Firoze Hirjikaka comments on the need for divine intervention:

The need for divine intervention is particularly acute in India. Very recently, an Indian millionaire donated a Rs 11 crore ($275,000) solid gold throne for Sai Baba, because the saint had apparently appeared to him in a dream and instructed him to do so. It is ridiculous to believe that a saint, who has no use for material possessions, would make such a request. It is even more absurd to think that such a profligate display of wealth would please a holy man.

A little further back in time, thousands of the faithful flocked to the seashore in Mumbai; and made themselves violently sick by drinking sea water. Why? Because some freak chemical reaction had temporarily rendered it sweet. To the multitudes, however, the ‘miracle’ could be nothing else but a sign from heaven. And who can forget the hysterical public reaction caused, when scores of Ganpati idols started oozing milk.