My statement in parliament today: Madam Speaker, I am deeply concerned by violence targeting religious minorities, including Hindus, Buddhists and Christians in Bangladesh. Every time there is instability in Bangladesh, religious minorities, particularly Hindus, face the brunt.

9-year-old Afghan girl was sold by her own family and forced to marry a 50-year-old Muslim man. Her screams are her only way to express the pain and fear she’s feeling. This is Sharia law!

Got the chance to present at WAVES 2024 on India’s timeless pedagogical traditions which must be brought back to address the distortions in the educational system designed by colonizers. This was a part of a bigger panel discussion titled “Distortion of Hindu ethos in our

From “caste” to “Dalit,” and from “Hindutva” to RSS, the inaccuracies in this Andrew Cockburn essay should embarrass Harper's Magazine and Elena Saavedra Buckley. Here is my article on “caste” which isn’t even an Indian language term, nor does “Dalit” mean “untouchable.” 🧵1/3

I joined some Hindu kids at Cornell today for Ganapati Visarjan. I missed their puja yesterday which I am told was performed very nicely by a purohit from a Rochester temple. But at least I met their Ganapati today before the Visarajan. It felt a little strange to hear Ganapati

Come December, a dreaded ISIS terrorist - Mehdi Masroor Biswas aka #ShamiWitness will walk free. He had said, 'No true Muslim will have a problem with beheadings'. A techie in Bangalore, he will now walk among the very people he wants to behead. opindia.com/2024/09/isis-m…

Minister DK Shivakumar you promised to fix potholes in Bengaluru in. 15 days and then went to US on holiday? We continue to suffer! What happened to your promise? Can citizens trust your word any more? You are failing drastically as Minister for Bengaluru. We trusted you,hoped

Bangladesh’s military-installed interim regime, while freeing Islamists convicted of murder, is jailing journalists, scholars, dissidents, political opponents and even iconic national figures. And the US, sadly, is winking at such human rights abuses.

I had an eye on this young person all through the WAVES 2024 conference held at the campus of Hindu University of America. My heart was filled with joy that this 20-year old America-born Gurukula student from Bengaluru was presenting himself so confidently whether it was for

Who knew GoI was better at managing an airline than the once great Tata Group!!! Imagine after 3 years you still aren’t able to do basic things like clean and aircraft or fix broken parts - but spend tens of crores on rebranding. Atrocious!

True spirit of #Bengal awakens. Thanks #MamataBanerjee 🙏 "Kalli Nrutyam " by Woman Doctor protesting Ghost of R, G Kar in Kolkata, a Lady Doctor became as Bhadrakali 🙏🙏🙏

One of the things that 18-year olds have to watch before they get their driving license for the first time in America is an absolutely excruciating video of people who've survived near-fatal accidents with major scars and disabilities. The video is so traumatic that people start

With Dr @Sampadanand Mishra and Dr Kalika Uttarkar at lunch during WAVES 2024 at HUA. Dr Mishra started an important discussion on how the Vedic understanding of “I am not my body” is often misunderstood and misapplied by people who become negligent about their physical looks,

By now Hezbollah must be trying to get rid of every digital device and blaming each other for not using the good old mailbox and landline 🙂

Friends, if you want to know what I am going to teach in my course on India's educational heritage in October, please attend this webinar on Sunday, Sep 22, 2024. I will share details and answer your questions.

Thank you, Tom Suozzi for eloquently speaking against the vandalism of BAPS #HinduMandir in NewYork #StopHinduHate #StopHinduphobia American Hindus Against Defamation AHAD Hindu Mandir Empowerment Council HinduVote