Made for the Gods
BY LAVINA MELWANI Gold is almost a language in India. It speaks of birth and marriage, of rituals and devotion. […]
Diaspora
GERMANY GODDESS TEMPLE FESTIVAL On June 6, 2004, 15,000 Hindus from all over Europe joined the annual Ther Thiruvila (Chariot
What Is True Success?
In today’s material world, success in life is popularly measured by looking solely at people’s professional and family life. Do
Finding Self Identity
In a March edition of Hindu Press International, our daily e-mail news service, we invited essays from Hindu teens and
Coming of Age
BY RAMYA GOPAL When i reached puberty, my mother gave me a necklace to honor the occasion. Being young and
Ganesha Comes to Vermont
BY VATSALA SPERLING With three feet of freshly fallen snow on the ground and the morning sun shining brightly in
The Hazards of Synthetic Sindoor
BY TIRTHO BANERJEE The recent New Jersey case in which a couple and their 13-year-old child were diagnosed with serious
Digital Dharma
Somewhere you just know you saw a fabulous article on saris in Hinduism Today, but in what issue and when?
THE SECRET LIFE OF ANIMALS
BY MARK HAWTHORNE Like any bestselling author with more than 20 books to his credit, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson has attracted
Java’s Hinduism Revival
Islam came late to Indonesia, and its dominance was never complete. Hinduism survived in full form quite well in Bali