Sai Baba Breaks Down and Sobs At 85th Birthday Celebration (Video Footage)

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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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Sai Baba Breaks Down and Sobs At 85th Birthday Celebration (Video Footage)

Posted by Barry Pittard on December 31, 2010

Over the years, we have received various reports of Sathya Sai Baba increasingly losing a composure that has been oft-noted in him for decades. But only recently has this type of behaviour been clear for all to see, and in video footage emanating from his own camp. During his November birthday, Sathya Sai Baba – in the midst of being praised for all the good he has done – broke down and sobbed deeply and for some time. To see this video (download 3.9 Mbs), CLICK HERE

“Be happy!” “I have no enemies.. I love all. I am always smiling. Many people think how can I keep smiling? I don’t like castoroil faces.. When you all are happy, I will be happy.” Sathya Sai Baba in his lectern-thumping tirade, Christmas Discourse 2000

See the articles from which the quotes are excerpted:

Is Puttaparthi Glitter the ‘Shining India’?

Posted by Barry Pittard on December 16, 2010

“Often, there is the tacit assumption that to criticize Sathya Sai Baba is itself a slight against India. This is offensive to a great many Indians from all walks of life who do not think that Sai Baba is a reflection of all that is good in their country.

Anyone who has lived in India lengthily, as I have, comes to know how profoundly Indians across classes and divides deplore the corruptions and abuses of human rights and democratic freedoms which they see perpetrated by the power elites in their country.

Yet this is the India that Sai Baba has said he will transform. He has spoken of first “cleaning up his own backyard”, before saving the entire world before he dies. He is now very old and sick”.

Sathya Sai Baba Breaks Down and Sobs at 85th Birthday

Posted by Barry Pittard on December 11, 2010

“Sathya Sai Baba’s many reported weeping episodes have taken – as from circa the year 2000 – a marked upsweep after the advent of worldwide exposure of widespread serial sexual abuse of boys and young men (See also HERE and HERE); his implication in the massive local, state and central governments’ cover up of police killings in his bedroom at Puttaparthi (See HERE and HERE and HERE); vast misappropriation of billions in funds collected worldwide (See HERE and HERE and HERE); his vast opulence in a land of great poverty, squalor, ignorance and superstition; his failed predictions (See HERE and HERE); and much else that reveals him to be one of history’s great imposters, whatever may be the good deeds that he has sparked off in many of his devotees”.

Puttaparthi Sai Baba Celebrates 85th Birthday

Posted by Barry Pittard on November 22, 2010

“On 23 November, 2010, devotees from around the world celebrate Sathya Sai Baba’s 85th birthday. Their consciences need to be challenged. They can be asked: How can they lend themselves to such wasteful displays of pomp and ceremony? How can those of them who have so cruelly rejected their once dearly beloved fellow devotees, whom they knew over decades to be good and decent human beings, proclaim that they are, as Sai worshipers, devotees of Truth, Love and Right Action? How can those Indian government and other dignitaries, whom we know to have been apprised in detail of the many worldwide allegations against Sai Baba, look at themselves and their families with any honesty?”

“At his 60th birthday, Sathya Sai Baba foretold that he would not physically age. But now look! And compare the various older photos with those only of the last days.

The newspaper Eenadu is the largest circulated Telugu newspaper in Andhra Pradesh (the State where Sathya Sai Baba lives), and claims a daily readership of over 10 million. (See my article: Sathya Sai Baba’s Slurred Speech Due To Old Age. ‘Eenadu’ News Report). Eenadu reported at the time of the last birthday:

“Lacking in Clarity: There was a lack of clarity in Satya Sai’s speech because of his old age. The interpreter struggled much to translate his speech into English. Satya Sai was seated in a special wheel chair which was brought very close to the car, so he could very slowly get into it. At the time of the speech, he stood up with great difficulty with the help of his assistants”.

Sick and Ailing Sathya Sai Baba 85. His Promises to Look Young Have Failed

Posted by Barry Pittard on November 24, 2010

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STOP PRESS!

Puttaparthi town hit by poor civic amenities

November 16th, 2010

DC Correspondent.

While the authorities are making temporary arrangements for the visit of notable persons from 150 nations, problems of long-pending basic amenities haunt the dwellers. Almost all internal roads are ruined and drains are waterlogged across the town …. Sewage treatment is in shambles though civic authorities renovated it with Rs 1 crore last year. Residents are concerned as unhygienic conditions prevail at the municipal compost yard. The government assured that it would provide boating facilities for devotees in Enumulapalli tank, but this has not materialised yet. Dwellers urge the government to take up roads and drainage system restoration works before Baba’s birthday, else it would give a bad impression to the visiting dignitaries.

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Sick and Ailing Sathya Sai Baba 85. His Promises to Look Young Have Failed

Posted by Barry Pittard on November 24, 2010

“That age has its physical and mental ravages is not the point here. Who is not privy to these? …. To which Shakespeare’s Hamlet refers in his famous soliloquy – … “The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.” The only point here is that Sathya Sai Baba has made demonstrably unreal and false statements in regard to prophecies about his own physical state.