How have you prepared your children to answer questions about India about cow worship, sindoor, untouchability?
I hope the training we have given our children equipped them to answer such questions about India and Hinduism. They have visited India many times and like to return there at every opportunity. How did the idea for Meru come about? The 2000 Census showed the Asian-American segment as the fastest growing in Massachusetts. One out of five Asians there is Indian. The number of children of Indian origin is significant. They should know enough about their heritage, and they can help educate their schoolmates and teachers, even the public, about Indian customs, traditions and culture. We are trying to draw children from other states on the East Coast for our activities, especially the summer camp we have in the second half of the month. What is the significance of the name? Meru signifies the cosmic mountain in Indian and Tibetan tradition. Another ancient civilization, Sumerian, also has ‘mer’ as part of it. The mountain Meru is the center of the universe around which creation revolves. It
