Sumitra Srinivasan performs her daily prayers at her West Toledo home.

Faith is "...believing in a higher authority, a higher cosmic power, and just a belief that there is God. In addition to being brought up with religious values and trust in God, it has also been a quest for understanding the scientific basis for things, what can't be understood by science. ... I continually question various teachings and their contexts, but on a more compelling side, I believe these have been said and passed to us through divine intervention. They may not have been proven or understood or accepted yet, but I want to believe."

Sumitra Srinivasan, Hindu, 30, West Toledo