Brett Chapman, a Native America Attorney in Tulsa, OK, with ~28K followers on Twitter, while responding to a Twitter user, tweets: “I like my Indian followers but a lot of you people are literally more close-minded fundamentalists than the Christians on religion. It’s sad to see people like that. Your religion is fantasy, too. Hate to break it to you. I knew when I posted this there’d be Hindus on here hating”.

In a Twitter thread, Melinda Byerley, CEO and Co-Founder of Fiddlehead (a digital marketing consultancy), who also mentions “Diversity in Tech” in her Twitter bio, with more than 16K followers, based in San Jose, California, tweeted: “Wtf is up with immigrants who come to silicon valley, get rich, and suddenly decide that America needs less taxes, education, and social support? Peter Theil, Vinod Khosla… the list goes on. Just take your money and go. Stop trying to turn America into the caste system/apartheid systems you came from. You came here under a system. It made you rich. Now you dislike it. It’s bullshit. Go home. Especially interesting is the non-white flavor of this kind of rich tech immigrant, many of whom seem particularly determined to stop their children from learning the history of race in America. My advice to other states and countries is don’t let these kinds of parasites gain a foothold in your area. Tax the living shit out of them and see them for what they are: strip miners who will not rest til they ruin everything.

In Thiruvannamalai, at the Arunachaleswarar temple light festival, it is forbidden to give free food distribution. Also, special buses and trains are not allowed. On deepam day Girivalam was banned for devotees.

BWCA Rob, in response to the article shared about the Diwali message of the Vatican that said Christianity and Hinduism ‘can bring the light of hope in people’s lives.’, responds in a tweet: “Demons never bring hope”. The account appears to be of a person Rob (profile description says “Husband to @Hbly13 and father to two amazing little sons on Earth and 3 children in Heaven. My Catholicism trumps everything else.”) and the location mentioned in his Twitter profile is Ely, Minnesota.

BWCA Rob, in response to a Twitter chain on The Archdiocese of New York’s Diwali greeting to Hindus, responds to a Hindu user in a tweet: “Your demon “gods” have already been defeated by Christ. Repent and believe in the Gospel.” The account appears to be of a person Rob (profile description says “Husband to @Hbly13 and father to two amazing little sons on Earth and 3 children in Heaven. My Catholicism trumps everything else.”) and the location mentioned in his Twitter profile is Ely, Minnesota.

BWCA Rob, in response to a Twitter chain on The Archdiocese of New York’s Diwali greeting to Hindus, responds to a Hindu user in a tweet: “Your demon “gods” have already been defeated by Christ. Repent and believe in the Gospel.” The account appears to be of a person Rob (profile description says “Husband to @Hbly13 and father to two amazing little sons on Earth and 3 children in Heaven. My Catholicism trumps everything else.”) and the location mentioned in his Twitter profile is Ely, Minnesota.

Rigid Restorationist, in response to The Archdiocese of New York’s Diwali greeting to Hindu, responds in a Tweet: “All pagan gods are demons. Is this what Nostra Aetate was for? I spit on Ganesha, Vishnu, Krishna and all pagan demons.” The account, based on the profile description that says “Católico ☧ Nacional-Sindicalista ⚒ Albizuista ☩ En / español #VivaPuertoRicoLibre”, seems to be based on Puerto Rico.

BWCA Rob, in response to The Archdiocese of New York’s Diwali greeting to Hindus, responds in a Tweet: “We can’t bless demons…” The account appears to be of a person Rob (profile description says “Husband to @Hbly13 and father to two amazing little sons on Earth and 3 children in Heaven. My Catholicism trumps everything else.”) and the location mentioned in his Twitter profile is Ely, Minnesota.

Upon highlighting the Hinduphobic post of "Other Collective", a student-run organization in UC Davis, that called for "Say No to Diwali" and maligned Hindus, the Instagram post of HinduOnCampus was deleted twice in spite of appropriate credits given for using the content of "Other Collective".

In an Instagram post on November 2nd, 2021, the account (@other_collective), a student-run organization in the University of California, Davis campus, said: “Diwali, also known as Festival of Lights, is celebrated by millions of South Asians annually. However, little attention is given to its casteist history and origins. Swipe to learn about why you should say no to Diwali this year and instead commit to the abolition of the caste system.” The organization, Other Collective, is founded by Kimia Akbari (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimia-akbari-5b6a02144/) In a post of 10 cards, the group alleges: 1) Diwali is celebrated by Savarna Hindus and is extremely violent for Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis and Bahujans 2) Diwali is celebrated as defeat of Asuras (today’s Bahujans, according to them) by Suras (Savarnas) 3) Ram and Laxman cut Shrupnakha’s nose, ears and breasts and Sita’s abduction was in response to mutilating Shrupnakha’s body 4) Ravana is venerated by caste-oppressed people 5) Hindu diaspora continues to exclude Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists The post quotes Kancha Illiah Shephard for many of the assertions. At the end, it asks for money for organizations like Equality Labs.

Navatman, an organization that calls itself “dedicated to South Asian performing arts”, and is based in NYC, released publicity material for their dance theater film – The Mahabharata of Vengeance & Promises. The material claimed that Mahabharata was NOT a text for Hinduism but rather comes in hundreds of regional versions, religious versions, and languages, and actually anyone from South Asian region can choose to feel that it is part of their history. It adds on, “It’s just an amazing story and piece of historical literature that belongs to ALL traditions, localities and peoples of South Asia”. The promotion material also maligns India, saying it wouldn’t be simple and “safe” doing this in India, so they are doing it in the US.