Kashmir’s Saga
By Ishani Chowdhury Ancient stories and modern science agree that the Kashmir Valley, lying 5,000 feet above sea level in […]
Lord Murugan’s Seaside Shrine
With Sivakamisundari Shanmugasundaram Kumar and his wife Sitara have just finished Tamil Nadu’s famous “Six Murugan Temple Pilgrimage.” They are
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
Kashmir’s Crisis
With Ishani Chowdhury Upon learning of the September 11 attack upon America, India’s Prime Minister, Sri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said,
The Satguru Lineage Continues
Over-qualified” was Gurudeva’s one-word description of his chosen successor, Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami, as he placed the gold rudraksha pendant on
Maha Samadhi at 74
Beloved Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami passes away on November 12, 2001, leaving a half-century of work that sparked a Hindu renaissance,
Searching for Answers
By Aparna Balakrishnan I was sure that this vacation was going to be like any other. For weeks after my
Saving a Vedic Heritage
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan The ancient Jaiminiya Sama Vedic tradition, a Sanskrit chanting system practiced in the South Indian state
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
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