Monks With a Mission
A hundred years ago, sixteen impoverished boys gathered under the guidance of Swami Vivekananda to form the Belur monastery. “We […]
Vivekananda’s ‘Yes’ To Conversion
Conversion from Hinduism to Christianity and Islam and back again, long a “so what?” topic, is a headline-worthy issue today
Assessing Inter-Faith Assemblies
By Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanathaswami In 1993 in Chicago, The Parliament of the World’s Religions met again, 100 years after
She Dances with Devas
By Lavina Melwani She had danced before the mighty: Mao Zdong, Zhou Enlai, Queen Elizabeth II, Tito, Kruschev, Eisenhower, Fidel
God’s Favorite Flower
By Anil K. Goel Both in worship and in portrayals of the divine, hindus are infatuated with flowers. The very
Sister Nivedita’s Story
By Sadhu Prof. V. Rangarajan When a great man has prepared his workers, he must go to another place, for
The T-Shirt Tiff: Gaudy or Godly?
Some Hindus entering tourist shops on Penang Road in Penang, Malaysia, were shocked and outraged to find t-shirts, “disco blouses”
Pagan Power in Modern Europe
In this special report for Hinduism Today, Belgian writer Hughes Henry profiles a leader of Europe’s Pagan renaissance Christopher Gérard
Vedanta in Latvia?
More than 30 years ago, Latvian-born Rudite Emir, 59, received a mystical poem by Rabindrinath Tagore translated into her native
What Happened in Dangs?
THE HISTORY BEHIND RECENT HINDU-CHRISTIAN CLASHES IN GUJARAT On January 7, 1999, the respected Sarvodaya leader Ghelubhai Nayak, 82, made