Desh Kapoor

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Kumbh: The Greatest Spiritual Spectacle in Human History

Jan 19, 2025 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other” ― Paulo Coelho, The AlchemistThe fetish with the physical is the most damning preoccupation of the human kind. Many have come and wanted to keep the body they have forever. They do not realize that a tool that decays every moment can never be "forever". So how can I ever be immortal? Depends on who or what am I? The body? Or the mind? Both of which I have gathered from the world.
The H1B Debate and the Shaping of America

Jan 12, 2025 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“for the Entwives desired order, and plenty, and peace (by which they meant that things should remain where they had set them).” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings: One VolumePeople die. So do societies. Societies that mimic personal insecurities die with the people who dominate them. Those societies that grow beyond personal whims take on a larger role and go beyond a limited life.
The Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh Amidst Global Disinformation and Denials

Dec 1, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

Hinduism [T]he bloody massacre in Bangladesh caused Allende to be forgotten, the din of war in the Sinai Desert drowned out the groans of Bangladesh, . . . and so on, and on and on, until everyone has completely forgotten everything. —MILAN KUNDERA, The Book of Laughter and ForgettingAn evil so demonic and unimaginable has been unleashed on those who have only looked for unity in all that underlines this existence.
'Adani Bribery Case': A Complete and Definitive Analysis

Nov 24, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“The wise warrior avoids the battle.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of WarThe Spanish Habsburg Empire ruled the 16th century. A colossus under Charles V and Philip II. Wealth flowed from the New World. With that new initiatives and projects took shape ambition and more ambition soared. But power has a price. Catholic orthodoxy was their weapon. Centralized control, their creed. Enemies, their harvest. The Spanish Inquisition that unleashed a religious monster also inexplicably burned bridges.
Game-playing The Arctic Showdown: The Possible WW3 Battlefield

Nov 17, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Alina Bykova |Desh Kapoor

“Therefore any cruelty has to be executed at once, so that the less it is tasted, the less it offends; while benefits must be dispensed little by little, so that they will be savored all the more.” ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The PrinceConstantinople. The bridge between Europe and Asia. The gatekeeper of the Bosporus. Under the Byzantine Empire, it thrived. Strategically vital, yet untouched by the flames of war. Until the Fourth Crusade. The Crusaders marched, but not to Jerusalem.
Where is the US and the World Headed - Impact of the New Team

Nov 14, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” ― Friedrich NietzscheSometimes we need to keep aside the commonly used molds that have shaped the world around us. In those momentous times, the world is getting ready to cast its old skin. It is getting ready to take a new turn. A turn that may not be a known one. But a turn out of the current times. The coming generations can judge us.
Why Trump Won and How Will the World Change?

Nov 10, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“The meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice but that some things stay the same only by changing.” ― Heraclitus, Heraclitus: The Cosmic FragmentsIn the halls of the U.S. Congress, one man stood alone against the darkest forces of American democracy. Former President John Quincy Adams, already a respected elder statesman, had returned to the House of Representatives, driven by a fierce, unyielding resolve. His mission was monumental.
Converging Fissures: Gaming the Global Fault-lines

Nov 3, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of ThronesOn a humid July night in 1937, a tense quiet had settled over the Marco Polo Bridge, just outside of Beijing. The bridge, an ancient structure spanning the Yongding River, had seen centuries of soldiers and merchants pass its way, but that night, the stakes were higher.
Happy Diwali - the Night of Transformation

Oct 31, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

Hinduism "On this Diwali, may your inner light grow and bring light all around." - SadhguruDeepawali - or as it is now called Diwali - occurs on the Karthik Amavasya, also known as the new moon in the Hindu lunar month of KarthikDuring Karthik Amavasya, the Sun and Moon are both positioned in the same zodiac sign, creating a conjunction. This marks the absence of the Moon's light, symbolizing a period of darkness. It is in this time of celestial darkness that Hindus celebrate Deepawali.
American Hubris is Shaping the Geopolitical Chessboard for the Next Century

Oct 27, 2024 | drishtikone.com | Desh Kapoor

“The brainwashed humans were the code that kept the Masters’ program running smoothly and the freethinking humans were the viruses in the program who needed to be removed, quarantined, and deleted to protect the operating system, the Masters’ great spider-web design.” ― Jasun Ether, The Beasts of SuccessWe are at the cusp of modern history. A turning point is staring in our faces.