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Unleash Your Mind

Unleash Your Mind. Bala Vihar Hindu Vedic Society. Bala Vihar-A Community Resource. A place for our children to learn about our identity, culture and religion in an American context. What does it mean to be a Hindu? One God or many Gods?

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Unleash Your Mind

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  1. Unleash Your Mind Bala Vihar Hindu Vedic Society

  2. Bala Vihar-A Community Resource A place for our children to learn about our identity, culture and religion in an American context. • What does it mean to be a Hindu? • One God or many Gods? • Gandhiji, Republic Day, Constitution, Equality, MLK Jr.

  3. Bala Vihar-A Community Resource A place for our children to learn about our identity, culture and religion in an American context. A place where our children reinforce, through peer interaction, the values and traditions taught at home. • Why do we do a puja? • Why do we take our shoes off at the temple?

  4. Bala Vihar-A Community Resource A place for our children to learn about our identity, culture and religion in an American context. A place where our children reinforce, through peer interaction, the values and traditions taught at home. A place where our children (and all of us) can extend our understanding of customs, cultures and beliefs across various regions of India, the US and the world. • What is Rakhi? What is Onam? • Why do many Indian festivals happen at about the same time? • What is similar about Indian and Western music?

  5. Bala Vihar-A Community Resource • Instill pride in our Heritage • Develop an Indian-American Identity • Provide a Peer Group • Impart a baseline understanding of Hinduism • Link the Ancient to Modern • Develop and reinforce a Philosophy and Value System to grow up on and live by

  6. How Does Bala Vihar Work ? • Hinduism • Bhajans, Shlokas • Indian History • Festivals • Epics, Literature • Art, Architecture • Science, Achievements • Values Modeled on the Chinmaya Mission Bala Vihar in Houston Volunteer team of Teachers-Children-Parents Baseline topics Curriculum is constantly evolving

  7. More Details • Sundays at 10:30 – 11:30 am (EBR Parish School Year) • 10:30–10:45 Shlokas and Bhajans • 10:45–11:29 Level Specific classes • 11:29–11:30 Quiet Time • 11:30 –11:40 Arati • Four Grade Levels • KG – Grade 2 • Grades 3-5 • Grades 6-8 • Grades 9-12 • $100 per child per semester, $50 per semester for each additional child

  8. Enrollment this Year • 5 new teachers this Fall • Nirav Bhatt • Shobha Menon • Shalaka Kulkarni • Subhashini Rajagopal • Nisha Valsaraj • 31 students???? • 14 in KG-Grade 2 • 6 in Grades 3-5 • 5 in Grades 6-8 • 6 in Grades 9-12 • 21 families • 10 teachers • R.Vaidyanathan • Sudha Raval • …..

  9. How Can You Help ? • Help Build a Critical Mass • Enroll your children • Volunteer • As teachers • As sponsors • Help improve Bala Vihar • Provide suggestions and feedback

  10. Questions? • Call or e-mail • Sudha Rawal – • R Vaidyanathan • Satyajit Verma • Indu Gilman • Raju Hingorani …..or any of the teachers listed on Slide 8…

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