The Weaver
The Tirukural, “holy couplets,” is a treasury of Hindu ethical insight and a literary masterpiece of the Tamil language, written […]
Blessed Blisters
By RAJIV MALIK, NEW DELHI In Delhi I am used to a very comfortable lifestyle,” said Delhi businessman Navin Yadav,
Don’t Hide From Our Roots–the Vedas
BY SWAMI SHIVAPREMANANDA All Hindus have a moral and spiritual obligation to remind themselves of their cultural heritage in the
Towering Tales
By Sita Sharan It was Bapu’s long-held wish to recite Ramayana on the banks of Lake Manasarovar, beside Mount Kailas,
Can You Have Religion Without God?
BY THE EDITOR We first met the Dalai Lama in 1972 in Northern India. On that precious December afternoon Hinduism
Middle Class, Middle Path
“I am of the opinion that religious people have the courage to face the world positively,” said Shri Kishore Tripathy
Rishikesh’s Action Ashram
By RAJIV MALIK, NEW DELHI Think like a genius. Work like a giant. Live like a saint.” This cogent affirmation
The Feat of Fire-Walking
Several South Indian politicians recently found themselves in hot water with their superstition-free, atheistic political party after participating in a
Guarding Lives, Dharma
By GOWRI SHANKER, CHENNAI Thirty kilometers South of Chennnai, Narayanan, a 28-year-old lifeguard at the five-star Fishermen’s Cove beach resort
Pious Portrayals
Rajasthan-born Sri Indra Sharma, age 74, has been depicting Gods, Goddesses, saints and epic heroes in oil and watercolor as