BKWSU plans new film about early days of Om Mandli

Another bit of breaking news, apparently BKWSU plans new film about early days of Om Mandli. This should be interesting ... I wonder if they are going to deal with the whole Narain Shewakram/Golden Circle/wrong age of Dada Lekhraj issue and all the anomalies etc.

I doubt it but it will of course give the BKs good reason to sweeten up all the old Sindhi community. Taken from a blog by the women who runs the dalsabzi.com we linked to some time ago. It also links to a photobucket of photographs of the old Sindhi community. Perhaps this is the BKWSU re-writing their history again?

My advice now, to anyone wishing to speak to old Sindhis about the Om Mandli or Brahma Kumaris, get their first before posting on this website or else the BKs will be beating a path to them double quick to get in first. Cynical, moi? Of course I am ... following on from my extraordinary accurate psychic review of The Tao of the Traveller , I predict this next one is going to be one great big vanilla flavoured whitewash and shameless PR too.

I met Melinda whose name now is Mala, a short for Vijayantimala, through the Internet ... She is a Brahmakumari, and belongs to a Spiritual Organization, which has spread world wide but whose founder was a Sindhi gentleman who belonged to the Sindhi Bhaibund community that I belong to. The Brahmakumari organization was initially called Om Mandli.

My family and I, all hail from Hyderabad Sindh which now is in Pakistan. But at that time it was Undivided India. The Spiritual Founder of the Brahmakumaris, is now known as Brahma Baba but I have always, since I was a child heard him being addressed as Dada Lekhraj. Melinda was drawn into my life through the Origin of Sindhi Surnames which is up on my website: http://www.dalsabzi.com.

Some interesting points that we discovered:

Dada Lekhraj had worked in Calcutta before he returned to Hyderabad, Sindh and started his jewellery business ... Sadguru Sadan, right opposite the Babulnath Temple in Bombay was originally called Gangaram Building.

My Masi used to live there so I would visit often as a young girl ... I was surprised to learn that Dada Lekhraj, Brahma Baba had a vision on the 5th floor of the building ... I am going to let Mala tell you what she is seeking through the note that she wrote to me:

Dear Shakun,

Om Shanti and greetings from Jakarta.

I just wanted to thank you for all the time and attention you gave when I was there in Bombay. The discussions that I had with you and your husband gave me a good background. Thank you also for introducing or rather reintroducing Kamla Assoomull to me. She is a great story-teller and I thoroughly enjoyed the meeting. The whole visit was a series of coincidences that were all linked together. Meeting the family of the former owners of Tarachand Parsram and Sons of Calcutta was completely unexpected as was meeting someone that I met 26 years ago in Bombay in connection with the same purpose!

Thanks of course to you for your persistance and interest.

In the context of seeking further information regarding the origins of Om Mandli for the purposes of producing a film I would like to hear from anyone who can tell me more information about the founder Dada Lekhraj Khubchand Kripalani and his jewelry business in Calcutta which was called Lakhiraj Shewakram and Sons, in Hogg Market, otherwise known as New Market. This business was in operation during the 1920s and 30s. The building where the store was still exists and I have seen photographs of the store.

I am less interested in what happened in Hyderabad Sindh and Karachi as I am well aware of that, but am more interested in his business and his clients. Prior to opening his own business he worked for Tarachand Parsram and Sons also in Calcutta. I am also interested in making contact with anyone who has old photographs (pre-partition) of Hyderabad Sindh in particular the buildings, streets and public places, modes of transportation and style of dress. I can be contacted at vijayantimala@gmail.com

Would you direct any Sindhi who could help on to this link?

Thanks, Shakun

But I wonder how aware of what happened in Hyderabad and Karachi she really is ... or at least how aware the audience will become!?!

Interesting!

Discussing the early history of the Yagya with a friend of mine who said that she heard that ShivBaba Virendra Dev Dixit had asked something like this in class or in a group meeting – Where is the body of Serwakram? Children should go and find out where they had hidden the body or what they have done with the body.

Question is, if Serwakram was a Hindu there should be no body buried anywhere, as their tradition is cremation. So, if the body was missing does this imply that Serwakram was murdered and they had hidden his body, i.e. buried? The Muslin tradition is to bury the body. We already know that there was a lot of opposition to the Om Mandi satsang. Serwakram himself left Om Mandli because DL was allowing all sorts of souls in the satsang and that was against his wishes. So I guess Serwakram was in the way of few souls. And, if Serwakram was reborn as Virendra Dev Dixit, history is kind of repeating itself? Apparently, since 1979, there is a gunman on track trying to finish with Virendra Dev Dixit.

If they murdered Serwakram what were the possible reasons for that? Did he know something or too much? Who was Serwakram? Why is there so much mystery about him?

If there will be a film about the Om Mandli I wonder if these facts will the brought up to light.

If there will be a film about the Om Mandli I wonder if these facts will the brought up to light.

Well, of course not. There is going to be no mention of Narian Shewakram, Lekhraj Kirpalani sleeping business partner and the man he first turned to. The Brahma Kumaris have already turned the relationship between the two upside down since the 'Is This Justice?' days.

We have a name, there must be some record of his business and some family alive ... although the BKs will probably get to them first now. Also, in 'Is This Justice?" (1937) the only Shewakram we see mention of was secretary for the concerned "Bhaibund Om Mandli Committee".

Yes, I wish too that someone local would put in some footwork and dig out the truth before we have another layer of impressive unreality laid over it and impressed into followers and the public's mind. That is a pretty potent allegation for Baba Virendra Dev Dixit to make. The strangest thing is that even those skilled in deception tend to give out little clues. It is almost as if by telling a half-truth, they can think to themselves they have told a whole truth. Or perhaps it is part of a game that they enjoy, dropping little clues to see if others can catch them. They often tell another truth to another question all together, to mask the lie that they are telling ... "Did you tell the truth?" "Yes, I told the truth" ... "Ah, but did you tell the truth you were asked for?". The "truth" they told was a misleading truth.

So I am wondering about everything now ... Virendra Dev Dixit study and the historical revision work we have done here demonstrates beyond any doubt that the leadership of the Brahma Kumari World Spiritual University have extensively falsified their history. Two opposites. So what is true ... is the story of the "assassination attempt" on Lekhraj Kirpalani true or does it point a finger to something else? And who would it be that Baba via Virendra Dev Dixit is pointing a finger at? It is not "the Brahma Kumaris", it must be specific individuals. We should find out.

Dadi Janki Kripalani has already met with the family of the leader of the so-called "Anti-Party" (the Om Mandli Bhaibund Committee), the Mangharams, and courting them at her Oxford Mansion. She welcomed them as "family" and laid out the red carpet treatment.

The owner of the Sindhi site is part of the Women's Movement for Peace & Prosperity on which Brahma Kumaris sit and contact sessions. The chairperson, The Times of India Group, is the said to be "the motivating force behind this Movement".

I do not think we should be naive about what is going here.

Another bit of breaking news, apparently BKWSU plans new film about early days of Om Mandli. This should be interesting ... I wonder if they are going to deal with the whole Narain Shewakram/Golden Circle/wrong age of Dada Lekhraj issue and all the anomalies etc.

It is indeed interesting to know that BKWSU is planning to produce a film on the early days of the Yagya.

As you have guessed, they might not give more information about Sevakram other than they have given in their comic 'Bachhon ke Baba'.

But anyways, all those who wish BKWSU to come out with the truth should try to contact the producers of the film through their email id as given in your post (vijayantimala@gmail.com) and draw their attention to the historical documents and facts uploaded/posted on this forum.

Regards,
OGS,
Arjun

I personally don’t think Baba Virendra Dev Dixit is worried about these issues. I think he is a potential figure now and for anyone to put a finger on him would be too risky business. So what the BKWSU is doing is covering it up constantly whatever happened in the past, but for how long will they be able to cover it all up?

According to the Advanced Knowledge Serwakram was reborn as Baba Virendra Dev Dixit in 1942. And we know that Serwakram was 60 years old in 1936. So in 1941-1942 that makes him 66 years old. Serwakram was a Brahmin, a yogi and so a bit young to die at the age of 66 in my opinion, but let say he died of natural causes, would’ there be some death certificate? Or some one related to Serwakram that could tell if there was a funeral or if he had disappeared? Or shall we place this whole scenario as part of Drama!?

But you may ask why am I worried about those facts from the past? Well, as a Brahmin I am constantly searching for the truth and a bit of history in a comic book won’t do well for my soul.

I think that the truth about the establishment of the Yagya should be preserved and documented, as its history is essential for the understanding of The Knowledge and, mainly, to see the reasons as to why there are two Brahmin groups.

omshanti

Where is the body of Serwakram? Children should go and find out where they had hidden the body or what they have done with the body. Who was Serwakram? Why is there so much mystery about him?

I guess PBKs should, by logic, take that as Shrimat and go and find it.

I suppose it could be literally or figurative, e.g. "buried" as in 'covered up' and "body" as in 'body of work', e.g. influence/spiritual family, but either way I think you are right about discovering the grown up, adult truth of it all in a mature manner rather than pumping out "Bollywood" version of it. That latter might be a good revenue earner but can only be counter-productive in the long-run. Let's stop them spending money on ridiculous PR campaigns.

Only, be sure the BKs will also be looking now too.

Funny thing is, back in 30 Jun 07 when I first mentioned that site I wrote to them with the identical request a couple of times but neither were responded to nor published on their website.