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December 2016

December 30, 2016

Ayurveda Cookbook

My mom found this amazing ayurveda cookbook with a ton of information at Yoga Day...

December 29, 2016

It’s Craft Time!

I stumbled across a craft blog that has a ton of interesting and beautiful Hindu-based...

December 28, 2016

Zero Waste 2017 Challenge

It's coming up on time to make New Year's Resolutions. I love the opportunity for...

December 26, 2016

Purchase the Mahabharata Board Game!

The Mahabharata board game that I designed, Exile In The Forest, is completed and now...

December 25, 2016

The War on Christmas

Spoiler alert: there isn't a war on Christmas. Every December some people get very upset...

December 23, 2016

In Defense of the Selfie Stick

The people I know tend to be of the non-materialistic type who value experiences over...

December 22, 2016

A Site to Connect New Hindus to a Community

Over on Facebook, Lorrie made a comment that got the gears in my head turning....

December 21, 2016

Depression-Shaming Kills

I started watching a new Netflix show: a murder mystery, which are my favorite kind....

December 19, 2016

Indian Nursing Clothes

Now that I finally have a temple home and a regular appointment there I'm breaking...

December 19, 2016

A Temple Buddy At Last!

Despite my decade of identifying as Hindu I still get very self conscious about showing...

December 15, 2016

Taking the Christ out of Christmas

Every year I never know quite how I'm going to feel about Christmas. Sometimes I'm...

December 14, 2016

How to Call Out Cultural Appropriation: My Proposed Solution

The article I talked about earlier made me start thinking in a slightly new way....

December 14, 2016

11 South Asian Accessories and What They Really Mean–a reaction

A friend posted this link on Facebook to an article called "11 South Asian Accessories...

December 12, 2016

No India This Year

I had the idea that I would like to bring Garrick Ravi to India to...

December 08, 2016

Exile in the Forest: a Mahabharata Board Game

You all know how much I love board games. When I discovered that there are...

December 05, 2016

Vedic Prayers Soothe Babies

I don't know any lullabies and I don't know many songs. I tried to learn...

December 01, 2016

How Do I Honor The God Within Trump?

I hate to inflate the man's ego, but the fact is Trump has God within...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

I Can’t Wake Up From This Dystopian Nightmare

It is surreal to be in a world that would put a racist pig into...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Diwali 2016

Diwali (also called Deepavali) is here early this year! It is in fact this weekend,...

October 17, 2016

Trump Is No Friend To Hindus

I am very distressed to see some of my Hindu friends being taken in by...

October 05, 2016

Thank You, Anu

My friend Anu hosted a wonderful Navratri get-together for our mom's group. Her parents were...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Navratri 2016

Tomorrow is the start of fall Navratri. This is honestly probably my favorite holiday. I'm...

September 28, 2016

A Game of Reincarnation

Yes, you heard me right! I am a big fan of tabletop gaming. It is,...

September 27, 2016

Poverty v.s. Simplicity

There's a trend these days to try to simplify one's life and it's an urge...

September 22, 2016

Balance of Good and Bad

My life has become wonderful. Everything I always hoped it would be. I have the...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

The Peak of Life

Even though a big part of Hinduism is being present and enjoying what is in...

August 18, 2016

Are You Not Entertained?

I grew up with a lot of value placed on being present and having quiet...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Is Happiness The Point?

We were visiting friends in Ohio last week when this question came up. We were...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Reincarnating Aliens

I ran across this interesting article about the statistical likelihood of the existence of aliens. Usually I...

June 23, 2016

Should We Judge a Religion on the Actions of Its Followers?

I don't know why it took me so long to notice my hypocrisy in this....