When India was subject to intense international scrutiny following Narendra Modi's decision to annex Indian-controlled Kashmir in late August 2019, an article in The Caravan, India's premier long-form magazine, began doing the rounds on social media.
The long read, written by activist Peter Friedrich, detailed the role of the Hindu nationalist lobby in American politics, and focused on then-Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii.
Friedrich forensically outlined how the Hindu right-wing paramilitary organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), had funded Gabbard in exchange for helping rehabilitate Modi's image in the United States.
But it wasn't just the article that caught the attention of South Asian Americans.
Instead, it was the unprompted interjection by an Indian American lawmaker from California.
"Important article," tweeted Congressman Ro Khanna from the 17th district in California, widely known as Silicon Valley, the only district in continental America with an Asian majority.
"It's the duty of every American politician of Hindu faith to stand for pluralism, reject Hindutva, and speak for equal rights for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians. That is the vision of India my grandfather Amarnath Vidyalankar fought for," the Congressman added.
Vidyalankar was an Indian activist who became a member of the Indian National Congress and later an MP in p...
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The wrap in question consists of Zaatar, Labneh and Falafel with
fresh vegetables, which is not that shocking of a mix to be honest.
What caught my attention though was how the menu spells Zaatar as
Zaater and Labne as Labane or Labna, and more specifically another
item on the menu called the 420 Chicken Shawarma; I wonder whats in
that mix.
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