A Rare Glimpse Inside A Zoroastrian Temple In New York
Take a look inside Pomona, New York's new Dar-e-Mehr temple.
View ArticleLetter to a Young Boy in Small Town India
Your world will change completely in about a decade and, without really having planned it, you will end up on this tiny island on the other side of the world called Manhattan -- a place full of people...
View ArticleWild Parrots Raid India Poppy Fields To Get High On Opium
Farmers say even firecrackers won't keep the birds from their fix.
View ArticleClimate Change Is Already A Public Health Crisis, Top Medical Journal Says
Heatwaves, disease-carrying insects and prolonged allergies are some of the early symptoms noted in a major new report.
View ArticleThe History Of India's Third Gender Movement
Fluid understanding of gender can be seen in many cultures around the world. In Native American cultures, people who do not
View Article30 Places To See Before You're 30
Seeing the world is a surefire way to enrich your life and learn, and some destinations are best visited while in your twenties. Amazing destinations around the world cater to the particular strengths...
View ArticleVedic Cosmology: Integrating God and Physics
The Vedic cosmology of ancient India is incredibly rich and has many points of tangency with modern cosmology, which may help in the construction of that common ground between science and religion...
View ArticlePriyanka Chopra Pens Memoir To 'Shatter Glass Ceilings'
The collection of personal essays, stories and observations will be published next year by Penguin Random House.
View ArticleAsylum: What You Should Know Before Applying
The United States offers protections to individuals who have suffered persecution, or fear that they will suffer persecution, due to their race, religion, national origin, political opinion, or...
View Article8 Things to Do in South Mumbai
From the Gandhi Museum to the Gateway of India, I may have seen the sites time and again, but I'm not yet jaded or bored with the colors and smells of India to seek refuge in an air-conditioned...
View ArticleSex Energy on the Brain
Kundalini: It's not a pasta. The Sanskrit root of the word means coiled or spiral. The image of a snake piled on itself or two snakes rising is used to depict this reservoir of energy at the base of...
View ArticleIndia's First Transgender News Anchor Brings Visibility To Country's Trans...
Incredible India, in all its marvelous contradictions, has surprised us all by hiring its first transgender news anchor, Padmini Prakash.
View ArticleIndia Declares Freedom Of Sexual Orientation A Fundamental Right
"Equality demands that the sexual orientation of each individual in society must be protected on an even platform.”
View ArticleNo, Hinduism Is Not Behind India's 'Rape Crisis'
We must understand the nub of the problem and do all that we can to alleviate it. But bashing Hinduism in order to do a slipshod hatchet job on the current Indian government? No, that's not helpful....
View ArticleSecrets of Beings: The Avatars of Vishnu
Though known as a Supreme Hindu god, Vishnu is a universal deity who sends his avatars to all nations, cultures, and races. Vishnu has appeared in many avatars, the most famous of which are Krishna...
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