READ THE STORY OF A MAN FROM VARANASI WHO DIDN'T HAD BATH FOR 35 YEARS IN AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE A SON

Kailash ‘Kalau’ Singh is from the village of Chatav outside the holy city of Varanasi. He is 63-years-old and the father of seven daughters. He has gone for 35 years without bathing apparently in an attempt to have a son. Read about it below and see his photo.

One of Singh’s neighbors, Madhusudan, says that a seer told Kalau years ago that if he didn’t take a bath, he would be blessed with a male child. It seems that many Indians prefer sons for financial reasons. Sons are breadwinners. Girls have to have the matrimonial dowry for the grooms family when they marry. Also, in Indian culture, all their earnings go to their husband’s family. For those reasons, girl children are considered a burden.
So for 35 years Singh hasn’t bathed. It appears his efforts are not working so far.
This has been costly for him. He used to own a grocery store, but had to go out of business when customers quit coming to his store because of his ‘unhealthy personality’. He now works in the fields. He also incurred the anger of his family when he refused to take a ritual dip in the river Ganges even after the death of his brother five years ago.
In spite of what his neighbors have said, Kalau claims he doesn’t remember how it all began. He claims his pledge to not wash is in the ‘national interest’. ‘I’ll end this vow only when all problems confronting the nation end,’ he said.
Even though he refuses to take water baths, he does take fire baths. That involves standing on one leg next to a bonfire, smoking marijuana and saying prayers to Lord Shiva. He claims its just as good as using water to bath and the fire kills germs and infection in the body.
Oh, and he doesn’t brush his teeth either.
Considering this whole scenario its not surprising that he hasn’t had a male child. The surprising thing is that he’s had any children at all.

NEWYORK TIMES FUELLING WAR ON RELIGION ?

This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," May 14, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: The liberal media's war against religion is alive and well. A recent front-page story in The New York Times reported on the alleged rise of atheism in America. And, of course, a story like that didn't go unnoticed by Bill Maher.
Let's take a look.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER")
BILL MAHER, HOST: Now, what do you think of the fact that it seems to be a movement that's gaining credibility as of late?
Well, it was on the front page of The New York Times this week in a number of places around the country that you might not think it would be happening, when they put up a billboard that says, "Atheists, please call," you know, there was no complaints. It was just people saying, "Hey, I want to join."
(END VIDEO CLIP)
HANNITY: So, is The New York Times and other liberal outlets responsible for pushing an atheist agenda?

Joining me now is the author of the New York Times best-selling "A Slobbering Love Affair: The True, Pathetic Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media."
(LAUGHTER)
HANNITY: I still laugh at the title.
Bernie Goldberg is with us.
Bernie, good to see you.
BERNARD GOLDBERG, FOX NEWS ANALYST: Good to see you, Sean.
HANNITY: All right.
There is — and I have said this for years — a hostility in the media towards Christian conservatives. Do I overstate that case?

GOLDBERG: No, no.
Let's take this — this New York Times story as one example. It's a perfectly legitimate journalism story to talk about the rise of atheism in America, if, indeed, the facts are correct.
Now, The Times put it on page one. Now they're sending a message. The message is: We think this is important.
Well, here is what they didn't think was important. When a book came out by a Syracuse University professor saying that conservatives are more generous than liberals when it comes to giving money to charity, and the reason that they're more generous is because of their Christian faith, or their religious faith, that story didn't wind up on page one of The New York Times or page two or page five page 10. In fact, there was no news story about that.
There was no book review of the guy's book. There was an op-ed. But that was all.
HANNITY: Yes.
GOLDBERG: Now, why is that? Why is a story that says people of faith — by the way, even liberals of faith are generous when it comes to giving money to charity. So, religion was the key. That story didn't interest the editors at The New York Times, but the rise of atheism did.
I report. You decide.
HANNITY: Yes.
I don't know what — whether The New York Times has — has ever reviewed your books. I don't know what shows you have been invited on. Now, in fairness, my book was number one for five weeks in a row, my last book, on The New York Times list.
Mark Levin's book is now seven weeks in a row. He has not been invited on any of the mainstream media shows. You went through this same type of treatment as a conservative. Is this more broadly conservative and less about religion? Is this about political philosophy?
GOLDBERG: Yes, that's a good question.
The two seem to meld in the minds of many liberal elites. When it comes to religion, for instance, a lot of liberal elites, including liberal elites inside news rooms, think that people who believe in an invisible man who lives in the sky and, you know, can send fire down with his fingertips, people who believe that, the elites think, aren't too smart, because that's irrational, they think.
Well, what is the opposite of that? Atheism. Atheism is rational to them. It's smart to them. It's hip in places like Manhattan. So, that's why atheism is given this kind of prominence on page one, and a lot of things having to do with religion in a good sense just aren't.
But — but we can't separate the religious part from the conservative part, because they're very closely linked together.
HANNITY: Well, is that why Barack Obama, in spite of the overwhelming history about America being founded on Judeo-Christian principles, can say, this is not a Christian nation? Is that why he can say, we are not at war with Islam?
We have never been at war with Islam. We have been at war against radical Islam and we have been at war against — against terrorism. So, is that where maybe this is — look, because I agree with you. I think there is a certain — a fundamental belief that if — well, if you believe in God, or you believe in faith, that you have — well, you are not quite as smart as they are. There's a certain elitism.
GOLDBERG: Right.
HANNITY: But — but they...
GOLDBERG: That's right.
HANNITY: In my view, they believe something can come from nothing. Even if you believe in the Big Bang theory, well, where did all that energy and all those molecules come together to bang together and create universes within universes?
It's...
GOLDBERG: Right.
HANNITY: It seems like a far greater miracle to me.
GOLDBERG: I know. That — that's a tough one, isn't it?
Look, let me...
(LAUGHTER)
GOLDBERG: Let me tell you about a true story that happened — that I witnessed when I was at CBS News that may put some of this in perspective.
There was a conference call with producers from all around the country, New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami. And they were talking about the stories that were going to go on the air the next day. And it — I wasn't part of the call, but I heard it on the speakerphone.
And the producer in Washington said, well, there is a rally tomorrow with Gary Bauer. Gary Bauer was the head of a family values organization.
HANNITY: Family Research, yes.
GOLDBERG: And she said — she — yes, she said, there is a rally tomorrow with Gary Bauer — and this is a verbatim quote — "you know, that little nut from the Christian group," right?
HANNITY: Wow.
GOLDBERG: "That little nut from the Christian group."
And not one person on the conference call said anything, like, "You can't say that."
HANNITY: Yes.
GOLDBERG: Could you imagine if a CBS News producer said, "Jesse Jackson, the nut from the black group," or "some nut from the Hispanic group" or "some nut from the gay group"?
HANNITY: Good point.
GOLDBERG: That would never be tolerated, but — but saying somebody is a nut from a Christian group, no problem.
HANNITY: Did you notice, as I did — and maybe — maybe some will say I am being a bit picky here.
At the Correspondents Dinner, putting aside — we have — we have dealt with the "Wanda Sykes wishing Rush Limbaugh dead, the president laughing" aspect of this, which I think is unforgivable to me, because, if it was ever said about the president, we know the reaction would be.
Were you as surprised? The one thing that Barack Obama said, which was funny — and all good humor is rooted in truth — is when he goes, "And I know you all voted for me," meaning the press.
GOLDBERG: Oh, yes, that — thank you.
HANNITY: Yes.
GOLDBERG: Thank you for asking me about that. Thank you.
Listen, he said, "Most of you covered me." Pause. "All of you voted for me." They didn't just laugh. They applauded.
All good humor has a ring of truth to it. This had a lot more than a ring of truth to it. They all knew it was true. And the most important thing is, they didn't care and they weren't embarrassed.
HANNITY: Yes.
GOLDBERG: That's the important thing.
HANNITY: Wow. I have got to tell you something. Journalism is dead in America. And, by the way, that's why we say thank you to all of our viewers, because you know what? This is alternative media.
And, Bernie, we appreciate it. We always love hearing your voice. Thanks for being with us.
GOLDBERG: Thanks a lot, Sean.

BUDHISTS MOB ATTACKS CHURCHES IN SRILANKA ; PRAY AND MAKE A DIFFERNCE ....

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka– Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka last week, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building in the capital.
On April 8, four Buddhist extremists approached the home of pastor Pradeep Kumara in Weeraketiya, Hambanthota district, calling for him to come out and threatening to kill him. The pastor said his wife, at home alone with their two children, phoned him immediately but by the time he returned, the men had left.
Half an hour later, Kumar said, the leader of the group phoned him and again threatened to kill him if he did not leave the village by the following morning. Later that night the group leader returned to the house and ordered the pastor to come out, shouting, “I didn’t bring my gun tonight because if I had it with me, I would use it!”
“My children were frightened,” Kumara said. “I tried to reason with him to go away, but he continued to bang on the door and threaten us.”
Police soon arrived on the scene and arrested the instigator but released him the following day.
Subsequently the attacker gathered Buddhist monks and other villagers together and asked them to sign a petition against the church, Kumar said. Protestors then warned the pastor’s landlord that they would destroy the house if he did not evict the pastor’s family by the end of the month.
Fearing violence, Kumara said he canceled Good Friday and Easter Sunday services and evacuated his children to a safer location.

Methodist Building Ransacked
Earlier, on Palm Sunday (April 5), another group of men broke into the 150-year-old Pepiliyana Methodist Church in Colombo after congregants concluded an Easter procession.
The gang entered through the back door and windows of the building late that night; witnesses said they saw them load goods into a white van parked outside the church early the next morning.
“They removed everything, including valuable musical instruments, a computer, Bibles, hymn books and all the church records,” said the Rev. Surangika Fernando.
The church had no known enemies and enjoyed a good relationship with other villagers, Rev. Fernando said, adding that the break-in appeared to be more than a simple robbery.
“My desk was completely cleaned out,” he said. “They took important documents with details of parishioners such as baptism and marriage records, which are of no value to thieves. They even took what was in my wastepaper basket.”
Local police agreed that robbery was an unlikely motive and that opponents from outside the area were the most likely culprits. Investigations were continuing at press time.
Finally, anti-Christian mobs in Vakarai, eastern Batticaloa district, intimidated church members gathering for several worship services during Holy Week.
“What can we do?” pastor Kanagalingam Muraleetharan told Compass. “The authorities and the police say we have the right to worship, but the reality is that people are threatened.”
The Easter incidents are the latest in a long series of attacks against churches and Christian individuals in recent years, many of them instigated by Buddhist monks who decry the growth of Christianity in the country.
Members of Sri Lanka’s Parliament may soon enact an anti-conversion bill designed to restrict religious conversions. Human rights organizations and Christian groups have criticized the vague terminology of the legislation that, if passed, may invite misapplication against religious activity.
The draft “Bill for the Prohibition of Forcible Conversions” was referred to a consultative committee of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in February for further deliberation, prior to a final reading and vote. (See www.compassdirect.org, “Parliament to Vote on Anti-Conversion Laws,” Jan. 26.)
According to the most recent government census, Protestant Christians number less than 1 percent of the total population in Sri Lanka, but they remain the primary target of religiously motivated violence and intimidation.