Food & Vegetarianism
An Ethical Diet for Peace and Plenty
BY R.P. JAIN This editorial is drawn from a talk given by the author during the Gandhi Peace Panel lectures […]
The Magazine
April/May/June, 2009
15 articles in this issue
Washed in the Waters of Rameswaram
In February of 2008, nearly 100 pilgrims led by Hinduism Today publisher Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami trekked to Rames…
Quotes & Quips
Quotes and Quips
I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds […]
Meet the Young Hindu American Foundation
BY LAVINA MELWANI The Diwali resolution passed by the United States Congress, the inclusive revised rules of the Religio…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 4-2009
MY OUTLOOK HAS CHANGED I simply want to say thank you for putting together a comprehensive and wonderful resource for [&…
Publisher's Editorials
Introduction to Hinduism
Hindus in the West are sometimes invited to give a talk explaining their religion at a local college, schoolroom, interf…
The Colonized Mind
BY MURALI BALAJI When I wrote my previous essay (“why we are illiterate,” Oct/Nov/Dec, 2008), on the need fo…
The New Age Cycles Back to India
India interviews by Rajiv Malik; New Age magazine analysis by Colleen Morrison The “new age” is a movement t…
Global Dharma
NEPAL NEPAL’S FUROR OVER PRIESTS IS RESOLVED In December 2008, Nepal’s new Maoist government raised a firest…
Hail Hinduism’s Homemakers
BY DEEPTI PAIKRAY Often, to my dismay, I hear dear friends of mine rationalizing their work as unpaid homemakers. Yet [&…
Digital Dharma
For trekkies who loved the universal translator, for those who have seen United Nations translaters translating live whi…
My Encounter With a Divine Bovine
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM The Temple of Kalabhairava in Chikka Arasinakere shot into fame following a televised report on Basa…
Personal Practice
The Power of Affirmation
The power of affirmation changes and remolds the putty-like substance that makes up the subconscious areas of the mind. …
Animal Fat to Become Synthetic Fuel
BY MATTHEW MCDERMOTT In the past few years, liquid biofuels have risen from obscurity to prominance as alternative energ…
The Nature of Lord Siva
He is the gross, the subtle and the supreme; the manifested, the unmanifested and that which is both; the external, [&he…