For decades, many observers have noted a disturbing trend: a section of the Western liberal establishment—including media outlets, academia, NGOs, and tech platforms—often appears to favor Islamist narratives while portraying Hindu groups in a negative light. This double standard is frustrating, especially given the peaceful, pluralistic tradition of Hinduism. But why does this happen?
Many mainstream media outlets gets their funding from middle eastern money-bags and hence tends to take anti-India stand most of the time. These sell-outs preach democracy and secularism to peace loving Hinđū/s! India is home to almost all the religions (faith) in the world. That is testimony of peace loving nature of its majority population. Just because most Hinđū/s are poor and don't normally lobby with anybody, sell-outs stand against India.
Western IT majors like Google have allowed anti-India pro-Abrahamic lobbies to dominate their plateforms.
Western academia evolved with strong guilt for its colonial past, which led to an overcorrection: Muslims are often viewed as perpetual victims of imperialism and Islamophobia, while Hindus—despite facing centuries of Islamic invasions and British rule—are miscast as “dominant majoritarians.”
Modern left-liberal ideology tends to reduce complex realities to binaries. Because Hindus form the majority in India, they are reflexively labeled “oppressors,” even in cases where they are minorities regionally or historically wronged.
Global outlets like The New York Times, BBC, and Al Jazeera often portray Indian politics through the lens of secularism threatened by Hindutva, while ignoring radical or violent Islamist movements. NGOs with Western funding often adopt the same ideological framing.
Due to fear of violent backlash, many media houses tread cautiously around Islamist extremism. Hinduism, being non-violent and non-proselytizing, becomes an easier target for criticism.
Major tech companies—including YouTube, Google, and Twitter (now X)—are run by people shaped by liberal Western education systems. Their content moderation often flags criticism of Islamism while allowing anti-Hindu content to flourish.
It’s a confluence of ideological rigidity, ignorance, and selective empathy. Hindus must assert their narrative calmly and intelligently.
Western media and tech platforms have often been accused of biased portrayals of Hindus and soft-pedaling of Islamist extremism. Below are real-world examples highlighting this trend.
During the anti-CAA protests, violence erupted in Delhi. While both Hindus and Muslims died, global outlets like The New York Times and BBC largely framed the conflict as a Hindu-led pogrom against Muslims, ignoring the complexity and evidence of Islamist violence.
The Wall Street Journal called Diwali celebrations elitist and polluting, while treating Ramadan and Christmas with admiration. Hindu rituals are often exoticized or mocked; others are praised.
Post Article 370 abrogation, BBC showed only Muslim suffering while ignoring the 1990 ethnic cleansing of Kashmiri Pandits and the role of Pakistan-backed terrorists.
When Islamists carried out attacks like the Charlie Hebdo killings, Western media shifted focus to “Islamophobia” rather than ideological roots.
The 1990 exodus of over 300,000 Kashmiri Hindus is either ignored or called a “political narrative.” When the film The Kashmir Files spotlighted it, it was dismissed by major Western publications as “propaganda.”
Hindus aren’t asking for privilege—only equal treatment. Asserting Hindu narratives with clarity, facts, and dignity is essential in the face of global misinformation.