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Verbal Abuse: Bully, Religious Bullying
Rigid Restrorationist Demonizes Hindu Gods, calls for Spitting on them.

Rigid Restorationist, in response to The Archdiocese of New York’s Diwali greeting to Hindu, responds in a Tweet: “All pagan gods are demons. Is this what Nostra Aetate was for? I spit on Ganesha…

Perpetrator: Rigid Restorationist
San Juan, PR
Media Bias: Bias
Instagram Silences HinduOnCampus, Deletes Instagram Post Twice for Exposing Hinduphobia

Upon highlighting the Hinduphobic post of "Other Collective", a student-run organization in UC Davis, that called for "Say No to Diwali" and maligned Hindus, the Instagram post of HinduOnCampus was…

Perpetrator: Instagram
San Mateo, CA
Systemic Erosion: Distortion
Other Collective Distorts Deepavali Festival as “Very Violent”, Calls to Stop the Celebration

In an Instagram post on November 2nd, 2021, the account (@other_collective), a student-run organization in the University of California, Davis campus, said: “Diwali, also known as Festival of Lights…

Perpetrator: Other Collective
Davis, CA
Verbal Abuse: Academic Bullying, Bully
Audrey Truschke Distorts Swastika, Wrongly alleges Hindu nationalists inspired by nazism.

Perpetrator: Audrey Truschke
Newark, NJ
Systemic Erosion: Distortion
Navatman Distorts Mahabharata Claiming It To Be Not Hindu

Navatman, an organization that calls itself “dedicated to South Asian performing arts”, and is based in NYC, released publicity material for their dance theater film – The Mahabharata of Vengeance…

Perpetrator: Navatman
New York City, NY
Systemic Erosion: Bias, Bully
Hindu students face Discrimination, Harassment at Texas A&M University.

Hindu students want a peaceful and supportive environment at the university so that they could focus on their educational pursuits free from reported belittlement, condemnation, discrimination,…

Texas, TX
Systemic Erosion: Bias, Bully, Suggestive Stories
"Dotheads" Defamatory slur used to represent Hindus.

Pending Review
Altanta, GA
Organized Intimidation: Other
Anti-Hindu Hate signs planted, in a Dotbusters Gang type Hate Crime.

Kelly Mill Coalition, a Facebook Group of the residents of Cumming GA, reported the appearance of hate signs in the neighborhood of Atlanta suburbs. Dotbusters Gang targeted Hindus in New York and…

Perpetrator: Dot Busters Gang
Cumming, GA
Verbal Abuse: Academic Bullying
Dheepa Sundaram Distorts the Hindu Festival of Durga Puja As Caste Oppression

On Day 3, Session 1, Dheepa Sundaram, Assistant Professor, Hindu Studies, Critical Theory and Digital Religion at University of Denver, said: “So, what’s worse than being demonized, is being erased,…

Perpetrator: Dheepa Sundaram
Denver, CO