Greetings!

I feel slightly narcissistic making a blog, but I hope that this will be a good practice in writing about current topics in a way that appeals to a more modern audience. Ever since I started following the Hindu American Foundation, I've been interested in working on my writing skills in hopes that I can one day get a job for them. A girl can dream, right? To get this thing started, I thought I should get some basic information out of the way to make everyone's life easier.

So, what is a WASH?
WASH stands for White Anglo Saxon Hindu, and is a term my good friend and I made to describe me, which isn't that clever when you realize that it's a direct ripoff of the term WASP, or White Anglo Saxon Protestant.

How'd you become a Hindu? You're white!
I know! Ain't it great? I grew into the religion rather gradually, as for a long time I didn't want to identify myself as a member of any faith. But the more I learned about Hinduism, the more I saw how their beliefs tied in with my own. I know that people don't normally convert into the Hindu faith, but no one's complained yet. :)

What's up with your love affair with the Hindu American Foundation?
Not only is the HAF a great organization for the often overlooked Hindu population in America, but they help bring awareness and advocacy for a lot of important causes that I strongly believe in- human rights, accurate media representation, interfaith dialogue, and school reform. They're one of the few groups that I haven't found issue with.

So that's about all for now. I really hope that I can do something productive with this. Laters!