My brief 3 week visit to India forced me to stay for 7 months working in the villages. I was sharing my experience with my friends in USA. I made a lot of friends during my school days, Bachelors, Masters and work life. Many of them expressed a deep concern for what is happening to India. On one front, India is progressing, GDP is growing. The richer are getting richer, the poorer are getting poorer. Every sector in India has developed except the farmer. Our cultural heritage, family values and health are deteriorating.
When I was in USA, every weekend, all of our friends would get together, eat a lot, some drink, discuss at length the issues facing India, our people, pollution, traffic, corruption, caste, dowry, agriculture, IT, stocks, etc. We then figure out whom or what to blame, it could be the caste system, dowry system, some Chief Minister or a Prime Minister, or even Mahatma Gandhi or Nehru. Stay awake until past midnight and go home and sleep. Many Many MANY of our fellow Indians do this. I was one of them. We all had "brilliant ideas" on how to fix things. But at the end of the day, we go home and sleep and get ready for the next work week.
One of my friends said, "Sudha, we admire your courage and sacrifice to take this step to work for our people. All of us want to do likewise but we cannot leave our jobs and our families. Our heart is there with you. All we can do is support you from here. Why don't you come back to USA for a few months and meet all your friends and bring awareness about the ground reality and how we can be part of this movement."
With the guidance of my spiritual teacher, I took this journey to tour USA for a few months.
Topics on this page:
- International Tour
- Speaking Engagements
- Upcoming Speaking Engagements
- Testimonials
International Tour:
April 3-7, 2010: Auckland, New Zealand
April 7, 2010: Sydney, Australia
April 8-11, 2010: Honolulu, Kawaii, Hawaii
April 11 - May 2, 2010: California
Speaking Engagements:
Tue 17-AUG-2010: Somerset, NJ, 9pm
Mon 16-AUG-2010: Sai Mandir, North Brunswick, NJ, 5:30pm
Mon 16-AUG-2010: Bridgewater, NJ, Private Residence, 1pm
Sun 15-AUG-2010: Sai Mandir, North Brunswick, NJ, 6:30pm
Sun 15-AUG-2010: Allentown, PA, Private Residence
Sat 14-AUG-2010: Saylorsburg, PA, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
Fri 13-AUG-2010: Saylorsburg, PA, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
Thu 12-AUG-2010: Iselin, NJ, Sai Baba Temple, 9pm
Wed 11-AUG-2010: Edison, NJ, 8:30pm
Tue 10-AUG-2010: Somerset, NJ, 9pm
Mon 09-AUG-2010: Washington DC, 2pm
Sun 08-AUG-2010: Ganesh Temple, Flushing, NY, 6pm
Sun 08-AUG-2010: North Brunwick, NJ, 8am
Sat 07-AUG-2010: East Windsor, 11pm
Sat 07-AUG-2010: Princeton, NJ, 8pm
Sat 07-AUG-2010: West Windsor, NJ, 10am
Fri 06-AUG-2010: Princeton, NJ, 9pm
Thu 05-AUG-2010: Edison, NJ, 9pm
Wed 04-AUG-2010: South Plainfield, NJ 7pm
Tue 03-AUG-2010: Somerset, NJ, 9pm
Mon 02-AUG-2010: South Plainfield, NJ, 7pm
July 30-Aug 1, 2010: Cranbury, NJ, Jeeyar Swamy Sri Yagam, met lots of people
July 27-28, 2010: Boston, MA, 2 meetings
July 22-27, 2010: Art of Living Event; many small meetings, Marriott Hotel, Hartford, CT
July 19-21, 2010: Met a number of people in Hartford, CT
Sun 18-JUL-2010 Hilton Hotel, Hartford, CT, 8pm
Sun 18-JUL-2010 Ganesh Temple, Flushing, NY, 2pm
Sat 17-JUL-2010 South Plainfield, NJ, 9pm
Sat 10-JUL-2010 Atlanta, GA, 2pm
Fri 09-JUL-2010 Alpharetta, GA, 7pm
Wed 30-JUN10: WashingtonDC, PeaceCenter, 9pm
Sun 27-JUN-10: WashingtonDC, Indique, 7:30pm
Sun 27-JUN-10: WashingtonDC, PeaceCenter, 5pm
Sun 27-JUN-10: WashingtonDC, PeaceCenter, 2pm
Sun 27-JUN-10: WashingtonDC, AAPI (www.aapiconvention.com), 9am
Sat 26-JUN-10: WashingtonDC, AAPI (www.aapiconvention.com), 9am
Sun 20-JUN-10: Iselin, NJ 9:30pm
Sun 20-JUN-10: Bridgewater, NJ, 12 noon
Sat 20-JUN-10; Randolph, NJ, 9pm
Sat 19-JUN-10: Metuchen, NJ, 7pm
Sat 19-JUN-10: Edison, NJ, 1pm
Sat 19-JUN-10: Metuchen, NJ 9:30am
Fri 18-JUN-10: Fords, NJ, 7pm
Sun 13-JUN-10: Princeton Junction, NJ, 10pm
Sun 13-JUN-10: Hillsboro, NJ, 5pm
Sun 13-JUN-10: Princeton Junction, NJ, 11:30am
Sat 12-JUN-10: Princeton Junction, NJ, 9pm
Tue 08-JUN-10: Somerset, NJ, 9pm
Sun 06-JUN-10: East Windsor, NJ, 8:45am
Sat 05-JUN-2010: Durham Ave., Metuchen, NJ 5pm
Fri 04-JUN-2010: Princeton, NJ 8pm
Fri 04-JUN-10: Hillsboro, NJ, 4pm
Tue 01-JUN-2010: Hockessin, DE 8:30pm
Mon 31-MAY-2010 DelawareHinduTemple, Hockessin, DE 7pm
Sun 30-MAY-2010 DelawareHinduTemple, Hockessin, DE, 5pm
Sun 27-MAY-2010: Univ of Cincinnati, OH, 1pm, 8pm
Sat 26-MAY-2010 Univ of Cincinnati, OH, 6pm, 7:30pm
Fri 21-MAY-2010: BharatiyaHinduTemple, Columbus, OH, 7pm
Thu 20-MAY-2010: SaiBabaTemple, Columbus, OH, around 7pm
Sat 15-MAY-2010: Maanas Restaurant, LewisCenter, OH, 10am
Sun 02-MAY-2010: EvergreenValley, San Jose, CA, 9pm
Sat 01-MAY-2010: Cupertino, CA, 7pm
Tue 27-APR-2010: Irvine, CA, 8:30pm
Sun 25-APR-2010: KrishnaValleyTemple, Apple Valley, CA, 7pm
Sun 25-APR-2010: Rancho Cucamonga, CA (Los Angeles), 4pm
Sat 24-APR-2010: SanatanDharmaTemple, Norwalk, CA (Lost Angeles), 8:00pm
Sat 24-APR-2010: SwaminarayanTemple,Norwalk, CA (Los Angeles),7pm
Sat 24-APR-2010: HinduValleyTemple,Northridge, CA (Los Angeles), 4pm
Sat 24-APR-2010: MalibuTemple, Calabasas, CA (Los Angeles), 2pm
Thu 22-APR-2010: Irvine, CA 8pm
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