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2 Oct 2024 <\/em>– India is a land of many religions\u2014 Hindu, Christianity, Islam and some smaller religions and faiths \u2014 Buddhism, Sikhism, \u00a0 etc. All these religions and sects have distinguished leaders and believers. Some of these have leaders who are no longer alive but many followers still believe in these faiths and the leaders who have done good work earlier. These leaders who are no longer alive but have hundreds of followers who believe in these faiths and in their earlier as well as in the new \u00a0leaders leading these faiths, sects.<\/p>\n

How is this done? This is achieved by arranging meetings of the various sects \u00a0where several leaders \u2014 older and newer participate in the meetings and give talks and deliberate on the programs that are planned. Hundreds of followers and more also participate here and talk about new programs that are arranged for the newer and earlier leaders and followers. In fact, the earlier leaders , some of whom may not be alive, are actively shown talking about the activities that are continuing on the websites of these leaders and the followers are also shown \u00a0supporting their programs and activities.<\/p>\n

However, sometimes the earlier leaders\u2014 alive or deceased, get so much attention that this causes resentment among the male followers who feel that the deceased leaders are \u00a0getting \u00a0much more \u00a0attention that they don\u2019t deserve. In fact, the husbands of some lady followers feel that their wives are giving more attention to the deceased leaders than to them. In fact they feel that they may have to divorce their wives for this behaviour of ignoring their husbands.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, the situation is not so bad as to talk of divorce, but this situation needs to be properly appreciated and follow up action to be taken. New situations arise due to religious and social factors and we have to be very\u00a0careful to avoid possible undesirable situations.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Dr Ravi P Bhatia is a member of the <\/em>TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/em><\/a>, an<\/em> educationist, Gandhian scholar and peace researcher. Retired professor, Delhi University. His new book, <\/em>A Garland of Ideas\u2014Gandhian, Religious, Educational, Environmental was published recently in Delhi.<\/em> ravipbhatia@gmail.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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