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Vyasar Ganesan is the contributing writer for Radha Madhav Dham's "Young, American, Hindu" blog, and has been going to the ashram since he was old enough to walk. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University, and has been published in print and online. In this blog, he aims to document and share his experience as a growing Hindu in the United States, in the hopes of inspiring other young Indians. For more on Vyasar and his writing, please visit vyasarwrites.com.

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Life Paths

As of last Saturday, I have become a college graduate. I have been granted a Bachelor of Arts degree from an institution of higher learning. In America, most people think of this as a benchmark of success, an achievement of more…

One God: Eko Devah

There are a lot of people in the world who believe that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion. They see it as a religion with many gods, from Ganesh to Vayu, representing the elements of the natural world. Such a hierarchy more…

Misconceptions Of Sanatan Dharm

Even though I am not an authority on authentic Sanatan Dharm, I have been blessed to learn the Divine philosophy from a spiritual authority like Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj. The information I want to share is not my own, but more…

The Cow In Hinduism

Living in Texas, it’s hard to ignore the prevalence of cows. Cattle farms, dairy farms, along the highway and in the supermarket, the cow is virtually the symbol of the state. If there were traffic jams caused by livestock here, more…

Father’s Day And Critics

In many of Kripaluji Maharaj’s speeches, he makes mention of a rather important fact for daily life. He tells it to his preachers, his devotees, to anyone who will listen. Maharajji tells them and us that they have no greater more…

Faith Fixes You

I feel broken. I am not a man out of time, searching for his proper era. Nor am I someone who has been let down by the powers that be. I do not hold any broken pretensions between my hands, more…