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Freelance journalist and human rights advocate specializing in historical and current affairs in South Asia.

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Pieter Friedrich
9 months
“A thought-provoking exploration of Hindu nationalism, its violence in India, and its growing presence in the US. Meticulously researched and incisively analyzed, Saffron America unveils the rise and spread of the Hindutva movement on American soil. A timely and essential read,…
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I’m here to say #Modi is the risen Hitler in the East. Biden, stop enabling Modi’s fascism. #ModiNotWelcome
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A brave sardar protests #KashmirFiles .
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Mr. @elonmusk to #Modi : “So we can make money with you?” Modi: “Of course!” Elon: “What about your crackdowns on Twitter in India?” Modi: “We only crackdown on my critics. Trust me, my bhakts are where the money’s at.” Elon: “Cool. So we can make money?” Modi: “Crores.”…
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10 months
RSS Murdabad. yes yes yes 👇 👇 👇
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1 year
I’ve downloaded both episodes of @BBCWorld ’s #TheModiQuestion to my laptop. Honestly, though? I hadn’t watched it yet. I’ve spent 8 years working against #Modi . Now, just 20 minutes into the first episode, I’m shaking with anger and can barely tolerate it. This man is evil.
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The #RSS is a terrorist organization that must be banned. Its international affiliates must all be investigated. yes yes yes 👇 👇 👇
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11 months
As we protested Modi near White House, Utsav Chakrabarti of VHP-America (US wing of India’s militant VHP) showed up to snoop & take pictures of protesters, so I asked him why he was there. @ootzchakra , are your pics for Indian embassy? Indian intelligence? Who? #ModiNotWelcome
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2 years
If @elonmusk buys @Twitter , I'm going to keep reporting on the threat of Hindu nationalism in India and abroad.
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1 year
Hey, @YouTube , you just gave a Silver Play Button Award to Monu Manesar, a man who uses your platform to promote his vigilante violence in India and is so radical he’s now implicated in burning alive two Muslim men this very week. @YouTubeIndia
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Just hundreds of young men brandishing swords and grinding away to trance music in front of a mosque. What could go wrong? #IndianMuslimGenocideAlert
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11 months
Seen in NYC today. Hey, @JoeBiden , ask #Modi why he was banned from the USA from 2005-2014. Hint: it’s because he’s a fascist, groomed by the Nazi-inspired #RSS paramilitary, who in his first months in elected office in 2002 orchestrated a massacre of Muslims. #ModiNotWelcome
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10 months
Modi will fall. #ModiNotWelcome
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7 months
The Butcher of Gujarat is quick to speak on the ongoing violence in Israel, but has no action on the ongoing violence in his own country of India as Manipur still burns.
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Narendra Modi
7 months
Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour.
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Hey, @elonmusk , did your conversation with Modi include asking him why he was banned from the US? #ModiNotWelcome
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11 months
Great meeting you today @elonmusk ! We had multifaceted conversations on issues ranging from energy to spirituality.
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11 months
Congratulations to #Modi on his coronation. Hail, Caesar!
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Disturbing images from India appear to show RSS filling the role of police on Indian roads.
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As #CAAProtests spread across #India , police respond with an iron fist, brutally beating unarmed protestors. They're thrashing journalists, ordering TV channels to stop airing protest footage, shutting down the internet. Here's what they don't want you to see. #PoliceBrutality
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In the heart of Delhi, raising Nazi-style salutes, hundreds vow: “We all pledge, that until our last breath, we will make India a Hindu nation. We will fight and die and, if required, kill.” Fascism is risen in India, and the world turns blind eyes.
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2 years
Large protest against #Karnataka #HijabBan happening right now in San Francisco Bay Area. #HijabRow
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9 months
We are calling for our own US government to stand up, and speak out, and put a halt to this ongoing massacre – slaughter of Christians in the streets of Manipur – before it is too late. Before the violence gets out of control and spreads beyond the borders of Manipur.
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1 year
For speaking against #Modi , the #RSS , and #Hindutva , I’ve been banned from #India and, for the last two months, even banned in India on Twitter. Today, I’m finally out of @TwitterIndia jail! If you want to keep up with my work from India, give me a follow.
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In Gujarat, a man dressed as Santa, goes to hand out chocolates, and gets beat up. In Kerala, a group of kids dress as Santa, dance through a police station, and the cops give them sweets. Which world do we want to live in?
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We're here to oppose the sacrifice of human rights on the altar of arms deals. We're here to demand that our American politicians stand up for freedom, against fascism. We're here to say: #ModiNotWelcome
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2 years
I was fired from Twitter this morning. I was responsible for reminding users that the #RSS is the world’s oldest, largest, and fastest growing fascist movement.
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3 years
"I particularly raised my concern that Australia's High Commissioner to India, Barry O'Farrell, had recently met with the #RSS ..... This is a disgrace. We believe that the high commissioner should resign." — Senator @janet_rice speaking in Australian Parliament #BarryMustResign
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4 years
I’m going to write a book about the #RSS . Who wants to read it?
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2 years
Chaos in Madhya Pradesh, central India, as a mosque set on fire by Hindu nationalist rioters.
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2 years
Congresswoman @IlhanMN warns that #Modi regime is "criminalizing the act of being a Muslim in India."
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9 months
Manipur is burning. Kuki-Zomi tribal Christians are under attack. Yet #Manipur 's state govt is complicit, the central govt in Delhi is silent & our own US govt is more concerned with turning a profit than protecting the lives of innocent people. So what of the Church in America?
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10 months
Jai Bhim!
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#ModiNotWelcome in NYC: “Hey Joe Biden, ask Modi why India is under a genocide watch today!”
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Arjun Sethi
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Right now in NYC: Hey Joe Biden, ask Modi why India is under a genocide watch today! #ModiNotWelcome #CrimeMinisterModi
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@HoustonTX Speaking at @HoustonTX (Houston City Council) against the city's participation in #HowdyModi pep rally for #Modi , I spoke about #RSS & said: "Modi’s hands are stained with blood. Those who shake his hand in welcome cannot wash their hands of complicity in his crimes." #adiosmodi
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If you oppose #Modi , just quote retweet #ModiNotWelcome .
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10 months
Modi spares no expense when bribing America to turn blind eyes to the plight of India’s poor.
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I tried uploading @BBC ’s “The #Modi Question” documentary to @YouTube last week. It’s a state-funded & this copyright free film. It was immediately & automatically blocked as copyrighted. Attempts to appeal have been ignored. @YouTube needs to get out of Modi’s pocket.
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Manipuris rallying outside the White House to warn #ManipurBurning as #ModiNotWelcome . Hundreds of Manipuri Christians killed and churches burned while Nero…. Sorry, #Modi …. fiddles.
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9 months
Standing up and speaking out for Manipur today outside the United Nations building in New York City. #ManipurBurning #ManipurHorror
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4 years
"Timely & extremely relevant." — @ashoswai "Provides a profound insight on #RSS ." — @ritumbra "Does great service." — @JohnDayal "At once a contemporary account & a historical lens for future generations." — @ajitsahi "Timely & well-researched book." — @Hindus4HR
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1 year
Jo Hitler ki chaal chalega, woh Hitler ki maut marega. #BJP #RSS #Modi
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11 months
Today's the day #Modi arrives in the USA. #ModiNotWelcome
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If you oppose #Modi , just quote retweet #ModiNotWelcome .
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2 years
This is what leadership looks like. @Adv_AarfaKhanam
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Indian police collaborate with rioters. #BJP police are like "ok, rioters, ready?" Rioters give 👍. Police line breaks. Rioters stone mosque. #IndianMuslimGenocideAlert #IndianMuslimsUnderAttack #MuslimGenocideInIndia
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Why does US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi run away from questions about India's fascist #RSS paramilitary and impending genocide of Indian Muslims? What do you have to hide, @RajaForCongress ? You ran away so fast, it seems that #RSSRajaMustGo .
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I got a chance today to ask BJP Cabinet Minister Smriti Irani a question. Here's what I had to say to her about the impending genocide of Muslims in India. #CancelIrani
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Economic boycott of Muslims, with State sanction, is spreading across India. In 1933, the Nazis said, “Don't buy from Jews.” In 2022, the Nazi-inspired Hindu nationalists say, “Don’t buy from Muslims.” Economic boycott is the path to genocide. Fascism in India must be stopped.
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2 years
It is with regret & sorrow that I announce the end of my fight against the #RSS & its Hindu nationalist agenda. I have spent years in the fray. Yet the opponent has proven too powerful, too entrenched, & unassailable. I humbly admit defeat. Others may carry on, but I am done.
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Tamil Nadu. Completely innocent father/son arrested, taken to police station. Their knees crushed, backs beaten. Stripped naked, anally raped. They died. "Please do not let it close, unless & until we get the same justice #GeorgeFloyd 's murders did." #JusticeforJayarajAndFenix
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On Christmas Day, the Nazi-inspired #RSS paramilitary flexed its muscle in the streets of Hyderabad. As #CAA_NRCProtests spread across India, affiliates of the RSS (especially its student wing, #ABVP ) are accused of joining police in violence against protestors. #CAA_NRC_Protest
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9 months
Ro, speak up now! Walk your talk on democracy. Manipur can't wait! @RoKhanna #ManipurHorror
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Ok. You ready? Let’s trend #CrimeMinisterModi . yes yes yes 👇 👇 👇
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11 months
Fantastic today to meet Congresswoman @Ilhan at her policy briefing about human rights and religious freedom. She was the first of at least 5 members of US Congress to publicly boycott Modi’s Joint Session speech. #ModiNotWelcome
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Why is #SafooraZargar in prison? What is her crime?
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The Modi regime is silent, but so too is our Biden administration here in America. Yet we will not be silent. We will stand up, speak out, & scream for the sake of those who are being slaughtered in #Manipur & for the sake of the survivors. #StandWithKukiWomen #ManipurViolence
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#Modi traveled to #Ladakh to visit soldiers “injured” in #GalwanValleyFaceOff , yet not a single soldier is bandaged/monitored, there is no medical staff & the “hospital” treating them strangely has no medical equipment but does have a stage, podium & projector in recovery ward.
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3 years
Arundhati Roy is not a fan of Modi, and Modi is far worse than Trump ever was.
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Salman Rushdie on India's Hindu nationalist movement (spoken Feb 2014): "If you're running what's actually a crypto-fascist movement, you want Nuremberg rallies." #SalmanRushdie has stood tall & bold against religious extremism of all kinds. Prayers for his survival & recovery.
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When BJP worker #PraveshShukla pissed on a tribal man, on camera, his atrocious behavior was obviously an extreme departure from the norm in Modi’s “New India.” His act was nothing more than an aberration. Admittedly, there have been a few other "aberrations" in recent days....
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“I was wrong, and here is why” is an apology. “I’m so sorry I didn’t convince you that I was right” is not an apology.
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BREAKING NEWS: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $2.5 million to the welfare wing of the violent Hindu nationalist #RSS paramilitary.
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10 months
The US government knows how Christians in Manipur are being slaughtered, but refuses to act. As violence skyrockets, across India, why is even the American Church asleep to the persecution of Indian Christians? It's past time to wake up & speak on behalf of Indian Christians.
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The #RSS is responsible for acts of gross violence, including participating in every major pogrom in independent India. We are calling on the US State Department to declare the RSS a terrorist organization. #BanRSS #RSS_Is_Terrorist_Organization
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Ooooooo @vivekagnihotri , I’m so proud of you, man. You’re like the new Leni Riefenstahl! This is incredible.
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The #RSS is the oldest & largest paramilitary in the world. The RSS is responsible for at least a dozen major pogroms in India since 1947. The RSS is a terrorist organization. The RSS should be banned & its leaders denied international visas. Like/share if you agree.
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You’re basically the richest guy in the world, @elonmusk . You don’t NEED the cash. You’ve got the luxury to stand on principle. So do you simply deny the existence of massive human rights abuses under #Modi or do you not care because of the earning potential? Asking for a friend.
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Say it with me: #ModiNotWelcome in Washington, DC! yes yes yes 👇 👇 👇
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3 years
I am an American and I am convinced that the #RSS is a threat not only to India but to world peace. Do you feel the same way?
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5 years
My voice is gone. My energy is low. My spirits are high as I was humbled to stand with thousands of Indian Christians, Dalits, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and many other Americans of all backgrounds to say “ #AdiosModi ” in the face of #HowdyModi spectacle.
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Reclaim India: resist Hindutva.
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Instead of segregating people by genetics, saffronized Nuremberg Laws like #CAA_NRC will segregate them by religion. They makes religion the basis for citizenship. I’m not going to stop protesting. #CAAProtest #CAA_NRC_Protests #IndiaAgainstCAA #NurembergLaws #ModiResign
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Learn about violence in #India by the fascist #RSS paramilitary & its political wing, #BJP , how they have int’l corollaries whose leaders fund US politicians like Aruna Miller, & how @arunamiller staunchly refuses to disassociate from them. #MDPolitics .
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@rihanna @rihanna , link arms with @johncusack , who has been the only US celebrity warning about this issue of rising fascism in India and who is linked to renowned anti-fascist Indian voices like Arundhati Roy. Please don't stop talking. Let this be only a first step to action.
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These are Australian MPs @AlboMP (left)⁩ & ⁦ @KKeneally (right). They are both wearing the scarf of the VHP. The VHP is the religious wing of the RSS. RSS is a Nazi-inspired paramilitary dedicated to eradicating minorities from India. Why are Australian MPs endorsing it?
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My 18,000 word profile of #TulsiGabbard is now outside paywall & free to read. It offers a bio sketch of her, w/focus on her early years in Congress to trace her financial & other support from US affiliates of the RSS, a history of RSS in USA, & more.
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How dare you keep silent, Mr. Prime Minister! Despite #ManipurBurning , Modi is feted by USA while Christians are massacred in Manipur. #ModiNotWelcome
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California stands against #CABBill2019 . I was humbled by the chance to join #CABProtests in Santa Clara. There must have been 200 people there. Muslims. Kashmiris. Sikhs. Christians. Dalits. Hindus. Even me. We raised united voices against fascism. #CitizenshipBill #CABPolitics
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If you want to keep up with America’s most relentless critic of #Modi , the #RSS , and #Hindutva then you should follow me on Twitter.
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Speech in @RoKhanna 's district: For Manipur, for the Kuki-Zomi people, for my Christian brothers and sisters who are being slaughtered: I will kneel, in pain, for Manipur. I will throw dust on my head, in lamentation, for Manipur. I will tear my clothes, in anguish, for…
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The only claim to fame Modi has is joining the Nazi-inspired RSS paramilitary at the tender age of 8 years old, then becoming a full-time RSS missionary at 21. He was groomed to become the Indian PM who would turn the nation fascist. #ModiNotWelcome
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Hindu American Foundation is attacking me for speaking against the #RSS . Are you a Hindu, from America or elsewhere? I need your support. Please raise your voice with me against the RSS and it’s fascist agenda.
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Stunning news as @ofbjp_usa , a major support base 4 India's Hindu nationalist @BJP4India which mobilized 1000s of Indian-Americans 3 travel 3 India to campaign 4 the party, is reportedly under investigation by @TheJusticeDept & has suspended all activities. #ForeignInterference
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Speaking at #AdiosModi protest of #HowdyModi about how Modi's totalitarian regime is crushing freedom of expression & thought throughout India — raiding homes of professors, writers, activists to interrogate them about the books they own or their pictures of Ambedkar on the wall.
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You never know when one great book could transform your entire life.
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If the #RamMandir in #Ayodhya had anything to do w/religion, one would expect a priest to lay foundation stone. Instead, PM #Modi will lay foundation stone because temple has nothing to do w/religion & everything to do with politics. Politics of division, of supremacy, & of hate.
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"An Obama administration staffer Sonal Shah as well as Amit Jani, who worked on the Biden campaign team have so far been excluded, allegedly due their RSS/BJP links which has been brought into the limelight by over a dozen Indian-American organisations."
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11 months
A new love note from a fan. #ModiNotWelcome
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Houston City Hall packed with minorities from India protesting: “Go Back Modi.” #HowdyModi
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Want more proof that #RSSHatesChristmas ? Here members of an #RSS affiliate burn the holly jolly man in effigy. #RSSWarOnChristmas
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Looking forward to joining this protest in DC to tell President @JoeBiden and the US Congress: #ModiNotwelcome .
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Give me a shout out if you can view my account from India.
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When Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg Laws in 1935, they made it illegal for non-Germans to be citizens. Germans to prove that they had Aryan ancestry. India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill mirrors those Nazi laws. #CAAProtest #CAA_NRC
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