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| Sunday, 12 December 2004 |
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The right column A seer in tears It was only last week that we heard about an Indian guru who claimed to foresee the future of his clients by merely looking at their faces falling into some sort of trouble with our law enforcing authorities. Story in social circles is that after duping the gullible, often from the social elite for about two months, the seer was roped in when he made amorous advances to a glamorous WPC who was not amused by his immoral conduct. Orthodox believers in religion still do not believe these media reports that he was responsible for such misconduct. We who belong to the family of sceptics do not place much faith in faith whether religious or political. Empirical evidence is what we believe in. We do not rule out any possibility apriori. We actually were unaware of his modus operandi but he seemed to have a disproportionate share of his clientale from the fairer sex. In this age of high society high fashion and invasion of our cultural stages by innumerable fashion shows and beauty pageants we do not rule out the possibility of even a God-fearing Swamiji being seduced by scantily clad ladies. On the other hand, the Swamiji may have looked beyond the faces and cast penetrating glances at other parts of the female anatomy as is the practice with seductors. It is said that a single glance from a seasoned seductor is enough to demobilise all defences of virtuous damsels. It strikes with the force of lightning or the strength of the Cupid's arrow. Though religion may advocate celibacy we are not sure whether the priesthood would endorse it. Judging by scandals that rocked the Christian Church in the United States and the doings of some Swamijis in India and in the United States we tend to believe that a minority of the priesthood at least mix sex with religion. Religion is a potent force. No wonder confidence tricksters of all hues exploit it for their own personal goals that are sometimes as wide apart as the earth and the sky from the noble ideals of the founding fathers of all universal religions. Coming back to the hero of our story, the remorse stricken Swamiji who now spends time in a Sri Lankan remand prison cell with his interpreter would be blaming himself for failing to see his own future in spite of being successful in seeing the future of his numerous clients both in India and in Sri Lanka. - Sceptic |
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