Reporters Without Orders Ep 168: Jaggi Vasudevâs shady dealings
A reportersâ podcast about what made news and what shouldnât have.
In this episode, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Prateek Goyal of
Newslaundry to discuss his series on the rise of Jaggi Vasudev, known to his devotees as Sadhguru, as one of Indiaâs most influential godmen, and is dubious business and âspiritualâ dealings
.
Prateek explains how Vasudevâs rise was enabled by politicians and the media, how he used this influence to build a sprawling yoga centre in an ecologically sensitive elephant corridor near Coimbatore in blatant violation of laws, and how he makes a lot of money selling products and âspiritualâ services a good deal of which his foundation shows as donations to evade paying taxes.