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January 2014

January 24, 2014

White Hindu Conversations: Part Three

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

January 08, 2014

Non-Desi Hindu: What I Look Like to Others

Our friend Andrea noticed an interesting thread on Reddit a while back and pointed it...

January 07, 2014

Reading the Upanishads: Kena Chapter Three

We are doing a scripture study together: reading along through some scriptures and discussing the...

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 23, 2013

How to Explain Hinduism

It's sometimes hard for me to remember that Hinduism can seem extremely strange, foreign, or...

December 19, 2013

When Is a Hat Just a Hat?

Okay, now that you know my deep dark secret, that I am terrifically fascinated with...

December 16, 2013

Confession: I’m Fascinated By Hijabs

Personally I don't feel that me dressing like a Hindu, behaving like a Hindu, and...

December 10, 2013

Reading the Upanishads: Kena Chapter Two

We are doing a scripture study together: reading along through some scriptures and discussing the...

December 09, 2013

The “Happy Holidays” Fight

When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s, it was the birth of...

December 05, 2013

Embarrassed by Spirituality

Am I embarrassed to be a Hindu? Not at all. No, I am embarrassed by...

December 03, 2013

My Home Puja Altar

I realized that it's about time to update you on my home puja space. The...

December 03, 2013

Reading the Upanishads: Kena chapter one

We are doing a scripture study together: reading along through some scriptures and discussing the...

December 02, 2013

Hindus and Christmas

There are many, many Hindus who don't feel defensive about the holidays of other religions...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

Puja Help From A Surprising Source!

I've been wandering around Amazon.com and I was startled to realize that there are a...

November 25, 2013

How To Use Japa Mala Beads

Japa Mala beads are the Hindu rosary. I say that so those not familiar with...

November 25, 2013

How to Have an American Thanksgiving

This Thursday is American Thanksgiving, one of the only non-religious holidays we've got! It's got...

November 19, 2013

How to Have a Hindu Baby Shower

I still have babies on the brain as we continue to try to get pregnant....

November 19, 2013

Book Review: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein

I have a terrible tendency to get entirely derailed into negative thinking. I panic easily...

July 2013

July 11, 2013

You Americans and Your Divorces

I wonder sometimes what it is like to grow up somewhere other than America and...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

What is the Purpose of Life?

Ever since human beings had conscious awareness of themselves, they have wondered what purpose brought...

May 2013

May 07, 2013

Meet a Goddess: MahaDevi

Shaktism is a branch of Hinduism that focuses on the supreme power of the feminine...

April 2013

April 05, 2013

True Story of a False Guru

The American Buddhist blog has a very interesting article that really fits the theme of...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

Is a Guru Necessary?

This is a subject that came up on my Facebook page recently. Do we need...

February 20, 2013

Wedding Inspiration

Time to get started on wedding planning for my interfaith/intercultural Hindu and Scottish wedding! It's...

February 15, 2013

We’re Having a Wedding!

So yeah, Valentine's Day in the west is not all about rape and semi-nude dancing...

February 01, 2013

Russel Peters: Race and Culture

Russel Peters is an Indian stand up comic and he's got some great material. He...