PM Modi declared Sunday International Yoga Day. However Indians regard yoga not as physical exercise as Westerners do, but rather as a practice laden with religious and spiritual meaning. Thus it has caused a great deal of controversy. Read about it here in the NYTimes.
Students as young as 2nd grade are asking to commemorate this day at our school. I know our principal will encourage and welcome this sign of student interest and independent thought. I won't be surprised to begin the Monday morning assembly with a sun salutation. He has already declared Friday Dance Party Day!
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