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Religion 2.0: User-generated religion and the role of Swadharma

Monday, June 8, 2009

After working for a ratings and review platform that rated green building products and services, I appreciated how much people depend on their peers for judgment and insight when making crucial decisions. A few months later, in my class on “The Anthropology of Religion,” I attempted to portray Yelp, the major ratings and review site [...]

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The social aspect of religion

Friday, May 1, 2009

Today at Wellesley, we had our Darshana (our Hindu student’s group) Spring Mela, which basically consisted of food, music, dances, and a lot of fun. It reminded me that although I think there’s a lot of value in the ideology of Hinduism, the thing that keeps me engaged in religion is the social/cultural aspect. [...]

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Making space for God

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Swadharma has only recently come to my attention, but thanks to Saketh, I’ll be posting fairly regularly from now on. I’m a first-year at Wellesley College, and after coming to college, I’ve found that religion has begun to play a more prominent role in my life that it did in high school. At [...]

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