Humanization Of Countries, Viruses And Everything Else By Promod Puri Do we have to blame a nation or nations for their…
INTEGRATION OF SCIENCES WITH POLITICS OPENS A NEW ERA OF GOVERNANCE:
Evolution in political ideologies is a hypothesis where political science can expand its studies to determine and encourage the involvement…
Review Of Mindset Views Restores Their Rationality
By Promod Puri. Distorted, false, or unrealistic information twist our thinking. As of result, our perceptions are flawed. Endeavouring for…
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If one has understood God thru rituals and customs, then what has been understood is not God. Promod Puri
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The message emanating from the House Of God remains the same. Church, Masjid and Mandir are just a nameplate. Promod…
Intellectual Humility Helps To Review A Mindset View. Promod Puri
Religious rituals are long on fear, miracles, and emotions, but short on reasons. Promod Puri
America Crucially Needs Both Gun Control And Mental Control. Promod Puri
If food and friends with added sugar can be avoided, life is naturally sweet. Promod Puri
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A Few Drops Of Praise Takes Away Bitterness From Inapt Criticism. Promod Puri
Cricket basically is a game of two players, the bowler and the batsman. The rest are waiters. Promod Puri
Moments, events or karmas are not created by destiny or God, but by the man himself. Promod Puri
Studies in religions are more relevant and meaningful than trumpeting “hurt sentiments.” Promod Puri
The nature of people is best revealed thru discussion on religion and politics. Promod Puri
Hinduism can’t be homogenized. Its natural strength lies in its diverse spiritual thinking, rituals, traditions and practices. Promod Puri
A part of the Hindu spectrum is atheism. Promod Puri
A self-review or reflection of what occupies us mentally most of the time can be worthwhile. Promod Puri
Logic is slow. Absurdity is often fast. Promod Puri
Occasionally I need mental floss to clean outdated mindset views. Promod Puri
Sanctimony, meaning pretended or hypocritical religious devotion, dominates rituals and customs. Promod Puri
Windows for alternative political imaginations and ideologies can only be opened under democracy. Promod Puri
Windows for alternative political imaginations and ideologies can only be opened under democracy. Promod Puri
Seeking perfection may not always be bliss. Promod Puri
In our social, religious, economic and political systems infusion of realism is crucial in their idealism. Promod Puri
PIERRE POILLEVRE’S FAR-RIGHT AGENDA LEADS THE TORIES TO 3RD LOSS
It would be a reverse hat trick for the Conservative Party of Canada to score a third consecutive loss after…
UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR CONTINUES WITH THE HOPE OF WINNING BY BOTH
Although most world media has put it on the back burner, the Ukraine-Russia war has been fiery since February. Who…
PAISA, TAKKA, AANA, DUANI: SOME WORDS THAT BRING THE PLEASURES OF THE PAST
Besides memories, words also connect us to nostalgic moments that we embrace once in a while. Paisa is one word…
DID THE BRITISHERS LOOT INDIA?
By Promod Puri Yes, the Kohinoor, tons of gold and jewellery got plundered by the Empire. Besides, according to one…
SAD TO KNOW MR. HORGAN RETIRING
The news that John Horgan decides to retire, after the election in the fall when the New Democratic Party in…
Cricket basically is a game of two players, the bowler and the batsman. The rest are waiters. Promod Puri
MUSIC INSPIRES LEARNING PUNJABI: When a superstar of Punjabi music performs in Vancouver, it is more than an event of…
FROM PRAKASH KAUR TO MOOSE WALA, AN EVOLUTION IN PUNJABI MUSIC
With my fondness and taste for Punjabi songs, I belong to the era when Prakash Kaur, Surinder Kaur, and Asha…
INTRODUCING “WALNUT RAITA”
My creative senses sometimes spill over to culinary passion. The new creation offers an evolution in the popular Indian yogurt-based…
God is the creation of man! Or a man is the creation of God
Which one of these statements is right, and which one is wrong, or both right, or both wrong? One more…
COMPLAINTS, PROTESTS AND ‘SHIKWA’
Poet Sahir Ludhianvi says, “Aasman pe hai khuda aur zameen pe hum, the God is up there in the sky,…
BOYCOTTS AND SANCTIONS
Yes, the boycott is working. Since February, it has deprived Russians of their choice of burgers at MacDonald; they miss…
Stephen Hawking warned against contacting aliens. Scientists are doing it anyway
This year, two groups of astronomers plan to send messages containing information about humans and the location of Earth toward…
A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE ROLE OF KAIKEYI IN RAMAYANA
Princess of the Kekaya kingdom, Kaikeyi knows from early childhood that she has no value in a world of men.…
HOW WE SPEND TIME
How do we use time from the morning when we get up till bedtime? The question is simple in its…
WORLD UNDER MORE AUTOCRATIC RULERS
Today more of the global population, 54 percent, is under autocratic rule than democracy. From Russia to China, the Phillippines,…
Indian Nobel Laureate Once Lived In Vancouver And Worked at UBC
Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100…
WHO IN THE WORLD AM I?”
That is a big puzzle that confronts us once in a while. The question does not relate to our standing…
WE’RE ALL FOOLS ONCE A WHILE OR QUITE OFTEN: IT’S NATURAL
Of course, we already have April Fool’s Day on the first day of the month. But let us give the…
INTRODUCTION OF GITA STUDY IN SCHOOLS WILL LEAD TO CRAM LEARNING FOR KIDS
Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita has become part of school studies in Gujarat starting this year. Other states in India…
ONE BRAVE HEART MUST YIELD AND SURRENDER TO END THE HORRORS OF WAR
Let him overpower and occupy Ukraine, amass more to his vast kingdom, and paint how he paints his ‘red’ sprawling…
Wars are crimes against humanity. The tradition of war needs elimination for our peace and safety irrespective of our diverse nationalities. THE CASE FOR WORLDWIDE ABOLISHING Of THE ARMED FORCES AND DISMANTLING OF ARM FACTORIES
THE CASE FOR WORLDWIDE ABOLISHING Of THE ARMED FORCES AND DISMANTLING OF ARM FACTORIES
In this article, I’m not going into the genesis of the Russia-Ukraine war. Neither do I debate if ‘de-Nazification’ in…
Lord Krishna in “Stri-Vesha”
One of Lord Krishan’s many Leelas is that of “stri-Vesha”, dressing up in woman’s clothing. This can be seen in…
HOPE FOR END TO UKRAINE CRISIS SOON:
There is always an end to the beginning. A start stops at someplace. That is the phenomenon of events in…
BURQA, HIJAB CUSTOM NEED REVIEW
Muslim students and teachers forced to remove their burqas and hijabs in Karnataka and other BJP-ruled states led to considerable…
When someone tells me, “do your research,” that implies looking for something that exactly matches the caller’s opinion.
Mindfulness In Walking
What is walking meditation? Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College For Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the…
REMEMBERING LATA THRU SOME OF MY MOST FAV SONGS
I belong to the generation that grew up listening to Lata Mangeshkar without missing any single day. All India Radio,…
Emotion is an integral part of human sentiment. Despite being a natural impulse, its flow needs to be regulated.
IN CANADA:
(A Satire): IN CANADA: I want to imbibe and enjoy absolute freedoms in the land of “the true North strong…
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD!
Today’s world is in turmoil, violent, disturbed, depressing and daunting. Although we can say, it is an era of peace…
GETTING INVOLVED WITH MINDFULNESS
Staying in an environment exclusively reserved for the self leads towards an experience called mindfulness. Residing in this environment are…
STAGNATION IN POLITICAL THINKING:
In the contemporary world, the production and reproduction of information and knowledge should lead to a review of our political…
HOW RELIGIOUS VIEWS GET EMBEDDED:
In religion, most people do not read the fundamentals of the scriptures. But they gather their religious knowledge or information…
Mother India:
She is a symbol of Mother India, fighting for the poor, fighting for the Dalits, fighting for justice, fighting for…
Difference of opinion
In God We Trust
The four-word phrase appears on all American currency. The fact is, rather than God, the Trust lies in honouring the…
SEEKING PEACE IN THE WORLD THRU “DEFENCE”
The ten countries with the highest military expenditures in one year (latest figures) are: The United States ($778 billion) China…
EXPECTING A CRISIS-FREE ERA AS WE ENTER 2022
By Promod Puri If the circa 2020 and 2021 get merged, we clock an era of a worldwide pandemic, the…
Who Knows!
Indian Farmers
FROM SAMBA NEAR JAMMU, ALLA RAKHA BECAME A TABLA LEGEND
From the village Ghagwal, near the town of Samba, about 40 km from Jammu, Allarakha Qureshi got his hands on…
Reading or indulging in negative news revives overlooked positive realities existing around us.
Modi Phenomenon Needs Analytical Study By Political Scientists
Is Modi a socialist, Leftist, Rightist, capitalist, autocrat, or fascist? Under which political post he works to manage the defaced “largest democracy in the world?”
Hindu Swastika Exhibits Tolerance, Fortune and Auspiciousness
Hindu Swastika Exhibits Tolerance, Fortune and Auspiciousness Despite being stigmatized as a Nazi emblem of anti-Semitism, hate and violence, Swastika, the…
MY REMEMBRANCE DAY
It all happened on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month,” of 1918 when the First…
DISMANTLING CANADA’S DEPT. OF DEFENSE:
Does Canada need the ministry of defence or the department of defence? Defence from whom? Who is going to invade…
RELIGIONS NEED TO BE FREE FROM FANATICS:
Fanatic Hindu, fanatic Muslim, fanatic Sikh, fanatic Christian, Jew, or Buddhist! These are the labels we often hear or assign…
Cliché Marks The End Of Words’ Impact
When repeatedly or overused in conversation or even in writing, words, phrases, and expressions fall in the lexical toolbox called…
How China combined authoritarianism with capitalism to create a new communism
Tomasz Kamusella, The Conversation After the 1989 fall of communism in the Soviet bloc, five self-declared communist states remain today:…
WHEN THE GREEN GRASS LOOKS BLUE:
The story goes like this: A donkey and a tiger got themselves involved in a heated argument. The donkey insisted…
WHERE IS MY WRISTWATCH?
There it is in the back of my bedside drawer. Have I abandoned it? Not honestly. I’m keeping it but…
SCATTERED VOICES OF DISSENT WILL NOT HELP SAVE INDIA’S DEMOCRACY:
Separate and scattered non-political voices of dissent against Modi’s push to fundamentally transfer India to dictatorial rule will not help…
THE HYPE OF PROTEIN AND THE TASTE OF GHEE:
Growing up in India, the most nutritious food item loaded with protein besides vitamin A and other healthy stuff was…
THE SPIRIT OF JAMMU IN REVOLUTIONARY MARTYR UDHAM SINGH: I belong to Jammu, the city in the state of Jammu…
REMEMBERING MY SCHOOL PRAYER: DON’T DITHER, DON’T DELAY:
In my school days, as the bell rang, all the kids assembled for the morning prayer, which was relatively secular.…
AN ENCOUNTER WITH DEV ANAND
-by Promod Puri An episode happened when late Dev Anand, one of the most prominent and talented Bollywood stars of…
EGO: AN OVERVIEW
(Warning: 992 words to step on this reading. 5 to 8 mts. reading) What is ego? It is the nature…
ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE: I’M THE CAUSE, I’M THE CURE
By Promod Puri I often feel perplexed if the worldwide surge in climate campaigns and protests is approaching the desired…
DR. SHIV CHOPRA: THE CANADIAN WHISTLEBLOWER WHO CAMPAIGNED FOR BGH-FREE MILK
As a former Facebook employee, Frances Haugen is much in the news lately and projected by the media as a…
Future of Humanity Based On Two Factors
(Based on an essay by Mekhi Dhesi in the blog Rationalising The Universe) Does humanity face a permanent extinction tomorrow,…
Pandora Papers Expose The Loot of World Leaders:
As they govern or misgovern their respective countries under one political system or the other, several world leaders, while embedded…
RAPE SPREAD IN INDIA:
It is disgraced and dreadful evil that is marking a permanent stain on India’s social fabric. The evil is the…
FROM DAUGHTER’S DAY TO SON’S DAY, THE CALENDER IS FULL OF SPECIAL DAYS
Yesterday, it was Daughter’s Day, and now it’s Son’s Day. Tomorrow will be another ‘Day,’ a particular ‘Day’ dedicated to…
RED THREAD AROUND WRIST: A FAD OF HINDU IDENTIFICATION
A Red thread around the wrist is the new fad of Hindu ritual identification. Called Mauli or Kalva, a priest…
IS DESCRIBING PUNJAB NEW C.M. AS DALIT DEROGATORY?
Recently, in a bombshell announcement about Punjab’s top ruling shakeup, most of the Indian newspapers carried the banner headline that…
Overpacked And over-wrapped, Packaging Is An Environmental Issue
By Promod Puri The other day for a nostalgic childhood recreation, I bought a medium-size kite from Amazon. The order…
PALDI: A HERITAGE PLACE OF PRIDE FOR SOUTH-ASIAN CANADIANS
Paldi, named after a small town in Hoshiarpur District of Punjab, is located about seven miles southwest of Duncan, off…
WORLD OF CHOICES
From Netflix to the menu in a Chinese restaurant, buying a car or house, vacations or vitamins, Roma tomatoes, Beefsteak…
9/11 WORLDWIDE:
9/11 is the anniversary date of a significant terrorist attack on American soil on September 11, 2001. 9/11s have happened…
ELECTION CANADA: IT’S COVID-19 STUPID
The expression, it’s Covid-19, stupid, has not been introduced yet. But its relevancy smacks well in the current Canadian election hubbub.
WE ALL EVOLVING AND DISSOLVING IN ONE BIG POT CALLED UNIVERSE
Things get created; things get destroyed. In other words, what seems to be created is a step towards its destruction,…
Joy With Old Hindi Filmi Songs
Originally posted on Promod Puri.com:
By Promod Puri Living in Canada for the past 45 years, my nostalgic window often opens…
News And Views
News with views is a different story. But a selective pick of news and reading it with mindset views add…
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