(Audio Timestamps below)
This satire by Harishankar Parsai is an attack on how the political parties try to gain mileage out of sensitive religious issues by taking help of some corrupt Godmen.
Originally written in 1968, this satirical piece seems more relevant than ever in today's communally charged atmosphere, keeping in mind the many deplorable instances of violence due to the same context recently.
The relevance of truly great writer never goes away and Harishankar Parsai's razor sharp wit shows us just that.
Audio Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:03 - Story
15:05 - Discussion on Gauraksha Andolan
16:57 - Lynchings and related violence
18:00 - Loving pets and abusing animals
20:21 - Veganism and Carbon emissions
22:00 - Lynching Humans to save cows
23:30 - Worshipping devis and abusing women
25:10 - Separation of Politics and Religion
27:45 - Sant Kabir's poetry
