Unionist Punjabi Statesman Sir Chhotu Ram Commemorated in California
“His death was a great blow to real freedom in India,” concludes gathering Hayward, CA: Nov. 22, 2015 — Traveling from Hyderabad, India to join a California gathering of Indian…
Editorial: First Asian in U.S. Congress Was a Sikh Inspired by Civil Rights Principles
Dalip Singh Saund spoke against “coddling kings and dictators and protecting the status quo” The same year the United States passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, an immigrant in…
India’s 66th Republic Day Celebrated a Constitution Its Author Disowned
“I shall be the first person to burn it out,” said constitutional-framer Dr. Ambedkar, a cross between Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who is renowned as a champion…
Indian Progressivist Arundhati Roy Echoes American Activists’ Concerns About Gandhi
Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhi are “irreconcilable,” say both Roy and US-based Indian minorities SACRAMENTO: March 8, 2014 — Civil rights icon Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar and Hindu saint Mohandas Gandhi can…