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In the din of non stop whining, cribbing, name calling, "mere symbolism" jibes... we did, or at least I did, miss such important, life changing, and refreshingly positive news about our country.

 I would suggest everyone to stop what they are doing and spend 15 mins listening to sri gajendra singh shekawat ji on air. https://t.co/kLrWi6G2dN 2+
Swacch Bharat 1.0 was all about ODF India. And this was achieved >95% by Oct 2019. A full 11 years before UN Sustainable Development Goal #6 of 2030. A towering achievement indeed. But 2020 heralded the start of Swacch Bharat or ODF 2.0 which includes
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- Biodegradable and feacal waste management by turning it into compost.
- Plastic waste management so that it doesn't corrupt the environment.
- Greywater management - treating so that it can be used for non-potable uses, diverting it into soak / magic pits, 4+
used for gardens / agri.
- Treating it and putting it back into soil for water table improvement.
- Gobardhan scheme which helps farmers earn more by converting gobar into CBG [Compressed Bio Gas] [not our CBG @OnlyNakedTruth] 5+
This is being implemented in Gram Panchayat's across the country. One can see how it is being done state by state here: https://t.co/6KFmmaJnsn. For example, Telangana's approach sample here.

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Due to Swacch Bharat it is estimated each household in India [19 crores] saved about Rs 50,000 due to less transmission of diseases, time NOT spent in hospitals.

"Catch The Rain - Jal Shakti Abhiyaan" - now being implemented in 714 districts of the country. 7+
About 17,000+ villages were identified which had arsenic, flouride in its waters. Of these, 16500+ villages have now been piped with potable drinking water via Nal-se-Jal or a community water treatment plant has been set up!!

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Talking of Nal-se-Jal here is the dashboard as of today. 24% houses of the entire country get drinking water via pipe. 9+
On water table management.. India has about 6600 blocks.. 1100 critically exploited. These blocks are taken at a highest priority and people are being educated on how to conserve water. And steps for improving water table across India is being done. 10+
There were 99 irrigation projects which were pending as of May 2014. Today about 80+ of these projects have been either completed or very close to be completed.

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The goal of Jal Shakti Ministry mission is to increase water table, treat grey water before putting back in rivers, provide clean drinking water to every house in India, take care of solid and liquid waste management, augument farmer income via gobardhan.. 12+
in essense... make our villages truly Swacch & great to live in. 13+
All of this info and more can be found at:
https://t.co/XE3a2NUPVu
https://t.co/jyNo4klLFC
https://t.co/wY5uUv3Tux

as @reddy2002_varun says governing is a boring job. cleaning gutter water is boring.

Jai Hind.

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a small story which was told by Sringeri Acharya Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswamulavaru. He was talking about Dasavataras and says [paraphrasing. so mistakes are mine. idea is His]

During Satya Yugam, Devas and Asuras were physically in different locations.. that is Devas were in Deva Lokam which was distinct from where Asuras lived in the the Asura Loka. A conflict would happen when any Asura wanted more than just his loka and went to occupy Deva Loka.

And then the Paramatman would wage a war almost always single handed.

Now coming to Treta Yuga, the Devas [Sri Rama] and Asuras were both in one loka. Some distant apart, but still one loka only.

Conflict would happen when, as in case of Satya Yugam, when the Asuras tried to disrupt the devas. In this case, Sri Rama went TO the asura loka be it Janasthana or Lanka and fought with them, along with help from other divine beings i.e vanaras.

This changed even further in Dwapara Yugam when the devas and asuras were born in the same family Sri Krishna & Balarama vs their mama Kamsa or Pandavas vs Kauravas. And the conflict arose as soon as they were born.
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Sri Gurubhyo Namah.
Some tweets on Adi Shankaracharya and in particular the Guru Parampara of @sringerimath. [I had done this series earlier 5 years ago on account of Shishya Sweekaram].


Adi Shankara established the Sringeri Peetham as the 1st of 4 amnaaya peetams.

The four being
1. Sarada Peetam at Sringeri.
2. Govardhana Peetam at Puri
3. Kalika at Dwaraka
4. Jyothir at Badarikashramam.

He installed his 4 most prominent shishyas as heads of the peetams.

Sureshwaracharya was assigned to Sringeri as its head.

Sringeri is a corruption of Rshyashrunga giri.

Rshyashrunga maharshi [and his father Sri Vibandhaka Maharshi] did their tapas at this place.

It is at Sringeri that Shankara spent 12 of His precious 32 years!!

That gives you and idea how much He loved this place.

Rshyashruga maharshi had a horn on his forehead, a result of being born to a deer. His mere presence was enough to shower rains!!

Rshyashrunga was one who led Putrakamesthi Yaagam of Dasaratha Maharaj and which resulted in Sri Rama's birth!!
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This article talks about how Pfizer rolled out / cut / reordered / allocated theri vaccines.

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Israel is paying $30 per dose.

or about Rs 2100 per dose. or Rs 4200 for 2 doses. And NO guarantee when we will get coz if someone offers $31 per dose then pooh they take precedence.

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and rake in more moolah!!! just about $15 billion from JUST THIS VACCINE.

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epitome of capitalism, which some want in India as well.. in other words, THOSE WHO CAN PAY get vaccines, and the poor masses... eh.. who cares about them.

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yay!!!! screw the people.. make money..

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Starting my 2nd thread on Sringeri Parampara. This will cover the Jagadgurus after Sri Vidyaranya to Sri Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati.

It is really very tough to match the brilliance and achievements of Vidyaranya. After whom came 15 - Chandrashekara Bharati [1386-1389].

The next Acharya was Nrisimha Bharati [1389-1408]. Harihara raya found a town for this Acharya - Narasimhapuram. Acharya helped the king by guiding him in political affairs. He also initiated the kind with mahamantras for spiritual development.

Subsequent Acharyas were
15-Puroshottama Bharati [1408 - 1448]
16-Shankara Bharati[1448 - 1455]
17-Chandrasekhara Bharati II [1455 - 1464]
18- Nrisimha Bharati II [1464 - 1479]
19-Puroshottama Bharati II [1479 - 1517]

20-Ramachandra Bharati [1517 - 1560]. Sadashiva Raya was emporer of Vijayanagara during this time.
21-Nrisimha Bharati III [1560 - 1573]
22-Nrisimha Bharati IV [1573 - 1576]
23-Nrisimha Bharati V [1576 - 1600]

24-Abhinava Nrisimha Bharati [1600-1623]. When he visited Malahanikareswara temple for first time he noticed there was no Vinayaka there so he took piece of turmeric and drew outline of Ganesha on a pillar and offered puja.
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Sri Gurubhyo Namaha.

Starting first thread on the 34th Acharya of Sringeri, Sri Sri Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswami.


Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswami [1912-1954]. Just hearing His name gives me goosebumps. I consider it my poorva bhagyam to have even heard about Him.He is undoubtedly One of the greatest Saints to ever walk on Earth. The DhwajapaTi of the Sringeri Peetam [imvho].

A Jivanmukta [one who's liberated even when living] is rare. Only sometimes do those souls take birth. To this parampara belongs Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati Mahaswami. Sri CB's parents had many (11) children none of whom survived.

It was w/ blessings of 33rd Acharya that they had a boy. Hence they named Narasimha Sastry.
Even from childhood he was always engrossed in bhakti and was always inward looking.
He loved Muka Panchasati.

Once his mom asked him get something from market, he started to get it reciting Panchasati and he walked out of Sringeri oblivious to the fact he had crossed into jungle. Someone stopped him and it was then he realized where he was. This was when he a kid!!
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