“Anybody who gets a scholarship has to be ‘Anti-Indian’.

The west has diametrically opposite standards for dealing with issues in its own backyard and that of non-western fast-growing economies like Bharat.

Attacks on the Hindu temples continue in Bangladesh. Now, five Hindu temples came under attack in one night. After the complaint, the Police are investigating. As of now, the Police couldn’t arrest anyone.

Another Indian-origin student has been found dead in the U.S. 23-year-old Sameer Kamath’s body was found dead in a nature reserve in Indiana. In Chicago, an Indian student was chased, beaten up and robbed. Syed Mazahir Ali shared the horror story in a disturbing video. Are Indian students being targeted in the U.S.?

Commenting on the motion, HAF managing director Samir Kalra called it “a significant step forward in protecting the First Amendment religious rights of Hindu Americans. As we argued in our Motion to Intervene, the California Civil Rights Department is constitutionally prohibited from defining Hinduism or any religion for that matter.”

“Last week Ram Mandir was consecrated in Ayodhya-the birthplace of Lord Ram-in Uttar Pradesh in India. That caused great joy to Hindus across the world. Sadly, BBC reported that it was the site of the destruction of a mosque, forgetting that it had been a temple for more than 2,000 years before that, and that the Muslims had been allocated a five-acre site adjacent to the town on which to erect a mosque.” 

“The recent “Proclamation on Religious Freedom, 2024” by President Biden lacks any mention of Hindus. This is a shocking omission of a minority faith that is facing increasing attacks in the US. … The Hindu American community is in shock and trauma at the open and repeated violation of their sacred places of worship. CoHNA is disappointed at this how hate against Hinduism raises little to no concern among our lawmakers.

Among the serious charges levelled in the FIR, one is of particular concern. It says Islamists who attacked the Hindu procession in Mira Road, threw up on a flag bearing the image of Lord Hanuman, a devoted companion of Lord Ram and one of the foremost deities in his own right.

On Saturday (20th January), the Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, demanding a complete cessation of the post-poll communal attacks against the Hindu community in Bangladesh.

British administrators tended to describe these conflicts as the product of religious fervor, while Indian newspapers often treated them as instances of nationalism.