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| "It's not like there's just one path that I'm in for the rest of my life." |
July 07, 2022 |
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2021 was Radhika Amin’s last summer attending the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp in upstate New York. Each year the camp attracts 200 eight to 15-year-olds to attend two-week sessions at the rural campus on the outskirts of Rochester. Amin, now a 20-year-old college student, served as the camp director for the first session. She describes the typical day and the not-so-typical lessons that include learning about Vedic philosophy, chanting in Sanskrit, and participating in religious rituals. Amin credits the two-week immersion experience at one of the nation’s oldest and longest-running Hindu overnight camps with shaping her spiritual identity and broadening her understanding of the different expressions of Hinduism.
Radhika Amin. Rising senior in Case Western’s BS/MD program, majoring in Medical Anthropology with minors in Chemistry and Psychology. She grew up in Rochester, NY. Radhika has attended HHSC for 13 years as a camper, counselor, staff coordinator, assistant director, and, most recently, as director. She is captain of Case Western's Bollywood fusion dance team and loves to dance, read, and paint in her free time. |
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