More birthday reports
The newspaper reports really do report some interesting tidbits. Here's something from the Deccan Herald:
True enough. The need for VIPs or delegates (to delegate what, exactly?) at an 80th birthday party is enough of a puzzle. Here's another one from Newindpress:
At least here we have an editorial statement that acknowledges the billions that have been spent to construct a township. Later:
No kidding, I wonder what he got this year. A new Mercedes? Perhaps a Jaguar? A rare Ferrari Enzo?
What's a milion divided by 10? 100,000. Whispers from Prashanti indicate that the propaganda machine tends to bulk up the figures by multiplying them by ten.
We can be generous enough to acknowledge a journalistic error with regards to the statement of halting miracles a decade ago, without considering of the miracles were genuine in the first place. However, it is heartening to notice than even in an article that is a supposed celebration of a "public" life, the facts about controversy will always out and be present as a black mark on Sai Baba's white birthday robe. :-)
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At a heavily guarded gate at the Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium, an elderly man is halted by the volunteers. “Sai Ram, this area is marked for VIPs. Who are you? VIP or delegate?” asks a volunteer. “I’m a VIP,” goes the man, deadpan. At 4.30 am, that’s not the kind of existential exchange you want to overhear.
True enough. The need for VIPs or delegates (to delegate what, exactly?) at an 80th birthday party is enough of a puzzle. Here's another one from Newindpress:
In the last few decades, he has built a vast empire worth billions of rupees transforming the small village of Puttaparthi, his birthplace into a modern town with a state-of the-art airport, education and health facilities.
At least here we have an editorial statement that acknowledges the billions that have been spent to construct a township. Later:
His birthday every year is an occasion for his devotees to seek blessings and shower costly gifts on him.
No kidding, I wonder what he got this year. A new Mercedes? Perhaps a Jaguar? A rare Ferrari Enzo?
Organisers claimed that a million people, a majority of them clad in white, participated in the celebrations.
What's a milion divided by 10? 100,000. Whispers from Prashanti indicate that the propaganda machine tends to bulk up the figures by multiplying them by ten.
He used to perform miracles like producing gold out of thin air but about a decade ago he stopped performing miracles in the wake of a controversy.
Rationalists have challenged him to prove his miracles in their presence and have accused him of cheating people.
We can be generous enough to acknowledge a journalistic error with regards to the statement of halting miracles a decade ago, without considering of the miracles were genuine in the first place. However, it is heartening to notice than even in an article that is a supposed celebration of a "public" life, the facts about controversy will always out and be present as a black mark on Sai Baba's white birthday robe. :-)
Copyright © Sai Baba EXPOSED! 2005-2007. Discuss this post!
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3 Comments:
A correspondent in India wrote, "I noticed that on the day of the Birthday for Sai Baba, he was not covered at all on the cable TV. I think this a somewhat unusual."
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Anonymous, at 25 November, 2005 13:55
Yes, I've noticed that. Google News is quite exhaustive in it's searches for even local dailies and weeklies, it's interesting to note that much of the newspaper coverage is restricted to a few regional newspapers like Deccan Herald, as well as some local papers in Mauritius.
Nothing quite "international", even for such a big event like an 80th birthday party.
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Swami Saiexposedananda, at 26 November, 2005 02:13
Sai baba is a total chutiya. I hate Sathya sai baba.
Good that people like you are helping people to unamsk him. :)
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Love you longtime!, at 03 December, 2005 17:15
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