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TopicOsho

Topic: Osho

Osho land feud is a battle for legacy. Rebel swamis, court cases, Bollywood factor

Osho trust’s bid to sell Rs 107-cr plot in Pune meditation resort has split followers. ‘Rebel’ swamis are leading a spirited campaign against ‘neo-colonial takeover’.

This artist imagines India and Italy as neighbours. He’s inspired by his teacher Osho

Italian artist Nicola Strippoli, known as Tarshito, has worked with Indian folk artists for over 4 decades to create art guided by the spiritual practices of Osho and Thich Nhat Hanh.

Osho Rajneesh, Indian mystic who promised utopia and ended up with bioterrorism in US

Osho's 'neo-sanyasis' are spread across the world. He built his own city in Oregon in US with an airport, owned 93 Rolls-Royces, and propounded radical philosophies.

In Osho’s Pune ashram, a tug-of-war between disciples & trustees over sale of land

Disciples allege the Osho International Foundation management is trying to sell off a 2-acre plot of land inside the ashram in Pune for 'profiteering'. The matter is now in court.

When Ma Anand Sheela met Indira Gandhi to talk of ‘land woes’ and Osho’s ashram

In ‘Nothing To Lose: The Authorised Biography of Ma Anand Sheela’, Manbeena Sandhu writes about the struggle to get enough land for ‘Osho’ or Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s ashram in India.

Osho Rajneesh used sex and promiscuity to keep his cult loyal only to him

Attempts to enforce sexual participation at the Pune ashram did not always stop at psychological pressure. Sometimes it allegedly extended to use of violence.

India needs to talk about stress because now even gurus are killing themselves

Despite their yoga and Ayurveda, most of the top-tier holy men lead an incredibly frenetic life in India.

I was part of Osho’s spiritual whorehouse cult & flushed his mala in disgust: Mahesh Bhatt

Rajneesh was a pleasure-peddler, an entertainer par-excellence, and a wordsmith. Netflix series Wild Wild Country feeds on that star power of his.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.