by admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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...
by Hindu Students Council | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, HSC Camp, News, Press Releases
May 31, 2016. Walden, NY: Over 25 students and alumni from eleven universities, including four Ivy League schools, gathered on Memorial Day Weekend to discuss the goals of life according to Hindu philosophy, how to answer tough questions about Hinduism, the role of...
by admin | Jun 28, 2016 | Blog, HSC Articles, HSC Camp
Mahika Jhangiani. — Culture is a way of life of a group of people. The behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along from one generation to the next. Culture is the values you emulate...
by admin | Jun 27, 2016 | Blog, HSC Articles, HSC Camp, HSC Newsletter
Parth Parihar. — By this point, we’d been wandering dry, dirt-clod fields for nearly an hour, Surya Dev shooting down piercing rays of sunlight on backs that were already sore from morning yoga and all the fun physical activities we’d had the day before. I was...
by Hindu Students Council | Sep 13, 2015 | Conferences, Global Dharma Conference, News
September 13: Edison, NJ. Attendees representing 13 countries now have greater insight into the philosophy of “Dharma” for a conflict free and pluralistic world as well as ancient spiritual roots of yoga and the social issues faced by Hindus globally. The largest...
by Hindu Students Council | Feb 10, 2014 | HSC Camp, News
February 7-9, 2014. New Brunswick, NJ – The Hindu Students Council held its Annual Leadership Meet to educate college students from around the country about how to be world-class stewards of Sanatana Dharma in America. “I am so happy I got an opportunity...
by Hindu Students Council | May 30, 2013 | HSC Camp, News
May 24-27, 2013, Schuylkill Haven, PA – Hindu Students Council celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda at HSC’s 23rd Annual Camp. Over 55 Hindu students and young professionals from 18 different universities across the nation gathered on...
