Sanjeev Kumar (2012): ‘Sangh Parivar and the Bhutanese Refugees: Constructing a Hindu Diaspora in the US’ in John Zavos‚ Pralay Kanungo‚ Deepa S. Reddy‚ Maya Warrier and Raymond B. Williams (Eds.) Public Hinduism‚ Sage Publications Sangh Parivar and the Bhutanese Refugees: Constructing a Hindu Diaspora in the US By Sanjeev Kumar I happened to meet Bhutanese refugees of Nepali origin for the first time at a Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) camp in Tampa‚ Florida in December 2008. These refugees
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CURRENT TREND AND CHANGES The traditional Hindu Marriage has changed a lot following the modernisation and globalisation of the world.Nowadays peple spend thousands to conduct a grand wedding wit decorations.The decorations now also has changed.They really take iniative to decorate the wedding hall and made it like a palace unlike last time.Now many people prefer to marry in hotel ballrooms rather than in a temple.People are spending money to decorate the hall with fresh flowers that cost
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Poverty is one of the main issues‚ attracting the attention of the economists. It indicates a condition in which a person fails to maintain a living standard adequate for a comfortable lifestyle. India has the world’s largest number of poor people living in a single country. Out of its total population of more than 1 billion‚ 350 to 400 million people are living below the poverty line. Nearly 75% of the poor people are in rural areas‚ most of them are daily wagers‚ landless laborers and self employed
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Rajiv Dixit was an Indian scientist‚ orator‚ and a leader of the modern Swadeshi movement in India. He started social movements in order to spread awareness among the people on various topics of Indian national interests through the Swadeshi Movement‚ Azadi Bachao Andolan‚ and various other works.[1] He served as the National Secretary of Bharat Swabhiman Andolan‚ which was started by Yog Rishi Swami Ramdev[2] He was a strong believer and preacher of Bharatiyata.[3] He had also worked for spreading
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Traditional and Nontraditional Cultures of India and the United StatesTraditional and nontraditional cultures incorporate different sets of beliefs‚ values and behaviors into the individuals involved within each culture. Traditional cultures are cultures that are based largely on beliefs‚ rules‚ symbols and principles established predominately in the past and confined to regional boundaries (Shiraev & Levy‚ 2007). Nontraditional cultures are cultures that are based largely on modern beliefs‚ rules
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Indian civilization is more than 6‚000 years old. Its culture produced Hinduism and Buddhism and influenced philosophical thinking. Ideas about cycles of life and acceptance of diversity are only a part of the Indian contribution to the world. All of this is true‚ however there is much more to the Indian civilization. Besides producing religions‚ philosophies‚ and ideas‚ the Indian civilization also influenced the world in many ways. Hinduism was established before Buddhism‚ however reform
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Part One: The worldview I have to write about is Hinduism. One interesting fact about Hinduism is that it has no founder‚ no timeline. · The Questions of Origin: Hindus believe that God and the universe are one or the same thing. “Pantheism views God as an infinite‚ impersonal force (Weider &Gutierrez‚ 56). They do believe in God but they don’t believe that he is the created of anything that everything was already here before he came. · The Question of Identity: “Pantheists consider
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John Q. Yoga Class Karma Yoga Presentation Karma Yoga What is Karma yoga? Karma means “action” or “work” so Karma yoga means “Union of actions” (what goes around comes around) Karma Yoga is taking responsibility for all of our actions‚ physical‚ mental and spiritual actions. It also means to perform work to the best of our ability and awareness‚ without being overly attached to the outcome. Its knowing you can control what lie inside of you but the the things around you. So you adapt your
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5. Bhagavad Gita The story in the Bhagavad Gita with Arjuna and Krishna has many teachings of Krishna about renunciation‚ selfless services‚ and meditation. It’s also important why Arjuna doesn’t want to wage war. There are many things that Krishna tells Arjuna. All of this will be brought up throughout the essay. In the story Arjuna does not want to wage war. His sudden reaction is reasoned by his internal feelings for this war. Arjuna doesn’t understand why he should have his family risk
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upon this. The importance of this myth is that the caste system’ of Hindu society is founded in it though. The caste system shows that certain sections of society are meant by birth for certain tasks. The priests were born from the mouth of the cosmic man‚ the nobles from his arm‚ the general populace from his thighs and the servants from his feet. 5. Trimurti‚ meaning‚ "having three forms"‚ is applied to the three main Hindu gods; Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva. Three major gods represent all aspects
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