Vishal Agarwal, Author at Indic Today

Honoring our Gurus: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis-III

Honoring our Gurus Part III: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis

In Part III of Honoring our Gurus, let’s look into the life accounts of a few more Rishis.

November 18, 2020 Vishal Agarwal

Honoring our Gurus Part II: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis

In Part II of our series Honoring our Gurus, let’s look at the life accounts of Rishis

November 5, 2020 Vishal Agarwal

Honoring our Gurus Part I: Learning from the life accounts of Rishis

‘Gu’ means darkness and ‘Ru’ means he dispels it and hence ‘Guru’ means ‘one who dispels the darkness of ignorance and grants the light of knowledge’.

October 29, 2020 Vishal Agarwal

Krishna’s Lila Part II: Stories From The Life Of Sri Krishna

They ignore the miracles that Bhagavān does in our lives every day, and say that it is not Bhagavān, but natural laws alone, which keep the universe going, forgetting the fact that even nature is the manifestation of Bhagavān.

October 15, 2020 Vishal Agarwal

Krishna’s Lila Part I: Stories from the Life of Sri Krishna

Krishna Lila, beautiful stories from the life of Sri Krishna on this earth

August 12, 2020 Vishal Agarwal

Vishal Agarwal

Vishal Agarwal is an independent scholar residing in Minneapolis (USA) with his wife, two children and a dog. He has authored one book and over fifteen book chapters and papers, some in peer reviewed journals, about ancient India and Hinduism. He and his wife founded the largest weekend school teaching Hinduism to students, and also a teenager organization to keep them engaged in Dharma. Vishal has participated in numerous interfaith forums, and has represented Hindus and Indians in school classrooms and in seminars. Vishal is the recipient of the Hindu American Foundation’s Dharma Seva Award (2010), the Global Hindu Academy’s Scholar award (2014) and service awards from the Hindu Society of Minnesota (2014 and 2015). He is very strongly engaged in the social and Dharmic activities of the Indian and Hindu communities of Minnesota, and has authored a series of ten textbooks for use in weekend Hindu schools by children from the ages 4-14. Professionally, Vishal is a biomedical Engineer with graduate degrees in Materials Engineering and Business Administration (MBA). His scientific and statistical training enables him to bring precision and a high level of rigor in his research – qualities that are very often missing in contemporary publications on Indology and in South Asian Studies.

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