We Need a Different Sexual Revolution
By Swami Brahmeshananda Etymologically, the word brahmacharya means to dwell in, to be attuned with and to realize one’s identity […]
Spreading Joy through Dance
On October 23, 2000 at the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, Sharanya Mukhopadhyay won the Princess
Tesla: Electricity’s Mastermind
By Mark Hawthorne Nikola Tesla is not as famous as his contemporary, Thomas Edison, but his inventions brought the world
The Krishna Plays
By Kumud Mohan Suddenly there was pin-drop silence. A refined gentleman in a silk kurta and dhoti, a tika, or
Value of Samskaras
By Swami Veda Bharati Excerpts from an interview conducted by Hinduism Today correspondent Rajiv Malik at the 2001 Maha Kumbha
Faiths in Conflict
By Ashok Singhal A follow-up report: Millennium World Peace summit of religious and spiritual leaders, August, 2000, New York Sri
Ram, Ram, Sita-Ram!
By Vatsala Sperling I once asked Jagadguru Jayendra Saraswati, Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham, how there could be hundreds and
SACRED SAMSKARAS
The best rendering of samskara in English is made by the word “sacrament,” which means “religious ceremony or act regarded
A Mela History
One typical mela pilgrim, an illiterate woman, traveled with her family by crowded bus from West Bengal, slept in the
How The Media Covered the Mela
Sooner or later, some conscience-struck journalism student will finally send Hinduism Today a copy of “The Journalist’s Guide to Reporting