Global Dharma
AUSTRALIA SHOTS FIRED INTO TEMPLE Violence at Australia’s oldest temple, the Sri Mandir Temple, in Auburn, Australia (ne…
The Magazine
July/August/September, 2011
17 articles in this issue
In My Opinion: Protecting the Diaspora
BY GREESH C. SHARMA I have been traveling the world since 1970, and whether it was Fiji, Mauritius, Kenya, South…
Publisher's Editorials
Publisher’s Desk: Be a Spiritual Leader!
From August 28 through 31 of the year 2000, two thousand of the world’s preeminent religious and spiritual leaders repre…
Special Feature: UNESCO’s India
Some things built by man are such a triumphant achievement of genius and effort that it would be a loss…
Temples & Pilgrimage
From the Agamas: Urban Planning According to Agamas
Now I will explicitly tell you the appropriate dwelling place for those who maintain their livelihood in the major divis…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor 7-2011
BEST ISSUE EVER This issue of Hinduism Today is the best, most inspiring issue ever! The cover story on Bharat…
Quotes and Quips
He who is called Brahman by the jnanis is known as atman by the yogis and as Bhagavan by the…
Education: The Legacy of Professor Uberoi
BY KATHARINE NANDA Professor Mahinder Singh Uberoi (1924-2006) was an aerospace engineer at the University of Colorado a…
Educational Insights
Educational Insight: Hindu Children’s Modern Stories
The collection of stories in books one and two of Hindu Childrens’ Modern Stories was written and illustrated at my…
Philosophy: Challenging Materialism
BY JAY LAKHANI All paradigms have a habit of cracking up. This is not a bad thing at all. Evolution…
Philosophy & Scripture
Scripture: Digitization Project Saves Saiva Agamas
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami had a persistent interest in the Saiva Agamas. The founder of Kauai’s Hindu Monastery, h…
Lifestyle: How We Spiritualized Our Business
BY LAVINA MELWANI In 1981, Satya and Krishan Kalra co-founded BioGenex, now a multimillion-dollar biotech firm producing…
Interview: Tapping the Power of Bhagavat Purana
BY PUNIT PATEL This interview was conducted in July of 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, during Bhaishri Rameshbhai Oza’s prese…
Digital Dharma
Ask any overworked parent–computers and smartphones are doubling up these days as virtual baby-sitters. Kids can get los…
Health & Ayurveda
Health: What to Do about Childhood Obesity?
BY MRUNAL PATEL Over the past three decades, childhood obesity rates in America have tripled, and today nearly one in…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage: Visiting Lord Jagannath
BY DEEPTI R. PAIKRAY Our annual trips to India are incomplete without worshiping our beloved family Deity–Lord Jagannath…
Hindu Priesthood
Priesthood: Meet Kerala’s 13-Year-Old Priestess
BY G.K. NAIR Ever since Jyothsna can remember, she’s been hearing verses from the Thantra scriptures of Kerala. This div…