‘Brain of Vedanta, body if Islam’ should come together: Prof Baraguru
Bengaluru, July 02: Noted senior writer Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa said that those who use the name of Swami Vivekananda should understand his words “Brain of Vedanta and body of Islam”.
Speaking at a programme organized to felicitate Padmashri awardee Ibrahim Sutra, by the Akhila Karnataka Mohemmadans Kannada Vedike at Press Club here on Monday, Prof Baraguru said that “today we have two options like united India and communal India. At this time, we should understand the broad meaning of brain of Vedanta and body of Islam of Swami Vivekananda should come together”, he said.
It was unfortunate that India today was changing negatively. Pushing the equality backward, caste, religion and communalism were coming forward. By using the positive aspects of the concepts like religion and God, the disease of caste and religion should be removed. The literature of Sufi saints would also give effective treatment to eradicate caste and communal diseases, he said.
In recent days, the devotion was made capital. One should see the God within himself and the God should not be brought on to the streets which is not devotion or spirituality. Communalism has replaced the humanity. “We are in a panic situation and we should ask ourselves that are we growing weapons in the land where crops were being grown”, he asked.
At the 500th anniversary of St. Kabeer, some national leaders have misused his name for political gains which is a tragedy. In recent years, the number of swamijis for each caste was increasing. Caste politics, religious politics and party politics have come together to exploit the common people. At this moment, there was a need to establish communal harmony, for which, the number of people like Ibrahim Sutara should be increased, he said.
After being felicitated, Ibrahim Sutara said that “one should understand his religion and philosophy. Besides reading our religious text, holy texts of other religions should also be read. Later, the religion of others should be respected. This is real harmony. But one should have broad mentality to achieve it”, he said.
“All religious scripts have mentioned the God. If all texts were read honestly and precisely, we can understand that everything is same. But nowadays, without understanding any religion, efforts are on to disturb the communal harmony between religions”, he said.
“Going in search of the God is not a religion. We should search the God within ourselves. We should understand that body is temple and life is God”, he said.
Retired IPS officer U Nissar Ahmed, former vice chancellor Prof KR Iqbal Ahmed, writer Dr K Sharifa and vedike president Samiullah Khan were present.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
