The International Yoga Day, political discourse, and soft power game in India
The International Day of Yoga is being celebrated every year on 21st June since 2015, throughout the globe. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on December 11, 2014, declared that 21st June would be celebrated as the International Day of Yoga or World Yoga Day following lobbying by the Prime Mi...
Main Author: | Janmejaya Samal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.bldeujournalhs.in/article.asp?issn=2468-838X;year=2020;volume=5;issue=2;spage=102;epage=105;aulast=Samal |
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