{"id":332370,"date":"2025-09-25T07:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=332370"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:59:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:59:03","slug":"opinion-opinion-delhi-baba-to-ram-rahim-asaram-indias-endless-obsession-with-godmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=332370","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Opinion | Delhi ‘Baba’ To Ram Rahim, Asaram, India’s Endless Obsession With Godmen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sustained appeal of controversial figures like Asaram, Ram Rahim, and now Chaitanyananda reflects a deeper malaise in society – the followers’ refusal to challenge and discard their beliefs even when they become destructive.<\/p>\n

\u200bThe sustained appeal of controversial figures like Asaram, Ram Rahim, and now Chaitanyananda reflects a deeper malaise in society – the followers’ refusal to challenge and discard their beliefs even when they become destructive.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sustained appeal of controversial figures like Asaram, Ram Rahim, and now Chaitanyananda reflects a deeper malaise in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":332371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t