Universal Children’s Day at Johns Hopkins HSC

On November 20th, Johns Hopkins University’s Hindu Student Council celebrated Universal Children’s Day. This is the day when the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This marks an important time when children were given a voice to stand up...

Student Perspective: Diwali 2019 at Johns Hopkins HSC

On Saturday, October 26th, the Recreation Center at Johns Hopkins University transformed into a glistening, brightly lit, colorful venue for the annual Diwali Dhamaka celebrations. The event, held on parents weekend every year, invites students, staff, and families to...

Hindu Youth present papers at WAVES 2018

HSC is proud to share the youth papers that made “waves” at World Association for Vedic Studies 2018: Sanjana Venkatasubramanian (senior at Heritage High School) presented a paper on “What language do Hindu Mandirs speak?” As the youngest presenter in attendance,...

Divya Desam temples in Kanchipuram

The Story  This past October I was blessed to start my quest to visit all 108 (106 on Earth) Divya Desams by completing fifteen in a one day visit to Kanchipuram, a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This post is part one of what I hope will be an ongoing series...