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“Blind Leading the Blind”: India Joins Saudis on UN Human Rights Council

:dateline:The poet Rupi Kaur writes, “Do not look for healing at the feet of those who broke you,” a sentiment resonating with some ethnic and religious minority communities after India’s October 12...

Analyst: Gandhi Created “Three-Tiered” System of Racial Segregation in South Africa

:dateline:As citizens of Malawi are locked in a struggle to prevent installation of a statue of Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi in their second-largest city, new scholarship regarding Gandhi’s 21 years in South Africa...

Despite Charges of Racism, Malawian Government Supports Gandhi Statue Construction

::datelineIn a formal response to growing outrage among citizens of Malawi about a proposed statue of Mohandas Gandhi (nicknamed “Mahatma” by his devotees) which is being erected in Blantyre, the second-largest city...

“Gandhi Was An Ardent Racist,” Say Malawians Seeking to Stop Proposed Statue

:dateline:Malawi is now the second nation in Africa to bear witness to a sustained effort by the local population to block a statue of Mohandas Gandhi. The Indian government is paying to install...
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Video Questions: “What If Gandhi Was a Champion of Racial Inequality?”

:dateline:Responding to House Resolution 6916, a proposal to posthumously award Mohandas Gandhi a Congressional Gold Medal, a new video documents the Indian icon’s relationship with black people during his 21 years as...

U.S. Congress Urged to Reject House Resolution 6916 to Award Gandhi a Gold Medal

:dateline:On the occasion of Gandhi’s birthday, activists visited a Northern California statue of the Indian icon to demand its removal and call on the U.S. Congress to reject the recently introduced House...

Outrage Over U.S. Resolution to Award Gandhi a Congressional Gold Medal

:dateline:A resolution introduced in U.S. Congress on September 26, which recommends that Mohandas Gandhi be posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, is already sparking outrage from certain quarters. Roxanne Carter, speaking on behalf...

Op/Ed: Hindutva’s Poisoned Fruit and the World Hindu Congress

In early September 2018, I spent four days in the Chicago, Illinois region in order to protest the World Hindu Congress (WHC). Here’s why. On September 6, I participated in a panel at...

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