Philosophy & Scripture
Pious Portrayals
Rajasthan-born Sri Indra Sharma, age 74, has been depicting Gods, Goddesses, saints and epic heroes in oil and watercolo…
Topic
December, 1997
20 articles
Personal Practice
Guarding Lives, Dharma
By GOWRI SHANKER, CHENNAI Thirty kilometers South of Chennnai, Narayanan, a 28-year-old lifeguard at the five-star Fishe…
December, 1997
Digital Dharma
CD-ROM Graceful Gestures India's paragon of the performing arts scintillates on "Indian Dance: Bharata Natyam,…
Philosophy & Scripture
Destroy Egocentric Desire and Anger
BY JAGADGURU SHANKARACHARYA SRI BHARATI TIRTHA Adi Shankaracharya says, “again birth, again death and again lying …
Publisher's Editorials
Daddy, Do We Get Toys for Christmas, too?
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Ho, ho, ho! the tree is bright with tinsel and flashing lights, a little wooden angel…
Philosophy & Scripture
Seeking What’s Real
SRI ADI SHANKARA IS IRREFUTABLY ONE OF THE MOST significant historical figures of India. His life story, writings and sa…
December, 1997
Letters
HELLO! WHAT ABOUT HINDUS? IN THE YOUR OCTOBER ’97 LETTERS, MR. Ryan Amptmeyer was upset at what he considers trivi…
December, 1997
Diaspora
INTERNATIONAL Royal Apology Demanded India will never forget the massacre of 379 unarmed civilians at Jallianwala Bagh i…
December, 1997
Quotes & Quips
"ONLY ONE THING TO LEARN IN LIFE: YOU MUST THINK OF YOURSELF THE WAY GOD THINKS OF YOU–AS ANOTHER GOD." …
Opinion
Rescuing Our Vedic Pundits
BY DR. S . YEGNASUBRAMANIAN Now that the Ati Rudra Maha Yajna at the Sringeri Sadhana Center in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvani…
Culture & Society
Legal Inequity
By ANIL MAHABIR, TRINIDAD WITH A HINDU PRIME Minister and a Hindu majority cabinet and government, Trinidad & Tobago…
December, 1997
Briefly . . .
MANTRAS ARE SPIRITUALLY POTENT, but can they heal the body? Janak Shahi, chosen to run the Mantra Healing Centre in [&he…
Temples & Pilgrimage
In God’s Name
By Hari Bansh Jha IN THE 17TH CENTURY, THE REIGN of King Nagi Malla of Doti, western Nepal, was in […]
Temples & Pilgrimage
Vedas, USA
FOR ELEVEN DAYS IN AUGUST, DIVINE Vedic chants resounded through the tranquil Poconos mountains of Pennsylvania. The Ati…
Philosophy & Scripture
Hindu of the Year
Upon learning he had received the 1997 Hindu Renaissance Award at his 66th birthday celebration in New York, Sri Chinmoy…
Culture & Society
Why Did She Have to Die?
By CHAKRAPANI ULLAL, Los ANGELES Vedic Astrology lifts the veil of illusions to reveal the underlying mental, emotional …
Philosophy & Scripture
To Goddess, with Love
By RADHIKA SRINIVASAN, NEW JERSEY For Ghanshyam Singh Birla, there is nothing more powerfully healing than mantra, music…
December, 1997
EVOLUTIONS
AWARDED: The "Best of Industry" to Ayush Herbs Inc. on June 11, 1997, by the Himachal Pradesh state government…
Health & Ayurveda
Spanking Hurts Forever
Corporal punishment of children does not improve behavior, concludes a newly published study by Professor Murray A. Stra…
Health & Ayurveda
Better Ways to Help An Overactive Child
By Devananda Tandavan When children are in adults’ presence or environment, many of them are fidgety, cannot sit s…