{"id":1107,"date":"2012-01-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/death-and-rebirth-of-k-o-a\/"},"modified":"2012-01-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T00:00:00","slug":"death-and-rebirth-of-k-o-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/death-and-rebirth-of-k-o-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Death And Rebirth Of K.O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have plunged in deep sorrow<br \/>\nAnd mourn the passing away of K.O.A.<br \/>\nThe fraternity that gave us sustenance, spirit, and soul.<\/p>\n<p>They sullied, humiliated, and cut asunder the honor of K.O.A.,<br \/>\nThe mother that irrigated our roots and nourished our brotherhood<br \/>\n8,000 miles away from Khirbhavani.<\/p>\n<p>They ruthlessly trampled its mission,<br \/>\nDemonically clobbered its bye-laws,<br \/>\nMembers insulted members,<br \/>\nLeaders threatened each other,<br \/>\nTruth was asphyxiated by a welter of lies,<br \/>\nFake peaceniks screamed to make their names,<br \/>\nAll to hide and protect some mala fide operatives and actions.<\/p>\n<p>Today K.O.A\u2019s soul heaves in pain unnamable,<br \/>\nIts founders lie low in sorrow and shame,<br \/>\nIts volunteer stalwarts have rolled down their sleeves,<br \/>\nAll rue the demise of K.O.A.<\/p>\n<p>But K.O.A. is not yet dead,<br \/>\nAfter every death there is a rebirth,<br \/>\nAfter every defeat there is a clarion call for a new beginning,<br \/>\nA new K.O.A. will rise from the ashes of the old,<br \/>\nIn which its detractors will have no stake,<br \/>\nNew leadership will lead truthfully and selflessly,<br \/>\nNew bylaws will prevent insurgency and anarchy,<br \/>\nOur old visions will be revived.<\/p>\n<p>Generations to come our progeny will acclaim and admire<br \/>\nOur courage to fight KOA\u2019s disintegration<br \/>\nAnd rebuild it as a lasting gift to them.<\/p>\n<p>Suffern,<br \/> New York, January 17,<br \/> 20012 www.kaulscorner.com <br \/>maharaj.kaul@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we have plunged in deep sorrow And mourn the passing away of K.O.A. The fraternity that gave us sustenance, spirit, and soul. They sullied, humiliated, and cut asunder the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-poems"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagingserver3.com\/Maharaj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}