Coming of Age, From Lass to Lady
By Devananda Tandavan Here are three important milestones which we reach in our lifetimes–childhood, from birth to age 16 (kapha), […]
Math-a-Magician
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK You could have heard a pin drop. After all, the event was one of awe-inspiring
Mars-Saturn Opposition
From December 17, 1996, through March 24 of this year, Mars was in Virgo opposite Saturn in Pisces, as will
Devotional Artist By Fate
Lawrence Paul is a third-generation Pakistani Hindu whose family originally hailed from Gujarat, but elected to stay in Karachi after
To Be Elderly in India
By M.P. MOHANTY, NEW DELHI For untold centuries in india, it had been routinely regarded as immoral to neglect the
Put Your Ashes in Orbit
By SUSAN HERREL Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry were scheduled to blast into space in mid-February. Leary, the ’60s guru,
Multi-Tailed Comet Visits
Comets through the ages have always brought with them a sense of mystery, foreboding awe and sometimes downright terror. Can
Rudraksha Chariot Reborn
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE The rudraksha-covered chariot of Vaidyeswara temple in Talkad (near Mysore) ventured out in procession for the
Oops: Unintended Consequences
BY THE EDITOR Consider the human plight, made pitiful not by some merciless Omniscience but by meddling man himself. Trying
Time In and Time Out: Two Sides of Discipline
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami The late, most revered Sri La Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, once said he was