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Guardian UK Journalist Paul Lewis, Sathya Sai Baba And The Duke Of Edinburgh Award

On November 4th 2006, Paul Lewis (a journalist for The Guardian UK newspaper) published a poorly researched and highly biased article about Sathya Sai Baba entitled “The Indian living god, the paedophilia claims and the Duke of Edinburgh awards”.

Paul Lewis’ article was duplicated and summarized through various other media under the titles:

• “UK charity runs into rough seas over Sai Baba link”
• “Satya Sai Baba caught in British controversy”
• “Spiritual leader Satya Sai Baba caught in British controversy”
• “Brit boys to keep off Sai Baba’s reach”
• “Sai Baba accused of sexual abuse
• “Sathya Sai Baba And The Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme”
• “Paedophilia claims made against living god

Despite all these different media duplicating Paul Lewis’ story, not even one single journalist was able to independently verify or substantiate even one single case of alleged “pedophilia” against Sathya Sai Baba.

Link To Paul Lewis’ Article In The Guardian UK Newspaper:
“The Indian Living God, The Paedophilia Claims And The Duke Of Edinburgh Awards”

Paul Lewis’ Hidden Bias Uncovered:

It has come to light that Paul Lewis wrote his article in exclusive collaboration with Ex-Devotees, including the fully exposed pervert Sanjay Kishore Dadlani. On a QuickTopic forum, Sanjay Dadlani conceded that The Guardian article was the direct result of collaboration between himself, Ex-Devotees and Paul Lewis.

Paul Lewis’ biased Anti-Baba newspaper article was in planning for six months. Here are Sanjay’s comments fully conceding that the newspaper article against Sathya Sai Baba was a premeditated, concerted and deliberate hack job:

Sanjay Dadlani: “Want to talk about blindness? I warned you fools about this months ago, but you’re way too thick to pick up the hints. I even warned you months in advance about the BBC movie, and you were too thick to pick up the hints about that too. Nothing has changed even two years later. :-)” (Reference)

Indeed, on April 24th 2006, Sanjay did give a warning about a coming Anti-Sai exposure in November 2006 regarding the UK Sai Youth Group contingent traveling to Puttaparthi and sexual abuse claims. On the SSB2 Yahoo Group, Sanjay said:

Sanjay Dadlani: “Sai Baba, male-rapist extraordinaire, has been drooling for TWO YEARS expecting the entire UK Youth contingent to travel to Puttaparthi and satisfy his perverted sexual cravings. It’s all going down this November. Details to follow” (Reference).

Just as Sanjay predicted, come November (six months later), Paul Lewis published an article in The Guardian UK newspaper about (you guessed it) the UK Sai Youth Group contingent traveling to Puttaparthi and “paedophilia claims”. Coincidence? I think not.

More admissions from Sanjay Dadlani on QuickTopic:

Sanjay Dadlani: “What you morons fail to realise is that these things take months of planning and co-ordinated research, especially by journalists and reporters of prestigious newspapers (such as the Times, Daily Telegraph, Australian Age, etc etc) who tend to go off and do their own research in the hope of turning up something new. We already knew about this issue months before the date pf publication of course. In fact it was mooted as a front-page story, but at the last minute a development in a legal issue involving PM Tony Blair took precedence and the Sai Baba article was moved to Page 3. No matter, open the paper and it all goes BOOM! in your face…How did you like the distractions, Moreno? Sorry I couldn’t take part while I was busy participating in this development…We run the Exposé and the Exposé continues.” (Reference)

Sanjay Dadlani: “WE run the Exposé and the Exposé continues!…And I’ll be sure to pass your ridiculous comments to Paul Lewis. I’m sure he’ll be interested to hear what an abusive and impunitively slanderous punk like you thinks of his journalistic credentials and an internationally-renowned highbrow British newspaper like The Guardian…” (Reference)

Sanjay Dadlani: “And yes, I know all about what has gone on behind the scenes. This is the stuff I am working on while you idiots are arguing endlessly over who’s a bigger pervert than who when the biggest pervert of all (Sai Baba) has just been exposed today (Saturday 4th November 2006) in a very nice Page 3 spread in a highbrow British newspaper like The Guardian. Of course, I already know which page it’s on even though I don’t have it yet. In a few hours I’ll go out and purchase a hard copy. :-)” (Reference)

Needless to say, it is exactly this type of hidden bias (contravening the standards of respected journalism) that is responsible for misleading so many people about the allegations against Sathya Sai Baba. This very same type of hidden bias is to be found in both the Secret Swami Documentary and Michelle Goldberg’s Salon.com article entitled Untouchable? This time around, however, we have direct admissions from Sanjay Dadlani that Paul Lewis’ newspaper article was the direct result of behind-the-scenes scheming, subterfuge and collaboration between himself, Ex-Devotees and Paul Lewis. Shame on Paul Lewis and shame on The Guardian UK!

Shabby Research By Paul Lewis:

Although Journalist Paul Lewis’ article was in planning for six months, Paul Lewis could not even get basic facts correct about Sathya Sai Baba. For instance, Paul Lewis wrote:

Paul Lewis: “…followers are devoted to the preachings of 79-year-old holy man, Sai Baba…The trip coincides with Sai Baba’s 80th birthday…”

First of all, Sathya Sai Baba was not 79 years old in 2006. Sathya Sai Baba was turning 81 years old in 2006 and his 80th birthday celebrations occurred in 2005. It is nothing short of utter absurdity to claim that an 81 year old guru in a wheelchair is going to sexually molest children. This is exactly what Paul Lewis and Ex-Devotees want others to believe. As a matter of fact, one must remember that Ex-Devotees repeatedly make the arguments that Sathya Sai Baba suffers from frail health, stumbles often while walking, has thinning hair, suffers from dementia, broke bones going back to 1988 and allegedly suffered several heart attacks. This is the type of “frail person” who allegedly has the libido of a teenager and the strength of a giant to subdue healthy male adults in the prime of their youth.

Paul Lewis Purposely Distorted The Former U.S. State Dept Warning:

It is very disturbing that Paul Lewis (intentionally?) left out the wholly relevant word “unconfirmed” when he cited the former U.S. State Department Warning, which Ex-Devotees boasted on accomplishing themselves. Paul Lewis wrote:

Paul Lewis: “…the US State Department issued a travel warning after reports of ‘inappropriate sexual behaviour by a prominent local religious leader’…”.

The former warning actually said (not mentioning Sathya Sai Baba by name):

US State Dept.: “…unconfirmed reports of inappropriate sexual behavior by a prominent local religious leader…”

Is it coincidence that Paul Lewis left out the very same word (i.e., “unconfirmed”) that Ex-Devotees left out when referencing the former US State Department advisory? I think not.

It is also significant to point out that Ex-Devotees attempted to get Britain to issue a similar warning against Sathya Sai Baba and failed. The following is the response given by S. Revathi and R. Ramanujam to Glen Meloy (an Ex-Devotee):

From: Revathi.Ramanujam@fco.gov.uk
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 08:01:23 +0100
To: glenmeloy@earthlink.net
Subject: Travel Warning for Visitors to Sai Baba Ashrams

Dear Mr Meloy

Thank you for your e-mail of 2 May 2002 addressed to Stephen Bailey which has been passed to me for reply.

We have not received any complaints against the Sai Baba organisation from British visitors, and as far as we can establish, no police investigations are currently underway. This remains a matter for the Indian authorities to investigate. In the light of this, it would be inappropriate to include references to these allegations in our travel advice.

S Revathi
Mrs R Ramanujam
Consular Officer
BDHC, Chennai

Paul Lewis’ Mention Of The Secret Swami Programme:

No one seems to be questioning WHY alleged victim’s mothers and fathers have all (without exception) failed in their moral, ethical and legal duties by ignoring the alleged molestations of their children (as there are no basic police complaints, public grievances or court cases filed against Sathya Sai Baba in India). Journalists should be taking their gripes to the parents of alleged victims and should be castigating them for ignoring and dimissing their children’s alleged molestations.

The irrefutable fact that no parent has ever filed a public grievance, basic police complaint or court case in India against Sathya Sai Baba strongly argues that the Guru never molested children.

Although Paul Lewis had six months to research his article, he apparently ignored Moreno’s high-ranking webpages concerning Alaya Rahm (The BBC “Secret Swami” prime witness), who ended up self-dismissing his own lawsuit against the Sathya Sai Baba Society after Lewis Kreydick (a witness named by Alaya Rahm himself) came forward and thoroughly refuted Alaya Rahm’s claims (Refs: 01).

Purposely withheld from the general public were Alaya Rahm’s promiscuous sexual activities (prior to meeting Sai Baba) and his self-admission (in the “Response To Form Interrogatories” court records) to being a decade-long daily user of illegal street drugs and alcohol (Ref). Alaya Rahm was so “seriously sexually abused” he suffered no psychological trauma that would have required medical or psychiatric care by his own admission. Alaya identified no psychologist who had ever examined him, nor did his parents ever send him to see any kind of therapist. Alaya, although an adult, was being financially supported by his parents and only came forward with his allegations of sexual abuse when his parents (on a surprise visit) threatened to cut him off financially because they were displeased with his lifestyle, the company he was keeping and his failure to behave in a proper manner.

Tom Sackville was made fully aware of all this information (Moreno personally emailed it to him), yet Tom Sackville continues on as if he is oblivious to these facts. Neither Tom Sackville, Anti-Sai Activists, Paul Lewis or anyone else for that matter can produce even one single paedophilia testimony from a parent of a “child”, “boy” or “kid”. Paul Lewis researched his article in collaboration with Anti-Sai Activists (who claim they have the “real evidence” against Satya Sai Baba) and even with their help Paul Lewis could not independently substantiate even one “paedophilia” claim against Sathya Sai Baba. Not even one!

Anti-Sai Activists also attempt to hide the fact that Alaya Rahm made very disturbing claims that Sathya Sai Baba literally and miraculously transformed his male genitals into female ones on two separate occasions. As if this is not shocking enough, Alaya Rahm wrote a love-poem to Sathya Sai Baba after allegedly being sexually abused dozens of times. Alaya even carried two scarves with him so that he could double his chances of having an interview with Sai Baba. Is this the behavior from someone who was being “seriously sexually abused”? Furthermore, all of this transpired when Alaya was an adult, 18+ years of age.

Even though Barry Pittard (an Anti-Sai Activist) stated “Well over a hundred sworn affidavits alleging sexual molestation of young males has been lodged with FBI”, not even one single witness was identified to the court on Alaya Rahm’s behalf. This highly suggests that Anti-Sai Activist’s numbers to alleged victims are untrue, unsubstantiated and exaggerated. The fact that no one came forward to support Alaya Rahm in his allegations against Sathya Sai Baba changes the entire face of the Sai Controversy.

Paul Lewis – In Conclusion:

In conclusion, this once again goes to show that all of these Anti-Sai articles have an Anti-Sai agenda behind them. Although Paul Lewis was working in collaboration with Anti-Sai Activists for six months, the end result is that he could not provide any new information against Sathya Sai Baba. Paul Lewis attempted to re-packaged old allegations and old claims and pass it off as something new.

After six months of research and access to Anti-Sai Activists (who claim they have the “real evidence” against Sathya Sai Baba), Paul Lewis could not independently confirm even one single case of “pedophilia” against Sathya Sai Baba. Rather, Lewis wrote about “claims of pedophilia”. Surely, if there were proof or legitimate complaints of “pedophilia” against Sathya Sai Baba, Lewis (a journalist for the “esteemed” Guardian newspaper) would have found it. He found nothing. Why not? With all these rampant claims of “pedophilia”, surely there must have been at least one case or story Paul Lewis could have independently confirmed. No cases and no stories were confirmed by Paul Lewis. Period.

Those opposing Sathya Sai Baba have failed to make any leeway against him in a court of law for alleged acts of sexual impropriety. This highly suggests that the “evidence” against Sathya Sai Baba is inadequate or non-existent.

Because Anti-Sai Activist have no proof against Sathya Sai Baba, they wage an internet smear campaign and attempt to feed questionable stories to the media by banding together and employing group thuggery tactics. Any sincere inquiry into this issue will clearly reveal that the allegations against Sathya Sai Baba are based on rumors, second/third hand accounts, contradictory testimonies, anonymous individuals and the like.

Thankfully, Sanjay Dadlani has a big mouth, cannot keep secrets and let it slip out that Anti-Sai Activists were behind The Guardian newspaper article written by Paul Lewis. Who knows what other secrets lay behind the other “exposures” against Sathya Sai Baba? As one can see, the modus operandi of Anti-Sai Activists is one of subterfuge, deceit and secrecy. In the past, those who accused Anti-Sai Activists of behaving this way were dismissed as “paranoid” or resorting to “ad hominem” attacks. All along, Sai Devotees and Sai Proponents were right. Anti-Sai Activists are deceitful propagandists who operate behind-the-scenes, resorting to secrecy and subterfuge to push their public hate-campaigns against Sathya Sai Baba.

The truth is now out and there is no stopping it.

300 Year Old Shiva Lingam Found in Puttaparthi

Om Sairam dearest family,

on 23rd July 2009 there was some work being done in one farmer’s field just behind Sathya Sai Baba’s ashram in Peddakammavari Palli road and the work men found this less than 3 feet Shivalingam.

In no time the news spread in Puttaparthi and hundreds of devotees started going there and it was talk of the town. Puttaparthi has little bit of history before Sathya Sai Baba’s birth in this holy tiny hamlet… The King Sri Krishnadevaraya who had his base in Penukonda (1 hour from Parthi) had built some temples around Puttaparthi in Bukkapatnam and he was also instrumental in building two lakes in Puttaparthi area.

The emergence of Lingam was a big news for Puttaparthians and the media from all over the state came here to cover the news. The archeological director was also called to check the Shivalingam. The primary investigation confirms that that lingam was of 17 th century and the Archeological director also didn’t write off the possibility of a temple some where closer by this place.

Devotees were queuing up to see this lingam. Many offered Milk, Ghee and other offerings as abhishekam and there were also high profile visitors from the ashram to see this lingam. The flower and coconut vendors who usually sell near Ganesh gate shifted to this new place and it was totally a festive atmosphere around the Lingam place. The auto rickshaw drivers were all driving up and down with devotees to this place.

The upper part of the lingam was detachable and many pandits are of the opinion that since the upper part was removed, it needs to be installed in a better place and a puja is to be done to get the power back into the Lingam.

Here are some photos of the Lingam…

With pranams at the lotus feet of our beloved Lord

Satish Naik.

- Curtesy SaiBabaNews Yahoo Group

‘Hillary Clinton excited about India trip’

Washington (IANS): As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left on a much awaited trip to India, the US again stressed the importance it placed on the role India can play not just in the region, but as a global player.

Ms. Clinton’s series of meetings with current and former officials, lawmakers and think tanks in the run up to the visit is “an indication of the importance that Secretary Ms. Clinton and the administration, in general, places on our relationship with India, with the world’s largest democracy,” State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said Thursday.

“And I think we want to really look forward and look at this relationship as something that can be very constructive in the kind of role that India can play not just in the region, but as a global player,” he said.

“Ms. Clinton is genuinely excited about this trip and is really looking forward to spending a lot of time in India, three full days,” said Mr. Kelly who would be accompanying her on the trip.

The US also hoped to conclude some bilateral agreements during the trip, Mr. Kelly said. But “for the first two days, it’s going to be almost entirely people-to-people type activities, which she, of course, enjoys very much and puts a lot of importance on.”

Asked if the US is worried about China’s military build-up and if it was going to be on the table during Ms. Clinton’s meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said: “I just – I can’t predict what will come up.”

“I think most of the focus is going to be on our bilateral relationship,” Mr. Kelly said. There will be “some agreements in the security field. But I think it’s really going to be more talking about our partnership, about our bilateral relationship.”

In Mumbai, Ms. Clinton plans to commemorate the Nov 26 terrorist attack. “It was a horrific event and we know that it touched the lives of many families. And so she wants to pay tribute to the people who suffered in the event,” he said.

But Mr. Kelly declined to confirm whether she would be staying at the same hotel where the terrorists struck. “Well, I don’t think we talk about where we stay when we – before we get there, so I’m not going to confirm where we’re staying.”

The Hindu Reference

God And Sensitivity

Loving Sai Ram and greetings from Prashanti Nilayam.

Last week, there was a lot of media-hype here in India about a certain type of so-called sporting event. It had to do with a young boy named Budhia Singh of Orissa, age four, yes, four years only. And what was it that Budhia do that attracted so much attention? He walked non-stop for seven hours, in hot blazing sun – in May, the sun can be damn hot in India – covering a distance of sixty-five kilometres. Budhia walked from the sacred town Puri to Bhuvaneshwar, the State Capital.

Why on earth did Budhia do such a thing, instead of staying home, playing or watching TV or whatever? Because his father wanted his young son to become famous and have his name entered in the book of records. The foolish father was egged on by many, including a coach and a local establishment that compiles records – they and many others, obligingly supported the marathon walk. For the Media of course this was a welcome break, a ‘great’ human interest story, and a chance to lay off, at least for some time, from the seedy and sleazy news they usually keep themselves busy with. Oh yes, there were some rumblings from about half a dozen ‘human right activists,’ but on the whole, the Media and a good section of the public seemed to have enjoyed the ‘show’. To be up to date, we must mention that the National Human Rights Commission has just started enquiring into the whole affair. A panel of doctors have examined the child and expressed grave concern. They say young Budhia is undernourished, he is showing signs of stress, he may develop early rheumatism and also suffer renal failure.

Let us stand back and reflect on the whole affair. Did the boy gain anything? Absolutely not, except extreme exhaustion – what else can one expect when a small kid, a mere four years old, is made to walk non-stop for seven hours, a distance of 65 km, and that too in the hot sun? And you know what? We see from the photo that appeared in the newspaper showing Budhia approaching Bhuvaneshwar, that the child was not even wearing a cap!

Did the father gain anything? Perhaps he thought he did, but we wonder! The reason we mention all this is to focus on the rapid diminishing of human sensitivity. We do not wish to imply that sensitivity has altogether vanished from the human race; no, it has not. We just have to recall what happened at the time of the Tsunami, for example. Millions came forward to help, as also various social organisations and Governments. Mercifully, great calamities still produce a touching response in terms of aid and support. By God’s Grace, the spirit of the Good Samaritan is still alive, to a substantial extent. However, when it comes to so-called ‘routine and normal’ daily life, sensitivity often seems to take a back seat. Why is this so, and is it desirable? That is the question we now wish to consider.

Few realise that sensitivity has everything to do with God and Divine feelings. We often use the word compassion. Do we realise that if a person is insensitive, that person cannot feel compassion? Here it is necessary to refer to an incident, hardly known, that happened during the last days of October 2000. One afternoon, Sathya Sai Baba suddenly called all the teachers into the Bhajan Hall of the Mandir and started speaking to them. He said that he had recently read in the newspaper that a woman, unable to bear poverty and the fact that she could not feed her children, threw them all into a well and then committed suicide. When Swami was referring to this incident, His voice became chocked and He almost broke down. This was a totally new experience for many of those present, although they had been with Swami for years and years. For them it raised many questions like: ‘Swami often talks to us about equanimity, and yet here He is, breaking down! What does that mean’? Let us examine this question a bit.

Yes, God in human form HAS taught that man should treat pleasure and pain with composure, equanimity, etc., and remain unaffected by them. And yet here was God in human form, appearing to break down as ordinary mortals do. Was He not contradicting His own teachings? Superficially, it might seem so but let us consider another of His teachings ‘My Life is My Message’! So what’s the Message Sathya Sai Baba was giving on this occasion? He was saying effectively, ‘O man, is you Heart soft like butter and does it melt when you encounter suffering either by directly witnessing it or by hearing’. Or is your Heart hard like stone? Can you call yourself a human and let others cry in anguish? Is it not your duty to go to the help of people in distress? Was that not the lesson that Jesus taught through the famous parable of the Good Samaritan? On another occasion, Sri Sathya Sai Baba said: ‘If you do not feel the call of service at the sight of human distress, disease or injustice, how can you muster the determination and dedication needed to serve the Unseen, Inscrutable, and Mysterious God’?

If we take all these things together, then the message is loud and clear. We cannot claim to truly love God, if we fail to see Him in all living beings, and that includes of course fellow human beings. If we see God in others, especially those who are in distress, then we would not remain quiet; we would try and do at least something to relieve their pain. That really is what sensitivity is all about.

The question arises: ‘Why on earth are so many of us so insensitive’? Well, if you want the answer in a nutshell, it is our intense preoccupation with ourselves, our ambitions, our greed, our family, our this and our that. We do concede that some amount of attachment is inevitable for humans, but an excess of it.

Sensitivity is not always all about poverty, misery etc; there are many dimensions to it. Sensitivity also concerns how we relate to blind and handicapped people, how unwilling we are to hurt other people, how worried we are about exploitation and cruelty, not only to humans but indeed to all living beings; the list is long. When we look at the issue in a broader perspective, we find that both individuals and the societies they live in are constantly torn between two opposite forces. One force evokes goodness from within, while the other force urges indifference and indeed even selfishness. Thus, no one individual is completely heartless or totally selfish; the same applies to communities, nations and societies. The issue before us is: ‘On the average, what is the current index of sensitivity? Does it portend good for the future or bad?’ Different people would naturally have different perceptions, and we would like to place before you, our view of things.

If you take a crowded country like India, generally speaking, we tend to be quite indifferent to many of the problems that the underprivileged experience. For example, we do not seem to be bothered too much about the difficulties blind people face. In fact, some years ago, there was a most disgraceful incident when, during a rally of blind people in a big city, the rally was called to highlight many of the problems the blind face and the police carried out a lathi charge or a baton charge as they would say in the West. Imagine that! Police beating blind people, who had come out to highlight their problems and to protest!!

One can go on and on, but to be fair, it must be said that there are many, many concerned people also. For example, some years ago, there was the heart-warming story of a person who was working with spastic children, in Bangalore we believe. All these children were confined to the wheel chair. Yet, in spite of that handicap, they were motivated by this man to stage a play, the Ramayana; and the wonder of it was, that the man who produced the play was a Muslim. There are many such public-spirited people in this country who are quite vigorous in championing the cause of the slum dweller, tribals displaced by the construction of huge dams, and so on. But at the end of the day, what matters most is what the average person feels, and how sensitive the societies in which the person lives are.

In Japan, for example, the roads and even railway stations are so well laid out that blind and handicapped people can move fairly easily on sidewalks, get into trains etc., without anybody’s help. In America, there are any number of social groups that concern themselves very seriously with problems of suicide, alcoholism, drug addiction, depression, obesity etc., and go all out to help such people. Not only that; they are very pro-active in highlighting the issues involved and eliciting strong public support. And when there is strong public support, the government of the day has to respond by enacting laws that help handicapped and other people in substantial ways. Thus, if we are talking about the ‘average index of sensitivity’ in a community, it depends to a large extent on what the ordinary people feel about matters that ought to be of concern. By and large, it would seem that in the ‘advanced countries,’ there is greater social awareness about social problems and issues. In turn this is reflected in the way those societies deal with such matters.

OK, all this is fine; but what has it got to do with Sathya SaiBaba, His teachings etc? That is what we would like to consider next. There are two things we would like to mention as a preliminary. First is the line from the Gita that Swami often quotes. In that quote, Krishna says, “My Divinity pervades all and everything, and an aspect of My Divinity is to be found in all living beings.” In practical terms, it means that Swami is in all. Next, Swami says that recognising this immanent and latent Divinity within us, each of us must see the world and deal with it, being fully conscious of the Omnipresence of God. Let us examine what this means.

Let us start with a simple matter like greetings. When we greet a person, do we recall what Swami has said about it? He says, if you offer respect to a person, you are actually offering obeisance to the God within. Do we ever bother to recall that? If we did, we would never dare to abuse another person or speak rudely. For Swami has said that every abuse hurled at another ‘person/body’ ends up reaching God. Do we want to do that?

So the first lesson is that when relating to ‘others’, be it through feelings, thoughts, word or action, we must always remember that the ultimate destination of all these is really the Omnipresent God.

In other words, we must constantly feel that we are always dealing with God, though in worldly terms we might be dealing with Mr. X or Ms. Y. Once one is saturated with this feeling always, many things would instantly change, often without anybody spending one cent.

Just to highlight how important this matter is, let us take the issue of prisoners. Every country has laws and those who violate laws are thrown into prison. People seem to imagine that having laws, police, courts, and prisons, takes care of the problem of law and order. Does it? Active work by socially-conscious people has shown that it does not .

In Britain, for example, an expert Committee was alarmed to find that a huge number of young people get imprisoned under the present system. In the prison, these juveniles are often forced to live along with hardened criminals, and that changes their entire outlook. Thus, when they come out, they soon join the category of hardened criminals. The Committee asked: Is this good? Can we afford to make hardened criminals of young people? Should not Society do something to use the prison term to steer these young people so that when they come out, they live as good citizens and contribute to Society? Even from a monetary point of view, which is better for Society? To have more criminals and therefore more jails, security systems, etc., or better citizens?

What we have mentioned is but the tip of the iceberg. In today’s complex Society, there are millions of problems. However, if we think carefully, almost every one of them can be solved through Love, Compassion and Sensitivity. That is what Swami is telling us all the time, but are we listening? That is the question we want to leave you with this Sunday!

See you again next week. Till then, may Swami be with you and take care of you every single second.

Jai Sai Ram.
With Love and Regards
“Heart2Heart” Team