I expressed the idea that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is not a supreme being endowed with the power of the Almighty God in my article titled “” I concluded that he is doing very useful work and as evidence I pointed out that he has very large numbers of followers who are willing to pay good deals of money for his guidance. But that rubs his worshippers the wrong way. Fortunately, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a Hindu and therefore his followers are not in the habit of calling for the murder of those who hurt their feelings. When SSRS’s followers feel slighted by my not considering SSRS god incarnate, they merely write letters protesting my view. One such arrived today asking me to keep my opinions to myself. I don’t suppose the person appreciates the irony of expressing his opinion that I should keep my opinion to myself. Here is the letter verbatim, for the record:
Subject: Blog on Sri Sri Ravishankar and Deepak Chopra Dear Mr Atanu dey, I read your blog on both of them. I have read about both of them and also know the services rendered by Sri Sri Ravishankar. I don’t know what you do? and also not interested. I want you to keep your personal view points to yourself and not put it on the net. You have written history only by reading the website. It is not simple. They are contributing to the people and to the society and if they have to hire teachers, travel all over the world, give free food, build schools, develope villages, bring knowledge, empower women, bring a change to prisoners, they require money. How much is a question which can be answered only by involving oneself into these services. Not by reading website. They are doing good, that matters. Please keep your opinions to yourself and let it not float. raghu