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- Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, left, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speak during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. Ramaswamy and Haley, two of the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination, are Indian Americans, even though polling points to an Indian diaspora that overwhelmingly votes Democrat. The two candidates are running significantly behind former President Donald Trump and also trail Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, but they’re outpacing others in the field. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
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Haley and Ramaswamy show the rising political power of Indian Americans even as they feud in debates
By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press
Sat,11/04/23-9:05AM , 537 Reads
The tension between Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy was hard to miss when they last met on a debate stage.

“Every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say,” Haley told Ramaswamy.
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- Avinash Patil, center, an activist and leader of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti, an anti-superstition group, marches on the 10th death anniversary of its founder and renowned rationalist, Narendra Dabholkar, who was gunned down during a morning walk in Pune, India, Sunday, Aug 20, 2023. The nones in India come from an array of belief backgrounds, including Hindu, Muslim and Sikh. The surge of Hindu nationalism has shrunk the space for the nones over the last decade, activists say. (AP Photo)
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Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics
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Wed,10/04/23-11:19PM , 845 Reads
CHENNAI, India (AP) — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and rationalists choose to keep quiet about their skepticism of faith — it’s easier and far less risky than going public in one of the world's most religious countries.
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- A woman is consoled as people mourn Sikh community leader and temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar during Antim Darshan, the first part of day-long funeral services for him, in Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib parking lot. The September 2023 accusation by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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India-Canada tensions shine light on complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora
By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press
Sat,09/23/23-1:02AM , 948 Reads
The shocking accusation this week by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora.
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Casteless utopia: California religious group backs bill to ban caste discrimination
By DEEPA BHARATH - Associated Press
Mon,05/29/23-7:03AM , 307 Reads
FRESNO, California (AP) — For decades, worshipping in temples, Ram Asra has sung spiritual songs known as kirtans.
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