India should be placed on religious freedom blacklist: US panel

A US government panel has called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a “drastic” downturn under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering a sharp rebuttal from New Delhi. In an annual report published on Tuesday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said India should join the ranks of “countries […]

Homage to Prof Gail Omvedt

Prof Gail Omvedt has passed way on Wednesday the 25th of August 2021. We have lost an authoritative voice on the dynamics of our contemporary movement and society. Gail Omvedt is quite familiar name for almost all the organic intellectuals and serious activists from Phule – Ambedkarite movement all over the world. Gail herself was an […]

The Hindu American Foundation has no leg to stand on when it says, “California’s case against CISCO Systems is unconstitutional as it violates Hindus’ religious freedom”

“California’s case against CISCO Systems is unconstitutional, violates Hindus’ religious freedom,” Says the “Hindu American Foundation” https://www.hinduamerican.org/press/california-cisco-case-violates-religious-freedom BUT THAT APPEAL CAN BE QUASHED because the Indian government and the Supreme court of India has categorically stated that they will not accept there is such a thing as “Hindu religion”. WATCH THE VIDEO in which Mr. […]

WHY ARE THE FOUR VARNA DHARMIS ‘ON EDGE OF THEIR SEATS’ IN UK?

Major “Hindu” organizations in UK say, “Schools are spreading misinformation about Hinduism, resulting in bullying and racial hate crime,”a report suggests. https://www.journalism.co.uk/press-releases/uk-schools-spread-misinformation-about-hinduism-resulting-in-bullying-and-racial-hate-crime-a-report-suggests/s66/a787243/?fbclid=IwAR1vMj_4pVnnlnVP7yv4bGfxkKa1Q2sB6OaGPgSHFoJJCMDA5vszsfoJ9WQ Rationalists say,  “Even these Varna Dharma organizations are not “Hindu-Dharma” organisations in the strictest sense. They may call themselves NEO HINDUS.Mr. Narendra Modi (PM) and the Indian Supreme Court has categorically stated that Hinduism is […]

Diaspora groups, feminist organisations and MPs protest attacks on minority women and ethnic cleansing on Indian Independence Day

PRESS RELEASE:  London, 15 August 2023 Diaspora groups, feminist organisations and MPs protest attacks on minority women and ethnic cleansing on Indian Independence Day At least eleven of the UK’s leading Indian diaspora groups, including diaspora organisations from Manipur, alongside several key feminist organisations, and a number of MPs, came together in London on India’s […]