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and. for. good india the past is still president. here just over fifty years ago a new age dawn. 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 i think it's right. that it is the case they said the beatles are bigger than god but everything is god at least the cats helped them to be. 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 wrote the whole wide out was written. and they created. music basically which is iconic for the sixty seven it's a mazing to be. by decades that goes. here in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight tie above the ganges the beatles lived in the ashram of moher regime as. known as the father of transcendental meditation.

in twenty eighteen the 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 a. marashi. locals had been hired to work in the ashram they had no idea how famous the celebrity guests were. who will by july and i thought it didn't go by they spent the whole time playing music and packing string instruments. they sang in english though i've no idea what it was signalling got to the guy got to the gun he got the vietnamese. then got that. they also meditated i can't remember how exactly but it lasted for hours and hours later. the train and ana are from hamburg. they're exploring the site. as it can

be this that they mannequin i know the beatles from when i was growing up because my parents used to listen to them and we were actually just talking about whether we know unlike the white album since it was written here i've listened to it but it's not really my thing is present. these two young women wouldn't say they have much in common with those who come here for enlightenment is free standing a 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 told 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 joining in india route or hold 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 has spirituality has spread as yoga has sprung up people have realized i have. it's not just no to venice but it's yes to this and so where in a hippie movement i think people were moving away from the establishment here people are moving toward something. speakers from all over the world give talks on meditation. you. see you reason this is. the miners are originally from germany they moved to rashid cares 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 teach 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. everything you see here used to be forest and all of it. 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 ford in delhi along with many other famous landmarks. but some hindu nationalists would rather see the traces of the mugabe is removed from public life and indian history reframed. they believe that hindu tradition holds the key to the

country's progress. seven year old heigho is proud of her trophy collection she's the best student in her class and also the best athlete yet i love this one is my favorite i won first place for solving one hundred math problems in six minutes. five planet. her parents believe there is a secret to their daughter's success. obvious us lots of it is not so good with deliberately 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 in the underclass. 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. to go there but. this is where higher as parents want to learn them this is good to run india's western most state. at the end of this lane is a complex where parents to be come for advice and treatment. from is run by a doctor nor vonnie. pregnant women here follow a strict schedule and compassing prayer yoga astrology and i are vedic there and. here. the women must also abstain from both sex and meet at. the. heart of our and i am good you are here at. home and are you over there are powers are believed to be holy animals that boost

divine energy you are. that of the you there are many people in india these days born with inherited conditions or disabilities or. the genetic disorders a passed on. but by returning to ancient pregnancy treatments we can stop this from happening i them they think it is now well study as it is out. there every day here in the strict the regimented and the living quarters are more needed to push the phone this woman is six months pregnant and we know that like the hundreds of couples who have come here she and her husband hope their investment will pay off let alone that bell. 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 that hard coded as you have a place to come you must look for 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 the. good dr is told the couple that next week would be an ideal time to conceive. every play here. she told us that's when the alignments of the planets will be most favorable with already started purifying out blood bodies and minds what is your body your. doctor know vonnie advertisers 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 doctrine our bonnie thinks nazi germany's family planning system actually grew an 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. i think. you get. used to.

that. idea. and. so these. 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 his new traditions modi originally comes from couture much like dr not bonnie. she's visiting go to university for a conference on bearing perfect children the organizer is dr knot bonnie's mentor hitesh johnny got ecologist who also has ties to the r s s that we get. now your vedic garb 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 to updated ancient indian practices the result is healthy happy children were protests 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 of the time being we have seven births and at we want to ensure women give birth to the best progeny not just in india but all over the world. progeny would have the so may 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 herat. 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 mt about the capital of garage and the fifth largest city in india. has just begun to 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 and 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 cruger. 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 gujarat has proud of this muslim heritage religious tensions run high and in two thousand and two muslims were massacred in the garage 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. of 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 stories look just so here we go listen to them look you know. 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 department. they didn't really feel good to begin on the part of

companies that keep it happening but then i say this is a more. open mindset that we come you're in such an institution but then i would say they don't a lot of problems doing and that's how we're going to reduce waste and the days and i understand i'm more interested in the students were surprised when their beauty you know went viral you got more clicks then some big budget bollywood clips. oakwood reaction because at the end of the deed was a hip hop music we deal with rap music radio so it was really really should by all . been equal to the night they were a few friends white country and i got into a fight somebody like people all of different you know as i'm concerned if in fact there are limits or yeah there were some from haters of course some people go live that no you don't know how to. listen to right you. know. and the stories with this cast we can bring the emphasis so we

listen to my kids. and the beauty of. it was that mix. loves 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 not all reactions have been positive or a. lot of hate mail which was unpredictable lines which is about you know there's a word it. means the nonbeliever in islam so by that presumably by hindu has been called the means and also. stockholm syndrome victims and all that but be that also pleased 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 go right into religious conflict is not the only challenge for indian society the country is also grappling with gender inequality. and. is in early twenty's 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. come back i'll give you a miss or do you think it's over that he would wake me up at night and force me to have sex even when i was sick if i refuse 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 that 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 you have. the one you forgot. he kept on having sex with me despite my objections not that he would get drunk beat me write me again and again i ended up running away. and also women's rights activists to try to lehigh daryn courage as victims of domestic and sexual violence to come forward and help. 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 look 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. there is a high level of. abuse we've been we've been mad you we're going to the ships although we're different it would be magic and it becomes very difficult because you're always told the will get out. this may change in future and 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 of a hunch often don't seem to. welcome the sort of that's implicit in the piece and not 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 laws under which a white can seek protection from a husband who's doing. six unfortunately there is no such protection for men so mad

at the rape law and in. 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 their rights of these dowdy is a noise in and they get their way and misused in physical intimidation something which is very easy to do a couple again and said if. i was then saying we want to get. is hiding. women's rights activists tried to out here and some of her colleagues went to the indian supreme court for a hearing on the issue slated. like. the hearing was postponed. he said this was not necessarily a bad thing is it only lets me but lael. 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. it with. little or no 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 run 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. look i'm learning about electricity when i came here there was no electricity at home they're just installing it now after this course my neighbor and i will be able to have electricity in our homes to say that a pop up or do they too far have been learned their lit the fuse they screwed a verse by nurse this is that they're going sixty 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 the doc has plenty of sunshine but little electricity. that is small. enough. that it. would be forced to

and it is said that she educating women is a priority as bhagwat non down coordinator of the college's solar division explains . what so. 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. so you know what 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's munna minor 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 limbs keep flickering on the know that there's something wrong but i don't know what the problem is. minor sets to work she examines the solar power device and traces the problem to the storage unit. what a particle what was that about a socket all of them were built this side of the thirty seven about a few twists of the screwdriver and the light goes back on. there are 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 michigan yet with basically many. thanks to solar power people in this village now have light after sunset. usuals shot in the. 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. i'm very proud that i can now install solar power systems. and i hope my country ivory coast will be proud of me too. ever the so let every. day 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 city exams are being first for cheat sheets. 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. failed math. did you but i think it's unfair

they don't teach us properly and then they tighten the rooms and we have to pay the price. when then if you study at home you should be able to do well i got the guy who argued nonsense which people can afford except you wish and we poor people suffer. the climbdown is partly a reaction to these pictures relatives and friends were filmed climbing a high school's walls to help students inside sitting in exam. that's what. i was on the fourth floor sitting in the front row and 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 cheat sheets and then throwing them out of the window. neighbors living next to the school witnessed the chaos the school facade has since been renovated to keep people from climbing the walls.

it was always the same exam days the police would come and try to stop people from climbing up. they talk back and even throw stones at the police though they'd eventually back down. cheating is not restricted to be hard and doing well in exams is crucial to getting ahead and cheating scams have been reported frequently on television the student supposedly a stimulus exam. after he sent someone to set the test in his place a common trick which ended badly for this young woman. who supposedly outperformed all her classmates in a political science exam when a reporter asked her what political science is about chance or more cooking and stuff. but she made her 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 in. 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 take iraq that i can at very quickly. this one computer showed me a thousand numbers as each one would blink once and there were four numbers per

second i managed to add all of those and give the total of that. to preach mathematical abilities are extraordinary. in twenty seventeen she broke thirteen records including two world records. this week her father couldn't be prouder. of what's got to get the no one paid any attention to have talent so we decided there was no other choice but to start setting new records and we spent eight years training towards that goal. but if your passion but. were they trained not a computer but using a technique called mental abacus during which users visualize or not because to do calculations was good for his father is a math teacher and self and trains with his daughter every day he's often asked where is daughter's talent comes from what do you. i think by

a white knight see there is no doubt of that give you a headache the 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 you have a key. it's just the thing it's really the luck that i think i'm. 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 priests father. of the year two of them vicious parents who've heard of her success send their children to this school hoping to boost their kids' academic performance. they. will be due to 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 lot that she needs but if either get us out there a bit of it with the children often come up to me and asked me if i have any tips to give them or if i get special training 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 country or 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 bell feel. the family is discussing which record deal bridge should 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 priest. good. is my role model and i'd love to be just like her. his brother prefers practicing math with his sister rather than with his father but she may not be at home much longer still prayed as 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 detail. of the culture raw temples appeal both to locals and international tourists the sculptures depict for aspects of life that we find the commercial the romantic and the ascetic when 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 erotic or the sensual is

very much a part of human existence or rather than. thinking of the erotic as a subject of taboo order 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 what 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 in autism was something that was open to all it was there for everyone to see it was something that was openly discussed unlike today when we feel shy and we can all feel foolish about talking off matters of the body and of sex and of the law take. in addition to all its temples conjure also hosts an annual dance festival.

as are all dance festival is. india's most but perhaps india's most miss diseases classical. festival. of nice in the backdrop of. campus the world are known for this site. after the sun goes down dozens of ensembles perform classical dance from india's various regions. it's an artist's dream to come and perform at home because this is probably what is one of the best you know if in terms of monumental terms of market temple architecture this is something that all of us want to see and this has how wasn't and causing the ourself heritage in terms of art.

and it's a very complex composition because it has a lot of freedom a good element and it has savvy now which is kind as a facial expression and most importantly you need to feel from within to be able to communicate to the audience. is that bending the art shiba. she was up the startup ali shut up from my nap at dummy night and she says so why can't you have some compassion towards me 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 cause or zero doesn't draw nearly as many tourists as the taj mahal although that could soon start to change both domestic and international tourism in india are booming as the country

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