The Yogi as a Pugilist: Psychotherapy-cum-Martial Exercise in the Indian Armed Forces

The Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - L No. 33, August 15, 2015
Commentary

The Yogi as a Pugilist
Psychotherapy-cum-Martial Exercise in the Indian Armed Forces
by Sumanta Banerjee

The way in which the secular practice of yoga is being saffronised by a government that has made it compulsory for the armed and paramilitary forces looks like yet another attempt to supplement colonial model-based recruitment on the basis of caste and region, by psychologically indoctrinating jawans in the values and norms of Hindutva.
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