by NHSF | Nov 25, 2021 | Archive
One of my most vivid memories growing up is sitting by the Mandir with my Baa, as she paints a Chandan Om onto our Shiva Linga with the end of a matchstick. Every single action of her Puja is so infused with love, so rich with devotion, and her eyes shine with the...
by NHSF | Nov 22, 2021 | Archive, Press Release
19th October, the birthday of Pandurang Shastri Athavale, is celebrated by millions as Manushya Gaurav Din (Human Dignity Day). This day is attributed to fulfilling his life mission to rejuvenate dignity among our fellow human beings, irrespective of their class,...
by NHSF | Oct 28, 2021 | Archive, Utsavs
As the jasmine flower is a jewel amongst the offerings to Bhagavan Shiva; similarly, Atukuri Molla is a jewel amongst the poets of the Telugu language. There are few today, who have heard of her or her Ramayana, but her story and her work present several unique...
by NHSF | Oct 19, 2021 | Archive, Utsavs
Across the nine nights of Navratri, NHSF (UK) celebrates Shakti through telling the stories of nine female intellectuals from Hindu history. What can we, as Hindu students today, learn from the stalwart philosophers of the past? And how many of us, as young Hindus,...
by NHSF | Oct 3, 2021 | Archive, National News, NHSF (UK News), Press Release, Utsavs
Being an NHSF (UK) student, it was a great honour in being able to take part in celebrating Raksha Bandhan with the Armed Forces in Leeds on the 1st of September. I was in talks with Sgt Allison Butlin from Harewood Barracks to plan our Raksha Bandhan event, which was...
by NHSF | Oct 1, 2021 | Archive, National Events, National News, NHSF (UK News), NHSF (UK) Events, Press Release
Growing up as a Hindu in the UK has been a beautiful, enlightening and confusing experience, to say the least. Every time I questioned my parents about ‘Hinduism’, and there have been many times, they’d tell me, “Tulsi, we do not follow a religion. Being a Hindu is a...