Insightful, engaging conversations with Hindu Indian American youth, community organizers, faith leaders, creatives, mentors. Topics span a wide range of issues about Indian culture and tradition; Hindu religion and philosophy; collective memory and lived experience and how these impact Hindu Indian-American identity.
Publisher
Renuka A
Category
arts · religion & spirituality · society & culture
Swami Sakshatkrtananda Saraswati Explains Advaita VedAnta in a Nutshell
On the occasion of MahAshivarAtri 2023, I am publishing this episode featuring Swami Sakshatkrtanandaji's elegant explanations of fundamental tenets of the Hindu philosophical system known as non-dualism, or Advaita VedAnta. He is one of the foremost teachers of this traditional method of questioning and understanding ourselves and the world around us. His crystalline explanations as answers to my questions are priceless, so I do urge you to listen to the whole episode. It will be worth putti...
10 Nov 2022
Bal Vihar: How Indian-American Hindu Children Learn about Hinduism in an American setting
It is autumn now, at least in the northeastern part of the U.S. when the magic of leaves changing colors combines with festivities of Halloween and Thanksgiving, yielding a plethora of sensory stimuli, especially for children and youth. It is also the time when school has been underway for a few months and everyone is looking forward to the first long holiday! Hundreds of children of Hindu Indian origin living across the U.S. have been attending another school on the weekends that has...
1 Jun 2022
Sacred Thread--Episode 1: Owning Two Cultures
The Sacred Thread series will feature voices of Millenial and Gen-Z individuals from varied backgrounds and experiences. Listening to American Hindus of Indian heritage voice their perspectives on navigating connections to multiple cultural identities provides scope for understanding second- and even third-generation Hindu Indian Americans. What are some challenges they face and some advantages they reap, in belonging to American, Indian, Hindu, and other identities simultan...
1 Jun 2022
Philadelphia Ganesh Festival
This episode highlights Philadelphia Ganesh Festival and its premise as a celebration centered on the elephant-faced Hindu deity commonly addressed as Ganapati or Ganesha. PGF has earned the title of being the largest Ganesh festival in North America. It is a 10-day annual event, hosted at Bharatiya Temple in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. Credits: theme music track: timbre-loopcentury-bhajan from freesound.org
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