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Lover, leader, prisoner and carer: The multiple lives of Ma Anand Sheela

Ma Anand Sheela
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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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