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Review: Eating Animals
December 29, 2009 – 11:59 pm | 5 Comments
Review: Eating Animals

Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer departs from his usual genre to explore the merit (or lack thereof) of an omnivorous diet.

Reexamining the Good Life
December 29, 2009 – 1:12 am | 2 Comments
Reexamining the Good Life

With the economy forcing many Americans to sacrifice involuntarily, perhaps this is a chance to shift the country toward voluntary sacrifice and reassessment of value.

The Form of Love in Separation
December 28, 2009 – 1:17 am | No Comment
The Form of Love in Separation

While on the outside the effects of prema appear like poison, on the inside they are filled with ananda.

Bridge Construction Threat to Yamuna and Vrindavan
December 27, 2009 – 1:07 am | 31 Comments
Bridge Construction Threat to Yamuna and Vrindavan

The government of Uttar Pradesh and private contractors have begun construction of a bridge that will cross Vrindavan’s Yamuna River. Devotees of Vrindavan and environmental activists are speaking out against the action, but is it simply too little too late?