Sri Sri’s show a blow to ‘secularists’
Late afternoon last Friday, I switched on the TV to a ‘national’ channel, hoping to catch up on what has been happening in India, if not the world, before stepping out for dinner. Imagine my utter...
View Article‘Cultural Czar’ BJP now using soft approach
What used to be a tenuous, undercover tie between the BJP and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AOL) organisation, blossomed into an openly flaunted friendship when Narendra Modi graced the...
View Article5 Ways You Can Use Meditation To Boost Your IQ
If you look back at your life, there must have been many moments when somebody remarked, “That was very intelligent of you”, “Smart thinking!”, or “You are an intelligent person”. These moments fill us...
View ArticleIt’s yoga by the bay!
Mumbai : Over 150 Art of Living instructors and volunteers will teach easy-to-do yoga stretches and pranayamas to Mumbaikars on Marine Drive on Sunday, the International Yoga Day. The instructors will...
View ArticleISIS threat to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar security is beefed up
Bengaluru : Security has been tightened at the sprawling Art of Living ashram on Kanakapura Road on the outskirts of Bengaluru following a directive from the Centre that the ashram head Sri Sri Ravi...
View ArticleGadkari no to casinos; wants Ramdev, Sri Sri to enter tourism
Mumbai: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today cleared that casinos are not welcome in the country while he pitched that organisations doing “good work” like Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali group and Sri...
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Harnessing the potential of mind
The human mind is an enigma. It has enormous potential and is a reservoir of energy. The moot question is as to how we use this enormous energy, asks RAVI VALLURI. Hisalcoholism became quotidian....
View ArticleDidn’t conduct any environment impact study: Art of Living
New Delhi: The Art of Living Foundation on Tuesday told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it did not conduct any environment impact study before deciding to hold the World Culture Festival on the...
View Article‘Art of Living to build biodiversity park on Yamuna floodplain’
New Delhi: Art of Living guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, under fire for organising a massive event on the Yamuna floodplain, today said his organisation will build a “biodiversity park” in that area and...
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Cloud hovers over Sri Sri’s mega event
New Delhi: The three-day World Culture Festival being hosted by the Art of Living Foundation’s spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is facing a clutch of uncertainties with authorities raising questions...
View ArticleOpposition criticises army use for Art of Living event
New Delhi: The opposition on Wednesday criticised the government in the Rajya Sabha for using army personnel for a three-day World Cultural Festival being organised by Art of Living on the Yamuna...
View ArticleWhy different rules for ‘ostensible God’: Manish Tewari
New Delhi: Taking a jibe at Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living World Culture Festival and the temporary structure on the Yamuna flood plain, Congress leader Manish Tewari said just because some...
View ArticleAppeal to all parties to not ‘politicize’ event: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
New Delhi: Asserting that the World Culture Festival being organised by the Art of Living foundation on the Yamuna floodplains was an event to unite everyone, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar appealed to all...
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Sri Sri event row: Don’t test our patience, says NGT to Centre
New Delhi – In a brand new hurdle for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living World Culture Festival in Delhi, the Water Resource Ministry today informed the National Green Tribune (NGT) that they have...
View ArticlePM Narendra Modi won’t miss Sri Sri show
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee is skipping Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s mega cultural event on the banks of the Yamuna here, but not Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is to inaugurate the extravaganza...
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Art of Living: Sri Sri to pay Rs.4.75 cr, tribunal’s order
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have graced his massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in the Capital, and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar may believe that he should be given an award...
View ArticleSri Sri ends tussle with NGT, pays compensation
But maintains that AoL has not damaged Yamuna floodplain New Delhi : The Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living (AoL) Foundation on Monday said it has paid the Rs 5-crore environment compensation...
View ArticleYoga not just about physical exercises: Ravi Shankar
Brussels: Yoga is not just about physical exercise and it seeks to bring harmony in one’s environment, Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar told the European Parliament here. “Though yoga was...
View ArticleSETBACK TO SRI SRI: AOL damaged Yamuna floodplains, says panel
New Delhi : The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AOL) to submit its response within three weeks on the inspection report of Yamuna flood plains here...
View ArticleKeep At Bay: Stave of depressing thoughts
Depressed individuals are plagued and agonized by a double whammy. They lose interest in life and suffer from physical and mental disabilities, writes Ravi Valluri. Also Read: Distress- Getting rid of...
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