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June 2016

June 26, 2016
As an Advisory Board member of the Michigan-based interfaith organization, WISDOM, I had the opportunity...
June 06, 2016
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Faith and the...

May 2016

May 17, 2016
As a mother, I’ve drawn on my experiences growing up between cultures as an immigrant...
May 04, 2016
In the last episode of National Geographic’s The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Freeman...

April 2016

April 27, 2016
My father, an English professor, always told me that the opposite of love was apathy...
April 23, 2016
As a Board member of a national Hindu advocacy organization, I have the opportunity to work...
April 19, 2016
Host Morgan Freeman searches for the stories of creation as part of his understanding of...
April 13, 2016
In the upcoming episode of The Story of God, Morgan Freeman attempts to discover who...
April 06, 2016
Hindus commonly refer to Hinduism as Sanatana Dharma, or the Eternal Truth, and believe in...

February 2016

February 01, 2016
On my biannual trips to India, I usually look forward to eating my mom’s cooking...

January 2016

January 17, 2016
It is indeed special to celebrate the start of a new year, and the new...
January 06, 2016
I was pleased to start the new year off with information about how, in pre-colonial...

December 2015

December 29, 2015
Christmas is a time when those of us who are not Christian also get to participate...
December 09, 2015
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Charitable Giving. Read...

November 2015

November 10, 2015
Diwali is a time of love and laughter, family and friends, fun and foods that...

October 2015

October 22, 2015
The nine days/nights of Navaratri are over:  the celebration of the Goddess in her tamas, rajas and sattva forms  ends...
October 13, 2015
Today is the start of Navaratri, a nine-night festival that honors the Feminine Divine -...

September 2015

September 24, 2015
The sad news about Swami Dayananda Saraswati - a Hindu leader whose loss will be mourned...
September 14, 2015
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on the Pope in...
September 10, 2015
As most people of Indian origin know, “American Born Confused Desi” - an ABCD -...
September 07, 2015
I learned with relief that the first gay couple in Kentucky received their marriage license,...

July 2015

July 31, 2015
Both Rev. Dana Trent, author of Saffron Cross, and Alicia Chandler, co-founder  of AJC Access Detroit, recently posted...
July 20, 2015
A recent NPR piece that someone shared with me reminded me why I no longer...

June 2015

June 30, 2015
When I last wrote about the Future of Hinduism, I had become a voice for the...
June 21, 2015
Namaste. International Yoga Day is today, and to celebrate, Suhag & Aseem Shukla, and Sheetal Shah, of the Hindu American...

May 2015

May 13, 2015
A week ago the Troy-area Interfaith Group celebrated its 11th annual National Day of Prayer...
May 06, 2015
Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Rites of Passage....

April 2015

April 13, 2015
Editors' Note: This post is part of a Patheos symposium —What Good Is Religion? Read...

March 2015

March 30, 2015
At a recent HAF Awareness Event, a group of people came to learn about the...
March 17, 2015
During my early days of blogging at Patheos, I loved the title and the one...
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