that yoga did not have origins in Hinduism but is instead an Indian spiritual tradition which predated Hinduism. Later on, Chopra tried to explain yoga as rooted in "consciousness alone" which according to him, is a universal, non-sectarian eternal wisdom of life expounded by Vedic rishis long before historic Hinduism arose. Chopra accused Shukla of having a "fundamentalist agenda." In a rejoinder entitled "Dr. Chopra: Honor thy heritage" Shukla called Chopra an exponent of the art of "How to Deconstruct, Repackage and Sell Hindu Philosophy Without Calling it Hindu!" Responding to the allegation of being a fundamentalist, Shukla accused Chopra of raising the "bogey of communalism" in order to divert the argument. The Shukla vs. Chopra debate, and the Hindu American Foundation's Take Back Yoga campaign, was subsequently covered in the New York Times and Newsweek magazine. Debate with Wendy Doniger In March 2010, Shukla debated with Wendy Doniger on elements of one of her books on a Washington Post sponsored blog on faith and religion, and accused her of sexualising and exoticising some of the holiest passages in the Hindu scriptures. Doniger replied that her book has sold well in India and asked her critics to show specifically where her interpretations of texts were wrong. References Sources External links Penn Medicine biography and academic publications. Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American urologists American Hindus University of Minnesota faculty Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania faculty