India, June 21 -- From UN halls to public parks across continents, yoga has become more than exercise; it's a shared language of breath and balance. And in a fractured world, that quiet connection may be India's most revolutionary contribution yet

In a world constantly jostling for attention, through missiles, money, and media, India has managed to slip something quietly into the global bloodstream: yoga. Not just the stretch-on-a-mat version that floods Instagram, but the real thing, an ancient, rooted philosophy that has slowly become one of the most persuasive tools of soft power diplomacy in the 21st century. It's not flashy, it doesn't demand loyalty, but it lingers; and that's where its magic lies.

For the past 10 years, yoga's rise...