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June 2014

June 13, 2014

White Hindu Stereotypes

UPDATE: I've caused some offense to my friends and I must apologize. I didn't realizehow the...

June 06, 2014

Ashwathaman Is Not Dead

In America we have this kooky legend that Elvis is still alive. Even though he...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Zach is Introduced to Hinduism

Zach Anner was a travel correspondent for an Oprah show at one time. I don't...

May 23, 2014

Indian Buzzfeed

The Internet is such a vast place that there are many corners never discovered and...

May 16, 2014

Mahabharata for the 21st Century

A few weeks ago my parents went to meet a fellow named Sriram Raghavan, who...

May 09, 2014

Hindi Interview

Part of using Twitter to practice my Hindi has been that I connected with the...

May 02, 2014

Smelling the Flowers

When we offer flowers to the Gods during puja, one important element of ettiquette is...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

Good Food For The Mind

My parents have this great phrase. "Good food for the mind." The idea is that...

April 14, 2014

The Three Gunas

(Note: I am on my honeymoon this week, so if your comment doesn’t show up...

April 04, 2014

Indian Hindu Voices: Abhimanyu

Today I have an interview with a friend from Twitter. What a great name Abhimanyu...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Coloring Book Reccomendation

A while back someone from www.coloringhindugods.com sent me a review copy of their coloring book...

March 21, 2014

Why Am I Learning Hindi?

The YouTube channel Hindi University is working on a project to gather videos from Hindi...

March 14, 2014

Book Review: Saffron Cross

I am delighted to have been given a review copy of Saffron Cross: the unlikely...

March 07, 2014

Book Coming Soon: The New Hindu Toolkit

I've mentioned now and then that I'm working on a new book and now it...

March 04, 2014

Hindi Practice Tuesday on Twitter

Today I am going to be practicing using Hindi. I am probably going to be...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Indian Grocery Stores and Awkwardness

First of all, Happy Maha Shivratri! Wish me luck on the fasting and staying up...

February 22, 2014

HabitRPG: Changing Lives

So I spoke about this a couple of times in passing, but I wanted to...

February 21, 2014

Black Hindu Voices: Trent Campbell

So obviously I write this blog from my perspective and I am a white Hindu,...

February 14, 2014

Hearing the Wisdom of Gurus

Youtube is such a great resource! There are so many things we can use it...

February 07, 2014

How Do Hindu Followers Get Redemption [Google Questions Answered]

The first question is: redemption from what? If you're so stuck in a Christian mindset...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

White Hindu Conversations: Part Four

The office where I work doesn't have a lot of diversity mostly because it's so...

January 28, 2014

Giveaway Winners!

We have our winners of my clay baby Krishna statues! I'll be sending emails out...

January 24, 2014

White Hindu Conversations: Part Three

Car broke down Tuesday night. We got it pulled into a parking lot and I...

January 10, 2014

Why I Don’t Talk About Politics

There are so many sides to every story and all we know, as people who...

January 03, 2014

Why Do Hindu Beliefs Vary Widely? [Google Questions Answered]

Curious to know what people were wondering about Hindus and Hinduism, I went to Google...

December 2013

December 27, 2013

Awareness of Your Own Ethnicity

Years ago I was reading a book in the library. It was a memoir of...

December 20, 2013

Collections and Storage

What is it about collecting things? It seems like human beings just love to gather...

December 13, 2013

White Hindu Conversations: Part Two

I've always felt a bit self-conscious at my dance classes. Bharatnatyam, a classical South Indian...

December 06, 2013

Best of The White Hindu 2013

I started this blog in January 2013 and now it is very nearly a year...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

How Does Hinduism Differ From Buddhism? [Google Questions Answered]

Curious to know what people were wondering about Hindus and Hinduism, I went to Google...