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I was 11 years old when I completed what my family describes as the “thread ceremony.” It took place in our ancestral village in West Bengal. Alongside my cousin who[…]
Unlike most of my peers, my favorite time of day as a child was bedtime. Well, at least it was when my maternal grandmother — who visited my family every[…]
As an educator who believes in the ability of education to inspire people to build a better world and to develop people into fuller human beings, I take issue with[…]
In her April 15 piece “#DontEraseIndia And the Conflation of Religion and Politics,” Hema Karunakaram makes several excellent points. There really are Hindus outside India, and non-Hindus within it. Hinduism[…]
I grew up around a large, vibrant desi community — with lots of poojas, potlucks, and pretty saris — and I’m so grateful to all the family and aunties and[…]
Shikhandi, or Other Stories They Don’t Tell You, by Devdutt Pattanaik, explains that queerness isn’t only modern, Western, or sexual. Rather, by looking at the vast written and oral traditions of Hinduism,[…]
As a liberal, practicing Hindu, I read Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Sinthujan Varatharajah’s “Caste Privilege 101: A Primer for the Privileged” with interest. Let me start by acknowledging what the authors[…]
This month, Scientific American launches a cover story on the “Neuroscience of Meditation” describing how this ancient Hindu and Buddhist practice is now being accepted in the secular world. This article[…]
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