Will watch this thingie later, but....

Didn't know that this baba had to be called Him or He, and not plain him, he.

Also I believed that one would be a Saint after death... but I guess that is only in Christianity!

So, I discern a way to sainthood here: claim immaculate conception.. (baba's mother dreams of a Hindu God, and finds herself preggy in the mornin!! Excuse me.. did I hear that somewhere else too??), dupe folks into donating their money. If not enough is donated, extort (like in that Tirupati temple). Keep what you need for the luxurious lifestyle of a billionaire, and with the remaining dough, build a few hospitals here and there. While doing so, be subtle about endorsing politicians and your devotees will vote for them (6 million and up is a substantial vote bank... the baba's followers claim an upward of 50 million followers), while the politicians and their cronies will scrounge donations that go to supplement what poor crockers cough up for a reading of their sad future. Institute layers and layers of security, and install scrutinizing posts all around you, so that you get to know the innards of a visitor's life before he gets to you. And tell him his life story right back when he is supplicating at your feet. Learn a few magic tricks, and do some "walking on water" feat. Then, you are God! There have been others too who have been guilty of this, albeit in differing measures.

This is still better than nothing, but should that make the engineer of this sinister plot with a little gain for the common man a God? Heck, no! As for the good work, there is more politics involved in it than the charity of this man. If we should really look for proof, there is a aplenty, but what would one do with that proof when faced with a stampeding horde? And an organization of that nature? It takes the law enforcement apparatus of an entire nation sometimes to come up with the power to deal with a puny mafia family... this one is a horde of powerful bigots (AB Vajpayee included) that can crush any simpleton.

btw, there is also another "saint," no?: that Satpal Maharaaj guy who became the Railway Minister later on?

Here are some stories, http://www.rickross.com/groups/saibaba.html but the baba dude instructs his followers not to be on the internet... and most blokes agree to it!