December, 1999
Diaspora
KENYA Massive New BAPS Temple Africa’s largest Hindu Temple was inaugurated in August at Nairobi, Kenya, by H.H. Pramukh…
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December, 1999
16 articles
Publisher's Editorials
Be Joyous! Keep Moving From Darkness to Light
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI People speak of the “light of understanding.” Before the bright light of spiritual pe…
December, 1999
Letters
INDO-AMERICAN PARENTING The article “Growing Up Hindu” by Tara Katir [Parenting, July 1999] has made me proud to be Hind…
Temples & Pilgrimage
The Thousand Year Temple
While the world scrambles to prevent our high-tech computers from bringing civilization as we know it to a screeching ha…
Culture & Society
Retailoring Tradition
By Rajiv Malik While most of the nation still gropes for some thread of national identity, the majority of middle…
Opinion
I Dressed for Success
By Shrikumar Poddar When I landed in New York in the spring of 1959 by boat from Mumbai via Southampton,…
December, 1999
Quotes & Quips
"I HOLD THAT, THE MORE HELPLESS A CREATURE, THE MORE ENTITLED IT IS TO PROTECTION FROM THE CRUELTY OF MAN."…
Temples & Pilgrimage
These Are Priests, Have No Drought
The Washington Post, one of America’s most prestigious newspapers, was unhesitating in giving credit where credit was du…
Temples & Pilgrimage
Thai Ganesha!
Lord Ganesha has always awarded assisitance to anyone who worships him, even in the most mundane affairs. So when Mahade…
Culture & Society
Sitting with Swami
By Rajiv Malik “Do Good, Be Good.” These four words are written in bold letters all over the inside and…
Culture & Society
Y2K
A computer “bug” is not the normal fare for Hinduism Today, but then again the “Y2K bug” is not your…
The Arts
Savoring the Sacred Sounds of the Ganges
By Bhavani Param What most of the world knows as Indian music is generally confined to the classical Hindustani and…
December, 1999
BOOKS
HEALTHY LADY BETTER FEMININE HEALTH WITH INDIA’S TRADITIONAL MEDICINE By Tara Katir, Kapaa, Hawaii So you think monthly …
December, 1999
Digital Dharma
INDIA RURAL E-MAIL Like a magic box, video e-mail will open up India's Internet revolution this fall to thousands of…
Saints & Sages
Swami Chidananda
At 83, Swami Chidananda, president of the Divine Life Society, is one of India’s spiritual treasures, a sage, a beacon…
Hindu Basics
Rising Above The Senses
BY SWAMI CHIDANANDA In the Hindu tradition three great principles or qualities have been laid down as fundamental practi…