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    Against ‘buvabaji’: Narendra Dabholkar’s warning about the falsehood of so-called godmen

    Narendra Dabholkar
    · Aug 20, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘Holy men’, theirs and ours: If India has Ram Rahim, Pakistan has its pirs and mullahs

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    Pervez Hoodbhoy
    · Sep 05, 2017 · 08:30 pm
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    · Sep 01, 2017 · 10:30 pm
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    Readers’ comments: ‘Mumbai’s relentless spirit seems to be allowing its civic body to become lax’

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    · Aug 30, 2017 · 10:30 pm
  • Meet ‘Bullet Swamy’, the self-styled godman whose genitals were severed by a woman in Kerala

    Meet ‘Bullet Swamy’, the self-styled godman whose genitals were severed by a woman in Kerala

    TA Ameerudheen
    · May 22, 2017 · 08:00 am
  • The Sri Sri syndrome: What we should not forget about so-called gurus and godmen

    The Sri Sri syndrome: What we should not forget about so-called gurus and godmen

    TM Krishna
    · Apr 04, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • Three years on, Radhe Maa's anointment as high priest continues to roil key order of sadhus

    Three years on, Radhe Maa's anointment as high priest continues to roil key order of sadhus

    Dhirendra K Jha
    · Aug 10, 2015 · 11:30 am