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Light is both universal and particular. Across every culture, light has guided, protected, and inspired us.
It has been a beacon in the darkness,
a symbol of hope and a force for transformation. Our 2025 Diwali feature honors the many ways light lives in our traditions — illuminating our shared humanity while celebrating the beauty of our differences.

Two years after the devastating events of October 7, 2023, Hindus for Human Rights has held an online vigil to remember the lives lost and to renew our moral and civic commitment to ending cycles of violence. From Gaza to Israel and beyond, our faith and our principles compel us to work toward justice, security, and peace for all.

Our student art and essay contest asked participants to reflect on the spirit of resistance that has dominated South Asian art for centuries and how that same spirit lives on today.

We’re delighted to announce our 2025 winners, whose pieces represent the challenging of injustices throughout South Asia’s long and nuanced history.

As Hindus for Human Rights, we channel Durga in our work for equality, justice, liberation, and human rights. This Navaratri, we wish to highlight the courage of women across South Asia.

These nine women we have chosen to celebrate and honor this Navaratri represent our vision of the divine feminine: brave, resilient, strong, outspoken, and true to themselves.

Send a progressive E-Rakhi to the loved ones in your life to celebrate the festival of siblinghood.

Originating from the Hindi-Urdu word for sitting, our baithaks bring a long held tradition of community gathering for intellectual and cultural exchange into the modern age, with webinars tackling current events from a progressive faith-based angle.

In the aftermath of the horrific attack in Pahalgam, HfHR held an online vigil to share prayers for peace and stand united in both our calls for justice in Kashmir and our desire for peace and cooperation between India and Pakistan.

Our campaign calls on Hindu temples across the country to open their doors serve as a sanctuary to those impacted by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.

"Uniting for Peace: Share the Light" is an inspiring campaign designed to shape a more positive narrative around culture and politics in India and especially in this new era post-2024 election to build momentum through messages fostering unity and promoting diversity and peace.

Our Desh Videsh Conversation series brings together individuals from across the diaspora for civil dialogues on different topics affecting the South Asian community.

Ulti Pulti Baat is short, informative video series born out of a joint collaboration between Hindus for Human Rights and PAIGAM. Each video debunks common myths and misinformation that impact those in South Asia and across the diaspora.

Made in collaboration with our partners at PAIGAM, Voices of Love tells the stories of Bhakti saints while Voices of Peace is a video series aimed at making sense of the contradictions present within India’s democracy.

Our fellowship was the first ever, youth-led national effort to build Hindu-Muslim dialogue at a time of extreme polarization between our communities.

Swami Agnivesh was one of few Hindu religious leaders to speak out against Hindu nationalism and caste in recent years. In recognition of his fearless commitment to human rights for all, the Swami Agnivesh Memorial Award recognizes individuals and organizations whose faith inspires them to fight for justice for all.