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Sattion dollars: how Hindu nationalist organizations fund ethnic violence in India with money raised in the U.S.

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| March 22, 2005 | Din, Suleman | COPYRIGHT 2005 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

at first glance, it seemed like a typical rubber-chicken political dinner.

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Giant Indian and U.S. flags draped downwards and covered much of the center wall in the ballroom at the Royal Albert Palace in New Jersey last March 20.

"INDIA SHINING: TO A BRIGHTER DESTINY," proclaimed a large plastic banner. Speaker after speaker praised India's development under the Bharatiya Janata Party--India's Hindu nationalist coalition government, which was in power from 1998 until its defeat to the Congress Party in May 2004.

The gala typified the substantial support that Hindu nationalists in India have managed to organize in ...

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