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Re:
'Hindu view of scriptures'
Dear
Hindu Voice UK,
Although
many of your articles on spirituality are well written and informative,
why do some of them have to be loaded with ‘We are the Best’
rhetoric? I refer to the comparisons to other religions that are
contained in the articles, particularly ‘Hindu
View of Scriptures’ (Hindu Voice UK, August 2007).
On the whole, the article does well to explain what it sets out
to do. But you slip into the one-upmanship inherent in religious
discourse today, which Hindus have so far mostly refrained from
doing, and in my mind greatly takes away from the good work that
you otherwise do.
Sincerely,
Mukesh
Gorradia
[Bradford, UK]
Editor
replies: in
our opinion, comparisons between differing philosophical or theological
positions of various religions are not necessarily harmful and
do not equate to ‘rhetoric’. It’s worth remembering
that ancient Hindus always had a strong tradition of debate that
sometimes became quite harsh even by today’s standards,
between different schools of philosophy within Hinduism itself.
Keep
it up, from Kenya
Dear
Editor,
I
am happy to see Hindus all over the world doing great efforts
to promote and keep our cultural values flourishing. Keep on doing
good work.
Jai
Sri Krishna
Vimal
Chadha
Secretary Hindu Council of Kenya
Comments
& suggestions
To
the Editor Hindu Voice
Excellent
work! The Hindu Voice is doing their squirrel's share towards
the religion.
A small suggestion: I would prefer you to use any other saatvik
colour rather than black as your background for the articles.
Black physically - causes a strain on the eyes and spiritually
black does not emit positive vibrations. Colours which emit positive
vibrations are red, pink, saffron, blue, yellow and white.
I
read a letter to the editor wherein a RSS man claims that his
is the only organisation uniting Hindus, which is partly untrue.
The
letter written by the RSS member just shows the ego they harbour
about their organisation. One of the basic principles of Hinduism
is dissolving the ego; accepting mistakes and criticism and learning
from them.
The
article by Rita Joshi explains the true nature of the RSS which
has done great work towards Hinduism but is now not keeping abreast
with the current day situation. She says "After a few years
of attending Shakha I gradually started to notice that more importance
was given to the organisational procedures rather than knowing
even the very basics of Hindu teachings. Physically they may be
moving on but spiritually and intellectually they have not really
evolved, and from my understanding, evolution is crucial for survival."
This
is exactly what the RSS are not even realising and implementing
among their cadres. They are stagnating and not really progressing
in the spiritual sense as they are not being given any spiritual
or religious education.
All
the best for the future
Dr.
L. Borkar
[Location
undisclosed]
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Celebrating
India's Independence 'innappropriate'
Dear
Hindu Voice UK,
After
the huge number of people that were killed around the time of
India’s Independence due to the tragic partition of the
country, Independence Day should not be extravagant and jovial
but should carry a sombre mood in remembrance of the million
plus people who were killed, and millions more displaced in
the greatest human forced migration of all time.
Veena
Saduera
[Luton,
United Kingdom]
All
Hindu temples should have a gym room!
Dear
Hindu Voice UK,
While
browsing the archives I came across an interesting
article questioning the usefulness of Hindu temples
to the community. I agree fully that most Hindu temples don’t
serve the community and are not actually perceptive to the needs
of youth in particular. I think one brilliant thing that every
mandir should do is to have a gym room. This would help people
in many ways – improved health, make more young people
come and able to stand up for theselves in the real world, and
creating a real focal point where people can meet and interact.
Please use your influence to make this happen.
Regards,
Minesh Ladwa
[Ilford, UK]
Editor
replies: An interesting idea, Minesh, and one that
we’ve decided to throw
to our readership to see what they think.
Thanks,
from Malaysia
To
Hindus in the United Kingdom,
Thanks
for the help in highlighting the issue of repression of Hindus
in Malaysia. We in Malaysia find it difficult to organize peaceful
protests of any kind in this police state of Malaysia. I feel
that the government and state agencies are out to surpress the
Hindu religion, and don’t even want to allow us basic
religious freedom to openly discuss Hindu issues.
Recipients
undisclosed,
[Malaysia]
Re:
Disruption of Hindu prayers is US Senate
To
the Editor,
It
was shocking to hear about the first Hindu prayers to take place
in US Senate being disrupted by Christian protestors. And Americans
talk about their country as the great land of the free, and
preach to India about religious freedom. Pah!
Mitesh
Pandya
[Baroda,
India]
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