In countries such as the UK, South Africa, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, Indian community leaders and Hindu organisations are demanding that the most important national festival of Hindus, Diwali, be considered for inclusion on the national calendar as a public holiday.
Some social media users appreciated the advertisement for its inclusivity and progressive depiction of Hindu marriage but others said it has targeted the LGBTIQ community and Hindu festival.
“Our values embody service before self and this can be clearly defined by the Hindu word ‘Sewa’, which can mean service, commitment and dedication to others.
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.
Nearly half of Muslim respondents say partition of India hurt communal relations with Hindus (48%), while fewer say it was a good thing for Hindu-Muslim relations (30%). While two-thirds of Sikhs (66%) say partition was a bad thing for Hindu-Muslim relations.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.