To be clear, though I am not a yoga practitioner I am certainly aware of the health and positive benefits of yoga. I must point out on the autocracy and hypocrisy of this Govt promoted yoga day event. On autocracy, it’s totally unacceptable that the Goa government makes it mandatory for all of its administration and even school children to be forced to attend; there could have been more positive ways of encouraging people / children to participate of their own free will. The Goa Government promoted this yoga day event mainly under the overall wellness and healthy intent, which I find hypocritical, because even if yoga is practiced by majority of people in Goa; will that alone ensure mental/physical health and well being? With Goa government promoting yoga and at the same time the corrupt ministers are destroying the environment and running a corrupt/incompetent administration ; all of it makes an absolute hypocrisy of their actual intentions; in which case it appears that the yoga day intent is just to promote Goan ruling BJP politicians and glorify their big BJP lords operating from Delhi.
ARWIN MESQUITA, Colva
