This is a special podcast for Hindu parents sending children for college to USA - what to expect, what to avoid, what support networks do students have? In this episode, we talk to Vijaya Viswanathan, co-author of the latest bestseller Snakes in the Ganga, and co-founder of Agastya Gurukulam, an initiative for imparting Bharatiya education. We converse about general dangers like vaping, alcohol, parties & also Hindu-specific ones like pressure to disown your parents & heritage. Should you send children abroad for undergrad or masters programs? Should they take courses on India, Hinduism, South Asia, Indology? Are liberal arts courses worth it? Does choosing a STEM major insulate your child from social justice activism? What are the three important things parents can do to prepare their children before they go abroad? We discuss a wide range of issues from meals plans and food to mental health and..what's the real purpose of education? To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Subscribe to our podcasts for topics, viewpoints and insights that you won't find elsewhere...and then take an informed decision to do what's best for you and your child! General Information: Subscribers are requested to look for The Hindu Parenting notification emails for new podcasts/posts in their email promotions/spam tab and personally move these into the main inbox. Thereafter all posts will be delivered to their main inbox. Thank you! For questions that you’d like us to address, please use the form below: Hindu Parenting Questions For comments and suggestions, please use the comments tab or write to us at [email protected] Please note that questions will not be answered on email. Do subscribe to our substack and follow us on our social media handles Twitter: hinduparenting Instagram: hinduparenting Telegram: t.me/hinduparenting Facebook: facebook.com/hinduparenting Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/hinduparenting Koo: hinduparenting The opinions expressed by guests on The Hindu Parenting Podcast are their personal opinions and Hindu Parenting does not assume any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, completeness, suitability or validity of anything shared on our platform by them. Copyright belongs to Hindu Parenting. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hinduparenting.substack.com