Yvette Rosser
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1952 –
Who is Yvette Rosser?
Yvette Claire Rosser, also known as Ram Rani, is an American writer and scholar. She identifies as a Hindu and teaches Hinduism to Westerners.
Rosser first visited India in 1970, where she met her guru, Neem Karoli Baba, who advised her to go to graduate school. She subsequently attended the University of Texas at Austin, where her Master's thesis in the Department of Asian Studies examined the treatment of India in the social studies curriculum and how India and Hinduism are described in academic treatments. Her Ph.D. dissertation is a study of the politics of history in South Asia.
Rosser is a co-creator of the International Day Without Violence held on April 4. She is co-founder of the G. M. Syed Memorial Committee. Its objectives are to educate the international community about G. M. Syed's message of non-violence, democracy, secularism, and the right to self-determination for Sindhis and other oppressed nations, and to advocate and support other organizations promoting human rights, religious tolerance, environmental responsibility, equal rights for women and religious minorities, as well as conflict resolution and peaceful initiatives in Sindh.
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