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[TRANSCRIPT] EPISODE 10: DESTABILIZING THE MECHA-WIFE DICHOTOMY

Cathy 00:00

[midi version of Just Wild Beat Communication plays, fading as Cathy speaks over it]

Cathy 00:03

Hello and welcome to another episode of Untitled Tallgeese Podcast. I am this episode's host Cathy and I am joined by my lovely co-panelists Kat, Mallory, and Caitlin. Today we will be going over Episode 19, "Attack on Barge" and Episode 20, "Infiltration of the Moonbase." We pick up where we ended with Zechs, who has been found by Howard, whom you may remember as Duo's scrap metal salvager. It turns out that Howard used to be one of the engineers who helped design Tallgeese. Howard offers Zechs a way back into outer space, which Zechs eventually accepts, but not without first posturing in classic 19 year old fashion that the man formerly known as Zechs Merquis is now dead.

Cathy 00:44

Meanwhile, Duo stages an attack on OZ, but his Gundam is beaten by the Taurus mobile dolls, and he himself is captured when his self destruct mechanism doesn't work. His arrest is broadcasted everywhere on the Colony News Network, capturing the attention of Heero, who menacingly implies that all weaknesses must be eliminated. After infiltrating the OZ base where Duo is captured, however, and faced with actually needing to pull the trigger, Heero thinks better of it and breaks them both out by tricking the mobile dolls into believing the OZ's own Leos and spacesuits are the enemies. However, Heero and Duo are sadly forced to leave the damage Deathscythe behind.

Cathy 01:20

Elsewhere, Wufei stages the episodes titular attack on the Barge. He just so happens to intersect with Lady Une, who, in her peaceful ambassador persona, has an elaborate telepathic conversation with Wufei and her second command Nichols about how Outer Space should be reserved for peace. Nichols, frustrated and confused about Une's dueling personas, orders the Barge's beam cannon to shoot at Wufei. It manages the damage Shenlong Gundam marginally, but sacrifices a number of OZ's own soldiers in the process. Wufei, disgusted, uses his triton to light a literal fire under his own ass and flies off.

Cathy 01:55

In the next episode, Heero explains that he must kill the Gundam scientists, who under the thumb of OZ have been ordered to make all new and better mobile suits, the Mercurius and Vayeate. Duo wants to go with him, but injured is forced to remain behind. Speaking of injured Gundams and their pilots, on Earth, Sally Po tries to destroy Sandrock but encounters the Maganac forces who are trying to rescue it for Quatre. After realizing they should form a support group, and that the Maganacs actually have names, Sally Po helps them escape.

Cathy 02:22

OZ has been very busy. For one thing Lady Une submits a proposal for the colonies to form their own nation with one catch: they have to help OZ produce mobile suits and military equipment. Understandably, the colony representatives are wary of this proposition. But Lady Une goes full Treize on them, talking about how fighting is part of the spirit and beauty of mankind. At the same time, OZ has been trying to recruit random amateurs to act as test pilots, only one of those amateurs turns out to be none other than Trowa. As his final test. he's ordered to destroy a damaged site while Duo helplessly watches a broadcast. Because Trowa makes it to the final rounds, he wins a meeting with Lady Une. His barbed accusations that OZ is pretending to be friends with the colonies in order to win them over causes Une to have a mental breakdown. After she recovers, Une escorts Trowa and four other lucky pilots to the Gundam scientists where they meet the new mobile suits, the Veyeate is not actually functional. It reacts seemingly to the presence of Trowa, only to reveal that it's Heero clear snuck aboard. Unfortunately for Heero, Trowa manages flip through the air and get to his own gun faster, arresting Heero on behalf of OZ. And scene.

Caitlin 03:33

Can I just say, that, remember being 19 and thinking, [dramatically] "my former self is dead!" [laughter] and then totally, totally reinventing your look and your life for college. I think that's Zechs in these episodes. [laughter]

Mallory 03:53

Zacks is going away to college

Kat 03:54

To space college!

Caitlin 03:55

You've broken the mask of your like, high school nerdiness and now you're [laughter]

Mallory 04:02

now you're free faced and hot.

Caitlin 04:04

To be you sexy self, yes.

Cathy 04:07

I didn't think of it that way but that is totally true. And Zechs, he plays a surprisingly marginal role in these first, in these two episodes, which is kind of surprising because he'd been really important in the episodes leading up until now. And I didn't really process that until now, where you point out that literally the only thing he does in these two episodes is act like an emo fool and then flies off. [laughter]

Caitlin 04:31

Well he's dead. So he's,

Mallory 04:32

Yeah.

Caitlin 04:33

He's like, in exile because he's dead right now. [laughs] He's, he's like resting.

Mallory 04:38

Yeah, he's like symbolically killed himself.

Kat 04:40

Yeah, and complaining about getting help from Howard. Like, "Ugh, this is so much trouble to just get me to space."

Caitlin 04:46

This is like Genji in the Tale of Genji when he sent off to like, it, be punished in exile for a couple of months, [laughter] whatever. And all he does is like hang out by the seaside and like make a new girlfriend. [laguhter] This is Zechs right now. How, Howard is the girlfriend? [garbled] Serious, Genji in Exile.

Kat 05:07

I'm glad you're bringing this serious analysis here.

Caitlin 05:10

Yeah, this is, this is literature.

Cathy 05:11

I love it. And I'm glad we somehow managed to shovel in Tale of Genji into this because [laughter]

Caitlin 05:16

Uh, this will not be the last time we talked about Tale of Genji, all right?

Cathy 05:20

So, you know, I have to apologize, I know that I am supposed to be host and I've admitted that I don't really have any deep thoughts about episodes 19 and 20 other than I love them, and they're really entertaining. So I guess I'm gonna throw Kat under the bus, one of the things you wanted to talk about is the OZ use of propaganda and kind of information control in these two episodes.

Kat 05:44

Yeah, so we've spent a lot of time as a podcast talking about Lady Une, and the different roles that she takes on. And it's really interesting to see her utilizing the broadcast television that they have going on in the colonies. I'm not sure if it's clear if that's getting broadcast to Earth or not, but she's definitely using it to control the flow of information to the colonists, including when they captured Duo -- deciding whether or not maybe jokingly, to execute him publicly, whether or not he's, he's pretty enough or ugly enough that the colonists would sympathize with him if he was ugly.

Caitlin 06:20

And unfortunately, he's extremely good looking.

Kat 06:23

He's too beautiful, so he must die. And I think it's kind of the culmination of all the control that she's had over their media streams leading up to this episode.

Mallory 06:34

And you also see, like you hear the spin in the broadcasters and what they're saying, which is really interesting, like, they're always like, "these young troopers are vying for a spot with OZ!" You know, like there's a, there's a celebratory kind of tone to all of the newscasts that we are seeing and hearing

Kat 06:55

And we get a lot of plot exposition in those news broadcasts of these episodes, I think a little more, like we've gotten clips and stuff, or they just want to explain something. But I think it kind of leads the plot in these episodes in a way that it doesn't quite do elsewhere.

Caitlin 07:11

One of the things that I think is really interesting about the use of propaganda here is that it comes along with the realization of the split in Lady Une's personality and I think that there is a way in which you can view her split personality as mirroring, or like metaphorically performing the split between OZ's reality and OZ's performance, right? OZ's propaganda image. To a certain extent, it's like she's become like the physical and mental manifestation of the doublethink required to be both the front-facing OZ image of a peaceful colony helper, trying to bring everybody together. And the cutthroat OZ that we know is the reality.

Mallory 07:54

Exactly. She's a hamfisted metaphor for like the cognitive dissonance at the heart of Oz. You know, like this focus and emphasis on niceties and gentility and grace and saving face versus the cutthroat merciless militaristic takeover that OZ and the Romefeller Foundation are actually carrying out. It's like sort of her mental break at this point -- is it signaling a split between these two factions? Like Treize seems like he's at odds with the Romefeller Foundation in some way.

Cathy 08:28

Yeah, absolutely. I mean, at one point in Episode 20, right, when she goes back into her room after she talks to Trowa, she says, something like, "Am I doing this for OZ? Or am I doing this for Treize?" [crosstalk]

Mallory 08:37

Yeah, "Or is my master Treize?"

Caitlin 08:39

I thought, I thought that was very interesting. It also reflects the parts of her that are... So like, her considering, "Do I work for OZ? Or do I work for Treize?" is also, "Aam I doing this work as the harsh and cutthroat colonel?" versus "Am I doing this work as the kind and gentle Lady?" Where like, one of them is the person who works for OZ, and one of them is the person who loves Treize and is just doing this out of duty and affection for him.

Kat 09:09

The episodes are so blatant, and kind of the colony-facing version of her is weaker, like she's stronger in uniform, and it's sort of like this weaker facade that they are putting on to the colonies? But also it's working, so I guess it's a testament to how intensely she's making herself believe in this persona slash, she has to put her entire belief into it for it to work.

Mallory 09:34

For her.

Kat 09:35

For her.

Mallory 09:35

Right, because it's been established that like, part of her character is that she can't, she's a bad liar. So it's almost like she has to make herself believe that what she's doing is good?

Kat 09:46

Yeah.

09:46

In order to promote this soft face OZ

Caitlin 09:50

It's what politicians do, we see it all the time.

Cathy 09:53

To me a really interesting part of this, and I don't think it's explicit. I think this is just me projecting on it, but there seems to be to me like a hollowness or an emptiness about what OZ actually stands for other than wanting power. We just have Treize, right? Like Treize is the entire idealistic "heart" of OZ. And when you remove that from the equation, it's kind of like, what are we even all doing? Like how does, how do any of the powers differ from each other? They really don't. [laughs] They just want power. And so I really find this interesting, trying to grapple with like, what power means or what, what anything stands for, what do ideals mean? and seeing Lady Une like, break down, actually, physically and mentally in a way that was really obvious, felt really like relieving to me, just to be like, that is the thing we all struggle with. And I think, surprisingly, Gundam Wing made a really potent and relevant comment about it. Like, it is just hard to understand what any of us are fighting for, when it comes to big power structures. It doesn't mean anything. We're all meaningless in it.

Mallory 10:57

Yeah especially when, like, the lines that you are being fed by those powers are like vague things about the heart of OZ. And what does that even mean? Like you can't base a belief system on like this vague concept.

Kat 11:12

It's hard to base like a whole governmental structure around the nobility of man's fighting spirit?

Caitlin 11:17

But also that is, this is fascism,

Mallory & Kat & Cathy 11:20

[crosstalk of agreement]

Caitlin 11:20

that you have. It's purely a lust for power. There's, there's a creation of a set of ideals, that -- those ideals only exist to keep people in the existing power structure, and replacing any sort of actual belief with a fixation on one central leader, as Treize has done. It's fascism. It's what we're seeing today, basically. [muttered] Sorry, not not to get political at our Gundam Wing,

Cathy 11:46

Not to get political in our, in our podcast about an anime that is about politics.

Kat 11:50

Well, I was gonna say, I think as a kid, when I watched this, I think I was a little more sympathetic, but in a more simplistic way about Lady Une? And to me, it felt very much like, she suddenly saw that peace could be achieved and realized that her true self was fighting against it and couldn't handle that dichotomy. But now that I know that every politician can just live with 1000 pounds of cognitive dissonance in their head at all times, I don't know if that's really a thing that's going on, like if that was a naive reading of it.

Caitlin 12:23

Yeah, if you, if you recall, from our argument last time, about like, is she, has she already sort of lost herself at that point? Or is she in the process of losing herself, we were sort of, we were sort of split on whether this was an active choice that she'd made, if it was like a deliberate choice to sort of split this part of herself off, or if it just sort of ruptured by mental break. And I think now we sort of see the transition. Whereas like, last, the last few episodes that are lead up to this, I was like, okay, she's deliberately creating this persona, because she knows that she's not really good at this stuff.

Kat 13:00

Right.

Caitlin 13:01

So she's created this other other person. Now she's now she's broken,

Mallory 13:06

It was sort of the ease with which she could do that was a foreshadowing of the cognitive dissonance that would then come back to haunt her, and that we're seeing her sort of pay for now.

Kat 13:18

She seems so assured of herself and like the Lady Une militaristic persona, even though she doubts herself when Treize chastises her, but that's the only time she's not like, do these fucking plans, like I'm telling you to do it, now. And for her to be so unsure of herself in the other persona is really interesting.

Caitlin 13:38

I'm actually kind of sick of her. I feel like this is kind of a hackneyed plot move

Mallory 13:42

Mhmm

Caitlin 13:42

on their part. I don't really buy like split personality as a trope.

Cathy 13:47

Let's move on, let's move on then. Caitlin is sick of her crap. Let us move on to our second point: mobile dolls. So I think there's a lot of really interesting themes in these two episodes about what it means to be a pilot and kind of human intelligence versus robot intelligence. You know, we see this both in the way Heero escapes from the base with Duo. And then also in Episode 20, when we reunite with the Gundam scientists, and their whole point is essentially like, it doesn't matter who's who in the mobile suits. It just matters who the pilot is.

Caitlin 14:21

Yeah, there's a really great moment where the mobile dolls very stupidly kill their own people because they're in the same suit that Heero was wearing. Yeah, they've had their targets switched around, which demonstrates that the mobile dolls are not a great solution to the problems [laughs] of war? I like that, though it's sad that they killed their own guys.

Mallory 14:44

Yeah, I mean, it's like a real surprise that an unmanned machine could be manipulated, you know, hacked.

Kat 14:50

Weird.

Mallory 14:51

Strange.

Cathy 14:52

Totally weird.

Mallory 14:53

Who could have predicted that?

Caitlin 14:55

AI did not solve all of our problems.

Kat 14:57

I like how pissed Nichols -- or possibly not Nichols -- is though when Trowa goes, "it doesn't matter which one is better because the better pilot will win" or whatever. And the OZ soldier flips out because I guess he's bought totally into this too. And they did take down at least one Gundam pilot with the mobile dolls. So like, how dare he even question the idea behind the mobile dolls, even though they brought him in literally to be a good pilot.

Caitlin 15:28

And then you have the whole thing where Heero's in the suit that's supposed to be non functional so it seems like it functions and then Heero -- it's actually Heero, that whole thing. I was sort of thinking of our other big contemporary mobile suit in the room, Evangelion.

Cathy 15:44

Oh god [laughs]

Caitlin 15:45

The, the machine is actually a part of them and it's not really about like pilot skill. It's about sort of a connection that is like, primal and animal. Whereas in Gundam Wing you have a connection with between the pilots and their suits? We sort of see this when Duo flips out about that's like being publicly executed.

Caitlin 15:45

Which came out the same year. The whole, the whole like, thing is that this terrible idea of children piloting a mobile suit only really works if the mobile suit is some sort of like biological and psychological projection of themselves slash their mother.

Cathy 16:04

Yes.

Caitlin 16:07

And with Quatre and the Maganacs, who are like we have to rescue Quatre's Gundam.

Mallory 16:29

Yeah.

Caitlin 16:29

Yeah. But that isn't like, the same thing as a mobile suit can function without the pilot or a mobile suit is something that needs, is an animal that needs control, like an Evangelion.

Cathy 16:39

Although it's interesting because I think in the last four episodes, we have seen examples of this. So for instance, Sandrock, of course, just kind of walks off right without Quatre.

Caitlin 16:51

And he's like, get out of me.

Kat 16:52

Yeah [laughs]

Cathy 16:53

It was kind of like a weird open question as to whether or not Deathscythe, like didn't want to blow up with Duo in it? or if there was actually a failed self destruct mechanism. And they leave that kind of open. Similarily, and I know I called this out in my background when I was summarizing this, I love the way the end of Episode 20 is set up because there is this moment where I was almost wondering if my memories of this episode were incorrect, and that Mercurius and Veyeate really just sort of light up because Trowa is there, right? Like I was just like, oh, are they responding to Trowa? But then it turns out, it's because Heero is there. So there are all these little moments where they're kind of like building in this doubt, like, what are the Gundams? What are mobile suits? How tied, like what is that symbiosis. And I think it is really interesting that it comes out at the same time where Eva kind of like definitively falls one way or another on it, that they kind of just leave that open.

Kat 17:48

Bringing in Tallgeese, this episode too, like Zechs shows up just so we can hear again about Tallgeese and I think his relationship with that mobile suit is very much about his synchronisation with it. Like, it's harder to pilot than all the other ones so they continually talk about how like, you'd have to be a human or like, it gave him a frickin heart attack, because it's so difficult to pilot kind of thing.

Caitlin 18:12

So it does sort of reflect our relationship with machines in real life. I think a lot where you're like, Yes, I am, I am the driver of this car. I don't think this car is able to make its own decisions. I think most of us can agree that AI cars are kind of stupid, the self driving cars.

Kat 18:29

Yeah, thus far.

Mallory 18:31

I mean, I really want one but

Caitlin 18:33

When you think about people's relationship to their cars,

Cathy 18:36

Mmhmm.

Caitlin 18:36

It's an extension of self. And you get people who are who are obsessed with cars, who name their cars who refer to them by female pronouns. You have these really intense relationships with technology that the show plays with a lot even while saying, verbally, It's the pilot that matters, not the machine.

Cathy 18:55

So before we leave Mercurius and Veyeate, I want to say I actually found that really interesting and much more interesting when I saw them this time as I'm older. You know, they're red and blue. So I just want to like put that plug in, you know, there's a very kind of symbiotic relationship between red and blue.

Caitlin 19:12

[gasp]

Cathy 19:13

Just generally

Caitlin 19:13

I ship red/blue. All of my ships are reds and blues. Oh my god!

Cathy 19:18

Like they're, you know, there's a, there's a general kind of fandom-y trope and work trope, literary trope about red and blue. Heero ends up popping out of, I think it's Veyeate, who is the blue one, and the blue one is the one with the really great beam cannon. And then the red one, Mercurius has the shield. So I mean, the one interesting thought I had, like literally the only one thought [laughs] that I in these two episodes is that there's a great Chinese idiom called zìxīang máodùn" (自相矛盾). And máodùn is the Chinese term for sort of being self-contradictory and kind of like unable to go anywhere because you're kind of tying yourself up in knots. And that word in that phrase [Baldwin] actually comes from two separate words [mall], which is a spear or a lance and [twin] which is a shield. And it comes from a really classic story [Ed.'s note: from the Han Feizi] where this merchant is saying he has, you know, the world's best lance and then the world's best shield. And then somebody asked him, "Well, what happens if your lance attacks your shield" and he's unable to answer? [laughter] And so when we say "máodùn" like "oh my god, I'm so máodùn" like, "Oh my god, I'm so you know, I'm tied up in myself in knots, and I can't figure my way out," you know, I'm really confused, I'm really troubled, what we're really saying is, we have an unbreakable shield that goes up against an unstoppable lance.

Cathy 19:37

So I thought, you know, here, there's this moment where it's like, very much implied, they don't make a big deal out of it, but you have Heero and Trowa who I've always in my head kind of put in the same axis, you know, like they are kind of like the same people but on two different ends. And they are representing, they're both undercover in different ways, Heero has actually snuck into the beast, Trowa has gone undercover [laughs] as an amateur pilot for us. They end up kind of repeating this cycle sort of over and over again, throughout the series, and then it comes out in this really obvious reference to having a spear and having a shield. So I thought that was really fun.

Caitlin 21:20

Cathy you're not gonna believe this. It's the same word in Japanese. Oh, is it really? For conflict contradiction? It's mujun (矛盾). So I had to look at the characters of máodùn. But yeah, it's it's mujun in Japanese, which just means contradiction, but it's the same spear and shield, yeah.

Cathy 21:35

There is kind of a wonderfully elemental and like contradictory sense with Veyeate and Mercurius is that I didn't catch on the first time I watched it and just wanted to share with the group.

Kat 21:48

I think that's fascinating to me, because I love the interplay between Heero and Trowa there when Heero drops his gun and he's in the beam cannon. So in that case, shield wins. [laughter] Because I mean, Trowa's on the defensive

Caitlin 22:05

Shield wins!

Caitlin 22:06

You know what else is a dichotomy? [laughing] That is operative in many of these [laughing]

Cathy 22:15

Uh oh.

Mallory 22:18

Seme and uke.

Kat 22:21

Dammit

Cathy 22:21

Dammit. Alright, where's this going? [laughter]

Caitlin 22:24

It's not going anywhere, it ends right there, that's [laughing]

Cathy 22:30

Well, I am going to selfishly move this conversation then to I think I really love which is the whole Heero/Trowa/Duo like trio dynamic that is happening. There's a lot of stuff that is going on between these three people on every leg of this triangle that is happening in Episode 19/20 and I just would love to talk about it.

Mallory 22:53

There's a lot of emotional entanglement going on.

Kat 22:56

So I liked when Trowa sees that Duo is captured and then -- on his Gundam TV -- and is like, "I bet Heero will handle that, it's cool." Like just, just assumes that he's going to take care of that guy.

Mallory 23:10

Well he knows right you know knows that Duo is like Heero's first boyfriend.

Caitlin 23:16

I liked when Duo said, "I don't want anyone else besides you to kill, kill me Heero." And then when Heero's like, "Yeah, I'm actually going to kill you," Duo's like WHAT?

Mallory 23:24

"Why would you do that?" Sad puppy eyes.

Caitlin 23:27

"WHAT? You're really, you're really gonna do it?"

Cathy 23:31

And I love how that is also then followed up by a scene where Trowa is actually forced to shoot Deathscythe and doesn't hesitate.

Caitlin 23:42

That depressed me.

Cathy 23:43

There's like this beautiful like, to me. you know this like, I don't even know what to explain about it. Where like Heero goes with the express intent to kill Duo and then does-- isn't able to do it for one reason or another which is not really, you know, even lingered upon but it is amazing, see, I love that.

Kat 24:00

It's they're, they're in love.

Mallory 24:01

Could, he just couldn't he doesn't know why

Cathy 24:03

He just couldn't and

Caitlin 24:04

He's not good at killing people, actually,

Kat 24:07

He's not good at killing hotties he likes.

Cathy 24:09

What I love specifically is both of these scenes involve a thing where the assault ,the assailant throws away his gun. But in this case, Heero throws a gun at Duo and says "your right hand is okay, right?" being like, you can use this gun.

Caitlin 24:22

Aww

Cathy 24:23

And then in Trowa's thing, he throws away his puny little gun so that he can ask for beam cannon so they can actually destroy Deathscythe. So I, again, I have no idea who wrote this. But like if you read that in a fic, you'd be like hell yeah, this person knows what they're doing.

Mallory 24:39

Oh, yeah.

Cathy 24:40

I just wanted to point that out. I loved it. I ate that up with spoon

Mallory 24:43

The shipping the one true pairing OTP./OT3 energy is real strong in these episodes.

Cathy 24:49

Oh so good

Mallory 24:49

And Kat and I have been watching the dubs and then watching the subs after for each of the two episodes and the delivery of the dub actors versus the sub actors is so different between Duo and Heero that it like really informs the pairing dynamics that you might see in fic.

Kat 25:11

Yeah, watching the dub is like, "Oh, I see." Like, this is exactly fic duo where he's like, you're gonna kill ME? Versus like, "oh, you're really gonna kill me?" Like it's it's so different.

Mallory 25:25

It's it's really different. And like, for me the difference in the delivery of the the exchanges, especially as they're escaping after Heero has rescued Duo is so different. In the dub, Duo and Heero's relationship is more one-sided, like Duo likes Heero and has affection for him, but Heero is still kind of like closed off. But in the sub, I hear more, sort of, we're already in love with each other, but we don't know it yet. Whereas in the dub, this is like, pre we even have feelings for each other. Does that makes sense?

Caitlin 26:00

It's interesting that you do so much deep reading of these inflections when I was just like, the dub acting is not very good. [laughter]

Kat 26:10

Well, I mean, it could definitely be that.

Mallory 26:12

right?

Kat 26:12

But it just, it feels so different. But I guess more in terms of how it might inform fandom reading of the characters.

Mallory 26:21

Yeah,

Kat 26:21

Like watching one or the other. Like I if I watched only one I would have a different view of how those two characters interacted.

Mallory 26:30

Right, the first time I ever watched Gundam Wing and then went and read fanfic, I was I was really confused by the presentation of Duo because in fanfic he's just kind of this like hapless... I don't know sort of like [laughing] not the not smart character [laughs]

Caitlin 26:49

He's a baka!

Kat 26:50

He's a dumb baka.

Caitlin 26:52

That's the term.

Mallory 26:52

Okay, well, I just didn't, didn't want to say it. [laughs]

Caitlin 26:55

Do we, do we need to pull out the vows of not making Duo a baka again?

Cathy 27:02

Nooo we don't

Kat 27:03

Oh my god. Yeah.

Cathy 27:04

We don't we don't need to go to the Society for the Defense of Duo's Intelligence.

Caitlin 27:08

Yes, we need to review our laws of not making Duo a baka.

Kat 27:14

He has read one book. But I mean, he's, he's just not, like he gets overwhelmed by mobile dogs. It's not like he's a moron getting captured and stuff.

Cathy 27:23

I do also want to say that, like he does, he is following this particular like, hurt/comfort trope.

Mallory & Kat 27:31

Yeah/Mmhmm

Cathy 27:32

That I don't know why was so pop-- I don't know if it's still popular now but it was incredibly popular then. And in order for that trope to work, somebody has to constantly like be beat up or like in

Caitlin 27:45

Yes

Cathy 27:45

a state of pain or in a state of peril

Caitlin 27:48

Umm

Cathy 27:48

And unfortunately,

Caitlin 27:50

I think this is definitely still a thing but it's a little bit different now. Whump has evolved I think,

Kat 27:56

Yeah.

Caitlin 27:57

it still exists though.

Kat 27:58

It's not quite the same

Cathy 27:59

And, but it definitely doesn't exist the same way as it used to, which was very explicit and very blunt. And in order to get there you kind of had to put one of the characters kind of in like stupid situations I feel like? and

Kat 28:11

Yeah,

Cathy 28:12

Yeaaaah

Caitlin 28:12

And that was Duo so I,

Cathy 28:14

These days you're not allowed to beat characters up as much. You kind of have to justify it.

Kat 28:19

Yeah, I think also you find fewer authors that are like I'm gonna write 40 fuckin fic and Duo is gonna get his ass kicked in every single one of them.

Cathy 28:28

Yeah (?)

Caitlin 28:29

I don't know though, because if you, when you dive in, in the tags, you can see some really wild things with contemporary fandoms. It's just not the fic that's, that's dominating the like, rec lists or like the circles that

Kat 28:41

Definitely the whump is a lot less dark.

Mallory 28:44

Yeah.

Kat 28:45

Well, good thing Gundam Wing canon provides. Duo gets his ass beat multiple times n canon so... by other pilots, it is great. That's why he's a fave.

Caitlin 28:53

He looks beautiful in these episodes

Kat 28:56

He really does

Caitlin 28:57

When he's like beating up in the cell. When Heero's like, "No, you can't come with me because you're useless." [laughter]

Caitlin 29:03

And he's like, be a little kinder next time.

Cathy 29:06

I love that Heero was just like, well go to school for me. I'm like, are you?

Mallory 29:10

Yeah.

Cathy 29:10

[laughter] What is wrong with you, Duo doesn't look anything like you?

Kat 29:14

Didn't Heero already go to that school? [laughter]

Caitlin 29:16

He made a whole speech

Mallory 29:17

You made a whole speech in front of everybody.

Kat 29:19

"Oh, you're gonna be real popular buddy."

Cathy 29:23

And I kept being like, is that like, I remember this. I really do remember this scene where he's just like, go to school. And like now I'm watching and I'm like, it is just as weird as I remember it. [laughs]

Caitlin 29:33

Wait, wait, wait, you know what the real point of him saying that is so now we know that Duo knows that Heero used his name,

Kat 29:41

Right, yes.

Caitlin 29:41

to enroll in school. So now Duo in our fanfics can think, "oh my god, he used my name, he's obsessed with me."

Kat 29:47

"What a fucking weirdo." [laughter]

Caitlin 29:49

"Maybe he really is in love with me. Blah, blah, blah blah." So that is like, him saying that I think is some sort of like pure fan service where it doesn't really make any sense and it's just to let us know that this character now knows this other character thinks about him.

Cathy 30:04

I completely lost my shit at this episode, I just want to tell you. I was like watching it and losing my shit.

Caitlin 30:10

These are really good episodes. I like fell asleep during them 'cause there's something wrong with me obviously. But they're really good episodes, a lot of stuff happens to the point where I think it's hard for us to think of things to like, really substantive things to say. They're just good action episodes.

Cathy 30:25

So before we move on, one last thing, you know, we had this amazing moment with Sally Po and the Maganacs when they met each other and they're kind of like, "you know, a Gundam pilot? I know Gundam pilot." It was great. I'm glad that we haven't forgotten Sally Po.

Kat 30:43

I'd like that you shouted out the Maganac names because in one of my one of my notes is like, "it's so nice that they have names now."

Caitlin 30:49

They all have names

Cathy 30:51

I love them.

Mallory 30:51

And they have personality. And I like that they're ribbing with each other like, "Oh, Abdul's plans never work the way they're supposed to, ugh."

Caitlin 31:00

Yeah, there's a token fuck up. It's great.

Kat 31:02

Yeah. [laughter]

Cathy 31:05

I really, I mean, I, those are like the little things that I think. I don't know, it just overall, there is a really rich universe in Gundam Wing that I'd forgotten about the first time I watched it. And it was nice to see that there are these moments in the show that there's no reason for anybody to shout out. But the fact that each of the Maganacs had a name. Each of them had a personality.

Kat 31:25

And some style.

Cathy 31:26

Yeah. So we kind of had like a weird hybrid cultural artifact that we wanted to talk about today. Kat you had brought up this video, which is of Super Robot Wars.

Kat 31:39

Yeah.

Cathy 31:40

Which is a part of the Gundam franchise more generally. And then I also just wanted to talk about my experience with Gundam fighting games, but you first.

Kat 31:48

So Super Robot Wars isn't just the Gundam series, but it's most, most of them are produced by Sunrise, but it's like a Bandai Namco Entertainment game. So even Evangelion mecha have shown up in it. But there's a ton of different Gundam characters and robots, like a turn based RPG with different characters mecha and storylines they pull from all different anime series, mostly Gundam.

Caitlin 32:19

Does it give you more information about the Gundam Wing world? Do you get like more details with the characters?

Kat 32:27

Not a ton, sadly. I mean, not for gonna wing. Maybe for other ones. There's like one specific Super Robot Wars, Super Robot Wars W which was for the DS that had Quatre and Duo, and Duo is disguised as Heero Yuy and you have to play a mission to sneak them to Earth. I've watched like YouTubes but Super Robot Wars always felt like one of those canons like side canons that I could never really access as a kid? And now that I could do it, it's sort of like eh. Treize is in it actually, Treize is in Super Robot Wars W also, he's the Federated Earth Nation President.

Cathy 33:08

So I okay, so there there is a running joke I have with my friends and this is kind of rude and I'm really sorry. I do think there is a certain element of like, what I usually associate with kinda Reddit anime fandom, or a certain element of like, and I'm sorry to say this but like "cis male anime fandom on Twitter?" And I call them Dragon Ball versus Naruto fans and those are people [laughter] are always talking about who is stronger, or like who would win in the battle, Naruto vs Goku? And like, to me that is like the least interesting thing about watching either series.

Caitlin 33:43

It's the dumbest shit.

Cathy 33:44

Right? Like I don't give a shit. Like

Kat 33:46

Right, who would smooch who?

Mallory 33:48

Yes,

Cathy 33:48

The reason why I bring this up is like, is I wondering if, if that is what Super Robot Wars is supposed to appeal to? Like? Is there an element where you want to see all of the Gundams from, and all of the like, mecha from the different series come together and fight. Like who? Like what is the appeal of this game?

Kat 34:10

I think it is. It's like getting to interact like with all these different things from franchises you like. But it's not like a mecha-to-mecha thing all the time. I don't know it's maybe it is, it's not a fighting game though. You're, it's an RPG.

Cathy 34:26

Okay,

Caitlin 34:27

Interesting

Kat 34:27

The White Fang from Gundam Wing in the future is like a villain. Like they ally with a rebellion from Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam so like, so it's that kind of thing. But I

Mallory 34:41

I mean, I can see why people would why it would appeal to a certain segment of population that games manufacturers would assume are watching the shows. [laughter] You know, it's it's just like the novelty of seeing. I don't know, isn't that why movies like Civil War? And

Cathy 35:01

Yes, absolutely.

Mallory 35:01

all of those are so popular because it's like, I just want to see them bashing against each other like Superman versus Batman versus Iron Man, you know,

Kat 35:10

There's got to be a mecha versus mecha game though like that feels like it has to exist. This one is interesting, because I think it's interesting that Gundam Wing is sort of outside the greater shared Gundam universe. So for them to pull it in for this was always interesting to me, because I was like, I always liked Gundam Wing as a kid because it's like, "oh, I can watch this. But I don't need to watch this other stuff that's going to be like 20 bucks for a VHS tape with two episodes on it."

Caitlin 35:39

Right. But then you could you could get into Gundam Wing, and then you could be like, oh, Gundam Wing is in Super Robot Wars. So I play that and then suddenly you get into these other things,

Kat 35:48

Right. exactly.

Cathy 35:50

So I actually played Gundam Wing: Endless Duel on an emulator and Gundam Wing: Endless Duel is actually a robot versus robot fighting.

Kat 35:59

Hell yeah!

Cathy 36:00

And, um, I really don't remember how I got this. I think somebody handed me like a CD-R? of all these have like an SNES emulator.

Caitlin 36:10

C! D! R!

Cathy 36:11

And there was Gundam Wing Endless Duel and I think like a Sailor Moon flaming game, maybe?

Caitlin 36:16

There is a Sailor Moon fighting game.

Caitlin 36:17

Yeah, that definitely exists, yes.

Cathy 36:19

So I played, so I remember, you know, and my mom was never gonna listen to this, she'll never know that I did this. I used to, like sneak down into our basement, like get on the computer in our basement and like play, like, you know, from the hours of like, 2am to like 4am, play like Gundam Wing Endless Duel, which was all in Japanese at the time, I had no idea was going on. So I was just like, mashing buttons. I was not particularly good. But it is great. And there is a lot of like, you know, obviously everybody forms opinions about like, who is the best Gundam and who is the worst Gundam? Like I think Heavyarms sucks. [laughter] So it's always like, beat up on Heavyarms while you're playing? Because you're like, "Yeah, he suuuucks." And like, there is this really fun moment where you get to try on all these weird ideals that come up in Gundam Wing. And I'm sure that's true of every Gundam game, but I like there is a moment where it's like, "oh, yeah, this is what it feels like to be a cishet anime male being like Naruto vs. Goku." That was my Naruto versus Goku moment.

Kat 37:18

I feel like the suits definitely made it further then the characters and Gundam Wing

Caitlin 37:23

was very much their own characters in a lot of ways. And like a lot of fans are just really into the cha-- and into the suits. It's like, it's like, instead of your waifu who you have your mecha. Maybe or maybe you can have both.

Kat 37:36

Uhhh, my mecha could be my waifu. [laughter]

Cathy 37:40

On that note, thank you guys for joining us to discuss Episodes 19-20 and also marrying a robot.

Caitlin 37:48

Nothing wrong with that.

Cathy 37:49

Nothing wrong with that. We appreciate all robot fuckers on this podcast. [laughter] Thank you guys, see you next time.

Kat 37:59

Keep in touch! Hear about our new episodes on Twitter at TallgeesePod. Find our full transcriptions on Tumblr at UntitledTallgeesePodcast dot Tumblr dot com and follow us on Instagram at UntitledTallgeesePodcast for behind the scenes deets, fandom artifacts, and memes.

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demonkidpliz · 5 years ago

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Things I learned while re-watching Star Plus Mahabharata (Part 10/many):

1) I see grandaddy has come out of hibernation.

2) Draupadi looks stunning in this episode.

3) Krishna’s whole personality is that of a matchmaker marriage broker.

4) In the entirety of Draupadi’s swayamvar Krishna has the most done facial expression I have ever seen. Seriously, someone give Saurabh Raaj Jain an award.

5) Draupadi just said she won’t marry a sutputra. A+ 10/10 on the background score. Also, Krishna’s expression. He knows this is the first of many steps that will seal Draupadi’s fate.

6) Surya is pissed that someone called his illegitimate son a sutputra so now he’s shining extra hard on Kampilya.

7) Krishna’s expression. Krishna’s Expression. KRISHNA’S EXPRESSION.

8) Seriously, when he’s on screen, it’s hard to follow the others because Krishna steals the goddamn show.

9) Krishna looking at Surya Dev like don’t make me come up there.

10) I just realised Surya Dev is Krishna’s father-in-law, but that’s a story for another time.

11) What was even written in the script? Sun: glares angrily. Krishna: glares back.

12) At least Karna is not taking this casteism thing lying down. Sometimes I am reminded why I loved Karna so much. Oh well.

13) Arjun’s whole face lights when he talks about Krishna. Truly, a love for the ages.

14) Ah, Arjun. The original feminist.

15) Did Krishna just khule aam crack a sexual innuendo joke at Rukmi’s expense in the swayamvar?

16) Bro, if I were Rukmi, I too would want to punch Krishna’s face publicly.

17) When Shakuni told Duryodhan to kill Arjun and Bhim and then the other three would be destroyed automatically, I felt that.

18) What is the point of Sahadev being a fortune teller when he never fucking warns them when something is about to go wrong?

19) Kunti: in this house, we serve the Soviet Union and divide all our resources equally.

20) Yudhishthira: those who give out orders/punishments have no business remaining ignorant. My problematic son dropping truth bombs.

21) Draupadi: if Sita cannot escape people’s blame, then how will I? Hold my martini.

22) Draupadi reminding Arjun that this is not the first time Kuru princes are trying to return a princess after winning a swayamvar. Yaaas.

23) Ah granddaddy is back.

24) Poor Draupadi. Also, Krishna’s expression as he watches her cry breaks my heart.

25) Draupadi, Krishna’s pet. There, there.

26) Apparently, one woman having five husbands is adharm. But it’s okay for Krishna to have thousands of wives. Somehow, that’s fair to women. #Krishnalogic.

#mahabharata #starbharat #siwt #starbharat recap

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vikaskumarme-blog · 6 years ago

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Jesus ? Is Jesus God?

Has Jesus Christ ever claimed to be God? See the evidence from the life of Jesus Christ that why believing in Jesus Christ is not superstition.

For us, decisively knowing that ‘what is the existence of God?’, And ‘what kind of person’ it is, it is impossible, unless God himself does not take initiative and does not reveal himself.

To find some clue to the revelation of God, we need to look at the pages of history. It has a clear sign. 2000 years ago, a baby was born in the stables of an unplanned village in Palestine. Today the whole world is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, and for the right reason – his life changed the way of history.

How did people see Jesus

We have been told that “Aam Aadmi used to listen to Jesus’ words happily” and “He was teaching them not like Judaism leaders but like an officer.” 1

But, soon it became clear that he was giving very shocking and wondrous statements about himself. He described himself as a great teacher and greater than the Prophet. He said in clear words that he is God. He made his identity the main issue in his education.

From his followers, Jesus asked the most important question, “And what do you say that I am?” Then Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 2 Jesus Christ was not surprised to hear this, Neither did he scold Peter. On the contrary, Jesus appreciated that!

Jesus Christ often addressed God by calling “my father”, and his listeners had complete influence on his words. We have been told, “Because of this, the Jews tried to kill him even more. Because he not only broke the law of Sabbath (day of rest), but by calling God as your Father, he used to make himself like God. ” On one occasion, he said, ” My father and I are one. “At that time the Jews wished to stone him. Jesus Christ asked them, for what good works did they motivate him to stone him? “ They answered, ” We do not stone you for the good work, but because of the blasphemy of God, and because you are a man, makest thyself God. ” 4

Jesus said this about himself

Jesus explicitly claimed the powers that are with God only. When a paralyzed man was descended from the roof, so that he could be healed by Jesus, Jesus said, “Son, you have been forgiven by your sins.” The theologians immediately responded, “This Why is the person doing such things? He is insulting God! Only God, who can forgive sins? “ Then Jesus said to them, ” Which is easy: Tell the person suffering from this paralysis, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up and walk’? “ Jesus further said, “But whom you know that I have the power to forgive sins on earth, he said to the paralyzed man,” I tell you, get up, take your cot and move to your house. “ He got up and immediately took a cot and left the front of everyone and went away. All were amazed at it.

Jesus also made such statements: “I came that they might have life and get abundance.” 5 And “I am the light of the world.” 6 And many times he said that whoever believes in him, Jesus Give them eternal life. “And he is not commanded to be punished, but has passed from death to life.” 7 And I give them eternal life. They will never be destroyed. ” 8

In those momentous moments, when Jesus’ life was on the stake, to claim such a claim, the high priest questioned him directly: “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Most Blessed?” “Yes, I am,” Jesus he said. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” Then the high priest rent his clothes and said, “Now, what are the reasons for the witnesses to us, Heard. ” 9

Jesus Christ was so deeply related to God that he spoke of a man’s feelings towards him, and his feelings toward God, equally. So, knowing the Lord was to know him. 10 To see the Lord was to see him. 11 To believe in him was to believe in the Lord. 12 To receive it was to receive the Lord. 13It was hating the Lord against hating him. 14 Respecting the Lord was to respect him. 15

Possible explanations

The question is, was he telling the truth?

It may be that Jesus lied, when he said to himself, when he said to himself, God is God Maybe he knew that he was not God, and deliberately betrayed his listeners so that he could give a right to his teaching. Some people think that. But there is a problem in this argument. Those who deny Him to be His creatures believe that Jesus was a great moral teacher. But they fail to understand that both statements are conflicting. How would Jesus Christ be a great moral teacher, if he deliberately used to lie about the most important subject of his teachings – his identity ?“When we look at the claims of Jesus Christ, there are only four possibilities. Either he is a liar, or mentally ill, he is a divine figure, or is true. “

The other possibility is that Jesus Christ was honest, but he was deceiving himself. Nowadays, the person who thinks he is God / God is called by a name – mentally disabled. But when we look at the life of Jesus Christ, we do not get any evidence of abnormalities and imbalances, which is in a mental patient. Rather, we see immense patience, even in times of deep pressure in Jesus.

A third option is that, in the third and fourth centuries, enthusiastic followers of Jesus presented their words of exaggeration, and if Jesus listened to them, they would be surprised. And if he came back, he would immediately reject them. This is not right, because modern archeology affirms that the four life books of Christ were written in the lifetime of those who saw and heard and followed Jesus. The accounts of these Gospel describe the specific facts and attributes that have been confirmed by those who were direct witnesses of Jesus. William F. Albright, who is a world-famous archaeologist with the Johns Hopkins University of America, said, there is no reason to think that any gospel can be found in 70 A.D. (After Christ). Due to being written in the beginning at the beginning of the novel by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, its circulation and influence were more.

Jesus Christ was neither false nor mentally handicapped, nor was he built beyond the historical truth. Only one other option could be that Jesus Christ was absolutely true when he said that he is God.

What evidence is there that Jesus Christ is God?

Anyone can do anything, claims. There are many people who claim to be God. I can claim to be God, you can also claim to be God. But if we do this, then we will have to answer to this question, “What solid evidence, or certificate can we bring to prove our claim?” If you ask me to refute my claim You will not even take five minutes in Even in denying your claim, maybe it does not take much time. But when it comes to Jesus Christ of Nazareth, it is not easy to deny their claim. They had a certificate to complete their claim. He said, “… even if [you] believe not me, but do believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me and I in him.” 16

Quality of Life of Jesus – His Unique Moral Character

His unique moral character matched his claim. His lifestyle was such that he could challenge his enemies through his questions, “Who among you can convict me?” 17 They found silence (no one could say anything) when they addressed them Who had tried to find fault in his character.

We read that Jesus Christ was seduced by the devil, but we never heard of the confession of sin to him. He never apologized, although he asked his followers to do so.

The feeling of no moral failure in Jesus is surprising, especially when we see that it is the opposite of the experiences that saints and musicians have experienced throughout the ages. As much as men and women go to God, the more they are overwhelmed by their failure/failure, corruption, and shortcomings. Anyone who goes near a shining light, he feels more about the need to clean himself. For ordinary humans, this is true in the ethical area.

It is also worth noting that John, Paul, and Peter, who had been trained to believe in the universality of sin from childhood, all discussed the sin of Jesus Christ “Neither did he sin, nor his There is no word of deceit on your part. ” 18

Pilate, who sentenced the death penalty to Jesus Christ, asked, “What has he committed so?” After hearing the crowd, Pilate concluded, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; You people know. “The crowd continued to demand Jesus crucifixion (to blaspheme God, to claim to be God). The Roman army hero, who handled Jesus on crucifixion, said, “Truly this was God’s Son.” 19

Jesus Christ healed the sick

Jesus constantly demonstrated his power/compassion and compassion. He carried the langers, summoned the dumb and showed the blind, and gave good to many patients. For example, a beggar, who was blind from birth and who knew all, sat outside the temple. After being healed from Jesus Christ, the religious authorities questioned Jesus about the beggar. Then he said, “I know one thing. I was blind, but now I can see! “ He announced. He was surprised that the authorities of these religions did not recognize this health man as God’s son. “From the beginning of the world, it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a blind person,” she said. 20 This proof was clear to him.

Their ability to control nature

Jesus Christ demonstrated a supernatural power over nature. By only words, they calm down the storms of stormy winds and waves in the Sea of Galilee. Those who were riding on the boats wondered about each other and asked, “Who is this, that even the wind and the water obey its commands?” 21 In a marriage, they converted water into wine. They fed the crowd of 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish. He resurrected the only son of a miserable widow from the dead.

Lazarus, Jesus’ friend, was dead and he was in the tomb for four days. Yet Jesus called him, “O Lazarus, come out!” And brought him back from death, and many were witnesses of it. It is the most important thing that their enemies did not deny this miracle, rather, decided to kill them. “If we leave him alone,” he said, “then all will come to believe in him.” 22

Is Jesus God, as he claimed?

The supreme proof of being the God of Jesus Christ is their resurrection (resurrected from the dead) after their death. During his lifetime, five times Jesus clearly predicted that in what specific way he would be killed and confirm that after three days he would leave the dead body and then live again.

Definitely, it was a big test. It was a claim that was easy to prove. Either this would happen, or not. Either it proves the truth of their stated identity, or destroys them. And, what is important for you and me is this – either by the resurrection of Jesus, these things would be confirmed, or this statement would become ridiculous: “I am the way and the truth and the life; No one can come near me by my Father. ” 23 ” I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life. ” 24 And whoever believes in me, ” I give them eternal life ” 25

So, in his own words, he gave this evidence, “The Son of man will be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him; And he will rise three days after his death. ” 26

Who is Jesus Christ?

If Jesus had been raised from the dead, then whatever he said he gave us, he can fulfill it. It means that he can undoubtedly forgive sins, give us eternal life, and can see our way in this life. He is God, so now we have come to know how God is and we can accept his invitation – to know him personally and his love for us.“It is easy to say. Anyone can claim But when it comes to Jesus Christ of Nazareth … they had complete evidence of supporting their claim. “

On the other hand, if Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, there is no validity or reality of Christianity. It means all this is false, and Jesus was just a common man who is dead. And those people who were martyred for Christianity, and contemporary missionaries, who lost their message to others in their lives, were delusional fools.

Did Jesus prove that he is God?

Let’s take a look at the evidence of Jesus’ resurrection –

Seeing all the miracles that Jesus performed, it can be said that he could easily save himself from the cross, but he chose not to do so.

Before becoming a prisoner, Jesus said, “No one can take away my life from me; I dedicate myself to it. I have the right to offer my life and to receive it again. ” 27

While making him captive, Jesus’ friend Peter tried to save them. But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword in its sheath … Do you not know that I can beg my father, and he will present me more than twelve lamps of angels right now?” 28 Heaven and Earth In both, they had such kind of power. Jesus Christ willingly accepted his death.

Crucifixion and thickening of Jesus

Jesus was killed in front of the crowd by crucifying him. This was a common practice for the Roman government, coming from many centuries, torturing and giving death. Jesus said that it was to pay our sins. The charge against Jesus was blasphemy (to claim to be God).

Jesus was killed with a thick rope made of many ropes, in which fragmented pieces of metal and bone were embedded. To blow them, the crown made of long thorns was placed on their heads. They forced Jesus Christ to go out of Jerusalem, walking on the mountain of execution, where he was hanged on a wooden cross, and his feet and hands were knocked down on the cross with nails. Till he died, hanging on that cross. To find out whether he was dead or not, his back was pierced.

The body of Jesus was crucified and wrapped in a sheet with scent. Their bodies were placed in a tomb, which was dug in the rock, and then a large stone was rolled over the entrance to the tomb, so that the door was safe.

Everyone knew that Jesus had said that he would rise from the dead body three days later. Therefore, trained Roman soldiers were deployed on their tomb. They put an official Roman stamp outside the tomb so that it could be declared that it is a government property.

Three days later, that grave was empty

Despite all this, three days later, the stone which was sealing the tomb was found on a slope a few miles away from the grave. Jesus’ body was not there. There was only a sheet lying in the grave, without a dead body.

It is necessary to note that both the critics and followers of Jesus believe that the grave was empty and their body was missing.

Initially this explanation was being circulated that his disciples had stolen his body when the guards were asleep. But this sounds untrue, because such training of trained soldiers of the Roman army was not less than the crime of the death penalty during sleep.

Apart from this, every disciple (lonely and in various geographical locations) was tortured and martyred, for the claim that Jesus was alive and had been raised from the dead. But they do not reverse their claims. Any person is prepared to die for the truth that he believes to be true, even if he is a liar. But, he does not want to die for that which he knows is a lie. If there is a time when a person speaks the truth, then it happens at the close of his death. Every disciples continued to preach the resurrection of Jesus till the end.

Maybe the authorities have removed Jesus’ body from there? But this is also a weak possibility. They crucified Jesus, so that they could stop people from believing in them. If they had a body of Jesus (body), they would have parade it in the city of Jerusalem. In one instant, they successfully managed to suppress Christianity. That they did not do this, it gives great testimony that they did not have the dead body of Jesus.

One second opinion is that women (who first saw the empty grave of Jesus) get overwhelmed by the anxiety and misery, have forgotten their way in the morning blurry and went to the wrong grave. In his pain, he imagined that Jesus had been resurrected, because the tomb was empty. But there is also doubt in this matter, because if the women went to the grave, why did the high priests and other enemies of religion not show the body of Jesus on the right grave?

Another possibility, according to some people, is “the theory of unconsciousness”. According to this principle, Jesus did not really die. He was considered to be dead, and in reality he had become unconscious due to fatigue, pain, and lack of blood, and due to his coolness in the grave, consciousness returned to him. (According to this, you have to ignore the fact that his side was pierced, so that it can be proved that he was dead.)“Anyone is prepared to die for the truth that he believes to be true, even if it is actually a lie. But, he does not want to die for that which he knows is a lie. “

But, let us assume for a moment that Jesus was buried alive and he was unconscious. So it is possible to believe that for three days he would have lived in a moist grave, without food or water, or any kind of care? Did they have so much strength that they pulled themselves out of grave clothes, take away heavy stones from the grave’s face, conquered the Roman guards, and walked on feet to miles, who were pierced by nails? this does not make sense.

Even so, only the empty grave did not give the followers the belief that Jesus was really God.

Not only empty tomb

Only the empty grave did not give them the belief that Jesus really lived from the dead, he was alive, and he was God. All these things also convinced them – Jesus appeared many times, as a person of living flesh flesh, and he ate with them, talked to them – they spoke with different places, different times, different people . Luke, one of the authors of the Gospel, said about Jesus, “He revealed himself to them with many concrete proofs that he is alive. He continued to appear for 40 days and told them about God’s kingdom. ” 29

Is Jesus Christ the God

The four writers of the Gospel tell that after comprehending Jesus, he physically appeared to them. Once he appeared to the disciples, Thomas (a disciple) was not there. Thomas did not believe when Thomas was told by other disciples about him. He said straightforwardly, “I will not believe unless I see the nails of his hands in his hands and do not put my fingers in the nails of the nails, and do not put my hand in his side.”

A week later Jesus appeared to them again. At that time Thomas was with them too. Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger and look at my hands, and bring my hand into my side. Stop believing and believing. “Thomas answered,” My Lord, my God! “

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me and have believed in me. Blessed are those who did not believe. ” 30

What do you offer to Jesus

Christ gives purpose and direction to life. “I am the light of the world,” he says. “Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 31

Many people in general are in the dark about the purpose of life, and especially about their own lives. It feels like they are looking for a light-burning switch in their life. Whoever is in the dark, or in an unfamiliar room, is very popular about the feeling of insecurity. But, when the light burns, there is a sense of security. It feels just when we walk in darkness, in the light of Jesus Christ.

The late analyst psychologist, Carl Gustav Jung, said, “The most critical problem of our times is emptiness. We think that our experience, our knowledge, relationships, money, success, success, fame, will give us the happiness we find. But always remains an emptiness. They are not completely satisfied at all. We have been created for God, and we will receive fulfillment only in them. “

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life: he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” 32

You can establish a closer relationship with Jesus at this time. You can know God individually in this life on earth, and after death, in eternity. Here is the promise of God, which he has done to us: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that none of her faith, destroy it, but have eternal life.” 33

Jesus took our sins, on the cross, over us. He accepted the penalty for our sins so that our sin could not become a wall between them and us. Because they paid our sins full, they give us complete pardon and a relationship with us.

Here’s how you can start this relationship.

Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door of your heart; If someone will hear my voice and open the door, then I will enter his house … ” 34

You can invite Jesus Christ right now in your life. Not your words, only your reaction to it, is main. Knowing what he has done for you, and what he is doing, you can say something like this, “Jesus, I believe in you. Your density to die on the cross for my sins I want you to forgive me and come to my life right now. I want to know you and want to follow you. Thank you for coming to my life, and to build a relationship with me from this time. “

If you have invited Jesus to come to your life,

For us, decisively knowing that ‘what is the existence of God?’, And ‘what kind of person’ it is, it is impossible, unless God himself does not take initiative and does not reveal himself.

How did people see Jesus

We have been told that “Aam Aadmi used to listen to Jesus’ words happily” and “He was teaching them not like Judaism leaders but like an officer.” 1

But, soon it became clear that he was giving very shocking and wondrous statements about himself. He described himself as a great teacher and a greater than the Prophet. He said in clear words that he is God. He made his identity the main issue in his education.

Jesus said this about himself

In those momentous moments, when Jesus’ life was on the stake, to claim such a claim, the high priest questioned him directly: “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Most Blessed?” “Yes, I am,” Jesus he said. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” Then the high priest rent his clothes and said, “Now , what are the reasons for the witnesses to us, Heard. ” 9

Possible explanations

The question is, was he telling the truth?

The other possibility is that Jesus Christ was honest, but he was deceiving himself. Nowadays, the person who thinks he is God / God, is called by a name – mentally disabled. But when we look at the life of Jesus Christ, we do not get any evidence of abnormalities and imbalances, which is in a mental patient. Rather, we see immense patience, even in times of deep pressure in Jesus.

A third option is that, in the third and fourth centuries, enthusiastic followers of Jesus presented their words of exaggeration, and if Jesus listened to them, they would be surprised. And if he came back, he would immediately reject them. This is not right, because modern archeology affirms that the four life books of Christ were written in the lifetime of those who saw and heard and followed Jesus. The accounts of these Gospel describe the specific facts and attributes that have been confirmed by those who were direct witnesses of Jesus. William F. Albright, who is a world-famous archaeologist with Johns Hopkins University of America, said, there is no reason to think that any gospel can be found in 70 A.D. (After Christ). Due to being written in the beginning at the beginning of the novel by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, its circulation and influence were more.

What evidence is there that Jesus Christ is God?

Quality of Life of Jesus – His Unique Moral Character

His unique moral character matched his claim. His life style was such that he could challenge his enemies through his questions, “Who among youcan convict me?” 17 They found silence (no one could say anything), when they addressed them Who had tried to find fault in his character.

We read that Jesus Christ was seduced by the devil, but we never heard of the confession of sin to him. He never apologized, although he asked his followers to do so.

The feeling of no moral failure in Jesus is surprising, especially when we see that it is the opposite of the experiences that saints and mysticians have experienced throughout the ages. As much as men and women go to God, the more they are overwhelmed by their failure / failure, corruption and shortcomings. Anyone who goes near a shining light, he feels more about the need to clean himself. For ordinary humans, this is true in the ethical area.

Jesus Christ healed the sick

Jesus constantly demonstrated his power / compassion and compassion. He carried the langers, summoned the dumb and showed the blind, and gave good to many patients. For example, a beggar, who was blind from birth and who knew all, sat outside the temple. After being healed from Jesus Christ, the religious authorities questioned Jesus about the beggar. Then he said, “I know one thing. I was blind, but now I can see! “ He announced. He was surprised that the authorities of these religions did not recognize this healthman as God’s son . “From the beginning of the world, it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a blind person,” she said. 20 This proof was clear for him.

Their ability to control nature

Jesus Christ demonstrated a supernatural power over nature. By only words, they calm down the storms of stormy winds and waves in the Sea of Galilee. Those who were riding on the boats wondered about each other and asked, “Who is this, that even the wind and the water obey its commands?” 21 In a marriage they converted water into wine. They fed the crowd of 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish. He resurrected the only son of a miserable widow from the dead.

Is Jesus God, as he claimed?

Definitely it was a big test. It was a claim that was easy to prove. Either this would happen, or not. Either it proves the truth of their stated identity, or destroys them. And, what is important for you and me is this – either by the resurrection of Jesus, these things would be confirmed, or this statement would become ridiculous: “I am the way and the truth and the life; No one can come near me by my Father. ” 23 ” I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life. ” 24 And whoever believes in me, ” I give them eternal life ” 25

So, in his own words, he gave this evidence, “The Son of man will be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him; And he will rise three days after his death. ” 26

Who is Jesus Christ?

Did Jesus prove that he is God?

Let’s take a look at the evidence of Jesus’ resurrection –

Seeing all the miracles that Jesus performed, it can be said that he could easily save himself from the cross, but he chose not to do so.

Before becoming a prisoner, Jesus said, “No one can take away my life from me; I dedicate myself to it. I have the right to offer my life and to receive it again. ” 27

Crucifixion and thickening of Jesus

Three days later, that grave was empty

It is necessary to note that both the critics and followers of Jesus believe that the grave was empty and their body was missing.

Even so, only the empty grave did not give the followers the belief that Jesus was really God.

Not only empty tomb

Is Jesus Christ the God

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me and have believed in me. Blessed are those who did not believe. ” 30

What do you offer to Jesus

Christ gives purpose and direction to life. “I am the light of the world,” he says. “Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 31

Jesus said, “I am the bread of life: he who comes to me will never be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.” 32

Here’s how you can start this relationship.

Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door of your heart; If someone will hear my voice and open the door, then I will enter his house … ” 34

If you have invited Jesus to come to your life,

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We Asked Archangel Michael For Guidance (Pt.1)

E: Time to get one.

M: Okay do it!

E: Don't get tweaked (I talk fast and get excited when I'm nervous).

M: Oh come on!

E: Right with you momo, just get tweaked when you have to-

M: Speak with someone important?

E: Exactly.

M: Well I did great with Jusana and your higher-self. I don't see how this would be any different.

E: Whatever.

M: Hey-hey go fuck yourself! (I stuck out my tongue)Let's get on with it. I'm going to let you have the floor.

E: Very well then (long ass pause) This is Michael.

M: Hello Michael thank you for assisting us today.

AAM: Thank you.

M: Go ahead Erik.

E: We really want to be together.

AAM: Romance is in the right now sitting. With love now Monique this destiny right now. Monique yes love. Tame your anger with setting the intention to love. Really love. Set the intention with love. Love is not capable-

M: Love isn't capable to change the past. Is that what you're saying?

AAM: Yes Monique.

M: Can I ask you a question?

AAM: Yes Monique.

M: Yeah I'm going to assume you're the Archangel. So what's the point? Why have we have the way we did if it had lead us to suffer from separation?

AAM: Love your question. The point is to rise above the suffering. You Monique think this is a curse. This is destiny. You have the strength to rise above.

M: As long as we are being honest here, I honestly don't understand how I can how strong I can be strong. I've become a bitter angry person. I'm not trying to come off self-entitled because that's garbage but I do feel like,just so angry that this is how its going to be. To me it does feel like a curse. I'm miserable and I don't know how to let go!

AAM: You have really switched the way you see the world. You view it destroyed. You have what it takes. We Angels love that you ask us for guidance.

M: Do you have something to say Erik?

E: Yes love, destiny sits here before you. This destiny...

Me: It sucks. (I was trying to speed it up. Didn't meant to be rude but it was getting late)

E: Right it sucks. It, destiny tears us apart. We really want to be together.

M: There is only so much we can do right now. How do you suggest we get through this together?

E: We're try to be together. Destiny, this destiny gives us pain. Real pain, real heartache. We are the romance God and Goddess. We seem to, always seem to get separated this feels. I am torn apart it kills me to see her suffer like this. This drives her to want to die. We're really in love!

AAM: The suffering you feel, does it keep happening when it was destiny, it's from dreams you both want. Does weeping stop it? (I don't understand the first part. I was getting tired)

M: No it doesn't but how do we cope?

E: No it doesn't.

AAM: You see it...

M: We'll see it through together.

AAM: Yes Monique.

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These Artists Draw Inspiration from Vampires, Zombies, and the Supernatural

Night of the Living Dead theatrical poster, 1968. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

The Day of the Triffids theatrical poster, 1962. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

You can tell how happy a society is based on which supernatural monsters are most prevalent on television, according to Heidi Zuckerman, director of the Aspen Art Museum (AAM). “When people are comfortable and things are going well, then you see a lot of vampires, because they’re sexy,” she recently told Artsy. “In times of cultural agita or angst, you see a lot of zombies.”

Case in point: The Walking Dead is the most pirated show on television, and Drew Barrymore now stars in a production about the undead (Santa Clarita Diet). With their infected brains and addled gaits, zombies warn us to be vigilant and take control of our circumstances—before we, too, become contaminated grotesques.

Zuckerman is so enthralled with the metaphor that she recently opened an exhibition entitled “Zombies: Pay Attention!” at AAM, on view through May 5th. While some of the included artworks directly reference the brain-hungry beings, many simply relate to Zuckerman’s primary source material for the show: the tongue-in-cheek 2003 book The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks (heir to Mel).

Below, three of the show’s exhibiting artists discuss their personal experiences with the supernatural, their favorite monster stories, and their openness to vampire seduction.

Tracey Snelling

Zombie Island, 2013. Tracey Snelling Rena Bransten Gallery

“Growing up, I saw Night of the Living Dead; Dawn of the Dead; I Walked with a Zombie; old Hammer Film Productions films [known for its distinctly British brand of horror classics]; Count Yorga, Vampire; TheDay of the Triffids.…My dad and I used to watch a Saturday night horror show called Creature Feature, which showed horror/supernatural/sci-fi films on television. I prefer the older version of zombies, which were slower and had greenish skin. The newer ones are fast and extremely scary.

House of Horrors, 2013. Tracey Snelling Pan American Art Projects

Monster Mania, 2013. Tracey Snelling Jules Maeght Gallery

“But vampires are my favorite monsters. I loved the Anne Rice novels about them. They’re often handsome, seductive, and dangerous. When I was young, I would leave my window open, wishing a vampire would come turn me into a vampire and we could fly away and live by night.

“I’ve made quite a bit of work about horror films. One installation, Last House On the Left (2007), is a neighborhood of small-scale houses from the films Halloween, The Birds, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Amityville Horror. The piece shows that things can look calm and peaceful on the outside, but beneath the surface lies violence and horror. I’ve made a Silence of the Lambs sculpture (Somewhere in Ohio, 2007); the Tom Petty song ‘American Girl,’ which is in the film, plays on a loop inside a replica of the serial killer’s home. I also madeManoir Frenetique (2013), which mixes a haunted house and sex scenes. It illustrates how female sexuality is still considered dangerous in most of the world—it scares the men in power. The piece is even more pertinent today, given the control our conservative government wants to have over women’s bodies and access to healthcare. Presently I’m working on a video combining zombies and swamp footage that I shot in New Orleans.”

Kay Rosen

Kay Rosen, Better Days, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Lora Reynolds.

“I can’t say that zombies have influenced my work, but the supernatural has in an indirect way. I once burned a finished artwork in the fireplace because I feared it would put a curse on a family member. Another time, I destroyed several hundred announcement cards which contained the word ‘blackat.’ I felt their presence in the world was bringing me bad luck, so I dumped them in a metal garbage can, doused them with gasoline, and burned them. It took hours.

“My superstitiousness regarding art came from the death many years ago of a friend of mine, Chris Millon. She used roadkill in her art, and early one morning, she was hit and killed by a truck as she was jogging. It was as eerie as it was tragic.”

Will Boone

Will Boone, Backslider Mask, 2018. Photo by Lee Thompson. Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Lose Angeles.

“One of my heroes is the musician Roky Erickson, who was the singer of the psychedelic group the 13th Floor Elevators. He created rock ‘n’ roll music about monsters, love, and religion. I listen to his album The Evil One constantly. He once wrote a group of songs about Jesus and God, then went back and changed them to be about demons. He has songs with titles like ‘I Walked with a Zombie’ and ‘Night of the Vampire’—and my personal favorite, ‘Two Headed Dog.’

“Monsters are interesting because they are archetypal, whether it’s Freddy Krueger or the Minotaur. They’re a part of how we understand evil and how we process fear and death.

“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of my favorite [stories about the supernatural]. I like it because there is so much information and energy around it. There are lots of stories about its production, and people make fanzines about it. There is a whole subculture. It was a pretty bootleg operation: They had very little time and money, so the movie feels direct and raw. It’s punk. I think they shot the whole thing in less than a month, they collected roadkill off the side of the road to use for props on set.”

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★ “You cannot any longer fool the audiences”: Salman Khan !

JYOTHI VENKATESH | June 13, 2017

You are playing the role of Lakshman Prasad in Tubelight!

Yes. I play the interesting role of Lakshman Prasad whose younger brother goes to fight against the Chinese in the Indo-China war. in the film Tubelight. Basically, it revolves around the emotional relationship between two brothers. I did not need to use glycerin during the emotional scenes since my real life brother Sohail Khan is playing my brother in Tubelight too.

Is the film Tubelight a rip off from the film Little Brother?

Tube light is not an exact Xerox copy of Little Brother. I have not seen the film but Kabir Khan who had seen the film was inspired by it and has focused on the emotional portions of the film and set out to made Tubelight in keeping with the Indian sentiments. Kabir has also seen the ad film on Black Label and also inspired by it. The film is set in the backdrop of Indio-China war in Kumao regiment in the 60’s.

How did you prepare for your part of Lakshman Prasad in Tubelight?

You would not believe it but I have shaped my character based on two people I know in real life. They are Parvez who is my body double in my films and Mahesh Manjrekar’s son Satya. I asked Mahesh who is my good friend to send to my home his son so that I could observe him at close quarters and imbibe his qualities. He is very simple at heart and innocent.

How important is the story for a film?

My biggest plus point is that I am the son of a writer and hence I have a strong sense of story. If the story is good, even if a film is bad, it will run but if the story is bad a film has no chance of running at all.

You mean to say that you cannot fool the audiences anymore?

Yes. You cannot any longer fool the audiences by packing up a film with action by blowing up fancy cars over the cliff. Only emotion can serve as a connect. We can all go wrong with the end product even if we may end up thinking that we have made yet another Sholay or Moghul E Azam.

How is Zu Zu as an actress?

Zu Zu, who is the leading lady of Tubelight is a hard working and professional actress from China. Her name is pronounced as Ju Ju

Is Shah Rukh Khan giving a special appearance in Tubelight?

Yes. Shah Rukh Khan has been very generous and kind enough to agree to do a guest appearance in Tubelight. All that I can divulge at the moment about his role is that he plays the biggest turning point in the film Tubelight.

What was your reaction when you saw the trailer of Tubelight?

I became emotional when I saw the trailer for the first time when Amar Butala, the CEO of my company showed it to me. I still miss Omji with whom I have acted in several films. I have lost my colleagues like VK Sir, Omji and Reemaji in the recent four months this year.

Is it true that you had started your career by joining director Shashilal Nair as his assistant?

Yes. My dad had asked me to assist director Shashilal Nair when he was making the Jackie Shroff starrer Falak, because he felt that I would not be able to click in Hindi films as an actor and didn’t want me to experience the heart breaks which he had experienced as a struggling actor. However, luckily for me, his fears proved to be unfounded and today I am busy as a star.

You are now the Czar among the stars whose films have crossed the coveted 100 cr, with films like Ready, Bodyguard, Dabangg, Ek Tha Tiger, Dabangg 2, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and Sultan. How do you feel being a part of the league?

My filmi funda is very simple. Every film will not necessarily cross the 100 cr league just because I am in it. If a film is bad, it will definitely not cross the 100 cr plus mark. It is not easy but it is achievable now, if a film is good. It was difficult to believe that a film can gross 100 cr plus five years back but now it is quite possible.

Can we hail you as the Rajanikant of Bollywood?

Though I love Rajinikanth, I would not at all hesitate to state that if I reach anywhere close to him I will be really happy, considering the kind of person that he is.

What is your take on success?

I have my own pulse. I will succeed only if I believe that my own pulse is that of the audiences. As Salman Khan, I have become a megalomaniac. If I can deliver as Chulbul Pandey, it is fine but it is bad if I do my role as Salman Khan.

After having acted with established directors like Subhash Ghai, David Dhawan, how easy was it for you to work with a new director like Arbaaz Khan?

In my career, with the exception of Subhashji and David Dhawan, I have worked most of the times with only new directors, whether it was Karan Johar in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Khamoshi, Sajid Nadiadwala in Kick, Siddique in Bodyguard, Abhinav Kashyap in Dabangg, Prabhudheva in Wanted, Anees Bazmee in Ready or Arbaaz Khan in Dabangg 2.

You are a part of Tiger Zinda Hai. How tough is it to come up with a sequel?

It is very difficult to make a sequel. Even in the West, it is only Sylvester Stallion’s sequels to Rocky and Rambo that have done well at the box office. When you set out to make a sequel, you tend to get carried away. If it looks like we deliberately set out to make a comedy, it cannot be similar.

Is there any film in the offing where your father Salim Khan will write the subject?

People ask me why my father is not writing for any film when any director would gladly give his right arm to have a script written by the man who had written legendary films like Deewar and Sholay. I am glad that my father is enjoying his retired phase because frankly I do not think that he has the patience to deal with the directors and the kind of sensibilities that they come with today.

You seem to like action a lot!

To keep myself fit, I want to do action. I would love to do a film of action if it comes with a baggage of emotion. Whether it is an action film or an emotional film, the introductory fight has to be interesting enough to hold you as a viewer. The older you grow, the better you grow as an actor. If action is over, romance is over. I am glad that the kids today call me Salman or Salman Khan and not Salman Uncle. The younger lot of actors today is a superb lot because they come prepared on the sets.

Are you planning to do an out and out action film?

Action alone will be very boring. I’d not like to watch a film if it is not larger than life. It will be difficult to do an out and out action film like Jackie Chan does in film after film

People insist that you interfere with your directors. Is it true?

After Veer, in the interest of my films, I had decided that the final cut of my films will go only with my approval. I feel that what Aamir does is correct. I only hope that I do not take advantage of my stardom when I put my foot down

What next after Tubelight?

I have Sohail’s Sher Khan and also Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kick 2 and will soon start working on Tiger Zinda Hai.I am also all set to do a film with Sanjay Leela Bhansali after Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, besides a film on dancing with Remo Fernandez.

What does stardom mean to you?

Stardom means nothing to me. It means that if you can’t take appreciation in the right way, you could be destroyed. It’s also temporary and a difficult thing to handle. Treat success and fame as a fleeting experience because they will leave you feeling bitter, cynical, and angry. So all you can do is enjoy while it lasts. Tomorrow, I might not be here but my trust, BEING HUMAN, will continue. So someone who is as passionate as me about social work will take over. This person will have to show his inclination towards this work and I would gladly make him a part of BEING HUMAN. Today, my name is pulling in the money but what about tomorrow?

Do you believe in the number game?

If the fans come in, the numbers follow. If people like the movie, the numbers will go up. So I don’t concentrate on numbers, I focus on the film instead. Agar aap sirf numbers pe jaaoge, toh phir main cheez bhool jaaoge. Think about the subject and not the marketing of the subject.

How do you feel being Salman Khan?

I have no idea. I feel like I am a part of the aam junta (common people). I guess I’m someone who stands for them, I’m perhaps their voice or someone who they think is needed in that position. They believe that Salman Khan is very approachable and can relate to him. So I think that could be the only connect that they feel there ishere’s a man who wants to live a normal life and not that of a star.

You seem more inclined of late to promote your films in a big way!

Nowadays you have to spend more time to promote films. The new funda is that you need to devote at least 15 days to promote your films. I am game to tie up with corporate for the promotion of any film of mine in future provided they are ready to pay to my NGO Being Human or for needy and poor kids directly without deducting their administrative costs.

Have you thought in terms of taking up direction?

Yes. Though it is true that I take interest in every department of the film in which I am acting, whether it is the subject or the music or the action sequences, I still feel that I am not ready to be the captain of the ship. I do not want to dabble in direction, though I know for a fact that my colleagues like Sunny Deol, Ajay Devgn and Aamir Khan have already dabbled in direction. However, I am game to work with Aamir Khan if he is ready to direct a film with me, provided I get the time to do a film with him

Aamir has declared that he will tie your hands and feet to make you get married!

Yes. I have read somewhere that Aamir wants to make me get married and is ready to tie my hands and feet. I can only retort that I have also decided to tie his hands and feet to see to it that he does not get married a third time in his life. (Grins).

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Lahore (/ləˈhɔːr/; Punjabi: لہور; Urdu: لاہور‎, pronounced [lɑːˈɦɔːr]) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the country’s 2nd largest city after Karachi and the 18th largest city proper in the world.[6] Lahore is one of Pakistan’s wealthiest cities, with an estimated GDP of $58.14 billion (PPP) as of 2015. Lahore is the largest city and historic cultural center of the wider Punjab region and is one of Pakistan’s most socially liberal, progressive, and cosmopolitan cities.

Lahore’s origins reach into antiquity. The city has been controlled by numerous empires throughout the course of its history, including the Hindu Shahis, Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and Delhi Sultanate by the medieval era. Lahore reached the height of its splendor under the Mughal Empire between the late 16th and early 18th century and served as its capital city for a number of years. The city was captured by the forces of the Afsharid ruler Nader Shah in 1739 and fell into a period of decay while being contested between the Afghans and the Sikhs. Lahore eventually became the capital of the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century and regained some of its lost grandeur. Lahore was then annexed to the British Empire and made the capital of British Punjab. Lahore was central to the independence movements of both India and Pakistan, with the city being the site of both the declaration of Indian Independence and the resolution calling for the establishment of Pakistan. Lahore experienced some of the worst riotings during the Partition period preceding Pakistan’s independence. Following the success of the Pakistan Movement and subsequent independence in 1947, Lahore was declared the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province.

Lahore exerts a strong cultural influence over Pakistan. Lahore is a major center for Pakistan’s publishing industry and remains the foremost center of Pakistan’s literary scene. The city is also a major center of education in Pakistan, with some of Pakistan’s leading universities based in the city. Lahore is also home to Pakistan’s film industry, Lollywood, and is a major center of Qawwali music. The city also hosts much of Pakistan’s tourist industry, with major attractions including the Walled City, the famous Badshahi and Wazir Khan mosques and Sikh shrines. Lahore is also home to the Lahore Fort and Shalimar Gardens, both of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

ٓHistory:

The early history of Lahore is obscure, inauthentic and attributed to myths and tales. Virtually no historical reference of the city is available in travelogues, history books and archaeological excavations Historical chronicles do not provide any account of such a city when Alexander’s forces traversed Punjab in 4th century B.C. There could have been a small town or settlement of Hindu “Shahiya” dynasty at the place where modern day Lahore exists, and of which a little reference is available in the travelogue of Chinese traveller Hieun Triang who visited India in 630 A.D. However, within the next few hundred years, Lahore would blossom into a cultural capital of the Indian Subcontinent.The name of Lahore sparkled in historic references in 1021 A.D, when Mehmood of Ghazna conquered it from Trilochan Pala, King of Hindu Shahyia Dynasty of Kabul. His famous confidante slave Ayaz remained in charge of the city and he was the person who actually built city of Lahore to the zenith of an important town with a mud citadel around it. Lahore for the first time found the importance of the capital of Ghaznavid dominance east of Indus in 1036 A.D. and Ayaz later called Malik Ayaz, the founder of modern Lahore was appointed as Governor or “Hakim”. The first historic reference about Lahore is also found in a Muslim historian Al beruni’s book Tarikh-ul-Hind. Thus, the modern, metropolis and cultural capital Lahore is a born Muslim city. The archaeological excavations made in 1959 in front of Dewan-e-Aam, Lahore Fort authenticate this view. The tomb of Malik Ayaz, the founder and first Governor of Lahore metropolis is in Rang Mahal area.

Lahore witnessed turbulence, peace and tranquillity, cultural festivity, conquers devastations and destructions in different period of history. But it always remained important after its birth as metropolis in eleventh century. Its strategic importance had never even been ignored and it remained a provincial capital till date. Lahore attained its magnificence during Mughal period from 1521 to 1752 A.D. It fell to the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali in 1572, there was a period of Chaos and confusion. Lahore escaped the horrors of Nadir Shah paying a sum of 20 Lacks but was plundered and looted by Sikh Sardar Lehna Singh of Bhangi Misal for more than 30 years. There comes Ranjit Singh and fifty years’ SIKH rule from (1798 – 1848). The Sikh rule after Ranjit Singh was turbulent and factional fighting destroyed peace and prosperity of Lahore and then finally the British took over it in 1848 and after 99 years of British rule Lahore became second largest city and cultural capital of Pakistan.

All major monuments, buildings, Havelis and gardens of Lahore are of Moughal period, during which Lahore touched its glory. The only contribution of Sikh period is Ranjit Singh Smadh. British ignored the walled city of Lahore and created a new Lahore on its southern side. This includes, The Mall, Civil lines and Cantonment. They constructed several buildings with an architecture blended with Muslim and Gothic motive. The walled city of Lahore, the original seat of political authority and cultural traditions is one of the most colorful cities of the region. A few like Isfhan and Dehli match a little to its excellence. The walled city has pages of history imprinted on its buildings, monuments, mosques and maize like network of streets. Colourful cultural life has shades of almost every ruling elite and generation like music, food, dance, political awareness, religious sentiments and poetic flair of common people.

This colorful social life of the walled city is on its rapid decay and unauthentic, irregular growth of buildings and plazas is replacing old ornamental beautiful buildings and has also played havoc to the picturesque beauty of the walled city.

Geography:

Lying between 31°15′—31°45′ N and 74°01′—74°39′ E, Lahore is bounded on the north and west by the Sheikhupura District, on the east by Wagah, and on the south by Kasur District. The Ravi River flows on the northern side of Lahore. Lahore city covers a total land area of 404 square kilometres (156 sq mi).

Climate:

Lahore has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh). The hottest month is June, when average highs routinely exceed 40 °C (104.0 °F). The monsoon season starts in late June, and the wettest month is July, with heavy rainfalls and evening thunderstorms with the possibility of cloudbursts. The coolest month is January with dense fog.

Sources:

Wikipedia.com

https://walledcitylahore.gop.pk/history-of-lahore/

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gingerhotelsindia · 4 years ago

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5 Famous Historical Places to Visit in Delhi

Delhi, India’s capital is situated on the banks of the famous Yamuna River and is a vibrant city to explore. With several places of historic importance, this city also has a variety of mouth-watering dishes that you should try. Even the nightlife is worth exploring here. Stay at one of the New Delhi hotels and explore the city. Here are 5 historical places that you should visit when in Delhi: India Gate: This popular attraction of Delhi was built to give ode to the Indian soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War. This memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and is about 138 feet in height. Surrounded by lush green gardens, the India gate is also a famous picnic spot with many options for street food. In the evening, this memorial is lit up with different colored spotlights making it look even more magnificent. It is located at a very convenient location making it easily accessible from one of the hotels in Delhi near railway station as well.

Red Fort: This historical fort attracts tourists from around the globe and is also listed as one of the World Heritage sites. The architecture of this fort shows a perfect representation of the Mughal culture that was brought by the Mughals in India. The architecture has a blend of Timurid, Persian and Hindu traditions. From 6 pm onwards visitors can also see the special lights and sound show which take place in both English and Hindi. The two rooms that you shouldn’t miss out visiting are Diwan-i-Aam, the hall of a public audience, and the Diwan-i-Khas, the hall of private audience.

Humayun’s Tomb: This tomb is also one listed under the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and reflects the Mughal and Persian culture through its architecture. This tomb was the last refuge of the Mughal Emperor Humayun and is a luxurious palace rather than just being a tomb. It is surrounded by a beautiful garden and is the first tomb to have a garden in the Indian sub-continent. Built by the last widow of Humayun, there are many graves of other Mughal rulers here. You might want to check out the hotels in Delhi near railway station where you can stay and visit this tomb. Gurudwara Bangla Sahib: Located in Connaught place in Delhi, the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib is a magnificent white marble Sikh temple. It is an important place of worship with golden onion domes and has a natural and peaceful environment. This temple was constructed at the site where Harkrishan Dev, the eighth Sikh guru stayed before his death in 1664. There is also a small museum here and free meals are served to pilgrims like all the other Gurudwaras. Visit this Gurudwara when you’re staying at one of the New Delhi hotels for a peaceful evening. Qutub Minar: Qutub Minar, also listed under the UNESCO World Heritage Site is the tallest individual tower in the world. Even though it has been destroyed by natural apocalypses many times, this soaring tower continues to attract many tourists every year. The immaculate carvings add to the magnificent architecture of this monument and reminder of the rich history that India had. With Minar in the backdrop, many Delhiites come here for picnics and to relax. Akshardham Temple Delhi: This famous Hindu temple has its name in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Largest Comprehensive Hindu Temple. It reflects the Indian culture and spirituality and the architecture itself complements the Hindu culture. This temple dedicated to Lord Swaminarayan is also known as Swaminarayan Akshardham.

The temple walls display eternal Hindu teachings and devotional traditions with eight flamboyantly carved Mandapams. Lord Swaminarayan's statue is the centerpiece and is surrounded by 20,000 deities which are important personalities in the Indian history, all of which showcase the traditions, architecture and timeless spirituality of the Indian culture. It also has an open garden and the Akshardham complex has India’s largest stepwell.

So if you visit Delhi, these places are a must-visit as each one of them hold great significance. Plan your stay in advance and check out the New Delhi hotels from where you can visit places and enjoy the Delhi food as well.

#New Delhi hotels #hotels in Delhi near railway station

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chlorofilla · 5 years ago

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i don’t fucking give a fucking fuck about habits and wellness in my fucking putrefied life. for fucking YEARS now, right almost a decade that i’ve been miserable and have subjected myself to toxic emotions and terrible health habits, a variety of ephemeral wrongful decisions, a bunch of eating disorders, long-term dissociation, social anxiety and isolation, and then every one bit or every 6 months in between those years i keep trying and trying and trying only to fail again at being better, at fixing all of it, at leading healthy emotional, mental and physical habits and it fucking takes all of the energy in me whilst there isn’t a single piece of shit or reason to keep myself motivated, or more like i can’t fucking FIND it, can’t see it long term, can’t see past the sacrifice and effort, it all seems meaningless.. anyway i continue to try and do everything right only for life to still kick me in my imaginary balls and let me to bleed and i’m still supposed to give everything in me to be better well gues fucking what IM DONE IM DONEEEEEEE, it takes everything i am and i feel to do it and i don’t give a damn fuck anymore

all i’m gonna try and do is graduate, focus on school and destroying myself. sounds good enough. just gonna keep at it with my addiction, my ED’s, my self-isolation from close friends, with my social anxiety, with my bad relationship with my mom, all of it just as long as i can overachieve myself in school once i start the semester up again and that’s that. fuck everything else, just as long as i know i can be successfull learning about things that i’m still (hardly) passionate about and earn a bunch shit of money doin so, then i’m good to go. honestly kike it wasn’t just what we all need, what we all want. call it a day, even just interacting with pple and try and make new friends has turned into a fucking job, such an effort bc of all of the prolonged crisis and solitude and isolation whatever, i wish this was barely a pandemia quarantine period thing that i’m going through well NO GUESS FUCKING WHAT!!!!! i’m a horrible human being i hate myself and what for you all pieces of shit is barely just a little dark period without your beloved fuckin friends for 2 months aww :) can’t go to the trillion parties and brunchesand shits i was doing before this pandemia aww i’m so miserable SHUT THE FUCK UP

i’ve been fucking drowning in the pandemia quarantine lifestyle for more than five years now, five fucking years letting depression and anxiety choose the miserable course of my existence, being fucking alone in everything, not relating to a single soul, not letting anything in, not feeling, not letting anybody in & in the moment i wanna open to everything oh guess WHAT everyone ends up being so damn fake all the damn time, or just end up realizing that the real them that go deeper is just as selfish and antipathetic as all of them always are. i’m done trying to make friends, trying to fucking normal and lead a fun social life. that shits clearly not for someone like me. things weren’t fun and in fact empty and sad and pathetic and plain and boring without them but sure as hell stable. sure as hell didn’t cause me any uncertainty or pain, so fuck all do them except my barely 2-3 friends that DONT EVEN LIVE IN THE AAME CONTINENT but i plan to ride til death with. things end up going the worst way possible, and sure if might most of all be me, how impulsive i am, my anger issues, my toxic tendencies, fuck damn it i know i make it so hard to remain my friend and i hate it, i try to be as unconditional, understanding and fun as i can always with every new friend i welcome and guess what, siempre me sale el tiro por la culata. there are deeper personal issues within myself triggered by depression, anxiety and all of the insecurity and i can’t really control them as much as i’ve tried before, and in the moment shit gets real then pple are as fake as they prove me to be. i hate generalizing but wow, empty shallow sacks of shit. sorry if this offended either friends that fw me here or other pple since i generalized very hard, i’m sure this situations don’t happen to u like it happens to me so whatever, living’s just not meant for someone like me that was gone through things the way i have. want to end it all, my souls exhausted.. bye

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The CIA’s ‘Minerva’ Secret (National Security Archive) The U.S. intelligence community actively monitored for decades the diplomatic and military communications of numerous Latin American nations through encryption machines supplied by a Swiss company that was secretly owned by the CIA and the German intelligence agency, BND, according to reports today by the German public television channel, ZDF and the Washington Post. Declassified records posted today by the National Security Archive show that among those secretly surveilled countries were military regimes of the Operation Condor nations--led by Chile, Argentina and Uruguay--as they conducted regional and international acts of repression and terrorism against leading opposition figures. Today’s posting reveals that Operation Condor--the network of Southern Cone military regimes which targeted opponents around the world for liquidation in the mid and late 1970s--conducted their encoded communications on those encryption devices made by the CIA-owned Swiss company, Crypto AG, without realizing the U.S. might be listening in. The use of those devices provided the CIA and the National Security Agency with the ability to decode thousands of messages, potentially including a range of dramatic historical episodes including wars, revolutions, coups, and assassinations from the Southern Cone to Washington, D.C. as well as Condor plans and missions in the region, in Europe and the United States.

Trump’s visit to India (Foreign Policy) The White House confirmed on Monday that Trump will visit India at the end of the month--his first trip to the country since taking office. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to strengthen strategic ties between the countries, and ahead of the visit India will approve a $2.6 billion deal to purchase military helicopters from U.S. firm Lockheed Martin, Reuters reports.

New trade war brewing? (Reuters) An emboldened President Donald Trump has set his sights on restructuring the more than $1 trillion U.S. trade relationship with the European Union, raising the specter of another major trade war as the global economy slows and he seeks re-election. Trump, who recently signed a Phase 1 trade deal that cooled a bitter trade war with China, has called the EU’s position on trade “worse than China” and threatened to impose tariffs on its cars and other products.

In the heart of Mexico’s violence, disillusion grows (AP) Alejandra Uvilla fled her home city of Apatzingan because of overwhelming violence, moving 65 miles (105 km) north to bustling, mountain-nestled Uruapan in the avocado belt of Michoacan state. Three years later, the bloodshed is even worse here. Cartels are battling for territory and reports of grisly killings are common, such as the gun massacre last week of three young boys, a teenager and five others who were playing video games at an arcade in what had been a relatively quiet neighborhood. Similar stories are playing out in many towns and cities across the country, leaving millions of Mexicans fearful, frustrated and discouraged amid record homicide levels, de facto cartel control over entire communities and no apparent end in sight to nearly a decade and a half of drug conflict.

Argentina Delays Payment on Bond Principal (AP) Argentina announced Tuesday that it will delay paying principal on a peso-denominated bond that had been due this week while it works on restructuring an overall debt it says is unpayable at a time of economic hardship.

Euthanasia bill sparks fierce debate in Spanish parliament (Reuters) Spain’s new left-wing government submitted to parliament on Tuesday a bill that would allow euthanasia and assisted suicide in certain cases, reigniting a bitter debate on whether to decriminalize both practices.

Who will succeed Angela Merkel? (Foreign Policy) On Monday, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer--German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s preferred successor--announced that she would not run for the country’s top position in next year’s federal election. The decision comes amid political turmoil: Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) cooperated with the far-right Alternative for Germany in a state election last week, breaking a postwar taboo. Kramp-Karrenbauer’s resignation could accelerate Merkel’s departure, with party rivals soon competing to succeed her.

Italy faces existential threat over low birthrate: president (Reuters) Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday, as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019. National statistics agency ISTAT said there were 435,000 births last year, down 5,000 on 2018 and the lowest level ever recorded in Italy. Deaths totaled 647,000 in 2019, some 14,000 more than the year earlier.

More Than Half Malta’s Traffic Police Arrested for Fraud (Reuters) More than half of Malta’s traffic police force were arrested on Tuesday for suspected overtime fraud, forcing officers to draw up emergency plans to ensure they have enough police to put on the streets, officials said.

Modi’s party faces stunning defeat in New Delhi elections (AP) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was facing a stunning defeat by a regional party Tuesday in elections in the national capital that were seen as a referendum on Modi’s policies, such as a new national citizenship law that excludes Muslims. Saturday’s New Delhi legislative elections pit Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party against the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party, or “common man’s” party, whose pro-poor policies focused on fixing state-run schools and providing cheap electricity, free health care and bus transport for women during its five years in power. With counting of votes nearing completion, the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, had won 28 seats and was leading in another 35 of the 70 constituencies, while the BJP had won 2 seats and was leading in another five, the Election Commission said.

North Korea and the coronavirus (WSJ) The challenge to contain the coronavirus looks particularly daunting in North Korea, one of the world’s poorest and most isolated countries. North Korea was among the first countries last month to block the entry of foreign tourists, who come mostly from neighboring China, the source of the outbreak. It has since cut off trade with China, its main economic benefactor and ally, and limited diplomatic travel, according to North Korean state media and diplomats. North Korea’s main state newspaper called thwarting the coronavirus a matter of “national survival.” “This is really an existential threat for North Korea,” said Rodger Baker, a senior vice president at geopolitical consulting firm Stratfor. “Their health system is not structured to be able to contain something like the coronavirus.”

Taiwan Says U.S. Flies Bombers Near Island After China Drills (Reuters) Three U.S. Air Force planes, including two B-52 bombers, flew near Taiwan on Wednesday, the island’s defense ministry said, after Taiwan’s air force scrambled earlier in the week to intercept Chinese jets.

Israel’s voter data leak (Foreign Policy) A software flaw tied to an app used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party exposed the personal data of 6.5 million people--almost every voter in Israel, including military leaders and the prime minister himself. The breach comes just three weeks before Israel’s third election within a year and has raised concerns about security and election fraud. The app was designed to provide voters with information about the election. It remains unclear how the leak occurred.

Official says Sudan to hand over officials wanted by ICC (AP) A top Sudanese official said Tuesday the country’s transitional authorities and rebel groups have agreed to hand over officials wanted by the ICC, presumably referring to long-time autocrat Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes including mass killings in Darfur. Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military last year amid a public uprising, is wanted by the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide related to the Darfur conflict. Since his ouster in April, he has been in jail in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, on charges of corruption and killing protesters.

U.N. issues warning over locust outbreak (Foreign Policy) Locusts were spotted in Tanzania and Uganda over the weekend, prompting an emergency government meeting in Kampala to respond to the locust outbreak that has already destroyed crops in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia. On Monday, the United Nations warned that the region--already grappling with food insecurity--couldn’t cope with another “major shock” and that decisive action was needed: Heavy rains in the coming weeks mean the swarms could multiply. Both Uganda and Tanzania have begun spraying pesticides to stop the insects’ spread. Experts are particularly concerned about the locusts reaching South Sudan, which suffers from extreme food insecurity.

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Happy 241st Anniversary of Solemn Dedication…

Happy 241st Anniversary to the church of Cabuyao, built by the first Filipino parish priest, Fray Blas de Sta. Rosa in honor of our beloved patron, St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr…

1771-January 26-2012

Our Beloved Church will undergo yet another major and ridiculously awful renovation. It was already approved that a ‘right wing’ adjacent to the already existing left wing(former Sacristy) of the church will soon be constructed.This will mean making a hole at the side of the ancient Church, destroying the structure and its massive buttress which supports the walls. Worst, the Cursillo House, who has retained its original adobe walls will also be damaged by this un-necessary expansion. The construction of the second church of Cabuyao was initiated by the First Filipino Parish priest, Fray Blas de Sta. Rosa, a native pampango (kapampangan). Materials for its construction was personally hand picked by the priest himself, meaning to say, the church is truly historic not just in structure but in its components as well. He died soon before the church is completed, but he donated his lifetime savings just to continue its construction. The second church was inaugurated on January 26, 1771. Our church had suffered so much. I hope many will realize the value of loosing another part of our heritage.

isa lang poh ang nakikita kong dahilan nito kaya urgent ang construction… recently poh ksi nagkaroon ng dispute between cursillo and church… sabihin na poh nating ‘revenge’ itoh ng pari sa cabuyao…

How important is the church of cabuyao?

TERCENTENARY OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST FILIPINO PARISH PRIEST: Bachiller Don Blás de Sta. Rosa (1703)

Dr. Luciano P.R. Santiago

The surname of Padre Blás was very typical of those of early Filipinos who adopted saint’s names as patronymics. This practice would later wreak havoc on colonial records and impel the Governor General Don Narciso Clavería to prohibit the assumption of saints’ names in his decree on the systemization of Filipino patronymics in 1849. (It should be noted that Spanish friars also carried saints’ names, but these they took only upon investiture.) Sta.Rosa de Lima, the first saint of the New World, became very popular in the Islands after her canonization in 1671 when she was declared patron saint of the Americas and the Philippines. Henceforth, her name was used extensively both as first name for girls and as surname. This is borne out by examining any 18th century baptismal book of a Philippine parish. Available records indicate that Blás de Sta. Rosa was most probably born on February 3, 1678 (Feast of San Blás), or a few years after the canonization of Sta. Rosa. (1) The Bachiller Sta. Rosa graduated from the University of Sto. Tomás in 1692 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was one of the earliest native graduates of the venerable institution. Since the first Indios to be admitted to the Manila colleges, except Letrán, were Pampangos, it is very likely that Sta. Rosa originated from Pampanga. Sta. Rosa was also apparently a relative of another Pampango priest, Bachiller Don Gregorio de Sta. Rosa y Ramos, one of the Filipino priests ordained by Archbishop Cuesta in 1723. (2) Manila Archbishop Diego Camacho y Ávila (1697-1706), founder of the Filipino clergy, ordained Sta. Rosa together with Br. Don Alfonzo Baluio y Garzía, another Pampango, on the ember days after Pentecost in May or June of 1703. On September 7, the same day that Baluio was proclaimed missionary of Abra de Vigan, Sta. Rosa was appointed proprietary parish priest of San Policarpio de Tabuco (now Cabuyao, Laguna). Thus, he became the first Filipino Indio pastor not only in the archdiocese of Manila but in the entire Philippines. The extensive parish of Tabuco had just been divided by the archbishop on December 9, 1702 into two curacies: that of Tabuco proper, which included the Dominican Hacienda of San Juán Bautista de Calamba, and the new parish of San Pedro de Tunazán which encompassed the town of Biñán. By competitive examinations, Sta. Rosa had won the now somewhat reduced parish of Tabuco, while the Spanish Maestro Don Protazio Cabezas later obtained the curacy of Tunazán on May 2, 1704. The latter was to become vicar general (1717-1741) and then bishop of Cebú (1741-1752) and a staunch supporter of Filipino priests. (3) A few months after the arrival of Archbishop Francisco de la Cuesta of the Order of St. Hieronymus, Camacho’s successor, Sta. Rosa fell ill and was still convalescing in November 1707 according to a report of Mro. Cabezas, who had been appointed vicar forane of Laguna. The following year, in line with Cuesta’s notion that indio priests ordained by Camacho were incompetent and unworthy, the suspicious prelate through his secretary ordered Cabezas to conduct a secret investigation on the life and labors of the first brown pastor of the archdiocese. There were reports, apparently coming from friars of surrounding estancias (ranches), that he was negligent in celebrating The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and that he lived outside his parish. Without waiting, however, for the results of the inquiry, Cuesta, evidently assuming the charges to be true, went ahead and wrote his now famous letter to the king dated June 20, 1708 denouncing the incompetence and unworthiness of his predecessor’s native ordinees. Four days later, his vicar forane, Mro. Cabezas, filed a glowing report on Sta. Rosa to the archdiocesan secretary vouching for the Indio priest’s integrity and diligence! Citing witnesses, including Don Juán Ruiz Ximenes, the Spanish administrator of the Hacienda of Calamba, Cabezas affirmed that Sta. Rosa said Masses regularly for his parishioners, including on feasts marked with “two crosses” and Saturdays, which even his Spanish predecessors were not wont to do for many years before him. The only exception was when he was incapacitated by illness. He had a house on his farm, which was, however, no farther from his church than Binondo is from Malate. But he stayed there mostly at harvest time and for convalescence. (4) He seemed to have been in frail health most of his life. In the middle of 1710, he applied for a sick leave and asked for another priest to replace him in his post. However, the Spanish presbyter who was sent to Tabuco, Licenciado Don Joseph de Alfaro, turned out to be unable to speak a word of Tagalog so that Sta. Rosa refused to turn the parish over to him. A month later, he was still begging for a sick leave and this time it was apparently granted. (5) Despite his delicate health, it was he who built the parish church of Tabuco (Cabuyao). This is recorded in another extant letter of his, dated November 15, 1716, addressed to Archbishop Cuesta regarding the progress of the church construction. He recounted that since the town had transferred to a higher site fifty-one years earlier (1665), it had not had a permanent house of worship. He had personally gone up to the mountain (he was probably referring to Mount Makiling) to select the best timber for it. Now he was asking the archbishop and through him, the governor-general, to exempt the community from paying tributes for the duration of the work. (6) He was the first Filipino priest to build a church. After a lifetime of service to his parish, he died in the middle of 1733 in the thirtieth year of his priesthood, when he was in his mid-50s. In his last will and testament, he bequeathed the then munificent sum of 998 pesos as a pious endowment (obra pía) for the maintenance of the church he had built during his long term. The church still stands today. He was replaced in the interim by his coadjutor, Br. Don Matheo Graña, another Indio Pampango. On September 15, 1733, the proprietary pastorship of Tabuco was won through synodal examinations by a more experienced Indio Pampango presbyter, Br. Don Joseph Nuñes. The parish remained in the hands of native priests to the end of the Spanish regime. (7)

Note: The principal reference for this article is: Luciano P.R. Santiago. The Hidden Light. The First Filipino Priests. (Quezon City: New Day, 1987) pp. 80-83. ENDNOTES 1.Archives of the Archdiocese of Manila (AAM). “Letter of Mro. Don Protazio Cabezas, San Pedro de Tunazán, June 24, 1708.” Cartas escriptas al Mro. Don Phelipe de Molina (CPM) (1707-24); Narciso Clavería. Catálogo Alfabético de Apellidos. (Manila: 1849) Reprinted by the National Archives (Manila: 1973); BR 37: 145; 54-5 (Index): passim. 2.Archives of the University of Sto. Tomás (AUST). Asientos de Grados, Facultad de Philosophía. (1663-1713); USTAA. UST Graduate Listing. 1611-1971. (Manila: UST, 1972) p. 2-A; Horacio de la Costa, S.J. Readings in Philippine History (Manila: Bookmark, 1965) p.85; Evergisto Bazaco, O.P. Historia Documentada del Real Colegio de San Juán de Letrán. (Manila: UST, 1933); AAM. Libro de Gobierno Ecclesiástico (LGE) (1707-1723). folios 178-8vuelto. 3.AAM. LGE (1697-1706). ff. 255v, 257 and 277v; Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recentioris Aevi. vol. 6 (1730-1799). p. 313. 4.AAM. “Letter of Cabezas, Tunazán, June 24, 1708.” CPM. Feasts marked with two crosses (daggers) in the liturgical calendar are feasts of lower rank. 5.AAM. “Letters of Sta. Rosa, Tabuco, May 22 & June 23, 1710.” CPM. 6.AAM. “Letter of Sta. Rosa, Tabuco, Nov. 15, 1716.” Cartas Escriptas al Dr. Don Francisco de la Cuesta, Arzobispo de Manila (1707-23). 7.AAM. Capellanías de Misas. (1910-15) D. (There is a 1748 list of capellanías and obras pías here which is misplaced.); Exámenes para Provisión de Curatos (1729-34); Catálogos del Clero Secular (18th and 19th centuries) passim.

We are sincerely asking for your prayers for the repose of the soul of Fray Blas de Sta.Rosa, The first Filipino parish priest in our country………….

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Manufacturing Islamophobia on WhatsApp in India

“Real or bogus, we can make any concept go viral,” Bharatiya Janata Bash (BJP) President Amit Shah claimed in September 2018 when addressing social media volunteers in Kota, Rajasthan.

“It is by way of social media that we have to kind governments at the point out and nationwide stages. Retain generating messages go viral. We have by now made a WhatsApp team with 32 lakh [editor’s note: that’s 3.2 million] men and women in Uttar Pradesh each and every early morning they are sent a information at 8 a.m.,” Shah was quoted by the Dainik Bhaskar, a Hindi newspaper.

The video is still up on BJP’s YouTube channel exactly where Shah is heard saying how disinformation could distribute to develop “perception” and the great importance of WhatsApp in that endeavor. And the BJP is more outfitted to produce these kinds of perceptions than any other bash in India, with its huge volunteer base and considerable sources.

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Welcome to the Indian Ministry of Fact, in which the ruling BJP, with the successful use of social media, is creating a “perception” and implanting false memories in Hindus, 70 % of the Indian inhabitants, that they are below threat from a climbing Muslim population.

This is not a little something new. What the BJP is undertaking in India working with social media has also been done in several other components of the earth. Governments in Brazil, Spain, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and the Philippines are aggressively making use of social media for political propaganda, working with disinformation and bogus news.

Propaganda as a resource of power is practically nothing new, however the mediums have progressed.

“The most excellent propagandist strategy will yield no achievement until just one elementary principle is borne in intellect continuously and with unflagging awareness. It must confine by itself to a number of points and repeat them above and more than. Listed here, as so normally in this entire world, persistence is the initial and most important need for results,” wrote Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf.

In 2012, Danielle C. Polage of Central Washington University held an interesting experiment. She tested no matter if familiarity with untrue stories would final result in the creation of a wrong memory of owning listened to the tale outside of the experiment. Members were proven phony information tales, just about every portrayed by the scientists as real. “After a five week hold off, participants who experienced examine the phony experimental stories rated them as more truthful and a lot more plausible than contributors who had not been exposed to the stories,” a summary of the experiment notes.

“Participants who experienced formerly read through about the tales were extra probable to think that they experienced read the phony stories from a source outside the experiment. These results recommend that repeating false statements will not only boost their believability but may perhaps also consequence in resource monitoring glitches.”

A number of elected BJP members of the parliament and legislative assemblies have been caught endorsing the “perception” that the Muslim population in India is a menace to Hindus.

Additional upfront versions of what they necessarily mean circulates on social media — specifically WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging system utilized by more than 230 million men and women in India and according to Lokniti-CSDS Temper of the Nation (MOTN) study, every sixth user is a member of a political WhatsApp group. This helps make WhatsApp the most critical instrument of propaganda utilized by political functions in India.

Views that invite community censure or criticism if expressed on far more open social media platforms these types of as Fb or Twitter, are expressed freely on WhatsApp and why not? In contrast to Fb or Twitter, WhatsApp, with its encryption, offers a increased perception of privacy although nonetheless sustaining the veneer of some personal relationship to buddies and acquaintances. It also provides trustworthiness of the sender to the messages, even if it will come tagged as a forwarded concept. Soon after all, why would your close friend forward you a concept if he realized it was bogus?

Just lately, BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli, in an job interview with Mehdi Hassan of Al Jazeera, named Bangladeshi immigrants “termites.” On becoming cross-questioned, he defended himself by declaring the “analogy was apt.” Kohli made certain he created a distinctive point out of Indian Muslims as Indian citizens, as if they weren’t currently.

This is interesting because on WhatsApp teams run by the BJP’s social media volunteers, who get tackled by the BJP’s president or adopted by Primary Minister Narendra Modi himself, all Indian Muslims are viewed as immigrants who have both occur from Bangladesh or Pakistan and terrorists.

Kohli’s selection of words is menacing. This is not so unique from Myanmar, in which political leaders stirred up hatred from a Muslim minority by propagating a comparable narrative that ultimately claimed the lives of at least 10,000 Rohingyas and displaced more than 650,000 folks.

And this is also not different from the loathe propaganda in advance of the Rwandan genocide when the President Grégoire Kayibanda declared: “Our social gathering is worried with the desire of the Hutu who have been dominated and scorned by the Tutsi who invaded the region. We have to be the gentle of the mass, we have to seize back again the place and return it to the true owners. The state belongs to the Hutu.”

To fully grasp how the BJP was producing loathe and to measure the extent of Islamophobia and detest speech on WhatsApp and the resources of such messages, I took a deep dive into more than 140 professional-BJP groups on the platform for a interval of four months. Around a quarter of 60,000 messages that I analyzed quantitatively were Islamophobic and anti-Muslim.

From November 14 to February 13, 23.84 % of messages shared in the teams ended up anti-Muslim, Islamophobic, and deeply inflammatory with an intent to generate disharmony or emotions of enmity, hatred, or ill-will concerning Hindus and Muslims. Such messages have the prospective to incite violence.

These messages portray all Muslim citizen of India as both terrorists or a local community that is plotting genocide towards the Hindus. Some of the key narratives pushed via social media include things like the following: Hindus are underneath risk (#HinduKhatreMeinHain) Hindus are starting to be a minority in India Muslims will destroy Hindus and rape Hindu ladies if they turn out to be a majority in India all Muslims help Pakistan all Muslims are terrorists (#TerrorismHasReligion) non-BJP get-togethers assist Muslims and for this reason are anti-Hindu and non-BJP parties guidance terrorism. Most of these narratives on WhatsApp are supported by pretend and concocted news tales, fudged info and incorrect, out of context translations of the Quran.

A significant selection of these messages are conspiratorial in nature and provoke the Hindu majority in India to not just deny or deprive Muslims of their legal rights as citizens of India, but also bring about loss of their daily life and property. Some of the messages referred to as for outright war, witch-hunting of Muslims and “teaching them lessons” by violent indicates. Old video clips of beheadings from Syria and Iraq have been shared to assist the narratives.

A minimal more than 36 percent of the messages had been political propaganda from the BJP and the party’s allies. Whilst some of the messages contained pretend information, incorrect data and figures, other individuals had been conventional propaganda in opposition to the political opposition.

Just after the Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019, that claimed the life of 44 paramilitary staff, 41.19 percent of the messages were inflammatory and instigated people today from a community, religion, occupation or others. In this classification, 23.64 per cent of messages focused Kashmiris, 32.72 p.c of the messages were being anti-Muslim and 43.63 per cent of the messages were specific against journalists, civil society customers and celebs.

The animosity in opposition to Muslims, cultivated in excess of social media about a time period of time, led to prevalent attacks on Kashmiri traders in different components of the nation, trolling and abuse of Muslims and any individual who spoke from the society of detest or stood in opposition to war, which includes the wife of a person of the paramilitary troops killed at Pulwama.

Movies of Kashmiris currently being beaten up or harassed were being shared routinely in the WhatsApp with messages inciting others to participate in the harassment and violence to prove their nationalism.

Mobile phone quantities of activists, journalists, superstars who have been recognised to talk from human legal rights abuses in Kashmir, or India-Pakistan artwork and cultural exchange initiatives were being shared widely and folks have been inspired to contact and harass them. Strike lists had been circulated and also listed thoughts that could be questioned of those people called.

The ministry of facts and broadcasting issued a round to information outlets against disseminating “anti-national” written content just right after the Pulwama assault.

Immediately after nine times of prevalent attacks on Kashmiris and Muslims across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an energetic Twitter person, ultimately said that “our struggle is for Kashmir, not towards Kashmiris.”

To know if there was loathe speech towards any other religion, I joined two teams just about every that had been run by supporters of the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP), Samajwadi Get together, Bahujan Samajwadi Celebration, Trinamool Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal. I also appeared at a dataset of 80 professional-Congress Bash WhatsApp teams. Even though propaganda and bogus information are shared in all the political WhatsApp groups, despise speech and Islamophobia had been exclusive to the professional-BJP groups. None of the groups noticed shared anti-Hindu messages.

I joined the WhatsApp teams by messaging the cell phone figures marketed by the district or point out stage political leaders. So, the nature of these teams, established particularly for the dissemination of social gathering propaganda, is unique from public WhatsApp teams, with searchable inbound links.

The groups I joined have been bigger in the chain of WhatsApp groups and a number of associates of these groups are BJP place of work bearers and allies. The information and facts about their identity was collected from not just their display screen photo, account information and facts and WhatsApp biography, but also the pics they posted immediately after organizing official gatherings — on Netaji Jayanti (January 23), Republic Day (January 26), Day of the Babri Masjid demolition (December 6), the working day of Pulwama attack (February 14) and also on Hindu festivals. Many customers of these teams described them selves as users of the BJP’s IT (data technological innovation) mobile or as BJP users of the legislative assembly.

Coding the mobile phone numbers of the “significant” members and developing a map, I selected 50 WhatsApp groups in which a single or much more place of work bearers had been existing. This was my most important group for evaluation, when I saved gaining insights from other teams that I was a member of.

I collected chats from November 14, 2018, to February 13, 2019, applying WhatsApp’s export chat attribute. There had been more than 60,000 chats (11,62,405 words and phrases) from these 50 groups. Soon after cleansing my dataset by deleting great early morning, great evening, pornographic, product marketing and advertising messages and individual messages, I was still left with 20,641 messages. Of this, there were being 7,351 text messages, while the rest were being audio, online video, illustrations or photos or web site backlinks.

There was a surge in messages immediately after the terrorist assault in Pulwama. Thanks to the enhance in despise speech article-Pulwama, I made a decision to analyze 7-day information, from February 14-21, 2019, from these teams independently. Even though the text messages ended up analyzed both of those quantitatively and qualitatively, the videos ended up analyzed only qualitatively.

This examination, of extra than 140 WhatsApp groups, is the the initial recognised quantitative investigation that demonstrates the extent to which despise messages, despite the illegality and the probable bodily menace it poses to citizens of India, are getting circulated in the groups by volunteers and associates of the ruling social gathering.

In 2014, the BJP arrived to electrical power in India and there was a sharp bounce in the quantity of dislike crimes towards minorities in the state. IndiaSpend, a non-revenue knowledge journalism initiative, has demonstrated that concerning 2009-2019, extra than 100 men and women were killed and 691 wounded in a overall 281 loathe criminal offense incidents and 73 per cent of victims of these loathe crimes were being Muslims and other minority communities. The information reveals a sharp improve in the number of incidents after 2014 — the 12 months the current BJP authorities came to electricity. Fifty percent of the assaults were being on the pretext of cow safety, inter-faith marriages and alleged inter-religion conversions.

In 2017, Union Minister Jayant Sinha, a BJP member of parliament, congratulated men convicted for lynching a Muslim meat trader. In 2015, individuals accused of lynching Akhlaq, a Muslim farm employee, were being counseled by BJP associates of the legislative assembly and presented very-coveted contractual work opportunities in a public-sector organization. 1 of the lynchers is even contesting the 2019 elections on a BJP ticket.

All through my investigation, I found many customers who were formally associated with the BJP and who keep get together positions, in the WhatsApp groups I was observing. The position of BJP affiliate marketers in the lynchings mentioned above has been claimed broadly by the mainstream media. But even as the BJP has weighed in publicly on blaming the platform, WhatsApp, for the lynchings, the culprits involve its very own social gathering associates. The government’s effort to maintain meetings with WhatsApp representatives, to exhibit its good intentions, is nothing but nonsense.

In March 2018, the United Nations held Facebook liable for actively playing a “determining role” in fomenting racial hatred in Myanmar. “It has substantively contributed to the amount of acrimony and dissension and conflict, if you will, inside of the community,” stated Marzuki Darusman, chairman of the UN Independent Actuality-Acquiring Mission on Myanmar.

Social media is emerging as a impressive new weapon with fantastic destructive opportunity, but will simply blaming the medium (in this scenario, the social media platforms) for the concept fix the problem?

No, it is not sufficient. With governments endorsing hate speech and the plan of “teaching Muslims a lesson,” who can stage up to end the despise?

Soma Basu is an investigative journalist centered in India. She researched Islamophobic despise speech on WhatsApp for the duration of her fellowship at the Reuters Institute for the Review of Journalism, Oxford University.

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