THE FEATURED ARTICLES
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January 2012 -
Shahid Parvez and Ali Akbar Khan each broke the boundaries that seem to define everyone else, but each did it in a different way. Teed Rockwell describes the ups and downs of learning from these masters.
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December 2011 -
A look at the architecture and iconography of Hindu temples in North America through the eyes of Adrian Smythies, the author of a book titled The Venkateshvara Temple in Riverdale, Georgia.
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December 2011 -
After 9/11 and the Mumbai attacks, CUNY graduate student Vandana Sood began another taxi driver project: these films inside Mumbai taxis, on terrorism, faith, identity, and religious conflict.
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December 2011 -
Miranda Kennedy’s book considers Indian marriage: viewed through the experiences of six women and her own stint as an India-based reporter for NPR, how are globalization and modernization changing it?
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December 2011 -
In American yoga centers, people gather not just for hatha yoga, but also for kirtan: musical chanting of the Hindu names of God. Concerts attract hundreds, even thousands. Why?
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November 2011 -
ANITA DESAI is one of the most lauded Indian authors today. She talks about her award-winning fiction, how she feels about India and Mexico, inspiration, a film adaptation of her work, hill stations, daughter Kiran Desai, and what it takes to become a writer.
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November 2011 -
Halloween, according to Anshu, is similar to Shraad, when many Indians remember ancestors; both fall around the same time of the year. “It is the same values, the same concept but the ways of celebrating are different."
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November 2011 -
Jagjit Singh’s silken, sonorous voice sank into silence when he passed away on October 11. His music was popular not just in India but also with international audiences in countries like Pakistan, Australia, and the U.S.A.
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November 2011 -
When you ask your kids how their day went, do you get one-word answers? Here are techniques and sample questions to get a meaningful dialogue, to learn about school life, personality, and preferences. Then, you can better guide them about life.
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November 2011 -
Khabar interviews fusion band Slide To Freedom. Their debut album 20,000 Miles features a rare tabla player who is also ghazal singer; a celebrated satvik veena player; and an innovative steel guitarist.
