Nov 28th, 2008 · Alan Scherr, 58, and his daughter Naomi, 13, were shot and killed when gunmen opened fire in the cafe at the Oberoi hotel in Mumbai Wednesday. Twenty-five members of the Synchronicity Foundation — a meditation retreat center in rural Faber, Va. — had traveled to Mumbai for a tour of local ashrams.
Feb 17th, 2008 · Murlidhar Devidas Amte, better known as Baba Amte, was a follower of Ghandi, who dedicated his life to restoring dignity to lepers, the disabled and the marginalized. He died Feb. 9 at 93. Andrea Seabrook talks with a volunteer at Anandwan, Amte's ashram in central India.
Aug 5th, 2007 · When U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings gets time to read, she likes to escape reality. This summer, the former Texas education lobbyist is reading books that take her from the wilds of North Dakota to ashrams in India and islands in Indonesia.
Apr 29th, 2006 · Water is the third film in a trilogy from Indian director Deepa Mehta. It tells the story of a 7-year-old girl sent to live in a widow's ashram. Like Earth and Fire before it, this film is likely to stir debate among Indian traditionalists.