Tomichan Matheikal's blog

Those who are familiar with Babas (godmen, sadhus, and whatever names they are known by) won’t be surprised by what followed the arrest of that Ram Rahim fellow.   We know that most of these men (and women too these days) clad in religious robes are sheer criminals.   Religion is merely a mask for them, a façade put up to hide the hideousness behind. There are thousands of people in India like this Ram Rahim chap.   Most of them are not known beyond their limited circles.   Some are rich and powerful enough to have made their presence felt beyond their circles and even beyond the national borders.   Radha Soami Satsang Beas [RSSB], for example.   Like this Ram Rahim fellow, Gurinder Singh of RSSB enjoys fabulous following and high category security too.   This security is a big joke for me personally. This guy Gurinder Singh is greedy for land while most of his counterparts are greedy for women and food and petty conquests like the old ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] came to power at the Centre in 2014 mainly because of its promise to provide corruption-free governance.   The Congress Party had not only become corrupt but also inefficient so much as to merit a special mention in BJP’s election manifesto 2014: “Corruption is a manifestation of poor Governance.   Moreover, it reflects the bad intentions of those sitting in power.   All-pervasive corruption under the Congress-led UPA has become a ‘National Crisis’.” Manifesto 2014 The party that came to power on the promise of providing clean governance became the most corrupt party in two years’ time.   What’s more alarming is that BJP’s corruption is not confined to money matters alone; it has corrupted the whole atmosphere of the country polluting it with the vicious hatred of communalism. Association for Democratic Reforms [ADR] found that the BJP amassed a lot of wealth in various ways soon after it came to power at the Centr...

“Where the king goes, the realm follows,” says a character in Game of Thrones .   It is the leader who shapes the country.   A visionary leader with practical acumen can transform the nation into a wonder.   I dream of an India with such a leader who will raise the country above its filthy poverty, illiteracy and superstitions, and abominable corruption in every quarter from religion to politics.   It is the leader who makes all the difference.   Right now India is led by a leader who promises much and delivers nothing.   Since the vast majority of people are steeped in poverty and ignorance, he continues to mesmerise them with rhetoric.   The poor idiots think that they are actually living in some paradise.   They are like the children who followed the pied piper.   India has tremendous resources and manpower neither of which is utilised properly.   Our politicians are utterly corrupt and insincere.   They work ha...