Reviving Taoism
By Mark Hawthorne An elderly monk, dressed in the traditional blue robe and jade-studded black cap of his Taoist sect, […]
Puja’s Passion
Stephen P. Huyler began as an outsider. “I prided myself on my objectivity,” he says in his preface to Meeting
A Life Changing Puja
By Stephen Huyler I had been to Padmapoda, a village in eastern India, a number of times previously to visit
India’s New Rulers
By Rajiv Malik India’s ruling party for the last year, the BJP, is the most prominent member of the Sangh
In The RSS Ranks
By Rajiv Malik I reached Sewa Dham around six-thirty in the morning to be greeted by the breathtaking scene of
Daughters at Risk
Madhu Kishwar, editor of Manushi magazine and a renowned champion of the oppressed in India, offers her analysis of domestic
All Her Children
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan It is a Hindu Temple, but each week one in four devotees seeking blessings at the
Mumbai Merriment
Excerpted from a 1996 article in India Mail by MAYANK BHATT and VIKRAM DOCTOR Ganesha Visarjana is an increasingly popular
Is Pilgrimage Too Dangerous?
IN THE WAKE OF DISASTERS DURING SEVERAL MAJOR PILGRIMAGES, TWO HINDU COMMENTATORS DEBATE WHETHER WE MIGHT BETTER MANAGE THE HAZARDS
Dharma in Delhi
By Rajiv Malik I never expected to find six acres of manicured gardens five minutes from New Delhi Railway Station,