Family Relief At Last
By Amala Seyon Diane’s son, 13, sensed something had changed, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it. Here […]
May/June, 2000
May/June, 2000
A Palace For the Gods
When a religious leader who is rooted in orthodox tradition inspires devotional zeal in devotees, that movement flourishes and endures.
The Lessons of Five Millennia
By Nawal Prinja Irrespective of one’s religious faith, the start of the new millennium affects all of us, because our
Nepal Flirts With Dowry
By Hari Bansh Jha Apart from her beauty, a nepalese girl in the Terai region needs a fat dowry to
Digital Dharma
RELIGION WHY? Why do we light a lamp? Why do we chant "Aum" and perform arati? Do we just do
Nine Questions
Back in the spring of 1990, a group of teenagers from the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, sent a
Temple Trouble in Delhi
Point-Counterpoint By Madhu Kishwar and Rajiv Malik By Madhu Kishwar Last year while helping a friend to buy an apartment
The Price Brides Pay
By Choodie Shivaram In return for outstanding service to her local community, Meena was gifted a piece of property near
Milk Miracle Does a Boy Good
It was September 21, 1995, when in a temple in New Delhi Lord Ganesha quietly asked devotees, “Got milk?” The
Bringing Stone to Life
Following his profitable conquest of Karnataka, Kerala and northern Sri Lanka, the Tamil King Rajaraja Chola found himself with a