USA

We are seeing the recent attacks on American Hindus for their festivals by Christian right-wingers, saying the USA is a Christian country, even though the founding fathers of the US rejected that, knowing the church’s long history. And then, since when has the USA been part of the Middle East, where Christianity is from? So [...]

Another Hindu temple in the United States has been vandalized with pro-Khalistan and anti-India graffiti. The incident, which took place in Greenwood city of Indiana, is the latest in a series of similar acts targeting Hindu places of worship in the U.S. and Canada. The graffiti, which included slogans and messages, has been widely condemned [...]

Virginia has enacted House Bill 2783, criminalising Nazi symbols used to intimidate, while protecting the sacred Swastika from misrepresentation. The law, effective July 1, clearly distinguishes Hitler’s Hakenkreuz from the ancient Swastika, revered in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Advocacy by CoHNA led to critical amendments. The bill now sets a national precedent, balancing hate prevention [...]

Governor Shapiro recently signed a bill making #Diwali an “official holiday” in Pennsylvania and stated, “For the first time ever, Diwali is now a state-recognized holiday here in Pennsylvania.     No matter what you look like, where you come from, who you love or who you pray to, you have a place here in PA [...]

After getting a nice booster from white supremacists from the left and far right to attack Jews, it was only a matter of time before those dreaded kafir, heathen Hindus were next on target. These far-right Muslims are protesting in Chicago, USA, not to buy groceries from Hindu stores which is run by Patels, because [...]

As India grows more powerful it can’t be ignored and dictated to which is why Hindus need to go on the offensive exposing the hinduphobes still hiding in the establishment. Eric Garcetti, the US Ambassador to India, celebrated his first anniversary in the country on May 13. To mark the day, Garcetti shared an elaborate [...]

A massive crowd of #HinduAmericans protested on the 25th of April in #Sacramento against California’s proposed #caste legislation #SB403. Yes, we know that Califonia is full of streets better known as Brahmin purity streets so no low castes like us are allowed to enter. Even the water pipes on those streets are directly connected to [...]

The Coolie Emerges One factor that united media outlets across the political spectrum since the attacks on Hindus in Leicester and then Smethwick was how they blamed the street jihad violence as a natural outcome of Hindutva, Hindu nationalism and Hindu fascism in the UK. Of course, none of these media giants could provide any [...]

Russian dolls are a set of wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. Unpackaging Russia itself has been an issue for western commentators. It was after all Winston Churchill who defined Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma," and his words in 1939 spoke eloquently to the Western sense of [...]

Critically Interrogating the Hinduphobia Narrative: Transcript of Lecture at Massey University CARE Institute on 25 August 2021. https://fb.watch/7BZ-d-cMi7/   [Kinakota kataha?Maori] I am professor Mohan Dutta Director of the Center for Culture -Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) and I’m delighted to share with you my thoughts on Hindutva, the ideology of hate that [...]