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Dreaded Diabetes

July 1, 2004

BY VIRENDER SODHI Ayurveda is an ancient science that has been practiced for over fifty centuries. Modern science is done […]

Teaching with Zest and Zeal

July 1, 2004

BY KESAVA MALLIA Chanting mantras brings peace and prosperity, power and great fortune. May the whole world become prosperous, ”

A President Who Can “Dance with Siva”?

July 1, 2004

The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper is an unlikely place to encounter a dissertation on Siva Nataraja–especially when it is written by

God’s Slave

July 1, 2004

BY KESAVA MALLIA March 20, 1968: it was a dark day indeed for the priest at the Ratnagiri Hill Temple,

Digital Dharma

July 1, 2004

DUE SOUTH OF MT. KAILAS, IN THE STEAMY JUNGLES OF SOUTHEASTERN SRI LANKA, LIES KATARAGAMA, THE ABODE OF SKANDA-MURUGAN. THIS

SIDHIS

July 1, 2004

BY ANIL MEHROTRA As the red sun sets and a silken darkness creeps in, twelve dark-skinned men with Negroid features

Films’ Real Victims

July 1, 2004

BY LAKSHMY PARAMESWARAN The “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was a box-office hit the weekend the movie was released in the United

The Sagely Activist

July 1, 2004

Sita Ram Goel will be remembered by Hindus in India and around the world for a long time. For most

A Saint’s Life

July 1, 2004

There are a lot of books on Sri Ramakrishna and his disciples, but nothing as comprehensive as Sri Ramakrishna, His

Anger Management

July 1, 2004

Two cars bang fenders at an intersection; tempers flare and a fistfight breaks out. In a store nearby, a man

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