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Last night, colleague of Indian origin called me a "Jaichand" as we were waiting for our Yellow Cab!

Why? A Colleague asked us about RSS. I gave a concise explanation and this upset Mr.Tiwari!

Apparently, patriotic thing to do is to whitewash RSS in front of white people! πŸ™„
The thing is, Mr.Tiwari is not a Sanghi in the conventional sense. He prefers the "Vajpayee wala BJP", was a big fan of Sheila Dixit and is currently beating the pAAP drum.

And HE called me a JAICHAND! πŸ™„

Jaichand is #ModiTongue for "Anti-National"!
Then again, Mr. Tiwari also believes in "Vivekanand wala #Hindutva"! πŸ™„

Vivekanand spoke about Hinduism. It was Savarkar who coined the ideology of Hindutva 23 years after #SwamiVivekanand died!

Do I need to tell you Mr. Tiwari studied in #SaraswatiShishuMandir? 😏
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Swami Vivekananda on September 11, 1893, at the first World’s Parliament of Religions, introduced Hinduism to America.

Presenting you a part of his speech:

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and
cordial welcome which you have given us.

I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world,
I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.
I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true.

I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of
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On 11th September 1893 #SwamiVivekanand gave famous speech at Chicago. You know how this place looks like now. These are stairs of Chicago Art Institute where Swamiji's 473 words are still illuminating. Still registering relevancy.

Tribute on his death anniversary.
Well not only this. The Chicago Art institute also established a bronze plaque on Sept 11, 1995 of Swamiji at same place.

Outside the institute a lane is named after him called as "Swami Vivekananda Way.” Read all details here;

publicartinchicago.com/the-art-instit…
Happy that the tweet provided new information to so many people.

indiatoday.in/trending-news/…
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