January, 2000
Diaspora
CANADA Prayer-free Politics The custom of opening local city council meetings with the Lord’s Prayer has effective…
Topic
January, 2000
16 articles
Hindu Basics
Seven Steps Toward Golden Silence
BY SATGURU SIVAYA SUBRAMUNIYASWAMI Silence is very important. It is food for the soul. If we can make our mind [……
January, 2000
Letters
RAMAKRISHNA MISSION Please accept my pranams and best wishes. I would like to thank you for the beautiful issue of [&hel…
Hindu Basics
Baby Massage
By Vatsala Sperling Beautiful, precious, what a joy. This is how mothers, even those who have experienced the most diffi…
Hindu Basics
Nepal’s Home Art: Literally Off the Wall
By Hari Bansh Jha In an historically and religiously rich territory spanning a portion of northeast India and southern N…
Opinion
Childhood qualms no match for God’s presence
BY RUDITE J. EMIR I grew up in a Christian family, a Protestant one. Protestants tend to be relatively austere [……
January, 2000
Quotes & Quips
"A SUCCESSFUL MAN IS ONE WHO CAN LAY A FIRM FOUNDATION WITH THE BRICKS THAT OTHERS THROW AT HIM." Swami [&hell…
Philosophy & Scripture
Hindu Conversion
Conversion is a red hot topic in India this month, what with the Pope’s visit in November and the US […]
Philosophy & Scripture
Journey to India And to Myself
BY AMBER SUKUMARAN I do not think that my husband and I see each other as the world does. Sometimes […]
Personal Practice
India’s Foreign Observers
By Francois Gautier Foreign journalists and photographers covering India are generally interested in three kinds of Indi…
Hindu Basics
Baptists Apologize!
The Baptist pamphlet, “Divali, Festival of Light, Circle of Darkness,” is little different than most mission…
Health & Ayurveda
The Raga’s Ultimate Reference
India’s raga is on a roll, and musicians, musicologists and connoisseurs all have reason to celebrate. The raga is…
The Arts
Refining Musical Fusion
In music today, the word fusion is widely used and loosely understood. It typically refers to the genre of fervid [&hell…
January, 2000
BOOKS
INDIA UNVEILED HERE’S AN INSIGHTFUL AND SYMPATHETIC GLIMPSE INTO INDIA’S SOUL – ROBERT ARNETT’S …
Hindu Basics
Narayana Guru on Religious Conversion
BY UDAYABHANU L. P. PANICKAR Religious conversion has become a serious subject among Indians all over the world. My home…
January, 2000
Digital Dharma
TECHNOLOGY INTERNET CELL PHONE The boom of the Internet will be further fueled by newer, cheaper browsing devices soon t…