Patted Down by India’s Hugging Saint

An ex-convict tries the healing embrace of a Mata Amritanandamayi, the Indian “hugging guru” known as Amma, after years of often-brutal contact in New York’s state prison system.

Daniel Genis

Published Jul. 20 2014 5:45AM EDT 

Daniel Genis

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