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Hindus Seek Fairness in BBC Programming After Lack of Coverage and Hinduphobic Tone

May 29, 2016 by Editor 1 Comment

Hindus Seek Fairness in BBC Programming After Lack of Coverage and Hinduphobic Tone

Hindus want British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to broadcast more Hindu programs, dedicating more hours to Hinduism. According to a recent report in The Sunday Times, “The BBC is too Christian in its religious output, according to an internal review, and should increase its Muslim, Hindu and Sikh programming”. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a […]

Rajiv Malhotra’s Lecture on Hinduism in Academia at Columbia University Faced with Hinduphobic Trolls

April 28, 2016 by Editor 3 Comments

Rajiv Malhotra’s Lecture on Hinduism in Academia at Columbia University Faced with Hinduphobic Trolls

Indologist and renowned US-based author Rajiv Malhotra was recently invited to give a guest lecture at Columbia University in New York on the topic  of “Hinduism in Academia“. In light of his forthcoming new book, titled, ‘Academic Hinduism’, this was a key & recent topic for him and one that has acquired a growing interest among many intellectuals lately. There is […]

CNN-IBN Editor Facing Heat After Photoshopped Communal Images & Bigoted Comments

April 3, 2016 by Editor Leave a Comment

CNN-IBN Editor Facing Heat After Photoshopped Communal Images & Bigoted Comments

During the Indian PM Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia for a bi-lateral visit to promote trade, jobs, worker human rights and help find common ground, a news editor for CNN-IBN (IBNLive.com), using the unverified twitter handle @aarsee and name Raghav Chopra, faced a Twitter storm after being accused of posting obvious photo-shopped images of PM Modi […]

Those Pesky Indians – British Media Giant ‘The Independent’ Brings Back Colonialism & Bigoted Mindset

February 11, 2016 by Editor Leave a Comment

Those Pesky Indians – British Media Giant ‘The Independent’ Brings Back Colonialism & Bigoted Mindset

In February 2016, the UK publisher ‘The Independent’ began a controversial campaign criticized by many as colonial, Hinduphobic and racist – to rename India’s port city Mumbai to Bombay. Mumbai was previously known as Bombay after the British’s bloody colonization of the Indian sub-continent for almost 100 years. Under the British Raj (British rulers), during […]

Too Bad Hindus Don’t Consider Cupcakes as Sacred, Or They’d Get Lots of Desserts Delivered to Their Temples

January 10, 2016 by Editor Leave a Comment

Too Bad Hindus Don’t Consider Cupcakes as Sacred, Or They’d Get Lots of Desserts Delivered to Their Temples

India and nations with large Hindu populations have seen a number of their temples attacked, vandalized and destroyed for centuries, but a growing trend of decapitated cow heads and beef (all living animals are considered sacred in Hinduism and meat is widely not allowed on temple premises) are being found left at temples by miscreants wanting […]

Analysis and Review of Anti-Hindu Bias in Early Scholarly Work

January 3, 2016 by Editor Leave a Comment

Analysis and Review of Anti-Hindu Bias in Early Scholarly Work

A book review and critical analysis. | By Yogi Baba Prem Th.D Yogacharya, Veda Visharada, CYI, C.ay, C.va The purpose of this paper is to explore the authenticity of a biased religious attitude pertaining to the Indian civilization, in particular religious teachings, by western scholars; and to review these works.  In addition, looking at an older […]

Extremist Talks of Invading India, Forcing All Hindus to Convert and Destroy All Temples

December 22, 2015 by Editor 1 Comment

Extremist Talks of Invading India, Forcing All Hindus to Convert and Destroy All Temples

Arab-American Christian Activist Theodore Shoebat has posted a series of blogs and articles railing against Hinduism, suggesting it is Satanic. The extremist activist and blogger also said if he was a dictator he would invade India and force all Hindus to convert to Christianity just like Portuguese Christians did during the 1500s where thousands of Hindus were tortured […]

An Open Letter to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah: Prashant Poojary’s Death Matters

October 14, 2015 by Editor 8 Comments

An Open Letter to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah: Prashant Poojary’s Death Matters

I am writing this letter addressed to the honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, as a plea for justice for a grieving family. At the conclusion of Pitru Paksha 2015, a modest flower merchant family in Moodbidri, Karnataka mourned the loss of their son, Prashant Poojary. While in most families sons and daughters were offering […]

Hindu Temple in Trinidad Vandalized with Human Waste and its Deities Destroyed, Again

September 6, 2015 by Editor 2 Comments

Hindu Temple in Trinidad Vandalized with Human Waste and its Deities Destroyed, Again

A Hindu community in Blanchisseuse, Trinidad is in shock after there were 2 attacks on the peaceful Hindu community within a week. A Hindu temple near the Marianne River was vandalized on Sunday by miscreants. The vandals broke some sacred Hindu deities as well as covering the temple with human feces and urine. Local Hindus […]

Hindu, Buddhist, Native & Jewish Leaders Seek Apology After Idaho Senator’s Hinduphobic Comments

March 8, 2015 by Editor Leave a Comment

Hindu, Buddhist, Native & Jewish Leaders Seek Apology After Idaho Senator’s Hinduphobic Comments

In a remarkable interfaith gesture; various Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Native American spiritualist, etc., leaders have urged public apology from Idaho Senator from Cottonwood, Sheryl L. “Sherry” Nuxoll, who reportedly said on March three: “Hindu is a false faith with false gods”. She made this statement in a media interview regarding historic first Hindu invocation […]

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University of Toronto to Host Controversial Speaker Accused of Bigotry Against Hindus and Sikhs

University of Toronto to Host Controversial Speaker Accused of Bigotry Against Hindus and Sikhs

One of the most controversial of speakers and so-called experts on the history of South Asia and the Mughal empire in particular, Audrey Truschke, will be … [Read More...]

Suspected Terrorists in UK Planned to Kill Hindus, Sikhs, Atheists and LGBTQ

Suspected Terrorists in UK Planned to Kill Hindus, Sikhs, Atheists and LGBTQ

3 radicalized British men were accused of planning for a deadly terror attack with various harmful weapons, including a meat cleaver and a pipe bomb. They have … [Read More...]

Bangladesh Hindus Live in Fear During Ramadan as 500 Year Old Hindu Temple Attacked in Another Hate Crime

Bangladesh Hindus Live in Fear During Ramadan as 500 Year Old Hindu Temple Attacked in Another Hate Crime

On May 28th, 2017, during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, a historic 500 year-old and very peaceful Hindu temple was attacked and vandalized repeatedly in … [Read More...]

Reza Aslan’s CNN ‘Believer’ Criticized for Falsely Portraying Hindu Culture and Systematic Hinduphobia

Reza Aslan’s CNN ‘Believer’ Criticized for Falsely Portraying Hindu Culture and Systematic Hinduphobia

Due to Hindus having a wide spectrum of views, diversity and strong beliefs in pluralism, it is not often that Hindus are unified in being deeply offended. … [Read More...]

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