A Priestly Clan Under Siege
BY RAJIV MALIK It should be an honor second to none. In the heart of many a devout Saivite, there […]
America’s Second Generation of Hindus
BY TRISHUL SIDDHARTHAN My earliest memories were packing up our car on Sunday mornings and driving for forty-five minutes to
What Do Facebook and Twitter Have to Do With Hinduism?
BY MADHURI SHEKAR Are you on facebook? do you tweetabout your day? Do you ‘Digg’ the latest viral YouTube sensation?
Are Brains Wired for Enlightenment?
In 1996, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, then 37, was immersed in a successful career at Harvard and a long history
Irish Embrace Hinduism’s Healing Heart
Emigrant Hindus are often changed by the countries they move to. But, as recounted in this story, imported Hindu culture
Salvaging India’s Hand-Written Heritage
Hinduism is famed for preserving its key scriptures, the Vedas, for thousands of years entirely by rote memorization. There remain
Letters to the Editor 7-2009
I would like to send you our deepest appreciation for Hinduism Today, a magazine par excellence in all respects. Great
Hindu Studies: Warring with Words
In the introduction to his book, Decolonizing the Hindu Mind, Belgian scholar Koenraad Elst argues that Western-based reporters and scholars
Our Three Kinds of Temples
AUDIO ONLY: It would be hard to overestimate the power and importance of the temple in Hindu culture and spiritual
Quotes and Quips
Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. Proneness to exaggerate,