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May Day Eve - A Tribute to Fathers and Father Figures in All Our Lives

On this May 1 st  or  International  Labor day , let us remember our father and all the father figures in our lives.  As someone who lost one at  a young age , I knew how bad the loss can get, especially for a child-like personality.  The loss was r eplaced by many father figures as I navigate my everyday difficult terrain in a challenging world.  While it is comforting, secure and a great feeling to look at father figures;  I myself  acted a s a father figure out of labor of love and words of advice, guidance on many occasions. It is important to give  dialogue,  direction  and  discernment  to multitudes  shaping up  their lives and acting as a fatherly figure . It is important to tell words of wisdom,  help  and encouragement where it is needed the most.   It is more important to give the fruits of our labor to  someone needing  it the most.  Thus  receiving  the ca...

West Bengal Elections - Arise, Awake in the Land of Mamata's Bengal: A Quest to Reclaim Economic Glory

I returned from Chicago, a place which discovered Swami Vivekananda to the India and the world. I stayed in Chicago  for 4 years by virtue of this past and present greatness of the men who travelled through it.  The monk is from the spiritually charged Eastern state of Bengal in India.  Then come Srila  Prabhupada ,  born Abhay Charan De in Kolkata on September 1, 1896.  Raised in a devout Bengali family, he was influenced early by Mahatma Gandhi’s independence movement but found his true calling in 1922 after meeting Srila  Bhaktisiddhanta  Sarasvati  Thakura , who urged him to teach Lord Krishna’s message in English. After decades of preparation,  Prabhupada  sailed to New York in 1965 at age 69 aboard the  Jaladuta , enduring hardships but carrying deep faith. With only a few dollars and sacred texts, he began teaching bhakti-yoga and chanting in public parks. His humble beginnings led to the creation of the  Internatio...