Snapshots from Indian-American history
this month, that year
February 9, 1968
– Life magazine
features an article titled “Year of the
Guru.” Much of the article follows the
popularity in Europe and the U.S. of
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Born Mahesh
Prasad Varma, Maharishi developed
the transcendental meditation technique.
He was well known for being
the spiritual advisor of the Beatles.
Sindya N. Bhanoo writes the Observatory column in the Science section of The New York Times. She is also a board member of South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA). This column’s material is from SAADA. https://www.saada.org/.