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Desh-Videsh MAY 2022 - VOLUME 29, ISSUE 05

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Anti-India Sentiments

Anti-India Campaigns in USCIRF Report

DisInfo Lab, a company with the motive of unveiling fake news, just came out with its own research report titled, “Operation Tupac – Decoding The Longest War” in response to the USCIRF (United States Commission.

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which should have been shut down in 2016, was infused with funds by Congress to continue to provide employment to mediocrities and

This Spring Presents Sellers with a Golden Opportunity

If you’re thinking of selling your house this year, timing is crucial. After all, you’ll want to balance getting the most out of the sale of your current home and making the best investment when you buy your next one.

Impressive India

Did you know there is an unusual school in an unusual place run by an unusual teacher? - Rajesh Kumar is a shopkeeper by profession but spends hours every morning teaching around 80 children from the poorest.

Immortal Gurus: Selfless Love as Spiritual Relevance

Sonal Shah Named to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Ivory-tower religiosity is often mistaken for spiritual excellence. In actuality, the guru is venerated in Indic traditions because she or he bridges social, economic, cultural, geographic, linguistic, and political archipelagos

Book Review

Sonal Shah can truly be called a “Woman of Substance.” Apart from being a top-grade academician, Shah is a successful entrepreneur, innovator, and philanthropist from the core of her heart.

The Role of Nixon-Kissinger in the 1971 Pakistani War Crimes Against Bangladesh - In 1972, Dr. Henry Kissinger, the National Security Adviser to then US President Richard Nixon, called Bangladesh a “basket with a hole.”

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Eastern Solutions for Digestive Problems

I am an international student on an F-1 visa and I am about to graduate from my University in May. How can I stay in the US and work? The most important piece of advice I give to all of my clients and potential. Happy May and Happy Spring! The season of spring brings qualities of prithvi (earth) and jal/aap (water) elements such as wet, heavy, dense, soft, cloudy, cool, stable, dense, and solid.

ONCE AGAIN, Let us go over Article 370, Article 35A, CAA, NRC, and Triple talaq (instant divorce)!!

How Article 370 and Article 35A came to be… When India gained independence from the evil British Empire, the state of Jammu & Kashmir preferred to stay

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Edito r’s View Dear Readers, Let me take this opportunity to wish all our Muslim readers a Happy Ramadan. May this divine month bring you and your family together, multiply your happiness, and fill your life with peace and grace. Let me also congratulate our readers from Pakistan on getting a new prime minister after weeks of political turmoil. Imran Khan, a famous former cricketer-turned-politician and eventually elected as Prime minister of Pakistan, was overthrown. Because of his arrogance in dealing with the economic problems and handling of foreign policy in a similar fashion, Khan became Pakistan’s first prime minister and was removed from office by a vote of no confidence. The parliament members elected new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, younger brother of former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz Sharif was removed from office and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Political instability and turmoil have hindered the progress of Pakistan ever since she got her independence. It is very disturbing if you look at the history of the Pakistan government. After 23 years of independence, in 1970, the first general election was held. There have been 19 prime ministers since independence, three governments were overthrown by military coups (1958,1977 and 1999), and the military has ruled the country for 32 years. No prime minister has ever completed his or her term in office. I sympathize with the people of Pakistan that they have not been able to make their mark on the world map because of this turmoil. Now let me talk about recently published reports from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), where they have labeled India as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC)” and clubbed India with known terrorist countries like China and North Korea. USCIRF, under the influence of foreign-based organizations, labeled India as a “Country of Particular Concern” even before the PM Modi government. In this issue, Dr. Ramesh Rao, a Professor of Communications Studies at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, has written a detailed article on the USCIRF report and its bias toward India. In this year’s report once again, they talk about the CAA, NRC, Article 370, and Article 35A. Desh-Videsh has published a few articles on these topics before. For some of you who may have missed our publications in the past, we are explaining these topics in brief in this issue again. In the last issue of Desh-Videsh, we talked about India’s foreign policy in the midst of the Russia - Ukraine crisis. In the article, we talked about the 1971 war between India and Pakistan, where the US sent its 7th Fleet to the Bay of Bengal. In this issue, we are publishing a review of a book by Dr. Nuran Nabi titled The Role of Nixon-Kissinger in the 1971 War. Dr. Nabi was a freedom fighter from his country Bangladesh. He is now living in NJ, USA, and has first-hand, detailed information about the war and how the Pakistan army raped Bangladeshi women and created atrocity toward the people of Bangladesh. After 50+ years, I can still feel the pain in Dr. Nabi’s voice. In this issue, it is our pleasure to share some good news-bad news about Sonal Shah. She was just selected as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. Shah has been in the forefront of several NGOs and presidential campaign advisory committees as well as president transition committees. That is good news! Now comes the bad news. Anti-India, anti-Hindu organizations that are lobbying against India to USCIRF are also lobbying to remove Shah from this position. The same organizations and the same people opposed Shah’s appointment in President Obama’s administration and the same people opposed Amit Jani when President Biden’s administration tried appointing him. For reference, we have listed these organizations in this issue. As we talked about in the last issue, this year BAPS organizations are celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Pramukh Swami Maharaj. On behalf of the entire Desh-Videsh team, I want to congratulate the BAPS members. As a commitment to BAPS to publish one article every month, it is our pleasure to include in this issue, “Immortal Gurus: Selfless Love as Spiritual Relevance.“ Let me end my column by reminding you about the Myshadi Bridal Show. As you may have seen in our email, the Fort Lauderdale shows have been postponed because the Bonaventure Hotel is closing for renovation. We will announce a new date and venue very soon. Meanwhile, do not forget to check out our show in Orlando on May 15, 2022, at Hilton Orlando. After two years of being shut down, we have a record number of brides registering for this show. Do not forget to register or attend the show. See you in Orlando!! Until then.. Be Safe and Be Healthy!! Raj Shah Managing Editor

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he United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which should have been shut down in 2016, was infused with funds by Congress to continue to provide employment to mediocrities and faceless bureaucrats and to offer a platform for nine politically compromised commissioners to preen and build their beltway network of influence. The USCIRF should be labeled an organization of particular concern as some have argued, and it is time for American taxpayers to stop this institutional affront to good political and human sense. The USCIRF website claims that “USCIRF’s nine commissioners are appointed by either the President or Congressional leaders of each political party, supported by a non-partisan professional staff.” We can only wonder how that staff is vetted for their non-partisanship, even as they pursue the partisan agendas of their politically appointed commissioners. The USCIRF claims to do a lot, but where is the measure to find out if anything they say or do has any purchase? Does what they do accomplish anything more than to serve the partisan interests of monopolist, supremacist, violent “faith” groups and their scheming, manipulative America-based influence seekers? The USCIRF has become another symbol of American interventionism in the affairs of sovereign states, and the fact that it has bipartisan support and is the brainchild of US legislators goes to show that our willingness to undermine sovereign states continues undiminished. We mock the United Nations, and even our own State Department, in these matters of human rights, religious freedom, etc., usurping the role of international organizations and donning for ourselves the garb of the world’s policeman, the world’s confessor, the world’s primary scold, bully, and the predominant if not the only intimidating, hectoring didact. This “panel,” which was created in 1998 by an Act of Congress to “advise the President, Congress, and the State Department on the plight of persecuted religious groups worldwide,” has once again made its voice heard. After two decades of trying, the panel has been on a threeyear binge demanding that India be labeled a “Country of Particular Concern” (CPC). This year its commissioners, or shall we say, “religion commissars,” have had the gall to say in their annual report that “In 2021, religious freedom conditions in India significantly worsened.” But they offer no measure, no data, except a couple of handpicked, unverified, unverifiable, egregious examples where a Hindu or some Hindus were involved, and which made the global echo chamber rounds of Western media, the Al Jazeera, and the zillion Christian rags that subsist to “bear false witness” against other religious faiths.

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Starting in 2014, USCIRF in its annual reports started using a distorted map of India They then claim that “During the year, the Indian government escalated its promotion and enforcement of policies—including those promoting a Hindu-nationalist agenda—that negatively affected Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Dalits, and other religious minorities.” So, what were these agendas? How did Dalits become a “religious minority”? What about the Sikhs and their heavily funded attempts by Canada, UK, and US to destabilize the Indian Government and bring life to a standstill in the state of Punjab and in Delhi this past year? The Commissars then assert that “The government continued to systemize its ideological vision of a Hindu state at both the national and state levels through the use of both existing and new laws and structural changes hostile to the country’s religious minorities.” If there are existing laws and the Constitution of India urges the executive and the legislature to follow certain rules, to

More importantly, the USCIRF annual dungthrowing exercise is mainly used to dent the country’s soft power and global image and made much use of by media inimical to certain groups, countries, or peoples, just like The New York Times, The Washington Post, or National Public Radio that are viscerally Hinduphobic. 17

What about Hindus being minorities in some states in India, and they being denied minority status, which would allow them to run their own educational institutions, without interference or onerous demands from the state, as “minorities” are offered in India, and the Hindu majority is denied? make laws within the ambit of the Constitution, how can they be used to “systemize the ideological vision of a Hindu state”? And what is that “Hindu state” that these Commissars are afraid of? Perhaps that this “Hindu state” denies its majority Hindus what is offered to the so-called minorities? For example, minorities in India are allowed control over their religious institutions, whereas it is the Indian state governments, many a time willfully anti-Hindu, as in the state of Andhra Pradesh now that are in control of Hindu temples and from which they drain vast sums of money to appease their “minorities” and to pander to “minority vote banks.” To this day, the Indian Central Government has not been able to, or has been unwilling to, bring changes in the law to ensure the handing of

Hindu temples back to Hindus to manage and take care of. According to Swami Venkataraman: The Indian Constitution confers extraordinary protections on minorities. But crucially, the equality promised under Articles 14 and 15 and the freedom to manage religious affairs under Articles 25(1) and 26 are abrogated for Hindus, and Hindus alone, in the matter of their temples by recourse to Article 25(2)(a). By considering temple finances a secular matter, the tentacles of the state are now deeply entrenched into purely religious matters such as conduct of puja and other rituals. So, if the DC based “religion commissars” think that the BJP-led government in Delhi is systemizing its “ideological

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Demography: Hindus as a minority in Bharat As per the Census 2011 data, Hindus are a minority in no less than sevan states and one union territory in Bharat, as represented in the table, Many more states such as Kerala, Assam, Goa and West Bengal also have a very high “minority” population. State

Hindu Population

“Minority” population

Dominant Religion

Jammu & Kashmir

28.44%

71.56%

Islam

Lakshadweep

2.77%

97.23%

Islam

Punjab

38.4%

61.6%

Sikhism

Arunachal Pradesh

29%

71%

Christianity

Mizoram

2.75%

97.25%

Christianity

Manipur

41.39%

58.61%

Christianity

Meghalaya

11.53%

88.47%

Christianity

Nagaland

8.75%

91.25%

Christianity

The Commissars then assert that “The government continued to systemize its ideological vision of a Hindu state at both the national and state levels through the use of both existing and new laws and structural changes hostile to the country’s religious minorities.” vision of a Hindu state” then why are they keeping mum that the same government is discriminating against the majority Hindus? Or as R. Jagannathan points out, in India today, “in a complete perversion of this (Hindu) civilizational heritage, even yoga and the mere rerun of the hugely popular Ramayana and Mahabharata serials on Doordarshan are seen as an antithesis of secularism, an imposition by Hindutva ideologues,” and where India’s highest court “…delegitimize the practice of excluding women in the reproductive age from entering the (Hindu) shrine.” How can the commissars ignore these blatant assaults on Hindus in the one country that they can call their own? What about Hindus being minorities in some states in India, and they being denied minority status, which would allow them to run their own educational institutions, without interference or onerous demands from the state, as “minorities” are offered in India, and the Hindu majority is denied? The commissars are clueless. They are clueless about the twenty million or so Bangladesh Muslims who have

migrated illegally into India for both economic reasons and those being lured into the country to bulk up vote banks. They are clueless about the daily atrocities and crimes committed against Hindus by the so-called “minorities.” They are clueless about the Indian “National Commission for Minorities” and the “Ministry of Minority Affairs” that not only go to bat for the so-called minorities of India, but whose members also ensure the continuing disparities in favor of the minorities against the so-called Hindu majority. Yes, these commissars know, and they have “heard” of the horrors of religious persecution, especially of Christians and Muslims, whispered in their ears by paid mischief-makers masquerading as “interfaith leaders.” But we know what this annual macabre dance is all about: the leverage and the tools that will be offered to US lawmakers and the DC establishment to yank the chain of some countries, or to poke their fingers in the eyes of others they wish to bring to heel. The USCIRF list is used by global lobbying agencies to discourage investors from investing in the country concerned, but then business is business unless the US Government decides to sanction

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some government for other geopolitical reasons. More importantly, the USCIRF annual dung-throwing exercise is mainly used to dent the country’s soft power and global image and made much use of by media inimical to certain groups, countries, or peoples, just like The New York Times, The Washington Post, or National Public Radio that are viscerally Hinduphobic. The 2022 report lists 15 countries of “particular concern” and another 12 as on their “special watch list.” Of these 27 countries, 4 are majority Christian (Azerbaijan, Eritrea, Nigeria, and Russia), 5 are communist (China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, and Nicaragua), 15 are majority Muslim (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Iran, Syria, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Malaysia, Turkey, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan),

Courtesy: DisinfoLab

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Courtesy: DisinfoLab

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They are clueless about the Indian “National Commission for Minorities” and the “Ministry of Minority Affairs” that not only go to bat for the so-called minorities of India, but whose members also ensure the continuing disparities in favor of the minorities against the so-called Hindu majority.

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1 is majority Buddhist (Myanmar), and 1 is majority Hindu. Of the 193 UN member states, 119 states are majority Christian and 50 are majority Muslim.

Having conquered the world, decimated populations, and destroyed cultures, faith members of these two monopolist, supremacist, and violent “world religions” now seek to carry out their religious writ through the media and global institutions as well as through the socalled “international religious freedom” and “interfaith” groups. The fact that they lure into their fold Hindus and have them do their bidding is also obvious to those of us who closely follow the work done by the international religious freedom and interfaith groups, and look at the people who are nominated as USCIRF commissioners. One of the commissioners, Anurima Bhargava, by name a Hindu, and appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is just a “busybody” whose work in promoting “dignity and justice” or “equity and belonging” or addressing “harassment and discrimination” has assured herself a pathway to cushy DC positions of power and influence as well as padding her bank balance. We only wish she could have remained in Chicago, her hometown, and done something about the increasing violence in the windy city. Given the fractious nature of American politics, the continuing and powerful presence and influence of

religious groups, mostly Christian, but also increasingly Jewish and Muslim, in Washington, DC, and the American establishment’s firm belief in their own grand plans for the world, we will continue to see the support and funding for an institution like the USCIRF, and the daily pilgrimage that “faith leaders” and their representatives make to the USCIRF’s DC office. This author, too, has visited their offices a few times and understands the nature of the trap set by such institutions. If we don’t go complaining to them about the harm being done to us somewhere in the world, then we will miss the chance to be heard by them and maybe the chance to influence the manufacturing of their annual reports. So, we join the influential groups who do have the ear of the commissioners in this destructive practice. Interestingly, the only such “free speech,” “human rights,” and “religious freedom” promoting institutions are maintained and run by the US and by EU countries led by former colonialists. We wish that on the fine buildings they occupy and in the fat volumes they publish periodically, this slogan is permanently etched: “We robbed you of your wealth, your wellbeing, your sense of self, and we then set you free; but we will make sure that you will always be under our influence, and we will watch you become good, moral beings.”

About the Author Dr. Ramesh N. Rao is a professor of communication studies at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. He has taught a variety of communications courses across four universities over the past 35 years. He is also the co-author of a book on intercultural communication, and the author of a handful of books on Indian politics and society. At present, he serves as the editor of the online portal, India Facts. Ramesh Rao’s articles have appeared in a number of magazines and newspapers in India, the U.S., and the UK. He blogs at Medium.com The views expressed here are author’s alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of Desh-Videsh Media Group or any of its employess or the owners. For more information on this article or to view additional pictures, please visit www.deshvidesh.com/May2022/ or download our Mobile App.

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Golden Opportunity By Marta Yecora

f you’re thinking of selling your house this year, timing is crucial. After all, you’ll want to balance getting the most out of the sale of your current home and making the best investment when you buy your next one.

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“For homebuyers, we believe that borrowing costs will likely rise with the increase in mortgage rates....” 2. Your Equity Is Growing in Record Amounts. According to the most recent Homeowner Equity Insight report from CoreLogic, homeowners are sitting on record amounts of equity thanks to recent home price appreciation. The report finds that the average homeowner has gained $55,300 in equity over the past year. That much equity can open doors for you to make a move. If you’ve been holding off on selling because you’re worried about how rising prices will impact your next home search, rest assured your equity can help fuel your move. It may be just what you need to cover a large portion – if not all – of the down payment on your next home.

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have already been climbing this year, current mortgage rates are still below what they’ve been in recent decades. In the 2000s, the average mortgage rate was 6.27%. In the 1990s, the average rate was 8.12%. On April 5, the Mortgage News Daily quoted a rate of 5.02%. Doug

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Anti-India Sentiments in the US

By Dr. Mohini Shinde

The vandalised statue of Mahatma Gandhi was found by a park employee in the early hours of morning of January 27, the police said. (Source: change.org)

isInfo Lab, a company with the motive of unveiling fake news, just came out with its

own research report titled, “Operation Tupac – Decoding The Longest War” in response to the USCIRF (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom) report where USCIRF labeled India as a “Country of Particular Concern’ (CPC)” and clubbed India with known terrorist countires like China, North Korea, and Pakistan.

In the introduction of the report, DisInfo Lab listed a few events which took place throughout the world, but mostly in the US. Here is a list of those events: • The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalized in the US and he was labeled as a child rapist, racist, and casteist; the campaign was spearheaded by an organization. • A three-day conference was held on “Dismantling Hindutva” in September 2021 from the US.

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in some places and that they were all carried out by a handful of organizations, including the same set of people.

USCIRF Report Main arguments condemning India: CAA, cow slaughter and Kashmir conflicts

Note the hypocrisy: India: CAA | US: Lautenberg | Israel: The law of return India: Restricts cow slaughter | US: bans dog slaughter

Note the Irony: India: fighting terrorism in Kash-

The Unite d States Commission on International Religious Fre e dom (USCIRF) blacklists India on the pretext of fascism, religious freedom, and oppression of religious minorities. • The United States Commission on

• A toolkit that was prepared for

International Religious Freedom

farmers’ protest for some un-

(USCIRF) blacklists India on the

known reasons mentioned to dent

pretext of fascism, religious free-

India’s soft image of tea and yoga.

dom, and oppression of religious

• Organizations that lobbied US-

minorities. • An online boycott campaign is launched in the Middle East to boycott Indian products and is further supported by Pakistani troll machinery. • In the US, a campaign is launched on ‘Caste’ by an innocuous organization gaining prominence. • A series of seminars and conferences are held by some concerned individuals in the US on ‘Rising Fascism’ in India.

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CIRF to blacklist India in 2018-20, also lobbied during 2013-14 when there was a different government in India. • Several organizations in the name of helping India, raised funds during the COVID-19 crisis and failed to deliver any help, duping millions of Indians.

mir, while the US has already banned most Kashmir terror groups Afghanistan, Iraq, and Algeria, etc. are ranked higher in religious freedom according to these ’eminent’ experts from USCIRF.

US Politics In “The Unending War, Part 1” published by DisInfo Lab, it was noted how a handful of anti-India organizations based in the US and Pieter Friedrich campaigned against Indian-origin US politicians and publicly leveled unsubstantiated allegations against them. They targeted presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard and campaigned against her in different parts of the US intending to derail her election campaign. The same group again disrupted a campaign for Gabbard where she was addressing a group

All these events seem unrelated

of people through a webinar. Pieter

to each other, but if you go deeper

along with some supporters broke

into each event and the people be-

into the hall and raised placards

hind them, you will notice that they

with the title “TULSI, Mascot of

are interconnected and intertwined

India’s KKK.”

This anti-India group also targeted other Indian-origin US politicians from the democratic party such as Preston Kulkarni, Amit Jani, Sonal Shah, Padma Kuppa, and Raja Krishnamoorthi. Kulkarni was appointed as the new Chief of External Affairs of Americorp under the Biden administration. Friedrich launched a signature petition against Kulkarni’s appointment and accused him of receiving funds from the RSS-affiliated entities for running his campaign. Friedrich and Shaik Ubaid also targeted Shah and

Jani, President

Obama and President Biden’s prominent campaign leaders. They created political pressure on the democratic officials. As a result, both of them were left out of the President Obama and President Biden administration. Other Indian-origin US politicians targeted by this group are Kuppa

Afghanistan, Iraq, and Algeria, etc. are ranked higher in religious freedom according to these ’eminent’ experts from USCIRF.

and Krishnamoorthi.

Let us talk about Discrimination.

Most recently, US diplomat Atul

thermore, Friedrich has also started

Keshap, who was appointed head of

a signature petition to remove the

the US-India Business Council, was

recent appointment of Shah to the

The US must first get its own house in order before it gets “par-

publicly chastised by Friedrich. Fur-

Homeland Seurity council.

ticularly concerned” about India.

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A survey conducted at Northwestern University in Chicago reported that 23.7% of the respondents complained of discrimination based on race and religion. The rates were highest among African Americans at 70.7%, followed by Asians (45.9%), and Hispanics (25.3%). The US Constitution famously

against Hispanic people (30%) and

the respondents complained of

prohibits any religious test or re-

Asian people (27%). The birth of

discrimination based on race and

quirement for public office. Still,

organizations like BLM (Black Lives

religion. The rates were highest

almost all of the nation’s presidents

Matter) is the result of widespread

among African Americans at 70.7%,

have been Christians. In the history

discrimination against black people

followed by Asians (45.9%), and

of the United States, there have only

especially af ter 200+ years of

Hispanics (25.3%).

been two Catholic presidents, one

independence and 50+ years of

black president, and we still have to elect a woman president. If there is

According to an article in the

passing The Civil Rights Act of 1964. A

survey

Washington Post, African Americans

conducted

are dying at higher rates due to the

University

coronavirus. There’s an assumption

Chicago reported that 23.7% of

that African Americans are immune

any discrimination in the US within

Northwestern

people following Abrahmic faith in electing the presidents, they have no right to talk about discrimination in India which has elected Muslim, women, Sikh, and Dalit as presidents, vice presidents, and prime ministers of India. As per the PEW research report, nearly half of Americans (46%) say there is “a lot” of discrimination against black people while about 3 out of 10 see a lot of discrimination

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The list of Organizations who Oppose Indian American politicians and who feed false information to USCIRF. • Ambedkar International Center • Ambedkar King Study Circle • American Muslim Physicians of Indian Origin (AMPI) • Association of Indian Muslims of America, Washington DC • Boston South Asian Collective • Chicago Desi Youth Rising (CDYR) • Coalition Against Fascism in India • Coalition of Seattle Indian Americans to the flu. When they show up

• Dalit Solidarity Forum in the U.S.

at hospitals with signs of infections,

• Friends of South Asia (FOSA), San Jose, California

they have to deal with biased white

• Hindus for Human Rights

doctors. Ethnic discrimination

• India Civil Watch International

is being experienced by a large proportion of non-white surgical

• India Foundation, Michigan

residents as well as medical school

• Indian American Alliance Against Caste

graduates.

• Indian Muslim Council (IMC), Morton Grove, Illinois (www.imc-usa.org)

Would the USCIRF dare to put the USA on such watch lists? If the answer is no, it has no right to be concerned about other countries, especially India.

• Indian Muslim Education Foundation (IMEFNA), North America • International Service Society, Michigan • International Society for Peace and Justice • Justice For All

About the Author Dr. Mohini Shinde is a professor of religions of India and has taught Hindu religion and world religion in several US universities before her retirement. Her research was on

• National Coalition of South Asian Organizations (NCSAO) • Non-Resident Indians for a Secular and Harmonious India (NRI-SAHI), Michigan • Progressive India Collective • Sikh American Heritage Organization, Wayne, Illinois

religion and politics in South Asia. In

• South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

her research engagements, she lived

• South Asian Left Activist Movement

several years in India where she studied vedas and upanishads. She lives in California with her husband. The views expressed here are author’s alone and do not necessarily

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Did you know there is an unusual school in an unusual place run by an unusual teacher? Rajesh Kumar is a shopkeeper by profession but spends hours every morning teaching around 80 children from the poorest of the poor in India’s capital, New Delhi. The 43 year old visited the construction of the Delhi transit station a few years ago and was disturbed by the realization that many children were spending their days playing at the site instead of attending school. When he questioned the parents working at the site, they all said there were no schools in the vicinity and no one cared. Consequently, Kumar’s open-air classroom was born – between pillars and beneath the tracks of the Delhi transit system, known as the Metro. Every few minutes a train passes above, the children unperturbed by its sound. There are no chairs or tables, and the children sit on rolls of polystyrene foam placed on the rubble. Three rectangular patches of wall are painted black and used as a blackboard. Anonymous donors have contributed cardigans, books, shoes, and stationery for the children, as their parents cannot afford them. One unnamed person sends a bag full of biscuits and fruit juice for the pupils every day – another incentive for the children to show up for their studies.

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Did you know, in 1920, India was so good at hockey that the British withdrew from the Olympics to avoid a possible embarrassing defeat by its own colony? What fun is that?

error in over six million deliveries?

Daddy of Battles

end up delivering dabbas at the wrong

Did you know, unlike in Border (the movie), only two Indians died in the battle of Longewala? J.P Dutta’s epic war film based on the Indo-Pak War of ’71 showed how a brave 120man regiment of the Indian Army fought against a troop of 300-odd Pakistanis (including tanks) while defending Longewala against wave after wave of Pakistani troops. The truth is, they were much more badass. We lost only two soldiers in that battle.

Variance of Service Did you know Mumbai Dabbawalas have made just one

Now, these dabbawalas (tiffin carriers) rely only on a system of certain symbols and markings on the dabba (tiffins) to ascertain the delivery address. So there may be a good chance that they address, right?No. Forbes magazine awarded its Six Sigma certification in 2001 to the Dabbawalas based on a 99.999999 percent delivery accuracy rate (one error for every 16 million transactions).They charge Rs 250 ( $3.25 ) per month. The lunch boxes are handled an astonishing 2,000,000 times a day.

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Immortal Gurus: Selfless Love as Spiritual Relevance Yogi Trivedi

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vory-tower religiosity is often mistaken for spiritual excellence. In actuality, the guru is venerated in Indic traditions because she or he bridges social, economic, cultural, geographic, linguistic, and political archipelagos. The guru’s relevance can be gauged by the selflessness, consistency, and equality of his love, not just for the divine but for all its creation. In 2016, the loss of one such guru, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, gave me a chance to reflect on the spiritual relevance and excellence of gurus in the context of my own experiences as a scholar, journalist, and believer. My reflections matured via a journey through time and space while observing Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s final rites ceremony on August 17, 2016.

at the impatient child and resumed tending to the dietary needs of the senior monks and devotees. The boy was restless; he wanted his guru’s attention. Just as the guru was about to stand up, the boy entered the room with a disposable dish and glass. His hunger had overpowered his etiquette. He could feel the stern gaze of some of the sadhus and devotees. Before anyone could scold or usher the boy off, the guru called

him near and asked him what he was craving. The child shamelessly poked and prodded at the guru’s dish and hand-picked his meal. The guru poured the boy saffron milk. “Swamiji, is it warm?” The guru smiled at the boy and lowered his pinky finger into the glass of milk, replying, “Yes, son. The milk is just right. Now, take your time and enjoy; I am not going anywhere until you finish.” The guru gave to the boy without desiring

Sitting under the unforgiving sun in Sarangpur, Gujarat, my mind traveled back to a dimly lit hall in Atlanta, Georgia, where a fiveyear-old boy doted on Maharaj. The guru was having his breakfast hours before consecrating one of the first Hindu temples in Atlanta. He smiled

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to gain. He simply loved. Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s ability to bow and speak to a five-year-old boy’s mind and heart illustrates the heights of a guru’s spiritual relevance. The most difficult test of spiritual relevance is time. It is a test of one’s ability to remain stable and equipoised (stithaprajna) despite the dynamic nature of one’s object of love and attention. My mind wandered again from Sarangpur, this time to a small mud hut in a tribal village in eastern Gujarat that I had traveled to in 2010 for ethnographic research. The generous hospitality of a hand-to-mouth, but content family overwhelmed me. I questioned them about the source of their kindness. The mother replied, “Sir, our guru, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, has loved my husband, my father, and my son. He has helped manage our finances during droughts, address my husband’s drinking problems, and treat my child’s physical ailments. He

just keeps giving—three generations now.” The guru’s spirituality remains relevant since his selfless love never expires and, in turn, inspires service. Finally, the last marker of spiritual relevance is one’s ability to allow difference, and even accept dissent. Can one love and continue to love someone who questions and even defies one’s own teachings? A guru can. My mind again drifted, this time to a cool and uncharacteristically dry afternoon in Mumbai. The guru encouraged dialogue. “Tell me something that I do not know.” I answered. He smiled but pressed forward, “Tell me something that I do not want to hear, but I should know. What do your graduate studies on organized religion teach you about our community? Speak your mind. We may see differently, but a healthy difference is key to discussion and growth.” This magnanimity allowed Pramukh Swami Maharaj to connect with diverse individuals of

various religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. His ecumenical spirit of acceptance allowed him to pray for the redemption (moksha) of the terrorists who viciously attacked the

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The guru’s relevance can be gauged by the selflessness, consistency, and equality of his love, not just for the divine but for all its creation. Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar. Selfless, constant love culminates into spirituality when it reaches far beyond a closes circle of allies and yes-men—when it accepts and engages with difference. My observations of Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s life are from seemingly distinct vantage points—as a scholar, a pedagogue, and one who has basked in his warmth and love. These lessons in spirituality manifest through his ability to acknowledge

these different ‘Yogis’ and provide me the space to question, lose, and once again find my way—my faith—on the spiritual path. I was brought back to Sarangpur by the soft sobs of a few monks seated nearby. I suddenly felt the heat intensify and the breath in the air grey. After staring at the kindling pyre with moist eyes and a heavy heart, I scanned the crowd and observed that hundreds of thousands

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The Role of Nixon-Kissinger in the 1971 Pakistani War Crimes Against Bangladesh Dr. Nuran Nabi In 1972, Dr. Henry Kissinger, the National Security Adviser to then US President Richard Nixon, called Bangladesh a “basket with a hole.” Even more shocking was that President Nixon and Kissinger were silent when the Pakistani Army and their local collaborators killed three million people, raped thousands of Bengali women, and forced about ten million people to flee their homeland to take refuge in neighboring India. Neither President Nixon nor his administration or the US congress condemned the Pakistani military’s war crimes in Bangladesh; in fact, they didn’t take any initiative to stop it. The book The Role of NixonKissinger in the 1971 Pakistani War Crimes Against Bangladesh by Dr. Nuran Nabi details the role played by the USA, Soviet Union, China, India, and Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The book reveals many previously unknown facts: the story of why Nixon and Kissinger opposed the independence of Bangladesh, why they did not condemn the war crimes of Pakistanis in Bangladesh, why they did not take any initiative to stop war crimes, why these two leaders got angry after receiving the famous

to learn of the news of the massacre. He sent the details of the genocide to the US State Department in two confidential telegrams known as “Selective Genocide” and “Blood Telegraph.” Nixon and Kissinger took these telegrams personally and viewed them as a challenge to openly oppose the government policy. The two leaders were so angry with Mr. Blood that they decided to transfer him from Dhaka overnight.

“Blood Telegram” from American Consul General in Dhaka. Nixon and Kissinger have opposed Bangladesh’s independence since the beginning of the Liberation War. They have shamelessly supported the war crimes of Pakistanis such as genocide, rape, and arson, creating refugee problems in Bangladesh. On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani army launched a vicious attack on the unarmed Bengalis, starting genocide. US State Department Consul General Archer Blood based in Dhaka was shocked

However, on a positive note, the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, personally worked for the independence of Bangladesh. In addition to the support of her government, she personally made whirlwind visits from one capital to another campaigning for the release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, widely known as Bangabandhu, and the independence of Bangladesh. Apart from training the freedom fighters, India also helped with arms and ammunition and sheltered ten million refugees. Without India’s help and sympathy, millions of refugees would have died of starvation and disease. India recognizes the Provisional Government of Bangladesh, spreads the news of the

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genocide of the Pakistani army in the Indian media, and informs the world about their misdeeds, rapes, and arsons. India actively strives to create world opinion in favor of Bangladesh’s independence. Prime Minister Gandhi met several world leaders including those from the Soviet Union, France, and the United Kingdom. All of them strongly condemned the genocide, rape, and deportation of Pakistanis and supported Bangladesh’s War of Independence. Unfortunately, all of the leaders except the Soviet Union heads were too cowardly to speak against the US. Prime Minister Gandhi’s attempt was unsuccessful because the US leaders had a vested interest. After the meeting with Prime Minister Gandhi, President Nixon denounced Gandhi to Kissinger in such vulgar language that it could not be published in print. The next day Kissinger told Nixon, “The Indians are bastards anyway.” Upon his return during a meeting of the National Security Council, Nixon continued his India bashing, noting, “The Indians are slippery, treacherous people.” The support and cooperation of Prime Minister Gandhi, the Government of India, and the people of India for Bangladesh was unparalleled. Bangladesh will forever remember the help of Gandhi and India with gratitude. On the other hand, the blind support of Nixon and Kissinger to General Yahya Khan, the Pakistani military ruler, served to establish a diplomatic relationship with China through secret mediation. These two leaders in power were more concerned with their desired ambitions. They had no sense of responsibility for the war crimes of the Pakistanis in Bangladesh. They

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turned their eyes away from this issue. They became supporters of the misdeeds of the Pakistanis for their personal gain.

Decatur, Parsons and Tartar Sam, and

With the support of Nixon and Kissinger, Khan committed war crimes in Bangladesh. Bengalis were being killed especially with American weapons. The Nixon administration was secretly supplying American weapons to the Pakistani military, despite sanctions by the United States Congress. That was illegal and unjust.

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amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli. Synchronizing with the US, UK naval group led by the aircraft carrier HMS Albion, several destroyers and other ships were approaching India’s territorial waters from the west. Caught between the British and the American ships were the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet, led by the 20,000-ton aircraft carrier, Vikrant, with barely 20 light fighter aircrafts. In this situation, India requested help from Moscow, under the security treaty. In response, on December 13th, Russia dispatched a nucleararmed flotilla, the 10th Operative Battle Group from Vladivostok, under the Command of Admiral Vladimir Kruglyakov. Russia deployed two task groups: in total, two cruisers, two destroyers, six submarines, and support vessels. A group of Il-38 ASW aircraft from Al Anad Air Base in Yemen provided support. The threat of World War III arose. The 7th Fleet of the United States changed its speed

Just before the fall of Dhaka, Nixon and Kissinger made the last move to prevent Pakistan’s defeat. America sent the 7th Fleet to the Bay of Bengal. The US 7th Fleet consisted of the USS Enterprise, at 75,000 tons, the world’s largest nuclear powered aircraft carrier with more than 70 fighters and bombers, guided missile cruiser USS King, guided missile destroyers USS

to avoid clashes. Dhaka occupied by Pakistanis was liberated. Bangladesh gained independence. The Indian Army brought the Pakistani army to its knees, took 93,000 Pakistani prisoners, and gave 75 million people of Bangladesh their independence. Nixon-Kissinger’s stop

Bangladesh’s

conspiracy

independence

completely failed.

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Frequently asked questions on OPT, STEM OPT and H-2B’s I am an international student on an F-1 visa and I am about to graduate from my University in May. How can I stay in the US and work? The most important piece of advice I give to all of my clients and potential clients is to “maintain your immigration status”. Your F-1 visa is only valid while you are enrolled in school or in an approved job training program. Once you graduate you have a 60-day grace period to 1) depart the United States, 2) enroll in another academic institution, 3) get a different visa, OR 4) start a postcompletion job training program. Optional Practical Training (OPT) is a job training program that authorizes you to work for up to 12 months while you are still on your F-1 visa. This one-year OPT applies to all undergraduate and graduate fields of study. Remember, if you used up all or part of your 12 months of job training while in school, you may not be eligible for any post-completion

OPT. Additionally, your OPT must be sufficiently related to your field of study. For example, a student who studied performing arts should be able to work for a theater company. However, the same student would likely not be able to work for a real estate agency while on OPT. I run a U.S. based computer software company and I would like to hire an international student to work at my firm. Can I hire him? I would make sure the student is studying a computer related field and that the job training program is designed to fit the curriculum they studied or are studying. As long as the F-1 Optional Practical Training requirements are met they should be eligible to work for your business for up to 12 months of OPT. It is important to know that OPT can be used during school (pre-completion) or after graduation (post-completion). Can I hire an engineering graduate who will have already used up her 12 months of OPT?

Let’s briefly discuss STEM and why the STEM fields are so desirable for both students and employers. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Here is some more exciting news. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently expanded the STEM OPT program to include 22 new fields of study such as data science and financial analytics. If your potential F-1 OPT employee graduated from a U.S. college/university with a STEM degree, they can apply for a 24-month STEM OPT extension while still on their original F-1 visa. STEM graduates can essentially get up to 3 years of OPT. I am a U.S. business owner and I need to hire some foreign workers in the short term, what can I do? The H2B visa is a type of nonimmigrant visa that allows a U.S. employer to hire foreign employees only for temporary/seasonal jobs. Unlike H-2As, the H-2B is a nonagricultural visa. Many hotels, restaurants, construction companies, and other businesses hire workers on H-2B visas. Just like the H-1B visa, the H-2B requires a U.S. employer to petition for the visa on behalf of their candidate (employee) and obtain a labor certification. To qualify for H2B visa a U.S. employer must:1) show there is a shortage of available qualified U.S. workers. 2) prove that hiring the H-2B employee will not negatively affect the wages or working conditions of similarly situated U.S. workers. 3) demonstrate the need for foreign workers is “temporary”. Any of the following could be classified as “temporary”: 1. A one-time event or occurrence creates the need (e.g. a construction project or the opening/re-modeling of a new business).

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2. The employer can demonstrate a seasonal need that is tied to a yearly event (e.g. a summer or winter tourist season). 3. If the employer can show it has not hired permanent employees to fulfill a specific job, the company can hire foreign workers on H-2Bs for intermittent needs. The U.S. employer remember that:

needs

1. An H-2B visa doesn’t lead to a Green Card. 2. Employees from India and China are not eligible for H-2Bs. 3. There is a cap on H-2B visas just like H-1B visas. For more information on this article or to view additional pictures, please visit www.deshvidesh.com/May2022/ or download our Mobile App.

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based immigration. Mr. Finberg is an

Attorney Seth Finberg is a 2005 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and is a member of the Georgia Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). He is the owner and founder of Finberg Firm PLLC (located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and he represents clients nationwide and internationally in the areas of business, employment, and family-

active member of the Miami Asylum Office Committee for AILA South and Central Florida and he serves as a legal captain in pro bono clinics for Temporary Protected Status. Seth has been recognized for his outstanding pro bono service by the South Florida chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, winning their 2021 Pro Bono Champion award. He can be reached by phone at (954)-843-3568 / (954) 249-6603 or by email at seth@finbergfirm.com or at www.finbergfirm.com

If you feel like your digestive system is sluggish or in need of a jump start, Kapal bhati is a great technique wto use. The passive inhale and active inhale helps to stimulate the belly and also gets us to sweat!

Eastern Solutions for Digestive Problems By Chahna Tailor Gupta

appy May and Happy Spring! The season of spring brings qualities of prithvi (earth) and jal/aap (water) elements such as wet, heavy, dense, soft, cloudy, cool, stable, dense, and solid. Environmental changes can affect our bodies in different ways. Some of us enjoy the excess moisture in the air and feel more down to earth, whereas others may present with allergies, mucus buildup, congestion, lethargy, fluid buildup, and sluggish digestion. According to Ayurveda, our health is determined by the state of our digestive system. Our digestive system is not only affected by what we eat, but also the environment, our lifestyle, and our state of mind. If we are anxious, stressed, depressed, angry, or any other type of emotion, our digestion may work differently than usual. If we live in a place that has certain

qualities, those qualities can affect our digestive power. We can utilize Ayurveda and yogic practices such as asana (poses), pranayama (breath work), and even dhyana (meditation) to bring some equilibrium to our lives and eliminate the effects of these unbalancing qualities.. If you feel like your digestive system is sluggish or in need of a jump start, Kapal bhati is a great technique to use. The passive inhale and active inhale helps to stimulate the belly and also gets us to sweat! If you are constipated or do not feel like you are completely eliminating everything in your bowels whenever you take a trip to the bathroom, you can use pawanmuktasana (wind releasing pose - which is appropriately named because many people do end up releasing wind in this pose!) to help move things along and help to clean your bowels out. You can get into this

pose by laying down on your back and bringing one or both knees to your chest. You can also start taking CCF tea (coriander, cumin, fennel) to help balance your gut. Since CCF tea is tridoshic (good for balancing vata, pitta, and kapha), it can be a good tea for many people’s digestive system. Triphala is also tridoshic so that can also help in stimulating a bowel movement. Triphala literally translates to ‘three fruits’, and is a mix of amla, bibhitaki, and haritaki. Each of the dried fruits is in charge of balancing one dosha, and altogether, is great for balancing the digestive system in cases of sluggishness. Of course, it is important to contact an Ayurvedic Practitioner (like me!) to make sure that these suggestions are appropriate for you. When I was in Rishikesh for yoga teacher training, the majority of the class was constipated for the first two weeks or so because of the time difference and intense schedule. It became our homework to take a teaspoon of triphala with warm water before bed. The second part of homework was to wake up, immediately get into malasana (garland pose), put a hand on each knee, and start to push one knee

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down and then the other (for ten repetitions on each side). When your knee comes back up, your thigh presses up against your bowels, stimulating them, and helps you to go to the bathroom. Trust me, the homework was very effective for all of us and it had to be. Because if we didn’t do it before class, then we would have definitely had to go during our 5:30am hatha yoga class because of some of the bowelstimulating poses we had to do! Spring is going to soon change into summer, and with that will come different environmental qualities that again may affect us and bring us off balance or maybe even make us feel really good! If you’re not sure how to keep yourself balanced during the season changes, schedule an in-person or virtual consultation and we can work together to find the best personalized plan for your wellness! Find some spring re-leaf and feel a-May-zing!

About the Author C h a h n a Tailor Gupta, an Ayurvedic Practitioner and certified yoga teacher, has a background in occupational therapy and health science with a focus in public health. Chahna was yoga trained in Rishikesh, India and had ayurvedic clinicals in Kannur, Kerala. Chahna provides yoga, pranayama, meditation, 200-hr yoga teacher training, and ayurvedic health counseling services through her company Namaskar To You. Chahna is a volunteer for Ekal Vidyalaya, American Association of Ayurvedic Professionals (AAAP), and Ayurveda Association of Florida (AAF). She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Ayurvedic Medicine while continuing her self-studies in yoga.

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ONCE AGAIN, Let us go over Article 370, Article 35A, CAA, NRC, and Triple talaq (instant divorce)!! How Article 370 and Article 35A came to be…

By Raj Shah

When India gained independence from the evil British Empire, the state of Jammu & Kashmir preferred to stay independent under Maharaja Hari Singh. Later in 1947, the Azad Kashmir Force, supported by the Pakistani army, attacked the Jammu & Kashmir state. Singh asked for help from the Indian Government. The Indian Government cleared all of the Jammu and Kashmir area and following that, Mountbatten (then, Indian Governor General) and Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of the state decided to join hands with the state of India and signed the Instrument of Accession on October 26, 1947.

BEFORE Article 370 and Article 35A were removed

NOW After removing Article 370 and Article 35A

• Special powers for Jammu & Kashmir State Government

• It was illegal to be gay in the state of Jammu & Kashmir

• No special powers for Jammu & Kashmir State Government (Same as all other states in India) • Single Indian citizenship (Same as all other citizen living in other states of India) • Indian constitution in Jammu & Kashmir state (Same as all other states in India) • Tricolor will be the only flag. • Minorities will be eligible for 16% reservation. • People from other states will now be able to purchase land or property in Jammu & Kashmir. • Children in the state will benefit from Right to Education (RTI). • Assembly duration in the state of Jammu & Kashmir will be for 5 years. (Same as all other state Legislative Assembly) • If a woman marries out of state or country, she will still retain all her rights and Indian citizenship. • Panchayats (local city government and city councils) have the rights to implement free and fair elections. This system has placed local decision-making in the hands of local people and has greatly empowered women across India’s rural heartland. • Triple talaq (instant divorce) law applies to all muslims, same as muslims living in all other states of India. • The spouses of women get domicile status even if they are non-local. They can now buy property and also apply for government jobs. • Women residents of Jammu & Kashmir do have protection against domestic violence or any legal remedies. • The members of Scheduled Castes of Jammu & Kashmir will have access to a number of affirmative action programs for educational, economic, and political opportunity. • Children under the age of 14 will have a right to education. It is illegal to marry children. • The Hindu Kashmiri Pandits finally can return to their ancestral homeland. • It is legal to be gay. (Same as all other states in India)

• Many of India’s anti-corruption laws were not applicable in Kashmir.

• Special agencies have been set up to combat corruption in government agencies and public sector businesses.

• Dual citizenship, India and Jammu & Kashmir State • Separate constitution of Jammu & Kashmir State • Separate flag for Jammu & Kashmir • No reservation for minorities • Indian citizens from other states cannot buy land or property in Jammu & Kashmir State. • Children in the state did not have Right to Education (RTI). • Duration of Legislative Assembly for 6 years • If a woman from Jammu & Kashmir State marries out of state, she would lose the citizenship of the state. • Panchayats (local city government and city councils) did not have any rights such as to implement free and fair elections. • The local people did not have any power to make decisions about their city. • Triple talaq (instant divorce) law did not apply to Muslims in Jammu & Kashmir State. • Women residents of Jammu & Kashmir lost their right to buy property in the erstwhile state if they married a non-local man. Their husbands and children were not treated as residents of Jammu & Kashmir and were also not allowed to inherit or buy property. • Women residents of Jammu & Kashmir did not have protection against domestic violence or any legal remedies. • The members of Scheduled Castes of Jammu & Kashmir do not have access to a number of affirmative action programs for educational, economic, and political opportunity. • Children under the age of 14 did not have a right to education. It was also legal to marry children. • The Hindu Kashmiri Pandits were stripped of their permanent residency with no way of gaining it back.

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What is Triple talaq (instant divorce) in India? Under the Triple Talaq (instant divorce) provision, a Muslim man could legally divorce his wife by proclaiming three times consecutively the word talaq (the Arabic word for “divorce”) in spoken, written or, more recently, electronic form. In March 2017, over 1 million Indian Muslims, a majority of whom were women, signed a petition to end instant Triple Talaq. The petition was started by the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an Islamic organization in India. The petitioners against instant Triple Talaq have given evidence showing how the act is simply an innovation that does not have much to do with Quranic beliefs. This is supported by the interpretation of Quranic text by many Islamic scholars, historical evidence, and legal precedent On May 13, 2017, during the hearings before its final judgment, the Supreme Court described instant Triple Talaq as the “worst form of marriage dissolution.” It noted that the custom is banned in the Muslimmajority countries of Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka along with 23 other countries worldwide. The Quran established means to avoid hasty divorces. It prescribes two waiting periods of three months before the divorce is final in order to give the husband time to reconsider his decision. On August 22, 2017, the Indian Supreme Court deemed instant Triple Talaq (talaq-e-biddah) unconstitutional. On July 30, 2019, the Parliament of India declared the practice of Triple Talaq illegal and unconstitutional and made it a punishable act from August 1, 2019. Over the years, women organizations like Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and several others

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had the option to present documents such as a refugee registration certificate, birth certificate, life insurance policy, land and tenancy records, citizenship certificate, passport, government-issued license or certificate, bank account, post office account, permanent residential certificate, government employment certificate, educational certificate, or court records.

What is CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) 2019? opposed this practice in particular and further demanded more reforms in Muslim personal laws.

1.9 million applicants failing to make it to the list. This list includes 1.3 million Hindus.

What is the NRC list?

How does one prove citizenship?

The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register containing names of all genuine Indian citizens. At present, only Assam has such a register. The updated final NRC in Assam was released on August 31, with over

In Assam, one of the basic criteria was that the names of an applicant’s family members should either be in the first NRC prepared in 1951 or in the electoral rolls up to March 24, 1971. Other than that, applicants also

The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, was passed by the Parliament of India on December 11, 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955, by providing a pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians and who arrived in India before the end of December 2014.

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Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan are not offered eligibility for citizenship under the new act. Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh are Muslim-majority countries that have modified their constitutions in recent decades to declare Islam their official state religion. Therefore, according to the Indian government, Muslims in these Islamic countries are “unlikely to face religious persecution.” The government says that Muslims cannot be “treated as persecuted minorities” in these Muslim-majority countries. The BBC says that while these countries have provisions in their constitutions guaranteeing non-Muslims rights, including the freedom to practice their religion, in practice, non-Muslim populations have experienced discrimination and persecution.

About the Author A software engineer by profession, Indian culture enthusiast, a r d e n t promoter of Hinduism, and a cancer survivor, Raj Shah is a managing editor of DeshVidesh Magazine and co-founder of Desh Videsh Media Group. Promoting the rich culture and heritage of India and Hinduism has been his motto ever since he arrived in the US in 1969. He has been instrumental in starting and promoting several community organizations such as the Indian Religious and Cultural Center and International Hindu University. Raj has written two books on Hinduism titled Chronology of Hinduism and Understanding Hinduism. He has also written several children books focusing on Hindu culture and religion.

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512 E Washington St, Orlando,32801

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Host: Desi Dreams

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Mid year-Grand Swayamvar

Florida

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Orlando

South Florida

When: 05/06/2022, 6:00 PM

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Bluffmaster Gujjubhai Where: Olympia High School 4301 S Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando,32835 Contact: Purnima Painter 407-864-3090 Email: info@gujaratisocietycfl.com Host: Gujarati Society of Central Florida

Entrepreneurs & Professionals Mixer When: 05/12/2022, 6:00 PM Where: Ace Caf 100 W Livingston St., Orlando,32801 Contact: Dr. Sejal 407-461-2979 Email: iabausaoffice@gmail.com Host: Indian American Business Association & Chamber

Annual Golf Tournament When: 05/15/2022, 7:00 AM Where: Falcons Fire Golf Club 3200 Seralago Boulevard, Kissimmee,34746 Email: ho@iaccindia.com Host: Indian American Chamber of Commerce

Indian Classical Music

Georgia

Atlanta Metro

Bluffmaster Gujjubhai When: 05/05/2022, 7:00 PM EDT Where: Ritz Theater 1530 Newcastle Street, Brunswick,31520

Where: Rosemary Larsen Auditorium

Contact: Himanshu Patel 912-617-0666

1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale,33304

Email: sanjay@manpasand.us Host: Sakhi Group

AR Rahman Live In Concert 2022- Hollywood When: 08/05/2022 , 7:30 PM EST Where: Seminole Hard Rock Casino 1 Seminole Way Seminole Way, Fort Lauderdale,33314 Contact: 866-502-7529 Host: Seminole Hard Rock Casino

Laxmikant Pyarelal Live Concert in Tampa When: 05/22/2022, 6:00 PM EDT Where: Yuengling Center 12499 USF Bull Run Drive, Tampa,33617 Contact: 407-454-3334 Email: krishpatel369@hotmail.com Host: Krish Patel

Ekal Ek Sur When: 05/07/2022, 6:30 PM Where: Lyman High School 865 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood,32750 Contact: Janak Marolia 407-864-0011 Host: Ekal Orlando MAY 2022 - WWW.DESHVIDESH.COM

India’s Independence Day When: 08/14/2022, 11:30 AM Where: Broward Center for the Performing Arts 201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale,33312 Contact: Sharmi 561-573-8972 Email: aia.sflorida@gmail.com Host: The Association of Indians In America

Shrimad Rajchandra An Inspirational Biopic

Chinmaya Mission Alpharetta Walk When: 05/07/2022 Where: South Forsyth Middle School 4670 Windermere Pkwy, Cumming,30041 Contact: Himani Shah 678-523-8459 Email: info@chinmayamissionalpharetta.org

When: 11/06/2022, 11:00 AM Where: Paradigm Cinemas - Tamarac 10036 W McNab Rd., Tamarac, FL 33321 Contact: Rajni Shah 754-264-6306, Mahendra Shah 305-684-4526 Host: Aatmarth Productions & Bhakti Trust

Host: Chinmaya Mission Alpharetta

Indian Art Festival

Where: Fabulous Fox Theatre

Namaste A Grand Indian Art and Food Festival Akshaya Patra Foundation and Florida Fine Arts present an exciting two-day Indian Art festival on

Dec 3-4, 2022, at Pompano Beach. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3

will be a large, free, outdoor cultural event featuring music, dance, and a multitude of other art forms. LOCATION

Pompano Beach Amphitheater and the adjacent grounds

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 ticketed World Music and Dance Concert. LOCATION

Pompano Beach Amphitheater and the adjacent grounds

Contact : Raj Rajgopal: 781-438-3090 Email: raj.namaste2022@gmail.com All net proceeds to benefit Akshaya Patra Foundation. Akshaya Patra is the world’s largest NGO run mid-day meal program serving 1.8 million children each day, and providing over 200 million meals for hunger relief during the COVID crisis. 501(c)3 EIN: 01-057-4950 | www.AkshayaPatraUSA.org Florida Fine Arts promotes various global genres of performing and visual arts, including the Indian genres within the Florida and broader North American community.

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Laxmikant Pyarelal Live in Concert - Atlanta When: 05/13/2022, 8:00 PM 660 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta,30308 Contact: 732-609-0124; 609-354-8080 Host: Platinum Events

Asshi Hi Lavani Ashihi Lavani When: 05/15/2022, 2:00 PM Where: Red Clay Theatre 3116 Main St., Duluth,30096 Contact: 714-273-3520 Email: vamlavani@gmail.com Host: VAM

Dream Girl Live in Atlanta When: 05/20/2022, 6:00 PM EDT Where: Jagat Guru Hall - Gokuldham 2397 Satellite Blvd, Buford,30518 Contact: Sharmila 678-687-6835 Host: Sharmila Hudda and Meeta Ramchandani

Arijit Singh Live in Atlanta When: 05/21/2022, Where: Gas South Arena 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth,30097 Contact: 678-235-8539 Host: Red Carpet Ent.

The Kashmir Files Releasing in Israel

The Kashmir Files, the blockbuster movie directed by Vivek Agnihotri, was recently released in Israel. After reigning at the Indian box office, the much-talked-about film became available to the public in Israel on April 28, 2022. Kobbi Shoshani, the Consul General of Israel, released the Israeli posters of the film at the studio of the director on April 20, 2022. Agnihotri, along with his wife, actress Pallavi Joshi, were present at the studio. Joshi is a member of the cast of The Kashmir Files as well as one of the producers of the film. It was indeed a moment of pride and

joy for both of them along with all the members of the film and the viewers.

most important films he has ever

The director expressed his gratitude to Consul General Kobbi Shoshani for coming to his studio and presenting the posters in advance of the film’s release. According to him, the release of The Kashmir Files in Israel is a moment of pride and honor and a great step towards fighting terrorism and upholding humanity, priorities to which both India and Israel are dedicated. He extended best wishes to everyone.

the success of the film in Israel,

Shoshani offered high praise for the film. He said that it is one of the

has been released in the USA, Canada,

seen. Expressing his conviction in he

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terrorism,

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stressing the universal importance of humanity. The Kashmir Files, a film based on the oppression of the Kashmiri Hindu Pandits in the 90s, has been a tremendous success in India with a collection of more than 2500 INR. It and many European countries.

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Ajay Devgan’s Bholaa to Release in March 2023

OTT Release of The Kashmir Files

minent actor Ajay Devgan announced that his next film Bholaa is scheduled for release on March 30, 2023. He took to his social media handle and shared the news with his fans and followers. The film features Tabu as his co-star and will be directed by Dharmendra Sharma. Devgan expressed his pride and pleasure in sharing the news of his next venture. It is an official remake of the 2019 Tamil film Kaithi, which was highly praised and very successful. It will be a worldwide release for Bholaa. Fans and followers of Devgan heartily congratulated him on his upcoming project. Kaithi is an action thriller directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Kaithi plays the lead role while Narain, Harish Uthaman, Arjun Das, George Maryan, and Dheena provide supporting roles. The entire film takes place at night and does not feature a song. It was a huge success, receiving critical acclaim. Kaithi was shown at the International Indian Film Festival in Toronto in August 2020. It also received a couple of Ananda Vikatan awards, three Norway Tamil Film Festival awards, and four Zee Cine awards. Now, it is time for Ajay Devgan and director Dharmendra Sharma to recreate the same magic in the official remake. At present, Devgan is busy with the release of his next film Runway 34 releasing on April 29, 2022. The film includes Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, Rakul Preet Singh, Aakanksha Singh, and Angira Dhar in the pivotal role. The trailers of the film have generated a tremendous response among fans. For more information on this article or to view additional pictures, please visit www.deshvidesh.com/May2022/ or download our Mobile App.

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Vivek

Agnihotri

directorial

venture,

The

Kashmir Files, was not on the list of “big releases” of Bollywood, yet the small-budget film with

big human content became the biggest blockbuster of tinseltown. And now, the film is making its OTT debut on the platform Zee5. The date of release is yet to be declared. However, the poster for the film with the words “World Digital Premiere” is out, and it is expected to hit the platform soon. Apart from Hindi, the film will also be available in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada in the OTT. The Kashmir Files is based on the oppression the Kashmiri Pandits faced in the valley back in the 1990s. Their plight was narrated in a realistic way that appealed to the cross-section of Indian society, including high praise from the honorable Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The film includes Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumar, and others in the cast. Many state governments made the film tax-free, enabling the masses to watch it. Agnihotri has been overwhelmed by the positive response of the viewers to this film. He gratefully thanked them and expressed his hope that more people will get to know the truth about the Kashmiri Pandits. The intense and real-life content of the film became the key to its success at the box office. The small-budget film crossed 2500 million INR collections, which is a phenomenal feat in terms of business. People across India gave a standing ovation at the theaters and were filled with tears after watching the film. Now, the OTT release will afford viewers across the globe an opportunity to watch this extraordinary film.

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After Kashmir, Vivek Agnihotri to expose more in The Delhi Files

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt Tie the Knot

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anbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, the most talked-about couple in Bollywood, tied the knot on April 14, 2022. Despite the high profiles of both the bride and the groom, the couple decided to do away with the concept of the “Big Fat Indian Wedding” opting instead for a simple wedding in the presence of their family and close friends. The marriage took place at Kapoor’s Pali Hill residence “Vastu.” The pre-wedding ceremonies of Mehndi and Haldi were also celebrated at “Vastu.”

According to Agnihotri, people should be told the truth in order to understand their history. History is not something of a narrative or politically-motivated record. History is concerned with the facts. Narrative history looks down upon India’s achievements and gives all the credit to western influence. In his opinion, the rulers of Delhi have always destroyed the entire nation. Through his film The Delhi Files, he will expose the real incidents and reveal the truth.

Kapoor and Bhatt dated for five years before getting married. Their marriage was anticipated this year, with several speculations about the date. However, both of them were tight-lipped about the exact day. It was only on the day prior that Kapoor’s mom Neetu Kapoor declared that the wedding would take place the day after. It was a simple and elegant ceremony where Neetu Kapoor, Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan, parents of Bhatt, and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni and Shaheen Bhatt, the sisters of Kapoor and Bhatt, respectively, along with other members of Kapoor’s and Bhatt’s families were present. Kapoor’s late father Rishi Kapoor’s picture was placed at the wedding site. Bhatt’s friends, along with the couple’s close friends Karan Johar, Ayan Mukherjee, Ranbir’s cousins Karishma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan with her husband Saif Ali Khan and their kids were also present.

Criticizing the Congress leaders of Punjab for creating violence in the state, Agnihotri said that first, they created the violence and then handled it in a ruthless manner, taking many innocent lives. He claimed to narrate this fact throughout his film and maintained that once people come to know the truth, they will raise their voices for justice. The producers of The Delhi Files are Abhishek Agarwal Arts and I am Buddha Production owned by Agnihotri. It will hit the silver screen in October 2022.

Bhatt looked radiant in her bridal outfit by Sabyasachi. It was an ivory organza sari with heritage jewelry designed by Sabyasachi. Ranbir, too, was a Sabyasachi groom with a matching embroidered silk sherwani. For Mehndi, Bhatt wore a magenta pink lehenga and a blouse while Ranbir donned a matching outfit - a pink kurta set by Sabyasachi. First photographs of the wedding were posted by Bhatt with an emotional note about their relationship and hopes of creating more memories in the days to come.

irector Vivek Agnihotri is now focusing his attention on his next project The Delhi Files. This film is based on the anti-Sikh riots and brutal killings of the Sikhs in 1984 after the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards. Thanking the viewers profusely for the success of The Kashmir Files, Vivek said that he will depict another dark incident while telling the truth about Tamil Nadu. Not only that, but the film will also contain episodes of Indian history from the Mughals to the British rule and the contemporary era.

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