Child Abuse in India. Will Minister Renuka Chowdhury Act?

Call For Media and Government of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Cult

Sathya Sai Baba Badly Failed. E.g., See Inspiring Tedx Talk On ‘The Ugly Indian’ Movement January 12, 2015

"There's a silent revolution brewing in India, and it's called The Ugly Indian. It is anonymous, faceless and leaderless, and has seen thousands of citizens coming out to fix local civic problems following a simple motto: Kaam Chalu Mooh Bandh. Only Work No Talk".

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Who Will Speak Out? March 21, 2014

Who Will Speak Out? X Nelson MandelaX Mahatma GandhiX Dietrich BonhoefferX Simone WeilX Martin Luther KingX Sir Edward 'Weary' DunlopX the Dalai LamaX Wangari MaathaiX Malala YousafzaiX Liu XiaoboX Andrei SakharovX Betty WilliamsX Irish Peace Women

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Nelson Mandela: Triumphant Mankind-At-Its-Best. Sathya Sai Baba: Pretended God December 6, 2013

The great South African leader Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) died late yesterday (South African time), aged 95. Some around me have canceled other activities, preferring to watch - often in tears - the television reports coming through. One of our number asked a fourteen year old boy to sit and watch, saying: "This is a super special day in historical memo […]

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Hindu Leaders Reticent To Go Public On Sexual Abuse. Dr Frank Morales (Acharya-ji) An Exception November 23, 2013

In yesterday's article - Shattered International Sathya Sai Organization Faces Dead Guru’s 2013 Birthday Celebrations - I said that early in our exposure of the Sathya Sai cult, my closest and immensely trusted collaborator the late Glen Meloy dearly wished that we could find a widely-respected Vedic pundit. He wrote to me saying that it was valuable to […]

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Shattered International Sathya Sai Organization Faces Dead Guru’s 2013 Birthday Celebrations November 22, 2013

Subscribe to Call for media and government investigation of Sathya Sai Baba Suddenly and shockingly, almost overnight, many Sai devotees demonized those who, for decades, were highly regarded in the Sai Baba fold, once they spoke out. As I was to learn from others well beyond this cult who have exposed corruption and betrayal in […]

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Parapsychologist Erlendur Haraldsson Under Fire For Suppressing Vital Evidence About Sathya Sai Baba November 15, 2013

.... Robert Priddy says that, after his repeated sharing with Haraldsson important and highly credible data (including television footage from the BBC and India's national broadcaster Doordarshan) that e.g., showed Sai Baba faking of miracles, he felt that Haraldsson's continued suppression of his real views (which have long had a readership of man […]

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Rolf Harris Charged With Child Sex Assault and Making Indecent Images of Children August 30, 2013

The British Crown Prosecution Service has just announced that it is satisfied it has sufficient evidence for likely successful pedophilia charges against Rolf Harris, the famous ex-patriot Australian entertainer. Harris has long been identified devotion to Sathya Sai Baba. See news reports, below. In 2012, according to British traditions of justice, some med […]

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Violence Between Sathya Sai Baba Relatives Continues July 15, 2013

For background to this story, see my post: Violence Erupts In Sathya Sai Central Trust Saga. Barry Pittard on July 9, 2013

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Violence Erupts In Sathya Sai Central Trust Saga July 8, 2013

Subscribe to Call for media and government investigation of Sathya Sai Baba Yet another scandal has erupted in the Sathya Sai Baba camp, again involving the Sathya Sai Central Trust, whose exceptional dishonesty became, particularly following Sai Baba’s death in April 2011, only too clear as it came under increasing media attention. Contestants fought public […]

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A Positive Approach To Overcoming Racism: An RUA Project In Sydney, Australia May 29, 2013

Yesterday's news story in The Australian (see below) about the 'Respect, Understanding, Acceptance' (RUA) project among some schools in Sydney, Australia, is inspiring. The newspaper reports:

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Cardinal Pell Admits “False Documents” and “Reprehensible Cover-ups” May 29, 2013

After all the years of betrayal, and only since the inception of a high-powered Royal Commission set up to investigate institutional sexual abuse, Cardinal Pell, Australia's foremost Roman Catholic official, now admits long years of Church silence and cover-up.

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Rolf Harris, 83, Facing Underage Sex Accusations, Does Second Big Stage Show May 19, 2013

Just like corporate spin doctors in other areas, Managements of artists faced with scandals tailor-make concerts, public appearances, interviews, etc., that will defuse the scandal as much as possible. This can be viewed from several different angles - e.g., 'the show must go on', 'toughing it out', 'old news is stale news and the pu […]

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Another Australian Woman Accuses Rolf Harris of Sexual Abuse When She Was Young May 15, 2013

Perhaps, in regard to accusations against any individual, there is a cautionary tale in the story below. A second Australian woman has come forward on national television and in a mass-circulation magazine Womans Day with sexual abuse testimony against the now 83 years old Rolf Harris, the famous Australian entertainer (long associated with devotion to Sathy […]

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Rolf Harris (Sathya Sai Baba Cult Man): Scotland Yard Investigators Travel to Australia May 3, 2013

Barry Pittard, March 2013 The famous Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is, in the true sense, a household name in Australia and the UK. His name, like that of his friend, the major jazz and blues singer Dana Gillespie, has long been associated with Sathya Sai Baba. As an indirect outcrop of the history-making British police Operation Yewtree - set up in the […]

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Will Satha Sai Baba Death Commemorations Get Poor Crowds? April 23, 2013

We continue to learn from reliable sources that the Puttaparthi ashram struggles to keep going. In the next couple of days, we shall be able to see from press and other reports whether any significant VVIP's or crowds of any size turned up. From one very conversant with the Telegu language, checking the Indian press and with reliable informants, and who […]

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Child Abuse in India. Will Minister Renuka Chowdhury Act?

Posted by Barry Pittard on April 11, 2007

(Renuka, in blue sari, and close business friend)

In the last hours, the BBC and other news services have reported on a major study of child abuse in India. See:
https://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/child-abuse-landmark-indian-government-study/

The BBC report says,

“Two out of every three children in India are physically abused, according to a landmark Indian government study”

The Manmohan Singh government of India Minister responsible for the release of the report is Renuka Choudhury (also spelt Chowdhury). Before she became Minister for Women and Child Development, Ms Choudhury was Minister for Tourism who worked hard at driving tourism to Sai Baba and Puttaparthi, where he has his main ashram. She comes from Andhra Pradesh, the same state of India as Sai Baba. Among many other serious accusations, Sai Baba faces worldwide allegations of sexual abuse of boys and young men, implication in police killings in his bedroom on June 6, 1993, and, along with his ashram officials and the Congress Party government of the time (the present Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Party), is accused of a massive cover-up of the scandal.

One of our Indian workers reports dealing closely with Ms Choudhury and briefing her in detail about compelling evidence against Sai Baba. He said that she went to real effort to personally photocopy vital documents our group shared with her and, still further, to go around to the then Opposition leader Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s residence to brief her on them. The rest was silence – which, of course, is the very essence of deep compromise and cover-up.

In her Tourism portfolio, Renuka Chaudhury, in all practical effect, drove large numbers of boys and young males to Sai Baba. This was even though she was in possession of extremely revealing documents (too sensitive to reveal on the Internet) that, among other terrible matters, evidenced years of large-scale, serial sexual molestation by Sai Baba.

How, then, after all, can Mrs Chaudhuri act to rid India of a sexual abuse scourge that implicates such powerful figures as Sathya Sai Baba? Manmohan Singh and so many members of his political party – and indeed the President of India, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam – are deeply implicated with Sai Baba.

Sai Baba is arguably the most powerful and influential guru in India’s history. How could Renuka Chaudhury and her Ministry of Women and Child Development possibly prevail against one who is so incredibly powerful, and one who the BBC has named ‘The Secret Swami’?