UK-based Financial Times resorts to Hinduphobia, target Hindu Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi Gabbard has been a prominent figure in US politics. She has a distinguished military background that includes three deployments to conflict zones in the Middle East and Africa. She is also the first Hindu Congresswoman and she took the oath of office on Bhagwad Geeta. She has often alarmed the world about the rise of Hinduphobia. Now, interestingly, Tulsi Gabbard and the whole Hindu community were recently at the receiving end of a Hinduphobia attack from none other than the Financial Times. While the publishing house tries to project itself as the champion of liberal values like equality, non-discrimination, and freedom of faith, it has brazenly displayed Hinduphobia in one of its opinionate articles…  

In this article, we will see the latest Hinduphobic reference made by a rabid anti-India, anti-Hindu UK-based publishing house, the Financial Times. 

In their latest piece on Donald Trump’s new Cabinet, Financial Times’ US-centric writer and Associate Editor Edward Luce penned a critical opinion piece about how Trump’s choices are a misfit. 

When it came to Tulsi Gabbard, the ‘senior columnist’ and global stature media house failed to do justice to its reader and went on to hurt the sentiments of the billion-strong Hindu community. Instead of basing his argument on defence and other administrative credentials of Gabbard, Luce hit below the belt and went on to define Tulsi Gabbard as a “devotee of obscure religious cult”. For those unversed, Tulsi Gabbard is a Hindu. 

Gabbard holds a degree in international business and is serving as the Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve and is serving as Battalion Commander of the 1/354 Regiment in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

However, for Financial Times, her credentials carry no weightage as for them, the only credentials that matter for an imperial media house are that she is the first practicing Hindu faith Congresswoman. 

Interestingly, while the writer trod on sentiments of the billions of Hindu devotees, the paragon of journalism, the Financial Times had no qualms in giving space to the Hinduphobic reference and they allowed the editor to define Hinduism as an obscure religious cult. 

The fact that FT must understand is that calling Hinduism obscure does not make them one instead it makes pretty sure that FT staff’s knowledge of the world has nosedived to an all-time low as Hinduism is a religion with over 1.2 billion population and is the oldest religion in the world. 

It’s strange how a so-called champion of liberal values can get so low that it could demean another religion and how it turns a blind eye to such a glaring fact. Being a Hindu holds no importance to leading 18 agencies of the security architecture of the nation. However, being a devout Hindu Tulsi Gabbard will prove to be tolerant, assimilative, and just. 

But what drove Luce to make such a loose and filthy analysis is his innate bias that often takes wisdom away from anyone. Since, Trump’s victory, the FT portal and Luce’s pieces are filled with bigoted ranting against Trump. With that bias, if he gets to demean Hindus, it’s the best treat for any ultra-left creature like him. 

Whatsoever he rants or FT cries, they must know that they can not control public sentiment. If their ultra-left is not reaching out to the public, it will be wiped out. And people like Luce can’t course correct, they will bite the dust and get humiliated with their wisdom lacking comparisons and definitions for others.