Protests Anticipated as Indian PM Modi Plans California Visit
“The Butcher of Gujarat in the USA is unsettling,” say NRI minorities SAN JOSE, CA: July 25, 2015 — “Mr. Narendra Modi was deemed the Butcher of Gujarat after his…
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Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa Rearrested Despite Worldwide Support
Supporters call arrests “torture by the Brahmanical Indian State” LUDHIANA, PUNJAB: July 22, 2015 — As a delegation of senior officials representing the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party in…
Editorial: What if we listened to Dr. Ambedkar?
OFMI advisor Pieter Friedrich presented the following remarks at a July 19 banquet hosted by the Begampura Educational and Cultural Society of Sacramento, CA. Ladies and Gentlemen — I am…
Editorial: An Apolitical Analysis of Indian Political Prisoners
“Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled, they cannot become conscious.” — George Orwell Political prisoner is a deviant, as per my observation.…
Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System
Speakers term Brahmanical caste system a “legal apartheid” Stockton, CA: July 15, 2015 — When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to…
Editorial: “Tragic Hero” Jagendra Singh and his freedom sellers
“Liberty of speech means that it is unassailed even when the speech hurts; Liberty of Press can be said to be truly respected when the Press can comment in the…
Multi-faith Coalition Will Highlight Casteism at California Conference
Speakers to “question whether caste ideology has truly been abandoned in India” Stockton, CA: June 13, 2015 — The conversion of Indian minorities to Hinduism drew worldwide attention late last…
Irom Sharmila’s Fiancé on Torture, AFSPA, and Surat Singh Khalsa
OFMI: This is Steve Macias with the Organization for Minorities of India, and today we have a very special guest, the fiancé of the longest held political prisoner in India…
Editorial: Individuating Minority Rights and Resuscitating Dr. Ambedkar
The only minority on our planet is an individual. The socioreligious communities in India who are repeatedly told or reminded about their social rank in society must undo what they…
Irom Sharmila’s Fiance: “They do wish to kill her”
Steve Macias, Organization for Minorities of India, interviews Irom Chanu Sharmilla's fiancé Desmond Coutinho as he struggles to see the one he loves suffer through the agony of force-feeding, police…