Rakesh Manchanda	RESCUE THE BEAUTIFUL TITANIC -`BABA RAMDEV` -By Rakesh Manchanda
Blog	Posted By: hindtodaynews on:1/2/2012 2:57:29 AM

The recent media combat of `Baba Ramdev-Com.Brinda Karat` has one clear qualified winner - the yoga centered `organic life style`. Lets demystify the web called Yoga. Its newly generated need for both-rich and poor. Increasing work pressure at work places and lesser productive value in shape of shrinkingincome makes us intolerant and `losers`. Even for `winners` Yoga helps to sustain the power, space and the mystical adventure. This is where the renewed demand for a better life style emerges and re-emerges. Infact this healthy and economical life style since ages have nursed billions of needy. The survival Kit called Baba`s Yoga is not new for us. As Indians and for all needy global citizens. Let’s stop to take a deep breath. The same breath which our ancestors mastered during our evolution while witnessing our fast vanishing tails. The `left over` today who may disagree with tails can see `Lord Hanuman` performing yoga. The `zero-anger` environment is today essential for the rescue, survival and rethinking of millions of yoga followers.

As usual here is the hidden casualty in the big fight. The meek and modest truth. Can truth, yoga, business and inputs of business team have different logic? Unfortunately, truth continues to have two faces. One, which is based on conventional media stories of politically powerful Babas with its potential for coercion in the name of `feel good`. Here truth is supported by intellectually lazy and blind followers. The other face of Truth remains a participatory inquiring modest one with the potential of a `lever` for improving the quality of life of the unheard and voiceless.

When business aspirations, religion and profit stand mixed, remixed and catered as a `new life style` the seeds of defeat of `truth` are sowed.Blocking of truth/information in trade can trigger war within the organization. Why? and how? Lets plug in a supportive `fast forward` slice from a recent Bollywood block bluster “ Mangal Pandey”. Those of us who have missed this bite may recall the magnetic voice of Nassrudin Shah, a renowned actor explaining the business working of the famous18^thcentury, English East India Company : The East India Company’s executive in India had stopped sharing daily business with his London based head office. Consequently the British inquiry commission visited India to understand business losses. Result? Opium growth and hush-hush exports to China was declared illegal by the inquiry commission. The emperor of China efforts to stop  `opium smuggling` tasted success. The accused British officer in India was fired. Agriculture fields growing opium were taken over. The Indian farmers once motivated to grow opium were reduced to slaves. The victimized `Parsi businessman` shared the secret of the `gun cartage`. Revolutionaries visited the factory. Result? The famous Indian soldiers mutiny. Subsequently the revolt of 1857 in India gave the Queen of England enough reasons to take over the business rights of hundred years old, East India Company. The freedom of India got delayed by another hundred years.

The untiring wheel of human sharing keeps rotating and unfolds such day-to-day events. Today instead of beef-cow `cartages` we have sex enhancement `capsules` and preparation from Baba Ramdev`s Pharmacy with tested human and animal tissue. The report of central government labs allegedly, in his prescribed medicine should be an eye opener to all.

So what’s new?

The new is the coo modification and consumerism of label called `Pranayam` and the growing demand of the `business team` for better living conditions. The one sided communication with Baba works. The last Yoga workshop of Baba held in Mumbai generated one and half crore rupees. The richest Baba admits it on a popular TV show. This is only a tip of an iceberg. Thanks to our Television savvy `Swamiji`.

So what?. As long as the yoga package with medicine cures it is useless to worry and inquire. Label or no label of necessary ingredients does not matter. Such business ethics are meant only for weaker brands from `Dabur-India`. Baba fans are willing to eat crushed bones and pay as they trust Baba. Human or animals, the bones are magically transformed to `Sanjivini booty`. The `lucy` followers voluntarily pay and donate generously for the holy services.

Each morning you may find profit and news hungry media pasting Babas as the new `avatars` in their shows. Guru should not get hurt. Babas should not loose their temper, not even on camera. They should not be questioned and challenged. Not even those who are the indigenous brand ambassadors of Ayurveda medicine and business. If this happens then all hell will break loose. All religious teachings focusing on minimizing human arrogance and ego will disappear. Unsecured followers and weak followings will pour out on streets.

Combating the threat to `change` has recently forced Ramdev-fans to politicize their life style and safeguard `meditation` on streets. Here is a slice on camera in Bhopal: A middle-aged women sitting on dharna in yoga posture is surrounded by competing yoga fans shouting and agitating in support of Baba Ramdev. The heat generated by meditation savy fans politicize the mass movement for yoga. But at the same time ruthlessly block the Right To Information. After Ayodhaya movement lost its color the adulteration in conventional religion is getting exposed. Weak religious gurus and opportunist politicians of all colours are queuing to rope in their maximum political mileage. The genuine but weak cries of `Ramdev`s adulteration` raised by Maneka Gandhi of BJP fall on deaf opportunist ears of her party.

Mrs.Menaka Gandhi is obviously been told to `shut up` by her party high command. She is perhaps asked to target her goodwill on animals and generate funds. Recently we found her focusing on `No Objection` mandatory certificate to the uncensored film `Rang De Basanti`. This certificate issued by Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) as per media reports was withdrawn on Jan.3^rd.2006,as rules under prevention of cruelty to animals Act were not adhered to. Ten `lucky` horses, two healthy goats, one cute little calf and three black and beautiful buffaloes were spotted in this new bollywood reel starring Aamir Khan. This herd now censored as a thirty seconds `cut` was enough for Mrs.Maneka Gandhi to demonstrate her love towards animals and forget her half an hour interview on a popular S1tevision channel.Here Mrs Gandhi accepted having caught Baba Ramdev`s pharmacy red handed using animal and human tissues.

The whistle blower -`Brinda Karat` and her effigy is hanged again and again. Her fault? She dared to rescue the `truth` hijacked since May 2005.

Let us fast-forward this real slice of Baba Ramdev 2005-6 ashram life: Place of one such experiment where facts were hidden and blocked : - A pharmaceutical factory in a valley among cool Himalayan Mountains.Target of uncaliberated medicine here is human beings not animals. Result? The pharmacies who do not care to follow the weak government directives of minimum wages and do not care to document, communicate and display their ingredients with their loyal customers continue to cheat. Here is a clear insight: Total 114 odd young men and women labeled as `sewaks` instead of `employees` fired since May 2005. Agitation and hunger strikes followed but no media coverage. Logic is simple. An employee, who used to earn only Rs 1,200/-month, manufacturing Ayurvedic drugs is not important. Neither for the media nor for the business and the religion of Billionaire Babas selling medicines such as Ramdev.

The battle line within the business organization is visible.  The social war of Dharma of crushing bones and preparing medicines is today denying a minimum wage of Rs60/-per day but at the same time is accepting and generating collection of Rs1.5 crores in each yoga workshop. As usual the state and the governments have mastered the art of suppression of information. Outside India during recent WTO meetings in Hong Kong our Ministers hide their weaknesses. They surrender to MNC’s and preach consensus, agreement and dialogue as the only path to global trade. Back home they do the opposite. For instance they violate the `consensus` of Labor laws and Tripod Agreement. A quick glance shows the latest `consensus` between Divya Pharmacy of Swami Ramdev, Uttaranchal Govnment and Centre for Trade Union stands as a `broken deal` today.

You may anticipate, if you wish as to how the blind faith and unfair manufacturing practices will slowly sink the strong and beautiful Titanic called `Swami Ramdev`. The humanity needs to rescue the hijacked truth and safeguard Yoga. Change makers committed to safeguard science including rituals of meditation  need to expose the false and unholy alliance between astrology, astronomy and astro physics. Humble and  down to earth individuals like Baba Ramdev may hopefully soon realise this truth. The selected beneficiary of BJP & now Congress "Jyotish vigyan" & corrupt middlemen of `God`, jobs and quack doctors all need to be thrown back by the people in the market. Once thrown out of power they should be left to seek their own employment. Anti-workers and anti-MNCs stand of such Babas is a clear business compulsion. Once they and their business reach gets global then the preaching `changes` .

Rakesh Manchanda,

Shrestha Vihar, Delhi-92,

Email: rakeshmanchanda[at]hotmail.com.

Ph: 011-22145369, 9811933451.