NYC Hindus 4 Diwali demonstrate at City Hall

Friday 10 April 2015 - The NYC Hindu Coalition joined with more than two dozen other organizations and nearly 200 Hindus to demonstrate outside City Hall for the inclusion of Hindu holidays in NYC public schools or further substantial representation of Hinduism on these days in public school and civic offices. There are nearly .5 Million Hindus in the NYC area, but unlike Christians, Jews and now Muslims (who recently received the Eid holiday), Hindus have no time off for Diwali, Holi or other major festivals, nor do they perceive to be proportionately represented in the classroom or city legislature. With the population of Hindus rapidly growing in America, and with so many new converts to the eternal religion, the time has come for Hindus to assert our identity. Big thanks to Sitangshu Guha and the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) for organizing the event. The demonstration was covered by the Times of Guyana and NY1.

SEE GUYANA TIMES WRITE UP:

http://www.guyanatimesgy.com/2015/04/20/hsai-divali-protest/

SEE NY1 COVERAGE:

http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2015/04/11/community-leaders-urge-mayor-to-add-three-hindu-holidays-to-school-calendar.html

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