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Spiritual Life
Awesome Kedarnath
A Malaysian survives a monsoon-pelted yatra to Siva’s Himalayan home Aravindraj Chandrasekaran, Kuala Lumpur Growing up …
Spiritual Life
Mahadevas & Archangels
Are the same divine beings part of more than one religion? Comparing Christian Archangel Michael and Hindu God Murugan B…
The Arts
Mumbai’s Stunning Arts Center
Traditional dance, music, theater, crafts, clothing and more get top-notch exposure at this state-of-the-art complex cre…
Spiritual Life
Disciplines of Yoga
A path to self-mastery through solitude and dedicated practice The following are excerpts from Dr. S. P. Sabharathnam’s …
Culture & Society
Colonization and the Hindu Image
Explore the origins of what American schools continue to teach about Hinduism By Koenraad Elst Kundan singh’s and …
Spiritual Life
Our Duty to Make Offerings
Minister’s Message The various forms of yajna teach us to see beyond our individuality By Sri Jayendra Puri Swamiji The …
Spiritual Life
Invoking the Divine Feminine
Interview With Maa Gyaan Suveera By Erica Bassani, Rishikesh During my research on female masters to interview for the W…
Temples & Pilgrimage
200 Deities Pilgrimage to Mandi for Mahasivaratri
Join our reporter for the little-known, week-long celebration of Mahasivaratri in the Himalayan foothills, attended by …
Spiritual Life
Siamese Brahmins Assist the King
For 800 years Hindu priests have guided Thailand’s royal court rituals By Hurditya Deva, Thailand Among the indian…
Philosophy & Scripture
My Journey to a Hindu Chaplaincy
The concept of a chaplain evolved in the West into a service within the military and then into an institution […]
Philosophy & Scripture
The Impact of My Dad’s Morning Prayers
Worshiping with my father as a child established my connection with Hinduism and allowed me to later pass it on [&hellip…
Environment
Vanamali Mataji: All Women Are Sacred
By Erica Bassani, Rishikesh It was my great good fortune to interview this 84-year-old saint at her Rishikesh ashram Mar…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Divine Bovine
Hinduism venerates animals as part of the Sacred, with cows holding a unique, celestial status, symbolizing virtue, pros…
Philosophy & Scripture
Let’s Respect Priests with Dharmic Bylaws
Reflections on how USA Hindu temples can have a proper professional relationship with their priests that benefits everyo…
Spiritual Life
Ram Janmabhoomi
Let the Pilgrimages Begin! In the sacred land where flows the Sarayu River, Ram Lala has made His divine return [&…
Spiritual Life
ADI SHANKARA
India’s Great Spiritual General Written by Swami Advayananda, Brahmacharini Taarini Chaitanya & Sudarshan Rama…
History
Kashmir’s Temples Emerge from Difficult Times Stronger than Ever
While not on the scale of some built by ancient kings, 6,000 temples dot the landscape, many being rebuilt with [&hellip…
Spiritual Life
The Sweet Nectar of Madurai
From the grand Meenakshi citadel to hundreds of roadside shrines, explore the historic streets of this deeply devout Sou…
Spiritual Life
I Surrendered to Kailash’s Embrace
How I defied the odds to rapidly prepare for a grueling but liberating trek on foot around the most sacred […]
By Young Writers
How Hindus Are Using AI
Adopting artificial intelligence to enhance the productivity, cultural engagement and the spiritual outreach of Hindu dh…
Youth
Chinmaya Mission West Invests in its Youth
Over a period of 30 weeks each year, tens of thousands of children in North America, from kindergarten through grade [&h…
Educational Insights
Educational Insight– Neem Karoli baba
Exploring the Life and Eccentric NatureOf North Indiaís Mysterious Mystic Written by Sudarshan Ramabadran • Art by Baani…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Ellora Caves & the Siva Temple Carved Out of Solid Rock
The caves of Ellora, culminating in the famed free-standing Kailasanatha Temple, were hand-carved from a mountain during…
Spiritual Life
World Hindu Congress Bangkok
This three-day meeting of over two thousand delegates from 61 countries in Thailand reflected a remarkable awakening of …
Spiritual Life
Hindu Deities for All Generations
A brother and sister’s creative journey from India to America and back again, resulting in a toy company to inspire [&he…
The Arts
India’s Fabulous Fabrics
Can the handwoven warp and weft survive technological modernity? By Anne Petry, India Is there any other country in the …
Environment
Celebrating the Circle of Life
The Punya Dham Ashram provides retirement homes for cows and aging humans as well as mass weddings for the young [&helli…
Temples & Pilgrimage
New Temple Signals a Peaceful Turn for Kashmir
Decades after the violent expulsion of the Kashmir Pandits from the Kashmir Valley, peace has largely been restored and …
History
Nalanda Is Revived after 800 Years
The sprawling, redesigned campus is now open for students and faculty By Anuradha Goyal, India If Xuan Zang, the 7…
Culture & Society
INDeco Hotels: Luxury Lodging Meets Spirituality & Ecology
Sample a fusion of rich accommodations, sustainability and sacredness, while exploring South India’s heritage and cultur…
The Arts
Lord Siva Dances into Delhi
World’s tallest Nataraja graces new Bharat Mandapam exhibition center Nataraja kept inspiring us to complete 30 months’ …
History
Tamil Nadu’s Remarkable Copper Plate Discovery
Long-lost hymns from revered 7th-century Saivite saints may be among the treasure By S. Krishnan, Tamil Nadu, India The …
History
The Hallowed Halls of Hampi
The austere, grand site of Hampi in Karnataka, India, was the prosperous capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. For over 20…
Health & Ayurveda
How One Hospital Pursues Dada Vaswani’s Goal of Sight for All
K K Eye Institute developed a financial model to provide large numbers of people–regardless of personal income level–wit…
Philosophy & Scripture
Hinduism’s Enduring Respect for Science
The clash of religious belief and science in medieval Europe simply did not occur in India, where a “scientific outlook”…
History
Himalayan Village Celebrates Ramayana
Perhaps the most ancient portrayal of the epic is celebrated yearly by the villages of Saloor-Dungra, high in the Himala…
By Young Writers
Navigating Life in the US After India
The challenge of leaving the close-knit community and traditions of India I grew up in for the very different culture [&…
The Arts
Folk Art Thrives with Generous Patronage
Since 2004, the International Folk Art Market in New Mexico, USA, has hosted more than 1,000 creators from 100 countries…
The Arts
Meet the Next Gen Dancers
Ranee Ramaswamy learned Bharatanatyam at an early age, but only found her destiny in it after migrating to the US [&hell…
Temples & Pilgrimage
The Holy Ganga, from Varanasi to the Sea
For the millions of devout Hindus living close to Ganga, every day is full of blessings from the sacred river. [……
The Arts
Nepal’s Thangka Art
An Ancient Art Form Forging its Future Photos and Text by Anne Petry Nepali thangka paintings have vivid colors with [&h…
The Arts
The Museums of India
In a world of digital enticements, India’s museums showcase enduring material creativity. They may inspire renewed artis…
Culture & Society
My Unfortunate Conversion
How Christian evangelists slowly and rather deceptively lured me into joining their faith during my college days By Divy…
Personal Practice
Remaining a Hindu in College
How I found diverse ways to deepen my religious life during my university days By Dhanesh Rishi Budhram I am [&hel…
Teaching & Parenting
Guyana’s Hindu College Expands
Cove and John Ashram’s Mahasivaratri celebrations include dedication of 50-foot tall statue of Lord Siva, fire worship, …
By Young Writers
Awake with Carnatic Music
Learning classical tunes with soulful gurus in person taught me what bhakti really means By Surya Ambatipudi The first t…
Culture & Society
Surviving College as a Hindu
How peer discussions strengthened and made me a calm defender of my faith Marut Yelagalawadi By the beginning of the [&h…
By Young Writers
Confronting Gender Stereotypes
Are they driven by religious beliefs, custom or societal forces? By Shaina Grover, California Throughout history, the ro…
By Young Writers
Hinduism in the American Media
They may just be fictional shows, but the often-stereotypeddepictions of Indian characters on TV have a real-life impact…
By Young Writers
Why Not Close School on Diwali
Young Pennsylvania Hindus making our biggest holiday official By Santhanaa Hariharaputran, 16, Irvine, California I want…
Culture & Society
Where My Pursuit of Dharma Took Me
The new Hindu Community Institute has begun training religious counselors to meet the needs of Hindus in America By Gaur…
Opinion
The Changing Face of Dharma in America
Our reporter asks Hindus throughout the United States to comment on important issues we confront in the country today&nb…
Culture & Society
Sewa Tackles the Covid-19 Crisis with Strategic Tools
Teams from BAPS, HSS and Chinmaya Mission join Sewa International on the front lines to help the most vulnerable during …
By Young Writers
So You Call Yourself a “Woke” Hindu?
A university undergraduate describes the different ways she’s found her fellow students of Indian origin sort out their …
Culture & Society
Are We Ready to Have a Real Conversation about Dark Skin?
One Woman’s Tale of a Lifetime of Discouraging and Demeaning Encounters with the Complexities of Complexion By Anu Kumar…
Hindu Festivals
India: Music as an Expression of Soft Power
The annual Chennai Music Season is a prime driver by which India’s sophisticated musical tradition influences culture on…
Environment
India From Above
By Saahil Rahmanand Anuradha Goyal There is no nation like it on earth, in diversity, history and visual array. We [&hel…
Philosophy & Scripture
A Palace of Tamil Devotional Poetry
Discover this unique Sri Lankan shrine with 108 Sivalingams paying homage to the 658 holy hymns of Saint Manikkavasagar’…
Opinion
A Young Hindu Responds to Hindu Parents
Reflections on how parents in Western countries can pass down dharma to their children and future generations By Keshav …
Culture & Society
Conference: Celebrating the Hindu American Saga
The THREADS conference in Boston was a first-time exploration of the influence of Hindu Americans from business, science…
Culture & Society
Finance: Does Anyone Make Money Investing Dharmically?
Our financial pundit addresses the challenges and opportunities of supporting good in the marketplace and surveys growin…
Philosophy & Scripture
Insight: Seven Bhakti Saints Of North India
From uncounted spiritual poets, we examine the life, language and works of a few By Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian Be…
Teaching & Parenting
Malaysia: Melaka Chettis, Past and Future
In a fast-paced, multi-cultural world, one of the oldest Hindu communities of Southeast Asia struggles to keep their uni…
Opinion
Opinion: Should Indian Education Be Secular?
Not when it results in a neglect of India’s historically important knowledge in math, astronomy, medicine, construction …
Culture & Society
Hindu Prayers in US Legislatures
How Hindus can and should participate in legislative prayer in the United States BY ARVIND KRISHNAMOORTHY, MAS…
Opinion
Let’s Talk about Christian Persecution
Missionaries charge Hindus with persecution; the reality is the opposite BY MARIA WIRTH LIES ARE OFTEN DISGUISED AS SURV…
Opinion
Do Hindus Have a Milk Problem?
On behalf of cows everywhere, an activist offers ways we can improve the care of these gentle creatures, and be [&hellip…
The Arts
Tribute to a Preeminent Teacher
In Canada, Priyamvada Sankar is passing along the heritage of Bharatanatyam dance tied to a deep appreciation for Hindui…
Culture & Society
Aiding Hinduism in Pakistan
Couple reports progress on some fronts, though many issues remain for the nation’s Hindus By Lavina Melwani, New York In…
Opinion
The Choice: Hindu or Non-Religious?
The Future of Hinduism in America’s Evolving Religious Landscape By Anant Rambachan The recent pew research center findi…
Health & Ayurveda
Assessing the Meat Industry’s Impact on Earth’s Climate
Aside from the deplorable treatment of farm animals, consider for a moment that giving up beef alone can have more [&hel…
Personal Practice
Dancing for Lords Ganesha and Siva
Two sisters from Arizona fly to Hawaii for a single purpose: to offer their loving talents to the temple Deities [&helli…
Teaching & Parenting
Revising California’s Curriculum
Though not perfect, the state’s new K-12 “History-Social ScienceFramework” assures more accurate treatment of India &…
The Arts
Tattoos Of Devotion & Defiance
A snapshot of the Ramnamis, who for decades have taken on full-body tattoos in protest of prejudice Reuters, Adnan Abidi…
Culture & Society
Dear Diary, My Guru Came to London
Growing up as a Hindu in the cosmopolitan capital, a young woman shares a heartwarming tale of cultural discovery By [&h…
Philosophy & Scripture
Morari Bapu, Our Hindu of the Year, 2016
Shri Morari Bapu is honored for decades of Ram Katha that has inspired devotion and adherence to dharma for countless [&…
Teaching & Parenting
“What if My Child Renounces the World?”
An exploration of parents’ wishes and expectations, attitudes and reactions when a son or daughter is irresistibly drawn…
Culture & Society
Film: The Real-Life Marigold Hotel in Jaipur
COURTESY OF BBC/TWOFOUR Home away from home: Female cast at the Khatu Haveli in Jaipur FILM THE REAL-LIFE MARIGOLD HOTEL…
Culture & Society
Book Excerpt: Boldly Proclaim Core Hindu Values to Make a Better World
BOOK EXCERPTS BOLDLY PROCLAIM CORE HINDU VALUES TO MAKE A BETTER WORLD ______________________ Vamsee Juluri exhorts us t…
Culture & Society
Interview: The Marigold Team Tells their Tale
INTERVIEW THE MARIGOLD TEAM TELLS THEIR TALE _______________ After the BBC documentary aired in the UK, Ramai Santhirapa…
Culture & Society
Culture: How Common Are Fake Rudrakshas?
PHOTO: HINDUISM TODAY Genuine or forged?: An eight-faced rudraksha certified as real by IGL CULTURE HOW COMMON ARE FAKE …
The Arts
Artists: The Shadow Ganesha that Went Viral
A young artist who makes ordinary objects cast a divine shadow Sana Anil Kumar is a multi-talented artist from a [&helli…
Health & Ayurveda
Spice World: Bitter Is Better—the Magic of Methi
For thousands of years fenugreek and its seeds have wielded their powers on our plates, our palettes and in nature’s [&h…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Battle to Thwart a New Threat: Denial of Sanskrit’s Sacred Dimension
Rajiv Malhotra’s new book is a tactical campaign to return the translation and interpretation of India’s spiritual liter…
The Arts
Digital Dharma: The Ramayana Enters the Gaming World on Mobile Devices
Throughout history hinduism’s wealth of literature, including scriptures, poems and epics, has been passed from generati…
Health & Ayurveda
Nutrition: You Are What Your Ancestors Ate
A new gene study investigates how the biological evolution of humans in certain regions makes them more adapted to a [&h…
The Arts
Culture: Lord Ganesha’s Sweet American Ride
With Ganapati bolted onto the hood and dancing on the doors of his Ganeshmobile, this anthropologist drives the culture …
Temples & Pilgrimage
The Goddess: Discovering Divinity in Dissolution
How one woman’s curiosity led her to a profound encounter with Goddess Kali, affording her peace in the aftermath of [&h…
Philosophy & Scripture
Education: Our Interreligious Future
The president of the Graduate Theological Union explains the school’s vision as a unique center for multi-faith studies …
Educational Insights
The Mystic Mind and Music of Kabir
A Fifteenth Century Poet-Saint Wisdom on Life, Death, Guru & God By Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian All photos: Ar…
Health & Ayurveda
The Innovative, World-Class<br>Patanjali Food & Herbal Park
Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna repackage ancient ayurveda with high-tech processing and marketing savvy to snatch $1…
The Arts
Art: Drawing on Delhi’s Artistic Depths
A major exhibition in the capitol showcases India’s remarkable trove of creative talent By Rajiv Malik, New Delhi While …
Feature Stories
Special Feature: The Rise of Shirdi Sai Baba
The great Maharastrian saint whose austere, miracle-filled life changed all who came in contact with him is attracting a…
Culture & Society
Digital Dharma
FILM PIXAR’S HINDU SHORT BY AARTI AND MAYURESH VISSWANATHAN SANJAY’S SUPER TEAM, ONE OF PIXAR’S newest short films, is a…
Culture & Society
Tradition: Same-Sex Marriage and Hinduism
TRADITION SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND HINDUISM ______________________ Examining lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues …
Culture & Society
Book Review: The Rig Vedic People Were Indigenous to India, Not Invaders
BOOK REVIEW THE RIG VEDIC PEOPLE WERE INDIGENOUS TO INDIA, NOT INVADERS ______________________ B.B. Lal’s newest book de…
Culture & Society
Special Feature: Meet the Hindus of Myanmar
THOMAS L KELLY Keeping the faith: Hindu children pose with their schoolbooks in front of the Shri Kumar Kartikai Temple,…
Culture & Society
Saivites of London Interviews
[center][b]LONDON: A SRI LANKAN CITADEL OF SAIVISM HINDUISM TODAY, OCT/NOV/DEC 2015 INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS[/b][/center] N…
Culture & Society
It’s Official: International Yoga Day
YOGA Breathtaking: Thousands gather in New York City’s Times Square for a full day of yoga classes and celebration of [&…
Culture & Society
Voices: London Movers and Shakers
VOICES—LONDON MOVERS AND SHAKERS Sri Sivagamaratnam Kamalanatha Kurukkal, Chief Sivacharya, Enfield Nagapooshani Ambaal …
Culture & Society
Tradition: Upholding Hindu Marriage
SHUTTERSTOCK Sacred rites:Kanyadana, “giving of the maiden,” a high point of the marriage ceremony, which acknowledges t…
Culture & Society
Culture: Women’s Status in Ancient India
Music, Arts & Spirituality: Throughout history women have been among the great poets, musical composers and artists …
Culture & Society
Feature: The Hindu Diaspora within Continental Europe
THE HINDU DIASPORA WITHIN CONTINENTAL EUROPE SPECIAL FEATURE Hinduism Finds a New Home in the Old World TWO OF OUR [&hel…
Culture & Society
Becoming Hindu European
BECOMING “HINDU EUROPEAN” ______________________ Living in a new land presents challenges and opportunities and requires…
Culture & Society
Religious Freedom: Satguru Delivers Opening Prayer For US House of Representatives
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SATGURU DELIVERS OPENING PRAYER FOR US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ______________________ Publisher of HI…
Culture & Society
Culture: Diwali, Deep in the Heart of Texas
Oh, Texas: The iconic clocktower beset with fireworks • • • • • • • • • • • • […]
Culture & Society
Society: Predatory Proselytism
BY PADMA KUPPA I am fortunate to be able to visit my family in India often–returning to the chaotic comfort [&hell…
Culture & Society
Quotes and Quips
During the Kali Yuga, man, being completely dependent on food to live life, cannot altogether shake off the idea that [&…
Culture & Society
Society: One Hindu’s Take on Gay Marriage
BY ANANTANAND RAMBACHAN In November, Minnesotans will approve or reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would b…
Culture & Society
Culture: Giants Who Reawakened Indian Dance
By Dr Kusum Pant Joshi By the early 1900s, Europe and America had seen non-Indians performing their own melange inspired…
Culture & Society
Society: Guyana’s Hindus Face Gay Quandry
VIDYARATHA KISSOON If modern science is right–and sometimes it is–there are more than 50 million homosexual …
Culture & Society
Understanding the Lessons of September 11
Swami Chidanand Saraswati September 11 was a tragic day of unprecedented proportion. Never before in the history of the …
Culture & Society
The Bridge that Never Broke
By Nirmala Baker Fred and I met in a most unusual way. One evening in India as I was returning […]
Culture & Society
Slovakia’s Christians Scuttle School Yoga
Catholic clergy say it is not just physical exercise; it’s Hindu religion in disguise Things were going well for S…
Culture & Society
The Redding Siva Nataraja
The people of the peaceful town of Redding in Northern California have always been conservative, and proud of it. Many […
The Arts
The Best of Both Worlds
By Lavina Melwani Saris and Chennai may be worlds apart, but there is a young Hindu dancer who seems to […]
Publisher's Editorials
Daddy, Do We Get Toys for Christmas, too?
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Daddy, why don’t we have Christmas? What do we do? Don’t we get presents,…
Culture & Society
Monks’ Millennial Conclave
Senior Ramakrishna swamis converge to discuss future plans for spreading Vedanta By Frank Parlato Anytime truly holy men…
Culture & Society
Delhi Bans Beating Students
A landmark judgment handed down from the Delhi High Court recently should make Delhi school life a little less difficult…
Philosophy & Scripture
Pondering Pagans
By Koenraad Elst The late Ram Swarup liked to point out that other cultures had traditions similar to Hinduism before [&…
Philosophy & Scripture
Who Speaks For Hinduism?
By the Editors What would seem to be, at first glance, a relatively simple question with a quick answer: Hindus [&hellip…
Environment
‘I Love Cloth Diapers’
By Darshani Sukumaran When I had our daughter a few months ago and people found out I was using cloth […]
Culture & Society
University Hinduism
By Suchorita Rudra Only a small red dot on Mira’s forehead gave away her Hindu beliefs. Inside her one-bedroom apa…
Culture & Society
The Inner Search of Science
God made Newsweek but yoga’s on Time. In a departure from politics as usual, both magazines Time and Newsweek rece…
Culture & Society
Hindu News Service Launched
Today’s stories to a computer near you By Kalyani Giri, Houston Shortly after my first article was accepted for Hi…
Culture & Society
Tragedy in Nepal Royal Family Massacred
Word spread early in the morning on June 2, 2001, that something very wrong had happened a few hours earlier […]
Hindu Festivals
Siva’s Great Night in Mauritius
By Gilles Flament Every year thousands of Hindu pilgrims converge on Grand Bassin, the holy lake in the hills of [&helli…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Promoting the Saivite Religion
By Kesav One of South India’s oldest ashrams is gearing up for something new. Under the leadership of two pontiffs…
Environment
Rethinking Science
By Mark Hawthorne In the scientific community, the name Rupert Sheldrake raises eyebrows. After all, this is the biologi…
Culture & Society
India’s New Abuse Laws Still Miss the Mark
The following article by Madhu Kishwar is excerpted from Manushi, a Journal About Women and Society, a non-profit magazi…
Environment
To the Source of Ganga
By Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj Many magical tales are told about Gangotri, the mythical wellspring of the Ganges, India…
Culture & Society
Baba of the Lepers
By Rita Frenchman Baba Amte loved the lepers of India and wanted to help them. Inspired by the Hindu principle [……
Temples & Pilgrimage
Meet God’s Arbitrator
By Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan At least 30 people men, women and children sit waiting in the lobby for an audience [&h…
Culture & Society
Chidananda Reminisces
Swami Chidananda Saraswati, president of the Divine Life Society, was honored byHINDUISMTODAY with the “Hindu Rena…
Culture & Society
A Home Away From Home
Since the 1983 initiation of all-out war between the Singhalese and Tamils, Canada has been especially accommodating to …
Culture & Society
Vivekananda’s Mansion
By Lekshmi Venugopalan Like many, I was drawn to vedanta by the eloquence and inspiration of Swami Vivekananda. As I [&h…
Health & Ayurveda
The Alcohol Trap
By Greesh C. Sharma The Indian community in America, now just over one million people, has a positive image. Its [&helli…
Environment
DNA Exposes India’s Past
Genetic evidence isn’t just about freeing the unjustly convicted these days or determining whether Thomas Jefferso…
Environment
To Rebuild Kutch
By Rajiv Malik The game begins with one child emitting a low-pitch growl, “grrrrrrrrr,” imitating not the wa…
Culture & Society
An Unholy Business
The following article was excerpted from Rajiv Malhotra’s speech given at a conference, “Human Rights and Re…
Environment
The Snake Boats of Kerala
Vrindavanam S. Gopalakrishnan This is no ordinary boat race. There are other such tournaments taking place elsewhere in …
The Arts
Jeweler to the Gods
By Anandhi Ramachandran Nearly 23 years ago, Kalki Raju came to Chennai, India, and opened Sukra Jewellery, a store that…
The Arts
The Tale of Tattoos
By Mark Hawthorne While tattoos among sailors and motorcycle clubs might seem the most obvious to someone living in the …
The Arts
S. RAJAM
By Kesav He’s 83 years old and is, he says, “just beginning.” Art and music are his passions, and they…
The Arts
Dance is my Heartbeat
By Kalyani Giri It’s a home where the Gods reside comfortably. An intriguing array of Ganesha figurines bounteousl…
Culture & Society
God’s Voice
By Nancy Levine Access to Humla, the farthest northwestern district in Nepal, depends on very elemental factors. The fli…
Philosophy & Scripture
The Peace of Gandhi
Gandhi was a brilliant, complex and selfless man, understood in different ways by different people. No one will ever den…
Culture & Society
Two to Tangle; Three to Win
By Scilla Wahrhaftig The following article from the Conflict Resolution Center International, established by Christian Q…
Culture & Society
Faiths in Conflict
By Ashok Singhal A follow-up report: Millennium World Peace summit of religious and spiritual leaders, August, 2000, New…
The Arts
Spreading Joy through Dance
On October 23, 2000 at the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, New York, Sharanya Mukhopadhyay won the Princess [&…
Health & Ayurveda
Schooling the Blind
Since its establishment in 1979, the Navajeevan Blind Relief Centre, located in the famed temple town of Tirupati in Sou…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Our Tour of a Lifetime
By Kailash Dakshinamurthi Pilgrimage. I’ve always begun one with spiritual preparation and an understanding of wha…
Hindu Festivals
How The Media Covered the Mela
Sooner or later, some conscience-struck journalism student will finally send Hinduism Today a copy of “The Journal…
Hindu Festivals
A Mela History
One typical mela pilgrim, an illiterate woman, traveled with her family by crowded bus from West Bengal, slept in the [&…
Philosophy & Scripture
SACRED SAMSKARAS
The best rendering of samskara in English is made by the word “sacrament,” which means “religious cere…
Teaching & Parenting
Value of Samskaras
By Swami Veda Bharati Excerpts from an interview conducted by Hinduism Today correspondent Rajiv Malik at the 2001 Maha …
Environment
Tesla: Electricity’s Mastermind
By Mark Hawthorne Nikola Tesla is not as famous as his contemporary, Thomas Edison, but his inventions brought the world…
The Arts
Visonary Violinist
Dr. L. Shankar, an acclaimed virtuoso violinist, singer, composer and producer who has sold over ten million albums, is …
Opinion
Curious Peers
By Praveen A. Jamunar As I board the bus to school I can hear the students making fun of me, […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Nondualism is Alive and Well at Sringeri
By Choodie Shivaram Cradled amidst the mesmerizing Shringa Giri hills of the Western Ghats, on the banks of River Tunga,…
Philosophy & Scripture
Peace within First
By Bawa Jain A followup report: Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders,August, 2000 On Novembe…
Culture & Society
Swami Nirliptananda
By Krishan Dutt No one walking past house 99A on Devonport Road in the “Shepherd’s Bush” area of Londo…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Does your home have a shrine room?
By Krishan Dutt In a quiet tree-lined street in the West London suburb of Hounslow, as heavy vehicular traffic thunders …
Culture & Society
India Carves New States
A respected sociologist in New Delhi recently commented that “the last map of India has not yet been drawn.”…
Environment
Sacred Gifts
By Hari Bansh Jha The most valuable gift one can give to the environment is not money–it’s action. On Novemb…
Culture & Society
Churches Face Bankruptcy
For more than a century Native Canadians were abused emotionally, physically and sexually in schools run by Christian ch…
The Arts
The Durban Drummer
By Kalyani Giri From the deep recesses of my mind, I draw out my early memories of Sri Gopalan Govender. […]
Environment
Waves of Bliss
By Ashwinee Ragoonanan Kartik is one of the largest Hindu festivals celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago. There are many ve…
Philosophy & Scripture
Pythagoras the Mystic
Pythagoras is generally accepted to be one of the most significant fountainheads of Western thought. Of particular inter…
Philosophy & Scripture
Swami Agnivesh
Swami Agnivesh became a successful professor of business and law in his early twenties, despite being born into poverty.…
Philosophy & Scripture
School Badgering: Kid’s Play or Serious Stuff?
Somebody must have shot you in the head,” a neighbor’s son said to a young Hindu girl, pointing to the [&hel…
Health & Ayurveda
The Ways and Joys of Eating With Your hands
In our July/August issue, Maya Tiwari introduced the myriad benefits of using the hands in cooking and eating. In this […
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Swearing, Backbiting and Gossip
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Many people, even those who consider themselves religious, go through life using prof…
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Catholicism’s Two Faces
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Is Goa Still the Rave?
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Congress’ Hindu Blessing
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Yoga In Eastern Europe
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Tribals Return To Fold
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A Marriage Made in Heaven
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For World Peace, Stop the War in the Home
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Divine Riches
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The Vintage Voice of Vyas
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Don’t Shackle Freedom
Madhu Kishwar, editor of Manushi magazine and a champion of the oppressed in India, offers her analysis of a proposed [&…
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Trinidad Notebook
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Gateway to my Heaven
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Whither the Hindu Kingdom
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The Maoist Threat
Amnesty International regularly reports on human rights issues in Nepal resulting from the antagonism between the ruling…
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Women’s day in Nepal
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In the Wake of a Cyclone
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Abused Kids Fight Back
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GM Foods: Gift or Curse?
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Two Bambhoodhas
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The Right to Nose Studs
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Legends from the Living Mountain
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Temple Trouble in Delhi
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The Lessons of Five Millennia
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Disarming the Doctors
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What’s In a Name?
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Bringing Stone to Life
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The Price Brides Pay
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Nepal Flirts With Dowry
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A Palace For the Gods
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What to Do After 72?
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Cruelty-Free Classrooms
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A Bleak Future for Bangladesh Hindu’s
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The Grameen Bank Miracle
Muhammad Yunus decided one day to step beyond the bounds of his Vanderbilt University PhD in economics and “get re…
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The Fine Art of Apology
When we make mistakes and hurt others, anger builds up in the other person and our guilt grows. Most people […]
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Pope: ‘Convert all Hindus’
The pope really did Hindus a favor with his November visit to India. He united Hindus and Buddhists in opposition [&hell…
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BY BRAHMACHARI VEL MAHALINGUM In the short 31 years since independence, Mauritius has made impressive progress economica…
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In the northeastern coast of the multicultural island-country of Mauritius, a remarkable Hindu pilgrimage destination ha…
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Marriage as Science
By Amala Seyon Why is marriage so tough at times? Why do some lifelong relationships click, while others just tick [&hel…
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Our Druid Cousins
The Celtic people spread from their homeland in what is now Germany across Europe in the first millennium bce. Iron [&he…
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Hindu Conversion
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Journey to India And to Myself
BY AMBER SUKUMARAN I do not think that my husband and I see each other as the world does. Sometimes […]
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India’s Foreign Observers
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Baptists Apologize!
The Baptist pamphlet, “Divali, Festival of Light, Circle of Darkness,” is little different than most mission…
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The Raga’s Ultimate Reference
India’s raga is on a roll, and musicians, musicologists and connoisseurs all have reason to celebrate. The raga is…
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Refining Musical Fusion
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Narayana Guru on Religious Conversion
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Retailoring Tradition
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I Dressed for Success
By Shrikumar Poddar When I landed in New York in the spring of 1959 by boat from Mumbai via Southampton, […]
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These Are Priests, Have No Drought
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Savoring the Sacred Sounds of the Ganges
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Is Your House a Home Or a Hotel Room?
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5 Ways to Combat Domestic Violence
The American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence says, “Domestic violence affects us all. The …
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Daughters at Risk
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Worship in Wood
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All Her Children
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Energetic in mind and spirit, but increasingly frail in body, Swami Chidananda Saraswathi of Rishikesh, 82, visited the …
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Troupe Wins Emmy Award
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I Let My Family Look for My Prince Charming
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Vedanta in Latvia?
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She Dances with Devas
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A Mystical View of Adultery
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Of Karma and Football
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In 1998 in the United States, in several separate incidents, school boys shot their classmates at school, leaving nearly…
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It’s a terrible truth, unknown to most Hindus. One million old cattle a year are sold at auction by poor [……
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Africa, the ‘Dark Continent’?
Swami Ghananand Saraswati of Ghana in his August, 1998, Minister’s Message advised “India and Hindu masters …
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Mantras Massacred?
By Yasoda Eranky An estimated 1.2 million Indian immigrants currently live in the United States. Their children, althoug…
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Forge Young Leaders, Delegate with Trust
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The city of Delhi employs 100 “cow catchers” to deal with the approximately 40,000 cows which freely wander …
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By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Last year, in our January issue we honored our “women of vision in a man’…
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Everywhere A New Temple
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Philosophy & Scripture
Dolls of Devotion
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and according to one inventive mother, Rukmini Devi Dasi, Hindu children…
Culture & Society
Athavale Earns Award
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, founder and leader of a spiritual self-knowledge movement that has liberated millions from t…
The Arts
No Calypso for Hindu Kids
Trinidad Hindus blasted a government minister’s proposal to make calypso–the native folk music–a compu…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Court OK’s Takeover
A January decision by India’s Supreme Court validated the 1988 government takeover of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi S…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Sacred Pilgrimage
Five duties, called pancha kriya, form the traditional minimal practices expected of every Hindu: upasana (worship); uts…
Philosophy & Scripture
What’s So Funny About Hinduism
By the Editor Ah, religion, that sober, somber, somniferous science, so soulful and oh-so-solemn. Perhaps. But only one …
Opinion
Elders: Our Blessing, Not our Burden
By Prabha Prabhakar Bhardwaj Nearly two decades ago I left India to live and work in Kenya, Africa. On my […]
Philosophy & Scripture
The Caning Backlash
In 18th-century America and most other countries, the master of the house could freely beat his wife, his child, his [&h…
Philosophy & Scripture
To Be Elderly in India
By M.P. MOHANTY, NEW DELHI For untold centuries in india, it had been routinely regarded as immoral to neglect the [&hel…
Personal Practice
Devotional Artist By Fate
Lawrence Paul is a third-generation Pakistani Hindu whose family originally hailed from Gujarat, but elected to stay in …
Philosophy & Scripture
Math-a-Magician
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK You could have heard a pin drop. After all, the event was one of awe-inspiring […]
Health & Ayurveda
Coming of Age, From Lass to Lady
By Devananda Tandavan Here are three important milestones which we reach in our lifetimes–childhood, from birth to…
The Arts
A Master’s in Rhythm
By RADHIKA SRINIVASAN, New Jersey Few percussionists venture from the orchestra into the limelight, and fewer stay for l…
Environment
India – Once Plentiful
Most of us college-educated Indians were taught that inefficient technologies and low productivities pervaded through lo…
Culture & Society
American Mantras
The headline in a recent Macweek magazine, “Netscape’s Good Karma,” is typical of a growing trend of c…
Philosophy & Scripture
Russia’s Taste for Tantra
STANISLAV A. GOROKHOV, Moscow Russia’s latest unrevealed revolution has nothing to do with rulers, parties or econ…
Culture & Society
S. Africa’s First Hindu Chaplain
By AJITH BRIDGRAJ, South Africa In what has been hailed as a first for South Africa, Vipra Kiriti Pillay, 48, […]
Publisher's Editorials
Time In and Time Out: Two Sides of Discipline
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami The late, most revered Sri La Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchipuram, near Chennai, once sa…
Culture & Society
Oops: Unintended Consequences
BY THE EDITOR Consider the human plight, made pitiful not by some merciless Omniscience but by meddling man himself. Try…
Opinion
Saving Our Culture in Turbulent Times
By Thiru Satkunendran Born in beautiful Sri Lanka to Hindu parents, I was fortunate to live very close to the […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Germany’s Clash with Scientology
From Associated Press reports In December 1996 Germany’s Federal and regional governments adopted a package of mea…
Culture & Society
Dispersed by War
Fourteen years of bitter civil war between Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus forced 700,000 Tamils to flee Sri Lanka.…
Environment
Sky’s Not the Limit
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK Who would have thought that a young Indian girl with her feet firmly on the […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Put Your Ashes in Orbit
By SUSAN HERREL Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry were scheduled to blast into space in mid-February. Leary, the ’…
The Arts
Dressing for Heaven
By PRABHA PRABHAKAR BHARDWAJ India’s top fashion designers–Ritu Beri, Reena Dhaka, Anju Modi and Atlier Samd…
Health & Ayurveda
Yoga for India’s Army
By DIPANKAR DAS, NEW DELHI What do you think is the latest addition to the Indian armed forces’ arsenal? Early [&h…
The Arts
Banaras: Eclipsed by a camera
By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK A hundred chattering temple monkeys wake up New York photographer Marcus Leatherdale from sl…
Temples & Pilgrimage
When not in Rome . . .
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN Peter Julia came to India from Spain in 1948 as a 23-year-old Jesuit priest. Today, at …
Culture & Society
Zzammpf-Kaboom!
By the Editor Has it always been this way, this anguishing about who we are, this defensiveness bordering on paranoia [&…
Opinion
Our Future in a Fast Moving World
BY DR. S.M. PONNIAH I welcome this opportunity to “take my turn” and herald the advent of a new millennium […
Environment
City’s Cross Must Go
In two decisions just days apart by the United States Federal Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, a 103-foot …
The Arts
Contested Contest
By CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE Miss world ’96 beauty pageant is now over. The world beauty was crowned on November…
Philosophy & Scripture
Mountainous Sage
By ANANDHI RAMACHANDRAN, CHENNAI Once as a child I asked my father “Are there rishis like Agastya, Vishwamitra and…
Environment
‘Deep River’ – a Japanese Odyssey to Holy Ganga
WITH JYOTHI VENKATESH, Mumbai A bus of Japanese tourists bounces east, sightseeing from Delhi toward Banaras and the Gan…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Sacred Psychiatry
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPAIAKRISHNAN My wife developed mental problems when she was pregnant in 1965. All types of treatment…
The Arts
Seven Days for Seven Planets
Plato wrote: “the sun, moon and five other planets were created by God in order to distinguish and preserve the [&…
Health & Ayurveda
Antidotes For Andropause
By Devananda Tandavan Are you a man 45 years or older who is finding himself becoming more irritable and argumentative […
Teaching & Parenting
Bangalore’s Blind School
By Damara Shanmugam I first visited Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanathaswami’s school for the blind on my maiden trip …
Hindu Festivals
Bangladesh blessings
By BASHUDEB DHAR, BANGLADESH At the August 4 inauguration of Chittagong’s five-day Janmashtami celebrations, Bangl…
The Arts
Hussain Offers An Apology
He drew it twenty years ago, and no one seemed to mind. But when Vichar magazine in Bhopal recently published […]
Health & Ayurveda
Beedies, a New American Fad
When the marlboro man moved to India, who would have guessed that “Ganesha Beedies” would invade America in …
Health & Ayurveda
Veggie: Norm in the Dorm
By Maryellen La Bosco, New York While vegetarianism is no longer an aberration in America, at Sarah Lawrence College in …
Publisher's Editorials
Spare the Rod and Save the Child
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami There is no greater good than a child. Children are entrusted to their parents to be …
Philosophy & Scripture
Swiftly Evolving Faith
When Mark Twain visited our island in 1895 he wryly observed, “If you don’t like the weather, just wait ten …
Environment
Tribals Take a Walk
It seemed like a good idea at the time–to declare a “Year of the Indigenous Peoples” in 1993 to coinci…
Opinion
Media’s Madness in Sex and Violence
BY SHYAM KUMARI AGARWAL Does liberty mean the licence to debase oneself and in the process undo the social fabric? [&hel…
The Arts
A Day in the Life of India
By ARCHANA DONGRE, Los ANGELES, AND RAJIV MALIK, NEW DELHI Pre dawn, early February, 1995, a team of 18 Indian [……
Philosophy & Scripture
Duty’s Tasks – Diurnal Diary
By V KALYANAM, Chennai Gandhi’s day began at 3:30am sharp. When I was with him, in 1947, the 78-year-old got [&hel…
Culture & Society
Gandhi’s Last Letters
Who would have guessed that while Hinduism Today’s staff toiled to gather news of the Hindu world we would ourselv…
Culture & Society
Hindus Colonize Lisbon
Six kilometers from the lisbon city center sits Paco du Lumiar. Once home to Portugal’s kings, it is now a [&helli…
Culture & Society
McDonald’s Deli in Delhi
The beefcake at the Miss World beauty contest in Bangalore is getting a lot more press, but the opening of […]
Culture & Society
RSS Helps at Delhi Air Crash
We could not save any lives, but we are doing the only thing we possibly could for the dead–that’s what [&he…
Philosophy & Scripture
“Making of the Mahatma”
By Lavina Melwani While the world thinks of Gandhi as the sainted man in khadi loincloth leaning on a cane, […]
Health & Ayurveda
Hospital Hopes and Hazards
By Devananda Tandavan Historically the hospital has been an institution created as a central place to give nursing care,…
Temples & Pilgrimage
City of 10 Million Icons
BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE Kammasandra was just an obscure town 100 km from Bangalore until Sri Samba Shivamurthy Sw…
Culture & Society
E-mails from Heaven?
Mediums–persons able to go into a trance and speak out messages from the Gods, devas or people “on the other…
Philosophy & Scripture
Booted Out of Bhutan
By DR. HARI BANSH JHA, NEPAL Religious and political persecution is alleged to have forced 100,000 Hindus from Bhutan, t…
Culture & Society
Will They Ever See the Valley?
A handful of pandits returned to the Kashmir Valley in early October from the bleak camps of Jammu in which […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Death and Dying
The Transition Called Death: Each of us must ultimately confront our mortality. For Hindus, this is not a fearsome prosp…
Publisher's Editorials
Chronicling Hinduism’s Modern Experience
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Just days before we went to press, the ancient rajput painting to the right was compl…
Philosophy & Scripture
Great Departure
By the Editor General George Patton of World War II fame, no stranger to personal reincarnational remembrances (he claim…
Opinion
It’s Easier to be Hindu in Ireland than India
BY JAY KESHAVAPPA SHANKAR It is easier for me to bring up my children to be Hindus in the West […]
Culture & Society
Getting Heard in America
By Donna Abu-Nasr (AP) Brahim Hooper travels around the country to teach Muslims how to make their voices heard, America…
Philosophy & Scripture
Joint Family at Risk
By CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE If current trends continue, the turn of the 21st century may witness the extinction of on…
Philosophy & Scripture
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 [&hellip…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Kerala Controversy
By VRINDAVANAM S. GOPALAKRISHNAN The Kerala police anticipated resistence when they made their move to enforce a court-o…
The Arts
Happy Roman New Year
Today’s worldwide civil calendar was actually the making of the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, derived from Egyptia…
Personal Practice
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 [&he…
Philosophy & Scripture
USA’s “Peace Pilgrim”
Renunciation in India is arduous enough, even though there it has been the most esteemed spiritual path since before rec…
Health & Ayurveda
72 – Hour Marthon Dance
BY JENNIFER M. FLAKER What drives a marathoner to go the extra mile? When Vidya Chandra Sekhar set a new […]
Hindu Priesthood
Women Priestesses
By V.L. MANJUL, PUNE The City of Pune, in Western India, has not only been a prominent cultural center, but […]
Personal Practice
Earthly Petitions
The sun has not yet risen. A devoted Indian wife and mother carefully cleans her doorstep. With intense concentration, s…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Icy Trek to Amarnath
Reminiscing my ascent to Siva’s cave abode By Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani,Pondicherry, South India As i tearfully read abou…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Let the Universe Continue
Praying for peace on paradise island By Dwikora Putra, Bali Sonorous sounds of chanting, bells and prayers of the priest…
Health & Ayurveda
Mitigating Menopause
Vegetarian diet, proper supplements and appropriate exercise can ease the transition By Devananda Tandavan One of the mo…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Valiant Himalayan Rescue
Hundreds perish; 9,000 airlifted by helicopters With Vinod Singh Rawat in Delhi This was to be the biggest year ever [&h…
The Arts
Back to the Future
According to astrologers, similar historical events tend to repeat when the same planetary positions are reoccurring. Th…
Philosophy & Scripture
To Build a New India
Athavale’s amazing grassroots movement stresses God with and within man By Rajiv Malik, New Delhi I have not come here […
Philosophy & Scripture
The DNA of Dharma
Though Hindus are doggedly nondogmatic, they do hold common beliefs which, like a mental molecular structure, determine …
The Arts
UK, Meet South India
Brits indulge in dance, art, song and hot curries By Vetcha Rajesh, London When any londoner talks about India,” s…
Philosophy & Scripture
Ganesha Graces Disneyland
Is the Elephant God getting due respect? By Archana Dongre, Los Angeles Spun out of the supremely creative imagination o…
Environment
Life on Mars?
“Worm” found in meteorite in Antarctica sets Earth’s theologists pondering the implications It wasn’t quite what we had …
Temples & Pilgrimage
Puja in Washington
Hindu art shakes off its archaic image at the Sackler Gallery of Art’s sensitive display By V.G. Julie Rajan, Philadelph…
Opinion
We Need the Vedas More Than Ever
By Dr. B.V. raman We have to recognize that all intelligible reality—space, time and matter—is an aspect of intelligent …
Philosophy & Scripture
Critical Collection
Enemies of hinduism don’t get much space in our journal, though we do report when Pat Robertson trashes our religion [&h…
Publisher's Editorials
Suicide: a Case of Parental Pressures
BY. SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Teenagers are suffering the pangs of sex, desire and distrust, independence and all …