Frontline: Sangh Parivar’s U.S. funds trail
Huge donations to Sewa International for COVID-relief efforts in India brings into focus the funding patterns of Hindu organisations in the United States and the sophisticated, well-financed plan of the Sangh Parivar to influence the next generation of American leaders. M.S. Golwalkar, Hindutva ideologue and the second ‘Sarsanghchalak’ of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), had […]
Scroll.in: Explained: The Hindu American Foundation’s defamation case against Hindus for Human Rights founders
The suit prompted more than 300 prominent writers, academics, and scholars last week to stand in solidarity with Hindus for Human Rights. The Hindu American Foundation advocacy group said, earlier this month, that it was suing four activists, academic Audrey Truschke, and a journalist for two articles published in Al Jazeera that it claims are […]
Sabrang India: Why did Twitter CEO give millions to RSS-affiliated Sewa International?
The US-based organisation’s affiliation with the right wing RSS, and its Hindutva ideology has been questioned by many US-based Sewa International has recently got a donation of 2.5 million dollars from Twitter, proudly announced on the micro-blogging site by its CEO Jack Dorsey. Sewa International on its own website states that it “aspires to be […]
The Wire: What VHP America’s Invitation to a Hatemonger, Now Rescinded, Tells Us About Sangh Parivar
The event was called off due to public outrage but we should never forget that a group linked through common parentage with India’s ruling party actually offered its platform to a man who says “all Muslims should be eliminated”. As a Hindu who stands firmly opposed to caste, I celebrate April 14 as Ambedkar Jayanti, […]
Aljazeera: Hindu right-wing groups in US got $833,000 of federal COVID fund
Washington, DC, United States – Five organisations with ties to Hindu supremacist and religious groups have received COVID-19 relief funding amounting to $833,000, according to data released by the United States’ Small Business Administration (SBA), a federal agency that helps small business owners and entrepreneurs. SBA gave the funds as part of its Coronavirus Aid, […]
Muslim Matters: Capitol Hill Insurrection: Hindu Supremacists And The Looming Threat To Democracy In The US
On the morning of January 7, people in India woke up to the news of violent Capitol Hill insurrection by the supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump. Following the siege — which happened when the elected senators and Congressional representatives were formally validating the result of the November 3 Presidential elections — the then President-Elect […]
Politico: How Hindu Nationalism Could Shape the Election
Some activists and donors are trying to use the Hindutva ideology as a wedge issue to attract Indian American voters to the GOP—and to pressure Indian American politicians. CUPERTINO, Calif. — Last October, on a cool California evening, a group of some 30 Indians and Indian Americans stood outside an elementary school here to protest. […]
Middle East Eye: India consul general in United States calls for ‘Israeli model’ in Kashmir
Indian official tells New York meeting: ‘It has happened in the Middle East. If the Israeli people can do it, we can also do it’ By Azad Essa At a private event on Saturday in New York City, Sandeep Chakravorty, India’s consul-general to the city, told Kashmiri Hindus and Indian nationals that India will build […]
The Atlantic: ‘Howdy, Modi!’ Was a Display of Indian Americans’ Political Power
A thousands-strong rally to honor the Indian prime minister—and the legions of protesters outside—showed how the community’s influence is growing ahead of 2020. HOUSTON, Texas—The morning twilight was still shifting to daylight as throngs of Indians and Indian Americans assembled in a giant parking lot in Sugar Land, Texas, yesterday. A line of 14 buses […]
The Guardian: Hindus for Trump: behind the uneasy alliance with rightwing US politics
Hindu nationalists have rallied behind Donald Trump’s stances on terrorism and immigration, but many South Asians reject an association with the Republican To a South Asian onlooker, this could have been a scene from any other Desi function on a Saturday night. The booming Bollywood music beckoned a stream of families, wearing ornate saris and […]
