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Pranay Somayajula and Nikhil Mandalaparthy

Pranay Somayajula is Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator for Hindus for Human Rights. He recently completed his BA at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he double majored in Political Science and International Affairs with a minor in Peace Studies. Before joining HfHR, they served on the board of Students Against Hindutva Ideology (SAHI) as Co-Director of Research. | Nikhil Mandalaparthy is Advocacy Director for Hindus for Human Rights. He received a B.A. in Public Policy Studies from the University of Chicago, and an M.P.P. from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, and his writing and reporting on religion and politics in South Asia and its diaspora has appeared in Indian, Pakistani, and American media outlets such as Scroll, The Diplomat, Dawn, and Kajal Magazine.

Archive, OMFG, Racial JusticeMarch 18, 2022

Arguments That Caste Protections ‘Unjustly Target’ South Asians Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny

By Pranay Somayajula and Nikhil Mandalaparthy

Earlier this year the California State University Board of Trustees unanimously ratified the California Faculty…

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