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Hindus for Human Rights is a US-based nonprofit organization that advocates for pluralism, civil rights, and human rights in South Asia and North America. Our advocacy is rooted in the values of our faith: shanti (peace), nyaya (justice), and satya (truth). We provide a Hindu voice of resistance to caste, Hindu nationalism, racism, and all forms of bigotry and oppression. Our vision is a world defined by lokasangraha (the universal common good), where there is peace among all people and our planet is honored and protected.
This year’s calendar is centered on the theme Incarnations of Gender, it features original pieces from artists around the world. Through these works, we are reminded that the sacred is not static but fluid and ever-growing, alive in the ways it is retold and reimagined across generations. The cover itself is a conversation—between a parent and child, between tradition and change, between the stories we’ve inherited and the futures we are shaping.
Each month brings us a new interpretation of the sacred—through the eyes of artists who draw from their communities, their landscapes, and their lived experiences. Together, these works invite us to see Hindu tradition not as something to be preserved unchanged, but as something that grows, adapts, and speaks anew in every generation.
This calendar includes Hindu festivals from a range of regions and traditions, alongside major holidays from other religions. We also highlight historical events that have shaped South Asia and its diaspora, and anniversaries of social justice activists who struggled for equality, dignity, and freedom.
We hope this calendar can be used for both celebration and political education. Please write to info@hindusforhumanrights.org to suggest additional dates to include in future calendars.
For festivals based on a lunar calendar, there may be differing dates between North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and the Indian subcontinent. In most cases, we have gone with the festival dates according to North American calendars, which are often a day before or after South Asia.
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Artist: Ritu Thakur – A self-taught Madhubani artist from Delhi, Ritu Thakur brings the Mithilanchal tradition of Bihar into dialogue with contemporary ideas of identity and belonging. Her creative process often unfolds through conversations with her child, transforming the act of painting into shared inquiry, they reflect that “Art became the language through which we could imagine new forms of love, beauty, and belonging,” Their image of Ardhanarishwara—rendered in radiant symmetry and intricate linework—embodies balance, fluidity, and the generative power of transformation.
