NEW DELHI, April 15 -- In the last couple of decades, we have seen the rapid rise of many Godmen. They also had a social presence earlier, but their social influence and political clout have been frightening lately. Many of them also had a dark belly, but by and large, that has been overlooked and shadowed by the made-up divinity shrouding them. Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati was accused of the murder of Ashram worker Shankararaman. In Sathya Sai Baba's Prashanti Nilayam also, there was a murder case. Gurmeet Ram Rahim carried on with his activities, and one journalist, Ram Chander Chhatrapati, was killed for bringing forward his black deeds. Finally, with difficulty, the law caught up with him, and currently, he is in jail or, rather,...