Monthly Archives: February 2009

Conversion and Polygamy

Friday, February 27, 2009

My uncle sent me this simultaneously amusing and disturbing article on Wednesday that I thought might interest the readers of Swadharma.  From the Wall Street Journal, it details the Bollywood-fit shenanigans of Indian politician Chander Mohan.  Putting aside the melodrama of job dismissal, kidnap, overdose, and rape (really, just click on the link and read [...]

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Intensity

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

On Monday evening, I attended a puja for Shivaratri in the Vedanta Center in Boston, and for the first time in a while, I could physically feel the power of devotion (for lack of a better phrase) in the room. There were many times when I was growing up in Vidyapith that I could physically [...]

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Question of the Week: Why vegetarianism?

Monday, February 23, 2009

One of the most prominent issues in Hinduism is the question of vegetarianism. While many Hindus are vegetarian, they cite a variety of reasons behind their choice. These are three of the most popular reasons:

Ahimsa, or nonviolence. Some Hindus, including me, are vegetarian purely because they believe in ahimsa, or [...]

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