EDITORIAL & ANALYSIS ARCHIVE


August 2008

Knife crime: my two cents - Recently the subject of knife crime in Britain has caught the national attention more than ever before...

Letters to the Editor - Readers speak their minds...

Hindu temples lead the way in Green Technology - Many of the most famous holy shrines in India have emerged as leading centers in the implementation of green technology...

How should Hindus relate to Western culture?- The two needn’t stand in conflict with one another...

 

May 2008

Hindus contribute to Labour's election thrashing - Having spoken to dozens of Hindus regarding who they voted for in the May 1st elections...

Letters to the Editor - Readers speak their minds...

India's flawed stance on China & Tibet - It was an act symptomatic of an ever weaker and submissive stance towards China...

Inadequate support structures within the Hindu community: A Case Study - Service of people and helping each other in times of hardship is an important aspect of Hindu dharma...

 

Shivratri 2008

Issues of violence amongst Hindus in the UK - “All Hindu youngsters go to university and get good white collar jobs, and act as pillars of the community”...

Letters to the Editor - Readers speak their minds...

Don't become an N.R.Idiot - Eyewitness A.Kumar reports...

Shiv Sena under the microscope - most young Hindus in the west assume it to be some kind of religious vigilante organisation or gangster outfit...

 

December 2007

Hindi TV Serials – The Housewive’s Ruin - Indian TV serials harm our socila fabric, argues Rudra Chatterjee ...

Letters to the Editor - Readers speak their minds...

A Malay(s) in Asia - Sandeep Sharma on the recent events in Malaysia...

Am I a Hindu? - Well I've always thought so, but ...

 

Diwali 2007

Happy online Diwali to all our readers - Surprisingly perhaps, the internet has turned out a boon to who are struggling to celebrate Diwali ...

Letters to the Editor - Readers speak their minds...

Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and India - A guest artical by David Frawley...

Views on the Saudi King's UK visit - Sheena Patel reports on different reactions ...

 

September 2007

The spirit of Navratri lives on - Editor Neha Gohil's thoughts on Navratri in Brition today...

Letters to the Editor - Readers Speak their minds...

Fear of a failed Garba - Hindu Voice UK's Rajesh Patel describes his first Garba event...

Yoga teacher expelled from two churches - Were the church within their rights?...

 

August 2007

Ultraviolent videogames - Harmless fun or sowing the seeds of destruction...

Hindu Voice Editorial Policy - Some important points to clarify for our users...

Is the term 'Bollywood' demeaning? - Too many, the word conveys a serious lack of originality...

Indian soldiers in Jammu & Kashmir - Living every day not knowing if it's going to be the last...

 

 

July 2007

1984 & the Future of Hindu-Sikh Relations - An overview of one of the most controversial issues of morden Indian History...

Dhotis versus Trousers - An amusing remnant of British Colonialism in Chennai...

Hindu Funerals go green - A beautiful example of the evolving pratice of Hinduism...

Even bigger trouble in little Southall - After a number of responses from readers...

 

 

May - June 2007

1857 to 2007 - This month marks the 150th anniverssary of an improtant in both British and Indian History , which has not been given the coverage it deserves...

Mockery of practicing Hindus in the UK - Young Hindus in this country are often mocked for...

Entering the Hindu fold - More and more people from non-Hindu backgrounds are taking up Hindu Dharma...

Big trouble in little Southall - Nidhi Bahtia reports on temple committees behaving badly...

 

 

April 2007

Meet the Writers - Been reading Hindu Voice UK, Find out who writes it...

Lay off meat eating Hindus...PLEASE - Some things just have to be said...

Only in America? - A comment on the Virginia Tech shooting...

Don't go to university…If you want your children to! - The well-known 'Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty' scarcely requires an introduction...

 

 

March 2007

Cricket Crazy Nation - 'When I heard that the India lost to Bangladesh,the only Indian who was actually happy'...

Hindus in the Army - Hindus are more likely than any other ethnic or religious group to "want to fight for Britain"...

The Campaign to save Rama's Bridge - A guest artical by Hindu Human Rights, on Rama's Bridge...

HinduUnity.org versus Rahul Gandhi - The well-known 'Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty' scarcely requires an introduction...

 

 

February 2007

Ayurveda's bleak future - New British legislation will endanger authentic Ayurveda...

The dreaded 'H-word' - An analysis of the tendency of many Hindu-inspired groups to vehemently deny any connections with Hinduism...

Yitzak Rabin and Mahatma Gandhi - A Tale of two murders, which show remarkable similarity...

The Criminal Hindu? - Traditional Indian society prided itself on its non - criminal nature...

 

 

January 2007

Big Brother and 1984 - Little known to many, the man who first coined 'Big Brother'...

A call for the 'Intellectual Kshatriya' - The need of the day...

A call for the 'Intellectual Kshatriya' - The need of the day...

Empire in classrooms - For the first time of legacy of the British Empire is to be taught...

 

 

December 2006

One year of Hindu Voice UK! - 2006 has been a great year for Hindu Voice UK...

Celebrating Christmas as a Hindu - The festival has a universal appeal that is beyond...

Plenty of fish is the sea? - Not any more...

Tony Blair on the Slave Trade - An apologetic non-apology (if that makes sense)...

 

 

November 2006

The Chai-Pakora mentality - Rajun Shah writes a highly critical piece on the current mentality...

"I am a Hindu first" - Why are we stuck in this rhetoric of giving endless importance to divisions...

Our holidays to India - India is thought of as one of the best holiday destinations in the world, but...

Saddam and the West - A large part of the Saddam story is being omitted from the coverage...

 

 

October 2006

Editorial - One couldn't help being struck by a sad sense of déjà vu at the news of another...

The Vested Property Act - Bangladesh's constitutional tool of repression of the country's Hindus...

University Diwali Show rant - If you look at most Asian or Indian societies at campuses across...

Hindu nationalism versus Hindu universalism - Hindu nationalism can be defined as...

 

 

September 2006

Editorial - Namaste and welcome back to Hindu Voice UK...

Eating of Meat and Beef in the Hindu Tradition - It was on the 6th August 1972 that Idi Amin...

Why a Hindu temple is NOT like a Soho phone booth - It was nearing Diwali and my family had placed a swastika design...

Capitalism and communism - Nowadays your average shopping area is completely dominated...

 

 

August 2006

Editorial - Foreign policy is never a good enough excuse...

Remembering the Ugandan Indian exodus - It was on the 6th August 1972 that Idi Amin...

The Swastika story - It was nearing Diwali and my family had placed a swastika design...

Capitalism and communism - Nowadays your average shopping area is completely dominated...

 

 

July 2006

Editor's note - With one of the hottest British summers in a very long while...

Kali in the western media - Some days back I was discussing classic films with friends...

How non-Hindus were Hindus historically? - The image of the mild, non-violent, vegetarian Hindu animates...

Was the British Raj good for India? - To the vast majority of Hindus in the UK, who are also vociferously proud of their Indian...

 

 

June 2006

Editorial - The closure of the art exhibition at Asia House send a dangerous message...

Do our temples really serve the community - An analysis of the role of Hindu temples in Britain...

Hindus in Pakistan: a history - There are approximately five times more Hindus in Pakistan than in Britain...

Which Hindu leaders supported the Nazis? - An analysis of the stance of the four most infuential...

 

May 2006

Editorial - This month sees the launch of a new section of Hindu Voice UK...

Career choices - Stuck in the middle amongst a herd of sheep...

Hindus of Holland - After the UK, the second largest Hindu community in Europe...

The Kashmir problem - An insight into the Kashmir problem...

 

 

April 2006

Editorial: Why you should vote of May 4th - If you can't be bothered to vote on May 4th, maybe this will make you reconsider...

Disenchanted with the 'Asian' label - Sometimes the label can blind us to important facts, argues Rajun Shah...

Hindu Tolerance: Fact or Myth? - For a long time, 'tolerance' was spoken of as a characteristic feature of Hinduism...

Poverty in Britain - Surprising statistics...

 

 

March 2006

Editorial & letters

In the shadows of the success story - While we take pride in our successes, are we forgetting some uncomfortable facts...

Hinduism and globalisation - Globalisation is an important trend in the modern world...

Hindus of the Caribbean - The winds of time have scattered Hindus to the most far-flung and unlikely places...

 

 

February 2006

Editorial & letters

Hindus and the BNP - The message left by the racist vandals is clear for all to see...

Mohammed cartoon issues: rights & wrongs - the mass outrage in the Muslim world has been dominating...

Protecting Krishna's land - The campaign to reverse the degradation of Braj...

 

 

January 2006

Editorial - Namaste & welcome to the first issue of Hindu Voice UK...

Hindus, the "Tebbit Test" & Terrorism in London - Back in 1990 when former Conservative Chairman Lord Tebbit proposed the "Cricket Team Test" for ethnic minorities in the UK...

Nepal in Crisis - A brief background to the current crisis in the world's only Hindu country...

Russian Archishop offends Hindus by calling Lord Krishna an "evil demon"...