Science vs Religion

Before Shankaracharya came to this world, there were many different philosophies. The scriptures were interpreted in different ways. Some books, which were not scriptures e.g. Manusmriti, were being studied.
Shankaracharya traveled all over India. He debated with other scholars and defeated them. He established his version of Truth.

Even though there are more than 100 Upanishads, Shankaracharya considered most of them irrelevant. He wrote commentaries on a few of them. He told his disciples to concentrate on the study of these Upanishads only.
Now, note that Shankaracharya didn't use any scientific method to prove that most of the Upanishads were wrong. He said, "I know the Truth. These Upanishads are wrong and these are right."

The Upanishads are written in a very cryptic form i.e. A good book has lots of diagrams and many examples. The Upanishads contain no diagrams and most don't have any example. So the same verse of an Upanishad can be interpreted differently by different scholars.
Shankaracharya never proved scientifically why only his interpretation of Upanishad was correct. Again, he effectively said, "I know the Truth. This is how this verse should be interpreted."

Shankaracharya also wrote a commentary on Gita. In Gita, Krishna says to Arjuna, "Karma yoga is better than Jnana yoga." Shankaracharya, in his commentary, says "Jnana yoga is better than Karma yoga."
So when Scriptures say something that Shankaracharya disagrees with, he effectively says, "I know the Truth. This verse in the Scriptures is incorrect. The real meaning of the verse is exactly opposite of what the verse says."

Shankaracharya summarized his teaching in the book Vivekchoodamani. Many of his directives, from this book, can be questioned.
He says, "A disciple should go to a Guru, serve the Guru and learn from him". In the days of Shankaracharya, Internet didn't exist. Students used to go to a Teacher's home and study. Today, students can study at their homes. So is this directive of Shankaracharya still meaningful?
He says, "First purify yourself with Karma yoga. Then take Sanyasa. Then meditate." He never scientifically proves why this sequence is mandatory for everyone. Why can't someone meditate daily living a normal life? What happens if someone meditates without taking Sanyasa? Does the fruit of meditation differ based on external activities/appearance?

Shankaracharya claims that an experience in meditation (Realization of Truth) is perfection for humans. This is again questionable because

Perfection is a path, not a destination.

E.g. If I am meditating for 1 hour a day, I can increase it to 2 hours per day. If I am helping 5 people in a day, I can increase it to 6 persons per day. I can always give better answers to people asking questions.

Essentially, Shankaracharya says, "I Know the Truth. I will tell you the way. You just follow it. Have faith in me."
If a doctor were to say, "I know this medicine works. I can't prove it scientifically. You just take this medicine. Have faith in me." When a patient fails to recover, the doctor says, "You must have made some mistake in taking the medicine. My medicine can't be wrong." Authorities will cancel the license of this doctor.
The followers of Shankaracharya can't prove their path scientifically. They blame the failed disciples for lacking faith.
A Shankaracharya follower says, "

It is true because Scriptures say so; My Guru says so.

" On the other hand, a Scientist says, "

It is true because I can prove it.

"

So choose Science or Religion.

Ripped Jeans

A Chief Minister of an Indian state said that Women wearing ripped jeans lack values. Reference
IMO,

• Women are free to wear any clothes of their choice.
• A man has a right to decide which woman he considers well-dressed. So a man has the right to reject a woman wearing ripped jeans.
• An employer/business-place has the right to permit only well-dressed people in their premises. They have the right to block entry of people wearing ripped jeans.
• A politician has no right to comment on the clothes preferred by the general public. He however is within his rights to refuse meeting a woman that he believes is poorly dressed.

Indian economy is in Stagflation

Indian economy is in stagflation. During the next few months, expect

• Fuel prices to rise
• Most commodities price will increase.
• Inflation will be high.
• Poverty will increase.
• Tax revenues will fall in real terms.

For investment in India during next one year,

• Real estate will not be a good investment.
• Most stocks will fall in real terms.
• Interest rates will remain below the actual inflation rate.
• Gold and Silver will give good returns.

Short squeeze in silver

Physical silver is a small market. A short squeeze can drive the price of silver up by a massive percentage.

How to cause a short squeeze?

1. Buy physical silver and take possession of the same.
2. Forget SLV, PSLV, etc. Forget silver mining companies. Forget any derivatives of silver. Digital silver and its derivatives can be created out of thin air.
3. Be prepared to hold your physical silver for many months. In the short run, silver shorts can cause a price drop.

There are almost no risks to this strategy. Silver can never go to zero. Central banks are creating massive amounts of currency out of thin air. Hence, silver prices will rise in the long run.

Buy silver, not to bankrupt some bank or hedge fund. Buy silver because it is real wealth, a hedge against inflation.

The fall of the USA

Many American citizens are sure that Biden won his presidency by fraud. Now,

• The Left will try to take away guns from American citizens.
• The Left will try to curtail the freedoms of American citizens.
• The USA dollar will fall as deficits rise. The USA will have high inflation.
• The USA will cease to be a soft power.
• Without the power to spend trillions on its military, the USA's influence will fall, and China's influence will rise in the next four years.

Americans should

• Hide their wealth in physical gold and silver. Cryptocurrencies are also an option for the speculative.
• Hide their guns and refuse to surrender them.
• Don't take vaccines unless you have some good reason.
• Stop using MSM (Mainstream media) for news. Keep views apolitical on platforms that censor conservative voices Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
• Americans should start using platforms like lbry, k.im, etc that have a strict policy not to censor conservative voices, as of now.
• Refuse to vote unless the potential of fraud is eliminated i.e. retina scan or fingerprint scan is mandated.

India fails in its Covid response

India had the severest lockdown in Asia. So India's GDP has suffered the worst. But the lockdown was ineffective. So the deaths in India remains the highest!

India needs to

• Remove all lockdowns.
• Encourage cleanliness, vitamin D3 to improve virus immunity, HCQ+ for high-risk persons, and Ivermectin+ for people with symptoms.

India is making many mistakes e.g.

• Locking down healthy people. There should be no restrictions on people below the age of say 65.
• Hoping for Vaccines
• Conducting RT-PCR tests on people without symptoms.
• Contact tracing.
• Making masks compulsory everywhere outside the home. Masks work if used in closed congested spaces among strangers. No need to make them compulsory in open areas like parks, roads, etc.

4G bands in India

India will auction some new 4G bands at the start of 2021. While purchasing a new mobile, please ensure that the following 4G-bands are supported:

• Band 28 - 700MHz
• Band 20 - 800MHz
• Band 5 - 850MHz
• Band 8 - 900MHz
• Band 3 - 1800MHz
• Band 1 - 2100MHz
• Band 40 - 2300MHz
• Band 41 - 2500MHz

If your phone doesn't support any of the above 4G bands, then to that extent, its network coverage will suffer.