Thursday, May 6, 2010

Contemporary Swamism & Politics

Soumyajit Ghose
Creating a huge uproar among the media, political and societal spheres, the sex scandal involving Swami Nityananda is set to achieve new dimensions in defining the growing influence of contemporary Swamism and the cardinal role of politics in its infamous revelations. Swami Nityananda is presently facing serious allegations of rape though proving them might be a tedious task. One can easily see the tainted image of the Swami in the Video footage but what remains unobvious is the timing of the revelation and the motive behind the exposure.

Religion and Politics have ruled the roost in a country marred by superstitions and lack of intrinsic political understanding. Considering the past in the light of murder allegations against seer Shankaracharya of Kanchi, the case is witnessing hostility from the witnesses itself as they turn down on their previous statements in the case. It only goes on to show that the whole accusations were either motivated against the seer by the political heavyweights of Tamil Nadu during the period to achieve their own end or else they were just intended to malign him only with no actual intention of punishing him for his acts.

Now the question arises as to why this whole episode of Swami Nityananda was revealed at this point of time and the possible motive behind it. The answer could well be attributed to lack of proof and yes the timely confession from the Tamil Actress. Both the confession and the video footage came at about the same time. Nityananda has been around for quite sometime so why has the revelation come now. The intention behind the timing and the underlying benefactor in the whole episode is somewhat missing yet is indicating in itself. As Swami Nityananda faces the interrogators, he too is destined to come out clean with witnesses possibly turning down their statements during the course of the case. What remains is whether the people in general have gained in terms of understanding about the rivalry between religion and politics.

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