By Chandra Gaajula Sacramento, CA – On Sunday, April 27th, 2025, at 5:00 PM, over 125 members of the Sacramento community gathered at the State Capitol’s West Lawn for a solemn vigil to honor victims of the April 22nd terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, India. Elected officials and leaders from Hindu American organizations joined the event, which was marked…
On April 22, 2025, a horrific terrorist attack occurred in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The brutal assault resulted in the deaths of at least 28 innocent Indian civilians, primarily Hindu tourists, and left over 20 others severely injured. The Indian diaspora has responded with an outpouring of solidarity. In San Jose, California, on Sunday, April 27th, about 350…
By Venkat Narayanaswamy April 22, 2025, Baisaran in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, witnessed terrorists unleashing an unimaginable and unforgettable horror on innocent tourists from many different states in India and abroad. A place known for its aesthetic beauty and tranquility was immediately turned into a place of bloodshed and tragedy. Twenty-seven innocent people who visited the tourist destination were ruthlessly…
By Madhu Hebbar Since 2001, Islamic countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Pakistan, have donated billions to U.S. universities, raising concerns about their influence on academic narratives, particularly antisemitism, Hinduphobia, and portrayals of Hindutva as fascist. Reports from the National Association of Scholars (NAS) and the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) document financial…
By Madhu Hebbar On April 22, 2025, a horrific terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, claimed the lives of at least 26 tourists, predominantly Hindu, in the scenic Baisaran Valley. The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility, admitting to targeting victims based on their religious identity. The attack, one of the deadliest in India…
By Madhu Hebbar On April 22, 2025, the idyllic Baisaran meadow near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district became a scene of unimaginable horror. In one of the deadliest terror attacks in the region since the 2019 Pulwama bombing, militants affiliated with The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), massacred 28 people, including 24 Indian…
By Shreyas Suresh “Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah” — righteousness protects the one who upholds it. This ancient Sanskrit saying encapsulates the essence of the Hindu spirit: to live with integrity, stand by one’s principles, and, through peaceful perseverance, overcome adversity. This wisdom was vividly embodied on April 14th when hundreds of Hindu Americans gathered at the Glenview Hanuman Mandir to honor…
