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		<title>Hindus in America: Acting on Our Values, Alleviating Hunger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2017 01:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the recent Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit’s annual gala, Kresge Foundation President Rip Rapson was awarded the 2017 Daniel Hart Krichbaum Visionary Civic Leader Award. In his acceptance speech, he spoke about The Imperative of Acting on Our Values, and forming alliances around the non-negotiable. Allowing a fellow human being to go hungry [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Green Diwali Webinar: Lighting the Way to Protect Mother Earth</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/10/green-diwali-protect-mother-earth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Deepavali or Diwali is often called the Festival of Lights; the holiday is rooted in the story of Lord Rama and his return from exile. The rows of diyas lit in celebration of Rama’s return represent light in its most basic form: providing knowledge, dispelling ignorance. This explanation ignores the complexity of its message about [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Watching Marshall, Lighting the Diwali Lamp for Dharma</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/10/light-diwali-lamp-for-dharma/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The days before and after Diwali are always surrounded by a surfeit of activities: religious events, family gatherings, a festive dinner at my local temple and many other opportunities for socializing and cultural entertainment that create an ambience reminiscent of “back home” for so many Indian immigrants. Living in a religiously diverse suburb of metropolitan [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eclipse-Nirvana: Contemporary Devotional Music by Aks &#038; Lakshmi</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/10/eclipse-nirvana-aks-lakshmi/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 02:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had an opportunity to hear a wonderful husband-wife musician duo as part of a recent trip to Indianapolis:  Ashwin Krishnan Subramanian and Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian presented their contemporary devotional music program to the attendees of the 12th Annual Hindu Mandir Executives’ Conference. Hindu temple executives from around North America and the next generation of leaders [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Finding the Goddess Within: Protect Us From Fear</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 01:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every year, during the festival of Navaratri, my local temple celebrates the Divine Feminine through a multitude of religious rituals and events from among the diverse ethnic traditions that are represented by the Indian immigrant communities here in southeastern Michigan. In the two decades of making the Bharatiya Temple in Troy my “go-to” spiritual center, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pursuing Pluralism to Promote Science-Based Policy</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/04/pluralism-to-promote-science-based-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 02:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, after celebrating Earth Day at my local Hindu mandir in Troy, I stopped in Midland, MI to participate in the March for Science, en route to a another destination. My mother – the biologist – asked me why I took a detour to attend the Midland March. This set my thoughts on a journey [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Religion and Science: Complementary Not Conflicting</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/04/religion-science-complementary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During my childhood, my father referenced Albert Einstein often, with quotes like “Science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind.” Einstein was deeply interested in the relationship between religion and science. He gave considerable attention to the humanities and the pursuit of peace through his writing. His scholarship went beyond his particular [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Peace and Justice: Seeking Shanti, Promoting Dharma</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/04/peace-justice-seeking-shanti-promoting-dharma/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I sat in a Detroit church pew on Sunday, livestreaming the reading of a speech to commemorate one that was given by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King 50 years ago, looking at two banners that flanked the altar: Justice and Peace. Rev. Rich Peacock, a retired United Methodist minister, Co-chair of Peace Action of Michigan [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy Ugadi &#8211; A Hindu New Year for a Telugu from Troy</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/03/happy-ugadi/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Mar 2017 03:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While Diwali marks the beginning of the new year for some Hindus, here in my hometown of Troy, most Hindus will celebrate the start of the Vedic New Year on Ugadi. Troy, MI is unique for its diversity, with one in four people born in another country, and our most spoken foreign language being Telugu – which is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hindus in Hijabs or Showing Solidarity in Saris?</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/seekingshanti/2017/02/hindus-in-hijabs-showing-solidarity-saris/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Padma Kuppa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2017 01:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently watched a video of Hindu- and South Asian American activists showing their support for our Muslim American sisters by wearing hijabs and leading a protest against Islamophobia with strident voices. I was peeved and perhaps even perturbed: it’s an issue that has long sat on my mind, but the images pushed me to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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