Author: salw
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Too Soon and Too Late? A Review of “Fast Track to Troubling Times”
“Fast Track” is an evaluation of Narendra Modi’s first 100 days as the hard right Hindu prime minister of India. Timed to roughly coincide…
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Behind the curtain of Pakistan’s protests
As this is being written, innumerable Pakistani citizens are marching into Islamabad’s so-called “red zone”, the most heavily guarded and sensitive areas of the capital…
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British Lines, Brown Blood: A short note on Sri Lanka and Gaza
The recent atrocities in Gaza have again refocused world attention on Palestine and the actions of the Israeli state and the Palestinian people. Israel…
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20 USAS Students and Staff Members Arrested at REI Store
20 students and USAS staff members were arrested Saturday attempting to shut down the REI store in Rockville, Maryland as part of a national…
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7/26/14: National day of action against REI
On this Saturday, students across the United States are asking you to join them in a national day of actions at outlets of REI, a…
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Review of “Hindu Nationalism in the United States”
As noted earlier this week, South Asia Citizens Web is carrying a new report entitled “Hindu Nationalism in the United States” (pdf). This report provides a…
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Washington DC Action: Rally Against Dow Chemicals, June 24, 2014
Most people have heard at some point of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India, 30 years ago. Tens of thousands of people were…
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Red, White and Saffron
A little birdy gave me a copy of the materials Hindu American Foundation is using to lobby U.S. Congresspeople. Lobbying is a process involving…