The Valley of Kashmir got its name from Kashyapa Rishi. According to a legend, the Kashmir valley was a vast lake called Satisaras, named after Sati or Parvati the consort of Shiva. The lake was inhabited by the demon Jalodbhav. The Nilamat Puran of the 7th century mentions the region being inhabited by two tribes — the Nagas and the Pisachas. The lake was drained off by leader of the Nagas called Ananta (Anantnag region of Kashmir is named after him) to capture and kill the demon. Ananta later names the valley asKashyapa-mira after his father Kashyapa. Kalhana in Rajatarangini (The River of Kings) also mentions Prajapati Kashyapa killing Jalodbhava with the help of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The lake was then drained and comes to be known as Kash-mira after the Rishi Kashyapa
Friday, October 21, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Killing of Osama Bin Laden and Indian surgical strikes in POK
After the Surgical Strikes by India in POK, some Indian politicians played there typical politics by asking proof for the strikes. I find a parallel on Osama killing by USA in the following list.
Here follows the list of these conspiracy theories, which have undoubtedly impelled a lot of cynicism and suspicion by raising important questions:
1) The fact that the Americans got rid of Osama’s body so fast - and at sea - will feed the arguments of those who will want to believe that this was not really bin Laden. Secondly, keeping the body for evidence has always been the American law and it should thus have been preserved.
2) Why should the Americans pretend to kill their enemy number one - rather than actually tracking him down?
3) If you are a right-wing American conspiracy theorist, you might argue that it is
because President Obama wants to secure his re-election by becoming a hero.
4) The US is actually looking for an excuse to go to war with Pakistan and seize the country’s nuclear weapons - and has hence made-up this story about killing Osama.
5) Why isn’t there a photograph of bin Laden’s body yet?
6) Was he actually dumped at sea?
7) If the US had paraded Saddam Hussein’s dead sons around, only to prove that they were dead, why did they hastily bury Osama at sea?
8) The day of Osama’s death was actually the eighth anniversary of President George W Bush’s so-called “Mission Accomplished” speech. To some, this coincidence is an opportunity to use “Mission Accomplished” as a rallying cry - to show that almost 10 years after 9/11, the mastermind of the attack is dead. Others may not see this as a coincidence, but a carefully planned public relations act.
9) Despite being one of the most wanted men in the world, Bin Laden was reportedly able to live in a luxury compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan - only 65 miles from the capital city—undetected by the Pakistani military forces. Some critics are questioning, “How could [Bin Laden] be in such a compound without being noticed?”
10) Could the public trust Bin Laden’s DNA samples? DNA proof can be fabricated and so can the photos be.
11) Why the news of Osama’s death was announced mere weeks after President Obama’s campaign kickoff and just days after his birth certificate was released? Why so late on a Sunday night? It is actually an election ploy to bury the Republicans.
12) Various FBI officials and counterintelligence leaders/political personalities from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have said for years that Bin Laden was dead. How to believe this new story now? What about the old reports? Why should the US be trusted now?
13) The Pakistanis are afraid of the US flipping to India, so they gave him up.
14) They had him (Osama) targeted for a week, but waited post-Royal wedding to grab the headlines.
15) The Pentagon has set it up to protect their budget.
16) It is a fabrication to get out of Afghanistan with a bit of face.
17) The body was kept frozen since the Tora Bora bombardment.
18) The CIA operative (Raymond Davis), who was caught killing two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore on January 27 this year, was an integral part of the plan to capture or kill Osama. The frantic attempts of the US government to get Raymond freed from the Pakistani police and the payoffs to the families of those killed and probably to the Pakistani police as well—all show that there were lots of secrets to hide.
19) It is not clear whether an American bullet killed Osama or his associates killed him as per standing orders when the escape was blocked. This could well explain the hurry to drop his body into the sea.
20) Wouldn’t Osama have been more useful dead than alive? Or were the Americans simply led to his grave?
Here follows the list of these conspiracy theories, which have undoubtedly impelled a lot of cynicism and suspicion by raising important questions:
1) The fact that the Americans got rid of Osama’s body so fast - and at sea - will feed the arguments of those who will want to believe that this was not really bin Laden. Secondly, keeping the body for evidence has always been the American law and it should thus have been preserved.
2) Why should the Americans pretend to kill their enemy number one - rather than actually tracking him down?
3) If you are a right-wing American conspiracy theorist, you might argue that it is
because President Obama wants to secure his re-election by becoming a hero.
4) The US is actually looking for an excuse to go to war with Pakistan and seize the country’s nuclear weapons - and has hence made-up this story about killing Osama.
5) Why isn’t there a photograph of bin Laden’s body yet?
6) Was he actually dumped at sea?
7) If the US had paraded Saddam Hussein’s dead sons around, only to prove that they were dead, why did they hastily bury Osama at sea?
8) The day of Osama’s death was actually the eighth anniversary of President George W Bush’s so-called “Mission Accomplished” speech. To some, this coincidence is an opportunity to use “Mission Accomplished” as a rallying cry - to show that almost 10 years after 9/11, the mastermind of the attack is dead. Others may not see this as a coincidence, but a carefully planned public relations act.
9) Despite being one of the most wanted men in the world, Bin Laden was reportedly able to live in a luxury compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan - only 65 miles from the capital city—undetected by the Pakistani military forces. Some critics are questioning, “How could [Bin Laden] be in such a compound without being noticed?”
10) Could the public trust Bin Laden’s DNA samples? DNA proof can be fabricated and so can the photos be.
11) Why the news of Osama’s death was announced mere weeks after President Obama’s campaign kickoff and just days after his birth certificate was released? Why so late on a Sunday night? It is actually an election ploy to bury the Republicans.
12) Various FBI officials and counterintelligence leaders/political personalities from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have said for years that Bin Laden was dead. How to believe this new story now? What about the old reports? Why should the US be trusted now?
13) The Pakistanis are afraid of the US flipping to India, so they gave him up.
14) They had him (Osama) targeted for a week, but waited post-Royal wedding to grab the headlines.
15) The Pentagon has set it up to protect their budget.
16) It is a fabrication to get out of Afghanistan with a bit of face.
17) The body was kept frozen since the Tora Bora bombardment.
18) The CIA operative (Raymond Davis), who was caught killing two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore on January 27 this year, was an integral part of the plan to capture or kill Osama. The frantic attempts of the US government to get Raymond freed from the Pakistani police and the payoffs to the families of those killed and probably to the Pakistani police as well—all show that there were lots of secrets to hide.
19) It is not clear whether an American bullet killed Osama or his associates killed him as per standing orders when the escape was blocked. This could well explain the hurry to drop his body into the sea.
20) Wouldn’t Osama have been more useful dead than alive? Or were the Americans simply led to his grave?
Here follows the list of these conspiracy theories, which have undoubtedly impelled a lot of cynicism and suspicion by raising important questions:
1) The fact that the Americans got rid of Osama’s body so fast - and at sea - will feed the arguments of those who will want to believe that this was not really bin Laden. Secondly, keeping the body for evidence has always been the American law and it should thus have been preserved.
2) Why should the Americans pretend to kill their enemy number one - rather than actually tracking him down?
3) If you are a right-wing American conspiracy theorist, you might argue that it is
because President Obama wants to secure his re-election by becoming a hero.
4) The US is actually looking for an excuse to go to war with Pakistan and seize the country’s nuclear weapons - and has hence made-up this story about killing Osama.
5) Why isn’t there a photograph of bin Laden’s body yet?
6) Was he actually dumped at sea?
7) If the US had paraded Saddam Hussein’s dead sons around, only to prove that they were dead, why did they hastily bury Osama at sea?
8) The day of Osama’s death was actually the eighth anniversary of President George W Bush’s so-called “Mission Accomplished” speech. To some, this coincidence is an opportunity to use “Mission Accomplished” as a rallying cry - to show that almost 10 years after 9/11, the mastermind of the attack is dead. Others may not see this as a coincidence, but a carefully planned public relations act.
9) Despite being one of the most wanted men in the world, Bin Laden was reportedly able to live in a luxury compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan - only 65 miles from the capital city—undetected by the Pakistani military forces. Some critics are questioning, “How could [Bin Laden] be in such a compound without being noticed?”
10) Could the public trust Bin Laden’s DNA samples? DNA proof can be fabricated and so can the photos be.
11) Why the news of Osama’s death was announced mere weeks after President Obama’s campaign kickoff and just days after his birth certificate was released? Why so late on a Sunday night? It is actually an election ploy to bury the Republicans.
12) Various FBI officials and counterintelligence leaders/political personalities from Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan have said for years that Bin Laden was dead. How to believe this new story now? What about the old reports? Why should the US be trusted now?
13) The Pakistanis are afraid of the US flipping to India, so they gave him up.
14) They had him (Osama) targeted for a week, but waited post-Royal wedding to grab the headlines.
15) The Pentagon has set it up to protect their budget.
16) It is a fabrication to get out of Afghanistan with a bit of face.
17) The body was kept frozen since the Tora Bora bombardment.
18) The CIA operative (Raymond Davis), who was caught killing two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore on January 27 this year, was an integral part of the plan to capture or kill Osama. The frantic attempts of the US government to get Raymond freed from the Pakistani police and the payoffs to the families of those killed and probably to the Pakistani police as well—all show that there were lots of secrets to hide.
19) It is not clear whether an American bullet killed Osama or his associates killed him as per standing orders when the escape was blocked. This could well explain the hurry to drop his body into the sea.
20) Wouldn’t Osama have been more useful dead than alive? Or were the Americans simply led to his grave?
21) Is the War on Terror now over? If not, why not? If not, then the death of Bin Laden means nothing.
22) Alive, OBL was a millipede— but dead and gone— the story has got no legs.
23) After years of casually murdering so many innocent Muslims, the US government now expects us to believe that Islamic tradition was held in high esteem while supposedly disposing of the remains of the Public Enemy Number 1.
24) The day of Osama’s killing was the Holocaust Day here in Israel. The killing of Bin Laden on this very same day is, therefore, more than a little symbolic.
25) If the US respected Islamic traditions, then Osama should have been buried on the site of his death and not washed or shrouded. Although it is understandable that the government did not want to have a place where a shrine might be placed to give Osama any more respect than he deserved, but has the US not pissed the Muslims off by dumping Osama at sea? The only reason a Muslim should be buried at sea is if he drowns there.
26) Where is the video of the so-called raid on Osama’s compound?
28) If the security was extremely tight in the highly active military academy town of Abbottabad, then how could the US helicopters fly in unnoticed or unimpeded?
29) How did Osama get there without the help of the Pakistani government?
30) Was it actually OBL
their honeymoon to avoid a clash with the assassination date. compound?
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar over diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is characterized by elevated blood sugars, either in the context of insulin resistance or an inability to produce insulin.
However, elevated blood sugar can also be a problem in people who don’t have diabetes… it is believed to be a major cause of ageing and various chronic diseases.
So, pretty much everyone should benefit from keeping their blood sugar levels stable.
The most effective (and healthiest) way to do that is to avoid refined carbs and sugar, but apple cider vinegar may also have a powerful effect.
Vinegar has been shown to have numerous benefits for insulin function and blood sugar levels:
Improves insulin sensitivity during a high-carb meal by 19-34% and significantly lowers blood glucose and insulin responses .
Reduces blood sugar by 34% when eating 50 grams of white bread.
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before bedtime can reduce fasting blood sugars by 4%.
Numerous other studies, in both rats and humans, show that vinegar can increase insulin sensitivity and significantly lower blood sugar responses during meals.
For these reasons, vinegar can be useful for people with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or those who want to keep their blood sugar levels low to normal for other reasons.
If you’re currently taking blood sugar lowering medications, then check with your doctor before increasing your intake of apple cider vinegar.
However, elevated blood sugar can also be a problem in people who don’t have diabetes… it is believed to be a major cause of ageing and various chronic diseases.
So, pretty much everyone should benefit from keeping their blood sugar levels stable.
The most effective (and healthiest) way to do that is to avoid refined carbs and sugar, but apple cider vinegar may also have a powerful effect.
Vinegar has been shown to have numerous benefits for insulin function and blood sugar levels:
Improves insulin sensitivity during a high-carb meal by 19-34% and significantly lowers blood glucose and insulin responses .
Reduces blood sugar by 34% when eating 50 grams of white bread.
2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before bedtime can reduce fasting blood sugars by 4%.
Numerous other studies, in both rats and humans, show that vinegar can increase insulin sensitivity and significantly lower blood sugar responses during meals.
For these reasons, vinegar can be useful for people with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or those who want to keep their blood sugar levels low to normal for other reasons.
If you’re currently taking blood sugar lowering medications, then check with your doctor before increasing your intake of apple cider vinegar.
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