Netflix recently released a 6 part documentary series titled "Wild Wild Country" that follows the sequence of events leading up to this incident: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Wild_Country
Aside,
First time I knew about this was from an hn post few months ago, which made me watch the Netflix series which came afterwards.
Couldn’t stop wondering if Netflix marketing was floating this link here.
I can't tell if OP is posting because of the Netflix documentary or because they are unaware of the documentary but stumbled upon this anyway. Either way, I finished watching it a few weeks ago and thought it was extremely well done.
Honestly did not think they were nearly as creepy as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM which has gotten news in the last few weeks because the founder was arrested in Mexico for suspicions of child molestation/rape as well as his top recruit Alison Mack from Smallville for their crazy sex branding cult masquerading as an executive training + female empowerment program.
Often, fictionalized or documentary movies based on historical events will come with a social media blitz promoting retrospectives on said events. You can often tell when the publisher is marked as e.g. "Buzzfeed With Dunkirk" on Facebook.
I enjoyed Wild, Wild, Country as well. Although as a microbiologist I was only aware of the Rajaneeshee due to the salad bar attack and was surprised how little that was dealt with in the documentary as opposed to internal power struggles between Ma Anand Sheela and her rivals.
Yes, at least if you take the documentary's word, the majority of the Rajaneeshee including the Baghwan himself were harmless hippies and it was pretty much Sheela that was the problem.
The attacks started at a Taco Time, which at the time had an open-air salsa bar. The attackers referred to their goo as "salsa" and their plan was to contaminate the salsa bar. After they got away with the initial attack, they expanded to salad bars, water sources, and other open-air offerings at restaurants.
Taco Time still exists, and even that particular Taco Time is still open, but they now keep the salsa tanks closed to improve hygiene.
> When asked by a reporter for Australia's 60 Minutes about local objections to Rajneesh's expansion into Western Australia, Sheela replied, "What I can say? Tough titties". In interviews for US television Sheela referred to local government officials as "bigoted pigs" and "fascists", causing one reporter to describe her as having an "acid tongue"
India still manages to produce godmen like him. The latest one on the top of the list is 'Sri Sri Ravishankar'.
Previous to him was one called 'Asaram', but he and his son are behind bars now, for raping several women.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 46.8 ms ] threadHonestly did not think they were nearly as creepy as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NXIVM which has gotten news in the last few weeks because the founder was arrested in Mexico for suspicions of child molestation/rape as well as his top recruit Alison Mack from Smallville for their crazy sex branding cult masquerading as an executive training + female empowerment program.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17057295
Yes, at least if you take the documentary's word, the majority of the Rajaneeshee including the Baghwan himself were harmless hippies and it was pretty much Sheela that was the problem.
Taco Time still exists, and even that particular Taco Time is still open, but they now keep the salsa tanks closed to improve hygiene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Anand_Sheela#Rajneesh_movem...
> When asked by a reporter for Australia's 60 Minutes about local objections to Rajneesh's expansion into Western Australia, Sheela replied, "What I can say? Tough titties". In interviews for US television Sheela referred to local government officials as "bigoted pigs" and "fascists", causing one reporter to describe her as having an "acid tongue"