Health & Ayurveda
India Doesn’t Need More Tobacco
BY SADHU MUKUNDCHARANDAS Imagine a country releasing a biological weapon on another country. Firstly, using a biological…
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July/August, 2000
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Health & Ayurveda
Karma: the Unseen Source of Stress
By Serena Wadhwa Most of us, when it comes to stress, have some difficulty in being able to handle it. […]
July/August, 2000
Love That Baby
By Tara Katir Have you searched for that perfect book initiating you into the mysteries of parenthood? Katie Allison Gra…
July/August, 2000
Digital Dharma
TRAVELOGUE INDIA BY MOTORBIKE All travelers follow two paths, a physical path and a spiritual path," offers San Fra…
Health & Ayurveda
You Call This Food?
In the fall of 1997 a california high school biology class started their week just like any other week, or […]
Health & Ayurveda
GM Foods: Gift or Curse?
Microbiologist Vatsala Sperling argues ‘that genetic modification of foods is fraught with so much uncertainty and…
The Arts
Two Bambhoodhas
Anthony Peter Westbrook Over the last few years, the World Music Institute has presented many concerts of Indian classic…
Teaching & Parenting
The Right to Nose Studs
For generations the women of Shivani Karan’s family have worn a traditional khil, or nose-stud. The 15-year-old gi…
July/August, 2000
Diaspora
INDIA First Daughter Loves India Chelsea Clinton celebrated the Hindu festival of colors, Holi, with the royal family of…
July/August, 2000
Who Do You Think You Are?
In the great Vedic statement, "That thou art." The words "That" and "thou" have two meanin…
Publisher's Editorials
The Many Joys Of Hinduism
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Every two months here on our little island of Kauai we have the honor of sitting [&he…
Environment
We Came. We Saw. We Messed it up.
The diversity and relative instability of life on Earth is remarkable, and its history holds some stunning surprises. Si…
July/August, 2000
Quotes & Quips
"LIFE HAS BEEN DOWNLOADED FROM THE SOUND OM." Maya Tiwari [00july_fande.jpeg] Whenever you have the chance, la…
July/August, 2000
Letters to the Editor 7-2000
Reverence For All Life I once heard Dada J.P. Vaswani say that a person could save around 7,500 lives by […]
Opinion
Children Come First
By Raj Kumar If you see or read about the lives of the world’s greatest leaders, poets, scientists, humanitarians …
Health & Ayurveda
Deepak Chopra: Vedantic Evangelist
By Lavina Melwani He’s the vedantic sage who’s a mouse click away (www.chopra. com). But is he the Wise Man …
Philosophy & Scripture
How to Ease Karma
A few years ago, a devout hindu couple pulled up to the drive-in window of their local Taco Bell fast-food […]
Teaching & Parenting
Thinking Different
Dr. T. S. Rukmani took a master’s degree in Sanskrit in 1954 at the request of her father, a politician […]
Environment
Legends from the Living Mountain
Book Excerpt: Himalayan mountain lore is a mix of ancient myth and modern drama. Sometimes, the two overlap, as findings…
Health & Ayurveda
Hand-Made Food
By Bri. Maya Tiwari Aruna was a twelve-year-old girl who developed an aversion to food. Her parents tried all kinds [&he…
Hindu Festivals
All’s Fair
By Krishan Dutt As the sleek diesel-powered Shatabdi express train sped across the barren Rajasthan landscape, I was ent…
The Arts
1940’S VEDANTIC NOVEL STILL A HIT
A MEETING WITH RAMANA MAHARSHI INSPIRED SOMERSET MAUGHAM’S CLASSIC “THE RAZOR’S EDGE” By Mark Ha…
Hindu Festivals
Holi, Caribbean Style
By Visnu Bisram Tens of thousands of jubilant Indo-Caribbeans celebrated Phagwah, the joyous Hindu festival of spring th…
Health & Ayurveda
Please Don’t Hit Us
By BBC News Hundreds of children marched through central London April 15 to demand an end to smacking. They paraded [&he…
Personal Practice
Sachin: “God is With Me”
In August of 1999 cricket star Sachin Tendulkar spoke on religion with Aparna Srinivasan of the Times of India. Below [&…