We Play to Entertain the Gods – And the People
Performer, teacher, scholar and composer for both gamelan orchestra and dance, I Wayan Sinti has won abundant awards in Bali’s […]
Hunting for God
By Lavina Melwani Where would you find Siva lost in samadhi, Krishna playing His flute and Ganesha feasting on sweets?
Dispense with that Awful Word
BY DR ANANTANAND RAMBACHAN Among the many problems faced by Hindus is finding appropriate English terminology for Sanskrit terms. This
Inauspicious or Not?
BY THE EDITOR Culturally clueless as you catch a flight to Calcutta for your first visit to India? Don’t despair.
Cues and Clues
Nearly every indigenous people on Earth is reevaluating, rediscovering and reappreciating its ancient ways, the traditions of the forefathers. Tradition
Perfection Is in Your Luminous Essence
BY SWAMI SASTRANANDA Man (woman included) seeks and strives to be or have the best, the perfect, consciously or unconsciously,
Brick, Mortar Not Enough
By GOWRI SHANKER, CHENNAI Samy, as Tiru Tiruvanmiyur Ramasamy Chinnathamby is popularly known, is exceptional. How else would you describe
Dissolving Boundaries
By JULIE RAJAN, PHILADELPHIA It is not an easy task for a Hindu writer born in India to break into
Gods, Kings and Tigers
Among the many art and photo books published in commemoration of India’s 50th year of independence, Gods, Kings and Tigers,
The Twist of Fate
When Prakash Mody pulled his February 24th issue of Time magazine out of the mailbox, he felt his heart sink.