Taboo On Acting Against Sexual Abuse In India

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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Taboo On Acting Against Sexual Abuse In India

Posted by Barry Pittard on June 19, 2007

In economically developing countries like India, sexual abuse is a still far more tabooed topic than it is in Western countries.

Even though reformers are having a hard time changing attitudes in Western countries, there can be no doubt that India lags far behind in overcoming the cover up of sexual abuse.

One is always glad, though, to hear of breakthroughs occuring. That attempts are being made to overcome a tragic deficit is evident in the release of a major study sponsored by the current Manmohan Singh government. I have blogged information about this study:

HERE: Indian Government Study of Child Abuse Is Groundbreaking

HERE: Child Abuse Rife In India. But Who Would Speak Out?

HERE: Child Abuse in India. Will Minister Renuka Chowdhury Act? and

HERE: Child Abuse. Landmark Indian Government Study