Better Off Dead?
By V. G. Julie Rajan Even for a Sunday night news show, this was not your normal fare. Earlier this […]
Mumbai Merriment
Excerpted from a 1996 article in India Mail by MAYANK BHATT and VIKRAM DOCTOR Ganesha Visarjana is an increasingly popular
Is Pilgrimage Too Dangerous?
IN THE WAKE OF DISASTERS DURING SEVERAL MAJOR PILGRIMAGES, TWO HINDU COMMENTATORS DEBATE WHETHER WE MIGHT BETTER MANAGE THE HAZARDS
Vedanta’s Western Poet
By Mark Hawthorne For many Westerners, their introduction to Hinduism came not from yoga or a respected guru, but from
All Her Children
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan It is a Hindu Temple, but each week one in four devotees seeking blessings at the
The All-American Murugan!
By V. G. Julie Rajan LANHAM, MARYLAND, A QUIET SUBURB of Washington, D.C., was deluged by passionate Hindus, May 29-31,
I Let My Family Look for My Prince Charming
By Shalmali Pal For some reason an Indian mother finds it necessary to stretch the truth when it comes to
Troupe Wins Emmy Award
My job is to inspire bhakti within them,” Hema Rajagopalan explained, “Their job onstage is to transport the audience to
Water Worries
By The Associated Press Drilling machines roar as water gushes through thick pipelines laid where rice once grew. These days,
Chidananda Tours Malaysia
Energetic in mind and spirit, but increasingly frail in body, Swami Chidananda Saraswathi of Rishikesh, 82, visited the 19 Divine