Anupama Mandavilli
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Anupama Mandavilli (or Anu Mandavilli) is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication at Southern California, where she has been since 1998. She is described as "thirtysomething activist with Friends of South Asia (FOSA)" by reporter Vrinda Normand of Metroactive. Her work involves ethnic identities. FOSA has recently come under fire for allegedly being an anti-India and anti-Hindu group, with allegations of links to Islamic terrorist outfits.
She has served as a judge for "A Literary Evening Brings Left-Leaning Writers" event organized by FOSA along with Ijaz Syed, and Abira Ashfaq [1], sponsored by Dr. Khawaja Ashraf, Editor of the online PakistanWeekly.com.
She was actively involved in opposing the edits proposed by two Hindu organizations in the 6th grade curriculum Californian Hindu textbook controversy. She was an active participant in the hearings, supporing the anti-Hindu part of the discussion. She stated that claiming Hindus are native to India is part of the Hindutva agenda. She also claimed that "The edits represent the systematic erasure of women and Dalits in India," insisting that the caste system still "defines life in India" and gender discrimination thrives." The facts disagree with her claims on most counts.
In an interview with KCBS anchor Jane McMillan she said that historical India is now three countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.audio.
