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June, 1998

A Tribute to the Sari

June 1, 1998

By the Editor Fashion in clothing is a kind of living archeology, a wash-and-wear history. It tells us much about […]

How I Came To Be The “Lady in the Sari”

June 1, 1998

By Kavita Daswani Last year, I had to make a work related trip to the Italian city of Vicenza. There

Quotes & Quips

June 1, 1998

"IF, AFTER RETURNING FROM CONTEMPLATION, YOU ARE CAPABLE OF BEHAVING AS BEFORE, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TRANSFORMED." Anandamayi Ma(1896?1982), God-intoxicated

Sari, Always in Vogue

June 1, 1998

By Lavina Melwani At a big society wedding in Delhi, everyone was dressed in the latest budget-busting designer outfits, yet

Letters

June 1, 1998

Well Put, Swami! I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article “Children Are Divine, Treat Them Thus” [minister’s message, April, ’98]. Swami

Pornography on the net: www.sex@home.com

June 1, 1998

BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Live and learn, live and learn. We learn something every day, and it is not always

“I Can, I Will, I Am Able to Get Well”

June 1, 1998

By Devananda Tandavan Has there been anyone among us that has not injured himself, to only experience a complete and

Diaspora

June 1, 1998

TRADE Basmati Saved India moved swiftly to challenge a US patent on “American Basmati” rice granted to the RiceTec company

Food and Breath: Sustaining the Body

June 1, 1998

BY BRAHMACHARINI MAYA TIWARI Food is divinely intertwined with the body. According to ancient Vedic seers, all things grown on

The Divine Mother Of All Languages

June 1, 1998

By Swami Prakashanand Saraswati Our holy scriptures originated from God Himself. They were first revealed to the people of Earth

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