{"id":270,"date":"2018-06-14T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T18:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmportland.com\/HariPatrika2018\/?p=270"},"modified":"2018-06-17T08:42:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T15:42:16","slug":"alumni-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/alumni-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Values and valuables"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karthy Chandra<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having immigrated from India at a young age, my life has always been a delicate balance of adapting to the cultural norms of the society I am tangibly in touch with and staying connected to the rich cultural roots of my heritage. The aroma of South Indian spices, Bharathanatyam & Ballet dance classes, and a fluid linguistic fusion of English and Malayalam make up the colorful mosaic of my childhood.<\/p>\n

Through Chinmaya Mission, I found a community of like-minded people who shared the same inclination to strike a balance between their Indian heritage and this American life. It was a place that helped me connect with my family over our shared spiritual values, along with others in the local Indian community and at Chinmaya centers around the country. The classmates I grew up with left a lasting impact on my life and are still close friends. They understood what it was like to have to change out of your indian clothes to watch a movie after Balavihar or argue with your parents about whether you had time to learn geeta chanting. We could relate to each other in a way that we couldn\u2019t with most other people.<\/p>\n

As an alumni, I cherish the memories I\u2019ve made at Chinmaya Mission and appreciate its values and teachings that incubated my spiritual growth. I always look forward to visiting our center back in Portland and delight in witnessing it\u2019s growth and development. I am proud to be part of this community of cherished companions, dedicated volunteers, and spiritual seekers. Hari om!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karthy Chandra Having immigrated from India at a young age, my life has always been a delicate balance of adapting to the cultural norms of the society I am tangibly in touch with and staying connected to the rich cultural roots of my heritage. The aroma of South Indian spices, Bharathanatyam & Ballet dance classes, … Continue reading “Values and valuables”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumspeaks","category-contents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmportland.org\/HariPatrika2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}