Parishad

/ ˈpʌrɪʃəd /

noun

1. (in India) an assembly

Word History and Origins

Origin of Parishad¹

Hindi

Example Sentences

Lakshman Bansal, an official of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a far-right group linked to India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party, said that when he read the lions’ names in a Bengali newspaper it “felt provocative.”

From New York Times

Alok Kumar, the president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the R.S.S. offshoot that has led the decades-long temple movement, said the destruction of the Mughal structure — which he asserted the Muslim rulers had erected to drain Hindu “willpower and self-respect” — and the building of the temple were crucial to a Hindu revival.

From New York Times

"There is absolutely no evidence of such a trap being run by Hindus," says Alok Kumar, head of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a Hindutva organisation.

From BBC

Dheepa Sundaram, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Denver, said groups such as Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America with ties to India have been very active in opposing the bill.

From Los Angeles Times

Just a few examples among many: the Hindu American Foundation, a 20-year-old nonprofit that emerged from the Islamophobic Vishwa Hindu Parishad group that is a Sangh Parivar member; the World Hindu Council of America, which is designated as an overseas branch of the VHP; and the Coalition of Hindus of North America, whose leaders are affiliated with the VHP and the United States Hindu Alliance—the latter of which was formed by former volunteers with the Sangh Parivar’s century-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh group.

From Slate