Is this "Agra case" the incident in Panipat where a Sister killed herself by setting fire to herself and the center-in-charge and other BKs removed the body and cleaned up the evidence before the police because involved? Yes, I'd like more details too.
As regard the CAD programme, we are still no further forward ... was it the change in diet and exercise that "saved" the individuals, or the BK meditation? As we have BKs still dying of heart disease, I think we can safely say it was the diet and exercise. A minor point is alluded to in the scientific paper, that of how well the BK programme helped people stick to their regime changes but not many conclusions were drawn from it.
I was not in Abu for Kalam but I do know Kalam went on to promote another health programme, not the BKs. It was called '
Help your Body' (
Kalam also patronised Sai Baba's hospitals and teaching facilities, so it's just politics). I have no idea how effective it was ... poverty and malnutrition are an even great problem ... but his speach also refers to the Global Hospital Research Centre at Mount Abu,
here.
The nine-year study, Abu Healthy Heart Trial (AHHT) concluded that the practices improved CAD regression by 11.82% the pumping of pure blood into the aorta by over 30%, and caused biochemical regression in the form of reduction of cholesterol by 24% ... that is all.
It is still a HUGE way away from the results of the ordinary Californian people (50%), the rural poor (30%) Seventh Day Adventists (10%) and, above all, the Japanese people ... who have as much as 20 times less heart disease!
So what does it all mean ...?
If the BKs want to prove the BK god is good, or even that they have some social benefit, should they not be promoting the Japanese diet and lifestyle or a even return to rural Indian standards ... !?!
Does God have to come to teach the urban middle classes that their wealth and overeating is making them sick?
Or is it just all about the publicity value and social climbing ... and justify the money they got from the Indian Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) whilst not paying for their workers?
On the basis of the research findings, has the BKWSU issued global Shrimat that all BKs should now be eating brown rice and steamed vegetables (hooray) ... or are they still eating the same?
How much money did they get from the DRDO and how much did they spend on what? We'll never get an answer for that.