“The person who introduced me to chanting came to my house for six months, every single day,” says Kapur, who is now 70. Once she began chanting, her mother recovered and she was able to sort out an ongoing legal tangle involving her apartment. “We’ve never consciously excluded anyone.”Despite two emails and repeated messages sent via Mehta, BSG chairperson Vishesh Gupta did not respond to Lounge’s queries on this issue. u Male leaders are not allowed to visit women members’ homes without a female member present. IT professional Indrani Ghosh says relationships between members aren’t encouraged, though there are instances of members meeting and falling in love over chanting sessions.

Source: Mint May 13, 2018 02:03 UTC