The Alif, Ba, Ta’s of the Quran
On a Sunday morning, six-year-old Maeyeshah Monawasah bursts through the doorway of the Muslim school. As she is late,...
Monthly Archives: March 2015
The Hymns of Kirtan
Joginder Singh Malhi sits cross-legged with a pair of hand drums in front of him. His long grey beard...
Manhattan’s Biggest Buddha
At the foot of the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown, in an old building that once served as a cinema...
Indian Orthodoxy in the Bronx
The hand bell rings, signalling the beginning of Sunday school. “Stand up please!” Headmaster George Samuel walks through the...