Then there were thoughts of good days. Now there is a concern about dividing and cutting. The middle class in India was strong then, now it is dilapidated and declining. At that time, there was curiosity, respect and congratulations on the Hindu politics that emerged in the world. There was an Indian Mahakumbh to welcome Modi in Canada. Now Hindus are being beaten in the same Canada. Then there was Diwali in Parliament also, lamps were lit in Hindu temples, now there is violence. Then America, Obama was embracing Hindu politics and Modi, now in the same America there are new records of hate speech against South Asian (more people of Indian origin) people (detailed report of Reuters agency of October 10, 2024). There is bias against Hindus. Leaders of Indian origin like Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy etc. have also avoided Hindu and Hindu votes, while there is no follow up on Resolution 1131 filed in the US Parliament. This proposal was put forward by Indian origin MP Thanedar against Hinduphobia. This referred to attacks on Hindu temples in America.
Not only this, between January 2023 and August 2024, the number of hate narratives against Asians (large Hindus) in America’s online space increased from 23 thousand to 46 thousand. In California, America’s largest state, hate crimes against Hindus were highest after Jews. Islamophobia was at number three.
But not only in Canada and America, but also in Britain, despite the phenomenon of Rishi Sunak, there is an atmosphere against Hindus after the violence of Hindus versus Pakistanis in Lister. However, due to the noise of the Palestine-Israel conflict there, attention should have shifted from Hindus. But hostility towards Hindus remains. Rishi Sunak’s graph is also at the bottom.
Hindus were not fleeing India in 2014. In these ten years, Ambani has built a house in Britain, while there are reports of many billionaires leaving India and giving up their Indian passports. There are also figures of record-breaking Gujaratis and Sardars from Gujarat and Punjab entering America illegally through Mexico.
In 2014 the word Hinduphobia was not prevalent in the world. It is now. Then there was hatred towards Muslims in Islamophobia, now Hinduphobia has spread due to the governance and experiences of Modi government. And hate Hindus!
There was no beating of Hindus in Bangladesh in 2014, it is there today. At that time Hindus were not strangers in Nepal as they are now. There was respect for Narendra Modi and Hindu Raj in South Asia then. Now there is ridicule and neglect.
Consider these sentences from a report on the global situation – Hints at Hinduphobic code words and memes were at a record high in July. This can incite violence on the ground…. Unfortunately, there is nothing new in this for the Hindu population. Then what is new? Hateful messages towards Hindus are now being shared on social media.