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November 2017

November 01, 2017
At the recent Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit’s annual gala, Kresge Foundation President Rip...

October 2017

October 23, 2017
Deepavali or Diwali is often called the Festival of Lights; the holiday is rooted in...
October 17, 2017
The days before and after Diwali are always surrounded by a surfeit of activities: religious...
October 07, 2017
I had an opportunity to hear a wonderful husband-wife musician duo as part of a...

September 2017

September 30, 2017
Every year, during the festival of Navaratri, my local temple celebrates the Divine Feminine through...

April 2017

April 26, 2017
On Saturday, after celebrating Earth Day at my local Hindu mandir in Troy, I stopped in...
April 19, 2017
During my childhood, my father referenced Albert Einstein often, with quotes like “Science without religion...
April 04, 2017
I sat in a Detroit church pew on Sunday, livestreaming the reading of a speech...

March 2017

March 28, 2017
While Diwali marks the beginning of the new year for some Hindus, here in my...

February 2017

February 28, 2017
I recently watched a video of Hindu- and South Asian American activists showing their support...
February 24, 2017
In my last blog post, I shared the beginning of Fred Stella’s journey to becoming...
February 21, 2017
I learned in conversation with Hindu American Foundation colleague, Fred Stella, how he came to...
February 15, 2017
My focus on doing the right thing(s) means that these days, my Facebook notifications and my newsfeed...
February 10, 2017
The recent vote by the Senate to confirm Betsy Devos as Secretary of Education bothered...
February 05, 2017
Hinduism may not have been started by a single prophet like Christianity or Islam, and...

January 2017

January 29, 2017
The Story of God: Proof of God In the third and final episode of Season...
January 22, 2017
In Season 2, episode 2 of National Geographic’s The Story of God, Morgan Freeman seeks...
January 15, 2017
In the first episode of Season 2 of National Geographic’s The Story of God, Morgan...

December 2016

December 21, 2016
Modern Woman magazine’s issue ran an article entitled "Peace on Earth," on how interfaith families...

November 2016

November 07, 2016
It's almost Election Day. I am reminded that I and many other Hindu Americans have...
November 01, 2016
This Diwali weekend, I thought I would take the time to do something that is...

October 2016

October 26, 2016
To consider the question of whether faith prevents or propagates intolerance, I am stuck, as...

September 2016

September 10, 2016
September marks both the start of the school year, and the end of the summer....
September 05, 2016
Usually the Hindu holiday of Ganesha Chaturdhi falls in late August or early Sept. -...

August 2016

August 31, 2016
My first encounter with the writings of Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena was her blog Stand...

July 2016

July 31, 2016
We live amid challenging times, where ignorance about your neighbor can lead to not just...
July 25, 2016
When the WISDOM presentation at the NACCC Conference was over, I asked Rev. Mary Biedron...
July 11, 2016
Fifteen years ago, I was a community activist who came into the space of actively...
July 01, 2016
As explained in the prior two posts, three of us from WISDOM - a Catholic, a...

June 2016

June 28, 2016
The presentation by the WISDOM panel at the NACCC Annual Conference continues, where former WISDOM Board...
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