Comments on: India’s Infamous Thuggee Cult

By: Arya Nightingale

Arya Nightingale — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:19:05 +0000

You know, people are quick to generalize a whole group by the acts of one or two but are willing to see there being individuals in their own groups. I think the Thuggee case is an example of this, even if I think it is possible they were used in racist propaganda against the worship of a beloved Hindu goddess in West Bengal. When a Christian cult comes up and talks about killing people in the name of some figure in the Bible, people consider them exceptions and not the norm. Why is it different with groups in the Orient?

By: xrap

xrap — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:58:39 +0000

“Good Lord!!! You guys believe this?”
After watching indians eating dead bodies, I can believe anything.

Just watch this:
http://www.ceveni.com/2009/01/aghori-sadhus-eating-human-flesh-video.html

By: niki

niki — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:10:16 +0000

A lot of such news were often made up by british during their rule in india. It was used as a tool to defame and make Indians fight against each other. Of course I don’t deny there could have been cults like these.

Also, I’d like to point out that the cults weren’t religion specific. History books have mentioned of quite a few groups of people which belonged to different religions. Although the article is good, for the reason above, I doubt the authenticity.

Nice choice of topic and work though :-)

By: Chirag

Chirag — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:14:00 +0000

Good Lord!!! You guys believe this?

By: arjun

arjun — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:50:30 +0000

Thugee is an Indian religious cult and not that i sympathies with them but quite frankly, its a distant part of Indian religion. I don’t think that comments like

“Kicking Thuggee ass and taking Thuggee names: Major William Sleeman” are India firendly. I would know I’m Indian.

Television_Spy has the right idea.

By: Hellangelo

Hellangelo — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:58:11 +0000

Well said, Robbie, but thats where the difference is between islamic terrorists and Hindu philosophy. We are in a country which believes “live and let others flourish”. Ours in the only country where muslims are given subsidies by the government to visit Hajj (the holy pilgrim for muslims), while no muslim country provides the same. Our past president was a muslim, the prime minister a sikh, so its not about islam or hinduism, it is about terrorism who have no religion as such. And trust me, human sacrifices are still a punishable crime in India. Tho thanks for your condolence of 26/11. Mumbai has moved on.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:44:23 +0000

Here’s india’s solution to islamic terrorism. Just rip their heart out on the sacrificial pyre! ;) By the way, my condolences to all those who lost their loved ones in Mumbai on 26/11. You will prevail, G_d Bless!

By: Television Spy

Television Spy — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:49:19 +0000

Speaking honestly the portrayal in Indiana Jones was highly racist in retrospect. So basically Thuggee was tantamount to a more rural Indian mafia?

By: Rallie X

Rallie X — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:19:33 +0000

That’s really interesting! Have you heard of the Kali cult in Trinidad and Tobago among people of Indian descent who were brought there in the 1800s as indentured laborers? It would be interesting to find out if that was one method for getting rid of members of the Thuggee-cult.

By: Di

Di — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:15:35 +0000

First, I praise the author on a well-written article. I believe that Karl Fabricus has great talent for reporting.

However, it’s all in how one looks at it and who’s history is the basis for one’s research.

Like the Crusaders killing thousands in the name of Christianity to “own” Jerusalem (and this war is still going on today with different players), the Thuggees eliminated their enemies, a.k.a. “pilgrims” a.k.a. mostly the European invaders the same way that the Europeans eliminated every and anyone in their path to take over the land that other people had inhabited since the beginning of time.

The same “special superstitions and rituals” can be likened to repeating a bunch of “Hail Marys” – it’s all in the perception of the observer and the bias he brings with it.

The “history” available about cultures that are non-European cannot be trusted to have truthful value, as the Europeans believed in their eminent domain and “decided” on the facts based on the belief that they were right and righteous.