Surreptitious Radical Maniac

Using my friend's Amazon account, I bought a cube for my student in the name of a TFI Fellow using my dad's card.  There are 5 individuals involved over here. If this process is extended a bit more, you could see the interconnectedness from one to another.  The other people are the delivery boy, the company Amazon, the company which made the cube, the cardboard box company, the person who packed it, the print label, the computer, internet, the design, the cube itself, the credit card company, the transaction processing company, bank, etc. And, on a broader level, it can be extended to numerous people who are involved in it if delved to 4th level connections. It can also be connected to the next level when the purpose/use of the product is complete. Like, it is recycled, discarded, etc. So, what's happening here? Let's take my initial statement of ordering a cube. A simple result is i n such an interconnected world, my student will get the cube, only if everythin...

Stabilization in the hour of need To understand stabilization, let us contemplate on  destabilization of elected government . It is causing unrest of a governing body of the state.  This is an interesting phenomenon as the case of Madhya Pradesh in 2020, which has similarities with Karnataka in 2019 and Bihar in 2017. Can you destabilize the elected government? Yes, you can. Did it happen before? Of course. Numerous examples across almost all states since independence. So, the question of  'can you do it?'  is answerable with  'yes.'   'Should you do it?'  is what leaders and people have to be concerned about. What is the primary concern of a government? To enact policy, deliver services or keep counting the number of MLAs each morning-afternoon-night (or maybe every second) in their party to ensure the government hasn't succumbed to external or internal forces? Right now, it seems like the only concern is to stay in power and worry abou...

This is the translation of Sri Sri's poem 'Kala Ravi'. I tried my best to translate it to English, but it's best read and heard in Telugu. There could be better translation for some words and suggestions are welcome. The word 'pothe poni', which is often repeated in this poem is hard to translate. The literal meaning would be  'let it go if it has to go and don't stop it.'  It is surprising to see such a sentence is aptly said by two words in Telugu. Maybe that's the beauty of it.  Kala Ravi (Oh Poet!) let them go let them go... if they have to go! wife, children, well-wishers - let them go! let them go... let them come let them come... come if they may problems, loss,  anger, thirst, curses - let them come! abuses, friction, hardship - let them come! let it come, let it come... let it happen, let it happen sing, meditate,  smile, dance!  let it happen, let it happen oh poet, best poet!