The Love Guru Invites Hate from Hardline Hindus

April 3, 2008

Author: Chidanand Rajghatta

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The_Love_Guru_invites_hate_from_hardline_Hindus/articleshow/2921303.cms

"His karma is huge," say the promos, but his take on the Hindu dharma is offensive, say the critics. Stand by for yet another flaming controversy on religion and free expression.

Weeks before the formal release of comedian Mike Myers' The Love Guru on June 20, some Hindu activists in the US are girding up to protest the movie's portrayal of their faith and its preachers. "From the information available about the movie, it appears to be lampooning Hinduism and Hindus and using Hindu terms frivolously," says Rajan Zed, a Hindu priest from Nevada who is at the forefront of the growing protests.