"Some local party officials, including those of South Asian backgrounds, turn a blind eye to the slander if it gives their preferred candidate a leg up. This is a mistake and only legitimises bigotry as a political weapon."

"We are so concerned about these threats that my kids are not able to attend school, we have not cooked and eaten food properly for a few days."

Under the proposed legislation, the maximum penalty for an individual flouting the ban would be a $5500 fine or imprisonment for six months or both.

"Mehreen Faruqi is part of that elaborate Greens plan which attacks Hindus and Jews for resisting their historical persecution."

Many social commentators said that with missing bindis and tilak on the foreheads of the models, one thing is clear that Fabindia is not celebrating a Hindu festival but it's appropriated version.'

It's just that Orientalism and Hinduphobia have found new homes in Western South Asian Departments where the same colonial theories get pushed with Brown faces.

The President of the Shree Sanatan Dharm Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji, Sarju Prasad has condemned the act labelling it as "shameful and intolerable."

Hindus organising Durga Puja prayers were denied permission saying “We note that this is a form of idol-worshipping which is morally inappropriate and against our Christian values. As such, APPROVAL IS NOT GRANTED to host this event.”

Hindus are being pushed into a corner bracketed with fascists, neo-Nazis, White supremacists, and other such hate groups.

"Ania Loomba her husband Suvir Kaul, and their son Tariq Thachil are the mastermind of this propaganda."