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Re:
Hanuman Chalisa commentary
Dear
Hindu Voice UK,
Thanks
very much for the interesting
work on the Hanuman Chalisa. I’ve done the Hanuman
Chalisa every Saturday since I was very young, and never knew
all this. I look forward very much to your future articles.
Sumit
Mistry
[Crawley, UK]
Shivaji
monument versus welfare projects
Dear
Editor,
To
people who claim that the money being spent on the Shivaji
monument would be better spent on welfare for the poor
– I would remind them that state welfare isn’t the
solution for all society's ills. If anything it compounds a feeling
of helplessness in the receiver of aid. The statue project on
the other hand will create hundreds of jobs and give many individuals
and their families a chance to work their way out of poverty,
which is much more dignifying.
Sheena
Patel,
[New York, USA]
It
doesn't pay to be mercenaries
To
Hindu Voice UK,
I
hope (but doubt) that Gurkhas will learn now that being mercenaries
doesn’t pay. After the (admittedly unfair) way
that they have been treated by the British authorities
they should reflect on how they have spilt seven generations of
their blood in service of British imperialism instead or fighting
and working for the upliftment of their own land and people. These
are the same people who took the side of the British in the 1857
War of Independence and then murdered their own in the Jallianwala
Bagh Massacre.
Jitesh
Patel
[Finchley, UK]
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Hindus
& Western culture
Dear
Hindu Voice UK,
The
article “Hindus
& Western Culture” is a good starting point
for a discussion about how people can go about learning what
is good in our western surroundings yet also to stay Hindu in
a deeper cultural and spiritual sense. I believe that one of
the great things in our history is that we have been able to
assimilate new ideas and systems of thought while at the same
time not selling ourselves out.
Today,
we see Hindus living is the west, and even in India, becoming
westernized at a very fast pace. There is something about this
current phase which makes me feel uncomfortable, like we are
not succeeding like our ancestors did in taking in new ways
of life whilst being true to the grand world vision of our forefathers.
I feel a proper understanding of what it means to be a Hindu
and also a feeling of mission in the world needs to be evoked
amongst Hindus urgently, otherwise we risk losing thousands
of years of cultural, spiritual and literary heritage.
Kiran
Patel
[Leicester, UK]
Re:
Rudra Chatterjee
Dear Editor,
I
was surprised to come across some pretty
harsh criticism of Rudra Chatterjee in the last ‘Letters
to the Editor’ section of Hindu Voice UK. Personally I
find his articles lively and refreshing. Sometimes he questions
or even writes against certain practices or institutions in
Hindu society – but Hinduism allows this freedom of thought
and expression. Furthermore it encourages people to think about
things we take for granted then. I think Mr N. Mehta should
liven up and get a life.
Divya
Chauhan
[Nottingham, UK]
Hindu
temples of the future
Thanks for conducting a very
important survey into what Hindus would like to see
done from our temples. Please make a point of sending your findings
to every single Hindu temples in the country so that they have
no excuse for not knowing that this is what they should be doing
is they want to attract more people and truly serve our community.
Anjni
Rathore
[Birmingham, UK]
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