One more death

After Arati in 2009 and Jitendra Sai 2012 another name is hitting the news headlines in India. His name was Sri Harsha, 4th year Electronics and Communication Engineering student at the Amrita School of Engineering in Bengaluru. With two placement processes in progress, he was confident in securing a job after his graduation.

Women disempowerment

For many years Mata Amritanandamayi has claimed to be the champion of women empowerment. Why ruining her PR so openly?

Environmental scandal cover up

Amma says she is an open book with nothing to hide from public eyes. Isn't it easy to make such claim when one is sure that journalists are scared to publish criticism?

Police over food complain

Many customers complain on the internet about the services provided by Amritanandamayi’s educational institutions. Food is often said to be awful at the school’s mess.

Food Fascism

What is "Food Fascism" ? It sounds like a joke but the truth is far from being funny

Festival of cruelty

Amma displays impressive compassion daily. We would like to know what unfolds behind the curtain. Sometimes we stumble across clues that can offer a glimpse into the dark side, stories of treason

Angry parents? Arrested parents!

Amrita Vidyalayam schools has been racked by turmoil in June. Unsurprisingly, the reason is money. As one could expect, police came to the rescue. What happened?

2011 nurse Strike, the whole story

Our team has recently found an article dealing with the 2011 nurse strike that spread throughout India. One of its key player gives all the details of the story to Open Magazine. Once again the institutions of the Mother of Compassion don't seem to do what she preaches.

She was not invited!

In face of spontaneous popular protest through social media, there are only official speeches and planned gatherings originating from political and religious institutions. The latest manifestation of this kind was Dharma Raksha Samgam, a Hindu community unite to pledge to protect Dharma under under a single flag.

Australian tour canceled

It has just been announced that Amritanandamayi has abandoned her Australian tour which was planned for April 2014. The announcement has been made on the Australian website a few days ago. Why has she canceled that program?

Political revenge behind religious pretexts?

The police in Ernakulam has registered a case against a Facebook user called Eldho Kurian R N. He has been caught posting negative comments about Amritanandamayi. The complaint originates from Babu Menon, marketing head of Amrita Institute of Medical Science. Who is Eldho Kurian R N? Why him?

Articles and video related to "Holy Hell" in Eastern media

Since February 18 2014, Keralan media have started to talk about Gail Tredwell's book "Holy Hell". This posts gathers the articles in english, dealing with the online wildfire that followed.

Just shut up and everything will be fine!

This could be the lesson that the Ever Radiant Truth wants us to learn. In face of criticism her reaction remains the same since the 80's : legal threats!

Are Indians fed up with the Mother of Compassion?

As soon as the Malayalam online media Indiavision, Madhyamam and Reporter talked about Gail's Tredwell's book, the Indian internet users rushed to their computer to support and comment these publications.

Petitions

No.
The whole world is not enamoured with Her Holiness Sudhamani Idamanel. In addition to protest marches, her activities have sometimes meet such opposition that a few petitions have been launched.

Infinite immunity

As a major Hindu leader, Amma benefits from total immunity. Protests raise and crumble against an invisible shield which magically protects her organisation and her deeds.

Unexplained disappearances

Many unexplained dramatic events occured in Amritapuri. Here are some of them.

Nationalist flavor

According to Indian newspapers, Amma is mainly supported by 3 political parties which are Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP).