Personal Peace Leads to Universal Peace
By Karunamayi Sri Vijayeswari Devi My wish is universal peace, to be achieved through the cultivation of individual peace. If […]
City of 10 Million Icons
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE Kammasandra was just an obscure town 100 km from Bangalore until Sri Samba Shivamurthy Swamiji decided
Women Priestesses
By V.L. MANJUL, PUNE The City of Pune, in Western India, has not only been a prominent cultural center, but
72 – Hour Marthon Dance
BY JENNIFER M. FLAKER What drives a marathoner to go the extra mile? When Vidya Chandra Sekhar set a new
Dexterity to the Max
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK If Ganesha is everywhere–even in a grain of rice–He is surely in the tip of
Kerala Controversy
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN The Kerala police anticipated resistence when they made their move to enforce a court-ordered transfer of
Books Bouy Up Hindu Women
By V. G. JULIE RAJAN, PHILADELPHIA Of a sudden, a burgeoning interest in the status of Hindu women has produced
Joint Family at Risk
By CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE If current trends continue, the turn of the 21st century may witness the extinction of one
Earthly Petitions
The sun has not yet risen. A devoted Indian wife and mother carefully cleans her doorstep. With intense concentration, she
Icy Trek to Amarnath
Reminiscing my ascent to Siva’s cave abode By Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani,Pondicherry, South India As i tearfully read about the 200