(351) संघ का यह कर्तव्य होगा कि वह हिंदी भाषा का प्रसार बढ़ाए, उसका विकास करे जिससे वह भारत की सामासिक संस्कृति के सभी तत्वों की अभिव्यक्ति का माध्यम बन सके....

To all my friends who are writing mains.

All the very best.
Believe in yourself.

Love
Anshul

If you’re going to try, go all the way.

Otherwise, don’t even start.

If you're going to try, go all the way.

This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe even your mind.

It could mean not eating for three or four days.

It could mean freezing on a park bench.

It could mean jail.

It could mean derision, mockery, isolation.

Isolation is the gift.

All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it.

And, you’ll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds.

And it will be better than anything else you can imagine.

If you’re going to try, go all the way.

There is no other feeling like that.

You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire.

Do it. Do it. Do it. All the way

You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It’s the only good fight there is.



(Charles Bukowski, Going All the Way)

P.S. Those who are writing this mains, have faith in yourself. Do your best. This is what differentiates losers from winners.

"Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing."

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crime and Punishment

Round upon me, rush upon me. I will overcome you by enduring your onset. Whatever strikes against that which is firm and unconquerable merely injures itself by its own violence. Therefore, seek some soft and yielding object to pierce with your darts.

- Seneca

I recently had the chance to visit a remote border village. Most of the remote villages all over India face the same problems of education, health and employment. I'm sharing this song that you all might be able to relate to the problems of the remote villages.

Rota Pahad by Saksham Dhyani Devashish Dangwal

An excerpt from Dr. R.S. Tolia Reader - the essential reader (book)

Another song from Pandavaas, refer to the original song on YouTube for captions
https://youtu.be/1G00xtHUfm4?si=LQEQ3Q0_KK83d_7D

"The real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.”

"O Rama! The light of lights, the self-luminous inner light of the Self is ever shining steadily in the chamber of your heart. The sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars, nor does lightning and much less fire. All the lights of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner light of the Self. Merge yourself in this light of lights and enjoy the supreme Deepavali.”

- Swami Sivananda

Happy Uttarakhand foundation day ❤️🌟

रात यों कहने लगा मुझसे गगन का चाँद,
आदमी भी क्या अनोखा जीव होता है!
उलझनें अपनी बनाकर आप ही फँसता,
और फिर बेचैन हो जगता, न सोता है।

जानता है तू कि मैं कितना पुराना हूँ?
मैं चुका हूँ देख मनु को जनमते-मरते;
और लाखों बार तुझ-से पागलों को भी
चाँदनी में बैठ स्वप्नों पर सही करते।

आदमी का स्वप्न? है वह बुलबुला जल का;
आज उठता और कल फिर फूट जाता है;
किन्तु, फिर भी धन्य; ठहरा आदमी ही तो?
बुलबुलों से खेलता, कविता बनाता है।

मैं न बोला, किन्तु, मेरी रागिनी बोली,
देख फिर से, चाँद! मुझको जानता है तू?
स्वप्न मेरे बुलबुले हैं? है यही पानी?
आग को भी क्या नहीं पहचानता है तू?

मैं न वह जो स्वप्न पर केवल सही करते,
आग में उसको गला लोहा बनाती हूँ,
और उस पर नींव रखती हूँ नये घर की,
इस तरह दीवार फ़ौलादी उठाती हूँ।

मनु नहीं, मनु-पुत्र है यह सामने, जिसकी
कल्पना की जीभ में भी धार होती है,
बाण ही होते विचारों के नहीं केवल,
स्वप्न के भी हाथ में तलवार होती है।

स्वर्ग के सम्राट को जाकर खबर कर दे,
"रोज ही आकाश चढ़ते जा रहे हैं वे,
रोकिये, जैसे बने इन स्वप्न वालों को,
स्वर्ग की ही ओर बढ़ते आ रहे हैं वे।"

(दिनकर)

नमामि शिरसा देवं किं नो मृत्युः करिष्यति

This is a story of unimaginable sacrifice. This is a story of men pitted against impossible odds. This is the story of Indian soldiers who looked death in the eye and did not flinch.

This is the story of the Battle of Rezang La.

Major Shaitan Singh moved from platoon to platoon, firing at the enemy and encouraging his men. He ignored the grave danger to his life and kept fighting. They say that he fought like a man possessed, completely oblivious to his own safety.

When they were out of ammunition, they fought with their bayonets. When their bayonets broke, they fought with their bare hands. These young men from Haryana had probably never seen mountains so high. Most saw snow for the first time. But it is also true that the mountains of Ladakh had never seen such grit.

These brave 122 fought against 3000 attacking Chinese and counted over 1300 enemy dead before embracing martyrdom.

Today, a memorial stands at Rezang La, honoring the memory of those heroes. It reads:

How can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
And the temples of his Gods.

https://youtu.be/LT0yl7norjM?si=MOU4xGrDh8zVJop0

This is the video transcript of my interview. Those of you who are preparing for the jnterview may go through it. May it be of help.

"We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to hold on to the lost position, without hope, without rescue, like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at his post because they forgot to relieve him. That is greatness. That is what it means to be a thoroughbred. The honorable end is the one thing that can not be taken from a man."

- Oswald Spengler