Yoga in Essence

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The Silent Hijack of International Yoga Day

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Trupti Sheth
Jun 02, 2025
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“Yoga is not just being misused. It’s being hijacked.”

Each year, June 21 is marked as International Yoga Day (IYD), a day globally endorsed by 177 nations, including over 40 Muslim-majority countries. It was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 2014 UN address and quickly adopted by the United Nations as Resolution A/69/L.17. The resolution r…

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