Living our religions : Hindu and Muslim South Asian American women narrate their experiences

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Introduction / Anjana Narayan and Bandana Purkayastha

Transgressing the sacred-secular, private-public divide / Bandana Purkayastha

The interconnecting humanity : connections between our spiritual and secular world / Selina Jamil

Islam through a mosaic of cultures / Parveen Talpur

At the crossroads of religions : the experiences of a Newar woman in Nepal and the United States / Bidya Ranjeet

Color of God : resplendent clay of Hindu images as the glow of the ineffable / Neela Bhattacharya Saxena

I am Muslim first / Salma Kamal

Red, bulls, and tea : cultural hashing of a 1.5er (a.k.a. second-generation reflections) / Monoswita Saha

Interpretive intervention : religion, gender, and boundaries / Bandana Purkayastha

Many facets of Hinduism / Anjana Narayan

Living Hinduism and striving to achieve internal and external harmony / Shanthi Rao

Mapping the memories of a Nepali woman in the United States / Shobha Hamal Gurung

Bengali, Bangladesh yet Muslim / Elora Halim Chowdhury

Religion as inspiration, religion as action / Aysha Saeed

Muslim women between dual realities / Rafia Zakaria

Challenging the master frame through dalit organizing in the United States / Shweta Majumdar

Interpretive intervention : religion, practices, and resistances / Anjana Narayan

Conclusion : human rights, religion, and gender / Bandana Purkayastha