Culture & Society

E-mails from Heaven?

Mediums–persons able to go into a trance and speak out messages from the Gods, devas or people “on the other […]

Women Priestesses

By V.L. MANJUL, PUNE The City of Pune, in Western India, has not only been a prominent cultural center, but

City of 10 Million Icons

BY CHOODIE SHIVARAM, BANGALORE Kammasandra was just an obscure town 100 km from Bangalore until Sri Samba Shivamurthy Swamiji decided

72 – Hour Marthon Dance

BY JENNIFER M. FLAKER What drives a marathoner to go the extra mile? When Vidya Chandra Sekhar set a new

Hospital Hopes and Hazards

By Devananda Tandavan Historically the hospital has been an institution created as a central place to give nursing care, expert

USA’s “Peace Pilgrim”

Renunciation in India is arduous enough, even though there it has been the most esteemed spiritual path since before recorded

Dexterity to the Max

By LAVINA MELWANI, NEW YORK If Ganesha is everywhere–even in a grain of rice–He is surely in the tip of

Happy Roman New Year

Today’s worldwide civil calendar was actually the making of the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, derived from Egyptian, Greek and Roman

Earthly Petitions

The sun has not yet risen. A devoted Indian wife and mother carefully cleans her doorstep. With intense concentration, she

Icy Trek to Amarnath

Reminiscing my ascent to Siva’s cave abode By Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani,Pondicherry, South India As i tearfully read about the 200

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