by Parth Parihar | Oct 26, 2017 | About Hindu Dharma, Blog, Scriptures and Itihaas (epics)
Many readers may be familiar with the #MeToo campaign, a social media innovation that was meant to encourage those who have experienced sexual assault and harassment to come forward in order to underscore the pervasiveness of the problem. However, on Diwali, one...
by Parth Parihar | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog, HSC Articles, HSC Newsletter
Allegra Lovejoy. — In June, I had the honor of joining fifty-five other young religious leaders in a GreenFaith Climate Convergence to learn about challenges presented by climate change in Louisiana and to find our voices in responding to ecological destruction. The...
by Parth Parihar | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog, HSC Articles, HSC Newsletter
Rishika Dewan. — Janmashtami. It was one of those words that my phone had learned to recognize so well that it autocompleted “Jan” to Janmashtami rather than January, a fact that I was secretly a little too proud of. (I had also felt really accomplished when my phone...
by Parth Parihar | Aug 14, 2016 | Blog, Front page News, News
— Devyani Sultania.* The UNESCO on Monday included in its list of World Heritage Sites the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh and a national park in Sikkim that is home to Mount Khangchendzonga, the world’s third highest peak, thereby approving all three Indian...
by Parth Parihar | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog, Hindu Dharma 101
Aravindan Neelakandan* — Introduction Many often object to using the word “Hindu” because it is a term given to us by outsiders. This supposition about the origin of the identifying moniker has itself been used to make the claim that there...
