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We Fled India to Escape the Nightmare of Caste Oppression. To Our Horror, We Found it in America, Too

I was born into a Dalit Hindu Arya Samaj family in Uttar Pradesh. As a public health…

Me, Supervillain? How I Won $100,000 on Jeopardy! and Twice as Many Unkindest Cuts on Social Media

Appearing on the TV game show Jeopardy! was something I’d dreamed of since watching it…

Pa Ranjith’s Tamil Film ‘Natchathiram Nagargiradhu’ is a Meditation on Love, Gender, Caste and Oppression

Tamil film “Natchathiram Nagargiradhu” (The Star is Moving ) shows a theatre troupe grappling with…

Pasmanda v Ashraf Muslims: How the Left’s Anti-Hindu Crusade Ignores Entrenched Caste Divides in Minority Religions

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s January 24th press conference on the dangers of caste discrimination…

A Lollywood Renaissance: Pakistani Films Have Come of Age But There’s Need for More Creative Freedom

As a business post-graduate, I feel more inclined to think about movies as a business…

Love and Loathing: Being a Mindful Pakistani, I Wonder If Rupture and Ruin are the Destiny of My Beloved Karachi

‘Kolachi,’ ‘Kurachee,’ and Karachi’ are the three names that this city has relished. More than…

Fake Accusations: Democratic Party of New Jersey Risks Losing the Support of Hindu Americans

Two weeks ago, in a most shocking resolution passed by the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee (TDMC) of…

Gen Z Hindu Americans Reckon With Their Faith and Politics on College Campuses

Three years ago, Abby Govindan, a Twitter personality and stand-up comic, was invited to perform…

How the Pandemic Didn’t Deter a Young Indian Girl From Carving Out a Niche in Los Angeles Film Community

Twenty-three-year-old Abhilasha F.N.U. landed in Los Angeles with a suitcase full of aspirations in 2020.…

Hinduphobic Attacks in N.Y. and Calif.: Indian American Community Must Look at its Own Role in the Erasure of Hindu Voices

“Dirty
ugly Hindu,” the man spat while at the order counter in a Fremont, California Taco…

They Arrested My Father, Mother, and Sister and Demolished Our House Just Because We are Muslims

I am Afreen Fatima from Allahabad, India. My father has been unjustly and illegally arrested…

Gyanvapi Mosque: The Fight in Varanasi Today is Not a Dispute Over Well-Settled History, But Rather a Legal and Civilizational One

Since April 2022, the Indian city of Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh has…

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