Hindus suffering continues in SP ruled Uttar Pradesh

The recent chain of events that have taken place in Muzaffarnagar and other parts of UP indicate disturbing emerging trends in UP's societal landscape. The events clearly highlight that the so-called minority community (muslims) is not so secular in places where it is in majority or where it is even 30-40% of the total population. 

According to an MHA report on communal riots and crime against women, the state of UP witnessed the maximum number of such riots (104) in comparison to other Indian states during 2012. This is an alarming trend, which if not restrained, could result in further escalation of the conflict between Hindus and muslims. Recent events in UP have further increased tensions between Hindus and muslims which highlight the existence of a strong undercurrent. Eve-teasing and rape of Hindu girls have been the root cause for these clashes (which clearly indicates the application of Love Jihad and Rape techniques to bring the Hindu women under muslim control). 

Please find below a brief version of the events that resulted in the escalation of conflicts between Hindus and Muslims:

Some muslim youngsters regularly eve-teased Hindu Jat school girls during their journey to and from schools. When the girls reported this to their family members, their brothers started escorting them to school. However, this did not stop the muslims from passing lewd remarks. The brothers (Gaurav and Sachin) of the girl confronted Sahnawaz Qureshi (one of the offenders); however, as the fight escalated, they killed the offender. 

Meanwhile, other members of muslim community gathered and chased down Gaurav and Sachin and then brutally killed them. This clearly indicates that muslims supported the criminal minded Qureshi and other muslim offenders. Moreover, they were unwilling to cooperate with Hindu Jats in identifying and punishing other culprits. The Hindus also tried to file FIR but their requests were ignored by the police which was under the command of a muslim SSP. 

As a result, the Hindu Jats organized a Mahapanchayat to counter the growing menace of eve-teasing of Hindu girls in muslim dominated areas. At the same time, the muslims devised an ambush strategy to kill more Hindus in order to discourage them from taking any sort of corrective action. The muslims hid in mosques with weapons and other ammunition to ambush Hindu Jats and killed some of the Hindus in their usual cowardly manner. The killings further angered the Hindus and hence began the riots. 

Till the time, Hindus didn't respond, no action was taken but the moment Hindus started retaliating, the SP government took help of CRPF and Army to suppress Hindu anger.

On the other hand, a number of Hindus from muslim dominated villages and towns are being asked to relocate to other locations on the pretext of avoiding riots. Practically, these muslim dominated villages will become 100% muslim and Muzaffarnagar will become 100% Islamized in another 3 to 5 years. 

In such a scenario, what is the guarantee that people of Muzaffarnagar will not demand independence and call all this rioting a freedom struggle.

I am not surprised with the growing aggression of muslims in UP as they seem to have crossed the minimum threshold level of 20% of total population in the state. The following are some of the factors (together) that have contributed to this increasingly aggressive behavior: 

1. Appeasement politics through mindless introduction of pro-muslims policies in order to garner their votes
2. Increasing influence of muslim leaders (who are part of the ruling party) in the state affairs
3. Growing share of muslim population in various parts of UP

While we can attribute the increasing number of riots to failure of state government, the growing confidence of muslims to fight with Hindus can also not be ignored. The increasing number of riots clearly indicate execution of a plan which is an inseparable part of the sub-conscious of every muslim.

In order to understand the natural sub-conscious plan of muslims, we must understand their behavior when they are at different levels of population. This is further explained below:

1. When in Minority (less than 20%): 
1. Play the victim card to gain the sympathy of political heads. 
2. Vote as a group in favor of one leader to ensure that he wins and once he wins, pressurize him to introduce policies favorable to Islam. 
3. Split the votes of majority community (Hindus) to ensure that they do not get a strong voice on a political platform.
4. Use Love Jihad to get Hindu women under their fold.
2. When muslims exceed the minimum threshold of 20% (between 20% and 50%): 
1. Become more vocal about their rights based on Islam. 
2. Initiate aggression and hostility towards other communities such as Hindus, Christians and others. 
3. Demand implementation of Shariah 
4. Adopt techniques such as love jihad, rape and rioting to provoke members of the other religion (in India's case, it is Hindus) and then later on try to show themselves as sufferers in the hands of majority.
5. Blackmail the authorities on the pretext of "Law and Order" issues to avoid justified punishment for their crimes. 
6. As a result, the leader does not take any action which encourages other Muslims to commit similar crimes. 
3. When in Majority (more than 50%) -- (Ethnic Cleansing Phase)
1. Muslims will start implementing their goals more aggressively. 
2. Blackmail political leaders, suppress other communities and implement Shariah in spite of secular governments. 
3. Make life of minorities miserable through kidnap, rape and forced marriages of Hindu females with Muslim males. 
4. Provide all facilities to people of their religion but ignore Hindus, Christians or others. 
5. Ask Hindus to convert to Islam to be able to get better education, roads, infrastructure and finance. 
6. Convert Hindus or murder them to ensure the hegemony of Islam

Currently, muslims are at level 2 in UP; however, they have already initiated suppression of Hindus to gain control of the state. This is primarily because the ruling party (SP) is under strong influence of some muslim leaders (Azam Khan). "Law and Order" is in bad shape and a number of riots have taken place under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.  

The immediate rectification of UP situation lies in the imposing President's rule. This is because SP is protecting the aggressors (muslims) and punishing the victims (Hindus). Therefore, SP has lost all the moral right to rule UP due to the increasingly deteriorating "Law and Order" situation as well as Hindus' lack of trust in relation to a fair investigation into these riots.

Rape - An outcome of a Sick Society

Rapes have become a widespread phenomenon in India. Quite often, we hear of rape news from different cities, towns and villages of our country. While the government and administration has certainly failed to provide a safe environment to the citizens, we (as Indian citizens) have also not actively participated in creating a secure and safe environment in the country. Government's attitude is apathetic (no doubt) but we are also more or less in the same league. 

The fact that many passersby did not even act after seeing a girl (lying near a road in unbearable pain), who was brutally raped and thrown out of a moving bus, only indicates the extent of self-centered abyss that we have fallen into. The fact that those on Police duty, on that fateful night, argued with each other regarding the jurisdiction area of the crime only indicates their lack of sense for humanity (leave alone the country). And even after Delhi gang rape, we as a society have created a new low in Mumbai. 

Now (after the Mumbai rape case), a new cycle of protests and outcries had begun. But isn't this simply a reaction of our frustration? And can we really reduce the rape incidents through this reactionary approach? I have pondered over these two questions for a long period of time and the answer that I get is that such protests are not effective instruments to force the government to improve governance. 

Protests can get you limelight but they will not help you in ending the menace of rape. 

Rape is not only demeaning to the victim but it is also demeaning to our culture as it questions the potency of Indians as responsible, active and effective citizens. Rapes highlight our inability to protect our sisters and daughters. The consistency of such events also indicate the existence of a deeper malaise that exists in our society. In order to remove this malaise, we must be aggressive in first preventing rapes but we must also focus on the root cause of this disease. 

Preventing Rapes
For preventing rapes, we must develop an offense mechanism that targets the offender OR prospective offender from four different directions, that is, governmental, legal, administrative and societal. A well planned and coordinated mechanism will leave no scope for the offender. While government, legal and administration will play a very prominent role, the stakeholders (i.e. us, the common people) of the society will need to take the lead in the prevention of any such rape attempt. 

Once, we take the lead we can force the government, legal and administrative systems to adapt according to the changing situations. We can force them to create an environment that minimizes the possibility of rape. 'What we should do and How we should do' is something that I intend to take in another article; however, one thing is absolutely clear that the preventing rape has to start with strong measures that are taken at societal level. 

A crime whose origin is the Society has to end with the help of Society only.

Target the Root Cause 
Once we have established a safe and secure environment for the citizens, then our target will be the root cause of such crimes. It is difficult to identify a single reason responsible for these crimes, therefore, in my viewpoint, a number of negative influences have collaborated to give rise to this evil. This is the principal reason for the spurt in the number of rape incidents. However, I would definitely like to highlight the negative influences that have led to such a situation:

Lack of adequate education for all 
Education is important because it not only improves the knowledge of the people (specifically, the kids) but it also helps them to give shape to their conduct in the society. While getting good marks is relevant in a competitive society, one can not ignore values to stay in competition. In India, kids education has to improve across variety of areas, for example, aptitude identification and development, grades, personality development, and values. While the teachers play a very prominent role, it is the family which is a more fertile ground for value based education. 

Erosion of values (at the family level) during the early stages of a child
Scientific research has proved that a child is most receptive to learning new things during the first five years of his life. While a person learns the entire life, his rate of learning and the ability to grasp new concepts declines as he becomes older. The learning in the formative years primarily comes from the family, therefore, the onus of social conduct of an adult is more with the family. The growing dominance of materialism and fulfillment of desires has resulted in a 'No holds barred' attitude. As a result, every family has become more focused on desire fulfillment which has facilitated the process of giving up the treasure of our values.

Lack of connect with Ancient Indian Culture
India has a rich cultural heritage which has sustained for more than 10,000 years. However, the concepts, philosophies and the beauty of our culture got distorted due to passage of time and our interaction with people from other civilizations. Nonetheless, time has arrived that we revisit our old Indian tradition and reset our living style and habits according to VEDAS and other scriptures. While connecting with our past, we must also inculcate a sense of pride in our identity as Indians. This will help us to become spiritual as well as nationalists. Once we connect with our roots, we will be able to experience a positive change in our mindsets. And this should also help the anti-social elements to become better human beings.  

Perverse and blind adoption of Western culture
Globalization has resulted in the intermingling of different cultures across the world. While globalization has some inherent benefits, it carried some baggage of garbage too. For example, globalization has allowed evils such as Porn, Pubs, Friday Nights, Drugs, Liquor, Gay marriages and Debt-based consumption to flourish in the global marketplace. The prospering of such evils has created an attitude of instant gratification. As India has actively participated in the process of globalization, we have been influenced by these evils too. 

In fact, Indians have been very receptive to the evils of globalization primarily due to a superficial inferiority complex. Such blind worship of Western culture has only shaken our foundations.

Time has come for us to not just ape Western morals in the name of modernism, but to learn from our own past.

Thank You!!

Solutions to the Kashmir problem

The Kashmir problem is predominantly an issue that has been created by Pakistan; however, it has magnified over the last few years due to the policy paralysis at the Center and State levels. The Indian government continues to commit errors in resolving the Kashmir issue and this has also led the people of Kashmir to set wrong aspirations. While tackling the Kashmir issue, inside-outside strategy will need to be adopted wherein the government needs to focus on two main challenges viz., internal and external. The medicine for each challenge will be different; however, the cure will be the same. 

In this article, we will first discuss various possible solutions that can help us to resolve the internal issues and then, we will move on to the external challenges.

Resolving Internal Issues
Although solution to Kashmir problem is highly improbable under the current leadership, it is not impossible if we have strong-willed leaders at the centre and state level. Nonetheless, I suggest the following steps to improve the Kashmir situation:

1. Remove special status for J&K: Granting special status is not bad; however, it should not result in the isolation of the state from rest of the country. In case of Kashmir, special status has only isolated the Kashmiris. Therefore, removal of special status will help the Kashmiris to intermingle with other Indians and will eventually help them to live harmoniously. 
2. Resettle KPs back to Kashmir: Implement a program that allows Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) to come back to Kashmir in a proper and phased manner. For example, the government can launch new 'Real Estate' projects which will help in the development of organized residential real estate as well as allow the KPs to start afresh. All the KPs who were rendered homeless and still continue to live under poor conditions should be given first preference to re-locate to Kashmir.
3. Settlement of Army officers and Sikhs: Along with each KP family, send one family from Army and one Sikh family to settle in Kashmir. Ideal places for resettlement could be near 'Army Areas/Units'. The short term goal will be resettlement by forming diverse communities and long-term goal will be to facilitate demographic change.   
4. Infrastructure projects: Launch new infrastructure projects that help in providing jobs to the local people. Identify the weak areas within infrastructure, for example, road, rail, power, airports or any other. Work on improving the infrastructure and hire locals as well as outsiders. However, during the process of job creation, some reservation can be kept for people from different states of the country. For example, the government can keep 33% reservation for people from other states.
5. Offer economic incentives: Offer economic incentives that attract businesses to invest in various areas such as science and education, transportation, infrastructure and other industrial sectors. This will help the government to offer opportunities in which the Kashmiri people can be gainfully and positively employed.
6. Digitization of the Valley: This is a very important aspect through which the government can offer jobs and increase the participation of locals. Digitization will further help the Kashmiris to be in sync with rest of India. Dr. C Rangarajan's recommendations are the first steps to initiate such a change.
7. Leverage technology to ward off terrorist strikes as well as infiltration: Implementation of technology can help the government to prevent terrorist strikes in the valley. The government can also form partnership with Israel to develop or implement such technology that stops infiltration and prevents terrorist strikes. This will also help us to save precious lives of our high quality soldiers.
8. Conditional Removal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA): Once, the government restores normalcy in the valley and once, the other steps (as mentioned above) have been adequately implemented, then only the government can consider the removal of AFSPA. 

Resolving External Issues

Since India's independence, Kashmir has continued to be a major issue for Pakistan. This is primarily due to Pakistan's inability to accept a stronger India as it's neighbor. Even though Pakistan has lost every war with India, it still harbors ambitions of dominating the sub-continent by adopting cheap tactics such as Jihad and separation of Kashmir. Pakistan will continue to support the Separatists in Kashmir because they serve its agenda of weaker India. 

Also, the separatists are incorrigible who are only lusting for power and do not have any concern, whatsoever, either for J&K or its people. The Kashmiris need to understand that their situation is not going to improve if they play into the hands of the separatists. Simultaneously, the Centre and J&K's state government need not be soft on Jihadi elements who intend to destabilize the situation further. 

Therefore, if India needs to stop Pakistan's proxy war, then the following steps will help: 

• Step 1: As a first measure, try preventing the entry of any terrorist from the border; however, if this continues (which does), then move to the next step.
• Step 2: Close all economic, sociological and political interaction with PAK. Deport all Pakistanis. Isolate PAK to the extent that it is forced to retreat from its unfriendly position towards India. If PAK's attitude doesn't improve, then move to step 3.

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Currently India is at step 2; however, Indian government has not been aggressive enough in this step as well. Ideally, this should be the "Red Line" and Pakistan is quite close to it. In such a situation, Indian army, government and citizens should be physically and mentally ready for any kind of fallout between Indian and Pakistan. 

Moving to Step 3 is inevitable, so it will be better if all of us are prepared for it.

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• Step 3: Target the terrorist camps in PoK. Destroy each and every terrorist camp through air strikes. However, if the situation doesn't improve and PAK continues to train terrorists in order to destabilize India, then move to step 4.
• Step 4: Don't warn - Just attack PoK with the purpose of destroying 100% of the terrorist infrastructure and then recapture PoK. PAK still continues with its loser attitude, move to step 5.
• Step 5: Attack PAK's nuclear capabilities in order to disable them and to avoid any kind of misuse. This step will place a full stop to PAK's nuclear blackmail and will allow India to offer a more secure environment to its citizens. However PAK being PAK, it still pricks India, then move to step 6.

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If we want to attack PAK's nuclear capabilities, then we must be ready with the plan at Step 2 only. This plan to deactivate PAK's nuclear capabilities is important because if Taliban takes over PAK, then Hindus risk to lose a lot of lives. This will help us to save valuable time as well as lot of lives.

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• Step 6: Launch an all-out attack on PAK in order to integrate it into India. India should also align with the dissatisfied regions in Pakistan, for example, Balochistan to subdue PAK. This would be the end of it.

Thus, the inside-outside approach will settle the Pak and Kashmir issue once for all and will also help India to emerge as a much stronger nation in the subcontinent. The strategy could be a game changer in relation to India's stature on the world politics.

Know your famous media people

What you should know about Indian Media:

1. Hindustan Times – Shobhna Bhartia, owner and editor-in-chief of Hindustan Times is a Congress MP from Rajya Sabha.
2. Vinod Sharma, HT Political Affairs editor, is essentially a Congress spokesman on all TV panel discussions, because once his boss’ term gets over, he will be looking out for her RS seat next :-)
3. Barkha Dutt and Vir Sanghvi, famous Congress stooges (and intermediaries for UPA allies) who were exposed in the Radiagate scandal, and are virtual Congress spokespersons in their capacities as electronic media personalities, are the ones who write opinion and op-ed columns most frequently (once every week) on the editorial pages of HT. In return, Barkha and Sanghvi are rewarded with Padma Shris and other monetary compensation by the Nehru dynasty or Congress party.
4. NDTV’s promoters are Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy. Radhika’s sister Brinda Karat is a famous CPM leader (well known for anti-Baba Ramdev views) and Brinda’s husband Prakash Karat is the CPM Politburo General Secretary (well known for preferring Congress over BJP). And Prannoy Roy’s first cousin is the famous far-leftist pro-Maoist-Naxalite pro-Kashmiri-terrorists “intellectual” Arundhati Suzanna Roy.
5. NDTV’s Barkha Dutt’s reality has already been exposed by me in above section.
6. NDTV’s Sonia Singh is the wife of Uttar Pradesh Congress MP, Union minister and ex-princely state ruler, Mr. R. P. N. Singh, who is one of the fastest rising stars in the Congress party. If you remember, Sonia Singh is a very high-profile anchor on NDTV whose pro-Congress anti-BJP bias is legendary.
7. NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan (high-profile anchor of Left Right Centre) is the current girlfriend of J&K CM Omar Abdullah (after Omar recently divorced his wife of several years and mother of his two children, Payal). Nidhi Razdan is also famous for her legendary pro-Congress and anti-BJP bias.
8. CNN-IBN : Rajdeep Sardesai’s wife and co-promoter of CNN-IBN, Sagarika Ghose, who anchors Face the Nation and is famous journalist of CNN-IBN (well, her hubby is the owner-editor-in-chief after all) are famous Congress stooges.
9. Sagarika’s father Bhaskar Ghose was a famous sarkari babu and was made the chief of Prasar Bharati (Doordarshan) during Indira and Rajiv regimes. Bhaskar Ghose was well-known for personal loyalty to the Nehru dynasty, and now his daughter and son-in-law are rewarded with their own channel to do Congress propaganda.
10. In fact Sagarika’s extended family even consists of her aunts Ruma Pal (former Supreme Court justice and a close friend of the Nehru family) and Arundhati Ghose (former diplomat and Indian ambassador to various countries, predictably, under Congress regimes).
11. Let’s now come to another famous CNN-IBN media personality who also writes columns frequently for Hindustan Times — Karan Thapar. What you may not know is that the Nehru family itself is related, through blood and marriages, to the high-profile Thapar family. India’s Army chief during the 1962 debacle against China, Gen. P. N. Thapar, is brother-in-law of Nayantara Sehgal, the daughter of Vijaylakshmi Pandit and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru. Gen. Thapar’s son is pro-Congress journalist Karan Thapar. Gen. Thapar’s sister is Romila Thapar, a famous “top” typical JNU Nehruvian communist ideologue historian, who gets to write our textbooks and pollute them with pro-Congress Marxist propaganda.
12. The HIndu – The Worst – N. Ram, owner and editor-in-chief (till February 2012) of The Hindu, was once a vice president of the Students Federation of India. SFI is the students’ wing of the CPM.
13. P. Sainath of the The Hindu (acclaimed journalist well known for his, again, unsurprisingly, typical left-wing Nehruvian communism ideology), is the nephew of Congress politician V. Shankar Giri and the grandson of V. V. Giri, ex-President of India and famous Congress politician. Giri was especially known to be one of the first few staunch loyalists of Indira, and whom Indira fielded for President elections against her own party’s Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, and who ultimately became the cause of the first high-profile split in the Indian National Congress into Congress (O) and Congress (I) — almost all the pre-independence regional stalwarts split away to join Congress (O) or form their own state parties, and the rest including Giri (all the loyalists of the Nehru family staying on with Indira).
14. Or even what about little known News24 Hindi media channel? Owned by ex-journalist and editor Rajiv Shukla, famous Congress MP in Rajya Sabha, Union minister, industrialist, BCCI vice president and IPL chairman.
15. Or even what about little known Lokmat (and IBN Lokmat) that is Marathi newspaper (and channel) in Maharashtra? Owner and editors-in-chief are the brothers Vijay Darda (Congress MP) and Rajendra Darda (Congress MLA in Maharashtra, and minister in state govt).

Or even the other bigger and smaller media houses, such as The Times of India and Indian Express, where the Nehru dynasty has managed to infiltrate its loyalists such as Dileep Padgaonkar and Shekhar Gupta, who are essentially paid stooges of the Congress party.

The typical JNU Nehruvian communist left-libbers ideologues have really perpetrated some kind of stranglehold on India’s journalism, media and intellectual space. Almost all pro-BJP (or even centre-right ideologues) journalists have been slowly thrown out of their jobs due to pressure from the Congress and the Nehru family. 

Very few centre-right ideologues are left in India’s media space today, that too in minor publications like The Pioneer. Almost all the mainstream media houses have been thoroughly infiltrated and coerced into towing the Congress’ line, sometimes just through ideology and relationships, and not even money power.

The Congress party essentially owns and controls every single mainstream media house in India, including Hindustan Times, The Times of India, NDTV, CNN-IBN, The Hindu, Tehelka, Outlook, etc

Source: Niticentral

Dr. Subramanian Swamy - An introduction

On this Independence Day, I wish Happy Independence to all my Indian brothers and sisters. On this auspicious day, I would like to talk of Dr. Swamy who is in a league of his own and it does seem that stepping into his shoes will be a gragantuan task. 

I strongly feel that media either doesn't portray Dr. Swamy at all OR wrongly portrays him to the Indians. Even then, he has been able to touch the nerve of many young people of the country. I have interacted with number of youngsters whose eyes sparkle just by mentioning Dr. Swamy. This has led me to believe that Dr. Swamy is the voice of India's youth and vice versa. 

Dr. Subramanian Swamy is a man of actions. He does what he strongly believes is right and he places his heart and soul into each of his action. He is level headed, objective, unbiased, scientific and multi-dimensional. 

The best characteristic of Dr. Swamy is his commitment towards fulfilling 'National Goals' irrespective of the successes and failures that may come across. It is this characteristic that makes him unique in comparison to others primarily due to the following reasons:

1. He is working hard to make India a better country of responsible citizens who are aware of their duties.
2. Any form of opinion or slander is having no impact on him - that is, Dr. Swamy doesn't feel sad nor does he get excited. 

It is extremely rare for any person (leave a Harvard educated politician) to have this quality. To add to the woes of the corrupts and incorrigible ones, Dr. Swamy is an extremely goal oriented person who will achieve the 'National objectives' irrespective of the bias that is witnessed against him in the media.  

Dr. Swamy's other qualifications are visible to all however, just to re-iterate, he has done his PHD in economics from Harvard, Masters in Stats from ISI Calcutta and Maths (Hons) from Hindu College (DU). Dr. Swamy completed his PHD in 1960s which is way back at a time when many in India used to dream of a government job. Obviously, Dr. Swamy is miles ahead of others in the Indian political scenario.

Dr. Swamy has also been quite pivotal in achieving a lot of milestones for India irrespective of the adversities that he faced while working on those milestones. For example, the JP movement during emergency days, his fight for saving Ram-Setu, 2G scam case and many others. 

Yes, Dr. Swamy is a no-nonsense and an honest person which flusters a lot of people in media and politics. That is why, a lot of them attempt try to thwart him in order to minimize their damage. However, Dr. Swamy is now expanding by each passing day - He has joined BJP which is surely going to send chill down the spine of many, especially the Congis.

Indian politics is now experiencing the shifting of Tectonic plates and a Political Earthquake is just round the corner. This 'Political Earthquake' will shift the dynamics so significantly that India will redeem herself from more than 1000 years of slavery and our motherland will be able to free herself from the clutches of slavery - not just physical but mental slavery as well. 

Till then, enjoy the ride .... and HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY to all.

Story of Goddess Tulsi (Holy Basil)

Goddess Tulsi exists in the material world in the form Holy Basil plant which is highly revered among Hindus not only because of its therapeutic qualities but also because of the legendary story attached with it. 

Goddess Tulsi came into being purely due to her devotion, dedication and chastity that she practiced in her previous birth as Vrinda - wife of a demon king (Jalandhara). While a short article is too less to describe the entire life of Goddess Tulsi, I will try to do justice while writing about the great Goddess. 

Vrinda was an ardent devotee of Lord Vishnu as she worshipped him with great devotion. She was also chaste due to which Jalandhara (her husband) was protected from a lot of his misdeeds. Jalandhara was a powerful demon king who had become victorious all over the world; however, such continuous victories led Jalandhara to believe that he is invincible. 

After defeating the Demi-Gods, Jalandhara began to believe that he is capable of defeating Lord Shiva (the God of destruction) - one of the Hindu Trinities. Due to this false belief, Jalandhara became very arrogant and also insulted Lord Shiva many times. However, Lord Shiva let go off Jalandhara on several occasions as the demon king had won a boon from Lord Brahma.

Jalandhara was not able to recognize that Vrinda's chastity was saving him from a lot of hardships and even death. Therefore, he continued with his misdeeds such as torturing ordinary humans, banning fire worship and challenging the trinity time and again. However, time was running out and the Hindu Trinity had to make a quick decision in order to stop the evil emanating from Jalandhara. 

After a lot of discussions, the trinity concluded that Vrinda's chastity must be spoiled in order to defeat Jalandhara, otherwise the entire world will suffer and imbalance will be created. Therefore, for the protection of Greater good, Lord Vishnu undertook the task of destroying Vrinda's chastity.

Meanwhile, a war was about to break out between Jalandhara and Lord Shiva. While Jalandhara was in a war, Vrinda was praying to Lord Vishnu for the safety of her husband. At this moment, Lord Vishnu took Jalandhara's form to meet Vrinda. When Lord Vishnu (in Jalandhara's form) met Vrinda, he told her that he has won the war against Lord Shiva. At that very moment, Vrinda left her prayers and embraced Jalandhara (Lord Vishnu).

However, Vrinda had actually embraced Vishnu. As a result, she lost her chastity and during the same time Jalandhara was killed by Lord Shiva in the battlefield. Meanwhile, Vrinda also realized that Lord Vishnu had deliberately done this to kill Jalandhara. Vrinda was very upset and cursed Lord Vishnu that he will be also separated from his wife (Goddess Laxmi) and that he will feel the pain similar to what she is feeling now. 

Vrinda also questioned Vishnu on why did he do such a thing? At which, Lord Vishnu had replied by saying that for the protection of Good he had no option but to destroy her chastity. However, Lord Vishnu felt very bad because of his action particularly towards a lady who is one of his most ardent devotees. 

As a result, Lord Vishnu gracefully accepted his devotee's curse and also blessed Vrinda that in her next birth she will become the Holy Basil plant and that no prayer will be complete without offering Basil leaves to him. 

Till today, Hindus offer Holy Basil leaves to Lord Vishnu as they are considered very auspicious and many Hindus also keep Holy Basil plants in their homes because they feel that it doesn't allow any negativity to enter the house. 

Thus, we can say that Vrinda became Goddess Tulsi because of the following:

1. Worshipping Lord Vishnu who is the preserver of the entire universe
2. Living a chaste life
3. Being pure from inside
4. Performing severe austerities
5. Sacrifice for the good of others

Anyone and everyone has the capability to be like Tulsi, we just need to perform actions at that frequency level. Such is the power of Vrinda's devotion (or Bhakti) that it forced Lord Vishnu to come to the material world. And even then, Lord Vishnu (who is all loving and merciful) accepted Vrinda's curse and also gave her more blessings.

Jai Tulsi Maiya. Jai Vishnu Bhagwaan.

Minimizing negativity in your life?

Attraction is the principal element when we talk of positives or negatives. Everyone's life is full of such experiences that may be negative or positive. I have seen a lot of people, who experience negativity, will start questioning - 'Why Me?'

They will start acting as if they are the biggest victim of a conspiracy by universe.

Well the above statement is partially true and partially false. 'Conspiracy by Universe' is true whereas 'Biggest Victim' is false. In this entire universe, plenty of people suffer in their lives which is as per the laws of the universe and hence, it is a conspiracy or a plan. On the contrary, it is wrong to assume that I am the biggest victim in the entire world or universe. It is against the laws of universe/nature, because nature is ruthless and when it punishes someone, it doesn't care whether the concerned person is a rich or poor person OR whether someone is a famous actor, sports-star, politician or a business tycoon.

So whenever you suffer, the ideal position to take is that it happens to everyone and if not everyone, people do suffer in their own ways for their actions. The following thoughts should also help:

1. I am suffering because of my actions and no one else is responsible for it. 
2. I pledge that I will rectify my mistakes so that I can offer better future to my family, kids, society and to myself.
3. I will ensure optimum and fruitful utilization of resources that GOD has gifted me.

If we keep the above points in mind, then I think we can minimize the DEVIL known as negativity. After all, a negative experience brings negative thoughts in mind and negative thoughts further mushroom at a fast pace. As a result, our mind which has so much potential and power simply becomes a 'Garbage Dump'.

Tell me one thing, when some garbage enters your house or garden, then what do you do?

1. Do you invite more garbage? NO

Your simple and natural reaction is to throw the existing garbage out of your house or garden.

Then, why don't you follow the same practice in case of your mind? Why don't you simply throw the garbage to keep your mind clean?

But your natural reaction is to think negative and that is how you invite more negativity into your mind. Therefore, we can safely say that, 

More Negativity = More Garbage (in case of your mind)

In the interest of self realization and in the interest of sustainable development and growth of our coming generation, it is imperative that we religiously follow the practice of throwing negativity out of our mind irrespective of our life situation. That is the best way to deal with it.