African Hare Krishna
What to write today? Perhaps a fun story? Here’s an “oldie” but a “goodie…” First, a preface: 1) My dad had a good friend in high school who was very smart, had high ambitions, and never really thought...
View ArticleHappy Saraswati Puja
P had an image of Saraswati linked to his Google-Chat today, and I wasn’t sure why. Then I noticed our friend had a “Happy Saraswati Puja!” up as her away message. So, since I work at a university, and...
View ArticleHoli and Lent
Last night we celebrated a friend’s birthday and Holi in true Nepali fashion… with momos of course! In between wrapping the potato/tofu/cabbage (or chicken for the meat eaters) mixture into wanton...
View ArticleBeef… It’s What’s For Dinner…
Beef was a big part of my childhood. As I’ve mentioned before, we were a real “meat and potatoes” kind of family. Both of my parents worked, cooking in general wasn’t a big thing in our house (aside...
View ArticleHappy Buddha Purnima
Today is a holiday celebrated by Buddhists around the world… Buddha’s birthday! I didn’t realize it was today until I saw the “day in pictures” on the BBC website which had one photo commemorating...
View ArticleKumari and Indra Jatra
Yesterday was Indra Jatra. I know this only because I like to look at BBC’s “in pictures” each day and there was a photo from Kathmandu depicting the ceremony. I don’t know much about Indra Jatra (so...
View ArticleDashain Articles
A few people (thanks AS and P) sent me articles today from the Nepali online journal Republica that I wanted to share: The first is called “Nava Durga: Nine incarnations of the Mighty Devi Durga” and...
View ArticleSometimes a Church Just Doesn’t Feel Right
Our wedding has made life interesting the past few months. Sometimes I feel like a lot of the preparation has been a giant negotiation. We want everyone to feel included, and we want to make sure we...
View ArticleSomeday I want to be in South Asia for Holi
I know that the festival of Holi happened a few weeks ago, and I meant to write a post like this at the time, but I was reminded of Holi last night while searching for photos on the internet and …...
View ArticleTo Feel Something, Deeply…
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a young woman who was doing research on Hindu/Christian couples for a paper she was working on at the Harvard Divinity School. She had found me through some of my...
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