India’s ‘namaste’ goes global during COVID-19 times.
Though namaste was always an integral part of Indian culture, the wider global community was made aware of its benefits on a large scale in March 2020 when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to avoid handshakes and start greeting others with namaste.
The entire world is taking up the habit, he said. If for some reason we have discontinued this habit, it is the right time to once again take this up instead of handshakes, Modi said at the time.
Global leaders are now using the Indian salutation of namaste, recognizing its scientific as well as spiritual significance. Thus, namaste has now gone truly global.
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