Philosophy & Scripture
Satyameva Jayate – Truth Prevails
By Swami Bua Maharaj What is Hinduism and who is a Hindu? Hinduism is not a hodgepodge of different beliefs […]
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February, 1997
27 articles
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 […
February, 1997
EVOLUTIONS
HONORED: Pundit Lutchmee Persad for 50 years of devoted service to the Hindus of Trinidad and Tobago. So far, he [&helli…
February, 1997
Digital Dharma
HEALTH AYURVEDA ON LINE Rishi pal chauhan, founder of Jiva institute of Vedic Arts, wasnot content with just creating a …
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 …
The Arts
Rural Ragas Sound a Revival
Joyful simplicity, quiet solitude, natural majesty. These impressions of India’s idyllic countryside coalesce vibr…
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 …
February, 1997
Quotes & Quips
"In North India we Hindus feel we are just non-Muslims; in South India we feel we are Hindus" New Delhi-dwelli…
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…
February, 1997
Letters
INDIA THROUGH MY EYES As a teenager born and bought up in America and currently studying in India, I find […]
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…
February, 1997
Diaspora
FIJI Christian Condones Attack Fiji Hindus were outraged over a dipavali-day break-in at the Soni Samaj Temple in Nadi. …
February, 1997
Briefly . . .
DUE TO HIT TV AIRWAVES IN INDIA, "Om Namah Shivaya," a multi-part television serial "totally based on Lor…
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…
Philosophy & Scripture
Sacred Symbols
We rarely think about it, but symbols are everywhere around us–potent, poignant images, visual markers for somethi…
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, […]
The Arts
Mahatma Gandhi’s Life, by the Stars
BY CHAKRAPANI ULLAL Mahatma Gandhi is considered by many the greatest hero in modern Indian history. Hindu astrology off…