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The website mentioned how "Pranayama (“breath retention”) yoga was the first doctrine to build a theory around respiratory control, holding that controlled breathing was a way to increase longevity." However, Shashi Tharoor couldn't hold and retweeted the article saying, "Detailed description of the benefits of the 2500-year-old Indian technique of pranayama, dressed up in 21st c. Floccinaucinihilipilification Is the New F-Word From Shashi Tharoor’s Dictionary! Know the Meaning & How to Pronounce It. Indian haven't let go a single chance of trolling them for their act of renaming elements from our Indian culture and yoga, time and again. However, not like Indians have kept quiet about it either. Whether it was about calling our common healthy concoction of turmeric and milk ( haldidoodh) as 'turmeric latte' our calling our milk infused tea as ' Chai tea' the western world is known for rehashing popular Indian cultural norms as something else. They referred to Pranayama as 'Cardiac Coherence Breathing.' The western world has done similar things even before. The politician, writer and a former career international diplomat, Shashi Tharoor is quite active on Twitter and recently schooled a US website that for one of their articles on breathing exercises. Who can forget his famous Floccinaucinihilipilification? However, he is also known for schooling people and speaking his mind clearly. Shashi Tharoor's impeccable English more than well-known.
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