Chronicling Hinduism’s Modern Experience
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Just days before we went to press, the ancient rajput painting to the right was completed, […]
Women Priestesses
By V.L. MANJUL, PUNE The City of Pune, in Western India, has not only been a prominent cultural center, but
Death and Dying
The Transition Called Death: Each of us must ultimately confront our mortality. For Hindus, this is not a fearsome prospect.
72 – Hour Marthon Dance
BY JENNIFER M. FLAKER What drives a marathoner to go the extra mile? When Vidya Chandra Sekhar set a new
Will They Ever See the Valley?
A handful of pandits returned to the Kashmir Valley in early October from the bleak camps of Jammu in which
USA’s “Peace Pilgrim”
Renunciation in India is arduous enough, even though there it has been the most esteemed spiritual path since before recorded
Booted Out of Bhutan
By DR. HARI BANSH JHA, NEPAL Religious and political persecution is alleged to have forced 100,000 Hindus from Bhutan, the
Dexterity to the Max
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK If Ganesha is everywhere–even in a grain of rice–He is surely in the tip of
Personal Peace Leads to Universal Peace
By Karunamayi Sri Vijayeswari Devi My wish is universal peace, to be achieved through the cultivation of individual peace. If
Happy Roman New Year
Today’s worldwide civil calendar was actually the making of the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, derived from Egyptian, Greek and Roman