Asian rationalists in Britain dare tantriks

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Indo-Asian News Service

London, January 14, 2006


A group of rationalists of Indian origin here have raised 10,000 pounds that is being offered to tantriks or mystical healers who can scientifically prove they can cure people of diseases or solve their personal problems.

Newspapers catering to Asian and Afro-Caribbean readerships have several pages of advertisements from such practitioners, promising magical cures and manna to those who believe in spells and occult practices.

Lavkesh Prashar, president of the Asian Rationalist Society of Britain (ARSB), told the agency that such witchdoctors and charlatans were exploiting the superstitious and gullible people from these communities and earning thousands of pounds every year.

The prize money was raised from 2,000 pounds to 10,000 pounds at a meeting of the society in Birmingham last week, Prasher said.
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