Demonstrators rallied in New York City against an event featuring Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist movement.
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Sunday, August 30, 2026
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Protests as India’s Hindu nationalists take centre stage in New York
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Demonstrators rallied in New York City against an event featuring Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of India’s ruling Hindu nationalist movement.
The protest shows that India’s political conflict over Hindu nationalism now extends into diaspora spaces,
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The confrontation signals that India’s ideological battles are increasingly being contested in international public arenas.
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