3rd January 2025 – Over the past several years, Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists have been trying to reclaim the lost glory of the word “Swastika”. Particularly, in the Western world, the revered symbol has been wrongfully associated with Adolf Hitler’s Hakenkreuz. In yet another attempt of such kind, this time World Jain Organization Canada has […]
6th December 2024 – Walmart USA has now removed objectionable slippers and bathing suit items which were up for sale after Hindu American Foundation (HAF) raised concerns about it. The items had pictures of God Ganesha on slippers and bathing suits. HAF wrote on X about it and stated, “Dear @walmarthelp: @HinduAmerican has written directly […]
1st November 2024 – In a very shocking turn of events in Canada, an annual Diwali event at Parliament Hill has reportedly been cancelled by the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC). A letter written by Overseas Friends of India Canada (OFIC) expressed its disappointment at the cancellation of the 24th Diwali celebration at the Parliament […]
23rd August 2023 – CoHNA Canada hosted its inaugural community meet and greet event in Toronto on August 5, 2023, bringing representatives from various Hindu and allied organizations together. Close to 100 Hindu Canadians, students and allies from a cross section of Toronto civil society, gathered at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, a venue […]
2nd June 2023 – Anyone with basic school level science education must have heard of Albert Einstein’s ground-breaking ‘Theory of Relativity’. The theory essentially means that mass and energy are the same physical entity and can be changed into each other. The famous equation expressed scientifically is e = mc2. Prior to this theory being […]
1st June 2023 – Hinduphobia has a long and tragic history in the North American continent. With growing internet technology, the hate against Hindus has increased multi-fold online. Memes mocking Hindu gods and goddesses, traditions, customs and beliefs have flooded the social media platforms. Pajeet is an extremely derogatory term often used interchangeably for Indians […]
5th April 2023 – Last night, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Windsor, a city in southwestern Ontario, was attacked and its walls were defaced with anti-India slogans. The slogans read ‘Hindustan Murdabad’ (Death to India) and ‘Declare Modi Terrorist (BBC)’. Windsor Police is investigating this attack as a hate-motivated incident. After the police was called-in, they […]
Religion
Citizens gather in solidarity for ‘Washing Away the Hate’ campaign days after attack on Hindu temples
27th January 2023 – Last Friday evening, citizens from the Greater Toronto Area assembled at Ram Mandir Mississauga to show their solidarity with the Hindu temple after a hate attack which took place more than 10 days back. People were seen with holding placards on which it was written “Stop Hindu Temple Attacks, Anti-Hindu Activities, […]
14th February 2023 – Another Canadian Hindu Temple has now been vandalized by unknown miscreants, this time in the City of Mississauga which is part of Region of Peel. Ram Mandir, a well known Hindu temple in the area of Kennedy Road and Derry Road, was the target of anti-India and anti-Hindu forces working in […]
1st February 2023 – For a common Canadian, it is taken for a fact that the Nazi symbol is called ‘Swastika’. For this person, the symbol connotes hatred, religious extremism and fascism. For this person, it is anti-Semite, anti-Jew and has the power bring back horrors from the annals of World War II history. Anyone […]