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Adding Hindu Mantra’s To Meditation Ends Up With Hinduphobic Lawsuit in School System Settled for $2.6 Million

Adding Hindu Mantra’s To Meditation Ends Up With Hinduphobic Lawsuit in School System Settled for $2.6 Million

A federal judge in Chicago has approved a $2.6 million settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging that the Chicago Public Schools violated the establishment clause when it required students to participate in transcendental meditation or observe a half hour of silence. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois approved the [...]

May 16, 2025 HHR Archives, Hinduphobia, News updates, World Focus 0

On the Bastardization of Yoga, like Indigenous Traditions by Low-Brow Pop Culture

On the Bastardization of Yoga, like Indigenous Traditions by Low-Brow Pop Culture

As an American of Indian descent, I have always been fascinated by the arcane depths of the Hindu culture to which I belong. I have been practicing Yoga and writing about Indian metaphysics, Buddhism and South Asian Art and Culture for a long time, and am fairly sensitive to how my native traditions are represented [...]

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