Let the Media Show the Saints’ Altruistic Activities as well – Sadhvi Ritambhara

A well designed and well planned conspiracy has been undertaken at an international level against the saints of India. One or the other issue is sensationalized every now and then – some time it is an alleged murder, then it may be the allegation of money laundering, and at yet another occasion, there are attempts to destroy the respected mission of a yogi to create a disease-free world with the help of yoga, and to level vicious allegations of his medicines containing bones. A deep reflection reveals that all this is nothing but the ghost released from the bottles of multinational companies like Coca Cola, which has been exposed by saints like Baba Ramdevji. After His revelation, the sale of ‘Coca Cola alias toilet-cleaner’ received a huge setback, at least of India. This was bound to lead to some conspiracy or the other being hatched against the spiritual saints of India.

I have full respect for journalism. It holds an important place as the fourth pillar of democracy. But I want to ask my journalist brethren a few questions. Have you ever shown the alertness and alacrity with which you carry out your ‘sting operations’ to check on alleged money laundering, to capture in your ‘sting operation’ cameras, the endeavors of saints of India to uplift the tribal people, and the less fortunate sections of society living in forests and hills? Do the lights of your cameras ever flash on the untiring efforts of saints to fight the darkness of poverty and helplessness with the lamp of their philanthropic activities?

Round the clock, and with nauseating repetition, you are showing to the people of this country ‘sting operations’, the truth of which is yet to be verified. I want to ask – have you ever shown a free medical aid camp organized by a saint in a hospital round the clock? Have you ever focused your cameras on the temples of parental love and child care set up by saints with untiring effort, where endeavors are being made day and night with a purely selfless motive to inculcate good traits in neglected and destitute children?

No… You do it only rarely because there is no sensation in this. If at all you show these things, you will dispose of the matter showing a documentary for a few minutes. I am not leveling allegations against the media, but some bitter incidents are recalled to my mind as to how news in collected and video footage recorded to spread sensation. Even today I can recollect the fearful and horrifying incident of self-immolation of an anti-reservation student that I saw on television news – the student being engulfed by fire after setting himself alight by pouring petrol on his body, and the cameramen running after him in a bid to film the incident? Just imagine what a horrible scene it would have been! 4-5 people are running after him trying to film the helpless student. Nobody took pity on him; nobody thought of throwing a bucket of water on him to put out the fire. I want to ask – had the student been a son or brother of one of the cameramen, would he still have continued to film when he was caught in flames? Where do you want to lead this country by showing such horrifying ‘exclusive photographs’?

Today, when India is heading towards becoming a Vishwaguru (world leader), a vicious attempt to destroy the ancient cultural values of India, even now possessed by the saint community of India, is being made. Taking advantage of Hindus’ liberality, the places of Hindu pride are being attacked. Try to make a comment on Muslim or Christian faiths and their followers will instantly take to the streets. I want to make a submission to the electronic media personnel – do a ‘sting operation’ on a cow being slaughtered and show tit repeatedly on your channels. Tell the people of the country what a great contribution this slaughtered this slaughtered cow had in the economy of the nation!

Do a ‘sting operation’ on the Madrasas where the poison of hatred is being infused into the veins of the new generation in the name of religious teachings. Show the valour of ‘sting operation’ in the deep forests and hills, where hungry tribal people are proselytized for a handful of rice. Turn your ultra-modern cameras, once in a while, to the simmering north-eastern states of the country, where fires of separatism are being fanned.

This is my humble submissions to the journalist community of India. You know very well what types of vicious efforts are being made at international level to alienate from the masses, the saints, who are determined to preserve and maintain the integrity of India, saving her from cultural degeneration. I ask you to track the conspiracies that are a foot to eliminate a saint who brought into light the poison in Coca Cola. Painting a negative image of the whole community of saints is unjustifiable and the media has the responsibility to halt those efforts.