by admin | Dec 25, 2017 | About Hindu Dharma, Blog, Temples
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...
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 admin | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Earlier this week, Hindus around the world celebrated the appearance of Lord Sri Krishna on Janmastami, meaning the eighth day of the lunar month. Janmastami is one of the most joyous and festive holidays celebrated by Hindus regardless of sampradaya, full of kirtan...
by admin | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog, Book Reviews
Book Review by HSC Leadership Team Member Abhishek Desikan “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” Shashi Tharoor, 2016, Aleph Book Company “The British rule was good for India”, is a common argument put forth by apologists for the...
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...
