GODdammnedMen= Godmen

God. Godmen. God.Godmen. Oh god, these darn godmen!

Krishna, in the Mahabharata, told the Pandavas that Kali Yuga would be the era in which man, by merely chanting the name of god with staunch devotion and not undergoing severe penance (a feature of the other three yugas),could easily attain moksha or salvation- a concept in Hinduism which talks about eternal freedom from the exhausting cycle of birth and death.

Does this explain the sudden influx of Babas and Swamijis in the nation? Does this perhaps explain the rise of self-proclaimed god-men like Nithyananda, Ramdev, and the now notoriously-renowned Asaram Bapu?

To the point of sounding extremely cynical yet realistic, this is the world as we know it- supposedly advanced in thought and outlook, but full of nut-case politicians for whom mere wealth is synonymous with power,deranged rapists, and now, added to this elite group are god-men. Oh joy. 

What is it with society, well, with the world, today? Intellectuals all over are preaching about how thinking and planning ahead can put India on the map of developed nations; how one has to think big in order to achieve anything. Countries world-over are talking about adopting traditional Indian concepts like thayir sadam to cool the body, curry leaves for jet black hair, yoga for a perfect body, so on and so forth. Yet, men in India seem to fall back on the age-old obsolete convention of treating women like rag-dolls  5000 odd years ago, we had Duryodhana and Dusshasana almost stripping their sister-in-law Draupadi naked in a sabha full of Kuru veterans. Before that, we had Ravana pulling Sita by her hair and taking her captive to Lanka. Now, we have a group of men who think that their masculinity stems from their ability to gang-rape a woman mercilessly, and god-men who flippantly and irrationally comment on how women in such position should seek mercy from their ruthless captors, in order to save themselves from the dishonour of rape. 

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I had come across a bizarre but extremely accurate definition of the term rape a few weeks ago on the internet- this is how it goes:

‘Rape: The only crime where the victim becomes the accused.’

The more I read the definition and went over it in my head, the more convinced I was of how cynical it was ,but also how very true it was. In my previous post, I'd expressed the murderous feeling I had harboured towards men, more-so after reading about the demons who had gang-raped a girl in Delhi. However, after writing about it, I had started to simmer down. Now, I've barely gotten over how much frustration I feel towards men and society in general, and Asaram Bapu has done it again! 

The self-proclaimed god-man, the charlatan I truly believe Asaram Bapu is, imparted what he mulishly presumed was gyaan- if ever a woman is about to be raped, refer to the potential rapist as bhaiya- brother. According to a report on CNN-IBN, the so-called spiritual leader advised women on the verge of being raped to say- "Bhaiya! Main abla hoon, tum mere bhai ho. Dharam ke bhai ho. Bhagwan ke naam lekar haath pakadti, pair pakadti."   

Yes, 5000 years ago, while Duryodhana and Dusshasana tried to strip Draupadi naked in spite of her begging them to show mercy, in spite of her being their sister-in-law, today, women merely have to refer to strange men who are trying to rape them as bhaiya and they are saved.

So, all you women out there, or abla naaris, as Asaram Bapu thinks you are, it's simple ,according to him- if ever you are in danger of being raped, forget about pepper-spray, forget about chilly-powder. Whip out the trusted rakhi from your handbags and refer to the monster as bhaiya. Then, the concept of rape will cease to exist in India. Poverty cannot be eradicated, nor can India become a developed nation by 2020. But, use a rakhi on your potential rapist , and the concept of rape will undoubtedly be wiped out from India, nay, from the world itself.   

In conclusion: God-men, men, BAH.