God Men or Businessmen?

India, the land of spiritualism has evolved since centuries and considered a great religious hub in Asia.  Countless spiritual leaders of India are worshiped and acknowledged by religiously inclined people from all parts of the world. Their devotees hail from all seven continents of the world. Most of these spiritual leaders have taken Indian religious beliefs and culture to a golden summit which barely other could ever reach.
Now there is another side of the coin as well. Many of the religious leaders of India are blamed for turning spirituality into a profitable business. The sacredness of spirituality has been boiled down to money making ventures which are further encouraged by industrialists, politicians and ministers. Evidently the Gurus not only earn huge profits from this business, they acquire enormous power to alter the economical, social and political situations of the country. Once upon a time India was inseparable from spirituality and nowadays it is spirituality and business means the same!

THE VERY FIRST QUESTION THAT COMES INTO THE MIND IS THE CAUSE OF SPIRITUALISM TURNING INTO BUSINESS?
Almost every Indian citizen, irrespective of their cast, creed, religion or social status, is somehow associated with spiritualism, especially the spiritual leaders. They bear blind faith about their religious masters and they can do anything and everything in order to obey the words of their gurus. As a matter of fact Guru ism has not only infected the rural parts of the country but also the urban cults who are blessed with best education. In spite of being educated countless people give up their rationality and become submissive in front of their spiritual gurus.  It is the cravings for spiritual enlightenment that drive them towards the guru culture.
 In order to incorporate spirituality in business, Gurus often exploit the religious beliefs and superstitions of the masses.

 In the name of spiritualism, wide varieties of spiritual products are sold to the commoners. These products are quite pricey and act as a great source of income for the gurus. Spiritual magazines, books, incense sticks, oils, food supplements and medicines are the most popular merchandise available at almost all spiritual hubs. Stores are located at almost all major cities and the products sell really well owing to the impressive fan following of this spiritual leader. Even in some cases some Gurus were involved in illegal activities such as human trafficking. Every now and then we can hear such news.
Most of the gurus run their business through trusts so that their names are not directly associated with the matter. Apart from selling various spiritual products, they earn hefty revenues in form of donation. Charities come from the millionaires across the globe; not to mention the donations from common people of India. As a matter of astonishment, Indians who are already poverty-stricken and dispossessed do not fall back when it comes to contributing for a religious cause.  Indeed the small donations sum up to a large amount in consequence of surplus population in the country.
Many Indian spiritual leaders are very much in limelight these days. In fact both media and masses have given them adequate coverage and worldwide publicity. Their cult of devotees includes politicians, scientists and business men. But lately they have been involved in fatal scandals although their aura remained unharmed owing to the spiritual prejudice of Indians. Some had been accused on murder charges and  sex scandals.
It is high time that Indians become conscious about the dark sides of their spiritual leaders and stop them from exploiting their religious beliefs and values. It will mark an end for spiritualism as business.
Ending with a thought that there is both good and evil everywhere and so there are both spiritual leaders who do have divine powers and love for their followers and then there are spiritual robbers.God has given us the power and strength to judge and follow what and where wright is.
( NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE )

Indian politics - correction religion politics.

Religion plays an important role in Indian Politics. They co-exists in India. Hindu nationalism, Muslim “vote banks”, anti-Christian violence, caste rivalry — Indian politics has more than enough interfaith tension of  all kinds to play as  “religion cards” during elections. 
All parties refer to them as socialist parties but are they?
Where does Communalism come then as a tool for electoral gains? Communalism is not actually a conflict between two religions but between the interests of two or more communities. It is using religious identity for political mobilisation. That is where religion becomes a tool. Religion is not a fundamental cause, religion per se does not cause any problem. Nobody is fighting whether Islam is right or Christianity is right or Hinduism is right. The main point is what the government does for Muslims, for Christians,for sikhs, for Hindus… The BJP bases its whole politics around accusations that Congress uses Muslims as vote banks and inclines towards them, does a lot of favours for them. ‘The Muslims vote for Congress and they claim we are against vote bank politics,’. But the BJP itself is basing its politics on the Hindu vote bank.

India is not a nation in the classical sense as in some countries which are based on  language and culture. But India is a bewilderingly diverse country and we have made it one nation. Declaring it a nation was easy, but in the process of nation-building, all these forces have come into play. Whatever development takes place is not based on justice. It is highly skewed. Some religious communities get much more than others, some castes or regions get much more than others. That is why this question of identity has become so important. Those who are left out use their identity to mobilise their people. Similarly, those who are privileged see a threat when other communities mobilise, so they also have to use their identity to ward off this. This is the interplay of religion and politics.
Mixing of religion with politics is dangerous because religious attitude is diametrically opposed to democratic feelings. Religion encourages fanaticism and suspends our reasoning power and we repose full faith in leaders. So if we want to consolidate democracy give firm foundations to it and make its working successful, it is necessary that the people should keep religion apart from politics.By keeping them independent of each other, we can retain secular democratic set-up. 
Finally, it can be admitted to all that politicians and political parties should be free from vitiated politics, free from religion vote banking. They should possess constructive view in respect of the masses,the states and our nation as in whole

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