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But again, is all this worth the risk ! The US, russia, Europe can cease to exist or if they survive by any means, will become the new sick men of the world with extensive genetic damage due to radioactive exposure. Future generations of historians and students would perceive this as a case study of what happens when myopic leaders are not able to see the bigger picture.

But is it worth taking such a gamble against Russia with its nuclear arsenal, larger than both the us and france-uk combined ! There can also be third parties who wish such a scenario of nuclear holocaust to happen, seeing the us, nato-europe and russia as adversaries and are plotting moves in this regard. Three birds with the same stone would be a major strategic victory for such. I am hoping that the US, Europe and Russia has contingency plans to evacuate survivors to safer countries or zones in case of nuclear war. The UN can also play a major role in this regard as well.

What if the Russians launch retalitatory strikes on US-Nato nuclear bases through its nuclear submarines patrolling the american and european coastlines ! it can lead to a nuclear war and holocaust wiping out the russians, Americans and europeans . Hope the west has a contingency plan for this. Only Switzerland at present has nuclear bunkers for all its citizens, and it is not even part of nato and hence not subject to attack.

Highly unlikely. The only naked women I have seen in India are naked western tourists in bikinis. Indian women even in the beaches wear full body covering swim suits. There is a lot of emphasis in India on looking respectable and decent to ensure dignity and authority , probably due to social conditioning.

The former Pope Francis had similarly criticized the NATO expansion for the ukraine war for the last two years. https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-nato-cause-ukraine-invasion-russia/ The new American pope however has refused to condemn nato expansion and had blamed Russia alone for the invasion. https://tvpworld.com/86810241/pope-leo-opens-papacy-with-break-from-francis-on-ukraine-war

Western intellectuals and scholars like Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hedges and Jeffrey Sachs have also expressed similar viewpoints on Nato. https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/79420-noam-chomsky-on-nato/#comment-1112149 https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/99343-christopher-hedges-on-nato/#comment-1429128 https://www.actualized.org/forum/topic/105640-jeffrey-sachs-on-nato/#comment-1559969

Australian political writer, commentator and policy analyst Tom Switzer on why NATO expansion explains Russia's actions .. https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/why-nato-expansion-explains-russias-actions-in-ukraine/

There are also murky cases of the latest Jeffrey Epstein scandal and Dutroux scandal in the west at present where many high ranking western figures were involved, in addition to the war crimes perpetrated in europe and colonial wars elsewhere. It is not correct to ignore them thinking or hoping no one is aware of them. We are obviously bound to retaliate on terrorist attacks . We had not however participated in the recent invasions of Iraq or colonial invasions of Algeria, Phillipines, Haiti, Mexico, Angola, Mozambique, Vietnam, Indonesia , Namibia, Congo and others (too many to put here) and perpetrate human rights violations over there. While the western powers had replaced many democracies with brutal dictatorships in the western hemisphere such as that of General Pinochet in Chile, India is not guilty of the same. The likes of Nobel peace prize winners like Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, Liu Xiaobo , Aung San Kyi and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez had considered Mahatma Gandhi as an inspirational figure.

India has the largest population in the world, so it is bound to have the highest crime statistics in the world. Since it has the largest number of english speaking news agencies much of them are meticulously documented and reported, leading to a perception of high crime rates in India, when actually in terms of proportion it has lesser crime rates (2.6) than the likes of Kazhakshthan(7.1), Ireland (19.3), Germany (15.5), Denmark (39.9) , Finland (42.5) and so on. Though India has the second largest army on earth, it has not fostered wars and invasions in faraway nations as part of its foreign policy. This itself ensures that a major portion of possible human rights violations around the world have not been committed by India. You can check out the war crimes committed by other war-mongering countries in the world in terms of comparison . The two world wars which originated in europe lead to the deaths of over a 100 million people as well rapes of millions of woman and girls. https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/chapters/sexual-assault-first-world-war https://medicamondiale.org/en/violence-against-women/news/world-war-ii-millions-of-rapes-on-women-and-girls India is the largest contributor to UN peacekeeping forces which have strenthened law and order in many foreign countries . Indian female UN officers like Inspector Shakti Devi and Major Radhika Sen have won UN awards for their distinguished services in Afghanistan and Congo. Dr. Kiran Bedi is an Indian female police officer who became the first woman to serve as the United Nations Police Adviser and had been honored with the UN medal for outstanding service. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-police-officer-wins-uns-international-female-peacekeeper-award-679232 https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/quicksplained-major-radhika-sen-indian-army-officer-un-advocacy-award-13776450.html https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kiran-bedi-honoured-with-un-medal/articleshow/707426.cms

The Brahmakumaris consider the Shivalingam to denote God as a point of light. Another name of the Shivalingam means 'Jyotirlingam' with lingam meaning mark/emblem and 'Jyoti' in sanskrit meaning 'light.' Jyotirlingam thus means 'mark of light'.

Peace ends when you are emotionally involved in a situation. The practice of being a detached observer helps you stay stable and calm. It is the best way to approach a decision in any circumstance. ~ Brahmakumaris 'Being detached means not being mentally affected by anything, and observing events as passing scenes in the drama of life. This allows us to see things as they are and take appropriate decisions. But when we become involved, we start questioning why things are the way they are, and why people behave the way they do. This can lead to dissatisfaction, frustration and anger, which can lead us to act in ways that bring sorrow. ~ Brij Mohan (Brahmakumaris)

While the patriarchial abrahamic religions have destroyed goddess temples in south america, europe and asia, the same exist in india intact and there are thousands of goddess temples in India venerating the divine feminine. You can only find the same in buddhist goddess temples in eastern asia and nowhere else. The various Hindu goddesses are considered as manifestations of the supreme and unitary Brahman. India has the largest population in the world and it obviously has the largest crime rates in the world statistically speaking, all reported by the Indian english speaking newsapers, the largest body of english newspapers in the world. However to equate this with lack of feminism in India is ridiculous. There are many female enlightened sages in India worshipped in India and around the world as in Sharda Devi, Mata Amritandandamayi, Anandamayi Ma, Mother Meera, Karunamayi Ma , Anandmurti Gurumaa Nirmala Devi and who have various charitable institutions serving the world. The Brahmakumaris based in India is the only spiritual organisation in the world led, administered, organised and taught by women leaders with their own theological doctrine and they have teaching centers in almost every country on earth. This is in contrast to the long tradition of male only popes and ayatollahs in abrahamic society. Politically as well, India and asia set the norm of female political leaders. India has had both female presidents and prime ministers while the USA has never had a female president till date. Indian female prime minister Indira Gandhi was seen as a role model by british politician Margaret Thatcher who became the first female prime minister of the UK later on. Thatcher’s biographer Hugo Young says the first meeting between them in the year 1976 in Indira Gandhi's home in Delhi, marked an important step in her journey towards belief in herself as a rising international stateswoman. This was prior to Thatcher becoming the British prime minister in 1979. Thatcher called Gandhi the "distinguished leader" of a great country and prime minister of the "greatest democracy" during a luncheon speech while welcoming her in London on March 22, 1982, for the opening of the Festival of India, a cultural programme. Both of them were also known by the sobriquet of 'The Iron Lady'. https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/what-indira-gandhi-and-margaret-thatcher-shared/story-6ekTtiqP5xoumpgHkMfUPM.html Indian and eastern feminism diverges from western feminism in that Indian women commands more respect and attention as they age due to their wisdom and experience, as wisdom is given a lot of importance in Indian and asian society. In the west beauty is a parameter for the respect and attention women receive in western society,and an aged lady would not command as much respect as a young woman.

India is going well now and I am sure it will take care of its post-conflict issues with pakistan with the necessary tact and diplomacy. However there is no post-conflict phase in ukraine yet, and the eventuality of a nuclear war and holocaust still remains. There is no guarantee that you or the other westerners here will be alive the next moment. Without such a base of stability and certainty, and their past history of colonialism, incessant wars and world wars, it would obviously be hypocritical on their part to advise the rest of the world.

It is hard for Europe and US to understand such a relationship between these two ancient civilizations. This is because most european nations , other than the greeks, are of recent origin and does not have much of a history to speak of. The US as a nation is just over two centuries old. Consequently they are bound to look with so called strategic interests and machiavelian outlooks. Former president and Nobel peace prize winner Jimmy Carter lamented the fact that the US has seen more years of war than peace in its existence. https://jordantimes.com/opinion/hasan-abu-nimah/america-and-its-perpetual-wars

This happened when communism with its nihilistic elements originated in europe came to china creating unprecedented class warfare. Even then the deaths were mainly due to lop sided policies leading to famine and not actual war, and figures range to a maximum of 50 million deaths , and nowhere near hundred million. Yes, weapons of mass destruction were developed to very high level in the west which lead to the high death rates. Over a hundred million people died in the two world wars which originated in europe. This was compounded by superficial philosophies related to nihilism, scientific materialism that reduced the human being to mere soul-less body of matter, and racial superiority. Millions of Ukrainians were raped, tortured and killed in a short span of time when the Europeans Nazis advanced through Ukraine to Russia, mainly due to the dehumanising influence of such lopsided philosophies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalplan_Ost India has developed a nuclear triad of launching nuclear weapons through aircraft, nuclear submarines and ballistic missiles. However, due to moral and humanitarian considerations, it has adopted a no first strike policy considering the heavy damage such weapons can do to humanity. So has the chinese. However the Americans, UK, French and Russians have pre-emptive nuclear first strike policies ignoring the great harm they can to their own population and humanity. Hence don't be surprised if the americans, europeans and russians cease to exist one fine day due to a foolish flare-out. They have my sympathies though.