A Hindu soldier’s journey through the US Army took a disturbing turn when his religious identity became a target. Second Lieutenant Harish Rao, a Hindu of Indian origin, was reportedly barred from training and threatened with deportation back to India simply for wearing a tilak, a sacred Hindu mark. Removed from training and placed among [...]
Maj. James Watson, Instructor, US Army Joint Support Team, 505th Command and Control Wing, was arrested for illegal conversion in Maharashtra. He claimed to cure illnesses. He’s in India on a business visa, and with two ‘give me a visa to the US pleeeze Sahib’ residents, who were, trying to convert villagers in Chimbipada to [...]
Meditation may help with PTSD, but some yogis are dismayed that their peace-loving practice is now turned to combat training . Is yoga just for suburban baby-boomers and urban stress junkies seeking a hipper way to stay youthful and fit? Not if a growing number of yoga fanatics inside the US military get their way. [...]
May 26, 2013
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