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...Following his defeat in 2003, Jindal ran for and won the congressional seat in Louisiana's first district. Since then, the staunch conservative - who converted from Hinduism to Catholicism as a teenager - has traveled often to northern Louisiana, hitting up churches and pressing the flesh. The strategy appears to have worked, as Jindal handily won the areas he lost to Blanco four years ago and that heavily supported white supremacist David Duke's bid for the governorship in 1991. Perhaps realizing the difficulties of running to lead a state that has by and large elected white males to higher office...
...Science and Engineering, a 10-week residential program for students pursuing science research. Beyond the realm of science, Yanamadala has been an active member of the community. Last year, he served as co-president of Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu students association. During his tenure, he helped launch Hinduism Awareness Week as well as a semesterly journal dedicated to informing the campus about Hinduism-related issues. Yanamadala has also worked closely to organize events with the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. During his sophomore year, he led the effort to organize 25 student groups to hold...
...editors: On Monday, March 12th,The Crimson published a photo (news) of the Holi celebration organized by Dharma, Harvard’s Hindu Students Association. We greatly appreciate the coverage, as The Crimson is a wonderful avenue to convey information about Hinduism to the student body. However, we have some reservations about the title given above the photo. As the title “Just like Krishna” would suggest, the significance of throwing colors on Holi is often associated with Sri Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu. In Hindu mythology, Krishna’s followers anointed themselves with bright...
Rather thanoffering a courseexclusively on the Bible, it might be more constructive to offer a survey course on the major faiths: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Judaism. Particularly at this time, a little knowledge of Islam would be most helpful to Americans...
...BASIC QUESTION: WHY TEACH THE BIBLE and not comparative religion? It may not be necessary to provide Islam, Buddhism or Hinduism with equal time, but it seems misguided to ignore faiths that millions of Americans practice each day; and a glance at the headlines further argues for an omnibus course. Yet could a school demand that its already overloaded kids take one elective if they take the other? Concerns about whether a Bible Belt Christian teacher could in good conscience teach a religiously neutral Bible course also plagued me. Was high school Bible study one of those great ideas that...