Four important issues on the expose of Sai Baba   Date: June 24, 2007 By: Exbaba Admin Here, along with quotation from each, are the blogs appearing over the last few days at: http://barrypittard.wordpress.com Corrupt Indian Judges Stonewall Case Vs Sai Baba http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/corrupt-indian-judges-stonewall-case-vs-sai-baba/ "In 2001, the celebrated Indian advocate Kamini Jaiswal (who was a lawyer for the famous ‘Bandit Queen’ Phoolan Devi) attempted to mount, pro bono, a case against Sai Baba on behalf of a former Sai Baba devotee, Hari Sampath ...Two other prominent Indian advocates Prashant Kumar and Gaurav Agarwal appeared along with Kamini Jaiswal. However, they were entirely thwarted by judges in the New Delhi Supreme Court - the Sai Baba-partial Judges Lahoti and Patnaik. There is a document which reveals instantly to any alert and unbiased reader what a ‘kangaroo court’ theirs was. This document’s provenance we can prove to competent and principled enquirers". Sai Baba’s “Back Yard” Still A Mess http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/greatest-avatar-fails-to-clean-up-own-backyard/ "Activists know best their own culture. It would be good to see many more critics than B.Premanand and Swami Agnivesh and a handful of others speak out against the abuses. As I discovered when a Sai Baba follower for 25 years, as do many other devotees who travel widely in India, there is, and long has been, widespread disrespect for Sai Baba - no matter his popularity, too. Much more would have been uttered, except that a great many Indians are extremely polite and do not like to upset the feelings of others" "Many dispute that Sai Baba has made significant headway in bringing harmony among the various faiths in India, very few of whose representatives have ever allied themselves with him" Who In India Will Stand out Against Abuses? http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/who-in-india-will-stand-out-against-abuses/ "A few courageous Indians, like B. Premanand, the famous “guru buster”, Rationalists, Humanists and People’s Union for Civil Liberties PUCL), work to expose Sathya Sai Baba and others who hold such tremendous sway with power brokers, and escape accountability. Would that India’s religious leaders would, in sufficient numbers raise their voices, as, for example, Swami Agnivesh has been doing" Taboo On Acting Against Sexual Abuse In India http://barrypittard.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/taboo-on-acting-against-sexual-abuse-in-india/ "That attempts are being made to overcome a tragic deficit is evident in the release of a major study on child abuse by the current Manmohan Singh government. I have blogged information about this study"