Stan Swamy Memorial LectureTheme: Migration for Livelihood: Hope Amidst Miseries 🕕 6:00 PM IST
Stan Swamy Memorial Lectur
Theme: Migration for Livelihood: Hope Amidst Miseries
Speaker: Father Prem Xalxo SJ
Chair: Advocate Indira Jaising
📅 Friday, 13 September 2025
🕕 6:00 PM IST
Venue (In-Person):
Yashwantrao Chavan Centre
Nariman Point
Mumbai 400021
Online Access (Zoom):
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87639592991?pwd=Zb6lvRL0ux6gS9XIMniIA9IUdcaHi6.1
This year’s Stan Swamy Memorial Lecture will reflect on migration, livelihood, and justice, continuing the legacy of Father Stan Swamy’s lifelong advocacy for the marginalized.
Goddess Rising - A Celebration of Shakti 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Baithaks for Liberation - Goddess Rising: A Celebration of Shakti
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Join us for a powerful gathering exploring the divine feminine energy of Shakti. This Bhaithak will celebrate goddess traditions and their role in liberation and justice.
RSVP: Tinyurl.com/SeptemberBaithak
NYC Chapter Picnic & Durga Puja Celebration
NYC Chapter Picnic & Durga Puja Celebration
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
Time: 2:00 – 4:30 PM
Location: Prospect Park Boathouse, Brooklyn, NY
Register here: https://secure.everyaction.com/ldZ-o1hQ0k6PrMcIu82cqA2
Join the NYC chapter of Hindus for Human Rights at our September Meeting
Come celebrate Durga Puja with your New York City comrades. Bring a murti, a doll, an action figure or a photo - anything that is meaningful to you - and we will build a kolu together for it using clay and crafts supplies!
We will also go over current HfHR projects, will talk about folks' interests and goals for the rest of the year, and will discuss how you can get involved. The meeting will be from 2:30-4:30 pm on Sunday, September 28th, near the boat house in Prospect Park, and is open to all. If you have any questions, please contact Vrinda: vrinda@hindusforhumanrights.org.
This meeting is open to all interested in Hindus for Human Rights and our work.
Hindus for Human Rights Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
Hindus for Human Rights Philadelphia Chapter Meeting
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Location: Center City Philly (exact location provided after RSVP)
Connect with fellow HfHR members and supporters to discuss current and upcoming initiatives in the Philadelphia area. Come together to plan, collaborate, and grow our local impact.
RSVP: Tinyurl.com/PhlOctMeetup
Scan the QR code on the flyer to RSVP directly.
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Democratic Backsliding and Peoples’ Resistance in India
Democratic Backsliding and Peoples’ Resistance in India
Disappearing Democracy in the “World’s Largest Democracy”
Date: Tuesday, September 10, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Description:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi—Steve Bannon’s favorite foreign dictator—has been in power for eleven years, winning reelection twice. Over this period, India’s imperfect but functioning democracy has been systematically dismantled:
Press freedom has been attacked, and dissent criminalized.
Mob violence against Muslims and other religious minorities has been incited, with perpetrators shielded from justice.
The judiciary, bureaucracy, and educational institutions have been infiltrated and stripped of independence.
Repressive influence has extended beyond India’s borders, including targeted assassinations of Sikh dissidents in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere, as well as growing sway over electoral politics in other countries.
Alliances with the global far right, including in the U.S., have been deepened.
Despite this, Indian social movements continue to resist, achieving key victories even as far-right Hindu nationalism remains entrenched in political power and popular culture.
As the U.S. faces its own slide toward authoritarianism, what lessons can we draw from India’s experience? This discussion will explore the parallels and strategies for resistance.
Speakers:
Ria Chakrabarty, Senior Policy Director, Hindus for Human Rights
Arjun Sethi, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University
Aabha Muralidharan, Independent Researcher, Writer, and Photographer
Moderator:
Basav Sen, Climate Policy Director, Institute for Policy Studies
Series Note: This session is the sixth in the monthly IPS series Lessons from Resistance to Authoritarianism Around the World.
Registration: Democratic Backsliding and Peoples’ Resistance in India - Institute for Policy Studies
AB 715 & the Right-Wing Attack on Palestine in Education - 5:00 PM PST
AB 715 & the Right-Wing Attack on Palestine in Education
🗓 Date: Monday, September 8, 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM PT
📍 Location: Online
🔗 Register: bit.ly/715webinar
📝 Description:
Join AROC Action and co-sponsoring organizations—including CAIR SF Bay Area, Jewish Voice for Peace - Bay Area, QUIT!, Hindus for Human Rights, and the CA Coalition to Defend Public Education—for a critical webinar on Assembly Bill 715.
AB 715 is a dangerous piece of legislation aimed at censoring Palestine solidarity in California’s educational institutions. This webinar will explain the bill, its implications, and how it fits into a broader pattern of right-wing repression targeting academic freedom and racial justice in education.
Let’s come together to protect the rights of educators and students, and defend public education from censorship.
Intro to Community Self-Defense - Los Angeles, CA 4:00–6:00 PM - PST
Intro to Community Self-Defense
📅 Date: September 6, 2025
🕓 Time: 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 Location: Los Angeles (RSVP for exact location: https://tinyurl.com/iceoutsept6)
Description:
Join South Asian Americans and allies in Los Angeles for an interactive workshop with community defense experts. Together, we’ll strategize on how to organize our families and neighborhoods to keep each other safe from ICE.
🌐 Translations will be available in Bangla.
Hosts:
Hindus for Human Rights
South Asian Network
Reading & Discussion Session: How Indian Americans Live San Jose, CA - 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST
Reading & Discussion Session: How Indian Americans Live
Hosted by: Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC)
🗓 Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST
📍 Location:
1060 N 4th Street, Suite 200
San Jose, CA 95112
🔍 Topic:
Explore the results from the 2024 Indian American Attitudes Survey in a community reading and discussion format. Join AKSC to reflect on how Indian Americans live, think, and engage with issues of identity, politics, and social justice.
📖 Read the report: bit.ly/akspreadsep6
The Freedom Seeker: An Immersive Migrant Performance - NYC
✨ The Freedom Seeker: An Immersive Migrant Performance
Join us at the Bowery Poetry Club for a powerful evening that brings the story of 12-year-old Simi Singh to life. Through theater, music, and storytelling, we’ll follow her perilous journey across the desert in search of her father in Queens — a moving reflection on the realities of child migration.
🎭 Featuring Shubhra Prakash, Sage Gunning & Raghu Rayadurg
🎶 Music by Natalia Perlaza
🎤 With a special appearance by author Ruchira Gupta
After the performance, share your own reflections in an open mic: What does freedom mean to you? The three most powerful voices will win a signed copy of The Freedom Seeker.
📅 Wednesday, September 3, 2025
🕖 7 PM | Free Event
📍 Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC
Hosted by Hindus for Human Rights 💛
From Texas to Bihar: How Elections Are Being Manipulated for Autocratic Control 🕚 11:00 AM EST | 8:30 PM IST
From Texas to Bihar: How Elections Are Being Manipulated for Autocratic Control
Date & Time:
📅 Tuesday, September 3rd, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM EST | 8:30 PM IST
Speakers:
Salman Bhojani – Texas State Representative
Pawan Khera – All India Congress Spokesperson
Description:
Across the world, elections are being undermined to consolidate authoritarian control. Join us for a timely conversation spanning Texas to Bihar, examining how democratic processes are manipulated and what this means for the future of governance.
Registration Link:
👉 tinyurl.com/texastobihar
HfHR South Bay Area Chapter Meeting: Understanding the Hindu American Foundation
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) pushes right-wing Hindu supremacy, while pretending to advocate for civil rights for all Hindus. We will discuss the first thirteen pages of Savera's report on HAF and go over current HfHR Bay Area projects and how you can get involved.
📆 August 24th, 2 - 4 PM
📍 Milpitas, California (exact location provided after RSVP)
This meeting is open to all interested in Hindus for Human Rights and our work. Learn more and register here.
Baithaks for Liberation: Standing Together Against Religious Supremacy – A Hindu-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue
Baithaks for Liberation: Standing Together Against Religious Supremacy – A Hindu-Jewish Interfaith Dialogue
Date & Time: Sunday, August 24, 2025
12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
Location: Online – RSVP for the link
RSVP: tinyurl.com/AugustBaithak
Description:
Religion has often been used to justify social and political oppression—from centuries-old caste discrimination and Hindutva-fueled hostility toward Muslims in India to Zionism’s defense of colonialism and displacement in Palestine, leading to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This urgent interfaith dialogue brings together Hindu and Jewish voices to confront these injustices and explore how our traditions can inspire truth-telling, resistance, and solidarity.
Join panelists Umesh Kabir and Rabbi Alissa Wise, moderated by Dr. Linda Hess, as they share how their religious philosophy and practice challenge the misuse of faith to uphold systems of oppression.
This month’s discussion—part of Hindus for Human Rights’ Baithaks for Liberation series—will focus on building unity across faiths to resist religious supremacy and stand for justice and love for all.
Philadelphia Celebrates Rakhi – An Interfaith Festival of Brotherhood
🎉 Event: Philadelphia Celebrates Rakhi – An Interfaith Festival of Brotherhood
📅 Date: Sunday, August 24, 2025
🕒 Time:
Worship Service: 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Rakhi Celebrations: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Location:
Germantown Unitarian Society Parking Lot
359 W. Johnson St., Philadelphia, PA
🪢 About the Event:
Join Hindus for Human Rights and community partners for a joyful interfaith celebration of Rakhi (Raksha Bandhan) in the City of Brotherly Love!
🌿 Learn about this cherished tradition
🎨 Make your own rakhi crafts
🍛 Enjoy delicious Indian snacks
💬 Celebrate community, connection, and peace across all faiths
Hosted by: Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR)
All are welcome!
Student Art & Essay Contest - Deadline August 20th
Student Art & Essay Contest
🖌️✍️ Presented by Hindus for Human Rights & the International Commission for Dalit Rights
📅 Deadline: August 20th
🎓 Open to High School & College Students
Calling all young artists and writers! This is your chance to explore themes of justice, equality, and liberation through creative expression. Whether with a brush or a pen, show us how your voice contributes to building a world free of caste, bigotry, and oppression.
Selected works will be featured in our online gallery and social media channels.
📬 Submissions due by August 20, 2025
Congressional Briefing: India’s Democratic Crisis
Event: Congressional Briefing: India’s Democratic Crisis
Theme: Standing Together for Justice — Forced mass evictions of Muslims in Assam & millions denied the right to vote in Bihar
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 — 12:00 pm ET / 9:30 pm IST
Speakers:
Manoj Jha, Member of Parliament, Rashtriya Janata Dal
Sanjay Hegde, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Ria Chakrabarty, Senior Policy Advisor, Hindus for Human Rights
Safa Ahmed, Associate Director, Indian American Muslim Council
This briefing is co-hosted by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR), reflecting our shared commitment to democracy, dignity, and pluralism. Together with a remarkable coalition of partners — Genocide Watch, The Humanism Project (Australia), Center for Pluralism, New York State Council of Churches, American Muslim Institution, Association of Indian Muslims of America (DC), The Religious Nationalism Project, World Without Genocide, and South Asian Diaspora Action Collective (Canada) — we stand united against state-sponsored bigotry and repression.
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2j2BFqPSS-GULGVIRwmG9A#/registration
Krishna Janmashtami - Town Hall & Community Gathering
Janmashtami Immigration Town Hall & Community Gathering Date:
Saturday, August 16th, 2025 Time:
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT Location:
Shri Shakti Mariammaa Temple
10520 101st Avenue
Ozone Park, NY 11416
Event Description:
Join us for a special Janmashtami community gathering and immigration town hall hosted in the spirit of Krishna. This event will bring together immigration attorneys, faith leaders, and community organizers to share vital immigration updates and conduct Know Your Rights trainings. Whether you’re seeking resources, support, or simply a space of celebration and solidarity, all are welcome.
✨ Food will be provided.
🕊️ Free and open to all ages.
Organized by: Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR)
NYC Screening– Love, Chaos, Kin
Event Title: World Premiere – Love, Chaos, Kin
Date: Thursday, August 8, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM EDT
Venue: Regal Union Square, New York City
Tickets: https://www.aaiff.org/aaiff48/love-chaos-kin
Event Description:
Join us for the world premiere of Love, Chaos, Kin, a powerful and intimate documentary by Chithra Jeyaram that challenges mainstream adoption narratives. Follow an Indian immigrant mother, her White-passing/Navajo twins, and their birth parents as they redefine kinship across cultures and identities.
Stay after the screening for a Q&A with the filmmaker and featured families.
Contact: lovechaoskinmovie@gmail.com
Website: www.lovechaoskinmovie.com
Teaser: Watch Here
NYC Rally for Immigrant Justice - City Hall
Rally for Immigrant Justice
🗓 Date: Thursday, August 8th, 2025
🕘 Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: City Hall Park, New York City
👕 What to Bring/Wear:
Wear white
Bring flowers
Bring ID if you plan to participate in civil disobedience
✊ About the Event:
Join 50501, Planet Over Profit, Climate Defenders, and partner organizations to protest the ongoing kidnappings of immigrants and call for justice and accountability. This peaceful rally is rooted in love, solidarity, and community power.
⚖️ Civil Disobedience Option:
Film Screening: Louis Theroux – The Settlers San Jose, CA - PT
🎬 Film Screening: Louis Theroux – The Settlers
📅 Date: Saturday, July 27, 2024
🕕 Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location:
Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley
3968 Twilight Drive, San Jose, CA
Join us for a powerful screening of The Settlers, a gripping documentary by Louis Theroux exploring the rise of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Theroux meets settlers face-to-face and travels throughout the territory to understand the human and political consequences of settlement expansion.
“Theroux allows Israeli settlers to speak with perfect openness. It is chilling.”
🎟️ RSVP requested: www.tinyurl.com/Settlers-Film
Hosted by:
Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon Valley, Vigi4Gaza, Hindus for Human Rights, Bay Area Divest, Peace and Justice Studies, Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC), and others.
So You Want to Talk About Mental Health? Queens NYC
So You Want to Talk About Mental Health?
How can parents and children have safe and healthy conversations about mental health?
Join us for a community workshop focused on building understanding, support, and healing—together.
📅 Date: Sunday, July 27, 2025
🕛 Time: 12 PM – 3 PM
📍 Location: Shaanti Bhavan Mandir
109-10 98th Street, Ozone Park, NY 11417
👥 Facilitators:
Miranda R. Deebrah, LMSW
Ishwar Bridgelal, Educational Psychologist
🎁 Perks:
Free lunch
$10 gift card (for participants 12+ years)
Certificate of completion provided
🔗 Register here: https://tinyurl.com/SQWMentalHealth2025
📲 Or scan the QR code on the flyer
This event is co-sponsored by South Queens Women’s March, Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, and Aminta Kilawan-Narine.
She Speaks: Sultana’s Dream w/ Tanzila Ahmed Los Angeles, CA
She Speaks: Sultana’s Dream w/ Tanzila Ahmed
📅 Friday, July 25, 2025
🕕 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Grand Performances
350 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071 [Map]
Join the second night of the She Speaks poetry series, inspired by Sultana’s Dream, the visionary 1905 story by Bengali Muslim feminist Begum Rokeya. Curated by writer and artist Tanzila Ahmed, this evening brings together powerful voices and performances that imagine a world where women don’t just survive—they flourish.
Expect a night of bold dreams, radical hope, and art that envisions a just and joyful future.
🎟️ Free with RSVP on Eventbrite
image by Chitra Ganesh
Stop ICE Abductions & Block the Bombs, 7pm -PT
Stop ICE Abductions & Block the Bombs
Join us for a powerful online event bringing together advocates and elected leaders to confront two urgent issues: immigration raids and U.S. complicity in global violence. Together, we’ll explore how ICE terrorizes our communities and how U.S. weapons devastate lives abroad—and what we can do to stop both.
🗓 Date: Tuesday, July 22
🕖 Time: 7 PM ET
💻 Location: Online
📌 RSVP: Stop ICE Abductions and Block the Bombs · American Friends Service Committee
🎙 Featured Speakers:
Mahmoud Khalil
Congresswoman Delia Ramirez
Pedro Rios, AFSC
Brad Parker, CCR
🧾 Hosted by:
AFSC, IMEU Policy Project, Friends Committee on National Legislation, IfNotNow, Arab Resource & Organizing Center, ADC, Center for Constitutional Rights
Bay Area Meetup: How to Confront Hindutva in Our Community and at Home PT 3-5 pm
Bay Area Meetup: How to Confront Hindutva in Our Community and at Home
Join Hindus for Human Rights for an engaging and supportive in-person gathering in San Jose to discuss how we can confront the spread of Hindutva ideology in our communities and families. Together, we'll share strategies, stories, and solidarity for building a more inclusive and just future.
📅 Date: Saturday, July 19
🕑 Time: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: San Jose (Address shared after RSVP)
🔗 RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/39umssppn
July Baithak for Liberation Reimagining Birth & Death in Hinduism : 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
JULY BAITHAK FOR LIBERATION
Reimagining Birth & Death in Hinduism
📅 Date: Saturday, July 19th, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
📍 Location: Online (via Zoom)
🔗 RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/JulyBaithak
All Out Against ICE in Dublin, CA - 11 am PT
All Out Against ICE in Dublin!
🗓️ Date: Saturday, July 19th
🕚 Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Don Biddle Park (Dublin Blvd & Columbus St), Dublin, CA
🚶♀️ Optional March: Meet at Dublin BART and walk to the rally site
🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/iceoutofdublin-7-19
Join us this Saturday in Dublin, CA for a powerful community rally to say NO to new detention centers in Northern California. Japanese Americans and allies are standing with immigrant communities to demand justice, dignity, and freedom for all.
This family-friendly event will include:
🎤 Inspiring speakers
🎨 Arts & crafts for kids
✊ Action stations to get involved
Bring: your signs, water, sun protection—and your solidarity.
📍 Parking: Available at Dublin BART.
🚶 Optional march: from BART to the park prior to the rally.
Hosted by Tsuru for Solidarity
In partnership with the ICE Out of Dublin Coalition
March with SALGA NYC at the Manhattan Pride March 2025!
March with SALGA NYC at the Manhattan Pride March 2025!Let’s bring queer, South Asian joy to the streets of NYC!
📅 Date: Sunday, June 29, 2025
🕛 Time: Wristband pickup starts at 12 PM | March begins ~12:30 PM
📍 Pickup Location: In front of McDonald's (809 6th Ave, New York, NY 10001)
📍 Assembly Point: 28th Street (between 5th & 6th Aves)
📦 March Details: Section M3, Order #10
💪 Early Setup Volunteers: Arrive by 10:30 AM
❗IMPORTANT: All marchers must wear an official wristband. First come, first served — NO registration, so arrive early! NYC Pride is enforcing this policy.
🌟 Bring your friends, your flags, your fabulousness—and let’s show out in full SALGA style.
#SALGANYC #ManhattanPride2025 #SouthAsianPride #DesiAndProud #LGBTQIA #NoCasteInPride #PrideParade #QueerHindus
March with SALGA NYC at the Dyke March 2025!
🌈 March with SALGA NYC at the Dyke March 2025!
🏳️🌈 Join SALGA NYC for one of NYC’s most iconic Pride events celebrating queer and trans liberation, community, and resistance.
📅 Date: Saturday, June 28, 2025
🕓 Time: Meet at 4:30 PM | March begins at 5 PM
📍 Location: Fortitude Lion (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018)
🗺️ Route: 5th Ave from Bryant Park to Washington Square Park
✨ Allies welcome! No registration required. Just show up, bring your signs, and wear your pride!
#SALGANYC #DykeMarch2025 #PrideMarch #QueerSouthAsian #ProgressiveHindu #NYCPride #CasteFreePride
Art + Conversation: Chai & Chat with Punya Upadhyay featuring paintings by Amita Bhakta and Shailesh Joshi - Santa Fe, NM
🎨 Art + Conversation: Chai & Chat with Punya Upadhyay
🗓️ Saturday, June 28th, 2025
🕓 4:30 PM
📍 Gallery @ El Sendero Inn
311 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Join us for a special afternoon of art and dialogue featuring paintings by Amita Bhakta and Shailesh Joshi, followed by a lively "Chai & Chat" with Punya Upadhyay, co-founder and board member of Hindus for Human Rights.
Punya will lead a conversation titled “Fun with God: India’s Non-Duality,” exploring the playful, plural, and profound aspects of Indian spiritual thought through a progressive lens.
☕ Free chai served | 🎟️ Free Event | All Are Welcome
Aligning Extremisms: How Christian Nationalism Is Fueling a Global Far-Right — and How We Resist
Aligning Extremisms: How Christian Nationalism Is Fueling a Global Far-Right — and How We Resist
Date & Time:
📅 Wednesday, June 26, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM ET
Location:
📍 Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register Here
Event Description:
Join Savera for a vital and urgent conversation at the next SRF365 webinar hosted by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We’ll explore the dangerous convergence of Christian nationalism with far-right Hindu, Muslim, and Jewish political movements—and how grassroots voices from impacted communities are pushing back.
This panel will highlight the global dimensions of rising religious nationalism and lift up the strategies of resistance rooted in solidarity, justice, and faith-based organizing.
Speakers include:
🔹 Faith and community leaders from diverse traditions
🔹 Organizers challenging the multiracial far-right
🔹 Advocates defending inclusive democracy and religious freedom
Let’s build together toward a world where faith uplifts—not oppresses.
Baithaks for Liberation: Celebrating Queerness in Hindu Thought and Practice
Celebrating Queerness in Hindu Thought and Practice
📅 Date: Sunday, June 22, 2025
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
📍 Location: Online
🔗 RSVP: tinyurl.com/JuneBaithak
Join us for a special Baithak for Liberation, where we honor and explore the rich, inclusive traditions of queerness within Hindu philosophy, mythology, and lived practice.
Together, we’ll reflect, share, and celebrate the beauty of gender diversity and fluidity as part of our sacred stories and social transformation.
Queer Sabha – A Night of South Asian Music & Pride
🎶 Queer Sabha – A Night of South Asian Music & Pride 🌈
📅 Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00 PM Dinner | 8:00 PM Performance
📍 Location: DC Sabha, Washington, D.C.
🎟️ Entry: $20
Join us for Queer Sabha, a vibrant evening of music, community, and celebration! Featuring the incredible Ben Parag alongside talented local performers, this Pride Month gathering spotlights the beauty and brilliance of South Asian queer expression.
Presented by DC Sabha, KhushDC, and Hindus for Human Rights, the night includes a shared dinner, live classical-fusion music, and joyful togetherness.
✨ All are welcome – come as you are!
Pyre – A Mountain of Love and Loss (as part of the New York Indian Film Festival 2025) NYC
🎬 North American Premiere: Pyre – A Mountain of Love and Loss (as part of the New York Indian Film Festival 2025)
📅 Saturday, June 21, 2025
🕧 12:30 PM
📍 Theatre 4, Village East by Angelika
181–189 2nd Avenue, New York, NY
🎟️ Tickets & Info: https://www.nyiff.us/schedule/
Presented by Bhagirathi Films, Pyre is the stirring true story of love, resistance, and survival in the face of caste violence. Written and directed by Vinod Kapri, and featuring debut performances by Padam Singh and Hira Devi.
Faith-Based Affordable Housing Summit
Faith-Based Affordable Housing Summit
Hosted by: New York State Council of Churches
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY — and Online
Description:
Join churches, housing professionals, developers, advocates, and trustees for a full-day summit exploring how faith communities can lead in developing affordable housing. Learn from successful case studies and explore:
Faith-based affordable housing projects that work
Financing models and funding sources
Public policy tools and advocacy strategies
Pre-development planning models for congregations
Whether in-person or online — your participation matters.
📌 Register and view the full agenda here: https://www.nyscoc.org/event/rebuilding-the-sacred-hearts-of-our-community
🖥️ Virtual attendance available — register to receive your Zoom link!
Lilly’s Library: Celebrating South Asian Storytellers, NYC
Lilly’s Library: Celebrating South Asian Storytellers
📅 Monday, June 16, 2025
🕡 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 New York, NY (Exact address provided upon registration)
🎟️ Tickets: $25
Hosted by Brown Girl Magazine 💜, this special evening honors the vibrant voices of South Asian storytellers who are reshaping literature, film, media, and beyond. Come celebrate narratives that reflect our complexities, histories, humor, and hope.
📚 Expect powerful readings, lively conversation, and a room full of community and connection.