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April 2017

April 24, 2017

What to Wear to an Indian Wedding

I thought it might be helpful to write a little bit about what you should...

April 07, 2017

The White Hindu Tries…Freehand Rangoli

I've been doing some videos where I try things for the first time and record...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

Holi 2017 [Hindu Holiday]

One of Hinduism most fun and inclusive holidays is coming up: Holi! I say inclusive...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

Purchase the Mahabharata Board Game!

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

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 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...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

Indians in Media

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

February 01, 2016

A New Case of Appropriation?

There's been buzz going around lately about a music video put out by Coldplay featuring...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

How To Pronounce Indian Names

A friend of mine was complaining recently that people go out of their way to...

October 2015

October 05, 2015

Miracles and Gurus

I think I am a great example of how important it is to be patient...

June 2015

June 19, 2015

Racial Identity: me and Rachel Dolezal

I've been hearing about this situation with Rachel Dolezal for a few days and biding...

April 2015

April 16, 2015

Why Do Indians Eat With Their Hands?

It never occurred to me to ask this question. As soon as I found that...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

The Truth About Caste & Hinduism

The role of caste is a very big issue in Hinduism. It is the number...

March 13, 2015

Another White Hindu Story

I saw this video posted on Facebook and I loved the story. It's amazing the...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Can Westerners Gain Enlightenment?

I know I'm always saying that in any given country or population, probably 95% of...

February 23, 2015

Are Health Fears Racist?

I've been feeling something that I've had a hard time quite putting my finger on....

February 20, 2015

Being Dragged Back to Earth

Coming back home from India has been a brutal transition. I definitely did not want...

February 19, 2015

How Do You Curb Desire?

Being away from my usual distractions I was able to see more clearly how desire...

February 18, 2015

The Rumors Are True: Southern Temples and Foreigners

[For news of how my Mahashivratri went, see this post: ] I had heard before that...

February 10, 2015

Sringeri Week: The Shishya Sweekara

When this trip was first planned it was only to see His Holiness. It wasn't...

February 08, 2015

Book Club: Eat, Pray, Love: 37-39

The second book in our book club series is Eat, Pray Love. Is it a...

February 04, 2015

Meditating at the Ramakrishna Math in Chennai

This gorgeous building is right in the middle of the city in Chennai. It's an...

February 02, 2015

Hindus Aren’t The Ones Who Need Religious Tolerance Lectures

While we were traveling one day in our van the topic of intolerance among religions...

January 2015

January 29, 2015

India Still Has My Heart

It is 3:00 in the morning here as I write this. I got back home...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Bindi Fashion

As much as I love all the deep philosophical pondering I can pack into my...

November 10, 2014

Which Is It?

You may have noticed that I talk about how long I've been a Hindu in...

October 2014

October 15, 2014

Going Back to India!

I took my first trip to India in 2011 with my parents, visiting a math...

October 13, 2014

Diwali Time!

For many Hindus, this is the biggest celebration of the year! It is known to...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

Nag Panchami [Hindu Holiday]

Snakes are part of the fabric of Hinduism, since Hinduism began its existence in a...