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November 2017
November 01, 2017
Hindus in America: Acting on Our Values, Alleviating Hunger
At the recent Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit’s annual gala, Kresge Foundation President Rip...
October 2017
October 23, 2017
Green Diwali Webinar: Lighting the Way to Protect Mother Earth
Deepavali or Diwali is often called the Festival of Lights; the holiday is rooted in...
October 17, 2017
Watching Marshall, Lighting the Diwali Lamp for Dharma
The days before and after Diwali are always surrounded by a surfeit of activities: religious...
October 07, 2017
Eclipse-Nirvana: Contemporary Devotional Music by Aks & Lakshmi
I had an opportunity to hear a wonderful husband-wife musician duo as part of a...
September 2017
September 30, 2017
Finding the Goddess Within: Protect Us From Fear
Every year, during the festival of Navaratri, my local temple celebrates the Divine Feminine through...
April 2017
April 26, 2017
Pursuing Pluralism to Promote Science-Based Policy
On Saturday, after celebrating Earth Day at my local Hindu mandir in Troy, I stopped in...
April 19, 2017
Religion and Science: Complementary Not Conflicting
During my childhood, my father referenced Albert Einstein often, with quotes like “Science without religion...
April 04, 2017
Peace and Justice: Seeking Shanti, Promoting Dharma
I sat in a Detroit church pew on Sunday, livestreaming the reading of a speech...
March 2017
March 28, 2017
Happy Ugadi – A Hindu New Year for a Telugu from Troy
While Diwali marks the beginning of the new year for some Hindus, here in my...
February 2017
February 28, 2017
Hindus in Hijabs or Showing Solidarity in Saris?
I recently watched a video of Hindu- and South Asian American activists showing their support...
February 24, 2017
Embracing a Hindu Life: Finding My Way Home (Part 2)
In my last blog post, I shared the beginning of Fred Stella’s journey to becoming...
February 21, 2017
Embracing a Hindu Life: One Journey to Becoming Hindu (Part 1)
I learned in conversation with Hindu American Foundation colleague, Fred Stella, how he came to...
February 15, 2017
Purushartha: Pursuing the Four Goals of a Human Life
My focus on doing the right thing(s) means that these days, my Facebook notifications and my newsfeed...
February 10, 2017
A Hindu’s Practice: Education, Meditation and Self-Realization
The recent vote by the Senate to confirm Betsy Devos as Secretary of Education bothered...
February 05, 2017
Wisdom from More Than One Guru
Hinduism may not have been started by a single prophet like Christianity or Islam, and...
January 2017
January 29, 2017
The Story of God: The Proof is in Pluralism
The Story of God: Proof of God In the third and final episode of Season...
January 22, 2017
The Story of God: Seeking Heaven on Earth
In Season 2, episode 2 of National Geographic’s The Story of God, Morgan Freeman seeks...
January 15, 2017
The Story of God: The Chosen One(s), Parallels across Traditions
In the first episode of Season 2 of National Geographic’s The Story of God, Morgan...
December 2016
December 21, 2016
A Holiday Season to Give the Gift of Listening
Modern Woman magazine’s issue ran an article entitled "Peace on Earth," on how interfaith families...
November 2016
November 07, 2016
Vote Your Conscience, Vote with Pluralism
It's almost Election Day. I am reminded that I and many other Hindu Americans have...
November 01, 2016
An Enlightened Diwali: Saving the Sacred at Standing Rock
This Diwali weekend, I thought I would take the time to do something that is...
October 2016
October 26, 2016
Denial the Movie: Denying Intolerance, Seeking Truth
To consider the question of whether faith prevents or propagates intolerance, I am stuck, as...
September 2016
September 10, 2016
A Summer of Advocacy: an HAF Intern’s Story
September marks both the start of the school year, and the end of the summer....
September 05, 2016
Ganesha Chaturdhi and the Start of the Academic Year
Usually the Hindu holiday of Ganesha Chaturdhi falls in late August or early Sept. -...
August 2016
August 31, 2016
Absent Mother God of the West: A Review
My first encounter with the writings of Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena was her blog Stand...
July 2016
July 31, 2016
Being a Hindu, Being an Ambassador for Hinduism
We live amid challenging times, where ignorance about your neighbor can lead to not just...
July 25, 2016
The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 4: Pluralism, Wisdom and the NACCC
When the WISDOM presentation at the NACCC Conference was over, I asked Rev. Mary Biedron...
July 11, 2016
A Foundation for Constructive Interfaith Dialogue: Equity in Education
Fifteen years ago, I was a community activist who came into the space of actively...
July 01, 2016
The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 3
As explained in the prior two posts, three of us from WISDOM - a Catholic, a...
June 2016
June 28, 2016
The Who, What and Why of WISDOM – Part 2
The presentation by the WISDOM panel at the NACCC Annual Conference continues, where former WISDOM Board...
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