http://protectacow.typepad.com/Prabhupada:people are engaged unnecessarily to work very hard day and night, the capitalist, the worker. Big, big factory, iron factory, in so many factories, unnecessarily. So Prahlada Maharaja was concerned. He was living, his father was a demon, in the demonic state. So this is natural. If one saintly person do not be disturbed by people’s unhappiness, he is not saintly person. He is not saintly person. If he is simply satisfied that “I have got a temple, I am getting good income, let me eat and sleep.” My Guru Maharaja condemned this process. He said that to earn livelihood by showing some temple and collecting money and eat and sleep, better to become a sweeper in the street and earn his livelihood instead of earning livelihood in this so-called spiritual way. So practically all over the world a class of men, a priestly class of men, they have made it a means of earning livelihood, temple achar(?), taking money from people and enjoying, and then become drunkard. In your country, five thousand drunkard priests were consolidated in a hospital for treatment. They’re getting money. So there is possibility, we are opening temples, public is contributing. But if we become easy-goer, “Now money is coming, let us eat sumptuously and eat, eat and sleep, and if possible drink also.” But, of course, we are restricting. But naturally when one man becomes idle, idle brain is the devil’s workshop. So if he can get… Just like rich man’s son, they become. Everyone has got experience in every country. When he has no difficulty to get money, then what he will do? He will simply drink or invent some means of intoxication, naked dance. So they became very much perturbed. Venasyaveksya durvrttasya vicestitam, vimrsya loka-vyasanam krpaya ucuh sma… Krpaya, they were very much compassionate. They cannot see. Para-duhkha-duhkhi. Therefore, Vaisnava is always unhappy by seeing other’s unhappiness. They know how they are going to . Just like any gentleman will be aggrieved when they pass on the Bowery Street, seeing their fallen condition. So if any gentleman can become unhappy by seeing such condition of people, what to speak of saintly persons who are supposed to be responsible for spiritual up…Room Conversation Jaipur, January 18, 1972
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The colour of the times is changing. The accelerating pace of technological, economic and social change is transforming livelihoods and landscapes; many face a danger of disappearing altogether in the not-so-distant future. We do not think it appropriate to make a normative judgment on whether this change is socially good or bad. However, we do believe that it is important to document the present for future generations that would want to look back at history, just like we do today. Though text-documentation of livelihoods and landscapes is widely available, visual recording and documentation is relatively sparse and dispersed. Given the state of video technology, it is feasible and necessary to effectively document the present, visually. This is the primary objective of HISTORY TOMORROW, an initiative launched by FAIR.
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Shell mining, Tadri
The colour of the times is changing. The accelerating pace of technological, economic and social change is transforming livelihoods and landscapes; many face a danger of disappearing altogether in the not-so-distant future. We do not think it appropriate to make a normative judgment on whether this change is socially good or bad. However, we do believe that it is important to document the present for future generations that would want to look back at history, just like we do today. Though text-documentation of livelihoods and landscapes is widely available, visual recording and documentation is relatively sparse and dispersed. Given the state of video technology, it is feasible and necessary to effectively document the present, visually. This is the primary objective of HISTORY TOMORROW, an initiative launched by FAIR.
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Gaana, Oil Mill, Mysore!
The colour of the times is changing. The accelerating pace of technological, economic and social change is transforming livelihoods and landscapes; many face a danger of disappearing altogether in the not-so-distant future. We do not think it appropriate to make a normative judgment on whether this change is socially good or bad. However, we do believe that it is important to document the present for future generations that would want to look back at history, just like we do today. Though text-documentation of livelihoods and landscapes is widely available, visual recording and documentation is relatively sparse and dispersed. Given the state of video technology, it is feasible and necessary to effectively document the present, visually. This is the primary objective of HISTORY TOMORROW, an initiative launched by FAIR.
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The colour of the times is changing. The accelerating pace of technological, economic and social change is transforming livelihoods and landscapes; many face a danger of disappearing altogether in the not-so-distant future. We do not think it appropriate to make a normative judgment on whether this change is socially good or bad. However, we do believe that it is important to document the present for future generations that would want to look back at history, just like we do today. Though text-documentation of livelihoods and landscapes is widely available, visual recording and documentation is relatively sparse and dispersed. Given the state of video technology, it is feasible and necessary to effectively document the present, visually. This is the primary objective of HISTORY TOMORROW, an initiative launched by FAIR.
http://www.fairindia.org/historytomorrow.htm
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Old printing press, Bangalore
The colour of the times is changing. The accelerating pace of technological, economic and social change is transforming livelihoods and landscapes; many face a danger of disappearing altogether in the not-so-distant future. We do not think it appropriate to make a normative judgment on whether this change is socially good or bad. However, we do believe that it is important to document the present for future generations that would want to look back at history, just like we do today. Though text-documentation of livelihoods and landscapes is widely available, visual recording and documentation is relatively sparse and dispersed. Given the state of video technology, it is feasible and necessary to effectively document the present, visually. This is the primary objective of HISTORY TOMORROW, an initiative launched by FAIR.
http://www.fairindia.org/historytomorrow.htm
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“A single candle can light up an entire room, but no amount of darkness can suppress it.” Let’s turn on the lights, and watch the roaches scatter!
So here’s the NEW RULE:
being as:
Any group or system that is reliant on your contributions is thereby subservient to you.
It shall be that:
The ones in charge of that system shall have NO CLAIM TO PRIVACY WHATSOEVER.
Think about it, you can go as far as demanding satellite surveillance, gps trackers (for more significant institutions like government) anything… and hundreds of thousands will still compete for the job.
So the higher your demands, the higher your expectations, the better these leadership roles will be fulfilled by good honest people with noble intentions.
It sounds serious… but somethings should be taken seriously… for a healthy change.
(p.s. I’m not stupid, I know this idea threatens the livelihood of criminal syndicates around the world, and I’m well aware of the dangers involved in issuing this call… But I really believe that the vast majority of people, even among these criminal syndicates, would prefer a better world if they only believed it was really possible… to see it in their own lifetime… And I really have no choice but to just have faith in them.)
So have ya a thought to spare? Drop it in the comment box and let’s see what happens… =)
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Coconut charcoal making at Arasangundi near Hiriyur.
The colour of the times is changing. The accelerating pace of technological, economic and social change is transforming livelihoods and landscapes; many face a danger of disappearing altogether in the not-so-distant future. We do not think it appropriate to make a normative judgment on whether this change is socially good or bad. However, we do believe that it is important to document the present for future generations that would want to look back at history, just like we do today. Though text-documentation of livelihoods and landscapes is widely available, visual recording and documentation is relatively sparse and dispersed. Given the state of video technology, it is feasible and necessary to effectively document the present, visually. This is the primary objective of HISTORY TOMORROW, an initiative launched by FAIR.
http://www.fairindia.org/historytomorrow.htm
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