Jammu, Aug. 30 -- Much ado about nothing

By TN Ashok

The Kangana Ranaut-Baba Ramdev quarrel was a classic case of a political-cultural argument acquiring a very personal edge - and then being rescued, rather neatly, by the symbolism of Raksha Bandhan.

The important point is that the truce was not brokered by a publicly identified political mediator. The available reporting indicates that Ramdev himself initiated the reconciliation, sending sweets and a Raksha Bandhan gift to Ranaut and announcing that he would also call her. Ranaut accepted the gesture and reciprocated by calling him her "elder brother".

From Generation Gutter to Bade Bhai - How the Kangana-Ramdev reconciliation worked out following the initiative by the yoga guru.

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