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Nazi death camp guards 'were advised yoga to de-stress'

London, Feb 22 (ANI): Nazi paramilitary organisation Schutzstaffel (S.S) overlord, Heinrich Himmler, was fascinated with the ancient discipline of yoga, a historian has revealed in a new book. A German historian has discovered how the SS in Nazi Germany recommended its members, including death camp guards, to practice yoga to enrich their “mind, bodies and spirits”. The first ever book probing the Third Reich's fascination with the ancient discipline intended to attain “perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity”, was published this week, entitled 'Yoga In National Socialism' by historian and yoga expert Mathias Tietke. Continue reading

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'Ban Gita' court battle restarts in Russia

Moscow/New Delhi: Hindus in Russia are bracing for a fresh court battle against attempts in the Siberian city of Tomsk to get their sacred 'Bhagavad Gita' branded as “extremist literature” and banned, after the state prosecutors filed an appeal against an earlier judgment in December last year throwing out their case. Continue reading

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Ban Only Russian Comment in Hindu Holy Book – Prosecutors

After a Siberian district court in late 2011 rejected a petition seeking a ban on a Russian translation of the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita, Tomsk Region Prosecutor General Vasily Voikin has demanded that a Russian comment included in the scripture be banned, his deputy said on Thursday. Continue reading

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Ban only Russian comment in Bhagvad Gita: Prosecutors

Moscow, Feb 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) After a Siberian district court in late 2011 rejected a petition seeking a ban on a Russian translation of the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita, Tomsk region prosecutor general Vasily Voikin has demanded that a Russian comment included in the scripture be banned, his deputy said Thursday. “The prosecutor demanded that a Russian translation of a comment in this book, earlier published in English, be banned as extremist, not the canonical text of the scripture,” Tomsk region deputy prosecutor general Ivan Semchishin said. Continue reading

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From sex to shame, a guru's legacy

From sex to shame, a guru's legacy By Sudha Ramachandran BANGALORE – Spiritual guru Acharya Rajneesh's message of harmonious living appears to have been lost on his followers. A longstanding battle over his legacy among members of the Osho commune has escalated in recent months, with a section of followers challenging the transferring of prime land by trustees of the Osho International Foundation (OIF) to a little known trust in Delhi. Trustees of the OIF are allegedly in the process of gifting land worth around 350 million rupees (US$7.1 million) in a “dubious manner” to Darshan Trust in New Delhi Continue reading

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Feet of clay

I had set off to share today some instructive quotes from the self-styled anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare with readers in India's neighbourhood, chiefly those from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Continue reading

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Opinion: Feet of clay

New Delhi (Dawn/ANN) – I had set off to share today some instructive quotes from the self-styled anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare with readers in India's neighbourhood, chiefly those from Pakistan and Bangladesh. The idea was to make them better aware of Hazare's fondness for military discipline and how his innings with the Indian army may have influenced his reactionary worldview. Continue reading

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Devotees take out Lord Jagannath's 'rath yatra'

Home > News > india-news Mumbai, Jan 7: The 'rath yatra' of Lord Jagannath was taken out today from the historic Shivaji Park at Dadar in central Mumbai to celebrate the festival for the devotees who could not go to Puri to attend the 'rath yatra' there. The rath yatra was organised by ISKCON Hare Krishna Hare Rama in different parts of the city Continue reading

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A tryst with Tagore

‘Kavyanjali' is a brilliant piece of choreography celebrating the life of Rabindranath Tagore and his literary influence on our mindscape. It's raining Rabindranath Tagore, ever since the nation took to celebrating 150 years of the Nobel laureate's birth. Continue reading

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Today's Heroines Are More Beautiful And Talented: Zeenat Aman

MUMBAI, Jan 27 (Bernama) — Veteran actress Zeenat Aman, who transformed the way actresses were portrayed in Hindi films with her bold avatars, feels cinema has evolved technologically and that heroines of today are more beautiful and talented, reports Press Trust of India (PTI). Continue reading

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