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February 2017

February 10, 2017

Worship of the Divine Mother

The world right now could use some feminine energy, I think. The comfort and safety...

February 08, 2017

Scripture Study: Bhagavad Gita, book three verses 16-19

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

February 02, 2017

What Is Manusmriti (Laws of Manu)?

When I was growing up I knew Manu as a book of weird sayings and...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Does Trump Know You Aren’t Muslim?

If you think Trump can tell the difference between a Muslim and a Hindu, I'm...

January 14, 2017

Zero Waste Resolution Update

It's been 15 days! Okay, it's not that impressive that my New Year's Resolution is...

January 13, 2017

Garrick Ravi’s Annaprashan

Well I kind of messed this one up. I knew there was a ceremony called...

January 10, 2017

Story of God: The Chosen One

There's a new season of The Story of God out at National Geographic Channel! This...

January 09, 2017

Words Don’t Have Meanings

I end up in this debate every once in a while. I struggle to understand...

January 04, 2017

Hindu Holidays 2017

There are other Hindu holidays, festivals, and events, but these are the ones that we...

January 03, 2017

DIY Home Puja Mandir

For years I have admired and wanted a home puja mandir. They are like tiny...

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 23, 2016

In Defense of the Selfie Stick

The people I know tend to be of the non-materialistic type who value experiences over...

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....

December 19, 2016

A Temple Buddy At Last!

Despite my decade of identifying as Hindu I still get very self conscious about showing...

December 15, 2016

Taking the Christ out of Christmas

Every year I never know quite how I'm going to feel about Christmas. Sometimes I'm...

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 14, 2016

11 South Asian Accessories and What They Really Mean–a reaction

A friend posted this link on Facebook to an article called "11 South Asian Accessories...

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...

December 05, 2016

Vedic Prayers Soothe Babies

I don't know any lullabies and I don't know many songs. I tried to learn...

December 01, 2016

How Do I Honor The God Within Trump?

I hate to inflate the man's ego, but the fact is Trump has God within...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

Diwali 2016

Diwali (also called Deepavali) is here early this year! It is in fact this weekend,...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

A Game of Reincarnation

Yes, you heard me right! I am a big fan of tabletop gaming. It is,...

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...

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 02, 2016

For New Readers

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

April 2016

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 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 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...