Please watch the AHAD commentary on vandalism of Indian Restaurant in Santa Fe, NM https://youtu.be/1L2tAbgPZcM
India Palace Restaurant Break-In must be investigated as a Hate Crime
SF Reporter reports that, “The India Palace restaurant in Sant Fe, NM was broken into and phrases containing threats of violence and derogatory racial slurs were painted and pretty much destroyed. The wine racks were emptied, a statue of a goddess was be ...
American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD) Response to Wall Street Journal’s Article on Ankit Sharma’s Murder
American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD) Response to Wall Street Journal’s Article on Ankit Sharma’s Murder March 5, 2020 On February 26, 2020, in a story, “India’s Ruling Party, Government Slammed Over Delhi Violence,” by Krishna Pokharel, Vibhut ...
Victory! – Papa John’s Yoga commercial is pulled
APR 30, 2020 — Due to efforts of all those who signed the petition and due to the efforts of individuals who worked in their own capacity and protested, Papa John's has pulled the commercial. Here is the statement from Papa John's "In everything ...
Ask Papa John’s to Immediately Withdraw Papadias TV Commercial “Yoga”
I support the petition by American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD) and demand that Papa John's immediately withdraw the advertisement titled, "Yoga" which profoundly demeans the primordial and sacred mantra, AUM (OM) and practice of yoga. ...
AHAD / VHPA Decries Attack on Hindu Priest in New York
The following statement was issued by World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) The World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) decries the attack on the Hindu priest, Swamiji Harishchander Puri in Queens, New York. Swamiji, the priest at the ...
AHAD Adds Global Hindu Voice to Protest Against Crass Australian Meat and Livestock Advertisement Depicting Lord Ganesha
For Immediate Release 9/21/2017 The following statement was issued by Ajay Shah, Convenor, American Hindus Against Defamation and Utsav Chakrabarty, Public Relations Coordinator, World Hindu Council of America (VHPA) AHAD Adds Global Hindu Voice to Pro ...
Community Awareness Talk at Pittsburgh, PA Gurudwara by Sanjay Mehta
A presentation on the American Hindu identity by the General Secretary of VHPA Sanjay Mehta.
Community Awareness Presentation in Pittsburgh by Sanjay Mehta
EKAL Fund Raiser Program, Pittsburgh - Community Awareness presentation - Sanjay Mehta Friday April 7, 2017 Namaste, I am going to share something with you now which is as important to us as EKAL prog. Ekal connects us to our ancestral heritage, identit ...
AHAD Announces Registry of Attacks on Hindus in USA
April 6, 2017 The following statement was issue by Ajay Shah, Convener, American Hindus Against Defamation: There have been several attacks on the followers of Sanatana Dharma across the USA in past few months. On February 22, 2017, t ...
