Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Do away with capital punishment

'Things are going to change. I know they are going to change, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tells Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar. SSri Sri Ravi Shankar believes the only way to curb terrorism is a......

Gadkari says no to casinos; wants Ramdev, Sri Sri to enter tourism

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday made it clear that casinos are not welcome in the country while he pitched that organisations doing 'good work' like Yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s......

On June 21, Modi will do yoga in Chandigarh

Around 5,000 police personnel will keep a hawk-eye vigil on the International Yoga Day event on June 21 in Chandigarh, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Tight security arrangements......

Meet India's 10 most renowned yoga gurus

Yoga has been an intrinsic part of the Indian ethos for over 5,000 years. In December 2014, the United Nations recognised that Yoga ‘provides a holistic approach to health and......

Baba Ramdev, Sri Sri and India's skewed corporate laws

The strategies that the gurus adopted to build their successful business empires over the past two decades could hardly be adopted by businesses that openly claim to be businesses, points out......

Babas follow Ramdev's footsteps to mint a fortune from FMCG

Ravi Shankar mulls taking his products, available at 600 outlets, to 2,500 stores by 2017; others have plans, too. Image: Sri Sri Ayurveda is now mulling tie-ups with retailers to expand reach......

How 'gurunomics' is fueling India's consumer boom

Be it consumer products, lifestyle or entertainment, spiritual gurus are stepping into business and are finding success Amritha K is a homemaker based in the central suburb of Ghatkopar in Mumbai.......

Dabur doesn't see threat from Patanjali's 'faith-based' items

'Merely keeping low price may help in the lower segment initially but people have become much more aware and careful about their health and it will eventually determine value for money.' Dabur......

Sri Sri signs on Sindhu to endorse health drink

This is only the second endorsement in the baba-led space by a celebrity after wrestler Sushil Kumar featured in an ad last year for Patanjali Ghee.Viveat Susan Pinto reports. The primary factor......

Series of felicitation programs has not distracted Sindhu

‘Everybody's eyes are going to be on me’ ‘It's just that I shouldn't take much of pressure and play my game’ IMAGE: Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu with coach......