How long have you been attending the camp?
I am 22 years old right now and I have been attending the camp since I was 11 years old.

How did you first start going to the camp?
Well, my parents were part of the Sadhu Vaswami Center in New Jersey and they took me to the camp with them as a way of teaching me about my religion.

What is one of your favorite camp activities that the Sadhna Camp offers?
The thing that I look forward to participating in every year is the cultural show.  This show is a chance for my friends and me to do a dance to an Indian song in front of our parents and Dada.  We practice for it all weekend and on the last day of the camp, we perform it.  We get to learn about Indian dancing and it's meanings while having fun with our friends.

In your opinion, what is the purpose of the camp?
I think that it is to promote the teaching of Sadhu Vaswami while bringing the Sindhi community together.

What is a typical day like for you at camp?
First, we wake up in the morning around 8 am and practice meditation. Then we attend satsangs in the morning in which we do our Morning Prayer and get our blessings from Dada.  After that we do some recreational activities like volleyball with the other kids and we eat lunch and relax.  In the afternoon, Dada usually gives a lecture to all the members of the camp about a certain subject.  For example, it could be about how to be good human beings or how to deal with stress or even how to achieve happiness.  Sometimes these talks will be held in Sindhi and sometimes it is in English.  The lecture is usually followed by a satsang and after that the youth may practice for the cultural show or participate in question and answer sessions with Dada.  In the evening time, the camp usually hosts an activity that is fun, but has a cultural value as well.  For example, they will have a campfire on the campgrounds and everyone walks around it singing bhajans.  By 11 pm, everyone is asked to return to their rooms in order to enforce some type of discipline and to rest up for the next day's activities.

Is the camp more social, religious, or cultural for you?
Well, when I was younger the camp was a place for me to have fun and hang out, but when I look back on it I learned things without realizing that I did.

Do you thing you would have been able to learn the same things about your culture without attending the camp?
Yes, I do think I could learn about my religion and my culture without going to it, but what the camp does for me is give me something that I belong to.  I feel like the camp is a chance for me to meet kids like me who I would not know if it had not been for the camp.

In a couple of words, what does the camp mean to you?
Familiarity, friends, culture, and a good time.