Reborn as An Artist
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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.
Puja: With Honor, Offer Everything
BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR Honoring is a sign of divine love. That honoring is called puja. The ceremony of
Stars of Suicide
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Dharma’s Puzzle Pioneer
If you find it difficult to solve the special crossword puzzle on the right, (please see hard copy) consider yourself
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
Nepal’s Virgin Goddesses
The ancient practice of Kumari worship is vigorously alive today, deep in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley. A young virgin girl, Kumari,
Playing God?
In July 1996 a Blackface ewe gave birth to lamb 6LL3, an outwardly normal baby sheep, at the Roslin Institute’s