Articles by Ravi Bhatia

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Martyrs’ Day: The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Feb 2020

January 30 1948 was a momentous day for India. This was the day when Gandhiji was assassinated by a Hindu bigot. He practiced nonviolence but the country was torn into two nations with millions of people killed in the aftermath of this freedom from colonial rule. Although Gandhi preached and practiced NV (Nonviolence) his death was brought about by violence. Does that minimize or negate the concept of NV?

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New Pair of Jeans
Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Jan 2020

Buying a new pair of jeans
With her hard earned means
The teenager Tanu put them on
For her friends to like her taste

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New Year
Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Dec 2019

On this cold day in the North
And warm days in the South
We celebrated the day of joy and mirth

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Indian Philosophy of Vedantic Advaita: Concepts of Peace, Equality, Duty, Harmony, Freedom
Dr Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 May 2019

The well-known Indian epic Bhagwad Gita tells us not to covet material objects, not to be attached to the material wealth. All of us require material goods but we should not over emphasize this aspect. Gandhi reiterated this maxim in his commentary on Gita that he called anasakti yoga (Yoga of non-attachment). The fundamental theme of this epic is that people should overcome a tendency to be attracted to the material world.

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Conserving Our Water Systems
Dr Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Apr 2019

Recently the issue of water and its increasing scarcity the world over was highlighted on 22 March which appropriately is now termed as World Water Day. Today more than anything else, we need to understand and appreciate the issues of conservation of water and protection of our environment. Some people are saying it is already too late since we have shown a total disregard towards these concerns. But better late than never.

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Old Is Not Old — Inspiring Stories of Some Elderly Persons
Dr Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Jan 2019

There are many people who are old in years but not really old in the sense that they lie listlessly in their beds and are unable to do anything independently. In this short essay I shall try to relate the names of a few persons who are ninety years or older. One person that I refer to is past his century and is still active.

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DUDH, dude!
Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Dec 2018

Today 10 December is United Nations Day of the Declaration of Human Rights. In French it is called DUDH (Declaration Universal de Droits Humain)

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Swami Vivekananda: 125 Years after His Stirring Speech in Chicago, 11 Sep 1893
Dr. Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Sep 2018

One of the greatest seers and philosophers that modern India has produced is undoubtedly Swami Vivekananda. He was lucky to have met Sri Ramakrishna who was impressed by his intelligence and keenness in asking questions of spirituality and divinity. Sri Ramakrishna encouraged the precocious boy, gave him the name Vivekananda and asked him to spread the word of peace, harmony, joy to the world.

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What Is Cooking?
Dr. Ravi Bhatia – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Jul 2018

Cooking for food, cooking for peace, cooking for friendship.

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