ahmedabad as the art of living was preparing to present 5000 vegetarian dishes as part of its annam brahma programme on tuesday sri sri ravi shankar the organisations founder urged india to stop obsessing about records sri sri said a record may be set but it is a small aspect of the programme which is based on the premise that food is god the gentle caution comes at a time when the latest global hunger index reveals that india is ranked below neighbouring countries such as china and pakistan so when sri sri ravi shankar enamelled his spiritual exhortations with pragmatic counselling his devotees found his guidance affirming and accessible respect food and help those who dont have it he saidfor the spiritual guru food is among indias seven cultural treasures which include music yoga and spirituality couture dance tourism and ayurveda thus annam brahma not only celebrates indias culinary bequests to the world but also values the truth that food is part of dharma in sri sris words at that point a discomfiting question was put to him can dharma work in this era of competitiveness i want people to be competitive he said people should do their best to succeed the proposition that only corrupt practices help one succeed has somehow gained currency i want to disprove thatwhen asked about the scandals in the spiritual world he said well this world is not immune to corruption it is up to people to look inwards before choosing a guru however he warned about the perils of condemning a whole group on the basis of a few degenerate individuals dont be paranoid about corruption he said all citizens must create a movement that eradicates slum india and scam india and establishes spiritual india