India violence is affecting people I know there

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I didn’t want to get much in to politics but this India violence is affecting people I know there, bringing danger to them.


Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to be sentenced for rape
PM warns against further clashes after deaths of at least 30 in the streets amid angry protests over guilty verdict.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/gurmeet-ram-rahim-singh-sentenced-rape-170827064016266.html

See also:
"Why do people die for Ram Rahim? There’s a MSG in the mayhem
Who is this man for whom these people die? A man who breached the trust of his followers, and raped them, repeatedly. A man who dresses like a joker, spouts inanities as sermons, and makes movies that revel in stereotypes
columns Updated: Aug 27, 2017 14:58 IST"
http://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/ram-rahim-verdict-msg-in-the-mayhem/story-w4fCF9V8CxqBvw2y7S7R5H.html

This is terrible, reading about poverty in India's always been hard for me. Usually, it would be good to know that someone like that has been brought to justice even after 15 years but the fact that their's still people fighting for him and that it has resulted in as many tragedies is just demoralizing

I know. This sort of thing happens in India all the time. I feel for you.

India is a beautiful country. People get passionate about things there. And people, these days, are frustrated because of the rich/poor disparity there...and because of religion.

Many people want to move on from that stuff...but you always have a few who can't "let it go."

One of the challenges for India seems to be the length of its history. A lot of the states in the country act more like competing countries with all kind of border rules, tariffs, etc. and it seems like corruption and nepotism run rampant. One thing I do realize about how religion in the East can go wrong - people really have a way of giving their spiritual leaders access to their heads as if they're enlightened beings. Sam Harris, in Spirituality Without Religion, did a good job of covering the breaches in good conduct, erratic behavior, and general cruelty a lot of gurus are given a pass on as supposed enlightened beings acting by a higher rule set.

I suppose the best you can do is stand back, watch, learn, hope as little violence as possible occurs in the proceedings, and hope for the best outcome for their culture going forward.

what are the laws of mere mortals in comparison to the wisdom of a holy man?
Modernisation will be cause for tremendous bloodshed, there and elsewhere.
Can't say it was peaceful here (Europe) either.

Something my India friends sent me a few hours ago: