April, 1996
A Sea of Seekers Floods The 1996 Mela at Allahabad
Over 50 lakh (5 million) pilgrims purified themselves in the icy cold river waters of the sangamin Allahabad from 2:00am…
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April, 1996
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April, 1996
Will India’s Ban on Prenatal Sex Determination Slow Abortion of Girls?
United Nations statistics estimate that in 1995 the Indian sexual ratio was 106.9 males per 100 women–having slowly incr…
April, 1996
Four-Hour Vivekananda Film Is a Fleet-Footed Turkey
After "Adi Shankara," "Madhvacharya," "Ramanuja" and "Bhagavad Gita," 83-year-old G.V. Iyer, veteran of "Indian spiritua…
April, 1996
Letters to the Editor
ONGOING MIRACLE! I have been reading Hinduism Today for the past five years with utmost relish and avidity. I run…
April, 1996
My Vision of the New World
The United Nations has placed before itself lofty goals. For fifty years the United Nations has worked tirelessly–though…
April, 1996
Welcome to Our Indian Readers
Welcome, welcome, and a most hearty welcome to the team of sevaksselflessly performing a much-needed religious service. …
April, 1996
Editorial
Now that we are faced with a future in which Pat Robertson, the anti-Hindu zealot, might actually run for (or,…
April, 1996
News In Brief
A Hindu widow in Indiahas full ownership rights to property–including the right to sell– allotted to her by the head…
April, 1996
Karma, Free Will & Jyotisha, Part 2
Nature has endowed human beings with sufficient freedom to make or mar themselves. Astrology never disputes the fact tha…
April, 1996
Antibiotic Insensitivity, Part 2
Our previous article [February] discussed medical science's concern over the developing resistance of bacteria to known …
April, 1996
Global Dharma
SACRED TEXTS: SAVE THE TOMES YOU CAN ADOPT A BOOK AND SAVE an ancient work of knowledge from oblivion for…
April, 1996
Mark Twain’s Little Known Travels in India
"East is East and West is West,"and finally the Twain have met."–Pudd'nhead Wilson's Lost Cousin Thrice Removed "In reli…
April, 1996
Book Reviews
Gods and gurus figure prominently in this quarter's book selection. The ever-popular elephant-headed Ganesha stars in th…
April, 1996
Sacred Plants Resort
During my childhood at temples, I recall priests reciting in Sanskrit the names of exotic flowers and leaves that they…
April, 1996
Scriptural Quotes
When he sees the atman dwelling in all beings and all beings within the atman, he departs to the supreme…