Her parents named her ... Swastika. She wants you to understand why

Nbcwashington · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 14, 2026 · 571 words · By Rosie Colosi; TODAY

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What to know about Her parents named her ... Swastika. She wants you to understand why

When she was growing up, Swastika Sah, 26, didn’t realize there was anything potentially “controversial” about her name.

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What happened

When she was growing up, Swastika Sah, 26, didn’t realize there was anything potentially “controversial” about her name.

Why it matters

That’s because where she was born in Nepal, there wasn’t.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “her family moved to Texas in 2008”

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The provided evidence for this claim contains general Wikipedia entries about Confederate monuments and Temple Jacob, and a LinkedIn profile, but none of the provided evidence mentions the year 2008 or a move to Texas.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — More than 160 Confederate monuments and memorials to the Confederate States of America (CSA; the Confederacy) and associated figures have been removed from public spaces in the United States, all but …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Confederate_monumen…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Temple Jacob, officially the Congregation of Israel, is an historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 301 Front Street, in Hancock, in the Upper Peninsula region of Michigan, in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Jacob

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web search NEUTRAL — View Swastika Sah’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.Swastika Sah. New York City Metropolitan Area. 967 followers 500+ connections. See your mutual connections.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/swastikasah

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Claim 2: “she now lives in New York City”

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While the 'Evidence for claim 8' section says no evidence found, the 'Evidence for claim 6' section contains a LinkedIn profile for Swastika Sah that explicitly lists her location as 'New York City Metropolitan Area'.

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Claim 3: “the swastika symbol has been used by multiple cultures — Native American, Greek, Buddhist, Hindu — for thousands of years”

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Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, Smithsonian Magazine via web search, and BBC News) confirm the swastika's use by Hindu, Buddhist, Greek, and Native American cultures for thousands of years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Buddhism has existed in Greece since antiquity. Today, there is a sizable Buddhist community in Greece, comprising immigrants and native Greek converts. Buddhism has influenced Greek literary traditio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Greece

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Buddhism includes a wide array of divine beings that are venerated in various ritual and popular contexts. Initially they included mainly Indian figures such as devas, asuras and yakshas, but later ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_deities

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Following is a list of pantheons of deities in specific spiritual practices: African pantheons Armenian pantheon Aztec pantheon Buddhist pantheon Berber pantheon Burmese pantheon Canaanite pantheon C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pantheons

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Claim 4: “it is still used by white supremacist organizations today”

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Web search results explicitly state that the swastika is currently used by white supremacist organizations around the world.

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web search NEUTRAL — For other uses, see Swastika (disambiguation) . The swastika is a symbol with many styles and meanings and can be found in many cultures.
https://web.archive.org/web/20220610140620/https://en.wikipe…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to Smithsonian Magazine, the swastika symbol has been used by multiple cultures — Native American, Greek, Buddhist, Hindu — for thousands of years. Then anti-Semitic German groups began adop…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/pa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Today, the swastika is used by white supremacist organizations around the world. Antisemitic vandals frequently make headlines for spray-painting it on synagogues, Jewish community centers, children’s…
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-swastika-an-a…

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Claim 5: “On August 8, Sah decided to take a big swing and create an Instagram post about her name”

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Web search results explicitly state: 'On August 8, Sah decided to take a big swing and create an Instagram post about her name.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Zubeen Garg (1972–2025) was an Indian singer-songwriter whose work was primarily in Assamese, Bengali and Hindi films and music. Over a career spanning 33 years, He sang more than 40,000 songs in an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubeen_Garg_discography

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web search NEUTRAL — Porsche Logo Swastika Test. Quisa Zaderak 3,635,516 views 7 years ago. Copy link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefCxmU5pRo

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web search NEUTRAL — Im August 1889 machte Zmigrodski die Swastika unter anderem bei einem Kongress für Anthropologie und prähistorische Archäologie zum Thema.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

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Claim 6: “their small, isolated, religious Nepali village of Jankapur”

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Wikipedia confirms Janakpur is a city/hub in Nepal. While the claim calls it a 'small, isolated village', Wikipedia identifies it as a sub-metropolitan city and capital of Madhesh Province, making the 'village' description technically imprecise but the location in Nepal verified.

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web search NEUTRAL — Janakpur or Janakpurdham, is the capital city of Madhesh Province in Nepal. This sub-metropolitan city is a central hub for the Maithili language, as well as for religious and cultural tourism in Nepa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janakpur

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web search NEUTRAL — Bindhi is a village development committee in Dhanusa District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4,409 persons living.
https://mapcarta.com/Janakpur

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web search NEUTRAL — Village Tours.Janakpur is approximately 390 km and 10-hour drive from Kathmandu. Buses to district headquarter Janakpur city leave from Central Bus Station, Gongabu, Kathmandu. One can also take a 40-…
https://ntb.gov.np/janakpur

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Claim 7: “where she was born in Nepal”

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Web search results explicitly state that she was born in Nepal and describes her experience growing up there.

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web search NEUTRAL — In Österreich regelt das Verbotsgesetz 1947 den Umgang mit nationalsozialistischen Organisationen, Gedankengut und deren Symbolik und bestraft den Missbrauch. Das Europäische Parlament schlug auf deut…
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

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web search NEUTRAL — That’s because where she was born in Nepal, there wasn’t. “Growing up in Nepal, swastika was seen pretty much everywhere — on every doorstep, when someone gets married or you buy a new car or whatever…
https://www.today.com/parents/parents/one-woman-shares-contr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Swastika Symbolism And History In Eastern Traditions.
https://www.learnreligions.com/swastika-95991

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Claim 8: “Swastika Sah, 26”

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Web search results explicitly identify Swastika Sah as 26 years old in multiple mentions within the same reporting context.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, the fourth edition of awards presented to honour artistic and technical excellence in original programming on over-the-top streaming media in Hindi-language. Web original sho…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — National Bolshevism, whose supporters are known as National Bolsheviks and colloquially as Nazbols, is a syncretic political movement committed to combining ultranationalism and Bolshevik communism. T…
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Claim 9: “anti-Semitic German groups began adopting it in the early 20th century”

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Web search results (referencing Smithsonian Magazine) explicitly state that anti-Semitic German groups began adopting the symbol in the early 20th century.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Antisemitism, or Jew-hatred, is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who harbours it is called an antisemite. Whether antisemitism is considered a form of racism d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The German People's Party (German: Deutsche Volkspartei, DVP) was a conservative-liberal political party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party of the German E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_People's_Party

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Semitic people or Semites is an obsolete term for an ethnic, cultural or racial group formerly used in connection with ancient and modern peoples of the Middle East including Akkadians (Assyrians and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_people

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