Legends from the Living Mountain
Book Excerpt: Himalayan mountain lore is a mix of ancient myth and modern drama. Sometimes, the two overlap, as findings […]
Thinking Different
Dr. T. S. Rukmani took a master’s degree in Sanskrit in 1954 at the request of her father, a politician
Deepak Chopra: Vedantic Evangelist
By Lavina Melwani He’s the vedantic sage who’s a mouse click away (www.chopra. com). But is he the Wise Man
We Came. We Saw. We Messed it up.
The diversity and relative instability of life on Earth is remarkable, and its history holds some stunning surprises. Since the
Bringing Stone to Life
Following his profitable conquest of Karnataka, Kerala and northern Sri Lanka, the Tamil King Rajaraja Chola found himself with a
What’s In a Name?
By Mukund Venugopalan Venugopalan. Mukund Venugopalan.” It is not as dramatic as “Bond, James Bond,” but it is my name.
India’s Statue of Liberation
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan At six in the evening, January 1, 2000, India unveiled her own version of the Statue
Disarming the Doctors
The famed saint of South India, Sathya Sai Baba, is well known for his spiritual teachings and his vast projects
The Lessons of Five Millennia
By Nawal Prinja Irrespective of one’s religious faith, the start of the new millennium affects all of us, because our
Temple Trouble in Delhi
Point-Counterpoint By Madhu Kishwar and Rajiv Malik By Madhu Kishwar Last year while helping a friend to buy an apartment