Saw an interesting debate on NDTV: Has spirituality become a business. Through the discussion I was thinking why only corner spirituality, why not take for example a Sachin or a Dhoni or an AB or a Shahrukh for whom people in millions pay lots of money to watch them on screens and again watch them on TV..and adverts and follow them like crazy...and believe what they say..
Growing up as a kid in India..When a sachin and Kapil said Boost is the secret of my energy,...our energy....atleast I don't remember having questioned it...
Similarly, when a god man is being blamed of trying to make money out of the gullible by mesmerizing them......how are the celebrities different when they mesmerize people...or when the youth forgets themselves while dancing to the dance "item" numbers....they may not be paying them money into a hundi themselves..but they are paying when they buy a movie ticket or through some other means...
PS: This was just a question that arose in my mind. By no means am I saying that all god men are bad or nor the celebs I mentioned are bad....it was just a thought to draw a parallel...
