O J’s Corner


Religious cheats and frauds

Only because the Interpol has alerted the authorities in India, could the fraudster Santhosh Madhav alias Swami Amrithachaitanya could be identified to have set up market in Cochin, it seems. Running a luxurious guest house, remaining real estate wizard and predicting the future of the all-powerful in filmdom. These are some of the known areas of the Godman. There may be deeper meanings to his intercourses. With powerful police people, politicians and priests supporting him, the Chaitanya would have been roaming around in all “sanctity”, if the Interpol had not stepped in. Where there is money and power, all the worthies make beeline to. That is the way of the world.And the people are gullible, credulous where religion and faith are concerned. The present-day world is steeped in religious perversities. In the garb of doing some social service like feeding the people, tending to the sick and helping others, certain unscrupulous elements take advantage. As there would be collections of people venerating them, politicians also revere them.

In the protestant church history of Kerala, there was an instance of our forefathers accepting as their leader an expelled bishop from Antioch. The moment the faithful saw him in bishop’s robes he was led to a majority of the protestant churches as the anointed one. Luckily, the fraud was detected later.

How many “religious” people are doing roaring business in masquerading acts? They are taking advantage of the really religious people. That some of them are doing “anti-national” activities is a cause for concern.