holy man, religious mendicant; often used also as an exclamation: ‘sādhu, sādhu’, meaning ‘it is so, holy...

SĀDHUS AND SĀDHVĪS. The term sādhu (feminine, sādhvī) derives from the Sanskrit root sādh (meaning "accomplish") and also has the general sense of "a good or virtuous person."...

In Hinduism, sadhu is a common term for an ascetic or practitioner of yoga (yogi) who has given up pursuit of the first three Hindu goals of life: kama (enjoyment), artha (practical objectives) and even dharma (duty). The sadhu is solely dedicated to...

The Riddle of Sadhu Sundar Singh. By Eric J. Sharpe. New Delhi: Intercultural Publications, 2004. Pp. 244. $24.95. Called from Obscurity: The Life and Times of a True Son of Tibet, Gergan Dorje Tharchin. Vol. 1. By H. Louis Fader. Kalimpong:...

THE FRENCH only controlled one town in India, but what a town. They call it Pondichery, we call it Pondicherry. Either way, you would (rightly) expect it to be a steamy, sleepy Tamil place of dropping petals and bananas, populated by soft-treading, barefoot women...

Drawn by a new moon, millions of devout Hindus plunged into the revered Ganges River on Friday, considered one of the most auspicious days for cleansing their sins during the faith's 45-day bathing festival.In wave after wave, a sea of the faithful moved toward the...

Throw Indian and American soldiers into a barren Afghanistan desert, toss a nuclear warhead into the hands of terrorists and you have an action-packed plot in the latest graphic novel to be released by Virgin Comics.Created by graphic artists in the southern Indian city of...