Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Nov 2013 17:56

you mean you or is the seated guy someone else?

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Nov 2013 17:57

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/soci ... 21267.html

rise of the cyber hindu

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 18 Nov 2013 17:59

^ The seated guy is Tarek Fateh..

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 18 Nov 2013 18:02

and I was wondering how ramachandra guha gained so much weight!

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 18 Nov 2013 18:02

Cyber Hindu is fine, but how do they explain off the crowds in the rallies, particularly in small towns like Bundelkhand, Guna, Chattisgarh..

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 18 Nov 2013 18:04

What Narendra Modi must learn from Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell

In the last six years, this column has not shied away from expressing its disappointment and disapproval of the way in which two successive United Progressive Alliance (UPA) administrations have governed (rather, not governed) the country. Bare Talk has also not hidden its preference for the present Gujarat chief minister to become the next prime minister, considering other alternatives. That having been said, there is the danger of the burden of expectations leading to disappointment about delivery, with Narendra Modi. Sachin may have gotten away delivering somewhat less for the collective cause than he could have. However, India’s expectation from Modi is of a much greater magnitude and Indians would be far less forgiving of him if he failed to meet their expectations.

Hence, at some stage, he has to start preparing India and Indians for the hardwork that lies ahead lest he ran the risk of disappointing them. One man can clearly lead a nation to live up to and beyond its potential. Just about two years of good governance each under Rajiv Gandhi (1984-86), P.V. Narasimha Rao (1991-93) and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2002-04) in the last thirty years has brought India to its current state of economic development. But, they failed for two reasons: they could not sustain their good governance even during their full term in office and second, their efforts and philosophies did not diffuse to the broader nation. For the sake of the nation he so clearly and dearly loves, Modi has to do better than them.
To do that, he has to start telling them the truth. One, India cannot be rebuilt by one man alone and that it needs all of India to pitch in. Two, even when India was growing at 9% to 10%, it was not growing at that rate for the right reasons and on right foundations. Third, for India to get back to that growth rate and to do so differently than the last time around, Indians have to start believing in team effort and learn to play as a team, putting personal egos and glories aside. Some Indian businesses may be too clever and too selfish for the nation’s good. India has to start to tame them. Fourth, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India noted in a recent speech, there is no upside to decision making in Indian bureaucracy now. He cannot change it overnight. But, he should begin the process whose outcome should outlast him. Failure to do so would condemn India to a mediocre growth rate for a long time to come.
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, in some states, has altered the trade-off between work and leisure in favour of the latter—a problem, we thought, only developed countries faced. Indians, for the most part, do not work hard. Jugaad would do. So, fifth and finally, he should tell Indian cricket fans that they may miss Sachin but that they could still replicate his ethos of hardwork on the cricket field in all other arenas. Then, his Bharat Ratna award will not have been in vain.

Arjun · Post by **Arjun** » 18 Nov 2013 18:08

India Today has got it wrong....More than the rise of the cyber-Hindu, its the rise of the 'free India from the Dynasty' principle that resonates with anyone with any basic IQ and democratic inclincation.

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 18 Nov 2013 18:11

Re: cyber hindu artecal,
Didnt read it in full (rather scanned it) but when a twit like Sanjay Jha gets the last word , the farticle's stink becomes obvious.

Sample the below graphic, its almost written on the lines of how to spot a Jew.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 18 Nov 2013 18:16

http://covertwires.com/2013/11/17/islam ... dmi-party/

Show it to AAP supporters

Who are good Hindus in the eyes of Pakistan or Islamists? A Hindu who has good human qualities, a Hindu who is run by his Hindu religious values or something like that? Certainly not, a good Hindu is a man who turns a blind eye to his Islamic oppressors or who assists the Islamic invaders ruin his religion and culture is a Good Hindu for them, a Hindu who betrays Hinduism is a good Hindu for them. The crazy fanatic Zaid Hamid who always bashes Hinduism, praises the ‘Hindus’ like Amaresh Misra (Islamic-activist, anti-Hindu propagandist author and Congress leader). And when such a Good Hindu is found, Pakistan turns very helpful to him. Since this morning Pakistan based Facebook pages promoting Jihadist Separatism in Kashmir and some other Pakistani nationalist pages are running a huge campaign for donation on behalf of Aam Aadmi Party founded by such a Good Hindu, Arvind Kejriwal, self-acclaimed authority to issue the certificates of honesty.
Arvind Kejriwal who started his journey as a crusader against corruption in India, as an apolitical entity, and first declared that all political parties are corrupt and that’s why they are apolitical, entered into politics by cashing the huge fan followers they gained in the name of anti-corruption movement. Kejriwal actually sabotaged the movements that were already in line by BJP and Baba Ramdev. Kejriwal then started doing the same conventional politics that he criticized and didn’t criticize.

The Kashmiri sepatarists from running from Pakistan running online donation campaign for AAP

Kejriwal isn’t a visionless man, but he has far-fetched vision that enables him get the proper sense of what and when. Kejriwal knew his ways to earn the funding from outside India. A man who had allegations on him of funding from foreign agencies and corporate had found the other way to get the unclean funds cleanly. AAP constantly boasts getting funds from NRI’s clean money through its website’s donation section. Once AAP boasted that it has received an envious sum of INR 5 Million from an NRI based in East Asia. You don’t have to be surprised how a man who had lesser contact with India is more concerned about the corruptions in India than the Indians themselves. You can also never prove whether the foreign agencies are channelizing the funds through the NRI’s based in those agencies, such NRI’s who rather than fighting the governments in their nation for their own treatment by that government (when NRI’s are badly treated in many nations) are funding a lifetime earning to a hypocrite apolitical-turning-political organization in India.

Today the Pakistani online forums are campaigning for donations for AAP. The posts show a screenshot of the donation process by a man who works for Gulf Pakistan as seen from the screenshot, but a resident of India, has donated his two months’ salary for AAP. Qayyum (probably, his named is blurry), a 47 years old Indian, who loves to call himself Endian has donated INR 45,000 to AAP and taken the screenshots of form filling and then the payment process and then receiving the Transaction ID, inspires all the Pakistanis to donate at least INR 100 to AAP. And why does he sacrifice his two months’ salary to AAP? You can see his message at the remark box, مجھے یکین ہے کی آپ لوگ ہندوستان مے اسلامی ھقمت قیام کروگے
It means, “Mujhe Yakeen Hai Aaplog India Me Islami Huqumat Qayam Karogey (I am sure you guys will establish Islamic rule in India).
The man has described this situation as a historical turning point and Kejriwal as the Neo-Jaychand who will initiate the second phase of Islamization of India, and asked to assist him in his assistance to Islamists. His message posted by in the online campaigns says that the citizenship filter is a deliberate security breach and even as you have to sign that you are Indian citizen in the form checkbox attribute, it lets you bypass the phase. It is a nice way to shot two targets with single arrow, managing public perception that they are receiving no foreign funding but NRI money, and you can still donate them. Then as you successfully make the payment through credit/debit card, you will receive a Transaction ID like him as he expressed. Then he urged the public to assist according to his/her capability because, “Allah said that the dust you face in the battle, will return as fragrance and the asset you invest in the cause of Allah, will be returned to you 700 times more” as Qayyum asserts.

vishvak · Post by **vishvak** » 18 Nov 2013 18:23

About Internet Hindu/ CyberHindu, what happened to celebrating individualism etc where the author seems to running short selectively of finding complements.

Plus another way to limit criticism of mafia by labelling arbitrarily in camps any independent thinkers and critiques or political observers at election time.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 18 Nov 2013 18:32

I thought with 95% in their favor spotting one would be the norm. The non-Cyber Hindu (Read Psecularist) is the one that needs spotting. And one needs some time to make a nice spotting pictorial for that 5% obnoxious species..the Sanjay Jha types.

Karan M · Post by **Karan M** » 18 Nov 2013 18:40

An articulate, intelligent Hindu who is proud of his civilizational heritage, is loyal to his allied faiths (all rivers to the same path like the Sikh panth), and is able to articulate his viewpoint forcefully, makes these journos sh!t their pants. After all, their only claim to fame above the injineer, MBA, dr, bania bijness etc crowd was their command over englees, debating methods blah di blah. Cyber Hindus make these guys irrelevant.

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 18 Nov 2013 19:40

Waiting for the time when the party turns against the dynasty. Going by the trend, the dynasty is giving diminishing returns. And only thing anathema to the partymen is losing power. Who will be the rebel now?

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 18 Nov 2013 19:44

In the mean while, what is the forum members take on this?
* Snooping: Of Bengaluru's mystery woman and Narendra Modi
* Pranlal Soni creates a Soni-Gate for Narendra Modi
* Modi and Madhuri. Mansi Soni is “Madhuri”. So is THIS Mansi the one?

Looks like Modi opponents have pulled out one of the very last tactic to slander him. Scandals involving women.

Chandragupta · Post by **Chandragupta** » 18 Nov 2013 19:49

^ It will backfire tremendously. What Congress is implying is in very very bad taste & people will & are seeing through this dirty trick.

kvjayan · Post by **kvjayan** » 18 Nov 2013 19:57

Chandragupta wrote:^ It will backfire tremendously. What Congress is implying is in very very bad taste & people will & are seeing through this dirty trick.

Standard political tactics. The TN govt. did a similar thing (dragging in a woman writer, a sick woman devotee, cine actress etc.) to defame Sri Jayandra Saraswati and the junior pontiff in the Sankararaman murder case. Instead of allowing the police dept. to investigate the case in a routine manner, all sorts of outlandish stories were circulated.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 18 Nov 2013 20:16

About this stalking affair:

1. The current GoI makes more than a dozen requests to US based sites like Twitter, FB for snooping on citizens.
2. When the US snooped on Indian citizens, Salman Khurshid went and justified it.
3. Let's assume someone requests Modi to help. Modi tells his aide. His aide a Cop Singhal in this case). And this is an important point. IF there is a breach of law being asked by the Politician, then it is the duty of the bureacrat concerned to make aware the breach. The cops are trained in law. Politicans are not and they do make extra legal requests. Legal teams/ bureacrats correct these kind of errors all the time. In this case it seems the cop concerned played Shah and taped it all. The bureacrat was more in breach of the law and should have informed Shah in writing that it is illegal..

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 18 Nov 2013 20:24

in TN's case, amma's followers were higher than acharya. it has impacted many people who religiously go by certain norms.. for example SHQ feels acharya is involving in these affairs and none of his business to do business etc.. finding reticulated answers to clear doubts is a big deal. she had a big impact on many.. she was capable of doing the harm. the sin will haunt till someone close to people's heart arrives. believe, me all these dravidian, aryan crap will disappear, when good governance white washes these crap politics. i pray for the #people who need good governance increases by the second.

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 18 Nov 2013 20:26

vivek.rao wrote:What Narendra Modi must learn from Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell

Anantha Nageswaran is the co-founder of Aavishkaar Venture Fund and Takshashila Institution.

So he has a think tank and venture fund and that makes him qualified enough to dish out advice impolitely?
"What NM must learn from Modi"? As in, what NM, the 63 yo politician "must" learn from 40 odd yo Sachin, the cricketer? Wow! With the title, he already has me ready to oppose his POV. Moron!

Even in this 21st century, India has not given up on its disproportionate emphasis on individuals as opposed to institutions. Humans need heroes and role models. But, mature societies and institutions look beyond individuals, towards building systems that foster collective effort geared towards larger goals. Evidently, India has not gotten there yet. That is the lesson in this for India’s prime ministerial aspirant, Narendra Modi.

This nutter does not give an example of where NM developed a individual and which failed as a result. He directly jumps to the advice part without having explained why he is giving that advice.

In the last six years, this column has not shied away from expressing its disappointment and disapproval of the way in which two successive United Progressive Alliance (UPA) administrations have governed (rather, not governed) the country. Bare Talk has also not hidden its preference for the present Gujarat chief minister to become the next prime minister, considering other alternatives. That having been said, there is the danger of the burden of expectations leading to disappointment about delivery, with Narendra Modi. Sachin may have gotten away delivering somewhat less for the collective cause than he could have. However, India’s expectation from Modi is of a much greater magnitude and Indians would be far less forgiving of him if he failed to meet their expectations.

He is trying hard to keep Sachin relevant here because he wrote the title first and then thought about the contents later. How does he know Indians would be far less forgiving? Is a cricket game and nation-building even comparable in the first place. Trying to bring in a relation between the two and then writing convoluted arguments makes his appear like a clown with a fuddled brain.

To do that, he has to start telling them the truth. One, India cannot be rebuilt by one man alone and that it needs all of India to pitch in. Two, even when India was growing at 9% to 10%, it was not growing at that rate for the right reasons and on right foundations. Third, for India to get back to that growth rate and to do so differently than the last time around, Indians have to start believing in team effort and learn to play as a team, putting personal egos and glories aside. Some Indian businesses may be too clever and too selfish for the nation’s good. India has to start to tame them. Fourth, as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India noted in a recent speech, there is no upside to decision making in Indian bureaucracy now. He cannot change it overnight. But, he should begin the process whose outcome should outlast him. Failure to do so would condemn India to a mediocre growth rate for a long time to come.

Finally some meat. But I ma finding it hard to relate "taming selfish Indian businesses" with Sachin. What has this to do with Sachin?

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, in some states, has altered the trade-off between work and leisure in favour of the latter—a problem, we thought, only developed countries faced. Indians, for the most part, do not work hard. Jugaad would do. So, fifth and finally, he should tell Indian cricket fans that they may miss Sachin but that they could still replicate his ethos of hardwork on the cricket field in all other arenas. Then, his Bharat Ratna award will not have been in vain

LOL. This guy wants to tell Modi to tell Indians to work hard because Sachin did it? <Slow clap here> . And Modi should learn this from Sachin?

Our karma is such we have to suffer the droppings of ridiculous morons like Ananthat NAgeswaran. Mediocre and ill-thought-through in fluent English - that sums this article up.

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 18 Nov 2013 20:42

Sanjay Jha is no pseudo-secularist. He is whoever his master bids him to be. He is a true blue sycophant. Tomorrow if his master orders him to write something that will squarely contradict what he wrote today, he will, without blinking an eye, do it. Feel sorry for him. Engaging him in any conversation, is a insult to independent thought and rational thinking.
Must also add this - why does even BJP go to panel discussions on NDTV etc with this fellow? He will reduce all arguments to how his master is sooper-dooper intelligents and how the rest are fools. couldn't suffer 5 mins of this fellow once.

KLP Dubey · Post by **KLP Dubey** » 18 Nov 2013 22:53

Kakkaji wrote:In the NaMo rallies in non-Hindi-speaking states, why can't they have a bilingual BJP karyakarta translate it in the local language as NaMo is speaking?

They have already done this in KL and TN (check Youtube for the speeches). It is a drag in my opinion. Very irritating to wait for the translation to complete after each sentence. Completely destroys the flow and impact of the speech.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 18 Nov 2013 22:55

3 more days for Modi to respond to EC on khooni panja

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 18 Nov 2013 22:58

KLP Dubey wrote:
Kakkaji wrote:In the NaMo rallies in non-Hindi-speaking states, why can't they have a bilingual BJP karyakarta translate it in the local language as NaMo is speaking?
They have already done this in KL and TN (check Youtube for the speeches). It is a drag in my opinion. Very irritating to wait for the translation to complete after each sentence. Completely destroys the flow and impact of the speech.

Real Time Subtitles on the Big Screen!

Prem · Post by **Prem** » 18 Nov 2013 23:10

Congi Snakulars are feeling naked nou not realizing they never had a Kaccha, it was the dirt covering them and now IH have blown the dirt with their hot and cold blows using Keyborad.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 18 Nov 2013 23:56

BJP slowly stop attending any so called discussions on english TV and none of their supporters shall also. Hindi channels are much much better.

VikramS · Post by **VikramS** » 19 Nov 2013 00:04

Bing results for when Scindia cancelled electricity awards
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Jyoti+Raje ... f9ed158dc6

Bing hits it at #2.

Chacha Results
https://www.google.com/search?q=Jyoti+R ... rd&start=0

Chacha completely filters the news...

I think it is time that this algo tuning be highlighted.

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 19 Nov 2013 00:29

Sachin wrote:In the mean while, what is the forum members take on this?
* Snooping: Of Bengaluru's mystery woman and Narendra Modi
* Pranlal Soni creates a Soni-Gate for Narendra Modi
* Modi and Madhuri. Mansi Soni is “Madhuri”. So is THIS Mansi the one?

Looks like Modi opponents have pulled out one of the very last tactic to slander him. Scandals involving women.

Huge distraction. Yuou can all CONGi scoundrels PAIDMEDIA, newspapers are going non-stop.

THis can hurt big time.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 19 Nov 2013 00:33

Why are the BJP leaders wasting their time over the Vajpayee/Bharat Ratna issue? There are numerous issues to attack the Congress over yet they are currently stuck debating ABV. And what hope is there for ABV when the dynasty even ignore their 'own' such as Narasimha Rao.

JohnTitor · Post by **JohnTitor** » 19 Nov 2013 00:35

johneeG wrote: The picture emerging is of a country that has completely lost its self-confidence and self-esteem. Very abject and disgusting, if we think about it.

Whats worse is that if anyone were to point this out, people's first reaction is to attack the messenger instead of pondering on the message. If anyone were to criticize inglish language as unsuitable for the present role it is being used in India, then people(specially the educated ones) attack the person as being regressive. If anyone suggests that Indians must look to replace inglish(a colonial language imposed on the Indians) with Sanskruth and try to spread it to rest of the world as well, that person would be seen as a nut. If any Indian had started the fad of Yoga, then other Indians would have made fun of him. But since the foreigners also doing it, Indians think Yoga is alright. If the foreigners accept Ayurvedha, that also will be acceptable to Indians. Until then, Ayurvedha is considered a superstition. People may still resort to it and benefit from it. But, generally, it is not accepted as the 'medicine'. Why? Because its not accepted by the foreigner.

Colonized in mind, body and culture... the story of modern India.

Modi touches on these things and hopefully will be able to guide India out of this mess. And reverses the roles, as it used to be once. It was India that the world imitated. It was India that was the guide and teacher(Jagadhguru) to the world. Today, India is a blind follower. The very word 'India' is a foreign one...

+108!!

I have been saying this for over 15 years! I have met gazzilion indians who are ashamed of their own country and culture and distance themselves from it.

Jarita · Post by **Jarita** » 19 Nov 2013 00:52

Pratyush wrote:
prahaar wrote: Bji, not doubting your claims, but would you be able to elaborate a little bit on how extensive and deep is the problem of flesh-trade. Most BRFites (numerically) would not have seen or known up-close details about this aspect of life in our society. Is this a huge number and actively encouraged by some powers in India? I was under the impression that such activities are very much under control due to the high sensitivity of police to these activities. What part of our society is the biggest victim of this? The calls for legalizing prostitution seems to suggest that a majority of the participants in this profession do it voluntarily. I was under the impression that such things in mass scale have stopped or become rare - due to the non-presence of news on this.
OT for this thread,

Human trafficking in India is a huge problem. Effecting both men and women. Ever year, thousands of women & are sold into Prostitution & Slavery. Mostly from the economically weaker parts of the country. Along with import's from Nepal & BD.

The annual report of the Woman & Child welfare dept GOI will give you an accurate picture.

Annual Report WCD 2013 Warning, that it is a 56 MB file.

The magnitude of the problem is such that a Chaiwala I know, on an intimate basis, went into depression because of the utter helplessness of the situation, he faced.

If they know then why not do something. Even increasing penalty will help

JohnTitor · Post by **JohnTitor** » 19 Nov 2013 00:58

Arjun wrote:India Today has got it wrong....More than the rise of the cyber-Hindu, its the rise of the 'free India from the Dynasty' principle that resonates with anyone with any basic IQ and democratic inclincation.

Noone notice the new phrases coined by sickular people.. "internet hindu" or "cyber hindu" seem so much like "hindu rate of growth" ?

SagarAg · Post by **SagarAg** » 19 Nov 2013 00:59

Sachin wrote:In the mean while, what is the forum members take on this?
* Snooping: Of Bengaluru's mystery woman and Narendra Modi
* Pranlal Soni creates a Soni-Gate for Narendra Modi
* Modi and Madhuri. Mansi Soni is “Madhuri”. So is THIS Mansi the one?

Looks like Modi opponents have pulled out one of the very last tactic to slander him. Scandals involving women.

MediaCrooks and Sikulars are desperately trying to get a reaction on this from Modi ji. I read an article titled NaMo responds to the issue..on reading the whole article there was nothing there

.Its better IMO for Modi ji to IGNORE the issue. Let the NaMo force handle it for him.

http://storify.com/jemin_p/facts-v-s-my ... cobra-post

Official Statement by BJP:
http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com ... Itemid=494

On the ink issue:

official Statement:
http://www.bjp.org/index.php?option=com ... Itemid=494

On deliberate and desperate attempts by media to paint Sushma Swaraj:

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 19 Nov 2013 01:16

sunnyP wrote:Why are the BJP leaders wasting their time over the Vajpayee/Bharat Ratna issue? There are numerous issues to attack the Congress over yet they are currently stuck debating ABV. And what hope is there for ABV when the dynasty even ignore their 'own' such as Narasimha Rao.

Yes, I don't know why they keep harping about it now. What is their endgame if suddenly Congress decides to award ABV Bharat Ratna? And begging this regime of all things?

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 19 Nov 2013 01:56

SagarAg wrote: ....

On deliberate and desperate attempts by media to paint Sushma Swaraj:

One thing is sure .. All the media crooks are still for some reason batting for SS and Advani and are consistently pushing sly psyops to depict modi's online supporters as "fringe" , "loonies" and picturizing their radical beliefs on various issues (especially their desire to eradicate the dynasty from political space) as "dangerous" and "destabilizing" trends.

The graphic from the cyber Hindu farticle is the best example. Note how it sets up a completely arbitrary scale of "looniness" to put down modi supporters as some sort of freaks .

Posting from previous page..

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 19 Nov 2013 02:53

JohneeG, it was the Sinification of Indo-Grecian Buddha by an Empress in late Han period, that led to widespread change from Confusius to Buddhism in China. Same way it will be with Yoga. In small town US, they are chanting Sanskrit mantras and hardcore mil complex companies are proclaiming "Do the right thing!"

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 19 Nov 2013 03:20

ramana wrote:JohneeG, it was the Sinification of Indo-Grecian Buddha by an Empress in late Han period, that led to widespread change from Confusius to Buddhism in China. Same way it will be with Yoga. In small town US, they are chanting Sanskrit mantras and hardcore mil complex companies are proclaiming "Do the right thing!"

My theory is that it is actually Indo-Bactrian art which influenced Greek art and through it the Roman art, and not vice versa.

Most of the Greek busts we see all over Western civilization are in fact a continuation of an art form developed in Northwest India, and not Greece or Anatolia.

Anyway, off-topic.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 19 Nov 2013 03:39

Why dont you post that in the "Non Western World view" thread for all to see and think about?

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 19 Nov 2013 03:46

ramana wrote:Why dont you post that in the "Non Western World view" thread for all to see and think about?

ramana garu,

here is a post on the issue.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 19 Nov 2013 06:21

Sorry, if posted already. M.R.Venkatesh shreds MMS beautifully. Like what many have said, MMS destroyed the spirit and culture of India under his regime. Not to mention the economy and pride of India. One of my few Ack thoos, and it goes towards MMS.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 19 Nov 2013 08:42

RajeshA wrote:
ramana wrote:JohneeG, it was the Sinification of Indo-Grecian Buddha by an Empress in late Han period, that led to widespread change from Confusius to Buddhism in China. Same way it will be with Yoga. In small town US, they are chanting Sanskrit mantras and hardcore mil complex companies are proclaiming "Do the right thing!"
My theory is that it is actually Indo-Bactrian art which influenced Greek art and through it the Roman art, and not vice versa.

Most of the Greek busts we see all over Western civilization are in fact a continuation of an art form developed in Northwest India, and not Greece or Anatolia.

Anyway, off-topic.

sister nivedita, SV's disciple said this in 'footfalls of Indian history'. do get hold of it if you can.