Spirituality without Morality
More than 70 cases of theft have been recorded in the temple constructed and consecrated by none other than Narendra Modi in honour of Lord Rama at his mythological birthplace of Ayodhya. Huge amounts of money donated to the temple by devotees have been stolen by people who hold high offices in the temple administration. And they are all men associated with RSS, the organisation that is upholding the ancient civilisation of India and also writing moral science textbooks for schoolchildren of the country. Similar thefts are taking place in many other prominent temples of the country. At the same time, a family in the same state, where the Ayodhya Mandir is situated, was arrested for cooking something that looked suspiciously like beef. The arrest followed a lightning-fast move by the intelligence wing of the state. It’s easier to smell what’s cooking in the kitchen of your perceived enemy than to see what’s disappearing from the extravagant temples. When a country has a leader w...
