Category: The media
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Toxic culture of Western ‘Yoga Studios’
Hindu practitioner, Puravi Joshi, describes the superficial nature of this western appropriation of ‘Yoga’ that disrespects and mocks Hinduism. Practising Hindus have long been aware of how the West has reduced Yoga, into a type of physical exercise, ignoring its wider remit on inner and outer purity, character building and spirituality. Writing in the Daily…
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New Statesman attacks British Indians, Hindus in racist article
British Indians make up 2–3% of the UK and are the largest ethnic minority in the UK. British Hindus make up ~1% of the population, and are predominantly, but not exclusively, Indian. Hindus are statistically one of the most law abiding, innovative and educated communities in the UK, but in the article are put down and…