Reborn as An Artist
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK You can call it his brush with death. Three years ago, noted Delhi artist Satish […]
Dharma’s Puzzle Pioneer
If you find it difficult to solve the special crossword puzzle on the right, (please see hard copy) consider yourself
To Beat or Not to Beat?
He calls it the conspiracy of silence: the universal and chronic use of corporal punishment in America. Prof. Murray A.
Hindu Protest Forces Sony to Remake CD
Aerosmith’s latest cd, “Nine lives” went straight to the top of the pop charts when it was released March 18th.
Stars of Suicide
BY CHAKRAPANI ULLAL, Los ANGELES The extinction of the Heaven’s Gate group at the urging of Marshall Applewhite was not the
Reaching Out
By LILADHAR J. BHARADIA, KENYA With garlands in hand, Hindus and non-Hindus, VIPs and well-wishers gathered on January 10, 1997
The Spaceship Suicide
On March 23, 1997, the first 15 members of Heaven’s Gate, a self-described “cult of cults,” mixed phenobarbital with sweet
Kerala Siva Temples
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN Two thousand and more timber temples dot Kerala’s verdant landscape. Devotee’s devotion have created them in
That Old-Time Religion
By JESSICA SAUNDERS, Associated Press Judge Roy Moore displays a plaque of the Christian Ten Commandments in his courtroom and
A Colorfully Crafted Fair
By SHIKHA MALAVIYA, MINNESOTA As our taxi rushes through the dusty streets of Delhi, my heart goes pitter patter. We