Download or read book Godmen of India written by Peter Ludwig Brent and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Godmen in India written by Uday Mehta and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Godmen of India written by Janaki Ram and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India has become the breeding ground of myriad Godmen and Godwomen who cheat the gullible public in the name of God and amass wealth and build their own private empires. The author, a former police officer, who had the unique oppertunity to investigate in to the dubious affairs of certain godmen and their Ashrams, debunks the claims of such Godmen and exposes them in their true colours. An interesting and revaling book and it is his fourth published work.
Download or read book Gods And Godmen Of India written by Khushwant Singh and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this vibrant volume, Khushwant, in his inimitable style, tackles all issues related to religion, faith, blind faith, new cults, and new movements in other words, he charges like a raging bull to attack the epidemic of gods and godmen that has swept the nation in recent years. Khushwant Singh quotes liberally and with perfect ease from the Adi Granth, Adi Shankaracharya, Upanishads, Koran and other holy books to buttress his arguments.
Download or read book Begone Godmen written by Dr. Abraham Kovoor and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begone Godmen! describes Dr. Kovoor's encounters with assorted fakes attempting to cash on the credulity of their victims. It is a work of detection and exposure, as enjoyable a any thriller, and a warning against the bogus gurus the reader may come across.
Download or read book Gunning for the Godman written by Ajay Lamba and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.Notorious godman Asaram Bapu, aka Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani, serves life imprisonment in the Central Jail Jodhpur. He was convicted for the rape of a minor and also has murder charges against him.Gunning for the Godman is the no-holds-barred, first-hand account of how Ajay Lamba, then DCP Jodhpur (West), landed the case and got a team of dedicated officers together. It is the story of how, foiling the Baba's many attempts to get away scot-free, they arrested him in a matter of only ten days, and how they assiduously saw the victim and her family through a four-year long trial. This, despite the countless threats to not only the girl and her family, but also to DCP Lamba's own family and team.A testimony to unrelenting courage, this story of a dynamic police officer's pursuit of justice is a lesson for these troubled times.*** DISCLAIMER: As on the date of publication of this book, the appeal of Sanchita Gupta@Shilpi against the order of conviction passed by the Special Court (POCSO) Jodhpur, is pending before the Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court. The sentence awarded to Sanchita Gupta@Shilpi has been suspended during the pendency of the appeal.
Download or read book Sorcerer s Apprentice written by Tahir Shah and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahir Shah has a genius for surreal travelling, finding or creating situations and people. Doris...
Download or read book The God Market written by Meera Nanda and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom says that integration into the global marketplace tends to weaken the power of traditional faith in developing countries. But, as Meera Nanda argues in this path-breaking book, this is hardly the case in today’s India. Against expectations of growing secularism, India has instead seen a remarkable intertwining of Hinduism and neoliberal ideology, spurred on by a growing capitalist class. It is this “State-Temple-Corporate Complex,” she claims, that now wields decisive political and economic power, and provides ideological cover for the dismantling of the Nehru-era state-dominated economy. According to this new logic, India’s rapid economic growth is attributable to a special “Hindu mind,” and it is what separates the nation’s Hindu population from Muslims and others deemed to be “anti-modern.” As a result, Hindu institutions are replacing public ones, and the Hindu “revival” itself has become big business, a major source of capital accumulation. Nanda explores the roots of this development and its possible future, as well as the struggle for secularism and socialism in the world’s second-most populous country.
Download or read book Two Saints written by Arun Shourie and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa 'enables us to see God face to face', Gandhiji wrote. Similarly, when someone in his circle was distraught, the Mahatma sent him to spend time at the Ashram of Ramana Maharshi. The Paramahamsa and the Maharshi have been among the greatest spiritual figures of our country. They have transformed the lives of and have been a solace to millions. Their peak, mystic experience is what we yearn to have. But what if several of the experiences they had occur in other circumstances also?With the rigour and painstaking research that mark all his work, Shourie probes the lives of two of India's greatest spiritual masters in the light of the breath-taking advances in neuroscience as well as psychology and sociology. The result is a book of remarkable vigour: an examination - and ultimately reconciliation - of science and faith as also of seemingly antagonistic, irreconcilable worldviews.
Download or read book Deva Bhumi written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book God of Sin written by Ushinor Majumdar and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 2018 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, Asaram Bapu presided over a politically influential empire built on blind faith. Along with his son and heir, Narayan Sai, he has now become an example of everything that is wrong with self-styled godmen and the cults they spawn. The two stand accused of sexual assaults on vulnerable devotees, land grabbing, money laundering, intimidation, exploitative black magic rituals and the horrific murder of witnesses who testified against them. Politically, Asaram Bapu held significant boroughs of influence across north India and the Hindi belt, and there are photos of him with almost every known political leader throughout the 1990s and 2000s, till his arrest in a sexual assault case in 2013. Asaram originated the business model of branding goods and selling them to followers, using faith as a marketing tool-which other godmen emulated to great success. His commercial empire, now being investigated by economic offences agencies, was built on unaccounted donations, loans given on hefty rates of interest, investments in dubious companies, money laundering and dodgy real estate deals. God of Sin pieces together Asaram's journey to spiritual godhood, his fall from grace and the long and arduous road to bring him to justice.
Download or read book Godman written by Tahir Shah and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Veerabrahmam written by R. N. Pillai and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True To Scriptural Prophecy, Godmen Have Arrived Among Indians Whenever Dharma Took A Back Seat. In Our Own Crassly Materialistic Age, Sri Satya Sai Baba Has Immeasurably Helped In The Recovery Of Faith Even On A Global Scale.Birth, Decay And Health Are Inherent In All Phenomena; They Are The Inescapable Ills Of Conditioned Existence, To Overcome Which The Sovereign Remedy Was Discovered By The Buddha In A Moment Of Supreme Illumination, 2500 Years Ago. But Short Of Nirvana, There Are Many Intervening Tiers Of Reality, Beyond The Terrestrial, And Numberless Have Been The Yogis Who Attained To Them. Veerabrahmam Is One Such Great Master Whose Supernormal Consciousness Unravelled The Mysteries Of Time. He Left His Findings Recorded On Palm Leaves, Collectively Called Kalajnana Or Knowledge Of Time, For The Benefit Of Worldlings.Currently, Astounding Prophecies Are Being Made And Miracles Worked By Sai Baba Of Puttaparthy. In 1989, He Predicted The Reunification Of Germany, For Example. His Knowledge Of What Is In Store For The World Is Found To Lie Scattered In The Hundreds Of Books Written About Him By Eminent Men Around The World. Millions Of His Followers Swear That He Is The Yogi, Alluded To By Veerabrahmam As The One Destined To Rule India. They Hopefully Await The Day When Baba At The End Of A World Conflagration, Will Bring The Battered Races Together, Give Them His Vibrant Faith To Live By, And Usher In An Age Of Unequalled Peace And Happiness. That Golden Age Is Expected To Emerge By The Turn Of The Century.
Download or read book God Men Con Men written by Robert Carr and published by Smriti Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Spiritual Saga Of A Non-Conformist Who After A Life Long Search Is Honest Enough To Say That He Has Come To The End Of His Tether And Still Has No Clue To Life`S Mystery. His Experience Opened The Doors Of Alternative Perception For Him And Gave Him A Fresh View On Reality.
Download or read book Lord of the Air written by Tal Brooke and published by Eugene, OR : Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 1990 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Woodstock and the Apollo moon landing lit up the skies of history, Tal Brooke flew to New Delhi, quickly becoming immersed in the vast subcontinent of India as he pursued a radical pilgrimage of consciousness. After quickly exhausting the "Grand Tour" of landmarks popularized by the spiritual tourists of the West, Brooke plunged into wilderness India, and the journey shifted into high gear. From their first meeting, Brooke was heralded by Sai Baba, India's greatest miracle-working godman, as the inner-circle disciple who, like Oppenheimer at Los Alamos, would help trigger the explosion of India's ancient mystical tradition into the Western world.
Download or read book Divine Enterprise written by Lise McKean and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-05-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through shrewd marketing and publicity, Hindu spiritual leaders can play powerful roles in contemporary India as businessmen and government officials. Focusing on the organizations and activities of Hindu ascetics and gurus, Lise McKean explores the complex interrelations among religion, the political economy of India, and global capitalism. In this close look at the business of religion, McKean traces the ideological and organizational antecedents to the Hindu nationalist movement. The Indian state's increasing patronage of Hindu institutions makes competition for its support greater than ever. Using materials from guru's publications, the press, and extensive field research, McKean examines how participation by upper-caste ruling class groups in the Divine Life Society and other Hindu organizations further legitimates their own authority. With a remarkable selection of photographs and advertisements showing icons of spirituality used to sell commodities from textiles to cement to comic books, McKean illustrates the pervasive presence of Hindu imagery in India's burgeoning market economy. She shows how gurus popularize Hindu nationalism through imagery such as the goddess, Mother India, and her martyred sons and daughters.
