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Ben Crair

Business Religion

This Multibillion-Dollar Corporation Is Controlled by a Penniless Yoga Superstar

Baba Ramdev renounced the material world twenty-three years ago to become a Hindu ascetic. Now he’s on TV selling toothpaste, instant noodles, and toilet cleaners and the company he is believed to control is poised to become the biggest consumer goods seller in India.

Ben Crair Bloomberg Business Mar 2018 15min Permalink

Science

The Cure For Fear

A single pill could take the sting out of our memories of trauma.

Ben Crair The New Republic May 2016 20min Permalink

Science

The Exhibitionist

The controversial owner of the Dallas World Aquarium once nearly caused a riot over pygmy sloths.

Ben Crair The New Republic Mar 2015 30min Permalink

Religion

The Fugitive Guru of Barsana Dham

Before the guru, Prakashanand Saraswati, vanished in March—before a jury convicted him of sexual abuse; before he slipped across the border into Mexico overnight—he led the premier Hindu temple in Texas and, perhaps, the whole United States.

Ben Crair The Daily Beast Jun 2011 20min Permalink