South Asia Investor Review

Aaron Bushnell, an active serviceman in the United States Air Force, burned himself to death in front of the Israeli Embassy in protest against the US policy in Gaza. Before setting himself on fire in what he called an "extreme act of protest", he said he would "no longer be complicit in genocide". Polls show that the vast majority (63%) of Americans want an immediate end to the carnage being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza.   USAF Engineer Aaron Bushnell Although Bushnell resorted to this extreme form of protest against the Biden Administration's policy of unqualified support for Israel, he was not alone in opposing it. American public opinion polls confirm that the vast majority of Americans, including Jewish Americans, want an immediate end to the Gaza carnage.  Gaza Ceasefire Poll. Source: ISPU Overall, 63% of Americans support a ceasefire in Gaza, according to a  recent poll  conducted by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU). In terms of r...

Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna has been instrumental in  inviting  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the joint session of US Congress on June 22, 2023. This came as a surprise to many of his constituents who  voted  for him after he declared in 2019: “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, Buddhist & Christians.”   L to R: Narendra Modi, JOe Biden, Ro Khanna What caused this change of heart?  Is it the donation of $110,000 to his campaign by Hindu Nationalist donors in the United States, as reported by The Nation?  Fellow Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal has also supported Modi's invitation. She will be among members of Congress who will escort Modi to the podium. Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal are both supposedly "liberal" Democrats.    While Khanna says that he “strongly opposes an...

In the current fiscal year that started last October, a record 16,290 Indian citizens have been taken into custody by US Border Patrol at the Mexican border. A substantial number of them are Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and  Dalits  who are escaping persecution in the country ruled by the Hindu Nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  Genocide Watch  has issued "India  Genocide Warning" stating as follows:  "Islamophobia is no longer a fringe sentiment in India. It has become a state-manufactured ideology. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made Islamophobia central to its program for harassing India's 192 million Muslims and depriving them of their rights as Indian citizens". Indian Asylum Seekers at US-Mexico Border. Source: BBC Experts attribute the record increase in asylum seekers to a a number of factors, including rising discrimination in India, an end to pandemic-era restrictions, a percep...