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Patriotism?





Do watch the video.  



If you have the time, read the article about it in the Indian Express written by Swami Agnivesh: Why Baba Ramdev would do well to go into vanvaas.



And then decide whether this godman is a patriot.

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  1. KalpanaApril 7, 2016 at 9:59 PM

    I was horrified by this comment of his. He has single handedly managed to give yoga a bad name.

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    1. Tomichan MatheikalApril 7, 2016 at 10:04 PM

      Precisely. He is doing a terrible disservice to the real yoga, yogi and Hinduism itself.

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  2. ManiparnaApril 8, 2016 at 6:40 AM

    I was horrified...I really was! But, honestly, I was never a fan of Baba Ramdev.

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    1. Tomichan MatheikalApril 8, 2016 at 7:17 AM

      Thinking people can't be his fans. He is more an entertainer and entrepreneur than a yogi.

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  3. CifarApril 9, 2016 at 4:29 PM

    I think he is foolish to cut heads of his probable customers, the current situation in country is like ' Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja'

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    1. Tomichan MatheikalApril 9, 2016 at 8:38 PM

      He could not even pass class 8. What can we expect of him?

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  4. Vinay NagarajuApril 10, 2016 at 3:46 PM

    I have felt the same about him Matheikal, I think it was the time when Anna Hazare was in news and this guy suddenly became politically famous. Don't know what the true intentions are anymore!!

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    1. Tomichan MatheikalApril 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM

      Fair is foul and foul is fair, as Shakespeare's witches said.

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