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Indian Politics and the Indian Diaspora: Assets, Not Pawns
I. The Diaspora’s Apolitical Posture in the West The Indian diaspora in the West—especially in the United States—remains largely apolitical when it comes to Indian regional and national elections. While anecdotal claims suggest some lean [...]
Coming to the End of Oneself: Final Part – Gandhi and beyond.
What survives when civilizations crumble? Wealth evaporates, monuments decay, power fades. But truth endures. Justice endures. Peace, however fragile, inspires future generations. Lovingkindness leaves its mark long after cruelty is forgotten. Families transmit these values across centuries. Societies built upon them rise again even from ruin.
Coming to the End of Oneself Part IV: The Journey through the Matrix
To come to the end of oneself is not annihilation but invitation. It is the death of illusions, the collapse of self-reliance, and the unveiling of God’s sufficiency. It is not an end for one but a new beginning in Him who is the Alpha and the Omega.
Coming to the End of Oneself – Part III: A Biblical Matrix of Desire, Loss, and Transformation
The matrix is not destiny. People move across quadrants through choice, circumstance, and divine intervention. Solomon could have moved from seeking to end had he truly rested in God. Nebuchadnezzar was forced downward, yet restored. The crowds had the opportunity to move from seeking bread to receiving eternal bread but many turned away. Job and Paul stand as beacons of what it means to be at peace with God in deprivation.
Coming to the End of Oneself Part II: It’s just the beginning
At first glance, their contexts could not be more different: a prince of India, an emperor of Maurya, a bishop of North Africa, a Russian novelist, and a medieval Italian friar. Yet when we look closely, the pattern emerges: all were born into privilege or acquired greatness at an early age. They had tasted wealth, power, and influence, and yet found them bitter on the tongue of the soul.
Coming to the End of Oneself Part I: Five Figures in History
Five figures—Buddha, Ashoka, Augustine, Tolstoy, and Francis—represent diverse cultures and traditions, yet converge on a common truth: human striving has limits. Whether in the pursuit of enlightenment, empire, pleasure, genius, or honor, each reached a breaking point where ambition proved vain. Transformation arose only when self was surrendered.
