Up yours, world, seems to be the message from Swami Ramdev (he of the 20m viewership for his daily TV programme in India) as he turned the tiny Scottish isle of Little Cumbrae into an international yoga retreat ('Peace Island') yesterday. Times Online has an article on how the Indian yoga 'guru' came to Scotland to promote his very own brand of mumbo-jumbo. I simply don't believe in giving people false hope, promoting quackery or any other such claims to cure cancer et al. The Scots (Daily Record article) don't seem to be bowled over by the orange-robed one.
Laughter is the best medicine... here's my favourite Indian guru with long hair:
