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Scientific American gives 'Pranayama' western name, Shashi Tharoor slams them

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Indians have known the exercise of inhaling for 5 seconds, holding on breath and then slowly exhaling it out from many years known as Pranayama. But Scientific American has changed its name and taken the credit. It shared an article on proper breathing and named it, "Cardiac coherence breathing" exercises. After which Indian users were quick to slam the site and taught them about its history and presences in India.