Hundreds Attend Fresno Vigil for Hunger-Striker and His Slain Son-in-Law

“Put pressure and bring awareness in this country,” urge Sikh community leaders

Fresno, CA: Sept. 8, 2015 — “We should remember the legacy of Satwinder as a martyr,” said Steve Macías on Sunday at a candlelight vigil held in Fresno, … Read More

Congressman Garamendi Concerned by India’s Religious Freedom Violations

California representative discusses genocide-linked Modi, anti-conversion laws, and hunger-striker Khalsa

Davis, CA: Sept. 3, 2015 — “Modi’s history is well known,” Northern California Congressman John Garamendi told advocates for Indian minorities who met him on Wednesday to voice their concerns … Read More

California Priest Deplores Chicago Murder of Surat Singh’s Son-in-Law

Christian leader ponders “connection between his death and his family’s peaceful protests” in India

Sacramento, CA: August 17, 2015 — Fr. Joshua Lickter, who has repeatedly appealed on behalf of hunger-striker Surat Singh Khalsa, released a statement on Monday questioning … Read More

Editorial: First Asian in U.S. Congress Was a Sikh Inspired by Civil Rights Principles

Dalip Singh Saund spoke against “coddling kings and dictators and protecting the status quo”

The same year the United States passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, an immigrant in California achieved the triple honor of becoming the first Asian, … Read More

Roseville Priest Leads Prayers to End Religious Violence In India

Christian congregants “regularly pray for a Sikh man and his plight in India”Read More

Protests Anticipated as Indian PM Modi Plans California Visit

“The Butcher of Gujarat in the USA is unsettling,” say NRI minorities

SAN JOSE, CA: July 25, 2015 — “Mr. Narendra Modi was deemed the Butcher of Gujarat after his state-sponsored genocide… killed thousands of Muslims,” warned activist Jada Bernard … Read More

Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa Rearrested Despite Worldwide Support

LUDHIANA, PUNJAB: July 22, 2015 — As a delegation of senior officials representing the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party in Punjab, India toured North America to woo diaspora … Read More

Editorial: What if we listened to Dr. Ambedkar?

OFMI advisor Pieter Friedrich presented the following remarks at a July 19 banquet hosted by the Begampura Educational and Cultural Society of Sacramento, CA.

Ladies and Gentlemen —

I am honored at the opportunity to speak in honor of Dr. … Read More

Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System

Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned … Read More

Multi-faith Coalition Will Highlight Casteism at California Conference

Speakers to “question whether caste ideology has truly been abandoned in India”

Stockton, CA: June 13, 2015 — The conversion of Indian minorities to Hinduism drew worldwide attention late last year when reports surfaced that converts only participated in the … Read More