This is a response blog given by my teacher. It is a Sunday reading task.
Tonally, My Daughter Joined a Cult follows the outline of other documentaries in this genre. In that there is a clear arc of the rise, rise and rise of such self-styled godmen leading to the revelation of their moral bankruptcy. What makes it an intriguing addition to the genre is the modernity of Nithyananda's myth-building, the way he continues weaponizing social media to offset his tarnished reputation. That he has been absconding in Ecuador since 2019 and passing it off as a country for "dispossessed Hindus'' Kailasa speaks more about our collective delusion with religion than his own
Process of Brain Washing of their followers
(Indian Followers-Foreign Followers)
The former head of Nithyananda's social media team, Sarah Landry, and another core member, Jordan Loazada, add depth to the documentary as they clearly demarcate when they went from thinking that they had chosen an alternate way of living to realising they had joined a cult.
Sarah, who was a well-recognised devotee of Nithyananda, explains how followers at the ashram did 'mental gymnastics' to actually disbelieve allegations against their guru, despite evidence staring them in the face. in the very beginning sarah also believed that nityananda was a spiritual guru for her so she promote the lectures of nityananda on youtube channel, but when she get the idea of dark side of nityananda like after this incident From demanding nude selfies from her for her own 'personal development' to ordering she get thousands of registrations for his programmes, Sarah faced all forms of abuse before extracting herself from the situation. she raised voice against nityananda on twitter with hashtag#ArrestNithyananda.
Why Do people believe him even after the C.D. Incident?
People believe in him because when media interviewed him he claims that this video is morphed by some one he has given witty reply on this incident even his devotee also believe that video is morphed Immediately after the scandal broke out on March 2, Nithyananda had claimed that some of his senior devotees had sent a copy of the video for analysis to London - a step which was never taken. they don't want to know about the reality or dark side of nityananda because of their blind faith.
Can you connect The Wretched of The Earth by Fanon with this? Yes, Because as there is the concept of colonizer and colonization in this series there is also the same concept.
Colonization(Through Torture and condition of ashram people As in the wretched of the earth colonization is there here in the series also colonization is observed by the torturing of mind of his devotees as he washing the brain by his power of language he can control the mind of his devotees. His legion of followers includes influential and wealthy people, who are unnamed, and like many Indian spiritual gurus he has his share of foreign devotees. There are accounts from followers-turned- whistleblowers. The most insightful voice here belongs to an anonymous woman whose experience suggests that Nithyananda knew how to target the vulnerable and make people commit to him so much that they'd be ready to sever ties with their families. This behaviour of nityananda can be observed as a process of colonization.
Bourgeoisie: Celebrities and other upper class people The story became viral among news media in Tamil Nadu Bollywood actors Vivek Oberoi and Juhi Chawla follow him and his teachings. Tamil actress Ranjitha continues to be his disciple. And while his detractors remain flummoxed over Swami Nithyananda’s constantly rising popularity despite controversies, the self-styled godman has a new disciple in another Tamil actress Kausalya
Kausalya, who played lead roles in famous Kollywood films like Sollamale, Vaanathaippola and Priyamudan, and later turned into a character artist with Vijay’s movies Thirumalai and Santhosh Subramaniam, recently joined the spiritual leader’s ashram as a disciple.here it can be observed that there were also some celebrities who were the followers of nityananda
Colonization: Blind Faith of people this colonization can be observed in series when the incident of CD is happened. When that incident was there no one believed that Swami Nityananda was freud even if the truth was there. The devotees claim that the video is morphed. It can be said that the nityananda controls the mind of their devotees as well as their behaviour. how he can manipulate their devotees by the power of language as well as his shrewdness and witty reply.
Is the Decolonization of this possible? According to my view there is no decolonization of it. if the devotee doesn't want to face the reality of nityananda because the follower of nityananda has been totally brainwashed by him.
Is there any role of the English Language in this?
Yes, by the knowledge of English language they can easily impressed youngster, big star, foreigners they can easily brainwashed them know them properly like fight with colonizers first we have the knowledge of their language one example in our contemporary time Jaggi Vasudev one of the guru Or baba give their all speech in English and most of youngsters are follow him.
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