– Chaitanya Kejriwal<\/p>\n
Millennials, we call ourselves. A fresh generation. A fresh mindset. A different, rather aggressive approach towards life. The desire to achieve something early in life. A generation that truly believes in \u2013 \u201cBe the change you want to see.\u201d A generation that has their set of idols that they look up to, that they learn from, who they want to be like when they grow up. To add to this, a different outlook towards right and wrong. Not right, not wrong \u2013 different. Different. Are we different because we want to be individualistic? Because we want to be unique? I\u2019m afraid not.
\nGodmen are people who claim to have a connect with the heavenly, the Gods that we worship, the ones we consider to be the creators of mankind. Some even claim to be a reincarnation of the Gods themselves. What\u2019s that one word that should pop into anybody\u2019s heads when they hear of Godmen? Let me guess, spiritual! And now, let\u2019s look at what words we, in fact, come across when we type their names on the mean world wide web \u2013 Rape, Extortion, Conmen, Murder, Kidnapping, Encroachment, oh wait, Jail! As examples, let\u2019s look into the personal lives of a few of them. Swami Premananda- accused of raping 13 girls. Asaram Bapu- sexual assault against a minor girl. Swami Sadachari- caught for running a brothel. And the list goes on.<\/p>\n
In this age of technology, the youth is opinionated since a very early age and have their own mindset instead of giving in to the conventional way of life the previous generation has been following. Would you say your parents are wrong to be believing in Godmen, in case they do? You can\u2019t. It has been observed that a considerable number of people that once believed in these Godmen have now chosen to steer clear of them, mainly because they now are exposed. The cruel media, in their own hunt for TRPs, won\u2019t let them fool the general public anymore and is always on the lookout for such stories of Godmen that portray them in a different persona from what they\u2019ve been showing their followers.
\nThe need of the hour, in my opinion, is an eye-opener for the blind followers these masterminds have. One can never forget the huge resistance the police faced when they arrived to arrest the Dera Sacha Sauda chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, another such personality recently arrested on charges of murder, castration of followers, amongst others and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. It\u2019s astonishing to see someone defend them under the pretext of \u201cthem being human too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rape isn\u2019t justified with an argument that starts and ends at, \u201cthey are human too.\u201d It comes as a surprise when I see these followers sending in people from their family, to a Godman who is involved in a sexual assault case against him under the hope of getting a divine intervention in their lives. Ever wondered where the thousands of crores of rupees donated to them have gone? I\u2019m sure nobody has a clue. And the sad part is nobody ever will. Every single penny given to them remains unaccounted. I say if you\u2019ve really used the resources you were provided with, from the public that was fooled into doing so, then what\u2019s the harm in showing it out? It is important to make the population, the rural population in particular, about who these fraudulent people truly are and where they belong.
\nThat, however, is not the only reason why youth does not want to reason with them. \u201cPour a vessel full of milk at the stem of a tree, and your life will take a turn for the good,\u201d many have said. In this age of poverty, where millions of people don\u2019t have access to the basic necessity \u2013 food, the youth would choose to feed them instead of emptying a vessel full of milk at the stem of a tree. We\u2019d rather donate a sum of money to an organization that we know does good for the society instead of emptying our wallets in a box outside an ashram. Besides, a considerable percent of the millennials, now choose to be atheists, turning the concept of Godmen to a distant figment of one’s imagination. Besides atheist and having no belief in the concept of God whatsoever, there also is a huge population of people that believe in the supernatural existence of God, or as they like to say, an external supernatural sensation of energy, they don\u2019t choose to believe that these self-proclaimed Godmen are the path to reach out to the divine force.<\/p>\n
Moreover, from the exposure that the youth now has, they don\u2019t see the need of Godmen in society and they prefer working hard to achieve their goals in life over waiting for all their dreams to come true miraculously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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