A multi-splendoured sage by KS Duggal
Swami Rama Gurmat Mission, Kangra. Pages: 198. Price: Rs. 265/-
During the closing years of last millennium the late Swami Rama had hit the media headlines when he helped set up a hospital and medical college in Uttarakhand. Already noted for his Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in the USA he had little difficulty in having friends among the political and intellectual elite of India. Duggal is obviously one of them. He has painted a positive picture of the Swami and his contribution to India’s healthcare scenario. He has also mentioned Swami Rama’s yogic accomplishments and his love for Sikhism. However, in the chapter on his visit to MS Gill’s house the Swami brags about having played the Davis Cup up to the semi-finals stage, but conveniently forgets to mention the country he had represented and the year and venue of the feat. Similarly, in his encounter with Arun Shourie it is the latter that emerges taller as man of principles, and the Swami appears too eager to please him. Be that as it may, this book would have takers among Swami Rama’s fans.
THE TRIBUNE
No comments:
Post a Comment