sunayanavibhra marabhra marabhra marabhra marabhra maraadhipate||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

sahitamahaahava mallamatallika mallitarallaka mallarate ||
virachitavallika pallikamallika shrillikabhillika vargavrute ||
sita kruta phullisamullasitaakruNtallaja pallavasallalite ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

aviralagaNda galanmadamedura mattamatangajaraajapate ||
tribhuvana bhooshaNa bhootakalaanidhi roopapayonidhiraajasute ||
ayi sudatiijanalaalasamaanasa mohanamanmatharaajasute ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

kamaladalaamalakomala kaantikalaakalitaamala bhaalatale ||
sakalavilaasakalaanilayakrama kelichalatkala hamsakule ||
alikulasankula kuvalayamaNdala maulimiladbakulaalikule ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

karamuraliirava viijita koojita lajjita kokila manjumate ||
militapulinda manoharagunjita ranjitashailanikunjagate ||
nijaguNabhoota mahaashabariigaNa sadguNasambhruta kelitale ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

katitatapiitadukoolavichitra mayookhatiraskrita chandraruche||
praNatasuraasura maulimaNisphuradamshulasannakha chandraruche||
jitakanakaachala maulipadorjita nirbharakunjara kumbhakuche ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

vijitasahasra karaikasahasra karaikasahasra karaikanute ||
krutasurataaraka sangarataaraka sangarataaraka soonusute ||
surathasamaadhi samaanasamaadhi samaadhi samaadhi sujaatarate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

padakamalam karuNaanilaye varivasyati yonudinam sashive ||
ayi kamale kamalaanilaye kamalaanilayah sakatham na bhavet ||
tava padameva param padamityanushiilayato mama kim na shive ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

kanakalasatkala sindhujalairanusinchinute guNarangabhuvam ||
bhajati sa kim na sachikuchakumbha tatiiparirambha sukhaanubhavam ||
tava charaNam sharaNam karavaaNi nataamaravaaNi nivaasisivam ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

tava vimalendukulam vadanendum alam sakalam nanu koolayate ||
kimu puruhoota puriindumukhiisumukhiibhirasau vimukhiikriyate ||
mama tu matam sivanaamadhane bhavatii kripayaa kimuta kriyate ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

ayi mayi diinadayaalutayaa krupayaiva tvayaa bhavitavyamume ||
ayi jagato jananii krupayaasi yathaasi tathanumitaasitare ||
yaduchitamatra bhavatyurariikrutaadurutaapa mapaakrurute ||
jaya jaya he mahishaasuramardhini ramyakapardini shailasute ||

Why we love Australian Politicians

admin — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:04:19 +0000

In 1977, then Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi declared general elections after two years of Emergency. It was surprising to see that many in the general populace were in support of the martial law. That was the only time in history, government offices in India functioned efficiently and government officials attended duty in time and did not demand bribe for their services. But crimes were committed against those opposed the Government during the emergency, which caused Mrs. Gandhi’s downfall.

Former Prime minister Indira Gandhi

In my home town Cannanore (now Kannur) a place in north Kerala, the southernmost state in India , Indira Gandhi and the Gandhi family were well loved . As a seven year old, I waited for hours to have a glimpse of Mrs. Gandhi when she visited Cannanore during her election campaign . Nearly hundred to two hundred thousand people waited eagerly for the Prime minster who arrived a couple of hours late. That was the first time I had a glimpse of the Prime Minister of India or for that matter any nation. In India politicians addressed large gatherings of people which usually are in thousands. It was possible to see the local Member of Parliament only during election period as one among the thousands who gathered to listen to the crap they talk.

Thirty years later in Melbourne, I happened to see a well-dressed guy, standing alone in front of a closed shop in High Street, near the Preston Market, mostly ignored by the passer-by. He was carrying handful of leaflets and was sporting a face which declared loudly , “ someone please come and talk to me “ or “ Please for God’s sake don’t ignore me “. He was the standing member of Australian national parliament and that was his election campaign, He was distributing his election manifesto to those who bothered to share a smile. Australian politicians were a pleasant surprise for me after getting used to the highly corrupt, unapproachable and uneducated Indian politicians. They seemed so friendly and approachable. Australian politicians never organise large public meetings as a part of their election campaign because Aussies never bother to turn up. Instead even the Prime minister visits shopping malls to meet people, so that they can catch hold of the unwary shoppers.

But there is much more to the lighter side of Australian politicians. Especially if you are from a nation where political figures are stone faced. Like these below.

Stone faced heads of states

Here are a few funny facts about Australian politicians.

Anywhere in the world if demonstrators surround the Prime Minster this is what happens. Riot police will take control and the demonstrators will be sprayed with water, tear gas, capsicum spray or even could be tasered.

In Australia, we take our Prime Minister and run. Below is the picture of Australian Prime Minister’s security officers lifting the Prime Minister Julia Gillard and running after demonstrators surrounded her.

The 70mm Opposition leader Tony Abbott

Australian Opposition leader Tony Abbot is widely known as the man who redefined 70mm smile. It is difficult to find him without his signature smile. A Rhodes scholar, a fitness maniac and a lovable person, he is a good company for any evening beer or BBQ party. .

Above all he is an Iron man too. Mr Abbott – an Ironman first-timer – finished in 1169 spot and completed the triathlon in just under 14 hours -13 hours, 57 minutes and one second. He completed the 3.8 kilometre swim in one hour 17 minutes and 27 seconds, the 180 kilometre cycle in six hours 43 minutes and six seconds and the run in five hours 28 minutes and two seconds The 52 year old Mr Abbott swam 3.8 kilometres, cycled 180 kilometres and ran a 42 kilometre marathon in a test of physical and mental endurance defying experts who claimed he had not put in enough training for the race.

Kevin Rudd: A crying Prime Minister

Former Prime minister Kevin Rudd cried publically during his farewell speech to the nation when he was disposed by the Labour party. It only enhanced people’s love for him as he was showing his softer side.

PICTURE KEVIN RUDD

The funny looking John Howard

In 1998 when John Howard was elected as the Prime Minister of Australia, Australians faced a much greater dilemma. The question was “How to call this funny looking man, our Prime Minister”?. But he defied all predictions to become one of the best Prime Ministers Australia ever had.

The Beer skolling Bob Hawk

While you watch a cricket match at the SGC , the man skolling beer next to you could be 82 year old former prime minister BOB HAWK.

Harold Holt : Disappeared while swimming

We even had a Prime Minister who disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach in Victoria. It took a while for the nation to realise that the Prime Minister is missing. The term of Prime Minister Harold Holt was brought to an early and dramatic end in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was presumed drowned.

Australian Politicians are so cool. That is why we love them.

Blessings

admin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 04:37:37 +0000

We take many things for granted and worry and complain about things that we don’t have. We don’t really appreciate what we have. Instead, we destroy our lives spending our valuable time searching for things that is missing from our life.

Here is a short video of two deaf kids aged 8 months and 2 years showing their excitement after hearing their mother’s voice for the first time. They were fitted by Cochlear hearing implants. Blessed are those who are not mute, blind or deaf.

What is a Cochlear Implant ( From Wikipedia )

A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. Cochlear implants are often referred to as a bionic ear.

Cochlear implants may help provide hearing in patients that are deaf due to damage to sensory hair cells in their cochlea. In those patients, they can often enable sufficient hearing to allow unaided understanding of speech. The quality of sound is different from natural hearing, with less sound information being received and processed by the brain. However, many patients are able to hear and understand speech and environmental sounds. Newer devices and processing strategies allow recipients to hear better in noise, enjoy music, and even use their implant processors while swimming.

As of December 2010, approximately 219,000 people worldwide have received cochlear implants; in the U.S., roughly 42,600 adults and 28,400 children are recipients. The vast majority are in developed countries due to the high cost of the device, surgery and post-implantation therapy. A small but growing segment of recipients have bilateral implants (one implant in each cochlea).

Guru

admin — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:01:43 +0000

A few years back, I had the privilege of attending a Bhagavat Gita discourse conducted by a Hindu spiritual organisation in Melbourne. The one hour I spent there was worth every second. The Swamiji was an excellent orator and had deep knowledge in Vedas and other Hindu religious texts. During the discourse, a slipper ( Methiyadi , A wooden slipper ) worn by Swamiji’s Guru , who is no more was passed around in a silver plate, so that the devotees can pay their respects . After that everyone stood in a queue and bowed and touched the feet of Swamiji . Swamiji raised his hands and blessed all the bowing devotees. Touching the feet of a Guru has very high significance in India. In Indian culture Guru has a place one step below God and above everything else. As per the Indian culture Humility is an esteemed human virtue every student should cultivate. Touching the feet of the Guru is only the first step to root that character trait in children and adults alike. Vedic texts give elaborate narrative on who should be considered as a Guru.

What sort of respect a Guru deserve ? . Skanda purana has an answer for that.

Gururbrahma gururvishnu gururdevo maheshwarah |

Gurusakshat parabrahma tasmai shree guruve namah ||

“The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru is the Great Lord Shiva. To be near the Guru is to be near the ultimate Oneness – I adore you, O venerable Guru!”.

But fortunately or unfortunately we are not living in vedic times. We are living in Kaliyuga and Vedic texts warn about Adharma in Kaliyuga . Is it really necessary to consider Guru equal to God? If someone acquire knowledge in spiritual texts, like Khuran , Bhagavat Gita or Bible , will that uplift them to a level par with God . There are countless professions in this world: from tradies to computer professionals. Some professions are more productive than the other. Every one contributes to the upliftment of the society in one way or the other.

Our deep trust in hierarchical positions and the respect and value we attached to it are exploited most of the time .In the West, there exist varying degrees of hierarchy however the belief is that superiors and subordinates, seniors and juniors, elders and youngsters are intrinsically equal having different rights and obligations that entitle them to have hierarchical positions in the society (“Culture and Organisational Behaviour “, Sinha, 2008)

Isn’t it time to change our approach towards Gurus and spiritual leaders? This extra respect that we show towards people who mugged up religious texts, always been used as an exploitation tactic.

In the above incident those who bowed Swamiji should consider themselves a level below him to stoop to that level. The Swamiji who was more than happy to bless the devotees like some great soul , should consider himself worthy of the respect to behave like that . In either case something is not right. A tendency to control others is an inherent human personality trait. These religious preachers utilise it to the extreme when they are given an opportunity like this. I know a Bible preacher in Melbourne, who don’t allow his church members to keep any statues in their homes, spiritual or other . At first , it may look like an honest effort by someone who read the” idiots version” of bible and trying to implement what he understood from it. Someone who understood what Bible and Jesus stands for would never make such a foolish demand. If we look deep into it, it become crystal clear that, it is a crooked move by a person to exert his control over his church members. He derives a sort of pleasure by exerting that control. If not for a religious preacher, would you allow someone to decide, what you should keep in your home?

For generations, Indians have been exploited by the trust they placed on people who mugged up religious texts. No one attains any extra power by this mugging up process. It is time to change. The western approach of treating Gurus as a professional is more appropriate. A guru is paid for sharing his knowledge. If you don’t pay the Guru for his or her service , they will take much more than what they deserve .

Here are a few examples

Wealth of Swami Nithyananda

The swami is alleged to have amassed Rs.140 crore in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. He loves to sit on a 24k gold-plated throne wearing heavy gold chains. Nithyanada was planning to buy an Island for personal use.

Wealth of Sathya Sai Baba

Sai Baba was estimated to be worth $40 Billion

Wealth of Benny Hinn

This Christian preacher’s ministry collects $200 million a year of which he takes a salary of half a million US dollars every year . He owns a private jet , lives in a home worth $10 Million and lives a lavish life only Brunei sultan can match.

Wealth of Joyce Meyer

Since 1999, Joyce Meyer’s ministry has spent at least $4 million on 5 homes for Meyer and her children. Meyer’s house is a 10,000 square foot home with an 8-car garage, a large fountain, a gazebo, a private putting green, a pool, and pool house with a new $10,000 bathroom. Her salary was reported at $900,000 back in 2003, and she also enjoys use of a private jet and luxury cars. Needless to say, Meyer has been questioned for years, and she is once again under investigation by the government for possibly violating non profit laws.

There are many more examples. All spiritual leaders eventually start a charity organisation. For every hundred dollar they receive they spend one dollar for charitable causes . Rest of their life , they live on the laurels of being the kings and queens of charity .

So for this Kaliyuga let us rewrite the rules.

I am my own Guru.

If I seek the service of a Guru, I will pay a pre agreed fee for the service.

I will never stoop so low to touch the feet of a Guru or for that matter any other person. The reason : I have self-respect.

I will seek my God myself.

I won’t donate any money to charities run by God men (The so called representatives of God).

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