Here they were, huddled in a bus and going to Ramanagara from the Bidadi Aadheenam, because the Department of Child and Women Welfare had issued a notice for counselling the students (Balasants) who were studying at the Nithyananda Gurukul. We had come, met with our children and along with them, made the 30 min journey to the office of the District Commissioner in Ramanagara.
Their experiences:
Initially, we were to wait in a hall. The students had been woken up earlier than usual and in the hurry, many of them did not even have a proper breakfast. Naturally, some of them were starting to fall asleep in the waiting hall and were looking drowsy. Suddenly, a slew of cameras entered the hall. The media were going berserk filming each and every Balasant as though they were some circus character who should be put on display.
Some of us, who took the courage to challenge them, were told that this was a public space and the media can film whatever they feel like. But the fact of the matter is that children have a right against being filmed without explicit consent by their parents / guardian. This right was being blatantly violated in the premises of a government department.
When the turn came for us to meet with the “child counselor”, we could see that this was being done in a hurry with not enough professionals doing the interviews. Here were some of the ways in which we were harassed that day:
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
And my previos name is satish selvakumar.and i wanted to share about an incident that happened in 2013.That time i was working in the city of bangalore and my daughter was studying here in the gurukul. We were very happy that she was here. She was studying under the guidance of Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda.We have visited quite a number of time from the time she got admitted here that was in 2012. We were very very happy as parents that the kind of education she was receiving, the kind of care she was getting,the kind of food she was eating, we were absolutely fine with it. Then suddenly one fine day we got a notice from the CWC which is Child and Woman welfare or something like that,right they call themselves, and we were suppose to go for a counseling in ramnagara. And we got to apply for leave at work and then come and go visit this place and there we were kept waiting for sometime.And without any notice media allowed to come inside that hall.Now you have to understand as children they have rights. Even the state human rights commision talks about under age people not getting filmed without explicit concent from the guardian or their own parents.But this was been violated in a government department within the premises. So media was of course running.and what was surprising with the whole process was that at some point they couldn’t get any of the material that they thought they would get. They were thinking that there will be like ,this childrens are being forced to stay here,they are being tortured and so on so on right. But when they saw the childrens were very clear and the parents were very happy, they started harrasing the students. They started asking questions like ‘ is this your real parents’ and they asked the parents and i heard it myself to a parent who were sitting next to me to him he was asked ‘ how much you have been paid to act as a parent to this particular kid. Now this was kind of questioning that been done in a government department just because they did not get the stories that they want. The problem is they become story supplier for the media. There is so much pressure build up by the media that the truth goes out of the window and everyone was cornered to present and develope the kind of story that the media wants to hear.and there in lies the whole falsity of the system and how media is actualy breaking down our society because gurukul have been the back bone of our whole dharma, of our whole nation. Now this was the reason why even the british changed the education system so that they could win over our my set and actually develope people who they can employ in their own company adn not develope them as leaders which gurukul have been doing from time memorial in this country.This was the harrasment that we had to go through as parents back in 2013 and that shape and form has not changed. It just comes about in different ways, and a way for us to live , a traditional way of life for us to live which swamiji is reviving which have been continuesly denied or put enough of obstacle for us to enjoy and live a life that actually creates the best kind of human being on planet earth. So just wanted to share this concern and say that especially hindus are targetted in this country and no other religion faces this kind of prosecution and its time for us to stand up for Swamji Paramahamsa Nithyananda who is reviving all of sanatana hindu dharma and stand up with all the hindu gurus. Because very nicely they are helping to make laws,that pretend to safeguard this life of children adn women and so on. And using those same laws they attack and imprison our leaders,our religious leaders and our gurus and guru shisya parampara has been ,is the root or the spinal cord so do say of sanatana hindu dharma and they are using all the weapons without even us realising they are attacking us and destroying us from the roots. So its for us to realise this challanges and put up a resistance and not just resistance take enough actions that we reinstate this particular science of living which has been given in our scriptures,this is the teaching that sadashiva, shiva himself gives devi in the form of agamas.It’s time that we bring back such a lifestyle.and only an incarnations such as Paramahamsa Nithyananda can actually make it happen for people in this world and that is something that you have to see when you come here, any programs that he runs,there are people from 40,50 countries that show up and it is for nothing that people all over the world are finding solutions for their challenges and here in our own backyard we are disrespecting our gurus and disrespecting our traditional way of education which is gurukul. Thanks for watching.Nithyanandam.
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2. Ms Parmeshwari (Ma Nithya Vimalananda)
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:
(Nithyanandam my name is parmeshwari….Me and my son hemant…We both of us are staying here in ashram…In 2010…What happened to me…What we went through…Actually swami is bridging back beautifully and giving life to sanatana Hindu dharma and gurukul system. My son is studying in gurukul…So day and night I am seeing his growth… Beautifully he is growing… being outside..When all the children go to school…homework and what not…… Situation itself is to put them in gurukul…But in gurukul they are blooming very beautifullly …We are so happy with gurukul…But because of media harassment….Media is not only coming and asking Aadhenavasi but also kids individually…My son is 6 years old…Very young age … What he knows about life…what he knows about society….He doesn’t know anything but they are going and asking him…Why are you here…Why can’t you go to outside school….What are you getting here..This they are asking …Other than that they are showing in the TV and newspapers..The harassment they are doing…They are saying…Gurukul is bringing someone else’s kids….It’s not like that we are living with our own kids…I am the proof that my kid is growing beautifully… After the report in newspaper and tv immediately I am getting calls from relatives…Why are you staying here…All this is coming in the newspapers…Come out we are getting psychological pressure and physically also… They are coming and asking why do you want to stay here…See I want to live a beautiful life…I am a Normal woman I want to live my life beautifully…Still so much harassment…Still they are calling ramanagara office…Is he your son…Show the proof…Why should I give the proof…To somebody..That he is my son…It’s really a harassment to parents and Gurukul system…Whoever is watching this video…Please support to stop this harassment..This is all I want to say…Nithyanandam.)
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