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Ex-HC judge pays Rs 2.5 cr to men claiming RSS ties to buy electoral bonds, gets duped
A former High Court judge was cheated of Rs 2.5 crore by two people claiming to be affiliated with the RSS, who claimed the money would be given to the ruling BJP in the form of electoral bonds. In return, he was assured of jobs for his unemployed grandchildren in the USA.
More Than 59,000 Indians Became US Citizens in 2023: Report
According to the report, Indians ranked second in terms of the largest group, by country of birth, to be naturalised in the US in 2023. Mexico held the top position with 12.7% of all naturalisations, while India followed closely behind at 6.7%.
How The Modi Govt Is Trying To Silence Critics In The Diaspora By Banning Them From India
The Modi government has cancelled more than 100 Overseas Citizen of India cards over nine years and blacklisted—meaning banned from entering the country—an unknown number of Indian-origin people. Indian embassies and consulates are increasingly tasked with monitoring and stopping those who criticise or even tweet against Modi, government policies and Hindutva.
Challenging this agenda will mean condemning efforts to brand anti-Hindutva as discriminatory and compassion for Hindus who face religious marginalisation.
ccelerated by technology and propelled by the paranoia of a volatile world, the ‘digital Vedic astrology industry,’ estimated to be $40 billion by the Trade and Business Council of India, is witnessing dramatic growth.
Beyond Trudeau and Modi: The widening rift between India and Canada is rooted in history
New Delhi’s concerns are valid but undermined by a track record of exaggerated claims and bigotry at home. Ottawa, too, must take a more responsible stance.
Nationalist efforts have traveled far from the Indian mainland from which they originated, extending their influence into diasporic communities. This trend can be discerned through the emergence of a term that has become increasingly recognizable in the United States — “Hinduphobia.” Muskaan Arshad writes. (H/T: hindutvawatch.org)
We must oppose Indian Hindu nationalist forces in Canada
“Hinduphobia” is a reverse-racism-type narrative, manufactured to delegitimize the fight against casteism and oppression of minorities in and by India. MV Ramana and Harsha Walia write.
In Fresno, Sikhs and Oaxacans unite to pass caste discrimination ban
The state bill, which passed the Legislature in early September, was intended to protect supposedly lower-caste people of South Asian descent as well as Indigenous people like Oaxacans. It has sparked intense support, as well as opposition from those who say it singles out Hindu Americans as potential perpetrators of discrimination.
India asks citizens to be careful if traveling to Canada as rift widens over Sikh leader’s death
India has advised its citizens to be careful when traveling to Canada as a rift between the two nations widens further in the wake of Ottawa’s allegations that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in suburban Vancouver.
Indian-Americans Urge California To Veto Anti-Caste Discrimination Bill
If signed into law by Governor Newsom, California would become the first State in the United States and the first jurisdiction outside India to outlaw discrimination based on caste.
Anxiety amongst upper-caste diaspora that their narrative about a benign Indian culture would be undone lies at the heart of the opposition to California’s bill to ban caste discrimination.
Hindu leader removed from Parliament of World's Religions after far-right links exposed
The Parliament of the World's Religions has quietly removed Hindu religious leader Nivedita Bhide from their list of speakers at this week's conference in Chicago after activists raised concerns over her links to Hindu nationalism.
Australian-educated Neha Patel runs an extensive cow vigilante network across India
In the predominantly male-dominated realm of cow vigilantism in India, Neha Patel stands out as one of the few women cow vigilantes with an extensive network of militia recruits at her disposal to police the sale, transportation, or consumption of beef, with Muslim minorities being the primary target of her operations.
India Shows the US How Not to Do Affirmative Action
While the Indian system of quotas has worked in public universities, the US has done far better at opening up the ranks of the elite, writes Mihir Sharma.