September/October, 2000

September/October, 2000

Temple and the Swami

By Anandhi Ramachandran South India’s Tanjavur district is well known for its great temples, especially those along the banks of […]

Goddess in Jeopardy

Kalkaji temple just feels ancient, even though its present structure is only a few centuries old. Its unique 12-sided building

In the Wake of a Cyclone

By Sadhu Divyamurtidas Nature’s devastating wrath overwhelmed Orissa, ripping the state apart on October 29, 1999. On that nightmarish day,

Don’t Shackle Freedom

Madhu Kishwar, editor of Manushi magazine and a champion of the oppressed in India, offers her analysis of a proposed

What Future the Priesthood?

By Sivakamisundari Shanmugasundaram My father and I, along with my four-year-old daughter, arrived at the Kalikambal Temple in Chennai, South

The Vintage Voice of Vyas

By Anthony Peter Westbrook The modern era has brought changes to many aspects of Indian culture, and music is no

Home Festivals!

Hinduism is a celebratory religion, and nowhere can this be seen more clearly than in the yearly cycle of home

BOOKS

LITTLE READERS A SET OF CUTE TALES FOR THE KIDS By Tara Katir, Kapaa, Hawaii The retelling of an ancient

Women’s day in Nepal

By Sushma Joshi Hinduism Todayhas received reports from Nepal that in 1999, members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)

Macauley’s Minute

Thomas Babington Macaulay, politician, essayist, poet and historian, was born in October of 1800. In 1834 he accepted a position

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