Soap and shampoo have no technology? Who said modern day soap and shampoo are “Indian products”? Which university did you graduate from?

I am not picking on Baba. I have made clear cut comments on why I believe that his 100% voting, 100% no foreign companies etc. will not work.

Knowingly the author is picking Baba Ramdev to popularize his blog. The author is very clever in using “controversy” for popularity. Nobody is realizing this. By commenting on bigwigs only, he can make his blog popular and then earn some ad money. Dont get pulled into this. There is lot much to do in life than this.

[edit] – A huge rally (Egypt-style) is being organized all over India. Check the above link for whom to contact at your respective cities. Lets do it.

I love it when people come up with testimonies. Obviously testimonials cannot be construed as facts nor can it be verified. Ayurveda can be a lifestyle or anything you want it to be. But one think it cannot be is science.

Once of your statements is very revealing. You said “Surgery has become sophisticated and I’ll prolly visit a practitioner in case, God forbid, I am faced with a major health problem. But for anything other than surgery, I’m sure I’ll have no need for a doctor”. This tells me that when you are faced with a life threatening situation or if you think that you are faced with a dire situation you instinctively know what the right thing to do is. It is to immediately visit a qualified doctor (you will not know whether you need surgery unless and until the doctor prescribes it)!

You do not need to visit the doctor except in case of surgery only if you yourself are a doctor!

Ayurveda gives preference to prevention over cure. Rather than search for quick cures for diseases leading to even more diseases by way of side effects, ayurveda aims for a shift in lifestyle allowing for a healthy body and a healthy mind. With today’s fast paced lifestyle quick cures have become the norm without any regard for later complications. No one wants to go through the trouble of following a healthy lifestyle coz there are chemicals that one could consume later for quick cure anyway. Such an attitude defies the very premise of ayurveda thereby stifling it’s efficacy.

I myself am a living example. I try to avoid junk food as much as possible and only consume healthy home-made food. I also consume tulsi leaves everyday and brahmi and amritavalli leaves every few days. I can proudly say I’ve never been to a shrink for the last 20 yrs and have been largely healthy except for a recent attack of jaundice.

And what “Common sense and history” are we talking about here? Diabetes, BP problems, cholesterol problems etc. seem ubiquitous nowadays. My grandfather’s generation had probably never heard of these diseases. My grandfather lived to a ripe old age of 96 and used to eat healthily and loved sweets even till his last days.

Of course, modern medicine has it’s own good points and there is no football match between the two systems. Surgery has become sophisticated and I’ll prolly visit a practitioner in case, God forbid, I am faced with a major health problem. But for anything other than surgery, I’m sure I’ll have no need for a doctor. For general healthy living, ayurveda is definitely more effective than your paracetamol tablets. To call it a gimmick is simply immature.

And what is your take on stuff such as this, my friend? :

Vrikshayurveda, an ancient system of agriculture worked miracles in this farm when everything else failed. http://www.abaliorganictea.com/default2.html

I suppose Vrikshayurveda is a gimmick too?

Your comment has nothing to do with the subject that is being discussed.

Most Indians like me are extremely skeptical of people who think they have the mandate to speak on behalf of India or Hinduism. Right of the bat you indicate that individuals like Nehru and “Hindus like me” are responsible for the Kashmir being handed over to Pakistan. You state secular politicians are killing Hindus!

These are totally baseless allegations that you throw against a fellow Indians and you should be ashamed of it. Your comment also shows a hatred for minorities that I do not share. Your comments are like those of a Hindu or a Muslim fundamentalist. You show hatred towards others who do not share your views. Your comments indicate what you want and what you are about not what Hindus want or not what India is about.

As an Indian I am concerned about what happens in my country and the values of our country (this includes the fact that India is a secular democracy). What happens in other countries like UAE, Pakistan, Afghanistan or Egypt and how people in those countries treat minorities is not our problem. Just because Hindus are mistreated in Saudi Arabia should we condone Muslims being mistreated in India? Absolutely not.

Vedic religions are not the first religions of India. There were many other beliefs before the Vedic beliefs arrived in India. The practitioners of these Vedic religions converted and sometimes eliminated practitioners of other religions. What happened to Buddhism and Jainism is a great example. So you should understand a little bit about India and its history before trying to speak on behalf of it.

Nice rant against modern medicine. Your reasoning is upside down. You state that I am a joke because I do not criticize modern medicine. I have a lot of issues with modern medicine but that is not the point.

First of all this article is about Ramdev and his claims. Ramdev and his organization claim that Ayurveda cures a lot of diseases. So far no evidence has been submitted. You level many charges against modern medicine. Are you suggesting that none of these issues are there as far as Ayurveda is concerned? Common sense and history says otherwise.

You can argue as much as you want but most human beings know the difference between modern medicine and gimmicks like Ayurveda. The governments all over the world understand the difference between the two and regulate and monitor these two industries completely differently.

When people are in trouble (even if it is a die hard Ayurveda fan), he/she will call for an ambulance and head to the nearest hospital and not to the nearest Ayurveda clinic.

Blind faith Ananth is “belief without true understanding, perception, or discrimination”. Modern medicine is not the end all. But it is the best we have at the moment.

Modern medicine is simply a greedy man’s goldmine. Simply put, it is a joke. While it did start with good intentions and made rapid strides, today the only motivation in the industry is greed. Many drugs dont even pass lab tests properly and are ushered into the market by way of back-channel bribery in order to get ahead of the competition. The number of drugs that have been recalled after causing major damage to consumers are simply too numerous to count.

Almost every medicine has side effects and only tends to screw up your immune system in the search for quick cures for quick profits. “Orphan diseases” are many and the so called researchers never bother about these coz they are not “profitable”. Here’s what the term orphan disease means:

“A disease which has not been “adopted” by the pharmaceutical industry because it provides little financial incentive for the private sector to make and market new medications to treat or prevent it”

There’s so much hype created about diseases such as diabetes, blood pressure etc that even perfectly fit individuals are made to think like they are on their death-beds! I once saw an ad where a doctor was urging the audience to get tested for diabetes coz “majority of diabetics don’t even know they are ill”!! Doctors think they know more about my own body that I myself know! If I feel good about myself, I dont need any damn doctor to put me on a lifetime of pills and fatten their wallets at the cost of my health and mental peace!

And dont even get me started on the harm that chemicals cause to the environment during the production and usage of these so-called wonder cures.

All in all, ayurveda that relies on simply helping the natural immune system that we have inbuilt in us is far more scientific and a much better system that the joke that modern medicine has become.

While both have flip sides too, modern medicine certainly deserves far more criticism than ayurveda does. Why the author here blindly believes in them in beyond me. Blind faith? Definitely!

Your views about Indians leaders like Nehru and the minorities are similar to those held by Hindu fundamentalists. Most Indians who are better informed have no use nor car for such extreme views. I do not want to waste my time “educating” you about Indian history which is something that you badly need. More importantly you have to learn how to address and treat a fellow human being whether he/she is a blogger, a Muslim, Hindus or others who disagree with your extreme views.

I do not have any confidence in Ramdev myself.

But I would not categorize Nehru as a “demon” nor do I share your stereotypical views about Muslims. I absolutely do not condone mass murder of politicians as you suggest. I think you have a very strange definition of what “Dharma” means!

Dear Mr. Hari,

Seems like you are a half informed person writing blogs like this. You have forgotten bagavadgeeta krishna has said that, wise people correct their mistakes just by some wise talk, whereas Moorkhas (the stupid people) do not correct their mistakes just by talk, for them “Dandam dashagunam bhavaeth” holds good and danda here means not just hitting with a stick or other form of punishments but it means death. Obviously politicians are fools who cannot mend their ways just by criticizing and for them death is the only solution! If you don’t believe in this don’t worry, god himself will start killing someday, maybe by that time we would have noticed more brutal forms of corruption! And by the way study Islam properly, search for this name called P.N.Oak in the internet and read his articles. Islam is not a faith at all and it just doesn’t tolerate others faiths! Simply don’t argue with me! If Nehru was not a demon then what was he? Do you ever feel how poor people are struggling in this country? He made India a haven for corruption. He converted already hostile situation at the time of independence into a permanent situation of filth and everlasting chaos in this country. According to you nehru is not a devil then according to me you haven’t got an ounce of brains or may be you are that stupid to not see the pain of those millions of poor people day by day, struggling make their ends meet OR maybe i was a fool to have wasted time at your blog!

I do not have any confidence in Ramdev myself.

But I would not categorize Nehru as a “demon” nor do I share your stereotypical views about Muslims. I absolutely do not condone mass murder of politicians as you suggest. I think you have a very strange definition of what “Dharma” means!

I will answer the first question for you. India is a developing nation and I do believe that India is on the path to becoming a developed nation. A lot of things have to go right for India over a long period of time for this to happen. Nobody can predict if and when this will happen. Anybody who thinks for sure that it will happen in her/her lifetime by fixing corruption is bluffing and not basing it on hard data (This is particularly true when the organization in question is clueless on how to fix corruption).

I am glad you talked about satellites. Imagine what would happen if Ramdev’s party comes to power. Their goal is to implement 100% swadeshi. The rocket guidance system and the engines which we get from countries like Israel and Russia will not be available. So the only rocket we can launch would be during Diwali!

Like many Ramdev supporters you are also propagating the myth of 73 lakh crore Rupees in foreign banks. Where are you getting these figures from? Foreign banks are very secretive about account information so I am very curious to know the source.

You are asking people to go online, submit personal information and support an online petition. There is absolutely zero information on who is behind this petition, what are the individuals/organizations goals, how the personal information collected will be used (privacy policy) etc. And you think that you are going to fight against corruption? Don’t you think that your lack of transparency is part of the problem?

You mentioned the name of Barack Obama and the change he was supposed to bring to the US (very few Americans today believe that he is capable of changing anything). One of the ways that conservative Christians attack Obama is by questioning his American citizenship. It is interesting to note that the petition link that you shared also has an article questioning Sonia Gandhi’s citizenship. Different countries but the same dirty politics!

Just think one second what are we giving to our smiling kids? What are we giving to our future generations? Don’t we want to give our future generation a clean environment and a developed nation? One thing always comes to my mind, for the last 60 years, we have been calling Indian as developing nation, can I ever see India as a developed nation in my lifetime. This question really bothers me every second.

With the recent scams in every department, the ground is cracking under our feet and we are losing ground to corrupt politicians. Some think that they are living happily in their homes and why they need to think about country. Just think, if the country suffers, you will also suffer, your children will suffer. We know what is happening in our neighboring countries. Come let us pledge today to do something to save our nation. You may be thinking is this possible? Yes this is possible. When a person like Obama against all odds can become president of America, we can also change this country’s fortune. Yes we can change if we fight united.

To send a satellite to space the cost is 176 crores (satellite GSat-5 Prime costs 176 core), just imagine how many satellites can be sent with 176,000 crores (1.76 lakh crores 2G scam), 1000 satellites. Black money lying in foreign banks 73,00000 crores (73 lakh crores). Hope you imagined how big an amount this is.

We have started a petition-signing program on bringing the Black Money back to India. I would request to all the people of India to sign this petition and also send this link to their friends and relatives to sign it. Lets save our country!!!

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Jai Hind

Video Links to support my petition:

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3. Also watch Rajiv Dixit videos on black money.

You say “At the same time he asked his followers to come with reports (Modern medical methods of diagnosys) to support his claims“. Ramdev gives medications and then asks his followers to come up with the proof!!

I am sorry. I cannot take you seriously any more.

Like many Ramdev supporters you are also good at lecturing people about corruption which we all know about in detail. Like many Ramdev supporters you also do not have a clue about how to solve it. Talk is cheap.

You have no business talking to me about tolerating corruption. You are basically suggesting that if I disagree with Ramdev politically then I am tolerating corruption. You intolerance towards those who disagree with you politically is part of the problem India is facing. Your politics is divisive.