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Mangalore: Move to Introduce Yoga Education Opposed

  •   Sat, Jan 10 2009 07:26:09 AM

The Hindu

MANGALORE, Jan 10: The State Government’s proposal to introduce yoga as a compulsory subject for primary and high school students has been criticised by the Rationalist Association of Mangalore.

Obtaining the information under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, the association members said that the Government had proposed to make yoga education compulsory from class one to tenth standard with practical and theory examinations.

Narendra Nayak, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Association, and K.S. Madhava Rao, president of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association, have said in a press release here on Friday that no solid study had been done to support the claims of the Government that the practice of yoga was “doubtlessly useful or totally safe”.

The Department of State Educational Research and Training had not conducted any study to establish the benefits or ill-effects of yoga, they said.

  

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  • Rajesh, Mangalore/Sydney

    Mon, Jan 19 2009

    Finally the Govt has acted to introduce Yoga as an integral part of the education curriculum. Well done. That was long over due. We need more of these, not just Yoga, we also need basic understanding of Ayurveda, Vastu Shastra, Vedic Mathematics, Meditation and so on. Why I can't we learn our own culture first before embarking on everything foreign.

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  • Purushottama, Byndoor

    Mon, Jan 12 2009

    The duo seems to have lost touch with the reality. When Yoga is becoming popular world wide these people opposing it is amusing. It is good that the society does not buy their arguemants seriously.

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  • Thomas Pascal Andrade, Mangalore / Toronto

    Mon, Jan 12 2009

    Shame on those who oppose introducing Yoga into schools. Do they have any solid reason to oppose it? It was Indian sages who gave Yoga not only to India but also to the world. While a huge number of foreigners are practicing it and a considerable foreigners come to India to learn it, we have some people who do not want our children to learn it.

    While India was forgetting Yoga, it was Swami Ramdev who re-introduced it from his hard campaign and it has again become household name and a large number of Indians as well as foreigners practicing it after watching it in TV. In India heart and other related diseases are increasing due to lavish lifestyle resulting from higher income generated from booming Indian economy. Yoga is the only solution to cure these diseases.

    If Yoga is taught to our children in their schools, then our children will be definitely health-conscious and have better health. If Indians are healthy, India will be healthy. What is wealth without health?

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  • Ravi Kadri, Mangalore

    Sun, Jan 11 2009

    I think Mr. Narendra Nayak and Madhav Rao has got some personal interest in critisizing introduction of Yoga in school. People critisize anything and everything to create news and gain popularity. Come on Mr. Narendra Madhav & Co., grow up.

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  • Mahesh Kumar, Mangalore

    Sat, Jan 10 2009

    The move is welcome.Most of the reputed institutions have adopted complusory yoga for students including "B" schools.It is known fact that yoga is beneficial to both mind and body. more and more foreigners are practicing it . As such there are no ill-effects if done under the guidanace of an expert.The opposition by Indian Rationalist Association doesn't hold water.

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