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April, 2007
Contents Items with links can be viewed online or downloaded in a printable PDF version. To use the PDF version you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded absolutely free from this web site. | editorial | | creative encounters | Women's Interfaith Initiatives in the When Religion is the News Religion & Intimate Violence Open Doors, Open Minds The Interfaith Alternative to Terror and the The Struggle for Peace can religions help? | sacred spaces | | voices of youth | | focus on the interreligious movement | The Kyoto Declaration confronting violence and | in review | Reviews On Film | poetry | | prayers and meditation | A Shower of Mercy | patrons and editorial board members | |
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| IN THE THAR DESERT
The primitive village picture was taken somewhere in the Thar Desert, in the state of Rajasthan, India. The nearest large city is Jaipur. The desert's total area is over 200,000 square kilometers, lying mostly in Rajasthan, with a portion in Pakistan. The area is extremely arid. Its proud people live by tending some grazing animals, though the vegetation is sparse and the land will support very few. There were no signs of human habitation for several (bumpy) miles before and after we reached this extremely isolated village. We wondered what they thought of our modernity, our large air-conditioned bus, Steven I. Freedman Steven I Freedman has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He is a retired engineer, world traveler, and |
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