When leaders met...
‘Jyoti Basuand I met a few years ago. Jyoti Basu had great admiration for Swami Vivekananda and he mentioned that religion and spirituality is the private affair of people. Jyoti Basu was not against spirituality, but against superstition. He said that his father was a great Sanskrit scholar, though he had not much opportunity to learn about this. We also had discussions about yoga and pranayama.’
— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Jyoti Basu with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of The Art of Living Foundation
