Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Asaram Bapu: Business Of Faith | ummid.com

Asaram Bapu: Business Of Faith | ummid.com
The irony is that the rise of these babas is in parallel with the rise of politics in the name of religion. Many a times there is a subtle and overt association between these babas with the religious nationalist discourse, which they defend and propagate. Many of them also talk about the values of Manusmriti, the hierarchy of caste and gender in a more sophisticated ways.