The San Jose Mercury News notes that the fastest growing group of illegal immigrants to US comes from India. A recent report [pdf] from the Department of Homeland Security shows that their numbers jumped 125% since 2000, up to 270,000 (though the Merc cites Pew Hispanic Center’s Jeffrey S. Passel putting the number closer to [...]
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Indian illegal immigrants in US: numbers jumped 125% since 2000
Posted in India Facts, Indian Mass Migration, tagged Caste, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Migration, Poverty, US, VHP on February 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Harassed in India: Women face an uphill battle in a culture that devalues females
Posted in Crime, Women, tagged Caste System, Education, Fascism, Gujarat, Hindu, Hindutva, Human Rights, India, Poverty, Sexual Abuse, VHP, Women on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In its global campaign to attract foreign tourists, India’s “Incredible India” ads feature a young woman enjoying her morning yoga session on a secluded beach.
In reality, what female tourists experience too often is this: persistent ogling and heckling by Indian men.
“At times I find it hard traveling around as a woman in Delhi. I’ve been [...]
The arithmetic of India’s poverty
Posted in Poverty, tagged BajrangDal, Bangalore, BJP, Brahmin, Caste System, Dalit, Fascism, Gujarat, Hindu, Hindutva, India, Judiciary, Modi, Narendra Modi, Police, Poverty, RSS, Upper Class, VHP on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Author of this article, Praful Patel is an Ugandan national of Indian origin. He is currently working as the Vice President, South Asia Region of the World Bank. He is sharing his views about poverty in India, which he witnessed during his recent visit to Gujarat, a state ruled by India’s extremist Hindu nationalists. Gujarat [...]
When Kenyans learn riot lessons from Narendra Modi
Posted in Business India, Crime, Hindutva, Indian Mass Migration, tagged Bajrang Dal, bomb, Brahmins, christians, court, courts, Dalits, Delhi, Dogmas, gods, Gujarat, Gujrat, Hindu, Hindus, Hindutva, India, Judiciary, Kenya, kisumu, Modi, nairobi, Narendra Modi, riots, RSS, Superstitions, Terrorism, VHP on January 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Now Narendra Modi started to speak about justice to minorities ! Alas! He is the idiotic ruler who cannot protect the lives of Muslim minority in his own state. It is the same guy who unofficially ordered elimination of Muslims from Gujarat state to his own state police officers.
Now he talk about sanatana dharma [...]
India reported 32,481 murders, 19,348 rapes, 7,618 dowry deaths and 36,617 molestation cases in 2006
Posted in Corruption, Crime, Hindutva, India Facts, Judiciary, tagged Caste System, crimes, Education, Fascism, Hindu, Hindutva, Human Rights, India, Kamasutra, Poverty, Sexual Abuse, UP, Uttar Pradesh, VHP, Women on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Delhi tops crime charts for fifth year in a row
A Hindu Sadhu in Kumbh Mela Allahabad, Photo by Bom Shankar, 1977,
NEW DELHI: Delhi continues to be the undisputed ‘crime capital’ of the country. It is not only [...]