My letter on
#Kashmir
was published in The New York Times. Please read & share so that you can understand what it's like to be a non-Muslim minority in Kashmir. FYI, Kashmiri Hindus are the original indigenous inhabitants of Kashmir and Kashmir is the seat of
#Hindu
spirituality.
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@Uber
I saw this post on Facebook today.
Blatantly biased news & anti-Hindu propaganda has real-world consequences for innocent people.
#Uber
you need to find & fire this driver.
#Hinduphobia
in America is REAL.
As a former Democrat, my decision not to support
#Kamala
has nothing whatsoever to do with whether she identifies as Indian or black. It’s about all the
#Democrats
, including her & Biden, toeing the line for vile Kashmiri terrorists in my ancestral homeland of Kashmir. No thanks.
I’ve noticed people in the U.S. & India use the term “Hindutva bigots” to describe Hindus who stand up for their rights. Does this mean it’s okay to use the term “Islamic bigots” or “Muslim bigots” to describe Muslims who do the same?
Asking for a friend.
Would anyone be interested in joining an online public forum where we discuss issues of importance to the global
#Hindu
community? Members could be anonymous or not. It would be a friendly place for people to exchange ideas & build a platform of intelligent debate & discourse.
The more American media continues to belittle, mock, and disrespect India and Hindu sentiments, the more Hindus and Indians around the world will unite and stand their ground.
Don’t say I didn’t tell you!
As a psychiatrist & psychotherapist, I want to humbly remind my Hindu sisters & brothers in India that too much kindness & tolerance can kill (you). When you’re dealing with a narcissistic ideology...
I hope by now it’s abundantly clear to the Indian & Western media that their tactic of vilifying Hindus in order to shame them into silence & fear has spectacularly backfired. You went so far that you pissed off Hindus around the globe. Stop the Hinduphobic hate. Enough is Enough
One year ago today, I felt an overwhelming, undeniable urge to advocate for Hindu causes. I believe the Hinduphobic, anti-India media onslaught that started on 8/5/19, spurred me, a Kashmiri Hindu American, out of my slumber. I had lived in America my whole life, but never had
Hindus need to get better organized. Otherwise, 1000 years from now history books will say that Hinduism was invented in 1965 at the OM Yoga Center in Brooklyn, NY.
#yogapant
#YogaShorts
#yoga
The
@NewYorker
hit piece against
#TheKashmirFiles
talks more about Modi, India, & Muslims than it does about the subject of the film (those pesky Kashmiri Hindus who had the audacity to get ethnically cleansed). That tells you everything you need to know about narrative building.
#Reminder
: Sonia Gandhi is the 4th richest politician in the world with a net worth of 19 billion U.S. dollars.
The average monthly salary in
#India
is approximately $400 U.S. dollars.
#BJP4India
#BJPAgain
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@BradSherman
Hi Brad, as a Kashmiri Hindu American & Los Angeles voter, I'm horrified that you said Kashmiri Hindus "left" Kashmir
We were brutally murdered & ETHNICALLY CLEANSED
Our individual names were on TERRORIST HIT LISTS
Is that what you mean by "left Kashmir?"
Fool.
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@nytimes
@CNN
I’m a Kashmiri Hindu American with 2 Kashmiri Hindu parents. I had 4 Kashmiri Hindu grandparents. Did you know that
#Kashmiri
Hindus were brutally driven out of
#Kashmir
in 1990? Did you know that they have not been able to return to their homeland for 30 years?
@arjunsethi81
Does anyone fall for this guy's hyperbole & Hinduphobic bullying? He's literally calling ordinary Hindu-Americans like me "organized Hindutva elements". The cities that have passed anti-India resolutions have fallen prey to highly organized Islamist lobbying. The joke is on them.
Today I learned that at least 8000 Punjabi Hindus were massacred by Khalistanis in Punjab, India in the 1980s and 1990s. How horrible.
#History
#AcademicTwitter
This racist (Truschke) is trying to silence & malign indigenous Hindu voices. Indigenous Hindus have a right to speak on their own culture & religion. Any academic worth their salt would welcome such voices. At this point, we Hindu-Americans have a good case for a class action...
@kaulmeetubhat
Yasin is sitting there awkwardly thinking to himself "Even after I killed members of their community, these fools won't leave me alone. They are dumber than I thought they were. Get me out of here!"
#Kashmir
This individual has a track record of making derogatory remarks about Hinduism as well as stalking innocent Hindu students and their parents online (As a prominent Hindu-American activist, I know that she stalks me online as well). How is this acceptable to Rutgers University?
I’m well aware that most Americans have either never heard of
#Kashmir
or don’t really care. That’s perfectly fine.
As a Kashmiri Hindu Indian American, I care. And I’ll vote accordingly.
RACISM: Donna Brazil purposefully mispronounces
@VivekGRamaswamy
name and publicly called on him to return ‘home’ presumably to India (FWIW Vivek was born in America).
Heartbreaking.
#Bangladesh
is a Muslim-majority country that shares a 2500 mile border with India.
Bangladesh has a documented history of treating its indigenous
#Hindu
minority like trash.
You will never read about this in
@nytimes
Hindu mother raped. Her daughter is describing what happened that day. Mainstream media in Bangladesh are still silent. Bcz if the news of rape of Hindu women reaches outside the country, the image of the country will be damaged.
Place : Dinajpur, khansama
Victim : Opo Rani Roy.
Why is the daily sexual violence against Pakistani Hindu women in Pakistan, perpetrated by Pakistani Muslim men, largely ignored by the New York Times and other American media? Is it because the violence is religiously sanctioned and thus can't be talked about?
#religion
It is rare to see an American think tank speak the truth so plainly on this topic. As a Kashmiri Hindu American, I did a double take. Hindu pain and suffering is so rarely allowed to be discussed in Western discourse.
#kashmir
#kashmiri
#kashmirihindus
#hindu
#hinduamerican
@NicholasFerroni
As a side note, thank you for including Hindus in your list. As Hindu-Americans, we are so rarely seen or recognized, despite the fact that yoga, chakras, meditation, Ayurveda, karma, Kundalini, non-duality, etc are all Hindu concepts.
Some Kashmiri Muslims are saying that
#TheKashmirFiles
, out in
@AMCTheatres
today across America, puts them in a "bad light" because it shows the murders of Kashmiri Pandit Hindus.
No. Your community's own actions are what put you in a "bad light".
Signed,
A
#Kashmiri
Hindu
“Agnihotri could have made a deal with
#Netflix
if he had agreed to not mention Islamic terrorism, which would be akin to making a movie about the
#Holocaust
that doesn’t mention the Nazis. Good for him & his team for not caving to such a cowardly demand”
The more I hear from various "activists" on India, the more I realize that the harmonious relationship between all the religions in India was predicated on Hindus being quiet & knowing their place. Now that Hindus are acquiring basic assertiveness skills, shit is hitting the fan.
India's wildly popular Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is a Hindu from a so-called "lower caste". He's the most popular leader in the history of India, beloved both within the country and in the diaspora.
#Caste
#SB403
#History
#Modi
#India
If you’re a
#Hindu
or Hindu-American and you’re afraid to “come out” as Hindu or speak up for basic Hindu human rights, I just want you to take a moment to process how *effective* the intimidation & bullying tactics from the “other side” have been. You should be angry NOT silent.
Pic 1: Brown man dares to have a perspective about his own culture and religion (Hinduism)
Pic 2: Entitled, rude, white-male-academic immediately throws a hissy fit and decides to e-mail all of us with his Opinion
Did you know that if you’re a Hindu, you’re prohibited from becoming Prime Minister of Pakistan?
Damn. I guess I have to cross that dream off my bucket list.
@TulsiGabbard
As a Kashmiri Hindu American, I thank you Tulsi for bravely speaking up for the rights of persecuted Hindus in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Kashmir.
It’s time the world knows the well-hidden truth.
#Bangladesh
#Kashmir
#Hindus
Can I just say I'm loving sipping my morning coffee and watching this boycott over in India of the Hinduphobic movie
#LalSinghChaddha
?
As a therapist, I LOVE seeing people finally stand up for themselves ☀️🔥
Kali or Kaali is not a “South Asian” Goddess.
She is a Hindu Goddess.
To the extremist leftists:
Ask yourself why this fact bothers you so much.
#Hinduphobia
"Amnesty International has finally confirmed the massacre of Hindus by Rohingya Muslims even as Indian ‘liberals’ tried to whitewash their crimes."
#HinduLivesMatter
#Hinduphobia
#Amnesty
The Kashmir Files comes out on March 11 in
@AMCTheatres
across America. The film will have English subtitles. Please try to watch it if you can. The world will finally have the chance to understand what we Kashmiri Hindus went through in our own homeland of
#Kashmir
#movies
Jihadis lined up 23 Kashmiri Hindus in Nadimarg and shot them. As they were fleeing they heard a baby cry. "Ye karnawun chupe," ordered one Jihadi. The baby was silenced. He became the 24th victim.
#TheKashmirFiles
shows the massacre. Frame by frame. They want to ban this film.
The Hindu diaspora is present in scores of countries/regions around the world: US, UK, Canada, Europe, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, etc
Has there ever been a case of a member of the Hindu diaspora committing an act of terror motivated by their religion?
Genuine question.
#India
Did you know that many of the South Asian organizations in the U.S. are actually pro-Pakistani, anti-India organizations that use the umbrella term "South Asian" because they don't want to identify as Pakistani? Under this guise, they can freely spew anti-Hindu hate. Fascinating.
Question: Why does it seem that many South Indian Christians hate Indian Hindus? What’s the history behind this bitterness & nastiness? I’m genuinely curious about South Indian cultural dynamics. If anyone has any book recommendations, please feel free to share. Thank you!
I’m a Hindu-American and a feminist and I grew up in Texas. I embrace the beauty & profundity and mystery of Hinduism. Many feminists who grew up in India seem to have a real problem with Hinduism. I think they may be confusing social practices and bad parenting with Hinduism.
@leicspolice
This is how fake, anti-Hindu narratives are created. This happens in
#Kashmir
too. It breaks my heart that innocent people end up getting killed because of false rumors.
#media
#news
@NikkiMcR
Neurologist Amy Wax singles out Indian women. Says brown women are jealous of American success. I think it's the other way around. "How dare these 1st & 2nd gen brown women be so confident to criticize the US? How dare they raise their voices? Don't they know their place?"
Divya lives in a posh
#Texas
neighborhood. Over the years, her friendly neighbors have invited her to church. Divya has gone several times to be a good friend. She decides to deepen the friendship & invites her friends to the local
#Hindu
temple. What do you think happens next?
Reminder to my Indian-Americans peeps:
#KamalaHarris
has stated that India was an "abuser" in the Kashmir situation. As a Kashmiri myself, I find that assertion offensive, disingenuous, & willfully ignorant. India decisively & bravely changed the appalling status quo in Kashmir
Notice how her lawyer or PR person cleverly threw in the words ‘Indian’ and ‘Hindu’ in an attempt to improve her image and gain sympathy? I highly doubt she is Hindu - her name suggests otherwise.
#Antisemitism
.
@nytimes
If Ilhan Omar is allowed to embrace being a proud Somali Muslim-American politician & is celebrated by the
#Democrats
, why do I, a vocal Indian Hindu-American physician, get questions from many liberals about my loyalty to America? Hypocritical much?
#HinduAmericanVoices
My letter regarding the Kashmir situation was published in the New York Times. Please read & share if you can. Please also note that my letter is the 2nd one on the page (scroll down) I strongly disagree w/ the first letter on the page!
#kashmir
#cnn
#bbc
Why can't people see that coercing poor, helpless people to convert to Christianity by enticing them with food, etc is unethical?
If you really want to help poor people, help them with no strings attached.
Do you know why I shout from the rooftops that I’m a
#Kashmiri
Hindu now? Because I’m making up for all of the years that I was too afraid to share with my friends & colleagues that I was a Kashmiri Hindu. That’s how traumatized & scared our global Kashmiri
#Hindu
community was.
I step away from
#Twitter
for 18 hours and come back to find that Hindus are being attacked in India during their religious celebrations. Damn y’all this is sad and never-ending.
I’m gonna go take another break.
#media
#India
#tolerance
As an American citizen raised in Texas with strong spiritual ties to India, I will support whichever candidate I want, based on any criteria I want. There is no candidate or party I "should" support. "Shoulds" are oppressive, confining, and patronizing.
Many of the Hindu refugees who were forced out of Kashmir by Islamist terrorists have lived & flourished in the U.S. for 30 yrs. If the
@NewYorker
was acting in good faith, it could have easily interviewed our parents or our grandparents to verify the veracity of
#TheKashmirFiles
I was wearing an Indian shawl last night (a Kashmiri shawl) and a man trying to be friendly said "nice Moroccan shawl". I said "Thank You! It's actually Indian." He doubled down and said "Morocco, India, they're similar and very close to each other".
#geography
#Mansplaining
Some Hindus in India who appear to be anti-Hindu pride themselves on being open-minded, empathetic, compassionate, etc. I see people like this in my practice all the time. They spend their lives being overly empathetic & self-abnegating, only to be left with depression & anxiety.
#IlhanOmar
showed no compassion or knowledge about the plight of the indigenous
#Kashmiri
Pandit Hindus during a Congressional hearing in 2019, dismissing our testimony as “dubious”.
I’m glad this loud-mouthed ignoramus is off the
#ForeignAffairs
Committee…(pardon my French)
@JoeBiden
@DrBiden
Thank you for the
#Diwali
greetings. FYI, “Sal Mubarak” is an Islamic greeting.
It would have been much more appropriate and thoughtful to say “Shubh Diwali”.
#teachertwitter
I 100% support the efforts to push back against the upcoming Hinduphobic conference, slyly disguised as an "Anti-Hindutva" conference. I also know that this conference & its organizers are inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. NOTHING can stop an idea whose time has come
Are any Indian newspapers reporting on the horrific Islamist violence against Hindus in
#Bangladesh
? If no Indian newspaper will cover the violence, how can we expect Western newspapers to? Western newspapers take their cue from Indian papers when it comes to reporting on Hindus.
From Rajni Batra: "A beautiful musical based on the epic
#Ramayana
at Mt Madonna High School in CA. 175 kids were in the show. 100s of volunteers helped w/ dresses, props, & designing & the students rehearsed for the last 4 months to present their 43rd annual Ramayana production"
If you’ve been a foreign correspondent in India for 40 years and all you can write is a regurgitation of colonialist tropes about Hindus, you’re either not very bright or purposely being obtuse. Imagine spending all of that time in a country and never absorbing its essence.
@CharlotteFLit
Thank you Charlotte. In addition to being a good reporter, you are quick on the uptake, i.e., intelligent.
What you figured out in less than a week, many other "reporters" haven't figured out in years.
#Leicester