Author: Utsav Chakrabarty The New York Bill declaring 'Swastika' as a symbol of hate, has stalled. But history tells us that we have to do more than stalling misguided legislation to reclaim back our enduring symbol of wellness from the White Supremacist ...
What Hindus Want from their Presidential Candidates
There are more than 4 million American Hindus in the United States. While most of them are of Indian origin, there are many who come from Bangladeshi, European, African-American and Nepalese heritage. This article examines the concerns and hopes of the Am ...
Tejal Shah Presents Hindu View to Trump Campaign
Tejal Shah, Jt. General Secretary, World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) represented HinduPACT at a Trump campaign event. HinduPACT, as an initiative of VHPA, a non-profit organization, does not endorse political candidates, but presents Hindu issue ...
Chicago Anti-CAA Resolution Response
HinduPACT has issued a point-by-point rebuttal to the Hinduphobic resolution being proposed at the Chicago City Council. Not only is this proposal misleading but it is part of a larger conspiracy to deprive Hindu refugees that are persecuted in their own ...
AHAD Demands that New York State Senate include the Nazi Hakenkreuz and NOT the sacred Swastika in New York school curriculum
American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD) an initiative of World Hindu Council of America (VHPA), has issued the following statement on NY State Senate Bill SS 6648: NY State Senate Bill SS 06648 sponsored by Senator Todd Kaminsky ( ...
Pakistan: 14-year-old Hindu girl kidnapped, forcibly converted, and married to her Muslim abductor in Sindh
Continuing with regular incidents of atrocities on minorities, a 14-year-old Hindu girl Parsha Kumari had been allegedly kidnapped in the Mori district of Khairpur in Sindh in Pakistan. According to the reports, she was forcibly converted and married to ...
Another Hindu woman abducted in Pakistan, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to Muslim man
In another shocking incident, a Pakistani Hindu girl was abducted during her wedding ceremony, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim man, according to reports. The incident allegedly happened at Hala in Matiari district of Sindh prov ...
Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
What reports of forced conversion in Pakistan say about the country on the 70th anniversary of its creationBy Saba Imtiaz For the first 16 years of her life, Ravita Meghwar was a Hindu girl living in a village in Pakistan. But today her name is Gulnaz ...
Residents clash in Chitral over Kalash girl’s ‘forced’ conversion to Islam
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of local residents clashed with members of Kalash tribe in Chitral on Thursday after a teenager claimed she was forced to convert to Islam, police and residents said. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd attacking a house in ...