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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...
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Internet - A Root Source For a Huge Tree and a Revolution Towards Affordability and Inclusivity in the United States

I  don’t  want to tell the  obvious  but internet drives everything else  which is  built on top of it.  The most striking fact is this:  the internet has created more jobs in the last 20 years than almost any other technological system in history , not by replacing work alone, but by inventing entirely new forms of it.  I became a part of th is great revolutionary  workforce recently and will see if I can continue for  long .  The digital economy now supports a vast share of livelihoods. In the U.S. alone, it is estimated that  over 16–18 million jobs are directly tied to digital platforms, internet infrastructure, or internet-enabled services , while a much larger share of the workforce depends on it indirectly. Globally, the internet economy contributes  well over 15% of global GDP , a figure that continues to rise each year.   The internet is often described as a tool, but that framing is far too narrow. It i...
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