st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Kolkata Knight Riders Controversies Kolkata Knight Riders team has always remained in headlines not for its performance but for the controversies that had been created by the rifts between Sourabh Ganguly and the support staff of the team. Team owner Shahrukh Khan had tried to use Sourabh to gain tax exemptions from the West Bengal government. But he had declined to do so. Another issue that had widened the rift between them was the issue of opening the batting. There are also some reports that reveal that Sourabh is not liked by KKR Coach John Buchanan. Coach had been made more powerful by Shahrukh Khan as for as the selection of the team is concerned. It has further added more to the fire. It is the caption who plays on the field and he knows well to adjust his players in the best way. But increased powers of Buchanan have created problems for the captains of the team.Multiple-Captains Theory KKR’s IPL season 2009 has started with more controversies. John Buchanan’s theory of ‘multiple-captains’ was criticized by all the famous cricket players. But Shahrukh Khan had fully supported him. Prior to the start of the season Ganguly was removed from team’s captainship and New Zealand Wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum have been appointed the captain of the side. It must be noted that Brendon McCullum had started his IPL career by hitting sensational 158 runs in the first match of the team in 2008. He had remained not out in that match. But his appointment as the captain of the team has not solved the internal problems of KKR. Ganguly was not given any prior information about the decision. Some hidden KKR controversies have also come to surface. According to a revelation a racial rift between the coaches and players is also affecting team’s performance in the tournament. Team Former Indian Captain Sourabh Ganguly was the captain of the team and is also the icon player in the team. Brad Hodge, Brendon McCullum(Captain), Ishant Sharma, Ajantha Mendis, Chris Gayle, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Moises Henriques are some other internationally famous players in the team. Sri Lankan spin-sensation Ajantha Mendis and Bangladesh all-rounder Mashrafe Bin Mortaza were the new signings prior to the start of IPL season 2009. But in the presence of overseas players ‘desi’ players can not be under-estimated. Murali Kartik, Ajit Agarkar and Laxmi Ratan Shukla have remained impressive [...]
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Back To Vedas: Arya Samaj
May 2nd, 2009 
Aman The Arya Samaj Movement was a great socio religious movement which aimed at reconstructing the modern Hindu society on the ideas contained in the four Vedas. It was founded by Swami Dayanand ideas on April 10, 1875 in Bombay. Two years later, he started the Arya Samaj at Lahore and its rapid growth quickly enabled it to eclipse the Bombay Arya Samaj and Lahore became the headquarters of the movement Dayanand started his active career of missionary work in 1866. He appealed to the people by public lecture and discourses against idolatry. polygamy and rigid caste system , pointing that these practices were not permissible by the ancient Dharma. The example of Keshub Chandra and Brahma Samaj persuaded him to carry on propaganda in the language of the people i.e., Hindi and not in Sanskrit. He published in 1874 his chief work, Satyarath prakash, in which he propounded his doctrines and set forth a critical examination of the various Indian creeds. Dayanand’s watch word was “Back to Vedas”. He dreamed of a world order in which the Vedas would be accepted as the only revealed knowledge of God, the Arya nation would assume the leadership of all other nations and Aryavarta would have suzerainty over all other countries. Max Muller remarks,” he considered the Vedas not only divine inspired but as pre historic and prehuman.” to him everything continued in the Vedas was a perfect truth. He believed in unity of Godhead and held that there was no polytheism in the Vedas which are divine knowledge, that god should be worshiped spiritually and not images, and that salvation is emancipation from transmigration and Karma. He condemned Sharadhas as also pilgrimages. He sanctified Agni which plays a prominent part in the Arya Samaj rituals of which the Havana sacrifice is the most characteristic feature. Dayanand was first and foremost a great social and religious reformer. He was neither a political philosopher nor a politician. But there is no denying the fact that he occupies a great place in the development of political thinking in India. He gave the slogan of Swaraj or India for Indians. He wrote in Satyarath Prakash that no foreign government howsoever good can be equal to self government. He was the first to give the lesson of Swadeshi to the Indians, which was later followed by national leaders like Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi. The Arya [...]
