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Khrushchev story: To please his hosts on a visit to India, he sent a committee to investigate yoga. They reported adversely, saying they found it gloomy and apparently doing nothing. One can only imagine what had happened: Russians seeking material development for their country were offered the practice of inner withdrawal, "dropping out," and seemed unhelped by all this sitting down and doing nothing.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 1 : Meetings of East and West > # 112