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Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet RAM Rahim

Author : Anurag Tripathi
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0143442406

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A journalist's account of investigating Gurmeet Ram Rahim and his empire of exploitation How did a nondescript young man from a farming family become the head of a quasi-religious sect with a million followers willing to die and kill for their 'Pitaji'? The story of the rise of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan of the wildly popular Dera Sacha Sauda is anything but ordinary. It allegedly involved sexual exploitation, forced castrations, private militias, illegal trade in arms and opium, and land grab on an untold scale-until the self-styled godman was convicted for one of his many crimes in August 2017. The book opens with an anonymous letter which led to the first-ever journalistic investigation, in 2007-Tehelka's Operation Jhootha Sauda-into the reported criminal activities at the Dera. In the years that followed, the author continued to document the lonely battles for justice against the influential godman who had the might of the Dera's machinery and manpower behind him. This book is as much about the grit and determination of ordinary citizens fighting power systems as it is about the difficulty of investigating crimes committed by the rich and powerful in India today.

Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim

Author : Anurag Tripathi
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353050191

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Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet Ram Rahim by Anurag Tripathi Pdf

A journalist's account of investigating Gurmeet Ram Rahim and his empire of exploitation How did a nondescript young man from a farming family become the head of a quasi-religious sect with a million followers willing to die and kill for their 'Pitaji'? The story of the rise of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan of the wildly popular Dera Sacha Sauda is anything but ordinary. It allegedly involved sexual exploitation, forced castrations, private militias, illegal trade in arms and opium, and land grab on an untold scale-until the self-styled godman was convicted for one of his many crimes in August 2017. The book opens with an anonymous letter which led to the first-ever journalistic investigation, in 2007-Tehelka's Operation Jhootha Sauda-into the reported criminal activities at the Dera. In the years that followed, the author continued to document the lonely battles for justice against the influential godman who had the might of the Dera's machinery and manpower behind him. This book is as much about the grit and determination of ordinary citizens fighting power systems as it is about the difficulty of investigating crimes committed by the rich and powerful in India today.

Militant and Migrant

Author : Radhika Chopra
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136704352

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Militant and Migrant by Radhika Chopra Pdf

This book is a study of the transformations in Punjab created by biotechnological revolutions, economic restructuring, persistent migrations, and political upheaval in the late 20th century. The sacred centre at Amritsar, the transnational settlement of Southall and a Doaba village form the terrain for this — three sites that can seen as metonymic spaces of identity that transcend geographic boundaries, and form the structure of this book. Relations between the rural, the sacred and the transnational, fostered through migration, marriage and material exchange, existed well before 1984. After 1984, however, and through the violent decades of the militancy period, these three locations became connected via the circulation of political ideologies, violent deaths, financial aid, a sense of disaffection, and the migration of men. Analysis of the linkages between transnational migration and religious revival is a key theme of this study. Conversely, the enhanced engagements of the diaspora with homeland politics became a source of support and created sanctuary spaces for political asylum seekers and transnational migrant labour. Re-analysing existing material and drawing on fieldwork-based interviews, as well as local history archives, the book presents a different framework to analyse the politics and social history of Punjab.

A Convenient Culprit

Author : Vibha Singh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789351185819

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A Convenient Culprit by Vibha Singh Pdf

Ace crime journalist Joy Dutta is killed, and his arch rival, Jagruti Verma, is accused of using her alleged connection with the dreaded don Chikna Ramu to commit the murder. Their mentor and ex-boss, Ammar Aney, whose exposés had earned him the respect of his fraternity, and whose enemies had conspired to destroy his personal and professional life, is forced out of retirement to get justice for both Joy and Jagruti. As he delves deeper, Aney realizes that the culprits and their motives are more dangerous than he could have ever imagined.

Gunning for the Godman

Author : Ajay Lamba,Sanjeev Mathur
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-05
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9789353578596

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Gunning for the Godman by Ajay Lamba,Sanjeev Mathur Pdf

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE.Notorious godman Asaram Bapu, aka Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani, serves life imprisonment in the Central Jail Jodhpur. He was convicted for the rape of a minor and also has murder charges against him.Gunning for the Godman is the no-holds-barred, first-hand account of how Ajay Lamba, then DCP Jodhpur (West), landed the case and got a team of dedicated officers together. It is the story of how, foiling the Baba's many attempts to get away scot-free, they arrested him in a matter of only ten days, and how they assiduously saw the victim and her family through a four-year long trial. This, despite the countless threats to not only the girl and her family, but also to DCP Lamba's own family and team.A testimony to unrelenting courage, this story of a dynamic police officer's pursuit of justice is a lesson for these troubled times.*** DISCLAIMER: As on the date of publication of this book, the appeal of Sanchita Gupta@Shilpi against the order of conviction passed by the Special Court (POCSO) Jodhpur, is pending before the Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court. The sentence awarded to Sanchita Gupta@Shilpi has been suspended during the pendency of the appeal.

The Rise and Fall of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

Author : Ronald Osborne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1549885707

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The Rise and Fall of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by Ronald Osborne Pdf

Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh A Millionaire, Actor, Spiritual Leader, Filmmaker, Singer - And A Convicted Murderer & Rapist! Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh a name that every Indian has heard of at least once is the Spiritual Leader of one of the most influential religious cults in India, the Dera Sacha Sauda. This book tells the story of how he came to become a man with seemingly everything in the world and how he abused his position and his hordes of fanatic followers to satisfy his own desires while using the name of God. This book tells the story of how the failure of politics leads to the creation of such sects and leaders that abuse their power to suppress the people who they vowed to save. Uncover the dark history and rise to power behind India's 'Guru in Bling' and his fall by the hands of the same women he raped for his pleasure while offering them shelter, education, health services and employment. Ronald Osborne brings you the truth about the man who called himself God, abused the trust of his followers along with the ignorance of those that followed.

Sultry Days

Author : Shobhaa De
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184751048

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Nisha falls in love with God in the college canteen when she is an impressionable teenager and he a ragged, streetwise student. God’s driving ambition leads him into journalism while Nisha lands a job in advertising. Sycophants, whores, fixers, pretty boys and party girls drift in and out of their lives as their careers take off with dizzying speed and then, as abruptly, everything goes terribly wrong . . .

The Khalistan Conspiracy

Author : G.B.S. Sidhu
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789390327737

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The Khalistan Conspiracy by G.B.S. Sidhu Pdf

The author, a former Special Secretary of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), examines a series of interconnected events that led to the rise of the Khalistan movement, Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984 and the anti-Sikh violence unleashed thereafter. With a timeline that moves from seven years before to a decade after 1984, the book strives to answer critical questions that continue to linger till today. The narrative moves from Punjab to Canada, the US, Europe and Delhi, looking to sift the truth from the political obfuscation and opportunism, examining the role that the ruling party allegedly played, and the heart-rending violence that devoured thousands of innocent lives in its aftermath.

I Never Knew It Was You

Author : Kalpana Swaminathan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184756197

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I Never Knew It Was You by Kalpana Swaminathan Pdf

Sita, detective Lalli’s niece—and occasional Watson—runs into former classmate Anais at Mumbai airport. Even as the friends catch up, Anais hands over a cardboard box she is carrying to a waiting woman, nonchalantly informing the traumatized lady that the box contains her son’s ashes. Some days later, Anais herself turns up dead in the slimy Mithi River, a pink nylon rope wrapped ritually around her neck. What does the cardboard box with human remains have to do with Anais’s murder? And what significance do the peculiar knots round her neck have? Lalli must find answers, fast, if she is to prevent more deaths

Aarushi

Author : Avirook Sen
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184750812

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Aarushi by Avirook Sen Pdf

The murders that gripped the nation Seven years ago a teenage girl, Aarushi Talwar, was found murdered in her bedroom in Noida, a middle-class suburb of Delhi. The body of the prime suspect—the family servant, Hemraj—was discovered a day later. Who had committed the double murders, and why? Within weeks, Aarushi’s parents, the Talwars, were accused; four years later, they went on trial and were convicted. But did they do it? Avirook Sen attended the trial, accessed important documents and interviewed all the players—from Aarushi’s friends to Hemraj’s old boss, from the investigators to the forensic scientists—to write a meticulous and chilling book that reads like a thriller but also tells a story that is horrifyingly true. Aarushi is the definitive account of a sensational crime, and the investigation and trial that followed.

In the Name of the People

Author : K R Narayanan
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9788184755244

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K.R. Narayanan’s life graph reflects in many ways the fruition of the promise of ‘equality of status and opportunity’ that the Constitution guaranteed every citizen; from humble beginnings in a remote village to a distinguished career as an academician, diplomat, politician and, finally, India’s first Dalit President, Narayanan embodied modern India’s indomitable spirit. As President, as diplomat and as a citizen of India, Narayanan believed strongly in the ideas and principles that the nation was built upon—nationalism, democracy, economic progress, religious tolerance and social justice—and these found memorable expression in his speeches and writings over the years. In the Name of the People brings together Narayanan’s most important writings spanning five decades, from his first published article in 1954 to the Republic Day speech of 2000. In these pieces, he covers a diverse range of topics, from Indo–US ties and India–China relations to human development, Islam in India and women in politics; from the benefits of the parliamentary system and the need to build democracy from the grassroots to the role of education and technology in development and the importance of a sustainable environment. Also included are personalized accounts of Ambedkar, Gandhi and Nehru, and a good representation of Narayanan’s key presidential speeches. Informed, perceptive and well-argued, the pieces in In the Name of the People constitute one of our greatest statesmen’s reflections on independent India, and are especially striking in their continued relevance to the life of the nation.

Beyond Religion in India and Pakistan

Author : Virinder S. Kalra,Navtej K. Purewal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781350041769

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Beyond Religion in India and Pakistan by Virinder S. Kalra,Navtej K. Purewal Pdf

Drawing on insights from theoretical engagements with borders and subalternity, Beyond Religion in India and Pakistan suggests new frameworks for understanding religious boundaries in South Asia. It looks at the ways in which social categories and structures constitute the bordering logics inherent within enactments of these boundaries, and positions hegemony and resistance through popular religion as an important indication of wider developments of political and social change. The book also shows how borders are continually being maintained through violence at national, community and individual levels. By exploring selected sites and expressions of piety including shrines, texts, practices and movements, Virinder S. Kalra and Navtej K. Purewal argue that the popular religion of Punjab should neither be limited to a polarised picture between formal, institutional religion, nor the 'enchanted universe' of rituals, saints, shrines and village deities. Instead, the book presents a picture of 'religion' as a realm of movement, mobilization, resistance and power in which gender and caste are connate of what comes to be known as 'religious'. Through extensive ethnographic research, the authors explore the reality of the complex, dynamic and contested relations that characterize everyday material and religious lives on the ground. Ultimately, the book highlights how popular religion challenges the borders and boundaries of religious and communal categories, nationalism and theological frameworks while simultaneously reflecting gender/caste society.

God of Sin

Author : Ushinor Majumdar
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Hindus
ISBN : 0143443135

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For decades, Asaram Bapu presided over a politically influential empire built on blind faith. Along with his son and heir, Narayan Sai, he has now become an example of everything that is wrong with self-styled godmen and the cults they spawn. The two stand accused of sexual assaults on vulnerable devotees, land grabbing, money laundering, intimidation, exploitative black magic rituals and the horrific murder of witnesses who testified against them. Politically, Asaram Bapu held significant boroughs of influence across north India and the Hindi belt, and there are photos of him with almost every known political leader throughout the 1990s and 2000s, till his arrest in a sexual assault case in 2013. Asaram originated the business model of branding goods and selling them to followers, using faith as a marketing tool-which other godmen emulated to great success. His commercial empire, now being investigated by economic offences agencies, was built on unaccounted donations, loans given on hefty rates of interest, investments in dubious companies, money laundering and dodgy real estate deals. God of Sin pieces together Asaram's journey to spiritual godhood, his fall from grace and the long and arduous road to bring him to justice.

New Man for the New Millennium

Author : Osho
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 0140297677

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Osho Says It Is Imperative That We Become New Human Beings As We Enter The New Millennium. He Elucidates The Seven Essential Qualities Of The New Man And Examines Issues That Have Bedevilled Generations: Love, Relationships, Marriage, Family, Money, Power, Work, And Morality. Showing Us How To Let Go Of Our Past, He Invites Us To Wake Up To Our Enlightenment.

Religious Practice and Democracy in India

Author : Pradeep K. Chhibber,Sandeep Shastri
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107041509

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Religious Practice and Democracy in India by Pradeep K. Chhibber,Sandeep Shastri Pdf

This book demonstrates the close relationship between religion and democracy in India. Religious practice creates ties among citizens that can generate positive and democratic political outcomes. In pursuing this line of inquiry the book questions a dominant strand in some contemporary social sciences - that a religious denomination (Catholic, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, etc.) is sufficient to explain the relationship between religion and politics or that religion and democracy are antithetical to each other. The book makes a strong case for studying religious practice and placing that practice in the panoply of other social practices and showing that religious practice is positively associated with democracy.