Idnani

MEMORANDUM **

Sonia Kumar Idnani, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) affirming without opinion the decision of an Immigration Judge (“IJ”) denying Idnani’s applications for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 and deny the petition for review.

Substantial evidence supports the IJ’s finding that Idnani failed to establish *807 past persecution. In both her written asylum application and her own testimony, Idnani states that she has never been mistreated, harassed or harmed on account of her race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Moreover, Idnani’s claim of past persecution by the Indian government due to its alleged failure to preserve the Sindhi culture fads because the record establishes that the decline of the Sindhi culture is attributable to historical assimilation by Sindhis in Indian culture, rather than any official government policy aimed at repression of Sindhis.

Substantial evidence also supports the IJ’s finding that Idnani failed to establish a well-founded fear of future persecution. Idnani’s…