American Hindus

Hinduism can mean incredibly right-wing fundamentalists who use it as an excuse for violence, or it can mean my mother, a self-proclaimed atheist who is one of the most devout Hindus I know.

Others utilize Hindu, specifically Vaishnava, theology to reconfigure Christmas to be a Hindu tradition. ... By including Christ as just another avatara of Vishnu, they indirectly make Christianity just another sect of Hinduism.

While in many ways the advent of Hindu Americans recapitulates the familiar immigrant story, it is also uniquely significant.

PASSAIC, N.J. -- In a cluttered fifth grade classroom in this New York suburb, Niki Shah has spent the summer attempting an almost impossible task: te...