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Vineet Chander is a legal and communications consultant, writer, and teacher, specializing in the Hindu diaspora community. He is a Hindu Chaplain and the Coordinator for Hindu Life at Princeton University, and serves as the North American Director of Communications for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a worldwide organization representing the Vaishnava Hindu tradition. In previous incarnations, Vineet has been a New York City prosecutor, a cable TV show host, and a hospital chaplain. In his free time, he enjoys relaxing with his wife and his new baby, attending classes at The Bhakti Center, and teaching himself photography. As a second-generation, Indian-American, Vaishnava-Hindu, Vineet ponders new ways of further hyphenating his identity.
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Previous Posts
Hinduism: Its Own Interfaith Party
posted 11:28:12am May. 11, 2012 | read full post »
Kidnapped, converted, married: Growing up Hindu in Pakistan
posted 1:14:23pm Apr. 26, 2012 | read full post »
NPR: To Some Hindus, Modern Yoga Has Lost Its Way
posted 11:33:15am Apr. 11, 2012 | read full post »
Hinduism and Homosexuality
posted 11:42:59am Apr. 04, 2012 | read full post »
Twisting the Yoga Debate
posted 3:16:39pm Mar. 15, 2012 | read full post » |
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