“AMMA CADABRA”
CHARLIE HEBDO’S
sarcastic OPINION PIECE

It is unmistakably Charlie Hebdo. Like it or not. But among the plethora of laudatory articles, this one too has a place. Particularly on the backdrop of Europe’s shrinking freedom of expression and dissension. 

Title in English: “Amma or the business of mass infantilisation”
An article in French published in the Nr. 1735 issue of Charlie Hebdo magazine dated October 29th 2025. See attached PDF below.

“We went to her ashram in southern India. Behind the platitudes of the spiritual or charitable smokescreen lies a completely opaque financial empire, made up of dozens, even hundreds of companies that generate enormous amounts of money. Beneath the little kisses, big money, and not always clean.” By Antonio Fischetti.