^ Great combination of photos and captions. ^
Like how the captions show the Hindoos' personal interpretations/experiences/perceptions of the BJP victory.
The perception of the victory must feel like blood coursing through an anaemic person at last.
[quote name='dhu' date='28 May 2014 - 07:45 AM' timestamp='1401242852' post='117238']
is he getting fashion tips from mallya? i highly doubt it -- mallya certainly could not pull off a turtleneck.
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That's because Modi does not look like he's trying: he's probably just wearing it for comfort - it may have been cold where he was. Which is why it looks good and natural on him.
And what he's doing with the glasses is also not a pose. I'm sure he's not conscious he's doing it (he looks very much like he's contemplating something), which -again- is why he carries it off well.
But as good as he looks in all of that, Modi looks even better in Hindoo gear, also seen in the above and other pictures. Dankzij Donar that he's being himself instead of doing the utterly unattractive and cringe-worthy try-hard "third-world wannabe-first world" routine that Shashi Tharoor and Mani Sanker and P Chid and other Congressis emit. I suppose it could be worse: they might start talking and play sophisticated, thereby just underlining what Twain (was it?) said - something about it being better to remain silent and let people suspect one's an idiot than start speaking and removing all doubt by confirming one's stupidity...
[quote name='dhu' date='28 May 2014 - 07:45 AM' timestamp='1401242852' post='117238']
the most prized image of Shri Modi making the "Vitarka Mudra" (looked it up, do not mean to imply anything mundane)
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I looked that up too now. Wacky's description* for the Buddhist Vitarka sounded a lot like the hand/finger configuration is the same as that of the ancient Hindoo gnyaana (anguShTha-tarjanI) mudraa that Hindoos may be more familiar with. E.g. Rishis make it when imparting upaniShads. DakShiNaamoorti - also typically seated underneath an Ashwattha, just like Vedic Rishis imparting upaniShads - makes the gnyaana mudra when imparting Vedas/upaniShads. And kRiShNa - as stated in the dhyaanam to Bhagavad Gita - makes the same mudraa when imparting the Gitaa, which is again UpaniShadic knowledge. Hindoo Acharyas still make it, especially when imparting Vedaanta.
E.g.
- Relevant Gitaa dhyaanam line: "Prapanna pArijAtAya totra-vetraika-pAnaye | j~nAna-mudrAya kR^iShNAya gItAmR^ita duhe namaH ||"
- One of the dakShiNaamoorti stotras refers to how Shiva-DakShinaamoorti's famous gynaana mudra - as also seen in ancient to present day vigrahas of him - directly imparts Vedaantic realisation. An official translation further explains the stotra reference to his gnyaana mudra:
- And so you still see such Hindoos as these make it:
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While Modi is making meaningful mudras (subliminal messages?), the best I've ever managed is to make shadow puppets with my hands...
* Wacky's page mentioning the Buddhist Vitarka Mudra has an interesting image from the Tarim Basin that may be relevant (or not) to something else that some Chinese were discussing. Must find the link to their discussion - it's related to the oryanism thread.
As an aside, some British newspaper had had an article on how Yashodaben/Jashodaben Modi - the lady who married Modi a long time ago - had come out to pray for his overwhelming victory when casting her vote for him and his party. One can't help noting that her pointed prayers in his favour - "his overwhelming victory" - seems to have found great fruition, co-inciding with the efforts of Modi and BJP and that of their hardworking supporters' on the ground. As per the Rajeev2004 blog, Modi prostrated in namaskaaram to his mother upon his victory: since people are getting their wishes granted via his hard work, I'm hoping she prayed for the permanent destruction of Hindoos' enemies and blessed him with a permanent victory for the Hindoo heathens.
Am reading good things about Modi's rule already. Remaining cautiously optimistic. But at last, someone who actually seems to care about the country and its natives, and doesn't scheme to bleed it of its wealth all while convert-or-killing its heathens.
I also read - at the R2004 blog I think - that Modi prefers to speak in native languages. <= A love of native languages (and a sign of Hindoo self-respect) at last. :Woohoo: I thought I'd never live to see the day. An endless stream of such days, please. More like this and I'll be ready to order everything on the menu.
Pleasant pictures with promising captions in Dhu's post 31 above
Like how the captions show the Hindoos' personal interpretations/experiences/perceptions of the BJP victory.
The perception of the victory must feel like blood coursing through an anaemic person at last.
[quote name='dhu' date='28 May 2014 - 07:45 AM' timestamp='1401242852' post='117238']
is he getting fashion tips from mallya? i highly doubt it -- mallya certainly could not pull off a turtleneck.
[/quote]
That's because Modi does not look like he's trying: he's probably just wearing it for comfort - it may have been cold where he was. Which is why it looks good and natural on him.
And what he's doing with the glasses is also not a pose. I'm sure he's not conscious he's doing it (he looks very much like he's contemplating something), which -again- is why he carries it off well.
But as good as he looks in all of that, Modi looks even better in Hindoo gear, also seen in the above and other pictures. Dankzij Donar that he's being himself instead of doing the utterly unattractive and cringe-worthy try-hard "third-world wannabe-first world" routine that Shashi Tharoor and Mani Sanker and P Chid and other Congressis emit. I suppose it could be worse: they might start talking and play sophisticated, thereby just underlining what Twain (was it?) said - something about it being better to remain silent and let people suspect one's an idiot than start speaking and removing all doubt by confirming one's stupidity...
[quote name='dhu' date='28 May 2014 - 07:45 AM' timestamp='1401242852' post='117238']
the most prized image of Shri Modi making the "Vitarka Mudra" (looked it up, do not mean to imply anything mundane)
[/quote]
I looked that up too now. Wacky's description* for the Buddhist Vitarka sounded a lot like the hand/finger configuration is the same as that of the ancient Hindoo gnyaana (anguShTha-tarjanI) mudraa that Hindoos may be more familiar with. E.g. Rishis make it when imparting upaniShads. DakShiNaamoorti - also typically seated underneath an Ashwattha, just like Vedic Rishis imparting upaniShads - makes the gnyaana mudra when imparting Vedas/upaniShads. And kRiShNa - as stated in the dhyaanam to Bhagavad Gita - makes the same mudraa when imparting the Gitaa, which is again UpaniShadic knowledge. Hindoo Acharyas still make it, especially when imparting Vedaanta.
E.g.
- Relevant Gitaa dhyaanam line: "Prapanna pArijAtAya totra-vetraika-pAnaye | j~nAna-mudrAya kR^iShNAya gItAmR^ita duhe namaH ||"
- One of the dakShiNaamoorti stotras refers to how Shiva-DakShinaamoorti's famous gynaana mudra - as also seen in ancient to present day vigrahas of him - directly imparts Vedaantic realisation. An official translation further explains the stotra reference to his gnyaana mudra:
Quote:The touching of the tips of the thumb and forefinger of the right palm raised in benediction signifies the union of the Paramaatman and Jeevaatman and thereby shows their identity.
- And so you still see such Hindoos as these make it:
[color="#0000FF"]cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000RZYhDyuYqLI/s/900/900/05-MG-9525.jpg[/color]
While Modi is making meaningful mudras (subliminal messages?), the best I've ever managed is to make shadow puppets with my hands...
* Wacky's page mentioning the Buddhist Vitarka Mudra has an interesting image from the Tarim Basin that may be relevant (or not) to something else that some Chinese were discussing. Must find the link to their discussion - it's related to the oryanism thread.
As an aside, some British newspaper had had an article on how Yashodaben/Jashodaben Modi - the lady who married Modi a long time ago - had come out to pray for his overwhelming victory when casting her vote for him and his party. One can't help noting that her pointed prayers in his favour - "his overwhelming victory" - seems to have found great fruition, co-inciding with the efforts of Modi and BJP and that of their hardworking supporters' on the ground. As per the Rajeev2004 blog, Modi prostrated in namaskaaram to his mother upon his victory: since people are getting their wishes granted via his hard work, I'm hoping she prayed for the permanent destruction of Hindoos' enemies and blessed him with a permanent victory for the Hindoo heathens.
Am reading good things about Modi's rule already. Remaining cautiously optimistic. But at last, someone who actually seems to care about the country and its natives, and doesn't scheme to bleed it of its wealth all while convert-or-killing its heathens.
I also read - at the R2004 blog I think - that Modi prefers to speak in native languages. <= A love of native languages (and a sign of Hindoo self-respect) at last. :Woohoo: I thought I'd never live to see the day. An endless stream of such days, please. More like this and I'll be ready to order everything on the menu.
Pleasant pictures with promising captions in Dhu's post 31 above
Death to traitors.