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June 2016

June 20, 2016

Why Am I Not Fully Content?

Not to brag, but my life is perfect. I have the sweetest husband, a beautiful...

June 06, 2016

Is There Value in Pain?

It's taken me a long time to challenge my assumption that experiencing pain is a...

June 02, 2016

Is It Wrong to Compare Babies and Animals? (plus baby FAQs)

(Scroll down to find some baby FAQs) I made a comment on my Facebook page...

June 01, 2016

Why Can’t We Have Certainty?

It's scary to admit doubt. I don't want anyone to think me less of a...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

He’s Here! Meet Garrick Ravi…

I am in a little bit of awe and it's hard to take the enormity...

May 18, 2016

What Are Men Afraid Of?

The struggle to bring women's rights back into equality with men's is one that is...

May 11, 2016

Sunday School for Hindus

Sunday school is religious education for kids. The vast majority of churches have these programs...

May 09, 2016

What if Whiteness Disappears Completely?

Recently an Old Navy ad featuring an interracial family brought some intense racism out of...

May 06, 2016

What Is Hindu Hair?

This topic was a real surprise to me. A friend on Facebook shared a post...

May 03, 2016

Got My Holi Afterall

Holi was very late for me this year, but I'm glad I didn't miss out...

May 02, 2016

For New Readers

Every once in a while I like to do a post of links to my...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

The Temple and Women’s Periods

This is not really a subject I ever planned to talk about. But now I...

April 26, 2016

Bigger the Murti More Powerful the God?

I heard someone ask this question and I was intrigued because it had never occurred...

April 22, 2016

Is it still patience if you have no choice?

At last my due date is actually within sight. It felt like this time would...

April 20, 2016

Toys vs Sacred Objects

When I looked at the Gamaya toy it got me thinking about the different ways...

April 18, 2016

When I Disagree with Feminism

Note: Now that this article has been posted on the Patheos main page, I've gotten...

April 05, 2016

The Baby and My Body

We tend to get very identified with our bodies and see them as "us." It's...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Misplaced Guilt

I'm not sure if guilt is quite the right word. Kind of a mix of...

March 28, 2016

Yoga In Schools: Asking the Wrong People

There's been a rash of articles recently making fun of parents in a Georgia school...

March 24, 2016

No Holi For Me This Year

Today is Holi! It's one of my favorite holidays (see lots of information about it...

March 23, 2016

The Problem Is Larger Than I Thought

I spend so much time within my Hindu community that it's easy for me to...

March 17, 2016

A Must-Have Hindu Toy!

A friend of mine just posted this on my Facebook page. It's a set of...

March 14, 2016

The Baby Battle Plan

Brad and I have spent a lot of time planning and discussing how we want...

March 09, 2016

White Hindu Voices

In a world of social justice and discussion of cultural misappropriation, this is a subject...

March 07, 2016

Hindi Lullabies

I've been trying to learn Hindi for a very long time now. I feel ashamed...

March 04, 2016

Mahashivratri 2016

I hate when blogs do this but I'm going to start with an apology! I've...

February 2016

February 18, 2016

God Isn’t Thinking About You

I had this idea the other day and I hope that I'm able to put it...

February 16, 2016

The Truth About Pregnancy: My Experience

I've discovered that sometimes when people talk about the challenges of pregnancy they get told...

February 15, 2016

Indians in Media

Suddenly there's a bunch of new options for Americans to see people of Indian origin...

February 11, 2016

Sons of Gods: Interview with the Author

Sharon Maas reached out to me to share this retelling of The Mahabharata that she...