Namaste, There have been recent news articles about Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) mandir construction project in New Jersey. While we cannot comment on the legal matters, we understand that BAPS is cooperating with the ...
HinduPACT and Other Hindu Organizations’ Letter to Santa Clara County Commissioners on Caste Discussion in HR Commission
April 7, 2021 Honorable Supervisors, We, the undersigned, representing are deeply concerned about the Commission’s recent discussions on the issue of “caste.” We urge the Commission not to pursue any proposal seeking to add the word “caste” as a specifi ...
Lost on Class Agenda, Maoists Working on Caste Division
Published in Organiser, May 2, 2018 Maharashtra Police carried out raids at some Maoist urban centres having links with Bhima-Koregaon riots. It is time to unmask the real intent of Maoists and how their strategy has changed from Class to Caste Author: Ca ...
Vedic Literature Says “Caste” by Birth is Unjust
Author: Stephen Knapp (Sri Nandanandana Dasa)This article was published in the April-June 2021 issue of the Hindu Vishwa, the quarterly publication of VHPAThis article and more information at www.stephen-knapp.comWhen it comes to the sensitive topic of ...
My Caste Don’t Ask: I am an Indian
Publication: OrganiserPublication Date: June 06, 2010Author: Sudesh VermaThe author is a senior journalist Political Analyst and CEO ORSAAThere are many people like me who would think of all these questions when the enumerators come to them. They had no r ...
Hinduism (Hindu Dharma) Does Not Permit Caste System
Author: J.G. AroraPublication: OrganiserDate: February 27, 2005There is a misconception in some minds that Hindu scriptures sanction the caste system.Vedas, the proud possession of mankind, are the foundation of Hinduism. Vedas are all-embracing, and trea ...
VHPA Position Paper on Caste
To quote a well known leader of India, “If Untouchability is not wrong, nothing is wrong in the world.” Untouchability refers to treating certain class of persons as so lowly that even to come in physical contact with them is regarded unclean. Paradoxiall ...