The hunt for fake godmen that has intensified over the last few weeks in Kerala is something that should be sustained. I had read a few years back about some great sage, forgot who it was, saying the fake godmen are the scum of Indian society and when the society starts to become dynamic, they will be washed away. I think it was Vivekananda.
And now that time seems to have come. These self-proclaimed godmen thrive by instilling a sense of fear and dependence on people who flock to them; those are the very opposite of the qualities you need to discover and realize yourself, according to the Himalayan masters. I personally know of a fake godman in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, who claims to be Hanuman.
He was a perfectly ordinary guy, with a little bit of intuition, before his marriage. Then the mutation happened - he decided that he was Hanuman, and he got mad at me when I questioned it. He still runs a thriving business in Thiruvananthapuram, complete with personally selling women's underwears in a textile shop supposedly run by his brother-in-law.
The campaign against these godmen are spearheaded by Solidarity, a movement of radical Muslim youth. But in this case I think they are doing a wonderful service to society. These godmen are a curse on society - whichever religion they are from - and need to be rooted out. For once, I think, the agenda of these young Muslim activists is in perfect harmony with a national need.
And, after all, God is in them as well as every one else!
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