Children sitting together, and hugging each other is not desirable in India and it is dangerous, Vellappally Natesan said.
She said there were attempts to communalise the guru's teachings and this amounts to 'betraying' him.
'The cadres who die for the party are from the backward and scheduled caste communities while the leaders and those who enjoy power are from the forward community.' 'When this is the reality, who will stay with them?'
Social activist Nalini Sekhar has worked to improve the working conditions of the waste-pickers of Bengaluru for the last four years and describes the her work as being rife with "occupational hazards which energises her to work with more vigour".
