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November 2017

November 01, 2017

Hindus in America: Acting on Our Values, Alleviating Hunger

At the recent Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit’s annual gala, Kresge Foundation President Rip...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

Green Diwali Webinar: Lighting the Way to Protect Mother Earth

Deepavali or Diwali is often called the Festival of Lights; the holiday is rooted in...

October 17, 2017

Watching Marshall, Lighting the Diwali Lamp for Dharma

The days before and after Diwali are always surrounded by a surfeit of activities: religious...

October 07, 2017

Eclipse-Nirvana: Contemporary Devotional Music by Aks & Lakshmi

I had an opportunity to hear a wonderful husband-wife musician duo as part of a...

September 2017

September 30, 2017

Finding the Goddess Within: Protect Us From Fear

Every year, during the festival of Navaratri, my local temple celebrates the Divine Feminine through...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Pursuing Pluralism to Promote Science-Based Policy

On Saturday, after celebrating Earth Day at my local Hindu mandir in Troy, I stopped in...

April 19, 2017

Religion and Science: Complementary Not Conflicting

During my childhood, my father referenced Albert Einstein often, with quotes like “Science without religion...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

Happy Ugadi – A Hindu New Year for a Telugu from Troy

While Diwali marks the beginning of the new year for some Hindus, here in my...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Hindus in Hijabs or Showing Solidarity in Saris?

I recently watched a video of Hindu- and South Asian American activists showing their support...

February 24, 2017

Embracing a Hindu Life: Finding My Way Home (Part 2)

In my last blog post, I shared the beginning of Fred Stella’s journey to becoming...

February 21, 2017

Embracing a Hindu Life: One Journey to Becoming Hindu (Part 1)

I learned in conversation with Hindu American Foundation colleague, Fred Stella, how he came to...

February 15, 2017

Purushartha: Pursuing the Four Goals of a Human Life

My focus on doing the right thing(s) means that these days, my Facebook notifications and my newsfeed...

February 10, 2017

A Hindu’s Practice: Education, Meditation and Self-Realization

The recent vote by the Senate to confirm Betsy Devos as Secretary of Education bothered...

February 05, 2017

Wisdom from More Than One Guru

Hinduism may not have been started by a single prophet like Christianity or Islam, and...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

The Story of God: The Proof is in Pluralism

The Story of God: Proof of God In the third and final episode of Season...

January 22, 2017

The Story of God: Seeking Heaven on Earth

In Season 2, episode 2 of National Geographic’s The Story of God, Morgan Freeman seeks...

January 15, 2017

The Story of God: The Chosen One(s), Parallels across Traditions

In the first episode of Season 2 of National Geographic’s The Story of God, Morgan...

November 2016

November 07, 2016

Vote Your Conscience, Vote with Pluralism

It's almost Election Day. I am reminded that I and many other Hindu Americans have...

November 01, 2016

An Enlightened Diwali: Saving the Sacred at Standing Rock

This Diwali weekend, I thought I would take the time to do something that is...

October 2016

October 26, 2016

Denial the Movie: Denying Intolerance, Seeking Truth

To consider the question of whether faith prevents or propagates intolerance, I am stuck, as...

September 2016

September 10, 2016

A Summer of Advocacy: an HAF Intern’s Story

September marks both the start of the school year, and the end of the summer....

September 05, 2016

Ganesha Chaturdhi and the Start of the Academic Year

Usually the Hindu holiday of Ganesha Chaturdhi falls in late August or early Sept. -...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Absent Mother God of the West: A Review

My first encounter with the writings of Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena was her blog Stand...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

Being a Hindu, Being an Ambassador for Hinduism

We live amid challenging times, where ignorance about your neighbor can lead to not just...

July 25, 2016

The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 4: Pluralism, Wisdom and the NACCC

When the WISDOM presentation at the NACCC Conference was over, I asked Rev. Mary Biedron...

July 11, 2016

A Foundation for Constructive Interfaith Dialogue: Equity in Education

Fifteen years ago, I was a community activist who came into the space of actively...

July 01, 2016

The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 3

As explained in the prior two posts, three of us from WISDOM - a Catholic, a...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 2

The presentation by the WISDOM panel at the NACCC Annual Conference continues, where former WISDOM Board...

June 26, 2016

The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 1

As an Advisory Board member of the Michigan-based interfaith organization, WISDOM, I had the opportunity...

June 06, 2016

Faith in Politics: Pluralism, Not Polarization

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Faith and the...