Tagore’s Spiritual Legacy
BY MAITREYA HAWTHORNE In his book Sadhana, Rabindranath Tagore relates an experience of meeting two Hindu ascetics. He asks them […]
George Harrison’s Spiritual Life
BY JOSHUA M. GREENE In 1966, George Harrison, lead guitarist of the most popular rock group ever, the Beatles, said,
Feasting in the Land of Gods
BY LAVINA MELWANI For Hindus, food and religious devotion are intricately entwined. I grew up in New Delhi and remember
India Comes to the Big Screen
BY KALYANI GIRI From the snowy splendor of Mount Kailash to the wild jungles of Sunderbans, from the towering minars
Inspirers for a Modern Hinduism
BY JAY DILIP LAKHANI Over the last ten years the Vivekananda Centre London, of which I am the director, has
Getting to Know A Mandolin Master
BY KALYANI GIRI An ancient adage contends that talent does what it can, genius does what it must. In the
The Best Keeps Getting Better
BY ANANTHA KRISHNAN It’s the middle of December and the festival of music and dance that I have come to
Religion in India’s Army
BY N.C. GUHA It is well known that our troops mostly come from rural backgrounds and are religious by nature.
Karnataka’s Revival
BY RAJIV MALIK Jagadguru Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Swami took charge as the 71st spiritual head of Sri Adichunchanagiri Mutt in
Touching Untouchables With Compassion
BY TIRTHO BANERJEE During a visit to Varanasi in 1996, Stanford University professor Ronald Barrett discovered a large leprosy treatment