Sacred Symbols
We rarely think about it, but symbols are everywhere around us–potent, poignant images, visual markers for something vitally meaningful to […]
Duty’s Tasks – Diurnal Diary
By V KALYANAM, Chennai Gandhi’s day began at 3:30am sharp. When I was with him, in 1947, the 78-year-old got
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
Media’s Madness in Sex and Violence
BY SHYAM KUMARI AGARWAL Does liberty mean the licence to debase oneself and in the process undo the social fabric?
Tribals Take a Walk
It seemed like a good idea at the time–to declare a “Year of the Indigenous Peoples” in 1993 to coincide
Spare the Rod and Save the Child
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami There is no greater good than a child. Children are entrusted to their parents to be
Veggie: Norm in the Dorm
By Maryellen La Bosco, New York While vegetarianism is no longer an aberration in America, at Sarah Lawrence College in
Hussain Offers An Apology
He drew it twenty years ago, and no one seemed to mind. But when Vichar magazine in Bhopal recently published
Bangladesh blessings
By BASHUDEB DHAR, BANGLADESH At the August 4 inauguration of Chittagong’s five-day Janmashtami celebrations, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made
Bangalore’s Blind School
By Damara Shanmugam I first visited Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanathaswami’s school for the blind on my maiden trip to India