Farmers’ protests amplify and RSS’S diplomatic weapon, Gandhi, challenged again, this time at the MLK center, Atlanta.

As the farmer protests rage on in India, more protests are being staged in many countries outside the Indian consulate in solidarity with the farmers of India. On the heels of the protests in Washington which led to the … Read More

Outrage Over U.S. Resolution to Award Gandhi a Congressional Gold Medal

Human rights group questions “resolution to recognize a sexual predator”

WASHINGTON, DC: Sept. 27, 2018 — A resolution introduced in U.S. Congress on September 26, which recommends that Mohandas Gandhi be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, is already sparking … Read More

Ambedkarites Raise Black Flag as Narendra Modi Visits London’s Ambedkar House

Prime Minister tries to “steal the limelight” from London’s first open air Ambedkar statue

LONDON, UK: April 19, 2018 — Followers of Mulnivasi civil rights champion Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, who recently inaugurated London’s first open air statue of their … Read More

Students Demand Removal of “Racist” Gandhi Statue at Carleton University

Carleton students, inspired by University of Ghana campaign for removal of Gandhi statue, earn praise from Ghanaian faculty

Ottawa: April 9, 2018 — The statue of Mohandas Gandhi at Carleton University in Ottawa has been controversial since its installation in … Read More

“Racist” Davis Gandhi Statue Compared to Confederate Statues at City Council

Analyst asks: “On which side of the racial issue does the Davis City Council stand?”

Davis, CA: Oct. 9, 2017 — One year after the City of Davis in Northern California unveiled a statue of Indian politican Mohandas Gandhi, it … Read More

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

Ghana Plans World’s First Removal of Gandhi Statue

Removal Follows Protests Against Gandhi Statues in USA

Accra, Ghana: Oct. 8, 2016 — After over a decade of resistance to placement of Gandhi statues around the world began brewing in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2003, the University of Ghana … Read More

Gandhi Statues Inspire International Public Protests On His Birthday

From Ghana to California, protesters plan Oct. 2 demonstrations against the Indian icon

Davis, CA, USA: Sept. 26, 2016 — Communities in California and Ghana are organizing demonstrations against statues of Indian political icon Mohandas Gandhi which they perceive as … 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

Indian Minorities Protest Ottawa Gandhi Statue

OTTAWA, Aug. 11, 2009 – Indian minorities strongly disapprove of the Ottawa City Council’s decision to allow a Gandhi statue to be placed in Strathcona Park (Sandy Hill) in Autumn of 2009.

Gandhi is considered an Apostle of Nonviolence, a … Read More