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Did this book kill Govind Pansare?

17 Sunday Jan 2016

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Biography/Autobiography

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govind pansare, Hinduism, political assassination, shivaji maharaj, swarajya

 ‘Devotees create a God out of a mortal – it absolves them of any responsibility to behave like their idol.’

– says Govind Pansare about Shivaji Maharaj, Tukaram and Dnyaneshwar.

In an eerie premonition, he second guesses their mysterious deaths too –viral fever, samadhi & flying chariot respectively used as elaborate cover-ups for their elimination.  Did he anticipate his own assassination too?

‘Shivaji Kon Hota?’ (Who was Shivaji?) is a slim (70 page) sharp analysis on Shivaji Continue reading →

Too young to punish, not too young to sin

19 Saturday Dec 2015

Posted by dr sweetyshinde in Mahabharata, Social Causes

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abhimanyu, bhagat singh, crime and punishment, hope, idols, juvenile rapist, law and justice, nirbhaya, sant dnyaneshwar, shivaji maharaj, youth

What’s age got to do with it?

Youth can be revolutionary, evolutionary and visionary. Let us cite a few extraordinary under-age youths.  May they become beacons of hope. May they serve as idols for wayward youth. Continue reading →

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