Yoga is hugely popular in Iran, but there is scepticism about its history and connections to Hinduism and Buddhism, especially among the Islamic orthodoxy.
India exhales in relief, now that Modiji is leading us into the heaven of fitness where the anti-national mind is with fear but the body is without backache.
A supporter called Gujarat polls a ‘haemmorhage’ that patient Modi survived. But he must be careful now that Rahul Gandhi is using political martial arts.
BKS Iyengar speaks to Shekhar Gupta on commercialism being a threat to yoga, disapproval of pop yoga, view on yogis actively campaigning for politicians and his take on Narendra Modi.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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