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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: Fighting the Growing Tide of Hindutva in the US: Sunita Viswanath on VIGILANT Episode 2
Description: "We are the kind of Hindu that stands up to say no to Hindutva, no to caste," says Sunita Viswanath, executive director and co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights, a non-profit based in the United States that works to counter Hindutva, especially among Indians abroad. "The Hindutva brigade was strong and growing across the diaspora. So we had the fight, of course, for our communities and families in India, but also right here where we live."
On 11 March, Viswanath and her team held a launch event in New York City for Hindus for Human Rights Action, a new political...