{"product_id":"dera-sacha-sauda-and-gurmeet-ram-rahim-9780143442400","title":"Dera Sacha Sauda and Gurmeet RAM Rahim","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journalist's account of investigating \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGurmeet Ram Rahim and his empire of exploitation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did a nondescript young man from a farming family become the head of a quasi-religious sect with a million followers willing to die and kill for their 'Pitaji'? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of the rise of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan of the wildly popular Dera Sacha Sauda is anything but ordinary. It allegedly involved sexual exploitation, forced castrations, private militias, illegal trade in arms and opium, and land grab on an untold scale-until the self-styled godman was convicted for one of his many crimes in August 2017. \u003cbr\u003eThe book opens with an anonymous letter which led to the first-ever journalistic investigation, in 2007-\u003ci\u003eTehelka\u003c\/i\u003e's Operation Jhootha Sauda-into the reported criminal activities at the Dera. In the years that followed, the author continued to document the lonely battles for justice against the influential godman who had the might of the Dera's machinery and manpower behind him. \u003cbr\u003eThis book is as much about the grit and determination of ordinary citizens fighting power systems as it is about the difficulty of investigating crimes committed by the rich and powerful in India today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Penguin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143442400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216","brand":"Anurag Tripathi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181246607541,"sku":"9780143442400","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d7fa94bc-9a19-4d93-b2ec-f2a375d62e8c.jpg?v=1768922325","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dera-sacha-sauda-and-gurmeet-ram-rahim-9780143442400","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}