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

Editorial: An Apolitical Analysis of Indian Political Prisoners

“Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.” — George Orwell

Political prisoner is a deviant, as per my observation. A political prisoner is jailed for “freely expressing” any disagreement, … 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

Editorial: “Tragic Hero” Jagendra Singh and his freedom sellers

“Liberty of speech means that it is unassailed even when the speech hurts; Liberty of Press can be said to be truly respected when the Press can comment in the severest terms upon and even misrepresent matters.” – Mohandas Gandhi

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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

Irom Sharmila’s Fiancé on Torture, AFSPA, and Surat Singh Khalsa

OFMI: This is Steve Macias with the Organization for Minorities of India, and today we have a very special guest, the fiancé of the longest held political prisoner in India today, who’s been called the participant of the world’s longest … Read More

Editorial: Individuating Minority Rights and Resuscitating Dr. Ambedkar

The only minority on our planet is an individual. The socioreligious communities in India who are repeatedly told or reminded about their social rank in society must undo what they believe and walk the path of individuation because it is naturally moral to associate on their own.Read More

Irom Sharmila’s Fiance: “They do wish to kill her”

Steve Macias, Organization for Minorities of India, interviews Irom Chanu Sharmilla’s fiancé Desmond Coutinho as he struggles to see the one he loves suffer through the agony of force-feeding, police brutality, and an endless cycle of prison sentences.Read More