Here is an important difference, though. A left-aligning Hindu American, were they to receive Islamophobic insults, because a bigot could not distinguish between “non-white” religions, would immediately speak out against Islamophobia not only because they stand against bigotry

The talent in this group of young kids is amazing.❤️ I Cant Tell You Why - EaglesBand cover by The Graystones

People are asking me why I think Mira Nair is Hinduphobic. While I can’t know what is precisely in her mind and heart, her filmography and public speech signal the ideas she wants to put out into the world. Nair may position her films as activist art, but they amplify

This “critique” might have substance were it not for the convenient erasure of a few small details, like the massive global funding that goes into both overt and subtle pro-Christian films and television shows. Think Hallmark Christmas movies. The counterpoint for Hindus is

Arnab Sarkar Resplendent Rose Indu Viswanathan It's pretty par for the course that many maga Christian nationalism groups and people are very Hinduphobic but it's also true and pernicious that much of what is portrayed in Western culture and about Hinduism especially from Indian and Hindu media figures like Mira Nair fuel

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What a week at HAF!! Right after Mother Jones' nasty hit piece calling us foreign agents, Jewish Currents claims HAF “misclassifies” hate incidents and advances a political agenda. Here’s why these accusations are misleading and ignore the lived realities of Hindu Americans.

Some symmetry: Many of us have spent rewarding careers building and nurturing Hindu American Foundation and spreading awareness about anti-Hindu hate. And many, like Mukta Joshi, are building careers, writing in Al Jazeera to Jewish Currents, attacking HAF and denying that Hinduphobia

Hearts full of devotion, moments filled with grace. Glimpses from the #GuruPurnima Celebration with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at the Art of Living Retreat Center, Boone.

"It is important to any examination of Hinduphobia to tease this out further. American schoolbooks suggested a hierarchy of religions, elevating the Abrahamic traditions above the heathen ones, clearly indicating that “Hindoo” did not reference all Indians (based on race or

Dear Mr. Narender Modi, Kindly, treat this post as a serious concern from an Indian who dotes and respects her nation. I have to a great extent given up my attachment to my regional identity as a Kashmiri Hindu whose roots were ripped apart in 1990 because of religious

The latest episode of Hindu at Heart just dropped! Join me as I speak with my friend, Naren K Schreiner. We discuss his background and how he "became" Hindu, the similarities between practices of Hindu Dharma and Native traditions in what’s now the United States and Mexico, the

Breaking | The Resistance Front”— The Pakistan based Islamist Lashkar-e-Taiba offshoot, that claimed responsibility for the Hindu massacre in Pahalgam, Kashmir, is now designated a “foreign terrorist organization.” Important step by ⁦Secretary Marco Rubio state.gov/releases/offic…

I was looking for the PDF of the updated NCERT Class 8 Social Science book after the recent announcement about corrections. But while searching, I stumbled upon the Class 6 Social Science book & to my absolute surprise, it’s a treasure trove of changes. It's pure gold. The tone,

Beyond Brahminical Blame: A Mudaliyar’s perspective on historical memory & orchestrated modern divides Here is a viewpoint that puts Sai Deepak J ‘s call in context, followed by some pertinent questions. Long🧵

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Welcome to yet another episode of That So Hindu! In this episode, Indu Viswanathan speaks with Naren K. Schreiner, purohit at Kali Mandir in Laguna Beach, about his path into Hinduism, connections between Dharmic and Indigenous traditions, rethinking "religious tolerance," the

Maharishi Patanjali laid out for us how our intellects and minds are vulnerable to distortions and delusions and so we think we can think our way out of delusions, or “help” others do so. As if “rational thinking” is somehow inoculated from delusion. I reflect on this every

This summarizes so much. The idea that yoga is inherently, implicitly “anti-Christian.” Not that’s yoga’s source isn’t Christian. She claims that yoga is *ANTI* Christian. This stems from her own framework - that you’re either Christian or what you’re practicing is against