It is both disconcerting and revealing that in 2025, nearly a decade after self-styled godman Asumal Sirumalani Harpalani, aka Asaram Bapu, was convicted for raping a minor, a couple of staff at the ...

‘Godman’ ‘Bhole Baba’ draws Dalits, the poor and illiterate in droves. At his recent congregation in Uttar Pradesh, 121 followers died in a stampede. FILE- In this Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, file photo, ...