May 2000

The Power of Pose

By Neeta Dave I met Dr. Menaka Thakkar after a 20-year lapse and expected to see an East Indian lady […]

Bringing Stone to Life

Following his profitable conquest of Karnataka, Kerala and northern Sri Lanka, the Tamil King Rajaraja Chola found himself with a

The Price Brides Pay

By Choodie Shivaram In return for outstanding service to her local community, Meena was gifted a piece of property near

Nine Questions

Back in the spring of 1990, a group of teenagers from the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, Lemont, sent a

Nepal Flirts With Dowry

By Hari Bansh Jha Apart from her beauty, a nepalese girl in the Terai region needs a fat dowry to

A Palace For the Gods

When a religious leader who is rooted in orthodox tradition inspires devotional zeal in devotees, that movement flourishes and endures.

Dada Vaswani in Africa

In December, Dada Vaswani, head of the worldwide Sadhu Vaswani Mission, visited several countries in Africa, including Ghana. There he

What to Do After 72?

Nachiappan was born May 29, 1923, in the small village of Managiri, Tamil Nadu, South India. He was in the

Shakuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi holds an undisputed place in the Guinness Book of Records for multiplying in 1980 two randomly chosen 13-digit

India’s Picture Vendor

Ever wondered where Hinduism Today gets those fabulous photographs of India like the one below capturing a few hundred thousand

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