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March 2017

March 14, 2017

Roll Call

Priyanka, a friend from the Facebook page, said that she would like to connect with...

March 09, 2017

Roundup: Videos of non-Indian Hindus (Hindu Converts)

I've started to stumble upon people doing videos about their journey to Hinduism! So pleased...

December 2016

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....

May 2016

May 02, 2016

For New Readers

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

July 2015

July 30, 2015

Panel: Honoring or Appropriation?

My friend Andrea is often my consultant when it comes to issues of cultural mis-appropriation....

June 2015

June 10, 2015

My New Favorite Cookbook

I don't buy cookbooks anymore because Pinterest has so many recipes and you can look...

May 2015

May 20, 2015

White Hindu Conversations Part Five

You know how I was talking about trying to use Hindi with customers at the...

April 2015

April 02, 2015

Guest Post: From Atheism to Hinduism

As I've said before, I know a lot of atheists and am very comfortable with...

November 2014

November 10, 2014

Which Is It?

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

September 2014

September 28, 2014

Book Club: Eat, Pray, Love: Introduction-2

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

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Gita in Action: Unattachment to Reward

One of the key elements of the Gita's teaching is the unattachment to the result...

July 10, 2014

Karma Happens

Something that came up in our discussion group from a while back is that karma...

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...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

Reading the Upanishads: Katha part one

First off, I have to say that last week's Hindi on Twitter was a great...

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 24, 2014

A Book For Learning Pujas and Prayers

I discovered this book browsing Amazon and last week I ordered it to see what...

February 21, 2014

Black Hindu Voices: Trent Campbell

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

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 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 01, 2014

I Am Not a Statistic

I'm just me. A single human being trying to make sense of the world that...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

How to Explain Hinduism

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

December 12, 2013

I’m Not A “Gori Wife”

There is an entire genre of blogs that are often known as the "Gori Wife...

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...

June 2013

June 14, 2013

No Wedding Night Sex?

Is this true? Never heard this before! "Well, the joke is on us. I belong...

June 13, 2013

What is Success?

I have a view of comparison that seems kind of radical based on what I...

June 12, 2013

Three Lessons to Learn from Bridezillas

I may have mentioned before that my taste in TV is...well, let's just say that...

June 11, 2013

Meet a Guru: Ram Das

"The most important aspect of love is not in giving or the receiving: it’s in...