Sunita Viswanath is a United States-based women’s and human rights activist accused of being a “proxy” for billionaire US investor George Soros, find out more about her brief biography, profession, education, husband, awards and achievements, and more
The controversies around Sunita come from allegations that Soros funded her NGO for Afghan women.
Who is Sunita Viswanath, biography, age, first and second husband, parents, family, education
#SmritiIrani alleges Congress-Soros-Jamaat link! Who is #SunitaViswanath, why is Rahul Gandhi meeting her? Congress' @Charanssapra responds
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— News18 (@CNNnews18) June 28, 2023
Furthermore, Sunita Viswanath, the founder of HfHR, has links to Soros and ties to Bhajan Singh Bhinder, a declared Khalistani terrorist in 2011. Is this not concerning, especially for a party that seeks to serve the Indian public's interest?
(3/n)https://t.co/eIYo6niQlx— Radical Watch (@RadicalWatchOrg) June 29, 2023
Jamat-e-Islami's HfHR's Sunita Viswanath says BJP's #Hindus are "… an aberration of #Hinduism the worst, evil, twisted, violent, destructive form.." "…..we do not accept an angry & warring Lord Rama that doesn't have his consort Sita by his side…." pic.twitter.com/lNTBhDUkqg
— Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) (@HinduHate) June 24, 2023
Serious concerns regarding the connections of Rahul Gandhi's Congress USA inner circle: An alarming revelation indicates that one member of the circle is directly funded by Soros, with ties to organizations linked to ISI and Jamat e Islami, known for terror activities.
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— Radical Watch (@RadicalWatchOrg) June 2, 2023
The controversies came out after her alleged meeting with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during his recent visit to the US.
Sunita Viswanath surrounded in controversy
During a recent press conference on Wednesday, Union Minister Smriti Irani made some comments attacking the Congress party and questioning Rahul Gandhi’s alleged meeting in the USA with Sunita Vishwanath.
She stated:
When it is clear to every Indian what George Soros intends to do, why is Rahul Gandhi hobnobbing with those who are funded by Soros? It is also evident that this is not the only Soros connection. Even in Bharat Jodo Yatra in Karnataka, the Global Vice President of the Open Society Foundation, funded by George Soros, was found accompanying Rahul Gandhi”
Irani further said:
What is extremely distressing is the link with the Islamic Circle of North America” she said, adding that if one ran a public domain search on the registration process for NRI interaction with Rahul Gandhi in New York, s/he will find the contact of Tazeem Ansari”
“The Gandhi family once again proved the extent that they can go to suppress the truth even after they get the power in a state (Karnataka). But information available on public domain reveals that the meeting was convened by those with links with Jamaat and the meeting was with those with links with George Soros.”
Sunita Viswanath brief bio and profession
55 year old Sunita Viswanath is a women’s rights activist, who was born in Chennai, India, and moved to the United States at an early age. Aside from being an activist, she is the co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights – a US-based organisation. Sunita also co-founded the Women for Afghan Women (WAW) in 2001, a nonprofit humanitarian organization.
She later co-founded Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus in 2011, a progressive Hindu movement aligned with social justice commitments to anti-casteism and anti-racism. In 2019, she co-founded Hindus for Human Rights (HfHR). The organization is a US-based advocacy group that aims to promote religious pluralism in North America and South Asia. Just recently, she was accused of being a “proxy” for George Soros. This comes in relation to the allegations that her NGO for Afghan women received funds from the billionaire US investor.
Education
Sunita obtained her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Douglass College, Rutgers University. She later obtained her MA in sociology from SNDT Women’s University.
Marriage
Sunita Viswanath was previously married to writer Suketu Mehta. However, the couple separated and she is now married to Stephan Shaw, a who is an active member of the Jewish Voice for Peace organization.
She has three sons, Gautama, Akash, Satya and lives in Brooklyn, NY and Taos, NM with her husband Stephan Shaw, their sons and her parents.
Awards and achievements
Back in 2015, Sunita won the title of White House “Champion of Change” in recognition of her work with Sadhana. She won the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Global Women’s Rights Award in 2011 for her work with WAW. However, she is no longer affiliated with the award after being named as a defendant in a defamation case filed by the Hindu American Foundation in May 2021.