Bijay's Blog

Approximately, 60% of population across the globe pursue more than 4 thousand religious beliefs. Most of them fall under 2 main streams of religions i.e. Abrahamic and Dharmic (Indian) with nearly 95% followings. In almost all cases the religions are named either after the founder or the philosophy. Interestingly both the factors are brushed aside in case of the oldest religion with a third of world's population, the Hinduism. However, etymology considers Hinduism as a geographical term and refers to nationality of the people who lives across the river Sindhu a.k.a Indus. Though coined initially by the Persians, with difficulty to pronounce the river name correctly, assumed the cult status afterwards. The parody is, the most civilized people living at the bank Sindhu are referred as Hindus by Persians and Indus by Europeans, defying a canon of language "Proper names are never translated". Moreover, the ill-conceived notion of the nationality is now imposed o...

A Faceless Name That Renounced Its Fame   Chris Nolan's Batman Trilogy, would always remain a huge source of inspiration for the whole generation, particularly for people in public service. A brilliant story of benevolence, sacrifice and renunciation, that still resonates with me. This may be regarded as little exaggeration of a fiction, but such a story of rejuvenation, intrigues us to delve deep into the underlying philosophy. Right from my childhood I always take pride of our (Indian) rich culture and value system. But a lot of time the same belief takes a beating whenever I encounter a better illustration, and compelled to think who they draw their inspiration from. In the chaos of "Survival of the Fittest", "Cut Throat Competition" is the naked truth. The value system is completely irrelevant and a misplaced theory in contemporary time. Plenty of doctrines suggest relinquishing the result of your good Karma 'deed', though very difficult in p...