Thereafter we were greeted by a group of villagers engaged in a preparatory meeting to finalise plans for the observance of Swamiji’s death 
anniversary. “We’ve been constrained to curtail the first shradhotsav of Swamiji for two reasons. First, the district administration will not allow congregation of his admireres from across the state for security reasons. Second, Maoists have distributed leaflets directing the public to refrain from participating in any of our programmes. However, we will perform some basic religious rituals,” says Jagabandhu Dash, Sanskrit teacher of Chakapada gurukul.
On condition of anonymity, one inmate revealed that the ashram was facing a severe cash crunch as donations had dried up after the death of the Swami.
Some local people allege that the missionaries indulged in mass conversion of tribals and scheduled caste people by luring them with money and other inducements. The Swamiji successfully stopped the conversions and vehemently opposed cow-slaughter. The Swamiji had survived at least nine attempts on his life, including a murderous attempt in December 2007. The district administration failed to provide adequate security to Saraswati even though his life was always under threat.
On our way back, our cab was halted on the Chakapada-Tikabali road by a huge herd of cattle. We ask the owner of the animals, Bapu Pradhan, whether he would be going to the ashram for Swamiji’s death anniversary. We also enquired whether communal tension still persists in Kandhamal. His reply surprised us: “I don’t know anything. Police vehicles are coming to this area frequently. Something untoward must have happened.”
We reached the district headquarters, Phulbani, at about 9 pm. Hotel rooms in Kandhamal are all taken. Since last year’s communal violence, the place has been receiving a steady stream of journalists from around the world, which has been keeping constant watch on the situation in Kandhamal. An essentially local issue has turned into an international one. We later learnt that the Orissa Director-General of Police was in Phulbani to supervise security operations. “He is busy with a high-level meeting and may not brief the media today,” a senior police official present at the Kandhamal SP’s office said when a request for an interaction with the DGP Manmohan Praharaj was made.
anniversary. “We’ve been constrained to curtail the first shradhotsav of Swamiji for two reasons. First, the district administration will not allow congregation of his admireres from across the state for security reasons. Second, Maoists have distributed leaflets directing the public to refrain from participating in any of our programmes. However, we will perform some basic religious rituals,” says Jagabandhu Dash, Sanskrit teacher of Chakapada gurukul.On condition of anonymity, one inmate revealed that the ashram was facing a severe cash crunch as donations had dried up after the death of the Swami.
Some local people allege that the missionaries indulged in mass conversion of tribals and scheduled caste people by luring them with money and other inducements. The Swamiji successfully stopped the conversions and vehemently opposed cow-slaughter. The Swamiji had survived at least nine attempts on his life, including a murderous attempt in December 2007. The district administration failed to provide adequate security to Saraswati even though his life was always under threat.
On our way back, our cab was halted on the Chakapada-Tikabali road by a huge herd of cattle. We ask the owner of the animals, Bapu Pradhan, whether he would be going to the ashram for Swamiji’s death anniversary. We also enquired whether communal tension still persists in Kandhamal. His reply surprised us: “I don’t know anything. Police vehicles are coming to this area frequently. Something untoward must have happened.”
We reached the district headquarters, Phulbani, at about 9 pm. Hotel rooms in Kandhamal are all taken. Since last year’s communal violence, the place has been receiving a steady stream of journalists from around the world, which has been keeping constant watch on the situation in Kandhamal. An essentially local issue has turned into an international one. We later learnt that the Orissa Director-General of Police was in Phulbani to supervise security operations. “He is busy with a high-level meeting and may not brief the media today,” a senior police official present at the Kandhamal SP’s office said when a request for an interaction with the DGP Manmohan Praharaj was made.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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