Sacred Symbols
We rarely think about it, but symbols are everywhere around us–potent, poignant images, visual markers for something vitally meaningful to […]
Hinduism
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
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?
Tribals Take a Walk
It seemed like a good idea at the time–to declare a “Year of the Indigenous Peoples” in 1993 to coincide
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
Getting Heard in America
By Donna Abu-Nasr (AP) Brahim Hooper travels around the country to teach Muslims how to make their voices heard, American
It’s Easier to be Hindu in Ireland than India
BY JAY KESHAVAPPA SHANKAR It is easier for me to bring up my children to be Hindus in the West
Great Departure
By the Editor General George Patton of World War II fame, no stranger to personal reincarnational remembrances (he claimed to
Chronicling Hinduism’s Modern Experience
By Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Just days before we went to press, the ancient rajput painting to the right was completed,
Death and Dying
The Transition Called Death: Each of us must ultimately confront our mortality. For Hindus, this is not a fearsome prospect.