A financial consultant, Nirendu Dutt-Mazumdar (left) and his son Krishnendu live on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

(Nirendu)
"Amost every line of the Bhagavad Gita (a sacred Hindu text) does, for that moment, take us beyond the humdrum of life. Hopefully, we will be thinking about something that would give us strength, and goodness. It isn't that you are asking every day for anything. Very often the words that my wife speaks aloud are please, look after everyone, everywhere, give them peace."

(Krishnendu)
"I like to see if for even a moment, I can drive out all the thoughts of reality. That I don't think of anything-for one moment, I'm just focusing on that oneness. It's very difficult, and it almost never happens. But I try, for that moment that I'm praying, to be more in touch with the Divine than I am during the rest of the day."