Rest of the journalists are given with brief available biodata which is definitely useful for reference and further research. The living and present working journalists are put under the caption : Captains and foot soldiers with their picturs and names only. The journalists are categorised as The legends, Dear departed, Leading Lights and Vintage vistas. They are: J.V.Lakshmanarao from Chicago Tribune Raju Narisetti, managing editor of Washington post Pemmaraju Uma from TV media Ravi R.

The volume covered 369 journalists with brief biodata and with pictures.ĥ journalists in USA are selected who are Telugu origin persons- under the banner-our folks in foreign media. It is good reference material about past and present journalists both working and retired too. Worship of Shirdi Sai Baba is more than a 100 years old.Veteran journalist`s association of Andhra Pradesh brought out OUR LEGENDS OF THE FOURTH ESTATE during 2011. In an interview to Prachi Pinglay-Plumber, he resolutely holds on to his views and says he has the support of all Hindu religious groups. When BJP leader Uma Bharati said she was a Sai Baba devotee, the Shankaracharya remarked that “the builder of the Ram temple is a Muslim worshipper”. During the general elections, he slapped a TV journalist who asked him about the rise of BJP leader Narendra Modi. The 99-year-old seer is not new to controversy. In Chhattisgarh, Sai Baba devotees clashed with the Shankaracharya’s followers. Sai Baba devotees in Varanasi burnt effigies of the Shankaracharya.

The Swami proscribes any image of Sai Baba, who he says is not a guru, saint or god. He declared that Hindus should not worship Shirdi Sai Baba (1838-1918), a spiritual master whose teachings combined elements of Hinduism and Islam and who to this day has millions of followers from across India and across castes, creeds and religions.

Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati, Shankaracharya of the Dwaraka Peeth in Gujarat, recently set tempers aflare.

Sai baba shirdi athiest