Modi
cautioned against turning yoga into a commodity. Speaking at the
government-sponsored International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health to
mark the first International Yoga Day, Modi said, “Turning yoga into a business
will do immense damage to it. Yoga is not a commodity, yoga is not a brand. It
belongs to the whole world…there should not come a day when we see boards and
banners proclaiming — ‘This is where real yoga is taught’.” - See more at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pm-leads-yoga-day-celebrations-cautions-against-commodifying-the-practice/#sthash.ipr83wl2.dpufInaugurating
the first international conference on yoga for holistic health in New Delhi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi cautioned against turning yoga into a commodity. Speaking at the
government-sponsored International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health to
mark the first International Yoga Day, Modi said, “Turning yoga into a business
will do immense damage to it. Yoga is not a commodity, yoga is not a brand. It
belongs to the whole world…there should not come a day when we see boards and
banners proclaiming — ‘This is where real yoga is taught’.” - See more at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pm-leads-yoga-day-celebrations-cautions-against-commodifying-the-practice/#sthash.ipr83wl2.dpufInaugurating
the first international conference on yoga for holistic health in New Delhi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi cautioned against turning yoga into a commodity. Speaking at the
government-sponsored International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health to
mark the first International Yoga Day, Modi said, “Turning yoga into a business
will do immense damage to it. Yoga is not a commodity, yoga is not a brand. It
belongs to the whole world…there should not come a day when we see boards and
banners proclaiming — ‘This is where real yoga is taught’.” - See more at:
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/pm-leads-yoga-day-celebrations-cautions-against-commodifying-the-practice/#sthash.ipr83wl2.dpufInaugurating
the first international conference on yoga for holistic health in New Delhi, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi cautioned against turning yoga into a commodity. Speaking at the
government-sponsored International Conference on Yoga for Holistic Health to
mark the first International Yoga Day, Modi said, “Turning yoga into a business
will do immense damage to it. Yoga is not a commodity, yoga is not a brand. It
belongs to the whole world…there should not come a day when we see boards and
banners proclaiming — ‘This is where real yoga is taught’.” -
m
y first serious and lasting encounter with yoga took placein Colombo, Sri Lanka, in the stately building of what used to be the ImperialBank, now State Bank of India, as non-ashram as it can get. It was the year2001. Narendra Modi, who would become chief minister of Gujaratlater that year, wasn’t yet a household name. And Baba Ramdev was nowhere onthe horizon. In the grand hall with its high ceiling, where bank staff toiledover the books under long-stemmed fans from another era, I had asked one of themanagers, an Indian from Bangalore,how he managed to look so fresh even at the end of a hard-working day.Suryanamaskars, he said. “You should try it out. I do 12 everyday, and it makesme feel as light as an idli”. Six sets before he dropped his daughter to schooland six after he returned. It did not take minutes to tie up. His wife, anaccomplished yoga practitioner and teacher, would teach me from the followingweek. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/i-wont-do-yoga-tomorrow/#sthash.JMoUEax3.dpuf
why did the
Gandhi family not participate in an international event which was being held at
the request of India
and Indian government?
