Dehradun, Nov. 1 -- What a privilege to write about a dear friend and a marvellous teacher on his birthday. For over three decades, Alok Ulfat has been a powerful living force actively involved in reform of human intention and action in India and abroad. He is a true epitome of determination and vision in a highly foggy environment of today. He has been standing firm and steady in front of this mammoth tornado of mass consumption, mass production centric systems continuing for over a century, that have disconnected societies from nature, both inner and outer, and declared mass abuse a normal way of life.

I reconnected with Alok after I resigned from my service in a corporate media company and had begun exploring and inquiring about Yog, ...