The Seattle City Council has unanimously passed a resolution condemning India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Indian Americans came out in large numbers in several cities across the U.S. to protest against India’s citizenship laws, Jan. 26. The protests, held as part of a “Day of Action,” and organized by the Coalition to Stop Genocide, a broad alliance of Indian Americans and U.S.-based civil rights organizations and activists, coincided with India’s 71st Republic Day.

South Asian Americans came out in large numbers in several cities across the U.S. to protest against India’s citizenship laws, Jan. 19. The rallies were organized by groups like Equality Labs, South Asia Solidarity Initiative (SASI) and Indian American Muslim Council as part of a National Day of Action against the Citizenship Amendment Act and Modi government’s Hindutva agenda.

Compared to glitzy well-publicized jamborees organized by other communities for their annual conventions, it was neither a small event nor was it called a convention, nonetheless close to 150 members of the Dalit community got together in Virginia recently for bonding and discussion about their history and culture.

Longtime community leaders and activists, who’ve founded and led community organizations and associations over the past few decades have hailed “the spectacular victory” of the BJP-dominated NDA, and declared it “a personal triumph” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Jaspreet Mahal, a Sikh woman who got her master’s in sustainable international development and women and gender studies a few years ago from Brandeis university in Waltham, Massachusetts, feels somewhat upbeat these days that her alma mater will become a more inclusive institution by dealing with the issue of alleged caste bias among some of its students.

A decade-long debate over “accurate portrayal” of the history and culture of India in social science textbooks used in California classrooms from kindergarten through eighth grade ended last week after the state Board of Education voted to approve 10 textbooks and reject two, agreeing with recommendations of its Instructional Quality Commission.