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March 2015

March 16, 2015
My fellow Hindu American Foundation member, Raman Khanna, recently posted on the subject of caste...
March 01, 2015
I  recently received an email about an event at Georgetown University’s Berkeley Center for Religion,...

February 2015

February 27, 2015
Star Trek: The Next Generation became religious worship in my uncle’s home around when their...

August 2014

August 29, 2014
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends. Read...
August 05, 2014
Editors' Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on...

July 2014

July 20, 2014
As a Board member of the Hindu American Foundation, I have had the opportunity to...

June 2014

June 01, 2014
Almost a decade ago, I discovered a kindred spirit when I served on the city’s...

May 2014

May 05, 2014
As Patheos celebrates its 5th anniversary, I went down memory lane to pick a few...

April 2014

April 21, 2014
We have a common understanding that every American should be able to freely practice his...

March 2014

March 26, 2014
Earlier this year, a friend who is the President of the Interfaith Dialogue Association in...
March 05, 2014
There is no one collective Hindu view of most things, but I think many of...

February 2014

February 17, 2014
I am a big fan of public funding for various things - public education, public...
February 02, 2014
I am a product of two republics: born in India, raised in America, I typically...

January 2014

January 17, 2014
Equality is what is taught in all our traditions - we must move beyond the...
January 08, 2014
The latter part of 2013 was largely taken up by my trying to ensure that...

November 2013

November 26, 2013
In recent weeks, several high-profile religious leaders—including Pope Francis, Billy Graham, and Russell Moore—have expressed...

October 2013

October 06, 2013
Gadadhara Pandit Dasa shares his story in Urban Monk: Exploring Karma, Consciousness, and the Divine as he...

September 2013

September 08, 2013
Faith in god has always been a part of my life, and particularly has sustained...

February 2013

February 20, 2013
This week, I had a moment of near deja vu. It was more than 8...

January 2013

January 09, 2013
Be it India or America, as the great Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda said, "The best...

December 2012

December 20, 2012
How might a Hindu experience and share in the nation's grief in the wake of...
December 12, 2012
As long as evangelism is complicated by contexts of imbalance, we will continue to have...

November 2012

November 28, 2012
I do not apologize for opting for universalism over tribalism, and an affirmation of all...
November 13, 2012
Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil, a victory of recognizing the divinity in...

October 2012

October 31, 2012
Hindu temples sustain community while pushing the next generation into new appropriations of the dharma....

September 2012

September 23, 2012
We have a vision of a beloved community, and must strive toward it. We each...
September 06, 2012
While my political choices are reflective of my theological beliefs, I can safely say I...

August 2012

August 24, 2012
We are facing a new frontier as immigrants: identifying ourselves as and defining what it...
August 22, 2012
Hindu refugees, like all refugees, need advocates to protect basic human rights. As a human...
August 08, 2012
The Hindu community stands in solidarity with their fellow Dharmic faith communities, especially the Sikhs....
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