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Student perspective: My first camp in the USA

by Hindu Students Council | Jun 9, 2019 | Blog, Events, HSC Camp, Retreats

How does Hindu Students Council influence our youth and provide them space for a positive and confident Hindu identity? Sneha Madimi, an international student from New York, wrote about her experience after attending HSC’s 2019 Annual Camp. A week before, I went...

Students Discuss “How to Be a Woke Hindu” at Annual Camp

by Hindu Students Council | May 28, 2019 | Events, HSC Camp, News

Students and young professionals from the tri-state area and as far as Washington, D.C., Boston and Chicago, came to attend Hindu Students Council (HSC)’s annual camp during the Memorial Day weekend at Shanti Mandir, in Walden, NY. Now in its 29th year, the camp helps...

HSC’s 2018 camp focuses on exploring symbols in Hindu rituals and practices

by Hindu Students Council | May 28, 2018 | Events, HSC Camp, News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]May 28, 2018. Walden, NY. The annual HSC collegiate camp was held recently in Shanti Mandir Walden, NY during the Memorial Day weekend with contagious interest and enthusiasm shown by students and young adults. The theme for this...

Students and Alumni from Eleven Universities Focus on “Goals of Life” at HSC’s 25th Annual Camp

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...

Preserving Hinduism in the U.S: A Reflection on HSC’s Camp at Shanti Mandir

by Parth Parihar | 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...

Finding Camp, Lost in the Woods: A Reflection on HSC’s Camp at Shanti Mandir

by Parth Parihar | 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...
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