By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Two courts of different status, two cases related to the nation-wide communal riots following the demolition of Babri Masjid, and two different verdicts, but what is similar is the time the procedure took: full 15 years.
On 3rd May the Supreme Court of India gave a split verdict on confirming the conviction of five persons accused of murder during the communal riots of 1992-1993 in Assam. As the two-judge bench comprising Justices S.B. Sinha and H.S. Bedi had different opinions, the matter has now been placed before the Chief Justice of India. The Chief Justice will refer the case to a larger bench.
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Sai Baba on the Moon
Sai Baba may or may not be on the moon. But he was certainly on the BBC television, in the form of The Secret Swami, seen by millions in many countries.
For details of this - with links to revelatory BBC footage, see: The BBC's 'The Secret Swami' - A Revision: http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/the-bbcs-the-secret-swami-a...
If Sai Baba is all over the moon, in what exalted state must he have been when, caught by BBC cameras, he clearly faked Shiva Lingam materialization? See: Sai Baba No Shiva. Gold From His Gut Is Regurgitator’s Trick:
http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/08/05/gold-lingas-from-sai-babas-...
There has been marked exit from the Sathya Sai Organization worldwide, and the best his close servitors like Dr G.Venkataraman can do is to falsify the testimonies of decent and well-loved individuals and families around the world whose good standing has been slurred ONLY once they spoke out about alleged sexual abuse by Sai Baba (and in some cases those close to him), and a plethora of non-sexual and also serious abuses, too.
India has some great anti-corruption crusaders. Would that they had time, funds and a proper brief to investigate Sai Baba and certain of his close servitors. Why should investigation need to be done by foreign media? There is enough appalling misunderstanding about Indian spirituality. Why should, for example, Sai Baba be regarded as a prime reflection of Indian religion? By all means let us extol good works - but reveal, as well, what is dark and sinister.
Speak out honestly, responsibly and calmly about Sai Baba, and see what a hornet's nest you will provoke. If moon and other miracles meant anything, Sai Baba and his global organization would have radiated love and mediated duty-of-care and compassion. In this they have singularly failed.
The dark side of the moon, one may say.
Barry Pittard, Australia. Former lecturer in English, Sathya Sai College, Whitefield, via Bangalore, Karnataka, South India.