In the sermon titled “Diwali and its Many Faces of the Divine”, Rumni Saha explores Goddess Kali’s wrathful destruction of oppressive forces, drawing parallels with the cycles of life and death, the search for spiritual enlightenment, the quest for truth and the pursuit of justice, among others, which we Unitarian Universalists hold as foundational to our faith.
Rumni Saha considers herself to be a proud Hindu, a fierce Unitarian Universalist, and a Religious Humanist. She is currently a candidate for ministerial formation. Rumni received a Master of Divinity degree from Boston University School of Theology in May of 2023. She currently serves as the Hindu and the Unitarian Universalist Chaplain at Wellesley College. She also works as an Interfaith Chaplain with the Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative, doing community/hospital chaplaincy and interfaith work. Rumni is an active member of the Unitarian Church of Sharon, where she has lived with her family since 2001. She has been a long-time Public School Educator, a newspaper columnist, and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Rumni considers India, her home country, as having given her roots and her adopted country her wings.