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Automating temples, one bell at a time

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Religious entrepreneurship is an interesting thing, especially since the rhetoric of the Hindu intellectual tradition vividly separates spirituality and materialism. That is why I find the automatic bell ringer odd.
Designed to replace the need for drummers at Hindu temples, the automatic bell ringer sells at a brisk pace — approximately 300 units a month, according [...]

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Rangoli annoys the local homeowners association

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

There’s an interesting article in the Washington Post about a Hindu family which drew rangoli on their driveway for their son’s thread ceremony, and was fined by the local homeowners association.
Is this a violation of religious freedom? I’m reluctant to have an opinion on this, because personally I’m not as attached to rangoli patterns as [...]

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Today’s bombings in Mumbai

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The bombings and gunfire in Mumbai today (reuters, cnn) make me thankful for my comfortable, secure chair here at home.
Upon hearing the news, I felt two things:

I am going to change this. Idealism swept through me for a few seconds, and subsided.
What is wrong with our country? My family is from India, so this news [...]

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