India, March 31 -- Spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru, underwent emergency brain surgery at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on March 17. The surgery was necessitated because of an internal bleeding in the brain. The only symptom he had was severe headaches for some time, which he ignored, until March 17, when he developed a decline in his level of consciousness and weakness in the left leg. The competent neurosurgeons at Apollo realised immediately that it was a life-threatening situation, and operated upon him.

Sadhguru is recovering well, with all his faculties intact, and his eloquence and wit unimpaired. However, his recourse to allopathic treatment triggered a rather distasteful debate on social media...