Diaspora
MALAYSIA THE CHALLENGE OF URBAN EXPANSION Malaysia and Indonesia hold a unique position in the world of Muslim nations. …
The Magazine
October/November/December, 2006
17 articles in this issue
What Is It to Be Hindu?
BY CHINMAY BAJEKAL Every society has it’s share of problems. Hindus have always openly recognized the flaws of the…
Publisher's Editorials
Lessons from a Simple Sage
Sometime around 1955 two devout Hindus visited my guru’s guru, an illumined master, Satguru Yogaswami of Sri Lanka…
A Saintly Minstrel And His Message
BY RAJIV MALIK On a warm summer evening in 1967, ten-year-old Ramesh Oza is sitting in a field with a […]
What Is the Nature of the Soul?
Kirana Agama is the 27th of the 28 Saiva Agamas. This excerpt is from the Vidyapada or knowledge section. Typically, [&h…
Letters to the Editor 10-2006
I am not exaggerating when I say I am extremely delighted at the service that your magazine renders to the […]
Quotes & Quips
Quotes & Quips
SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA (1916-1993), RENOWNED TEACHER OF VEDANTA, FOUNDER OF CHINMAYA MISSION A Hindu devotee asked God, in …
Fashionable Youth
BY PALAK MALIK When I was some 13-years old, around 2001, Music Television (“MTV”) came as a huge cultural s…
Encountering Hinduism on Campus
BY LOIS ELFMAN Colleges and universities across North America have offered courses on Hinduism and South Asian studies f…
Health & Ayurveda
Combatting Aging
BY VIRENDER SODHI Ayurvedic medicine has delineated rejuvenation as a speciality whose main purpose is to maintain healt…
Seeking Religious Harmony
The following text is excerpted from “When Religions Claim Superiority, ” published by Madhu Kishwar in her …
Hinduism, the Greatest Religion in the World
Religion is man’s association with the Divine, and the ultimate objective of religion is realization of Truth. For…
Understanding Your Child’s Emotional Life
BY VATSALA SPERLING Indian tradition recognizes nine rasas as representing our most important and basic emotions: love, …
Digital Dharma: Cambodia’s Banteay-Srei
Cambodia's 9th-13th century Khmer Hindu civilization was one of the most advanced in the world. The mind reels in a…
Baby Poses
BY TARA KATIR Ranging from a child’s yoga book to a series of essays investigating the scholarly and often emotion…
Capital Punishment: Time to Abandon It?
BY MAHUA DAS According to amnesty international’s briefing for the European Union and India Summit on September 7,…
Joyous Festival of Bhakti, A Pilgrimage of Songsters
BY ANANTA KRISHNAN Lord Vithal (Krishna) and his con-sort Rukmani Devi stand with arms akimbo at the temple, as if [&hel…