BABA RAMDEV

THE MAN WHO SHOWED EVEN A POOR CAN DEFEAT PARALYSIS 

                                                   [Image courtesy : wikipedia]

       Not born with a golden spoon, no links with rich relatives , born to poor farmer - parents, but yet he defeated paralysis just by doing yoga .its one of the best motivations for those , who are suffering from paralysis. 

       He was born as Ramkishen Yadav in a place named Alipur , which comes under the state Haryana. Some say he got paralysis at the age of two (1) while others state say at the age of 8 [2 ] . His left portion of the body had got paralysed and so much so that he was even unable to move from bed . In an interview baba Ramdev had said " My left side was paralysed. I had boils on my legs an i couldn't walk." He further said "My parents were illiterate farmers. I too have done farming, from sowing to harvesting the crops, from lifting cow dungs -- every thing that an aam aadmi ( common man) of Hindustaan ( India) does " [5] .In this period , he started reading books and , call it by chance or by luck ,  came upon one book related to yoga  where in there was a sentence 'Mind and Body can be controlled by doing Yoga ' . He was touched by those lines and  he started doing yoga.  Slowly and steadily he recover, ultimately defeating Paralysis. At present, his full body has been cured exepet for his right eye . Later on he learnt yoga from Guru Karanvir ,in Jind district, Haryana  also in the mean time learning Sanskrit and  reading Indian ancient religious texts  ,thereby mastering them , under the guidance of Acharya Baldev ji . 

  

       Baba ramdev himself gives credit to many pranayams , which helped him recover, the primary one being Anulom Vilom . He suggests that paralytic person should do it in a daily basis so as to recover fast. If you are affected, in the left part of the body, do it with your right hand. its just one of the remedies ,among other things, to be practised for treating paralysis[3] [It should be done under the guidance of a yoga teacher because improper postures, methods used doing this or any pranayams may cause side effects. ]

     During the mid 1990s  , when judo, karate was a sort of craze amongst indian youths , he was the one to resurrect Yoga at that time . It's because of him that help this ancient Indian art to survive in India . We used to see his yoga on channels like Aastha and Sadhna channels when we were small. People used to go the site where he used to do yoga programmes or used to view it on television and practised it themselves following his instructions. 

                   [Baba ramdev (left) with Indian PM Narendra Modi , Image courtesy : flicker.com ]

    Today baba Ramdev, who was once a penniless and poor man, is a multi billionaire now. No one may perhaps have had imagined that a paralytic poor person can rise this high. Hard work, consistent toil mixed with knowledge can defeat every possible hurdle in life.His company started in 2005( with Archarya Balakrishnan ), which now gives tough competition to giants like Unilever , Nestle etc. with his natural  products. Yet he does not hold any share of the company neither charges/takes any salary, lives the life of a common man . In an interview he told he only travels by Scorpio and Bolero cars, flies by Indigo planes . and not to mention his trust has build many schools,colleges and universities ,serves the poor , takes cares of stray cattles (gau-seva) ,involves in charity for poor/needy and other humanitarian works [4 ] 

  

    He has won numerous awards . Also has Ranked 5th most influential person of India by India Today magazine & earlier Ranked 27th  Most creative business person of 2016' by an american magazine 'Fast tract' . Hate him or  love him but you cant ignore his success .