Singing Prayers of Praise
BY KALYANI GIRI When friends Chandrakantha Courtney, Kalpalatha Guntupalli and Swaroop Rani get together, their conversa…
The Magazine
July/August/September, 2004
22 articles in this issue
A Saint’s Life
There are a lot of books on Sri Ramakrishna and his disciples, but nothing as comprehensive as Sri Ramakrishna, His [&he…
Films’ Real Victims
BY LAKSHMY PARAMESWARAN The “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was a box-office hit the weekend the movie was release…
Digital Dharma
DUE SOUTH OF MT. KAILAS, IN THE STEAMY JUNGLES OF SOUTHEASTERN SRI LANKA, LIES KATARAGAMA, THE ABODE OF SKANDA-MURUGAN. …
A President Who Can “Dance with Siva”?
The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper is an unlikely place to encounter a dissertation on Siva Nataraja–especially w…
Dreaded Diabetes
BY VIRENDER SODHI Ayurveda is an ancient science that has been practiced for over fifty centuries. Modern science is don…
Diaspora
AFRICA AFRICAN COUNIL MOBILIZES In early June, 2003, Shri Muljibhai Pindolia, president of the Kenya-based Hindu Council…
Winning the Hearts of Youth
BY DAHYABHAI K. PATEL My wife Sushila and I conduct a youth program for teenage Hindus at our local mandir […]
Yoga: The Path to God
The Svetasvatara Upanishad is mankind's oldest exposition of yoga, which in these verses means meditation. The Rish…
Quotes & Quips
Quotes & Quips
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA (1863-1902), MODERN HINDU RENAISSANCE INSPIRATION AND DISCIPLE OF SRI RAMAKRISHNA You shine, all livin…
Publisher's Editorials
Work Is Worship
Over the last year, I have met with a surprising number of Hindus visiting our Hawaii temple and monastery who [……
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 7-2004
I had the golden opportunity to read a copy of Hinduism Today which was given to me by Shri Rajesh […]
Hindu Concepts in the Movies
BY MARK HAWTHORNE Namaste, movie lovers! Grab your popcorn bucket and super-sized soft drink and join our film festival …
Aesthetic Himalayas
BY HELEN ASQUINE FAZIO Many years ago, when I was in the middle of my master’s degree in Art History, […]
Kids Love Hindu Sunday School
Just as at many other temples in the US, Hindu parents in Middletown, Connecticut, looked around one day in the [&hellip…
By the Grace of Godavari
BY MANGALA PRASAD MOHANTY It is one moment past midnight on Monday, July 28, 2003–the first day of South IndiaR…
Anger Management
Two cars bang fenders at an intersection; tempers flare and a fistfight breaks out. In a store nearby, a man […]
The Sagely Activist
Sita Ram Goel will be remembered by Hindus in India and around the world for a long time. For most […]
SIDHIS
BY ANIL MEHROTRA As the red sun sets and a silken darkness creeps in, twelve dark-skinned men with Negroid features [&he…
God’s Slave
BY KESAVA MALLIA March 20, 1968: it was a dark day indeed for the priest at the Ratnagiri Hill Temple, […]
Teaching with Zest and Zeal
BY KESAVA MALLIA Chanting mantras brings peace and prosperity, power and great fortune. May the whole world become prosp…
Can Cattle Threaten Our Life?
Howard Lyman, once a “factory ” cattle farmer, now vegan, is the founder and president of Voice for a Viable…