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Rising Hinduphobia : Countering Misrepresentation and Fear-Mongering Against Hindu Americans

“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the…

What I Learned as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Management Center for Human Values in IIM-Calcutta

When faced with tough decisions, the senior leadership in businesses and even in business schools,…

Randeep Hooda’s ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’ is a Fitting Rejoinder to Marxist Historians’ Version of India’s Freedom Struggle

Savarkar means Tej (Brightness)Savarkar means Tyaag (Sacrifice)Savarkar means Tap (Struggle)Savarkar means Tattva (Truth)Savarkar means Tark…

Once a Festival of Joy, Holi has Lately Turned Dangerous for Muslims Across India

Holi, the festival of colors, bursts onto the scene like an explosion of joy, painting…

India’s Citizenship Amendment Act is Akin to U.S. Refugee Policy That Provides Preferential Treatment to Some Religious Groups

The recent announcement by the Government of India to implement into law the Citizenship Amendment…

Utopia Regained: A Defiant University Cocks a Snook at Right-Wing Indian Government Persecution

Idealism, yet again, has won in JNU. Demonized, destroyed, degraded, demoralized, deconstructed, debunked, and damaged,…

A Conversation With a ‘Revolutionary’ From Chicago Who Became a Guardian Angel to Children of Mumbai’s Red Light District

I sometimes wonder, what’s my ikigai (a reason to live)? Am I living it or…

The Importance of Being Leo Varadkar Who Twice Served as the Prime Minister of Ireland

While many worldwide are aware of the Indian roots of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak,…

All the Prime Minister’s Bonds: As Mainstream Indian Media Underplays Scandal, Social Media Creatively Picks Up the Gauntlet

Social media has been a revelation last week. After the list of electoral bonds bought…

‘Murder Mubarak’: The ‘Edge of the Seat’ Thriller Keeps You Guessing Till the Very End

“Murder Mubarak,” directed by Homi Adajania and produced by Dinesh Vijan is a Hindi-language mystery…

Indian Americans Recognize That the Underrepresented Need to Be Elevated But Not Through Race-conscious Solutions

The listlessness has kicked in, and a wave of senioritis is sweeping through high schools…

American Ulema: How Muslim Religious Scholars are Emulating Christian Evangelicals By Embracing Prosperity Gospels

In times of profound injustice and oppression, we turn to religious leaders as moral compasses…