Media resources source list relating to the exposé of Sathya Sai Baba and his cult. Compiled by Barry Pittard: bpittard (at) optusnet.com.au
Note: Please kindly report any errors, updates, or suggest improvements. This overview – not exhaustive – was mainly compiled well before the BBC’s The Secret Swami, June 2004, and amid many far more pressing duties. I think I have sorted out Urls still alive and scrapped defunct ones. Some newspaper Urls are now not extant, or are retrievable by paid subscription, so in various cases I have relied on copies posted of these articles, usually close to the time when they were published in the media. Usually the postings were to former Sai Baba devotee websites – http://www.exbaba.com or http://saiguru.net . However, institutions, journalists, academic researchers and others in need of originals should be able to obtain those via standard resources, such as hard copy within the media establishments themselves. Barry Pittard.
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The Week, June 20, 1993. High intrigue. Deadly power struggle in Puttaparthi
Indian Skeptic, 6(4), August 1993, Santa Claus in India. Piet Vroon, Santa Claus in India, from Dutch national newspaper De Volkskrant, Saturday December 5, 1992, translated J.W. Nienhuys
Sunday Magazine, December, 10-16, 1996. Brushed Under The Carpet. From five-page Feature: G.S. Radhakrishna, Sandhya Mendonca
Nexus Magazine, August-September 1999. Volume 7, Number 5. Sai Baba Exposed – Fraud, Fakery, & Molestation. Terry Gallagher, Hans de Kraker, Jens and Gurprit Sethi. Compiled from the website: www.myfreeoffice.com/saibabaexposed/ (no longer available)
Bild (Tr., German daily). August 21, 2000. Resident from Munich Ran Away From India – Guru all of a sudden wants sex. Wolfgang Ranft
Trouw (Dutch daily ), September 6th, 2000. The Downfall of A Guru Sai Baba, Koert van de Velde, tr., Ella Evers
Spiegelbeeld, (Tr., Dutch national Magazine) October, 2000. The truth will prevail. Matthijs van der Meer:
Noordhollands Dagblad (Tr., Dutch daily), Saturday December 9, 2000. Devotee becomes anti Sai Baba activist. Arthur de Mijttenaere
BBC Radio 4 – Sunday 19, November 2000 – 7.30 am. Interview by Stephen Perry with: David Bailey (UK), former closest Western devotee; Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph journalist (UK); Jed Geyerhahn (USA), Steen Piculell, Ashok Bhagani, Trustee, UK Sathya Sai Organisation
Daily Telegraph, Saturday October 28, 2000. Divine Downfall, Mick Brown
Tehelka, November 29, 2002. Sathya Sai Central Trust: grab as grab can
Tehelka, November 29, 2002. Is the Sai Baba’s empire beginning to disintegrate?
Tehelka, November 29, 2002. Ashram Mandiram: fortress of solitude
India Today, Cover story: Sathya Sai Baba: Test of Faith. Monday, December 4, 2000. Test of Faith, Amarnath K. Menon, Ashok Malik. SAI BABA: A God Accused. Vijay Jung Thapa with Lavina Melwani (New York), Syed Zubair Ahmed (London), Arthur J. Pais (San Francisco)
India Today, resulting letters to; archived
The Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday, December 19, 2000. The Man Believers Think is God. Bob Harvey
The Times of India, December 26, 2000, Sai Baba Lashes Out At Detractors. B.S. Manu Rao
Toronto Star, January 14, 2001, Guru shrugs off sex allegations. Tom Harper
Vancouver Sun, February 27, 2001. Holy man? Sex abuser? Both? Douglas Todd
The Times of India, August 9, 2001. Tight security for Sai Baba after LTTE threat
Salon.com, July 25, 2001. Untouchable, Parts 1 to 4. Michelle Goldberg
Times of London, Monday August 27, 2001. Monday August 27, 2001. Suicide, sex and the guru, Dominic Kennedy
The Times of London, Monday August 27, 2001. Three die after putting faith in guru, Dominic Kennedy
Times of London, August 27, 2001. I sought peace and couldn’t find it. Michael Dynes and Dominic Kennedy
The Times News Network, August 27, 2001. British Law Against Sai Baba Sought. Rashmee Z. Ahmed (ed. i.e., Times of Indian, not Times of London)
The Hindustan Times, August 27, 2001. Sai Baba could be put on UK blacklist. Vijay Dutt, London
The Age (Melbourne, Australia), Saturday-Sunday, November 12, 2000. Scandal engulfs guru’s empire
DR (Denmark’s national radio and television broadcaster), January 30, 2002. Seduced by Sai Baba. Producer-Presenter, Øjvind Kyrø
Gatopardo (A leading Chilean Magazine), Febuary, 2002. No. 21 Yr 20. Divine Sin. Alejandro Agostinelli
Noticias (Argentinean Magazine), August 17, 2001, Bad Faith Business, Juan Alonso:
Nexus, (Australian/International bi-monthly magazine) Vol 10, No. 4. June-July 2003. Sai Baba Allegations Grow. Barry Pittard
The Australian Financial Review, 21 November 2003. The Trouble with Gurus. Mary Garden
BBC News, June 17, 2004, Sai Baba: God-man or con man? Tanya Datta
The Scotsman, June 18, 2004, Guru who gives us no answers. Tom Adair
The Guardian, June 18, 2004. Spiritual Depths. Rupert Smith
The Observer, Sunday June 20, 2004. Deity dancing. Kathryn Flett
The New Statesman, Monday, June 21, 2004. Laying on of hands. The guru who thinks he’s God is exposed as far from divine. Andrew Billen
The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Radio National, The World Today, Friday, 25 June, 2004. Guru glamour uncovered. Interviewer: Rachel Kohn. Guests, Mary Garden, Australian author, Mick Brown, English author and Daily Telegraph journalist
The Guardian. The Indian living god, the paedophilia claims and the Duke of Edinburgh awards. Saturday, November 4, 2006. Paul Lewis
DNA (Daily News and Analysis, India). Sunday, November 05, 2006. A holy furore rages in Britain. Ginnie Mahajan and Brajesh Kumar
Some Indian News Headlines on Sai Baba controversial remarks on the Telangana issue
Times of India, Jan 24, 2007. TRS cries hoarse over Sai Baba’s Telangana stance
Times of India, Jan 24, 2007. Cong ignores Sai Baba’s remarks
The Hindu. Special Correspondent, Jan 25, 2007. Agnivesh Flays Baba’s Remarks
Andhra Cafe, India, Jan 21, 2007. KCR condemns Sai Baba’s Anti-Telangana comments
CNN-IBN, India, Jan 23, 2007. Sai Baba lands in a Telangana row
Hindustan Times, India, Jan 22, 2007. Telangana activists upset with Sai Baba
Wikinews reports on Telangana issue. (There are some further news sources cited at the foot of this Wiki article)
Cancellation of ‘moon miracle’
Sify News and many Indian media carried the IANS (Indo-Asian News Service feed on this). Friday, October 5, 2007. Sai Baba’s Moon Miracle Fails
