World gets ready to observe second Yoga Day
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The world is ready to observe the second International Day of Yoga (IDY) on Tuesday as Indian missions abroad held many practice sessions to prepare thousands of people for the…
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Exhibition to showcase varied facets of Yoga
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) An exhibition here will present the rich and ancient cultural treasure of Yoga in the form of sculptures, paintings, scrolls, illustrated manuscripts and books which explain the key aspects of…
Will attempt new records on Yoga Day: Patanjali Yog Committee
Faridabad, June 20 (IANS) The Patanjali Yog Committee has said that they will seek to create new records of Yoga performance, including the largest participation in a single yoga event, at a programme in Faridabad…
Music4thought launches song, music production facility
Hyderabad, June 20 (IANS) Hyderabad-based start-up Music4thought on Monday launched one-stop-lyrics to high quality song and music production facility. The facility will cater to individuals, short film producers, animation filmmakers and gaming title makers. “At…
Hungary celebrates Ganges-Danube fest, Yoga Day
By Mahendra Ved Budapest, June 20 (IANS) People in nine different cities of Hungary, including Budapest, had a tryst with things Indian as part of the Ganges-Danube Festival and International Day of Yoga. The Yoga…
Rajiv Chowk Metro station to shut till 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The entry and exit gates of Rajiv Chowk Metro station here will remain closed till 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday on account of an International Yoga Day programme. The step has…
Chandigarh to witness deft moves, twists and turns on Tuesday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, June 20 (IANS) The second edition of the second International Yoga Day event on Tuesday will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead 30,000 participants at the main…
Jamia to celebrate International Yoga Day
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) on Monday said that it will celebrate the second International Yoga Day on Tuesday by organising several yoga sessions to mark the event. “The first Yoga…
Bourne & Shepherd clicks shut the era of photo studio
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) Crumbling and at the end of its tether in the digital age, one of the world’s longest-running photographic studio ‘Bourne and Shepherd’ silently downed its shutters here after 176 years of…
Man who popularised yoga in America died with India on his lips
By M.R. Narayan Swamy On June 21, when the world celebrates the International Yoga Day for a second year in running, yoga enthusiasts around the world must remember Paramhansa Yogananda, who did more than anyone…
Echoing the legacy of Kabir in the contemporary music space
By Ankit Sinha Few poets in the country have been as influential as the 15th-century mystic Kabir. His poetry, written in vernacular Hindi, borrowed elements from various dialects like Avadhi, Braj and Bhojpuri and focussed…
Andhra police officer’s bit to promote yoga
Kurnool, June 20 (IANS) A top police officer in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district has come out with an album to encourage people to practise yoga. Ake Ravi Krishna, the Superintendent of Police of Kunrool, released…
Trying to decipher the enigma that is David Coleman Headley
By Vikas Datta Title: The Mind of a Terrorist – The Strange Case of David Headley; Author: Kaare Sorensen/Cory Klingsporn (Translator); Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 376; Price: Rs 599 In the current phase of Islamist…
Yoga: A holistic solution to ward off illnesses
By Rachel V Thomas Title: Yoga and Diet for Ailments; Author: Bijoylaxmi Hota; Publisher: Rupa; Pages: 296; Price: Rs. 295 If yoga has broken all barriers — transcendental as well as geographical — in recent…
Yoga not a religious practice: Ramdev
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Stressing on yoga’s secular nature, Baba Ramdev, who led about 35,000 people in a rehearsal ahead of the International Yoga Day at the Rajpath on Sunday, said yoga was not…
Yoga not a religious practice: Ramdev
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Sunday said yoga was not a religious but a spiritual practice and did not make a practitioner lose his religious identity. “Practicing yoga is not…
Poland celebrates Second International Yoga Day
By Surender Bhutani Warsaw, June 19 (IANS) Thousands of people on Sunday celebrated the Second International Yoga Day in Poland, a country where yoga has become a way of life for many Poles. The celebration…
Yoga day event attracts hundreds in Dublin
Dublin, June 19 (IANS) Hundreds of enthusiasts practised yoga poses in Dartmouth Park here in Ireland to mark the International Yoga Day, a media report said on Sunday. About 400 people gathered on Saturday for…
The emperor among philosophers and why he still speaks to us
By Vikas Datta Author Samuel Butler once observed that “to die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead”. By this standard, well alive…
Yoga Day: Delhi to see over 10,000 participants
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) A total of 10,000 participants will be performing yoga in various places in Delhi including Lodhi Garden, Nehru Park and Talkatora Stadium as part of the second International Yoga Day…