Indian Army, PLA personnel do 'yoga for peace' at 17,000 feet
New Delhi, June 21: Indian Army personnel deployed along the Indo-China border in Eastern Ladakh on Thursday observed the Fourth International Yoga Day with the Chinese PLA personnel at Daulat Beg Oldie-Tien Wein Dien meeting point at an altitude of 16,942 feet.
During the yoga session, a talk was also given on importance of yoga for health, well being and inner balance at high altitude.
"The soldiers of both Indian Army and People Liberation Army (PLA) participated in the event with great enthusiasm and displayed bonhomie," said army spokesperson, Col. Aman Anand.
Apart from giving impetus to physical fitness, the event was aimed at further cementing the bonds of friendship and mutual trust between both the nations following the motto of the fourth international yoga day ‘Yoga for peace and harmony, he said.
"The proposal was made by us during a Border Personnel Meeting (BPM) last month. PLA appreciated the offer calling it a genuine peaceful gesture. They confirmed in writing last night. About 21 of them participated at the BPM hut. We also had a similar representation. Some gifts were exchanged and PLA soldiers made a martial arts demo, one PLA soldier played guitar," he said.
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Politics, int'l relations now moving towards 'darkness,' says Rahul Gandhi
Kollam(Kerala) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that politics and international relations in current times were "running towards darkness" and away from knowledge.
Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, further said that there was no attempt to understand the other person, be it politics or international relations, and violence was resorted to over disagreements.
"Today, we see in our politics, in international relations, that everyone is running towards darkness and away from knowledge. There is no attempt to understand the other person, you just bomb and kill them."
"It is the same in our politics. You don't agree with someone, you attack that person or become violent towards them," he alleged.
He was speaking at an event here commemorating the centenary of a meeting between Mahatma Gandhi and reformist saint Sree Narayana Guru.
He said that both Gandhi and Narayana Guru were against such violence and advocated love, respect, forgiveness and understanding between the people.
