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An American Jew turned Hindu holy woman tells her story

By Yonat Shimron — September 9, 2021
(RNS) — Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati quit her Ph.D. program, divorced her husband, moved to India and became a Hindu renunciate. In her new memoir she reveals a past life of sex abuse and bulimia.

A bicycle crash leaves me asking, ‘My faith or my health?’

By Simran Jeet Singh — November 19, 2018
(RNS) — When so many Sikhs have given up so much to honor their own identities, it’s hard for me to imagine cutting my beard for something so trivial as a split chin.

Indian guru’s festival on Delhi flood plain riles greens, worries police

By Reuters — March 10, 2016
NEW DELHI (Reuters) But Ravi Shankar rejects warnings from Indian environmentalists who predict that the event, and the 3.5 million visitors expected, will devastate the area's biodiversity.

SIDEBAR: Sikhism 101

By Lauren Markoe — January 30, 2014
(RNS) Here are some facts about what Sikhs believe and Sikh culture.
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