Everyday Geeta

July 30, 2012 I have recently been reading " Lokmanya Tilak, A Biography" by AK Bhagwat and GP Pradhan published by Jaico Publishing House . I felt really bad when I realized today that I had missed his Jayanti (birth anniversary) on July 23 when I was on vacation. Bal Gangadhar Tilak, respectfully called,  Lokmanya Tilak , was a giant among the early Indian nationalists, who gave India the dynamic call to freedom: "Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it." When you hear it in Marathi, "स्वराज्य हा माझा जन्मसिद्ध अधिकार आहे आणि तो मी मिळवणारच!" or in Hindi, स्वराज हमारा जन्मसिद्ध अधिकार है और हम इसे लेकर रहेंगे (translation as above...)! You realize what a Vedantic declaration this is and it could just as easily have been said by a Swami Vivekananda. Until now, I felt I owed a personal debt of gratitude to Lokmanya Tilak since he was the genius who launched the celebration of Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav that has grown into such a sacred source of joy for mi...