Culture & Society
Understanding the Lessons of September 11
Swami Chidanand Saraswati September 11 was a tragic day of unprecedented proportion. Never before in the history of the …
The Magazine
January/February/March, 2002
31 articles in this issue
No More NIMBY!
Trustees of Hindu temples in America learn quickly that for all the talk about religious freedom as a foundation of [&he…
How He Chose God Over Money
In the Kaviri delta of South India is Azhagaputhoor, a peaceful village with a small temple over 1,000 years old. [&hell…
Surveying Hindu Youth
Getting the stats: Dr. Chandersen Choenni prepared the survey and analyzed the results Hundreds of thousands of Hindu ch…
An Innersearch Diary
For eleven full days and 12 nights in August of 2001, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (publisher of Hinduism Today), six…
Digital Dharma
ART Dance Classical indian dance has never been more clearly presented than atwww.kanakasabha.com. It's a great int…
Pointed Healing
Pointed Healing By Neesha Alahan Acupuncture, the use of needles inserted into critical points of the body to stimulate …
Hindu Camp Changes Lives
By Priyank Jaiswal For five days starting July 24, 2001, 120 youth ages 8-19, 17 counselors and many volunteers particip…
Initiating a New Priesthood
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan For the first time in the history of Kerala, 57 nonbrahmin men and boys were ordained […
Culture & Society
The Bridge that Never Broke
By Nirmala Baker Fred and I met in a most unusual way. One evening in India as I was returning […]
Saving a Vedic Heritage
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan The ancient Jaiminiya Sama Vedic tradition, a Sanskrit chanting system practiced in the…
Searching for Answers
By Aparna Balakrishnan I was sure that this vacation was going to be like any other. For weeks after my […]
Maha Samadhi at 74
Beloved Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami passes away on November 12, 2001, leaving a half-century of work that sparked a …
The Satguru Lineage Continues
Over-qualified” was Gurudeva’s one-word description of his chosen successor, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami,…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 1-2002
Guidebook to Hindu Way of Life The 32-page insert on the Hindu way of life based on Gurudeva’s Living with [&helli…
Our Sacred Home
The building of a house, or even any transaction concerning it, is not just a matter of masonry or of […]
Quotes & Quips
QUOTES & QUIPS
"Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child, the whole world is your […]
DIASPORA
FRANCE Paris Loves Lord Ganesha On Sunday, September 2, 2001, in Paris, France, over ten thousand souls joined in the [&…
Suddenly, the Unimaginable
By Lavina Melwani It is hard to believe that in a few split seconds the world changed, and Tuesday, September […]
Kashmir’s Crisis
With Ishani Chowdhury Upon learning of the September 11 attack upon America, India’s Prime Minister, Sri Atal Biha…
It’s Not Home, Sweet Home
By Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj Hopelessness is in abundance here in Purkhoo Camp in a dry, rocky river bed a short [&helli…
Lord Murugan’s Seaside Shrine
With Sivakamisundari Shanmugasundaram Kumar and his wife Sitara have just finished Tamil Nadu’s famous “Six …
Kashmir’s Saga
By Ishani Chowdhury Ancient stories and modern science agree that the Kashmir Valley, lying 5,000 feet above sea level i…
Culture & Society
Slovakia’s Christians Scuttle School Yoga
Catholic clergy say it is not just physical exercise; it’s Hindu religion in disguise Things were going well for S…
Culture & Society
The Redding Siva Nataraja
The people of the peaceful town of Redding in Northern California have always been conservative, and proud of it. Many […
Temples & Pilgrimage
Iraivan Rises
When seven stone craftsmen left Bangalore, India, for Kauai, Hawaii, in May of 2001, they brought hammers, charcoal and …
Carving a Stone Chain
Master silpis, or stone carvers, show off their artistry by creating three-foot chains out of one piece of black granite…
How Ganesha Became Our Life’s Pilot
By Dr. J. J. Gordon In December of 1997 I found my-self in Mihintale, seven miles from Anuradhapura, a site […]
RSS Chief Speaks Out
By Kalyani Giri Shri Kuppahalli Seetharamiah Sudarshan gave up a career in engineering to dedicate his life to the Hindu…
The Meat-Free Life
There are more that a few Hindus today who guiltily abandoned the vegetarian ways of their own parents and grandparents …
Mom Was Always There
By Rama Devagupta It was the spring of 1974. one sunny afternoon at 4:00 after school was over, my brother […]