Lover, leader, prisoner and carer: The multiple lives of Ma Anand Sheela
Once leader of the almost 5,000-strong Rajneesh spiritual commune in Oregon, Sheela Biernstiel now runs homes for the disabled in Switzerland. A flashback to the time swissinfo.ch met her.
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