It’s Sunday morning at 2am, and what do I do after a night of chilling with friends? I open Twitter. A big mistake. The big buzz words ‘WOKE’, ‘SOUTH ASIAN’ pop up, followed by a 3rd word, even more interesting – SARASWATI. For those that don’t know, ‘Saraswati’ is the auspicious GODDESS of wisdom, arts […]
Hindu Charity Delivers Dozens of Handmade Scarves and Blankets to Abused Children & Women Shelters
On the occasion of Diwali – the Hindu festival of lights – Sewa USA delivered 150 hand-knit scarves and baby blankets to Chicago-based women’s shelters. Sewa USA launched the Knit for Sewa drive in August 2015. Sixty people from 15 states participated in the drive by knitting and mailing in their handmade items. Participants included […]
Conference Has Goal to Empower and Promote Leadership Among Hindu Women
Women’s rights movements have rapidly been growing in the West, but is still lacking in many parts of the World. Hindu women comprise of approximately half of the global Hindu population of One-Billion and are among the World’s top political leaders and CEOs. However, there is still a lot of work to be done for […]
Narendra Modi Was Beau Ideal for FICCI Women (Video)
By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant, VSM FICCI is a powerful entity and its women’s wing wields more political and economic power than the main body. At their Annual General Meeting, Narendra bhai Modi was the Chief Guest on Monday, 8th July 2013. The sessiom was so successful that everyone connected with it was patting his or […]
Time that Hindus join forces for the purpose of spreading service, peace, and tolerance
By Divya Selvakumar As an international development professional and nutrition specialist, I spent a couple years working in Tanzania and in India spreading the importance of nutrition awareness. During this time, I became interested in the role religion played in the implementation of nutrition programs. Upon moving to DC area a few years ago, I […]