In ‘Echoes of the Silenced,’ Personal Stories Shed Light on Oppression of Hindus Over the Last 100 Years

When a group of college-age Hindus created an educational Instagram account about Hinduism in 2020, writing a 150-page history book seemed like a far stretch. But the about-30 young adults behind The American Hindu — a first-of-its-kind publication house created in partnership with Hindu YUVA, which seeks to preserve Hindu culture and empower youth — is now releasing their second publication in two years.

Their new book, “Echoes of the Silenced,” seeks to uncover the long-overlooked history of persecution faced by Hindus worldwide, the authors said. Compiling research and more than 50 interviews with survivors in North America, the book describes over a dozen incidents involving discrimination, exodus and genocide spanning the past century in South and Central Asia. It also emphasizes intergenerational trauma experienced by descendants in the diaspora.

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