Nevada, Jan 12 (IBNS)

A US based Hindu group has criticized British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for labeling yoga as fad.

BBC News-World website posted a video on January 10 under its Watch/Listen, which was titled as Man behind yoga and other new age fads.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA), pointed out that terming yoga as one of the fads, which was introduced and nourished by worlds oldest religion Hinduism, was very insensitive and belittling of the entire community.

Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that BBC Director-General Lord Tony Hall and Trustees Chairman Lord Patten of Barnes should immediately apologize for this inappropriate terminology and hurting the feelings of about one billion Hindus and publish it on BBC website.

He noted that although under its our values, BBC claimed we respect each other and celebrate our diversity, but describing yoga as fad, which was usually referred as a living fossil and whose traces went back to around 2,000 BCE to Indus Valley civilization, was highly disrespectful.

"Was calling yoga as 'fad' BBCs way of educating and informing the world correctly; whose 'mission' was listed as: 'to enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain'?" Zed asked.

Few months back BBC labeled Hindu festival of Holi as filthy festival to which it apologized later. In an email to Zed, BBC News Editor On Demand Mark Barlex then wrote: we apologise for any offence that was caused.

Founded in 1922, headquartered in Westminster London, and established under the Royal Charter; worlds largest broadcaster BBC (autonomous public service broadcaster) has reportedly been blamed in the past for racism, imperialist stance, Indophobic bias, anti-Hindu bigotry, anti-American bias, etc. Helen Boaden is Director of BBC News Group and Diane Coyle is Trustees Vice Chairman.

Yoga, a world heritage and liberation powerhouse, was a mental and physical discipline handed down from one guru to next, for everybody to share and benefit from.

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US Hindus upset at BBC calling Yoga "fad"