In a recent column, Communist Party of India Marxist (CPIM) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury denounced the International Yoga Day as a shallow lifestyle gimmick and an attempt to Hinduise India's diverse society at the cost of attending to serious problems like poverty. Though he concedes that yoga might be beneficial to the individual's health and well being, and nods at its rich history, Mr. Yechury fails to acknowledge that the ethical and philosophical worldview that surrounds the physic...