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March 2015

March 16, 2015

Hinduism and Caste: Explaining Caste-Privilege and Ending Caste-Based Discrimination

My fellow Hindu American Foundation member, Raman Khanna, recently posted on the subject of caste...

March 01, 2015

Farce or Dialogue: Who should be discussing Proselytism & Pluralism?

I recently received an email about an event at Georgetown University’s Berkeley Center for Religion,...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

A Hindu Eulogy for Leonard Nimoy: I am not Spock, I am Spock.

Star Trek: The Next Generation became religious worship in my uncle’s home around when their...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Race, Religion & Human RIghts

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends. Read...

August 05, 2014

Hindu Activism in America: Moving beyond bias, with India’s election of the BJP and PM Modi

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on...

July 2014

July 20, 2014

Preserving Human Rights Through Article 26 of the UN Declaration

As a Board member of the Hindu American Foundation, I have had the opportunity to...

June 2014

June 01, 2014

Working for Human Rights, against Human Trafficking: Locally and Globally

Almost a decade ago, I discovered a kindred spirit when I served on the city’s...

May 2014

May 05, 2014

Five Years of Patheos and the Best of my Blog: A Hindu Path to Peace and Pluralism

As Patheos celebrates its 5th anniversary, I went down memory lane to pick a few...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

Freedom Of Faith Act – Something for All Faiths

We have a common understanding that every American should be able to freely practice his...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Faith, Hope and Love: Rev. Dana Trent and her Hindu Husband, Advocates for Pluralism

Earlier this year, a friend who is the President of the Interfaith Dialogue Association in...

March 05, 2014

Culture Wars Around the World: Evangelism’s Impact in Uganda on LGBT Rights

There is no one collective Hindu view of most things, but I think many of...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Books, Lies and Videotape: Wendy Doniger’s Misrepresentations about Hindu History

I am a big fan of public funding for various things - public education, public...

February 02, 2014

Accepting an Inclusive Identity: On Being an Indian-American Hindu

I am a product of two republics: born in India, raised in America, I typically...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

Celebrating the Legacy of MLK Jr. with Empathy, to Ensure Equality

Equality is what is taught in all our traditions - we must move beyond the...

January 08, 2014

“Coalition Against Genocide” Seeks to Stifle Debate

The latter part of 2013 was largely taken up by my trying to ensure that...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Faith in the Public Square: Inclusive or Exclusive?

In recent weeks, several high-profile religious leaders—including Pope Francis, Billy Graham, and Russell Moore—have expressed...

October 2013

October 06, 2013

Gadadhara Pandit Dasa Shares His Journey in Urban Monk

Gadadhara Pandit Dasa shares his story in Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness, and the Divine as he...

September 2013

September 08, 2013

Avoiding Rock Bottom by Advocating for Peace

Faith in god has always been a part of my life, and particularly has sustained...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

Ending Violence with Guns

This week, I had a moment of near deja vu. It was more than 8...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

Ending Violence Against Women

Be it India or America, as the great Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda said, "The best...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Grieving as Arjuna Did

How might a Hindu experience and share in the nation's grief in the wake of...

December 12, 2012

Asymmetry of Power: Proselytization, Poverty, and Race

As long as evangelism is complicated by contexts of imbalance, we will continue to have...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Mimicry, Mockery, or Mumukshutva? Jeffery Long’s Response to Deepak Sarma

I do not apologize for opting for universalism over tribalism, and an affirmation of all...

November 13, 2012

Diwali’s Invitation to Transcend Differences

Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil, a victory of recognizing the divinity in...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

From Sacred Space to Hindu Community

Hindu temples sustain community while pushing the next generation into new appropriations of the dharma....

September 2012

September 23, 2012

Creating Goodness Out of Loss

We have a vision of a beloved community, and must strive toward it. We each...

September 06, 2012

The Boon of Political Diversity among Indian-Americans

While my political choices are reflective of my theological beliefs, I can safely say I...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Call Me Hindu

We are facing a new frontier as immigrants: identifying ourselves as and defining what it...

August 22, 2012

Human Boundaries, Human Rights

Hindu refugees, like all refugees, need advocates to protect basic human rights. As a human...

August 08, 2012

Hoping to Move Beyond Intolerance

The Hindu community stands in solidarity with their fellow Dharmic faith communities, especially the Sikhs....

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