Surya Namaskar – will Congress get awakened only after patent is filed by the West?

 It is an irony that in the time of scientific age, in which westerners are turning to ancient Indian sciences & knowledge, which is proving scientifically correct & in some cases more advance, in the land of it’s origin – Bharat i.e. India, the traditional knowledge & sciences are facing controversies which are purely political. The controversies created around Bhagvad Geeta in Madhya Pradesh & Karnataka are purely political and it has nothing to do anything about science. The Bhagvad Geeta is being used as the base for many advance Management courses in the ‘modern’ countries. Same can be said about the Surya Namaskar controversy created in Madhya Pradesh by certain vested political interests. The Muslims &  the Christian Fundamentalists and Congress opposing the ‘Surya Namaskar’ blindly, proves the point of the Nationalist forces that the Congress is behind those certain Muslim & Christian groups, who always oppose the Ancient Indian Culture & Knowledge and traditions, for petty short-term political gains & vote-bank politics.

The same mind-set of opposing everything rooted in Indian soil surfaces whenever any organization or Govt comes up with something purely “INDIAN”. The same mind-set and the political ideologies opposed the inclusion of Vedic Mathematics as a subject in university levels when Vajpayee was Prime Minister. The irony is, many of the high-schools in UK (Briton) itself, have included Vedic Mathematics in their school curriculum, to improve the mathematical skills of the students. And they are getting positive results over last many years.
The same ideologies opposed the Ayurved curriculum when it was introduced first decades ago after the independence. Now the multinational corporations are running to register the Patents of Ayurvedic elements & medicines & procedures. The same ideologies oppose local Indian Languages – eg. In Goa, they are opposing local Marathi language as medium of Instructions in Schools, for the sake of English. In many schools in the country run by the Christian institutions, they oppose the Bindi & bangles & Indian traditional wear. They even oppose speaking in mother-tongue & punish students who do all those ‘INDIAN’ things. No one asks why they impose their Christian views & lifestyles on un-willing students & parents. What it has to do with the general discipline & education, nobody knows. But if someone objects to those ‘un-warranted Christian Discipline’, immediately the person is branded ‘RSS-wallah’! Nobody questions the rational.
Surya Namskar – an ancient Yogic excercise, not a political tool
How does a Yogic excercise, which is meant to strengthen the health of the body & mind of Human, suddenly become politically “Saffron”? By these criteria of “whatever is ancient- is saffron”, everything from Ayurveda to Yoga, should be branded as “Saffron”. And for a moment, if we accept the point for the sake of argument, what on the earth is bad in that? Does we Hindus don’t have any right to exercise the traditions in the vary land where the culture was born?
Another irony is - all the state Govts in the country & even Central Govt have time & again honoured the ‘Surya Namskar’, an ancient yogic exercise, on various occasions. There are clear instructions from various state education ministries to the schools to carry out Surya Namskar programmes or participate in it if anybody is organizing. The tradition is from the times when the Congress was in power in various states.
How & why does it became a political issue for Congress ? Only because BJP is supporting it ? According to many physical trainers, this should be purely medical & physical training issue.
We know, by and large the Muslim & Christian fundamentalists are anti-progressive & oppose Indian Culture.  They are bound to create ruckus over anything that indicates relations with traditional Indian knowledge & culture. That is the history of them. No need to give importance to them for those are the very forces & institutions like Church & Mullahs that opposed the idea of Earth being a sphere & banned Galileo. But how on holy earth Congress too is terming Surya Namaskar as un-scientific?
Another irony is, when the Christian Church is opposing the Surya Namskar & Yoga here in the very land which gave rise to the Yoga, the western globe’s (& hence modern..!) citizens are following Yoga & Surya Namaskar routine to gain health.
Surya Namaskar is the Yogic exercise, which is proved to be useful in building physical & mental health on scientific examinations. Many a gym masters follow the way of Yoga & Surya Namaskar to achieve health targets.  
Many scientists & physical trainers have supported ‘Surya Namaskar’ technique to build the health of body & mind. Explaining the benefits of the Surya Namaskar, Pankaj Pathak, who is a Proffessional Physical trainer in Mumbai says, “The Surya Namskar eases our mind & body conditions with improving blood circulation in the body. Every part of the body benefits from the Surya Namaskar. When followed with the breathing techniques described to be followed with it, it calms your mind & creates balance of mind.”
Pankaj Pathak is also a Yoga Instructor working last five years in the field & chief at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhan Sanstha & also a chief co-ordinator at Vivek Yoga Vidya Kendra run by Vivek Vyaspeeth. He explains that the blood circulation to every part of the body is improved due to the Surya Namaskars. Brain too gets better blood flow. This in turn treats the problems like ‘Varicose Veins’ which are associated with poor blood circulation”. The ailment has very few drugs in modern medicine with little impact. He adds further, “The Surya Namaskar helps to improve proper functioning of Pineal gland & thyroid glands, lever & all other endocrinal glands. It also improves the functions of the Lungs.”
According to Shri. Pankaj, the Surya Namaskar also improves the vertebral column (backbone), and makes it more flexible without hurting it. “According to Ayurveda, life expectancy is more with flexible vertebral column,” Pathak informs further.The Surya Namaskar reduces unwanted fat from the body, which is the added advantage, he adds. “It creates overall balanced functioning of the body. It also helps to do away with the anxiety & mental stress too. We can go on & on discussing the benefits of Surya Namaskar, which are all well documented & accepted by modern science,” says Pankaj.
Where the hell Hindutwa comes in all this ? Can Congress & their Muslim & Christian Fundamentalist brethren explain? We all know, there was a tradition in Hindu/Indian culture to link every beneficial thing to the religious lifestyle. Does that mean we have to shed our traditional science & knowledge & wisdom to get ourselves stamped “SECULAR”? Where the hell the scientific thinking in this?
When the congress will shed the petty vote-bank politics which is harming the interests of the nation? Will it get awakened after someone western files for the patent of Surya Namaskar technique? But then the time would have run out of our hands. There is a strong need to crush all these efforts by pseudo-secularists & pseudo-intellectuals to oppose the knowledge-base embedded in our culture, our traditions.  A need to Arise & be Awake.