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Kalyan Viswanathan

Kalyan Viswanathan
Mr. Kalyan Viswanathan is a Board-member and the current President of Hindu University of America. He was associated with Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati, the Founder of the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam group of institutions, for 20+ years, and was immersed in Advaita Vedānta. He has had a long-standing interest in the promotion of the academic study of Hindu Dharma, and played key roles in many Dharmic institutions in America. He teaches in the Continuing Education Division at HUA.

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Friends of HUA Gala in Houston on March 26,...

Hindu University of America (HUA) in association with Hindus of Greater Houston (HGH) hosted a Friends of HUA Gala evening on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at VPSS Haveli in Houston. Close to 500...

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Transforming Karma Into Yoga

For the vast majority of people on the planet, the only conceivable human pursuits and actions (karma) possible are limited to the realms of Security and Pleasure (artha and kāma). But within those...
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Gun-Violence and Dharma – Part II

Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way is a painted mural displayed behind the western staircase of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol Building. The mural was...

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Gun-Violence and Dharma – Part I

Yet another episode of the ever-more-familiar sequence of a random act of violence, the loss of innocent lives, the tremendous sadness that we all share in the wake of such loss, and the “thoughts...

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Hindudvesha - Systemic Hinduphobia

Hindudvesha perpetuates a state of disharmony and conflict, leading to systemic discrimination and violence against the Hindus.

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Us vs Them — A Reflection

When Hindus talk about Ahimsa, Shanti and Peace, but do not seem to have a big stick to back it up with they often seem unprepared for conflict, merely engaging in naïve, happy talk.

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Consciousness and Matter

A moment of reflection, on what Consciousness and Matter are, and what does Hindu Philosophy, especially Bhagavad Gita say about it.
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Postcolonial Hindu Studies

Postcolonial Hindu Studies must begin with an acknowledgment of the epistemic violence towards Hindus by the Colonizers and become a disciplinary project devoted to the task of intellectual...

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