May, 1999
Diaspora
PHYSICS Real Slow Light Danish Physicist Dr. Lene Vastergaard Hau and fellow scientists achieved the slowest-ever speed …
Topic
May, 1999
16 articles
Publisher's Editorials
Who Do You Think You Are?
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Most people do not understand that they have a mind, that they have a body and [&hell…
May, 1999
Letters
MORE THAN POLYTHEISTIC CULTURE IN YOUR BALI ARTICLES YOU CONCENTRATED on dance, local cultural practices and tourist att…
Environment
Badrinath’s Trees
SPECIAL REPORT By EDWIN BERNBAUM High in a valley beneath the sacred snow peak of Nilkanth, the “Blue-Necked God,&…
Environment
India’s Ecological Mess
By M. P. Mohanty India has a culture and tradition of holding every form of life in esteem. Indeed, even […]
Opinion
Delinquent Parents
BY ISHANI CHOWDHURY India’s unparalled beauty, its snow-capped Himalayan peaks and the unspoiled sandy beaches of …
May, 1999
Quotes & Quips
"WHEN I REST,I RUST." Swami Chinmayananda (1916?1992), founder, Chinmaya Mission, VHP [99may_randy.jpeg] There…
Philosophy & Scripture
Karma and Reincarnation
Just before the turn of the Twentieth Century, Swami Vivekananda, a brilliant young Hindu monk from India, preached abou…
Philosophy & Scripture
Of Karma and Football
GLENN HODDLE DIDN’T FORESEE HIS belief in karma and reincarnation dealing him a personal blow. But hints came last…
Philosophy & Scripture
Om Muruga!
With Patrick Harrigan CRIES OF SUPPLICATION TO CLEANSE misdeeds. Milk pots on the head and spears through cheeks. Shouts…
Philosophy & Scripture
Sage of Sacred Art
With Rajiv Malik SITTING FOR HOURS CROSS-LEGGED on the floor of his Udaipur home, encircled by paints and brushes, B.G. …
Personal Practice
Where Are We Headed?
By Hari Bansh Jha Paramount among challenges faced by Nepal Hindus today are lack of religious training and an onslaught…
Teaching & Parenting
The Violent Video Game Plague
In 1998 in the United States, in several separate incidents, school boys shot their classmates at school, leaving nearly…
May, 1999
Digital Dharma
MARVELS Firewalking A young woman stands barefoot at the edge of a bed of glowing coals. The coals burn fiercely. [&hell…
Philosophy & Scripture
A Fabled Makeover
By Tara Katir Move over Mickey Mouse, Karadi Bear is here! India’s ancient moral tales, precursors to Aesop’…
Philosophy & Scripture
Our Religion is Based On Veritable Truths!
BY SWAMI RANGANATHANANDA MAHARAJ The Sanatana Dharma is mainly the product of an extraordinary literature, the ten or tw…