Bhagwan Rama: Embodiment of Dharma and the Triumph of Good Over Evil

The birthday of Bhagwan Rama, known as Rama Navami, is very important for Hindus all around the world. Bhagwan Rama is regarded the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, one of Hinduism's most important deities, and he is adored as the personification of justice, virtue, and an ideal ruler.

eMigrate: Equipping India's overseas migrants with technology

Designed by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, eMigrate is an online portal. Particularly in nations requiring an Emigration Check Required (ECR) status, it serves as a single-window solution to control the migration flow of Indian employees heading overseas. For Indian individuals looking overseas for work as well as for recruiting agents and international companies, the platform streamlines the application, validation, and approval procedures. This project guarantees that every stage of the migration process is open, safe, and legal according to Indian law.

The Role of Foreign Actors in the Independence of Bangladesh

Following the independence of the Indian Subcontinent in 1947, the region was divided into two major entities: India and Pakistan. Pakistan, which was initially a single nation, was comprised of two geographically and culturally distinct regions—West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The relationship between these two regions was fraught with tension, with East Pakistan experiencing severe political, economic, and social oppression from West Pakistan.

The struggle for independence in East Pakistan culminated in a nine-month-long liberation war, which began on March 26, 1971. The roles of various international actors during this conflict were crucial and multifaceted. Major global players, including India, the Soviet Union, China, and the United States, each had their own strategic interests that influenced their involvement in the conflict.

Media Coverage of Hindu Atrocities in Bangladesh: A Critical Examination of the BBC's Reporting

The predicament of Hindus in Bangladesh has attracted much scrutiny in recent years, especially in light of increasing violence and persecution. Nevertheless, the depiction of these incidents by global media, including authoritative institutions such as the BBC, has been subject to censure for minimising the gravity of the heinous acts. This paper investigates the approach of the BBC and other media organisations towards the subject, analysing allegations of external media bias and the influence of regime changes on media coverage.

The Current Situation of Hindus in Bangladesh: An Examination of Attacks and State Response

Over the past few years, Bangladesh has experienced a concerning increase in acts of violence targeting its Hindu minority community. The present paper examines the position of Hindus in Bangladesh, with a specific emphasis on the characteristics of the attacks, the involvement of extremist organisations, the reaction of the state, and the wider consequences for the community. The objective of this article is to offer a thorough comprehension of the difficulties encountered by Hindus in Bangladesh at present by analysing several facets of the problem.
Analysis of Attack Frequency and Characteristics

Media Bias and Its Implications in UK

In recent years, the portrayal of Hindus in UK media has sparked significant debate and concern within the community. This blog delves into the nuances of media bias against Hindus, examining the prevalence of stereotypes, underrepresentation, and negative framing. We explore the impact of these biased narratives on public perception and community cohesion. Additionally, the blog highlights efforts being made to address and counteract this bias, offering a pathway towards fair and balanced representation. Join us as we uncover the challenges and advocate for a more accurate and respectful portrayal of Hindus in UK media

Persecution and Discrimination of Hindus in Pakistan

Persecution and Discrimination of Hindus in Pakistan Ranbir Singh, Chair of Hindu Human Rights Group (HHR)

The state-run electronic media, which until recently dominated the opinion building in Pakistan as the only TV channel, PTV, and Pakistan Radio were completely under control of the state, which used to portray India (Hindu) as eternal enemies of Pakistan and Muslims of the entire world. Blaming India for every happening in Pakistan. The stories of atrocities against Kashmiri Muslims in Indian held Kashmir by the Hindu Army were part of regular and essential part of every news bulletin and other programmes of current affairs. The print media, particularly mainstream Urdu newspapers, have also played their role in portraying Hindu as an enemy of Pakistan. This systematic image building has proved poisonous for Pakistani society, particularly it has made the lives of Hindus miserable. Hindus are suspected as agent of RAW and the poor and illiterate Hindus caste people are easy target to implicate in false cases to victims because of their weak socio economic status. Upper class rich Hindus may have been position to escape this attitude on the basis of their wealth, but there is no way out for poor.

Now it seems that British Hindus don’t count

Last summer, more than 600 people took to the streets of Leicester in violent protest against alleged “Hindutva”, a term unfamiliar to many. To some it means Hindu nationalism, to others simply outward expression of “Hinduness”. While Muslim and Hindu youths had fought in what looked like gang-style territorial violence, there was little evidence of any political nationalist allegiances with India.

Instead, concern over Hindu extremism lead to threats to find Hindus and “chop them up”, to “chase Hindus out of Leicester like they were chased out of Kashmir”, vandalism of vehicles and homes that displayed Hindu symbols and attacks on Hindu temples — all while the majority of mainstream media seemed to comment on any aspect other than Hindu-hate.

Review of the Report commissioned by Open Doors and conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics

"Destructive Lies"  Report commissioned by Open Doors and conducted by researchers at the London School of Economics

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BBC documentary on PM Modi 'badly researched', doesn't represent UK govt's view: British MP

New Delhi: BBC documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “is a hatchet job. It was poor journalism, badly researched and casts smears against PM Modi which are completely unjustified,” says UK MP Bob Blackman.

The lawmaker further said the broadcaster (BBC) “does not represent views of the British government.”

Speaking to News18, Blackman said the two episode docu-series also “sought to demonstrate that the Indian judicial system could not be trusted and I am afraid that the judicial system in India is based on the British system, completely separate from politics and completely independent.”

Tribute to Jay Lakhani: British Hindus reflect on his enduring legacy that will live on for generations

heoretical physicist and global speaker Shri (Dilip) Jay Lakhani passed away peacefully at home on December 4, aged 72. It was a sad day for the British Hindu community as they bade farewell to the adored and well-respected scholar and pioneer of Hindu studies in the UK.

Author of 'Hinduism for Schools' (2005), 'Primary Hinduism' (2006), 'Special Times: Hinduism' (2009) and 'A Journey Through Life in Hinduism' (2010), Lakhani was the first Hindu tutor at Eton College and was known for his popular GCSE and A-Level Hinduism classes, which he ran up and down the country.

A Case Study of Religious Harmony and Dialogue

Among many examples of positive progress towards religious harmony and mutual respect is BAPS – a socio-spiritual organisation which has led the effort to bring about dialogue between different faiths and promote the values of unity in diversity.

I have experienced racism in my life, says UK PM Rishi Sunak

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has revealed that he experienced racism growing up in the UK but the country has made incredible progress since then in confronting the issue. 

The British Indian leader was speaking to reporters on Thursday night in the wake of a racism row at Buckingham Palace, which saw the resignation of Prince William's godmother after it emerged that the senior palace aide had repeatedly questioned a black British charity worker about where she was "really from". .

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea combined.

Recent years have seen a resurgence in nostalgia for the British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, and Bruce Gilley’s The Last Imperialist, have claimed that British colonialism brought prosperity and development to India and other colonies. Two years ago, a YouGov poll found that 32 percent of people in Britain are actively proud of the nation’s colonial history.

Misleading article by Cherian George who the Professor of Media Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication and a former journalist.

Misleading article by Cherian George who the Professor of Media Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication and a former journalist.

Chrian George fails to mention how a group of  "muslims" locked the train compartment and burnt "hindu" pilgrims alive which unfortunatly ignited riots but states  "Within 150 days of Modi becoming chief minister of Gujarat, Hindu hard-liners there were massacring Muslims."

Also fails to mention that there were no riots or revenge attacks when it was the same CM, Mr Narendra Modi on 24 September 2002, when two terrorists attacked the Swaminarayan Akshardham complex in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, killing 33 including two Sadhus 

Ranjit's win was announced on the 3rd December 2020, in London, UK

From less than 2% attendance to 100% - An inspiration to ALL #teachersaround the world.
Indian village teacher Ranjitsinh Disale, who transformed the life chances of young girls at the Zilla Parishad Primary School, Paritewadi, Solapur, Maharashtra, India, has been named the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, in partnership with UNESCO.
Ranjit's win was announced on the 3rd December 2020, in London, UK
The impact of Ranjitsinh’s interventions has been extraordinary: there are now no teenage marriages in the village and 100 per cent attendance by girls at the school. The school was also recently awarded the best school in the district with 85% of his students achieving A grades in annual exams. One girl from the village has now graduated from University, something seen as an impossible dream before Ranjitsinh arrived.

Is this a case of abhorrent perpetuation of Hindu Phobia?

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Did a group of UK MPs mislead the Britsh Parliament?

Did a group of UK MPs mislead the Britsh Parliament by paraphrasing the India's opposition politians without any basic research whatsoever? 

HuffPost > Systemic Hindutva Violence Waged On Muslims In India Sanctioned By BJP Govt: Indian-Origin British MP

The Express Tripbue > India comes under fire in British parliament over CAA, Delhi riots

How the British Public funded BBC and British Media failed to report imparially that BOTH Hindus and Muslims were killed during the fatal riots? 

Is the British media, in this case, in breach of impartiality by paraphrasing the Indian opposition politicians without due resarch? 

BBC > Delhi riots: How Muslims' homes were targeted and burnt

The Guardian > Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive (Hannah EllisPetersen)

BBC > Delhi riots: 'No-one who saw the photo thought I would survive'

Pakistan's 23% non-Muslim population during Partition is now 3%: Ex-advisor to Pak Prime Minister

Farahnaz  Ispahani,  who  also  served  as  the  Advisor  to Pakistani  Prime  Minister, said the non-Muslim population in the country has dwindled to a meagre three percent now from 23 percent during the Partiton of united India.

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Historians slam BBC report claiming Winston Churchill was behind ‘mass killing’ of millions during 1943 Bengal famine

THE BBC has been slammed for a report claiming Winston Churchill was responsible for millions of deaths during the 1943 Bengal famine.

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UK-based diaspora group to conduct Ist-ever British Indian Census

The India League, a UK-based diaspora group which dates back to 1916, on Thursday announced the launch of a first-ever British Indian Census to collate data around Britain's estimated 1.5 million Indian-origin population.

Irony Or Anti-India?: Lockdown Reportage Exposes Western Media Bias

Here is a series of contrasting reports that show how the same western media houses that demanded a lockdown in their countries, have condemned, castigated and criticised India for having the foresight to implement it. Is this irony at play, is it ignorance or is it simply a deep-rooted anti-India agenda at play? This is for the readers to decide: 

Why foreign media loves anti-india, champagne socialists as columnists

“The Washington Post, for example, is spoilt for choice. Almost all the think tanks are within a 2-km radius of the newspaper’s K Street headquarters in Washington DC. They can seek out op-eds by Jeff Smith at the Heritage Foundation, Ashley Tellis at Carnegie, Dhruva Jaishankar at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Sameer Lalwani at Stimson Center, Richard Rossow at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) – all of whom will be less than a 20-minute walk away. These people are classified as serious experts on topics ranging from the Indian economy to Indian nuclear weapons. Yet, the newspaper’s star interpreter of India is Rana Ayyub Why?”

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Why India Was The BBC's Real Target On June 24, Not Altaf Hussain

The BBC's bias against India is well-logged, and regularly railed about in the Indian press. The Hindu newspaper's Premen Addy was an especially fierce critic. He accused the BBC of being Indo-phobic, and focusing on India's poverty more than its socioeconomic achievements.Over the years, it has been called both a left and right wing mouthpiece, depending on who got rubbed the wrong way. Still, how can the BBC have such an independent agenda? For starters, it is run by a Royal Charter, and not an Act of Parliament. This means the Lordships have more say in the editorial content than public officials. Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher claimed to have "fought three elections against the BBC" during her political career.

Biased reporting, dangerous innuendo, outright lies: IPS body condemns NYT article on Delhi Police

The Indian Police Service (IPS) Association on Thursday "strongly condemned" an article published in the New York Times calling it a combination of biased reporting, dangerous innuendo, and outright lies.

UK: Guardian Newspaper Accused Of Publishing Racist Cartoon Depicting Priti Patel As A ‘Bull’

One of the Britain's leading newspaper, The Guardian has been accused of publishing a racist cartoon that depicts conservative party MP and Home Secretary Priti Patel along with Boris Johnson as bulls, with horns and rings through their noses, reports Metro.

Meet the Most Anti-India Media Channel in the World

Have you ever wondered how fairly the most celebrated news media houses in the world, BBC and CNN report news? Well, the answer is, not so fairly. They are biased in one way or other, but in a dignified way, yeah, because they wear suits.

Prasar Bharati CEO rejects invite by BBC due to its biased coverage of Anti-Hindu Delhi riots

In a massive embarrassment to controversial British national broadcaster, BBC, Prasar Bharati chief executive Shashi Shekhar Vempati has declined an offer to attend one of their event citing one-sided reportage of the Anti-Hindu riots in Delhi.

Foreign media's coverage of Delhi violence an attempt in dividing India

To date, the Indians are suffering from the divisions that were made decades ago in the name of religion. Britishers had left India in 1947 but the foreign media sitting miles away from India is still trying to divide the country.

The Wall Street Journal

Known India and Modi baiter US-based Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has been caught yet again blatantly lying and attempting to vitiate the atmosphere. IB officer Ankit Sharma was killed by a Jihadi mob allegedly led by AAP leader Tahir Hussain and the same was corroborated by eye-witness accounts. Ankit brother Ankur Sharma too had blamed Muslim rioters and anti-CAA violent protesters for the murder of Ankit Sharma. He clearly says that Ankit was dragged by the Muslim mob while he was returning from duty when he was attacked and dragged into the building belonging to the AAP leader Tahir Hussain.

India needs to address hostile Western media

In the summer of 2014, the influential British weekly The Economist — also read by a section of India’s decision-makers — created a minor flutter by endorsing the Congress. Actually, more than being enthusiastic about the UPA-II that had completed an uninspiring five years, the magazine was outrightly disapproving of the challenger, Narendra Modi. Its argument was less focused on the future of Indian capitalism under Modi but principally centred on the BJP’s alleged programme of social divisiveness.

British-born Aatish Taseer presents ‘In Search of India’s Soul’

The reason writer Aatish Taseer signed up for the recently aired Al Jazeera documentary series ‘In Search of India’s Soul’ was because the producer didn’t want the typical Western documentary about India, in which Left-wing talking heads go on about the rise of fascism, but something that would deal seriously with the Hindu sense of hurt, perceived or real, that was causing the present conflagration. 

British MP complains to ‘Hindu Phobic’ BBC coverage over Indian Election

With the continuous anti-Hindu diatribe lead by the Western media covering the Indian elections has once again brought into the open the Hinduphobia prevalent in the West recycling misinformation and promoting well-known Hinduphobes as ‘experts’ on India.

BBC retracts the fake news it published on Sikh police officer getting death threats for saving Muslim man

OpIndia got in touch with Ramnagar Police Station, where Gagandeep is posted and talked to the officials who denied any such threat to Singh.

Huffpost’s anti-Hindu propaganda is visible, yet again, from its report on Chandni Chowk temple desecration

Huffpost India, formerly known as HuffingtonPost India should once again consider changing its name to something more appropriate such as “Hinduphobicpost India”. In its latest attempt to malign Hinduism, Hindus and the political right wing, the opinion blog has tried to twist basic facts about the Chandni Chowk temple desecration case in Delhi so as to favour its preferred Hindu-bashing narrative.

BBC’s Hindu Bashing report on ‘Caste’

“The National Council of Churches in India will hold a day of protest next week against the country’s discriminatory caste system. It follows a number of attacks against Dalits in various parts of the country. Rahul Tandon reports.”

Analysis of the Representation of Hindus in Western News Coverage during the 2019 Indian Elections

There have been several news reports, analyses and opinion pieces published in important Western media outlets in the past few months about the ongoing elections in India. The New York Times, The Washington Post, the BBC, Time magazine, The Economist, and National Public Radio are among the news that media that have devoted much attention to events and issues in India.

TIME TO SPEAK UP AGAINST THE HINDUPHOBIA OF FOREIGN WRITERS

Vamsee Juluri, professor of media studies at the University of San Francisco, speaks up for the anonymous Hindu who, he says, was silent all those years of the colonial rule only to be criticized as an ‘oppressor’ post-Independence. His new book ‘Rearming Hinduism’ seeks to restore to the millennia-old faith its intellectual heritage by reintroducing Hinduism to Hindus. Juluri tells Narayani Ganesh that foreign ‘experts’ have only contributed to the misconceptions.

Hinduphobic Nazi Rally held at Colors Hoxton in London

Some pissed off Hindus from the LGBTQ community brought this to our attention. A Hungama event was held at Colors Hoxton club in London recently, where again we witnessed how Hinduphobic Nazi propaganda via appropriating Run DMCs art promoted under the guise of attacking the CAB/CAA bill in faraway India. This is the reason behind so many attacks on Hindu temples, Hindus and Hinduism recently by colonised native protesters.