Islamic War on Female Religious Minorities in Pakistan: Abductions, Forced Conversions, and Child ‘Marriages’
Chanda Maharaj’s story serves as a tragic reminder of the continued struggle of non-Muslim minorities, particularly women and girls, for basic human rights in Islamic Pakistan. In August 2022, Chanda Maharaj, a 13-year-old Hindu girl, was forcibly abducted in the Fateh Chowk area of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, while on her way back home from the mill area of Fateh Chowk. According to her fathe ...
CHINGARI: A Global Campaign for Hindu, Sikh Girls Abducted in Sindhudesh (Pakistan)
The demographic change in population of Hindus in Pakistan has dwindled drastically from 12.9% in 1947 to 2.14% in 2017. The concentration of Hindu population is based in four districts (Umerkot, Tharparkar, Mirpukhas, Tando Allahyar) in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Sindh previously known as Sindhudesh was Hindu country until the rule of Raja Dahir in 711 AD. The province was occupied by ...
Article: The Hindu vote will carry historic weight in the midterm elections
By: Utsav Chakrabarti. September 08, 2022 The 2022 midterm elections are arguably the most consequential in setting the stage for the future of the American Hindu diaspora’s involvement in deciding elections. To understand the Hindu community in America, one needs to look no further than the last presidential election. The wants and needs of American Hindus, an important voting bloc, have ...
The 1971 Bangladesh genocide: Lessons in history for ‘Woke’ America
Utsav Chakrabarti The 1971 Bangladesh Genocide: Lessons in History for 'Woke' America On a chilly January morning, Ila Mitra, a 25-year-old Hindu girl was arrested for leading thousands of indigenous Hindus, farmworkers in Rajshahi, East Pakistan. The farmworkers were brutally beaten by the Ansars, an Islamist militia that acted as ...
The Nazi Hakenkreuz (hooked Cross) will continue to haunt the ‘Swastika’
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 Supremacists. The reclamation of the Swastika is a metaphor for the reclamation and revival of Hindu Dharma from centuries of colonialism. We have to proact ...
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 American Hindu communities and the expectations they have from the Presidential candidates. It also examines the intra-community dynamics, based on ...
Idols and Icons – The Misrepresentation of Hinduism in the Press
By David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri)There are a number of terms that are applied to Hinduism in the Press, not only in the West but in India itself, which foster a negative image of it. Hindus are routinely called worshippers of idols, polytheists, and various other denigrating stereotypes, which do not reflect any intelligent examination of the religion itself but what is often an intentional camp ...