It is no secret that US President Donald Trump has a special place in his heart for Hindus. He counts Shalabh Kumar, founder and president of the Republican Hindu Coalition in the US, among his close aides who contributed to his presidential campaign. Trump, at an election event, proclaimed how he would be a friend of the “Indians and Hindus” if elected. But it is also no secret that Trump has a special place in the “Hindu” conscience. Take, for instance, the Hindu Sena, a right-wing group that celebrated Trump’s birthday in New Delhi last year to celebrate the “messiah