Why India’s Women Are Not Safe by Purushottam Kumar
The surge in rape cases in India has shaken the conscience of every right-thinking Indian. People were outraged when in December 2012 a girl was gang-raped and killed in Delhi. Then in August 2013 a woman photojournalist was gang-raped in Mumbai. After the Delhi... read more
Remembering A Song Two Decades Later By Vraja Bihari Dasa
REMEMBERING A SONG TWO DECADES LATER “I have brought medicine to awaken every living being from perpetual sleep. Please receive the holy name of the Lord, the Hare Krishna maha-mantra, and awaken.” (Arunodaya Kirtana II, by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura) By... read more
Meat, Shmeat: You Are What You Eat by Satyaraja Dasa
On May 16, 2013, a particular news item caught my eye: “Shmeat: Reducing Animal Cruelty or Defeating the Purpose of a Sustainable Diet?” written by Sarah Jugovic (http: //pghenvironmental.wordpress. com/2013/05/16/shmeatreducing-... read more
Danger at Every Step by Nikunja Vilasini Devi Dasi
It’s early March this year when I enter the doctor’s waiting room. On the loudspeaker I can hear a speech, or so it seems. As I take my seat, I watch the waiting patients trying to strain their ears, their faces glued to the spot of the emerging sound. The... read more