Religion Dispatches

The World’s Most Influential Yoga Teacher is a Homophobic Right-Wing Activist

The single most influential yoga teacher in India, if not the world, is a right-wing activist who campaigns against homosexuality, promotes Islamophobia, and advocates for religious nationalism. He’s ...
Reuters

As Modi and his right-wing Hindu base rise, so too does a celebrity yoga tycoon

HARIDWAR, India – Narendra Modi leaned to whisper in the ear of the man sitting cross-legged and barefoot next to him, the one clad in saffron robes with a long beard and squinty gaze. It was late in ...
The Hindu

Ramdev’s remarks on allopathy: Closure report filed in Chhattisgarh FIR, Supreme Court told

The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) that the Chhattisgarh Police has filed a closure report in an FIR registered against Baba Ramdev over his remarks on the use of allopathic ...
The Hindu

Delhi High Court orders Patanjali to take down ‘communal’ video on rival firm’s product

After Delhi High Court on Tuesday slammed Baba Ramdev over his remarks allegedly targeting Hamdard’s popular drink Rooh Afza as “Sharbat Jihad”, the Yoga Guru agreed to immediately take down all ...
Business Line

Ramdev’s ‘sharbat jihad’ remark shocks conscience: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said Baba Ramdev’s purported remark of “sharbat jihad” on Hamdard’s Rooh Afza “shocked its conscience” and was indefensible, prompting the Yoga guru to assure he will ...