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How can the problem of conversion to Christianity be solved? I come from Chhattisgarh, and nearly all the villages surrounding my village have turned Christians. In reaction, Hindutva people vandalize Christmas celebrations, but I don’t think that is the right thing to do and will only lead to a counter reaction. ⛪✝️🌻🛕🕉️

Religous conversions take place due to faultlines in our society, the most prominent ones being the caste idea and the rigid barriers of hierarchy. It

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We have 4 Yugas, and God knows how long it’s been going on, and for some reason, we know that it will definitely go on. My question is, are humans coming out of this loop at all? What happens when each human attains the end of progress as humans or superhumans or superman or whatever is the nomenclature for the ultimate stage of us? 🥸🌍[…]

He is making and breaking the puzzle because it is not yet perfect. It is still moving towards perfection which means a state when the

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Namaskar alok Da, Considering that Sonam Wangchuk – the Climate Activist – who is in jail, has drawn inspiration from Sri Aurobindo’s autobiographical account of his year-long detention in Alipore Jail (as detailed in ‘Tales of Prison Life’), – how do you assess the way the current government is addressing environmental issues and engaging with activists — and on what basis can one evaluate who is “Right” or “Wrong” in the government-versus-activist dynamic?” 🌿

First about the facts. Mr Sonam Wangchuk is not inspired by Sri Aurobindo. There is nothing even remotely common between him and Sri Aurobindo whose

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