Media

HAF understands the importance of working with the media to ensure fair, accurate and balanced coverage of Hinduism. As the Foundation has attended various media workshops over the years, it has developed relationships with journalists and reporters to provide them with a professional Hindu body to use as a resource. Furthermore, HAF closely monitors media coverage of Hindus and Hinduism, and consistently responds to inaccurate and biased coverage.

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From the Huffington Post

11/30/2012 - Tulsi breaks the religious glass ceiling
11/27/2012 - Overcoming the scars of our caste past
04/24/2012 - Growing up Hindu in Pakistan: Kidnapped, Converted and Married
03/05/2012 - Is yoga a Hindu practice?
02/13/2012 - God, the Gita, and football
01/10/2012 - Yoga won't wreck your body, but may make you more Hindu
12/14/2011 - Asia Society on Kashmir: Now serving foreign policy junk
11/28/2011 - The dharma of an apology
10/26/2011 - Diwali: Finding the Divine in food, friends, and family
10/04/2011 - Fix USCIRF or Fuggedaboutit
07/30/2011 - Hinduism, Vegetarianism, and New Jersey's most costly samosas
06/19/2011 - Peeling back the layers of Sanskrit and Vedic chanting
05/05/2011 - Human rights and religious freedom's "in"crowd
04/19/2011 - Hindu Women: Hear them roar
04/01/2011 - Modernity, memory and mantra
02/05/2011 - The question of evangelism in India
01/20/2011 - We are family, respected Governor Bentley, even if you don't think so
01/03/2011 - Hindu Yamas: Ancient resolutions for New Years
12/17/2010 - To use or not to use: The question for Hindu images and the West
12/10/2010 - Caste, Hinduism and human rights
12/03/2010 - The origins and ownership of Yoga

Patheos.com Entries by Padma Kuppa

02/28/2013 - Women are Natural Change-Agents
01/09/2013 - Ending Violence against Women
12/13/2012 - Asymmetry of Power: Proselytization, Poverty, and Race
11/29/2012 - The Hindu-ness of Rob Bell
11/28/2012 - Mimicry, Mockery, or Mumukshutva? Jeffery Long's Response to Deepak Sarma
11/13/2012 - Diwali's invitation to transcend differences
10/31/2012 - From sacred space to Hindu community
09/23/2012 - Creating goodness out of loss
09/06/2012 - The boon of political diverisity among Indian-Americans
08/22/2012 - Human Boundaries, Human Rights
08/08/2012 - Hoping to move beyond intolerance
07/25/2012 - Spiritual open house
06/20/2012 - Both-And: A Guide to Raising Interfaith Kids
06/06/2012 - Will Saptapadi shape our marriages?
05/23/2012 - Advocacy leads to new opportunities
05/09/2012 - The whole world is one family
04/26/2012 - Celebrating earth with non-violence
04/12/2012 - Glimmers of hope
03/21/2012 - Finding our way to the interfaith table
03/07/2012 - Happy Holi!
02/23/2012 - Shall we dance with our Muslim friends?
02/09/2012 - Keeping our eyes on those in need
01/26/2012 - The eternal dharma and the beloved community
01/12/2012 - Comedy, chai, and the Hindu heritage
12/29/2011 - Caroling the change
12/15/2011 - The real way to decorate a Christmas tree
12/01/2011 - A place at the table
11/17/2011 - Language Matters: Deities and Darshan
11/03/2011 - From Abhimanyu to Kashmir
10/20/2011 - Shining light on the Festival of Lights
10/09/2011 - My Hyphenated Hindu Identity
09/21/2011 - Becoming American: A balancing act
08/25/2011 - Call me Hindu
08/10/2011 - Caste Away: Reviewing the HAF report and finding hope
07/27/2011 - Albus and Harry, Guru and Sishya
07/13/2011 - Being faithful - and friendly - across all faiths
06/22/2011 - Looking at animals but seeing God
05/25/2011 - We are all outsiders looking in
05/11/2011 - Religious freedom, violence, and shanti
04/27/2011 - Music feeding devotion: Carnatic music of Southern India
04/13/2011 - Mother Bhumi: Hinduism and creation
03/30/2011 - The Path of dharma and just war: Two Hindu American perspectives
03/17/2011 - Achieving the vision
03/03/2011 - In search of transformation: Lent and Maha Shivarathri
02/17/2011 - Tiger children on the path of dharma
02/03/2011 - Angels and Apsaras: Common Ground?
01/20/2011 - From Dalits to divinity: A Hindu solution
01/06/2011 - Communion and the human community
12/25/2010 - Our Hindu inheritance
08/09/2010 - 2.3 Million Hindu Americans + 1 Hindu American Sweetheart
06/30/2010 - A journey back to basics & without beginning or end

Washington Post/Newsweek "On Faith" Blog Entries by Dr. Aseem Shukla

05/17/2012 - The beef over beef: A student protest devolves in India
03/01/2012 - Mahatma Gandhi, Mormon?
11/24/2011 - A Hindu Thanksgiving prayer
10/26/2011 - In Diwali celebrations, Hindus assimilate in America
09/29/2011 - Wealth is good, not goal
08/24/2011 - Ancient Hinduism enlightens modern notions of evolution
07/11/2011 - A Hindu temple treasure dilemma: Answers from the ancients
07/08/2011 - Losing my 'religion' - and the call of the Dalai Lama
06/02/2011 - Time to face the Karma debt: Consequences of sex-selective abortion in India
05/26/2011 - Oprah is a dharma seer
05/04/2011 - After bin Laden, more questions
04/14/2011 - Guest Blog: Gender discrimination a cultural bias, not religious truth
04/08/2011 - Jones shows the folly of 'one true faith'
03/03/2011 - Abortion: Pro-choice and pro-karma
01/13/2011 - Political monotheism and the slippery slope to Tucson

Archived Washington Post "On Faith" Blogs (2009-2010)

Blogs and Columns by Prof. Ramesh Rao

11/10/2012 - From the Pioneer: Defeat for Sociopathology
08/25/2012 - From the Pioneer: At the Mad Widow's Wedding
08/06/2012 - From Patheos.com: Imperialist Goals Masked in the Garb of Religious Freedom
06/27/2012 - From Patheos.com: Reincarnation, or Punar-Janma: What Evidence, to What End?
05/12/2012 - From the Pioneer: Don't Shoot the Messenger
04/18/2012 - From Patheos.com: Effulgent Light of the Radiant Sun
03/07/2012 - From Patheos.com: Sadhguru - Version 2
02/18/2012 - From the Pioneer: Creeping religion, crouching secularism
02/14/2012 - From Patheos.com: Gurus wear different garb
01/16/2012 - From Patheos.com: The Bhagavad Gita's True Intent
01/03/2012 - From Patheos.com: A sense of place
12/30/2011 - From the Pioneer: Truth from the cosmic Brahman
12/06/2011 - From Patheos.com: Of "Tears and Bliss"
11/17/2011 - From Patheos.com: Now it is the turn of the Hindus
10/17/2011 - From Patheos.com: The land of the luminous smile
09/25/2011 - From Patheos.com: Sadhu's, India's wondering monks
09/09/2011 - From the Pioneer: We are like that only
08/06/2011 - From the Pioneer: Champagne, seminar, and ISI
06/09/2011 - From the Pioneer: Dharma destroyed, destroys
02/12/2011 - From the Pioneer: Uncle Sam's World is Collapsing
01/27/2011 - From the Guardian: The American immersion into Hinduism
12/02/2010 - From the Guardian: It is wrong to deny that yoga has its origins in Hinduism
10/18/2010 - From the Pioneer: Deja vu over Ayodhya
09/30/2010 - From the Guardian: Ayodhya is emblematic of Indian democracy
08/25/2010 - From the Washington Post: Malaysia: Is it moderate, and is it modern?
01/21/2010 - From the Washington Post: Is There Such a Thing as Karma
12/19/2009 - From the Washington Post: When You Stop Believing - A Hindu View
12/10/2009 - From the Washington Post: When Prayer Doesn't Seem to Work

Letters to the Editor

06/18/2012 - HAF writes to New York Times on blaming airline woes on caste system
04/16/2012 - HAF sends LTE to New York Times on yoga and Gita reference
04/13/2012 - HAF writes to New York Times highlighting human rights violations in Bangladesh
08/04/2011 - New York Times publishes HAF's LTE: Set preconditions for American aid to Pakistan
06/06/2011 - HAF writes to Star Tribune about Christian Yoga
05/01/2011 - HAF's LTE published in New York Times: Hindu rituals in Queens
10/26/2010 - HAF posts Comment to WSJ's flippant blog on Karva Chauth
10/03/2010 - HAF replies to Mishra's NY Times Op-Ed: "Games India isn't ready to play"
08/31/2010 - HAF writes to NY Times correcting Hindu caste reference
07/02/2010 - HAF replies to Joel Stein's offensive article
06/10/2010 - HAF replies to Dalrymple's "Rush Hour of the Gods"
06/07/2010 - HAF signs LTE for creation of Houston Public Defender (pdf)
05/10/2010 - HAF commends piece highlighting Bhutanese sufferings
04/13/2010 - HAF refutes LA Times' attempt to delink Yoga from Hinduism
02/10/2010 - CNN misleads readers about Muslim invention

Archived Letters to the Editor (2004 - 2009)

Press Releases

10/06/2012 - HAF presents on caste-based discrimination at Religion Newswriters Association conference
03/09/2012 - HAF hosts panel on Hinduism in the Media
 
01/22/2011 - Op-Ed, Readers' Forum: Predatory conversions send a message of bigotry and religious triumphalism
01/19/2011 - HAF writes to Saturday Night Live about offensive Ganesha skit
 
11/27/2010 - HAF's Take Back Yoga Campaign Hits the New York Times
11/19/2010 - HAF Reacts to Obama-raja Newsweek Cover
09/23/2010 - Media Silent in Face of New Anti-Hindu Attacks, Foundation Alleges
08/16/2010 - Eat, Pray, Love: Hindu Friendly, Though Not Explicitly Hindu
 
07/09/2009 - HAF Welcomes Burger King's Swift Removal of Offensive Ad
07/07/2009 - Foundation Demands Burger King Remove Offensive Ad
01/10/2009 - "Story of India" Misses the Mark on India's History, Hindu Watchdog Group Announces 
 
06/20/2008 - "The Love Guru" is Vulgar but not Hinduphobic
06/13/2008 - HAF Critical of Paramount Picture Refusal for Pre-Screening of "The Love Guru"
 
10/24/2004 - HAF Attends Religion Newswriters Association Annual Conference