Passage from India Daily Herald
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Paradise Lost Day 1: Paradise Lost. The troubled state of Kashmir, a land of incredible beauty, seen through the stories of three suburban Hindus who fled for their lives and cannot return.
   • Photo Gallery: Jammu and Kashmir

Nagaland Day 2: Nagaland. A century ago the tribes that farmed the jungle-rich areas of northeast India were headhunters. Today, a guerrilla conflict rages there in the name of Christ. From this exotic place comes a mainstream Methodist minister in St. Charles.
   • Photo Gallery: Nagaland
   • Video: A Nagaland Christmas celebration*
   • Q&A with the guerrilla leader Thuingaleng Muivah

The Sikhs Day 3: The Sikhs. Tempted to trade in their ceremonial turbans and swords for modern American dress, many suburban Sikhs are nevertheless returning to their roots in dress and custom.
   • Photo Gallery: Punjab and the Golden Temple
   • Video: The Golden Temple in Amritsar*

Hindu identity Day 4: Hindu Identity. Hindu loyalists are active in the suburbs; standing up for their faith. But in India, nationalistic Hindus are suspected of complicity in the massacre of thousands of Muslims last year in Gujarat.
   • Photo Gallery: Gujarat, the RSS, the elections
   • Video: RSS drills near Pune* | Suicide squad camp*
   • Audio: Interview with Gopal Godse*
   • Gandhi's failed assassin still unrepentant

Swaminarayans Day 5: Swaminarayans. Near Route 59 in Bartlett, a sect of Swaminarayans is building the largest Hindu temple in North America, a stunning monument of marble and teak, with the help of craftsmen 8,000 miles away.
   • Photo Gallery: Akshardham Swaminarayan cultural complex, plus inside the Bartlett temple

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