COMMENTS GALORE ... 20

COMMENTS GALORE ... 20

Sugata Bose @Biswadip Biswas : An aberration in a glorious career but certainly not a feature foul enough that can deny him the seminal status that would merit a Bharat Ratna in the light of his contributions to Indian cricket over a span of sixteen years with impeccable standards of patriotism exhibited on and off the field. [Reference being made to Gavaskar's 36 in 60 overs at Lord's in the inaugural match of the Prudential World Cup, 1975.]

Sugata Bose @Biswadip Biswas : I'll write in simpler English for all to follow but this, my normal style spontaneously flows out. I'll consciously write from now on in simpler English as an alternative mode along with my natural style of writing.

Sugata Bose @YouTube : Don Bradman alone was the god of cricket in the truest sense, not Sachin Tendulkar. This hyperbole latched onto Tendulkar makes a mockery of this sublime epithet. Good, perhaps, for selling your product but an untruth nonetheless.

Sugata Bose @YouTube [CNN IBN LEADER TALK -- interview of Ratan Tata and Kapil Dev by Rajdeep Sardesai] : Rajdeep Sardesai talks too much, interrupting the interviewees unduly, distracting the discussion and denying the interviewees talk time enough to express themselves better. His worst feature is that like a shallow journalist he tries to put words into the mouth of the interviewees. As a moderator Rajdeep Sardesai ought to exhibit greater moderation for a better execution of the programme.

Whose interview is this -- Rajdeep Sardesai's?

This programme ought to have been called 'Anchor Talk' instead of 'Leader Talk'.

Sugata Bose @Suvadeep Sen : The millenium-old battle for supremacy between these two violent proselytising Abrahamic faiths continues with what eventual outcome one curiously awaits to see. It has been Islam's tradition to target the polity's chiefs and convert them in their bid to bring their erstwhile flock into the Islamic fold as well with greater ease. This is the marketing strategy Islam in India historically adopted as well when they targeted our braahmans in order to weaken the Hindu samaj [polity, society in uniquely the Hindu way] and break its resistance to conversion. The same method was applied by Aurangzeb when he gave Guru Tegh Bahadurji and later Sambhuji Maharaj the option to convert in order to save their lives which both sturdy souls with disdain declined and attained the way of the valorous [Veergati]. The idea of offering this option stems directly from the Qur'an whose political doctrine deems it an effective way of expanding the Islamic polity [Ummah].

Today, in a world fractured by Western geopolitical aggression and neocolonialism, Islam is fighting its own war in jihad against it and utilising the opportunity to further its scripturally ordained cause of global domination through the dual mode of conversion of the infidel and, wherever it works, dealing the infidel death indiscriminately to secure the heaven [Jannat] of sensual delights, and this it is doing, as ordained in its scriptural trilogy, along multipronged channels carefully drafted to secure sure success. Hence, love jihad, speech jihad, literary jihad, ideological jihad, cinematic jihad, suicidal jihad, proselytising jihad and what not. The Christian priest has been its successful targeted victim, who knows? perhaps through heavy inducement, a deal done behind the scenes. Thus, the jihad with its gravitational endurance keeps pulling humanity inexorably down. It is most meet that men be made increasingly aware of its consequences, both short-term and long-term, for it is a death-deal for civilisation that it's ultimate objective is.

Addenda: If the converted priest was indeed a Catholic, he would have been celibate throughout. Now after conversion he will be able to marry multiple times. An added inducement! Heaven on earth for him! Verily, it is a true homecoming for him, homecoming to all of life's pleasures here and in the Hereafter. [Reference: US Catholic priest Father Hilarion Heagy converts to Islam to become Saeed Abdul Latif. After conversion he says, "It's like coming home."]

Sugata Bose @Dhyan Maneesha : This is the question Swamiji had posed about 125 years ago, seeing the existential threat to India's future. India was then under British occupation with all its colonial consequences affecting it. To top it, Swamiji being the visionary Rishi that he was, could see through India's future dangers at the hands of its enemies, both external and internal. India still faces those dangers and no less so than in Swamiji's times. With an ever-exploding population and shifting demographic balance, Pakistan and China breathing down fire and brimstone on our borders and deep within the State, fissiparous tendencies in the border states of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and the North-east, rising unemployment, cost of living, declining mass culture, unprecedented levels of corruption in every sphere with the politicians and crony capitalists leading the charge, insufficient provisions of social security and a general loss of character in the polity, the prospects appear rather grim for settlement in ease and comfort. We are at the crossroads of our civilisational life where which direction we will take will determine the future of our nation. There are so many break-India forces at work within and without, from Anglo-American ones to Abrahamic ones that are attempting the destabilisation of our country for their respective ends, that this question naturally keeps cropping up within my mind: Shall India die?

Sugata Bose @Abhisek Metya : হ্যাঁ, ওই ঘরে গেছি | কিন্তু ঠাকুর ওই ঘরে কল্পতরু হননি | বিরাট প্রাঙ্গনে এক জায়গায় যেখানে বেলগাছ আছে, ওই বেলগাছের তলায় সমাধিস্থ হন গিরিশ বাবুর ব্যাসবাল্মিকীরূপ স্তুতি শুনে | তারপর সেখানেই ক্রমসমবেত ভক্তমণ্ডলীকে শুভাশীর্বাদে ধন্য করেন |

Sugata Bose @Rohini Jalan : Happy birthday, Rohini! This day has seen the birth of a great one, such a one in dedication and devotion as is seldom seen. In my life you have been the singular soul who has carried out my commandments to the hilt, and the harvest is now yours to reap. The seed sown has fructified. Now it shall be one golden harvest after another all the way. Such a deal of input there has been through your determined, almost superhuman, effort that the output must show up unfailingly. Have been with you all through these difficult years and will be through with you everafter in the sunshine that life has to offer you. Live for the world and eternal life is yours. Blessings. Happy birthday once again for happiness knows no end in reiteration. [Dated: 6 March, 2023]

Sugata Bose @YouTube [Launch of V.V.S. Laxman' book '281 And Beyond'] : Harsha Bhogle is a superficial, pretentious, sycophantic character whose levity makes a mockery of all the programmes he moderates. Would it were that he had some sense of decent gravity about him that would have allowed discussion to proceed along deeper channels! His rough unevenly deep voice coming through at times, despite careful camouflage with apparent soft tenor of speech, betrays his real nature which is for sure contrary to the soft, pussycat character he seemingly portrays.

Sugata Bose @YouTube Channel : Pandit Jasraj is an effort-singer and generally off-tune from the standpoint of puritanical tonal perfection which is to be expected of a musical maestro.

Sugata Bose @YouTube : This man (Krishnamachari Shrikanth) is a joker, nothing more. But he batted well and did so to victory in the World Cup for us in 1983. For that he is to be respected. But his histrionics before the camera are despicable, a terrible display of popular low culture.

Sugata Bose @YouTube [Gavaskar's 101 run out at Old Trafford, 1974] : You cannot blame Gavaskar for being run out thus after the rough treatment received by him from unthinking fans seeking momentary limelight before television when they mobbed and manhandled him by way of offering their congratulations for his century.

Sugata Bose @Chandra Kumar Bose : 33% of Bengal are patently communal by scriptural mandate.

Sugata Bose @YouTube : Shame on the Kolkata crowd! Unsportsmanlike as always. Right from the West Indies tour of 1966-67 to Wasim Akram's Pakistan team of 1998, the Kolkatans have been terrible in terms of civility. And to top it all, this was their behaviour in a World Cup semifinal match. Shame!

Sugata Bose @YouTube : Can't you conduct a programme without clowning it up? This is with reference to the anchor's stupid antics which is in sharp contrast to the more intelligent humour of Sanjay Manjrekar and company (Azharuddin and Venkatesh Prasad). The anchor's antics are as usual sycophantic, and superficially so, which has spoiled the show unduly.

Sugata Bose @YouTube [Akash Chopra interviewing Muttiah Muralidaran] : Akash Chopra, while interviewing someone you must prepare for the relevant statistics better. Brian Lara scored 688 runs in three Tests against Sri Lanka in that series and not 'close to 600' as you said.

Sugata Bose @YouTube [Sehwag's double century in Sri Lanka against Muttiah Muralidaran,  Ajanta Mendis and Chaminda Vaas] : The Sri Lankan commentators are quite terrible, with their over-loudness and atrocious pronunciation, the latter attribute perhaps the inevitable consequence of their local language.

Sugata Bose @Sujoy Mukherjee : Very good post, Sujoy. Most perceptive. Will make devotees think afresh as to what the truth is. [Reference to Swami Nirmalananda being a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna]

Sugata Bose @This song obviously is a technology marvel but a massive failure on the part of the Nightingale of India to match up to the Prince Perennial of film music in terms of harmony, tonal quality, pitching accuracy, rhythm and melodic sense, and musical excellence in general. Kundalal Saigal at his best is miles ahead of Lata Mangeshkar who at the time of her recording was way past her prime. If the two had truly met in the recording studio when both were in their prime, the musical magic thus wrought would have been a perennial treasure for posterity to cherish. Alas, that could not be for they were born years apart!

N.B. The background orchestration is matchless. One wonders whether it was done by Raichand Boral or not. Simply superb! Over the years there has been a marked degeneration in this orchestration aspect of film music as the classical element, both western and Indian, has been replaced by modern musical extravaganza. This is regrettable which is what makes this piece, presented once more in a newer garb, so refreshing, reminiscent of the golden past, those early days of New Theatres and the subsequent Bombay film music at its pristine best.

Sugata Bose @Debaprasad Bhattacharya : It will not be harsh on our part to part with the Commonwealth for sure but if the Commonwealth members en masse quit the order, it will hit the British hard enough for her economy to feel its harshness. It will be harsh on the British economy, not harsh of the member states to leave the Commonwealth as such from an ethical standpoint. Britain will understand also for once what harshness means when she is relieved of the wealth of her erstwhile colonies or present-day dominions in fullest measure. But, perhaps, many member states are bound to the commercial conglomerate of the Empire by way of cooperative business benefit which they do not wish to forego in a world of economic uncertainties, especially when many such member states are not too developed to be entirely on their own.

Sugata Bose @Utpal Aich : So, it is not wrong of common critics when they call Gandhi an agent of the British. Right?

Sugata Bose @Sandhya Bhadury : Thank you for the invitation but I hope you are under no illusions about my identity as so many unfortunately are through no fault of mine. I am generally confused to be my namesake Prof. Sugata Bose, grandson of Sarat Chandra Bose and grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, which I emphatically am not. If your identification has been right or has now been righted and if your enthusiasm for the invitation persists nonetheless, I shall be happy to consider it. I am myself interested in the resurrection of the direct disciple status of Swami Nirmalananda (Tulsi Maharaj) with respect to his divine Guru Sri Ramakrishna which goes against the grain of popular thinking as induced by the Belur Math authorities. To this end I have made and am making my feeble efforts and have met with some success. Awaiting your reply. Regards.

Sugata Bose @YouTube interview of Prakash and Deepika Padukone by Rajdeep Sardesai : Rajdeep Sardesai, do you seriously believe that the interviewer ought to talk more than the interviewee? Who is being interviewed here and who is the interviewer?

Sugata Bose @YouTube interview of Prakash and Deepika Padukone by Rajdeep Sardesai : Ten words by Rajdeep Sardesai and one word by the Padukones -- is that it, Mr. Sardesai with all your excitability, garrulousness and digressions that are at once superficial as they are giggly-stupid?

Sugata Bose @YouTube: This person [Mohanji] is not spiritual at all. Liberation is not that easy. It is not child's play and is attained only when all desires are burnt to extinction at their very root. All this puerile talk is so much material nonsense that has nothing to do with pure spirituality. This is gross materialism masquerading as spirituality. Alas, this is the decadent state of spirituality today and it has been so for quite some time. Materialism iz not bad as such but it ought not to fake itself as spirituality.

Sugata Bose @Dr Santimoy Mukherjee : That way even Swamiji was Swamiji's disciple because he had self-initiated himself into sannyas. So were all his other brother disciples his disciples for they also were initiated into sannyas by Swamiji. The argument that the Ramakrishna Mission forwards that Tulsi Maharaj himself used to proclaim that he was Swamiji's disciple falls flat on this ground. However, the Ramakrishna Mission does not quite say that. Their ambiguous stand makes Tulsi Maharaj nobody's disciple and by some queer conjunction Swamiji's mantrashishya or mantra-initiated disciple in the classical sense. Please read all the documents provided by Manoj Sivan. Thanks and regards.

Sugata Bose @Chandra Kumar Bose : National socialism? Meaning Nazism? And democracy in conjunction? Would that not be a contradiction in political terms? Moreover, national socialism, as history testifies, has plunged the world in war (1939 -- 1945). Should we again try to build such a narrow national interest at the expense of humanity as a whole?

Sugata Bose @Sujoy Mukherjee : First class refutation of superficial stuff!

Sugata Bose @Selva Murali : Simply brilliant. Congratulations on such a powerful denunciation of peddled untruth by direct quotation from Swamiji.

Sugata Bose @Manoj Sivan : But still we must refute them. It is important by way of spreading the message and driving the hammer home.

Sugata Bose @Kumar Utsav : Why does Tulsi Maharaj's name not appear then in the disciple list of Swamiji as published by Belur Math?

Sugata Bose @Chandra Kumar Bose : Your daily inputs are rationalising the political discourse along the right lines but, alas, humanity is as yet far removed from such an enlightened stance. Nonetheless, it is heartwarming to find someone immersed in this sanitising process.

Sugata Bose @Kumar Utsav : Does that matter more than Swami Brahmananda's legal statement in the power of attorney that he provided Tulsi Maharaj when deputing him for being his representative in South India? Does law not have greater validity? And, of course, I have read the book you have mentioned and read many more besides.

Sugata Bose @Narayanan P D Namboodiri : Yes, of course, you should. Dedication to Tulsi Maharaj must be total.

Sugata Bose @Rohini Jalan : You will. You deserve it. And that which you deserve must come to you. Nothing can take it away from you.