‘Deep River’ – a Japanese Odyssey to Holy Ganga
WITH JYOTHI VENKATESH, Mumbai A bus of Japanese tourists bounces east, sightseeing from Delhi toward Banaras and the Ganga. “Oh, […]
WITH JYOTHI VENKATESH, Mumbai A bus of Japanese tourists bounces east, sightseeing from Delhi toward Banaras and the Ganga. “Oh, […]
BY CHAKRAPANI ULLAL Mahatma Gandhi is considered by many the greatest hero in modern Indian history. Hindu astrology offers valuable
We rarely think about it, but symbols are everywhere around us–potent, poignant images, visual markers for something vitally meaningful to
By ARCHANA DONGRE, Los ANGELES, AND RAJIV MALIK, NEW DELHI Pre dawn, early February, 1995, a team of 18 Indian
Joyful simplicity, quiet solitude, natural majesty. These impressions of India’s idyllic countryside coalesce vibrant and lasting memories in the minds
He drew it twenty years ago, and no one seemed to mind. But when Vichar magazine in Bhopal recently published
BY JENNIFER M. FLAKER What drives a marathoner to go the extra mile? When Vidya Chandra Sekhar set a new
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK If Ganesha is everywhere–even in a grain of rice–He is surely in the tip of
Today’s worldwide civil calendar was actually the making of the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, derived from Egyptian, Greek and Roman
The sun has not yet risen. A devoted Indian wife and mother carefully cleans her doorstep. With intense concentration, she