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Indian or American? Why fight over yoga in US schools can tie us up in knots

on April 07, 2015

"While yoga indisputably comes from India, a headstand in Pune is not that different from a headstand in San Francisco. And that says Sonia Katyal, law professor at Fordham University, "makes it a little harder to explain how its Indian origins are always essential to the practice or characteristics of yoga today." Replace India with Hinduism in this discussion and the "geographic indication" becomes even trickier."

Date Published:04/07/2015
Original Publication:First Post

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