I’ve had this brilliant idea on how to defang the VHP.
It’s to assemble a team of devotional singers noted for the beauty of their voices and their combined lungpower. This team would follow Praveenbhai Togadia around wherever he goes. Whenever he opens his mouth, they would burst into bhajans. Whoever Togadia might be trying to address would be entranced by the beauty of the bhajan, and would stop paying attention to him.
The beauty of this idea is in it’s non-violence. If you were to follow Togadia around and heckle him, you could get arrested, beaten, or worse. Similarly if you were to follow him around with a rock band and play ‘In the name of love’. Especially if you followed him around and sang Christian hymns of forgiveness. But to follow him around and sing Bhakti bhajans at VHP meetings- nobody’s going to do anything for that.
Togadia will be so nonplussed and frustrated, he’ll eventually tear out what little hair he has left on his head. Once that’s gone, he’ll tear out his moustache.
TV anchors will also stop inviting him once they realise that their studios will be invaded by bhajan singers who sound much better than they do.
Comments anybody?