The skies were blue over the 42nd Annual India Day Parade in New York City on 18 August, yet the entire event was overshadowed by over a week of protest surrounding a single one of the over 40 floats that flooded the streets of Manhattan.
A multiracial coalition of human rights and interfaith organisations in the United States has raised concerns about the inclusion of an anti-Muslim float at the India Day Parade scheduled to be held in New York City on 18 August, 2024.