Shantam has a go at OshoNews and Democracy!

 I want to know from the writer and publishers of Oshonews; how long they will keep up their habit of preaching to an empty space ? ?
I have to use Sannyasnews in these circumstances, because at Oshonews there is no possibility of writing reader’s interactions. (People,  at Oshonews, living in Penthouses,  simply spit out of their window  a kind of much dated  old school journalism.)
All I know is that when a long time Osho disciple speaks about democracy, it feels like Aunty Cat wants to teach the benefits of Vegan food !
I wonder, when such writers as Kul Bhushan will dare to write about the real issues, like  the stunted policy makers of the Resort. Kul Bhushan’s democracy article is linked below,  so we can at least comment here at good old Sannyasnews about his in-flight drivel.

http://www.oshonews.com/2013/09/do-we-deserve-democracy/

This entry was posted in Discussion, The World. Bookmark the permalink.

23 Responses to Shantam has a go at OshoNews and Democracy!

  1. frank says:

    two heavyweight overweight oriental gentlemen,wearing only ceremonial underwear,using all their strength to push each other out of a small circle….?
    yes,ladies and gentlemen….
    its….. Osho Sumo Wrestling ™

    has contender Mr Kool “the Basher” Bashan got it in him to go the distance with the Chuddie-King himself,Shree Shantam,the Jullundur Jabber…?

    most spiritual bookmakers are giving extremely long odds on this guy Bull Cushion showing at all..
    well,a quick glance at their form in the akashik records tells why…
    Shrek Shantam has years of bruising experience under his belt(!) in that most testing mystery school of hard knocks–Jackassnews …
    the tireless battler has received so many cyber Glasgow kisses from LBW Gorbalsji that even his third eye has a shiner!
    he`s been repeatedly slashed by the vicious and merciless rationality and logic of Satya ” common-sense” Deva…
    his chuddies have been ceaselessly and mercilessly pulled to the floor in mid flight by frank, arguably the nastiest and most vicious cynic since diogenes` dog and the rest of the rabid pack animals that just love to tear genuine spiritual seekers limb from limb as a hobby…….
    yet none of it has stopped the chuddy-king and now here he is on the eve of the biggest scrap of his life….
    Kool Bushman,on the other hand,has been breathing the rarified air of the Osho Ivory Tower News, where everybody agrees about everything and lives in perfect happiness and bliss…..
    well ,he has talked the talk,but can he walk the walk..?
    it will take a lot more than a self-righteous diatribe against democracy to save him now…
    get ready for the rumble in the jungle…
    the battle of the babas…
    who will be the indian spiritual osho-disciple heavyweight of the century..?
    kebabs away..
    round one….
    bring it on!!
    may the best man win….

    • Anand Newman says:

      ha..ha..ha..ha…u made my day.
      Keep it up Franky..

    • dominic says:

      Prostrations to Frank for raising the fundalini…
      Match of the day with the two chuddyweights, the blind vs the bland, and Frank ‘diogenes dog-fight’ Motson’s commentary…..bring it on with my bombay mix and cobra beer in hand. Though I suspect it’ll be an osho noshow for oshoolds.

      • frank says:

        well,this match of the day certainly has a bit of extra added edge,needle and grudge to it, owing to the fact that it is of course,a local derby.
        both of the lads,Bul and Shrekky are from the Jullundur area,so its not just Osho`s vision and legacy that they are fighting for ,its local pride and bragging rights,too.
        they`ve both come a long way from their humble beginnings and are now looking to establish themselves on the world stage….
        news from shree shantams alpine training centre has it that he`s been working all hours on his weight for a long time now.. a combination of mums` rotis and 2 for 1 meal deals at lidl seem to be paying dividends as hes now comfortably into the heavyweight category…
        and to be honest,this bull guy really looks like he could be cruising for a bruising..
        both of them are veteran punjabberers,of course and,on paper, they are pretty evenly matched,as neither of them have managed to stitch together a meaningful sentence for years…
        well,we mustn’t forget the well-known hindi proverb:
        `Punjabi born
        and Punjabi bred
        strong in the arm
        but thick in the `ead…`

        its not going to be one for the faint hearted.
        these lads have got competitive running in their veins,
        for them, inter-sectarian strife is like …well….er…religion..
        and as the legendary Bul Shankarly famously opined:
        “religion is not a matter of life and death.its much more important than that”

        • satyadeva says:

          Good, solid, sensible, well-researched, down-to-earth, unpretentious, reasonable, clearly written, common-sense post.

          A major contribution to Truth.

          • frank says:

            …..and as the crowd wait expectantly for the bout to begin,some mindless chanting erupts towards the back of the stadium…
            ..its an ad hoc rendition of miten and primal`s moola mantra:
            “you`re gonna get mullered
            bul kushan,you`re gonna need a ball cushion…
            you`re gonna get mullered oik oik oik”
            and
            “he`s a fatty
            he`s totally batty
            he eats his mum`s chapattis..
            ….there`s only one shree shantam
            only one shree shantam …”

            but where is the contender?
            no sign of the oshonews man
            looks like he must have bottled it!
            is it going to be no news from osho news again…?

            the referee`s looking at his watch………

    • Lokesh says:

      Frank at his bestest. Simply put…brilliantly comedic. Gorbalsji…love it.
      I actually grew up in the poshest part of Glasgow. As a child living in the heights I ued to look south to the towering cranes of Clydebank and the smoke shrouded slums of the Gorbals, a place pictured in my child’s mind as the Hobbit equivelant of Mordor.

  2. Parmartha says:

    Osho may have talked for and against democracy, but he wasn’t a “natural” democrat by any means! In fact there are very few of them, it is not a “natural” human condition! Humans, evolution wise are just a very young pack animal with genes based on vicious “leadership” dog fights to the death, by so-called alpha males, hence autocracy being the order of the day in one form or another in most human affairs, including the nation state. That;’s why if enlightenment is a genuine state attaining by human beings I would say it has to be “accidental” in all cases!
    Well done to Shantam for taking on the bland Oshonews and it’s fear of discussion, and well done Frank, an excellent post that portrays the best in the human condition – namely humour.
    Sadly I very much doubt if Shantam’s protaganist will turn up here!

  3. Preetam says:

    We are paying it anyway, what is War and Hunger other than the price we pay. This democracy is based on this current credit system. Speech about Freedom in this context is a lack of background knowing, it illustrates a non decoded understanding about what is hiding behind those politics. That’s perhaps why Osho said this version of democracy is only increasing, hunger, violence and the pressure onto humanity.

  4. shantam prem says:

    I don´t think anybody from the smoggy side will ever come at Sannyasnews.
    Sannnyasnews means the suburb where hookers and artists live. It is not for the elitists.

    • Parmartha says:

      The silence from the sophisticates at Oshonews is deafening. Elitists who have their heads held so high they cannot see the turf.

    • Lokesh says:

      Golly! What is going on? Shri Shantypants has actually written something I can relate to. As one can imagine, this has come as a terrible shock to my central nervous system. I think I better take an Asprin and lie down.

    • dominic says:

      What does he mean by the “smoggy side”?
      Monsieur Shantampantalon is enjoying a bohemian rhapsody. Recollecting his past life as an impoverished artist on the streets of Montmartre. By day in the cafes he blablates the foolosophy of his ‘Incoherence movement’. By night under the table with the green fairy (absinthe) at the moulin rouge.
      When his mum sends him money, you find him avec les filles de “la chatte noir” whispering “j’adore, j’adore mon petit chouchou. Voulez vous voir mon baguette magique?”

  5. shantam prem says:

    Neo Sannyas-
    Meaning-having exaggerated self-opinion
    Synonyms: aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy.

  6. frank says:

    ….and the partisan jackass wanderers crowd go wild as the chuddy-king bangs in sensational goal after sensational goal…
    its early doors,but an arhat trick in the first five minutes has left the osho news team are in complete disarray…
    I cant see them coming back from this one!
    they don’t know whats hit `em!
    the man from Jullundur just slices through their defence at will time after time as if they just weren’t there!
    the veterans of the oshonews side are really being shown up here,they just cant deal with his pace and aggression…
    a lot of them are obviously just seeing out their bloated contracts and don’t really seem to be up for the battle….

    the name of the chuddy-king of the osho kop rings out around the stadium……..

    “there`s only one shree shantam
    there`s only one shree shantam……..”

    • Arpana says:

      Here, in another of Swami Frank’s epistles to Sannyas News, circa 2013, he revisits the dominant theme of his oeuvre, the enchuddied middle-aged eastern gentlemen.

      Sadly, Swami Frank has left no clue as to the events that lead to this obsession, and we can but surmise, make an intelligent guess, that the symbol is related to events that both drew and repelled him.

      • frank says:

        of course, some of the members of the squad aren`t going to be happy having to warm the bench every week whilst watching the stars banging in the goals for fun and getting all the plaudits…
        there`s bound to be discontent in the ranks at times…
        but religion is a results business,gary,and
        spiritual masters have to know how to deal with egos…
        but at the end of the day,if theyre not getting enough game-time,they should either just get their head down and graft a bit or put in a transfer request, rather than just moaning about it…..

  7. sannyasnews says:

    No response from Oshonews at all… …. nor Kul Bhushan, one of their main writers. For someone so loquacious it seems odd he misses his chance here!

Leave a Reply