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Thoughts from the Harvard Hindu Retreat

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Hello All,
This is my first Swadharma post, so I’ll keep it a bit short. On Saturday, we had an Intercollegiate Hindu students’ retreat at Harvard. In attendance were people from MIT, Harvard, Tufts, Wellesley, Northeastern and the New England College of Optometry. Several interesting topics relevant to modern American Hindus were discussed — one topic that particularly [...]

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Yes, we can.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

So today, the 44th President of the United States was inaugurated; for the first time in American history, citizens put aside issues of race, and democratically (and peacefully!) chose an African-American man as their head of state. Throughout his campaign, Obama’s main message has been one of change; he has promised us that with his presidency, [...]

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