Rutgers Must Condemn Professor’s Hinduphobia
In the wake of my celebration of Diwali, one of the most popular Hindu festivals, I cannot help but consider the implications of what it means to be Hindu in…
Western hypocrisy
Watching the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Hearing on Human Rights in South Asia was like having a front row seat to a Colonizer Board Meeting
I knew going into the hearing that the master, Western narrative about Kashmir would dominate. I just had no idea how openly bigoted our progressive elected officials could be, running…
China’s Gory Tale Of Minority Massacre. Will UNHRC Take Note?
Human rights lawyer Hamid Sabi a representative of China Tribunal – an independent organization headed by British attorney Geoffrey Nice has accused the Chinese government of mass slaughtering of Uyghur…
Radio Holocaust, or How NPR Normalized Genocidal Hinduphobia
There has been tremendous pain and fear among Hindu listeners of National Public Radio (NPR) over an incredibly insensitive, intolerant, and religious supremacist tweet from an NPR producer (and coauthor…
When impostors posing as Human Rights custodians lecture Bharat
The self-professed human rights champions in the western world who keep on ranting about human rights violations in J&K and Assam have taken 100 years to apologise for the bloody…
Sins of the United States of America are the least discussed
President Donald Trump has said that the United States of America has foolishly handed Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years while getting nothing in return, and has pledged to put a stop to it.
Stereotyping Hindu Dharma in American Education
This essay is based on an inquiry in which I wondered why: Hindu kids and even adults in America are apologetic about their religion, generally preferring to distance themselves from…
Tulsi Gabbard, Narendra Modi, and the Question of Hinduphobia and “Hindu Nationalism” (or, “Hinduphobia” and Hindu Nationalism)
Before we discuss the two political figures at the center of this discussion, I would like to draw your attention to the different uses of the quotation marks in my…
Westerners Stealing Hindu Intellectual Property is More Than Plagiarism
Colonial or a white supremacy mindset may be clever enough to adopt Hindu practices but denies giving credit where it is due. Stealing Hindu intellectual property, they do not hesitate…
Putting Secularism Into Perspective
Like before the last election in 2014, this time too, there are voices by so-called intellectuals that “secularism is in danger” if BJP comes to power again. Though Bharatiyas are…