“‘Demystifying Hinduism’: Hindu Students Host a Landmark Conference at Rutgers University”, American Kahani, May 08, 2026
“By any measure, it was just an ordinary Thursday on the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick. Students moved between classes, the usual rhythms of a large state university carrying on undisturbed. But inside the Student Center, something less ordinary was taking place: more than 75 students, professors, educators, and community members had gathered to do something that, frankly, in 2026, feels quite radical — talk about Hinduism seriously, on its own terms, in an academic setting.
The event was “Demystifying Hinduism: Clarity Through Scholarship,” a day-long academic seminar organized by the Coalition of Hindus of North America and its youth wing CYAN (CoHNA Youth Action Network), in partnership with the university’s Hindu Students Council and the Hindu Chaplaincy on April 30.
Shyam Kumar, a junior in Political Science and vice president of CYAN, was elated. “It was a unique and refreshing counterpoint to the discourse we normally hear about Hinduism”. There was quite elation among the students who had organized the day, pride in ensuring that like students of other faiths, Hindu youth too could have an authentic space for scholars and students to discuss and debate……”
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