Aljazeera: Hindu right-wing groups in US got $833,000 of federal COVID fund
Washington, DC, United States – Five organisations with ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups have received COVID-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000, according to data released by the United States’ Small Business Administration (SBA), a federal agency that helps small business owners and entrepreneurs. SBA gave the funds as part of its Coronavirus Aid, […]
Muslim Matters: Capitol Hill Insurrection: Hindu Supremacists And The Looming Threat To Democracy In The US
On the morning of January 7, people in India woke up to the news of violent Capitol Hill insurrection by the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump. Following the siege — which happened when the elected senators and Congressional representatives were formally validating the result of the November 3 Presidential elections — the then President-Elect […]
Politico: How Hindu Nationalism Could Shape the Election
Some activists and donors are trying to use the Hindutva ideology as a wedge issue to attract Indian American voters to the GOP—and to pressure Indian American politicians. CUPERTINO, Calif. — Last October, on a cool California evening, a group of some 30 Indians and Indian Americans stood outside an elementary school here to protest. […]
Middle East Eye: India consul general in United States calls for ‘Israeli model’ in Kashmir
Indian official tells New York meeting: ‘It has happened in the Middle East. If the Israeli people can do it, we can also do it’ By Azad Essa At a private event on Saturday in New York City, Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s consul-general to the city, told Kashmiri Hindus and Indian nationals that India will build […]
The Atlantic: ‘Howdy, Modi!’ Was a Display of Indian Americans’ Political Power
A thousands-strong rally to honor the Indian prime minister—and the legions of protesters outside—showed how the community’s influence is growing ahead of 2020. HOUSTON, Texas—The morning twilight was still shifting to daylight as throngs of Indians and Indian Americans assembled in a giant parking lot in Sugar Land, Texas, yesterday. A line of 14 buses […]
The Guardian: Hindus for Trump: behind the uneasy alliance with rightwing US politics
Hindu nationalists have rallied behind Donald Trump’s stances on terrorism and immigration, but many South Asians reject an association with the Republican To a South Asian onlooker, this could have been a scene from any other Desi function on a Saturday night. The booming Bollywood music beckoned a stream of families, wearing ornate saris and […]
The Wire: Hindutva Efforts to Rewrite History in California Schools Fail
Right-wing Hindu groups are seeking to gloss over Indian history and deny the reality of caste discrimination by deleting the word ‘Dalit’ from the history textbooks in California. New York: California reviews its textbooks every six years, inviting public opinion each time. The process has never been easy. The ‘golden state’ has again got far […]
