Gandhi’s Views on Race and Caste Inspire Hindu Nationalists

“Particularly on the issue of caste, Gandhi was the Hindu right,” claims author Arundhati Roy

On the occasion of Gandhi’s 148th Jayanti (birthday), one of only three national holidays in India, questions and protests continue to mount around the glorification of a … Read More

Jharkhand Becomes Ninth Indian State To Regulate Religious Conversion

Over a quarter of India’s states have adopted anti-conversion laws criminalizing freedom of religion

Ranchi, Jharkhand: September 12, 2017 — Jharkhand, in northern India, became the most recent state in the country to criminalize religious freedom when its governor, Draupadi … Read More

Indian Journalist Assassinated After Career Criticizing Hindutva

Anti-caste and anti-communal, Gauri Lankesh wanted people to “become universal”

Bengaluru, Karnataka: September 7, 2017 — Gauri Lankesh, an Indian journalist who was gunned down outside her home in Bengaluru on the evening of September 5, denounced “Brahman hegemony” in … Read More

Christians and Sikhs Join Candlelight Vigil for Murdered Punjabi Pastor

Sikh leader says Pastor Sultan Masih was assassinated “under the guise of Hindutva”

Roseville, CA: August 31, 2017 — “We are here to honor Pastor Sultan Masih,” said Bhajan Singh as he spoke to a group of 30 Sikhs, Christians, … Read More

Mob Lynchings in India Provoke International Wave of Protests

Oppressed groups unite in solidarity against Hindu nationalist attacks

New Delhi, Delhi: August 13, 2017 — From California to Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh to New York, groups impacted by a rising tide of mob lynchings of minorities in India are … Read More

Killing of Punjabi Pastor Linked to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

“People who killed him were surely monitoring his activities,” says Pastor Sultan Masih’s son

Ludhiana, Punjab: July 31, 2017 — Pastor Sultan Masih, who was gunned down in Ludhiana on July 16 while standing outside his church, had previously been … Read More

California Seminar Warns “Brahman Raj” Rules India

Exposing Brahman Raj, Dr. Manisha Bangar warns: “Hindutva means nothing but a sociopolitical structure of the society based on caste and varna”

Lathrop, CA, USA: May 29, 2017 – “Guru Gobind Singh and other Gurus were able to bring about … Read More

Minority Groups Plan Protest at Indian Consulate Over Dalit Student Suicide

Indian Communities to remember low-caste student leader Rohith Vemula of Hyderabad

San Francisco, CA — Community leaders from various Indian diaspora groups will gather at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco for a protest at noon on Friday. Protests have already … Read More

Unionist Punjabi Statesman Sir Chhotu Ram Commemorated in California

Hayward, CA: Nov. 22, 2015 — Traveling from Hyderabad, India to join a California gathering of Indian minorities in commemorating the 134th birth anniversary of … Read More

Indian Parliament Will Consider Criminalizing Religious Liberty

BJP MPs demand 10-year prison sentence for unregulated conversion

New Delhi, India: Nov. 5, 2015 — Two members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced they will introduce bills in their respective houses of parliament to criminalize religious conversion … Read More