It was a scene of high drama at a police station here as self styled godman Himaval Maheswara Bhadrananda, against whom police have registered a case for allegedly threatening journalists of a Malayalam daily, tried to shoot himself with a pistol on Saturday morning.
Why do people trust quacks? Is it simply blind faith or a sad reflection on the lack of a rural healthcare system?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india-land-of-blind-faith/41269-3.html
Not just religious trusts, but NGOs too are running a parallel economy with over Rs 15,000 cr in unaccounted funds.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/after-babas-ngos-under-scanner/39959-3.html
A CNN-IBN probe exposes the ugly side of some the most popular Godmen. Is India being taken for a ride?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/what-is-wrong-with-indias-faith/39881-3.html
An unwanted controversy has raised its head in Vrindavan as spiritual guru Narayan Prem Sai has begun to idolise himself.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/whats-in-name-a-lot-say-godmen/4680-3.html
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