The power of Durga – the goddess – can help women and girls become fearless, and unite in strength and love, alongside men, against gender violence. That’s the message of Shilo Shiv Suleman’s amazing mural which she painted in Varanasi, photographed here by Suki Zoe.

It’s 1959 – and professor of theology Huston Smith appears on America’s public TV network to introduce viewers to the Bhagavad Gita.

This image says so much. It sums up a turning point in American history.  Change is on the way, and Professor Huston Smith, with his blackboard and map, is a herald.

You can read more about Huston Smith in The Harvard Psychedelic Club by Don Lattin, which tells the story of a remarkable quartet of friends: Timothy Leary, Ram Dass/Richard Alpert, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil.