Organization for Minorities of India (OFMI)

Seminar on the Surge of Violence Against India’s Minorities in Fremont on April 17

On Sunday, April 17th, the Organization for Minorities of India will be hosting a seminar on the current surge of violence against India's minorities.

Hindtuva groups Fail to Omit Caste Oppression: OFMI, USA

The California Department of Education’s Instructional Quality Commission’s History-Social Science Subject Matter Committee convened on March 24, 2016 in Sacramento for a public hearing on the state’s K-12 History and Social Science curriculum framework.

Minority Groups Plan Protest at Indian Consulate Over #RohithVemulaSuicide

Community leaders from various diaspora groups of Indian minorities will gather at the Indian Consulate in San Francisco for a protest at noon on Friday.

Indian Parliament Will Consider Criminalizing Religious Liberty: OFMI

Two members of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced they will introduce bills in their respective houses of parliament to criminalize religious conversion without government approval.

Special Report: Voices for India’s oppressed classes gather to remember Jaswant Singh Khalra

Sikhs, Christians, Muslims, and African American leaders commemorated the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of Punjabi human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in a seminar hosted on Sept. 26, 2015 at San Jose Sikh Gurdwara, one of the largest outside of India.

Modi Followers Assault American Christian Peacefully Protesting in California

While peacefully protesting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, September 27 in San Jose, CA based on his orchestration of genocide of minorities, criminalization of religious liberty, and other human rights violations, I was assaulted twice by his followers.

Google CEO’s Plans to Meet Indian Premier Spark Protest

As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to tour Silicon Valley tech companies next week, marking his second visit to the United States in less than a year, his visit is meeting staunch opposition focused on his involvement in a 2002 genocide of Muslim minority.

Congressman Garamendi Concerned by India’s Religious Freedom Violations

“Modi’s history is well known,” Northern California Congressman John Garamendi told advocates for Indian minorities who met him on Wednesday to voice their concerns about the Indian Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to the state.

California Priest ponders connection between murder of Satwinder Singh Bhola in Chicago and Bapu Surat Singh’s peaceful protests in India

Fr. Joshua Lickter, who has repeatedly appealed on behalf of hunger-striker Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, released a statement on Monday questioning the motive behind Monday’s Chicago-region murder of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s son-in-law, Satwinder Singh Bhola.

Where is the Democracy in India? [Guest Post]

Today, in recognition of India’s 68th Independence Day, I want to talk about democracy, about equality, about liberty, about prosperity, and about peace.

Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa Gets a White House Petition: OFMI

A White House petition started Saturday asks President Barack Obama to: "Recognize Hunger-Striking U.S. Resident Surat Singh Khalsa & His Peaceful Struggle for Human Rights".

Indian Journalist Warns Underground Church in India “At Par” With China

During the interview, Dr. Dayal discusses how his career as a journalist led to him becoming an activist after witnessing human rights violations of tribals, Muslims, Christians, and others.

Protests Anticipated as Indian PM Modi Plans California Visit

Mr. Narendra Modi was deemed the Butcher of Gujarat after his state-sponsored genocide… killed thousands of Muslims,” warned activist Jada Bernard at a June conference in Stockton, California, where he compared the Indian Prime Minister to violent white supremacists in the United States.

U.S. Congresswoman Lofgren Recognizes Sikh Genocide and Political Prisoners issue in Indian subcontiment

We remember with sorrow the deaths of innocent Muslims killed in 2002 in the Gujarat Genocide and of innocent Christians killed in 2008 in the Odisha Pogrom.

Conference Challenges India’s “Dehumanizing” Belief System — Speakers term Brahmanical caste system a “legal apartheid”

When he took the stage at University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA to speak to a diverse audience of Indian diaspora and concerned Americans about caste, B. D. Borkar defined the cultural phenomenon on which the June 2015 conference focused by invoking renowned Dalit civil rights advocate Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

Multi-faith Coalition Will Highlight Casteism at California Conference

The conversion of Indian minorities to Hinduism drew worldwide attention late last year when reports surfaced that converts only participated in the mass ceremonies known as “Ghar Wapsi” after they were threatened with loss of government benefits if they refused.

Irom Sharmila: “Thank you for informing me about Bapu Surat’s hunger-strike”

Irom Sharmila, the world's longest hunger-striker and a political prisoner in India, expresses gratitude for learning about the hunger-strike for release of Indian political prisoners by Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa. Khalsa began his hunger-strike on January 16, 2015 and continues it as of June 2015.

U.S. Congresswoman Lofgren Recognises Anti-Sikh Progroms and Sikh Political Prisoners in India

In remarks delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 3, the 31st anniversary of a disastrous Indian government assault on the Sikh Golden Temple, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose) called on her colleagues to “honor those killed during the November 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms and massacre” and “honor the struggle of political prisoners in India today, including Mr. Surat Singh Khalsa.”

India Arrests Hunger-Striking U.S. Resident Days After Congress Objected

Children of a California man on hunger-strike in India report their father, who has refused to eat for the past four months in demand for release of political prisoners, was arrested on June 1 and forcibly hospitalized in Ludhiana, Punjab despite a May 29 appeal on his behalf by six CA congressional representatives.

U.S. Congress Warns India on Hunger-Striker Surat Singh Khalsa

Six California congressional representatives issued a letter to United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday asking him to take up the cause of Surat Singh Khalsa, a U.S permanent resident on a hunger-strike in Punjab, India since January 16.

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