The Arts

Mahatma Gandhi’s Life, by the Stars

BY CHAKRAPANI ULLAL Mahatma Gandhi is considered by many the greatest hero in modern Indian history. Hindu astrology offers valuable

Sacred Symbols

We rarely think about it, but symbols are everywhere around us–potent, poignant images, visual markers for something vitally meaningful to

A Day in the Life of India

By ARCHANA DONGRE, Los ANGELES, AND RAJIV MALIK, NEW DELHI Pre dawn, early February, 1995, a team of 18 Indian

Rural Ragas Sound a Revival

Joyful simplicity, quiet solitude, natural majesty. These impressions of India’s idyllic countryside coalesce vibrant and lasting memories in the minds

Hussain Offers An Apology

He drew it twenty years ago, and no one seemed to mind. But when Vichar magazine in Bhopal recently published

72 – Hour Marthon Dance

BY JENNIFER M. FLAKER What drives a marathoner to go the extra mile? When Vidya Chandra Sekhar set a new

Dexterity to the Max

By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK If Ganesha is everywhere–even in a grain of rice–He is surely in the tip of

Happy Roman New Year

Today’s worldwide civil calendar was actually the making of the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, derived from Egyptian, Greek and Roman

Earthly Petitions

The sun has not yet risen. A devoted Indian wife and mother carefully cleans her doorstep. With intense concentration, she

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