discover the i. subscribe to the documentary on to. take to. get. it. in india the past is still present. here just over fifty years ago a new age dog. this is the river ganges which rises in the himalayas and flows through northern india. the ganges is worshiped by hindus and many seek

spiritual enlightenment on its banks one of the towns on the ganges is rishikesh which was made famous by the beatles. john paul george and ringo of course these four here are not the real beatles. they're a tribute band. the band was invited in twenty eighteen by the minister of tourism to celebrate the anniversary of the real beatles visit to india. but he's right. back it is a case they said the beatles are bigger than god when everything is gone at least the cast helped them. at the very least their stay impacted the beatles music says john thompson here is george harrison. has had such an amazing effect on

the beatles they write their whole wideout was written. and they created. music basically which is a comic for the sixty seven it's a mazing to be here and i guess. that was. here in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight time above the ganges the beatles lived in the ashram of maharishi mahesh yogi known as the father of transcendental meditation. in twenty eighteen they're currently derelict ashram hosted a temporary exhibition to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beatles stay in rishikesh the band and their entourage stayed for a few months and then left amid rumors of sexual misconduct on the part of the maori she. locals had been hired to work in the ashram they had no idea how famous the celebrity guests were. able by july and i thought. it didn't get bogged

they spent the whole time playing music and packing string instruments. they sang in english though i've no idea what he was singing. got to the guy got the big gun he got the view of. him got that. they also meditated i can't remember how exactly but it lasted for hours and hours that. the train and ana are from hamburg. there exploring the site. as it can be this that the mannequin i know the beatles from when i was growing up because my parents used to listen to them we were actually just talking about whether we know and like the white album since it was written here i've listened to it but it's not really my thing is that. these two young women wouldn't say they have much in common with those who come here for enlightenment superstar in the country relate to this i'm hanged for inspiration and to see a new side of the world but i'm not looking to amiss myself in a different way of life i'm whole when i'm under the leaves fall. although that's

exactly what these people are here for nearly two thousand participants have come to the international yoga festival most of them are european or american a special yoga session commemorated the fifty year anniversary of the beatles so join in india. org the festival director is originally from california she's lived in rishikesh for two decades and has seen a shift in attitudes toward spirituality over the years. that as spirituality has spread as yoga has sprung up people have realised are it's not just no to vs but it's yes to this and so where in the hippie movement i think people were moving away from. the establishment here people

are moving toward something that. speakers from all over the world give talks on meditation. says you reason this interview. is. the miners are originally from germany they moved to rishikesh years ago partly inspired by the beatles. when i was eighteen years old and living in the small town. i read in the paper that the beatles had. a good rule. i couldn't even pronounce his name back then and i thought it was all a bit weird. but i was a beatles fan ago and three years later i am back to my own spiritual quest. these days the miners cheech transcendental meditation themselves but they have mixed feelings about spiritual tourism rishikesh has grown dramatically as

a result and is now home to some one hundred yoga centers a population of over one hundred thousand and several slums. and this was everything you see here used to be forest and all of it. rishikesh was a spiritual place there were no two wrists and it was very peaceful. now there are all these buildings and the town center is super hectic. here meditation also comes packaged as a mass event as a quick fix rather than a spiritual journey. for a country and honor from germany where she cashes just one stop on their trip through india and the beatles tribute band will also be moving on after their shows . in the meiers meanwhile will stay put they just hope things will calm down again once the anniversary celebrations are

over. in modern india the past is ever present the legacy of the islamic mogul empire for example includes the red forge in delhi along with many other famous landmarks. but some hindu nationalists would rather see the traces of the move was removed from public life and indian history reframed they believe that hindu tradition holds the key to the country's progress. seven year old high is proud of her trophy collection she's the best student in her class and also the best athlete yet i long to do this one is my favorite i won first place for solving one hundred math problems in six minutes thank you paul. her parents believe there is

a secret to their daughter's success. abbie's us lots of it is not so good to have been demanded that we use an alternative therapy when i was pregnant. that's why she's already won twenty prizes she's a straight a student. one of those and the under person. the family has a hindu shrine at home they pray according to tradition and also returned to hindu teachings for their family planning. the parents feel high and for others many awards are due to those traditional you know methods. but. this is where high as parents went to learn that this is good to run to india's westernmost state. at the end of this lane is a complex where parents to be come for advice and treatment. in the interim

is run by a doctor nor vonnie. pregnant women here follow a strict schedule encompassing prayer yoga astrology and i are vedic there and. here are the women must also abstain from both sex and meet. me here and i have done. here at. home and are young and over there are powers or believe to be holy animals that boost divine energy or are. that of the you there are many people in india these days born with inherited conditions or disabilities or. the genetic disorders a past on. but by returning to ancient pregnancy treatments we can stop this from happening. is man was sorry and said this is out and. every day here is strictly regimented and the living quarters are more needed to push.

this woman who's six months pregnant and we know like the hundreds of couples who have come here she and her husband hope their investment will pay off. that i believe i think i can already feel the effects of the method i have a very strong feeling that my baby is developing well. we want our baby to be healthy and as intelligent as possible so that it will grow up to help india become one of the world's leading nations. raising children as an act of patriotism this is dr not ronnie's practice in town couples in treatment here generally believe that excess materialism and an erosion of hindu values are hampering india's development in was the total of us who have actually lived it but come you must know the youth of today are useless forefathers were cut from a very different cloth they have more talent and that's what we'd like for me

though that a good doctor has told the couple that next week would be an ideal time to conceive that we may have three children. she told us that's when the alignment of the planets will be most favorable we've already started purifying out blood bodies and minds what is there by the year no. doctor no vonnie advertises or services with pictures of fair skinned babies as a light complection corresponds to mainstream is that extended zen fits with hindu nationalist ideals of racial purity and doctrine our bonnie thinks nazi germany's family planning system actually grew on indian tradition here. the germans refer to ideas that we have forgotten. they developed a system for raising strong children in fact those methods originated in india. doctrine our bonnie has ties to the paramilitary far right hindu organization r s s

. the parties parades and military maneuvers are reminiscent of fascist rallies during the second world war r.s.s. leaders openly admired mussolini and hitler. used. that. and. so this. could be a. game indian prime minister narendra modi doesn't go so far as to speak of a master race but next to the ruling party the b j p he's also a member of the r.s.s. and he takes every opportunity to call for

a return to hindu traditions modi originally comes from good you're not like doctrinaire bonnie. she's visiting university for a conference on bearing perfect children the organizer is dr nobody's mentor hitesh johnny got ecologist who also has ties to the r s s. vedic zanzibar the science of pregnancy was practiced in ancient india and is thousands of years old unfortunately much of this traditional wisdom has since been forgotten. i began teaching these practices ten years ago the point is to eliminate the risk of genetic disease during pregnancy already to ensure they are passed on and the best way to do. that is two updated ancient indian practices the result is healthy happy children. test john a hand doctor now bonnie have high hopes for their form of ira vedic prenatal care

in india. was it out we would like to expand into old indian states for the time being we have seven births. we want to ensure women give birth to the best progeny not just in india but all over the world. but if so many say you. know only eight couples can be treated in doctor in our bonnie center at the same time. they're encouraged to see themselves as ambassadors of the supposedly revolutionary technique and their children to assuming of course they turn out as remarkable as expected. the happy parents could then give their thanks here in this new hindu temple in

good to right. the state's most famous son if not india's most famous son his mahatma gandhi but although he was born to a hindu family gandhi respected all religions. this is where the boy who would later be known as the father of the nation went to school. these days gandhi's childhood home is a museum one that aims to promote his message of religious tolerance and nonviolence.

gandhi launched the struggle for independence against british imperial rule in and about the capital of garage and the fifth largest city in india. the gandhi yosh from is one of the city's main attractions. gandhi lived here in a sort of commune with his followers for twelve years putting his principles into practice. these included not only nonviolence truth celibacy had non possession but also domestic production and self-sufficiency gandhi himself spent many hours a day at a spinning wheel which consequently became a symbol of the indian independence movement. in and about and across. gerard almost ninety percent of the population is hindu but there is also a sizeable muslim minority who live mainly in the old town. became india's first

unesco world heritage city in two thousand and seventeen. its center is the almost six hundred year old mosque one of the largest on the subcontinent but not everyone in his proud of this muslim heritage religious tensions run high and in two thousand and two muslims were massacred in the goods aren't riots the official death toll was one thousand but according to unofficial estimates as many as two thousand muslims were killed the music video mogul rap asks how it could have come to the riots. have so many. suffering for. the video seeks to be a history lesson and a reminder of the fact that india has always been

a country of enormous cultural diversity. and the story is what this is so here we go listen to them look at the film. they clip champions the idea of india as a melting pot it was made by students at the renowned national institute of design here and about. maybe when you see the division on the companies that keep it happening but then as means you know this is a more. open mindset that become you are in such an institution but then i would say that they don't a lot of problems going in that's how we're going to criticize them but days and understand i'm more interested in the students were surprised when their beauty oh went viral you got more clicks then some big budget bollywood clips sort of a quick reaction because at the end of the. hip hop music we deal with rap music

radio so it was really really should by all. been equal to the name they were a few friends white country and i got in the fight somebody like people are laughing you know as i'm concerned if in fact in their own it so yeah there were some from haters of course some people go live that no you don't know how. to write you. know. and the stories with this cast me go bring the emphasis so when you listen to my kids. and the beauty of. it was stuff that makes. me laugh the project was originally conceived by two of the institute's professors who were concerned about the rising into religious tension they were saying. i could have like not all reactions have been positive or a. lot of hate mail which was unpredictable lymes which is about you know

there's a word that. means the nonbeliever in islam so even by the presumably by hindu. means and also. stockholm syndrome with tim's and all that but to be that also open. it will get worse before it gets better. which means that in the shutdown there may be more problems but in the long term india is going to be alive kicking and is going to be a beautiful place hour delays in our differences so here we go listen to the group so much into religious conflict is not the only challenge for indian society the country is also grappling with gender inequality. and. is an early twenties and the mother of two children six years ago she was forced

into an arranged marriage she suffered cruelty and abuse at the hands of her husband her family wouldn't help her so she turned to a women's help center for support the. hope that i'll give you the most or do you think if there were that he would wake me up at night and force me to have sex even when i was sick if i refused he'd hit me. there were days when i was in so much pain i couldn't sit down or move properly. suresh is sixty years old her ordeal ended twenty years ago but it's only down and she's speaking out despite the anger from her family directed at her for breast marching their honor suresh was married to a man she has since divorced who cheated on her with her own daughter in law. who was. the one you got because he kept on having sex with me despite my objections and he would get drunk beat me write me again and

again i ended up running away. also women's rights activist a child only hard on are encouraged as victims of domestic and sexual violence to come forward and helps them find work and a place to live however she can help them take legal action because in. india marital rape is not a criminal offense. it looks easy the basic problem is patriarchal tradition a woman is considered the property of her father until she gets married and then she is the property of her husband she is not free to make her own decisions she has to be a b. d. and or she'll be beaten. indian patriarchy is the subject of the film lipstick under my burka a tale of female desire and oppression. initially it was banned by india's censor board because it hit too close to home says the film's director.

but i do feel that bezos has a high level of. abuse we've been we've been mad you we're going to the ships on what if any would be magic then it becomes very difficult because you're always toward the well get out so this may change in future in september twenty eighth seen the indian supreme court decriminalized adultery which some saw as a step towards criminalizing marital rape but the right wing government doesn't want to see new legislation introduced nor do many men. this is a self-help group for men who feel they've been falsely accused of abuse by their wives don't want to talk don't seem don't. welcome the sort of that's it was good at the beginning yeah the. other. one of them explains that his wife lied about

him to the police because he'd asked her for a divorce. if the police yelled at me. especially the women. but they threatened to hang me by my feet and to torture me if i went ahead with the divorce. that already or laws under which a white. and seek protection from a husband who is doing. six unfortunately there is no such protection so marital rape. is there. this university in delhi is said to be progressive some students here think it's high time marital rape is criminalized but there are others who think a new law would end up misused they have seen many cases registered bed women have utilized the rights of these dowdy is a noise in and they get their way and misuse them physical intimidation is

something which is very near to a couple again it's if. i was are we want. is for. women's rights activists try to hear and some of her colleagues went to the indian supreme court for a hearing on the issue it's made. me. hearing was postponed. he said this was not necessarily a bad thing this is really what's me but. we have to be patient it will take time for society to change first of all we need to put an end to the idea that women are men's property not even the law will make that change. but it will. mean for now marital rape remains non criminalized in india still several activists lawyers and even victims of marital rape feel confident that time is on their side . four hundred kilometers south of delhi these women

are also looking to take their destinies into their own hands they've come from all over the world to attend the barefoot college in the state of brown just as. many of the students in this class are from africa. most cannot afford electricity or live in homes that are not connected to a power grid. yeah a week there the letter was at the barefoot college these women spend six months learning useful repair skills and how to set up solar systems in their villages back oh. i'm learning about electricity when i came here there was no electricity at home they're just installing it now and after this course my neighbor and i will be able to have electricity in our homes to say that a pop up would be too far i had been living there lit the fuse. screwed savors by

nurse this is that again fifty three feet i learned i know you just. next door is a class full of women from rural parts of india. no song is from the mountainous region of le duc that doc has plenty of sunshine but little electricity. that is small. enough. that it. would be close to and that is sad but surely educating women is a priority as bhagwat not done coordinator of the colleges solar division explains . what so good. at first we also taught men but then we saw that they didn't pass on what they learned as much. men also sometimes switched jobs or moved away from their villages women are more low.

harrison i guess they also have few alternatives more than ten thousand women have gained qualifications at the barefoot college entirely free of charge the tuition costs are covered with donations perhaps surprisingly the best students are not the youngest maybe grandmothers grandmothers definitely they have fewer family commitments and lots of time. while we give them a task and they take that task and what they've learned back to their villages. through villages that look similar to this one which is only a few kilometers from the school. there's no power line far and wide but there is money mana graduated from the barefoot college two years ago she's on her way to a client who has a solar power system that keeps breaking down and money is going to help her fix it . the numbers keep flickering on enough that there's something wrong but

i don't know what the problem is. monocytes to work she examines the solar powered device and traces the problem to the storage unit. well look article one was not a soccer while the men were good this side of the thirty seven a bit a few twists of the screwdriver and the light goes back on and they look like you put it out there a forty five homes in this village and i've installed solar power systems in twenty three of them now there are only sometimes problems with the storage units but i'm here to help fix those with mr big a up with a bad name and. thanks to solar power people in this village now have light after sunset. usuals. back at barefoot college another part of the syllabus promotes cultural understanding these women from africa are giving

a concert. service the women from the dock also perform traditional songs from their region the students leave the school with valuable skills. you know plus. and i'm very proud that i can now install solar power systems. and i hope my country ivory coast will be proud of me to. ever the so love i did. to have this. like so loaded fish i mean the barefoot college teaches women to be solar power mechanics and in the process gives them self confidence and self respect. i am. going to look. at this school in bihar in northern india students about to sit exams are being first rich cheats

cheating has been a chronic problem here and state authorities have been clamping down on. the students even after take off their shoes. anyone found to be cheating faces stiff penalties. but. it looks like. it's become so hard to cheat i failed a math. degree but i think it's unfair they don't teach us properly and then they tighten the rules and we have to pay the price. when you get your but if you study at home you should be able to do well i got the guy nonsense which people can afford except you wish and we poor people suffer. the clampdown is partly a reaction to these pictures relatives and friends were filmed climbing a high school's walls to help students inside sitting an exam. that's when.

i was on the fourth floor sitting in the front row it was chaos i couldn't concentrate the teachers had completely lost control and the people outside were yelling the names of the students they were trying to pass cheat sheets to through the window. they were copying from change sheets and then throwing them out of the window. neighbors living next to the school witnessed the chaos the school for side has since been renovated to keep people from climbing the walls. it was always the same one exam days the police would come and try to stop people from climbing up and. they talked back and even threw stones at the police though they'd eventually back down. cheating is not restricted to be hard and you're doing well in exams is crucial to getting ahead then cheating scams have been reported frequently on television the student supposedly ace to music exam.

was. after he sent someone to set the test in his place for a common trick which ended badly for this young woman. supposedly outperformed all her classmates in a political science exam when a reporter asked her what political science is about she answered more cooking and stuff. but she made sure had to retake the exam and failed spectacularly her reputation and future were in shatters but many in india are prepared to risk everything to improve their job prospects. back and be on the exams are finished the students are all cheering and all promise that they didn't cheat. this young lady doesn't need to swindle her way to success du pree carr is

a teenage math genius who rose to fame as calculator girl in twenty fifteen when she was only fourteen she can do complicated sums in record time. i didn't i have to finagle ratchet them to that i can at a very quickly. this one computer showed me a thousand numbers as each one would blink once and they were four numbers per second i managed to add all of those and give the total of that. do prince mathematical abilities are extraordinary. in twenty seventeen she broke thirteen records including two world records. little this week her father couldn't be prouder. of what's got to get the no one paid any

attention to her talent so we decided there was no other choice but to start setting the record as we spent eight years training towards that goal. ethiopian but then again before nuking the day before they trained not at a computer but using a technique called mental abacus during which users visualize or not because to do calculations there was a job for his father is a math teacher and self and trains with his daughter every day is often asked where his daughter is talent comes from for thirty years. i think but why did i see you got out of that gives you a headache she's gifted and she has stamina a lot of young people today are too easily distracted and can't concentrate for long. but deal preet she has the necessary patience. may you what it's does the really good luck that i think i'm in. aeration from my classmates some of them have begun to emulate me i think i've become

a sort of role model. such as the students who come during school holidays for mass delusion it is private institute founded by deal priest father. to be good to them vicious parents who've heard of her success send their children to school hoping to boost their kids' academic performance. if they do the human blood but if and i wish i could do math calculations the way she can i'm a big fan of hers. she's even helped me sometimes soon get calculating the ball that she's pretty fired up about how bad of a go there with the children often come up to me and asked me if i have any tips to give them all if i get special training yes but i don't mean i just train very hot but helping them with training can. be a preacher has become a household name in her hometown of contour in northern india. deliberates mother

is also a teacher and describes herself as her daughter's best friend. and me. it's funny to have a celebrity in the family. it's certainly not what we expected but now that it's happened we're just so proud of. them which it will have the. the family is discussing which record deal prichard tackle next and they're starting to wonder if she's the only genius in the family. i think our son could also be a genius we would definitely give him the same support we give deal pretty. good. deal to is my role model and i'd love to be just like her.

brother prefers practicing math with his sister rather than with his father but she may not be at home much longer do upgrade is planning to go to university to study computer science once she leaves school. country row in madhya pradesh central india is a popular tourist attraction known for its complex of historical temples built by the chandelle a dynasty more than a thousand years ago. the site is famous for its numerous erotic carvings our guide gives us some more details. of the culture rocco temples appeal both the locals and international tourists the sculptures depict for aspects of life the revive the commercial the romantic and the ascetic. the temples were built at the time of crisis birth rates were declining because people were having less sex because priests were so conservative. that the temple sculptures were designed to

show the full scale of human experience they don't only depict sex as many visitors here expect. some don't dare bring their children and leave them at the hotel. then we explain that the carvings don't only show the kama sutra so they go back and return with the whole family and have a nice day out. oh well i strongly believe that the it ought to all the sensual is very much a part of a human existence or rather than thinking off the law take as a subject of taboo or as something that should not be spoken about openly these temples out of proof of you know how broad minded how open how secure society was in the past well i think as a society we are becoming more aggressive rather than being progressive and. as i said the temples are a wonderful proof of how sexuality sensuality is autism was something that was open

to all it was a definite everyone to see it was something that was openly discussed unlike today when we feel shy and we can all feel to dish about stalking off matters of the body and of sex and of the erotic. in addition to all its temples conjure also hosts an annual dance festival. as a whole dance festival is. india's most but perhaps india's most prestigious classical. festival. organized in the backdrop of cars row of the world and on this site. after the sun goes down dozens of ensembles perform classical dance from india's various

regions. it's an artist dream to come and perform at home because this is probably worse one of the best you know it's in terms of monumental terms of market temple architecture this is something that all of us want to see. c.n.n. does this has how wasn't and thousand years. odd to. me and it's a very complex composition because it has a lot of freedom of element and it has been out much as kind as a facial expression and most importantly you need to feel from within to be able to communicate to the audience. is not getting the art shiba. she was

the start up on the shut up from my nap would tell me no i don't and she says so why can't you have some compassion towards me and i have been waiting for you. to show compassion to the whole boy. the annual festival is free of charge but unfortunately it doesn't draw huge crowds as special as it is because a row doesn't draw in nearly as many tourists as the taj mahal hall though that could soon start to change both domestic and international tourism in india are booming as the country navigates its way between the past and the future. the.

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