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June 2009 Vishnu: Cosmic Magnification Of The Divine Being
May 2009 Clinging To The Divine Name: The Purest, Highest Dharma
April 2009 Sudama: The Unity Of The Apparent Duality
March 2009 Mirabai : Saint, Singer And The Soul In Sojourn
February 2009 Kali: The Most Powerful Cosmic Female
January 2009 Sari: Indian Woman's Globally Venerated Distinction
December 2008 Guru Nanak: His Life And Philosophy
November 2008 Churning the Ocean - Samudra Manthan as a Roadmap for Sadhana
October 2008 Bharata: Brother of Rama and Ocean of Virtues
September 2008 Lakshmi: The Lotus Goddess
August 2008 Folk Arts: The Magic Of Raw Hands
July 2008 Tantra: The Method Of Kindling Dormant Energies
June 2008 Ganesa: An Encyclopedic Survey
May 2008 Dukha Mimamsa: The Nature, Cause (and Cure) of Suffering
April 2008 Shri Hanuman - Biography of a Masterful Servant
March 2008 Tara and the Cult of the Female in Buddhism
February 2008 Saraswati From Vedas To Our Altar
January 2008 Jatakas: A Tale-Tell Vision of Buddhism
December 2007 The Poetics of Pretext - Krishna's Names in the Bhagavad Gita
November 2007 Lost and Found: The Universal Biography of Two Swans
October 2007 Navaratri - Celebrating the Symbolic Vision of the Goddess
September 2007 Embracing at Times Square: Learning Love from The Gopis of Vrindavan
August 2007 Avatara - When, Why and How?
July 2007 From Python to Prostitute: Learning from the Guru in Each
June 2007 A Drop Becomes the Ocean: Bhakti and the Art of Living
May 2007 Devi: A Journey Through Texts and Contexts
April 2007 The Gita Govinda: A Journey Into Realms Of Delight
March 2007 The Beauty of Beauty: An Aesthetic Journey Into The Ramayana
February 2007 Parvati's Quest: Understanding the Essence of Shiva
January 2007 Dying After Death: The Buddha's Final Liberation
December 2006 Textiles and Costumes in Early India
November 2006 Living Like Trees: The Hindu and Buddhist Ideal of Sharing
October 2006 The Psychology and Practice of Pleasure: Explorations in the Kama Sutra
September 2006 From Heaven to Household: The Many Tales of Shakti
August 2006 Ajanta: A Journey Into the Religio-Aesthetic Kingdom of Buddhist Art
July 2006 The Narrative Essence of Buddhist Art
June 2006 Krishna's Dance with the Female Cowherds - A Joyous, Spiritual Narrative
May 2006 Lord Mahavira and His Philosophy
April 2006 Dance: The Living Spirit of Indian Arts
March 2006 Lotus: From a Pond to a Palace Dome
February 2006 Cultivating Loneliness: The Ethical Fragrance of Yoga
January 2006 The Forms of Shiva in Visual Arts
December 2005 I am God: Autobiographical Fragments from the Bhagavad Gita
November 2005 Kuan Yin, The Compassionate Rebel
October 2005 Delight of Senses: The Indian Way of Seeing It
(A Discourse on Indian Theory of Rasa in Relation to Visual Arts)
September 2005 Love, The Living Spirit of Khajuraho
August 2005 Serpents, Spirals and Prayers - A Journey Through Symbolic Forms in Jewelry
July 2005 Healing Through Faith and Love - A Case Study of Sri Ramakrishna
June 2005 Ardhanarishvara in Art and Philosophy
May 2005 Forms of the Formless - an Interpretive Study of the Indian Trinity
April 2005 Fiction in Mughal Miniature Painting
March 2005 Sita - The Silent Power of Suffering and Sacrifice
February 2005 Life of Shankaracharya - The Adventures of a Poet Philosopher
January 2005 The Many Forms of Mahakala, Protector of Buddhist Monasteries
December 2004 Awakening the Inner Woman - Bhakti and the Doctrine of Love
November 2004 The Iconographic Genesis of Shiva
October 2004 Exploring Karma - Tales of a Universal Principle
September 2004 Iconographic Perception of Krishna's Image
August 2004 The Mystery of Hanuman - Inspiring Tales from Art and Mythology
July 2004 Mughal Miniature Painting - An Alternative Source of History
June 2004 Conception and Evolution of The Mother Goddess in India
May 2004 Evolution of the Buddha Image
April 2004 Putting The Ocean in a Bowl - The Origin of the Buddha Image
March 2004 The Life of Buddha and the Art of Narration in Buddhist Thangka Paintings
February 2004 Nepal - Adventures in a Living Museum
January 2004 The Ideals of Motherhood - Aesthetics of Form and Function
December 2003 Playing with Krishna - God as Child in Art and Mythology
November 2003 Buddha and Christ - Two Gods on the Path to Humanity
October 2003 The Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism - A Study in Spiritual Evolution
September 2003 The Rhythm of Music - A Magical and Mystical Harmony
August 2003 Ganga The River Goddess - Tales in Art and Mythology
July 2003 The Five Meditating Buddhas - An Enquiry into Spiritual Aesthetics
June 2003 The Shiva Linga - Images of Cosmic Manhood in Art and Mythology
May 2003 The Hindu Temple - Where Man Becomes God
April 2003 Buddha - A Hero's Journey to Nirvana
March 2003 Shakti - Power and Femininity in Indian Art
February 2003 The Stupa - Yoga's Sacred Architecture
January 2003 Vishnu - A Symbolic Appreciation
December 2002 The Philosophy of Yoga - An Aesthetic Appraisal
November 2002 The Wheel of Life - Aesthetics of Suffering and Salvation
October 2002 A Kali in Every Woman: Motherhood and the Dark Goddess Archetype
September 2002 Dance of the Yogini: Images of Aggression in Tantric Buddhism
August 2002 Rama The Ideal Man: The Epic Adventure of a Hero
July 2002 Each of us a Healer: Medicine Buddha and the Karma of Healing
June 2002 The Bodhisattva Ideal - Buddhism and the Aesthetics of Selflessness
May 2002 Wisdom Goddesses - Mahavidyas and the Assertion of Femininity in Indian Thought
April 2002 Shiva - The Sensuous Yogi
March 2002 Women and Jewelry - The Spiritual Dimensions of Ornamentation
February 2002 Color Symbolism In Buddhist Art
January 2002 Every Woman a Goddess - The Ideals of Indian Art
December 2001 Om - An Inquiry into its Aesthetics, Mysticism, and Philosophy
November 2001 Namaste - The Significance of a Yogic Greeting
October 2001 Islam - Aesthetics of a Mystic Religion
September 2001 Tantra - The Art of Philosophy
August 2001 Mudras of the Great Buddha: Symbolic Gestures and Postures
July 2001 Parvati the Love Goddess: Tales of Marriage and Devotion in Art and Mythology
June 2001 Ritual Implements in Tibetan Buddhism: A Symbolic Appraisal
May 2001 The Taj Mahal - Architecture of a Love Story
April 2001 Durga - Narrative Art of an 'Independent' Warrior Goddess
March 2001 The Indian Sari - Fashioning the Female Form
February 2001 Wrathful Guardians of Buddhism - Aesthetics and Mythology
January 2001 Shiva as Nataraja - Dance and Destruction In Indian Art
December 2000 Lakshmi and Saraswati - Tales in Mythology and Art
November 2000 Green Tara and White Tara - Feminist Ideals in Buddhist Art
October 2000 Ganesha - the Elephant Headed God, Art and Mythology
September 2000 The Mandala - Sacred Geometry and Art
August 2000 Mother Goddess as Kali - The Feminine Force in Indian Art
July 2000 Love and Passion in Tantric Buddhist Art
June 2000 Birds and Animals in Indian Art - The Mughal Artist as a Naturalist
May 2000 The Life of Buddha in Legend and Art
April 2000 Krishna the Divine Lover in Indian Art
March 2000 Sacred Buddhist Painting - The Tibetan Thangka
February 2000 Technique of Batik Art
January 2000 Technique of Pata Chitra
December 1999 An Introduction to Madhubani Paintings
November 1999 The Use of Colors in the Rajput School of Miniature Paintings
October 1999 Mughal School of Art
September 1999 Tanjore Paintings
August 1999 Technique of Indian Miniature Paintings
July 1999 Method of Preparing Colors by Miniature Painting Artists
June 1999 Preparation of Brushes by Miniature Painting Artists

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