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I was horrified by this comment of his. He has single handedly managed to give yoga a bad name.
ReplyDeletePrecisely. He is doing a terrible disservice to the real yoga, yogi and Hinduism itself.
DeleteI was horrified...I really was! But, honestly, I was never a fan of Baba Ramdev.
ReplyDeleteThinking people can't be his fans. He is more an entertainer and entrepreneur than a yogi.
DeleteI think he is foolish to cut heads of his probable customers, the current situation in country is like ' Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja'
ReplyDeleteHe could not even pass class 8. What can we expect of him?
DeleteI 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!!
ReplyDeleteFair is foul and foul is fair, as Shakespeare's witches said.
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