Old news but with a new spin ... BK Shivani's 'Awakening with Brahma Kumaris' TV was ceased from being broadcast because of costs confirming what we suspected ...
In India over 200,000 Indian infant children will die needlessly from dehydration caused by diarrhea despite the availability of simple, highly effective and affordable treatments costing $0.50. For the cost of that mixing desk and ancillaries to make more adverts, the BKs could have saved all of them.
- That it was a paid for advert on behalf of the BKWSU rather than a real TV show, and certainly staged by the BKs. Shivani and her husband's business must have done very nicely out of it.
- How much did it cost to make?
How much did it cost to broadcast?
And wouldn't the BKs have been better, and gain more global respect, spending the money on saving children's lives, or uplifting humanity, rather than making fake "info-tainment" advertising themselves?
In India over 200,000 Indian infant children will die needlessly from dehydration caused by diarrhea despite the availability of simple, highly effective and affordable treatments costing $0.50. For the cost of that mixing desk and ancillaries to make more adverts, the BKs could have saved all of them.
- Godly service ... really? (Don't worry, BK Shivani addicts can still *buy* DVDs from the BKs global shops).
ANNOUNCEMENT: 'Awakening with Brahma Kumaris' programmes to cease broadcasting on Zee, Aastha and STAR Plus TV
Since 2007 the well known 'Awakening with Brahma Kumaris' programmes have been broadcasting daily on Aastha International TV. The popularity of the shows were such that additional broadcasting on STAR Plus TV was introduced in 2010 and on Zee TV in 2011.
So much service has been done through this media over the years, which has spread throughout the Western world. These TV programmes have not only contributed to changing public opinion about the BKs, especially amongst the Indian community, but in many countries Brahmins have been born.
After 5 years of this service on TV outside of India, the time has come for it to stop due to increasing broadcasting costs on these channels:* The programmes have already ceased on Zee TV.
The break in broadcasting on these channels will provide an opportunity to review the options available to us with other channels not yet explored, including ones to serve the Western audiences.
* At the end of August 2012, the programmes will stop on Aastha International TV.
* At the end of September 2012, the programmes will stop on STAR Plus TV.
'Awakening with Brahma Kumaris' programmes still available online and on DVD
For anyone enquiring about the shows, please advise them to visit the official 'Awakening with Brahma Kumaris' website where a number of the series can be viewed on demand for free: http://www.awakening.in
In addition, DVDs of some of the series can be purchased online through our publications outlets.
Many thanks for your understanding and support,
In Baba's Yaad,
The RCs