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April 2017

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 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 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...

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...

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 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...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

The Story of God & Evil: Dichotomy or Complexity?

My father, an English professor, always told me that the opposite of love was apathy...

April 23, 2016

Shining a Light on Autism

As a Board member of a national Hindu advocacy organization, I have the opportunity to work...

April 19, 2016

The Hindu Story of Creation: Which One?

Host Morgan Freeman searches for the stories of creation as part of his understanding of...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

Daanam (and Seva) in December and Around the Year

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Charitable Giving. Read...

September 2015

September 14, 2015

The Pope’s Caritas: Evocative of a Hindu’s Karuna

Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Pope in...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

The Future of Hinduism in America: Publicly Engaging Pluralism for Peace

When I last wrote about the Future of Hinduism, I had become a voice for the...

June 21, 2015

On International Day of Yoga, a Trip Down Memory Lane: The HAF Take Back Yoga Project

Namaste. International Yoga Day is today, and to celebrate, Suhag & Aseem Shukla, and Sheetal Shah, of the Hindu American...

April 2015

April 13, 2015

The Good of Hinduism: A Solid Foundation of Pluralism

Editors' Note: This post is part of a Patheos symposium —What Good Is Religion? Read...

March 2015

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,...

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...

January 2014

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...

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...

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...