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What Lonely Planet Won’t Tell You About Visiting the Kumbh Mela

The grand procession of sadhus at the Kumbh Mela making their way to the banks of the holy Ganges for one of the shahi snans is a once-in-a-lifetime experience — note that attending twice may lead to serious emotional distress.

#VALUE! June 24, 2016

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How to Find Inner Peace: Lessons from the New-Age Dhongi Babas

It’s become quite common to bump into a wannabe guru spouting gibberish disguised as deep insights about the universe. Inspired by the phenomenal success of holistic healers like Sadhguru and Baba Ramdev, they’re trying their luck at turning spirituality into a business.

Ashwina Garg June 2, 2016

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Swami Nithyananda & Other Babas, Can You Please Leave the Science to the Scientists?

There’s never been a better time to be a baba, considering that even godmen from five thousand years ago are finding their way into our engineering textbooks. We have Deepak Chopra for the ABCD crowd, Sadhguru for the upper-class aunties, Swami Nithyananda for the wholly clueless, and Gaur Gopal Das, the living dad-joke generator.

#VALUE! March 27, 2016