BBC documentary, reviewed by Vikram Popat 

‘Outsourcing’ of jobs is an important phenomenon affecting the way that business is done today. Many large companies in the West are moving jobs to developing countries, where the workforce is much cheaper. In this way, the companies make huge savings on the amount paid as wages. The main country to which jobs are being outsourced is India, because it has a larger English-speaking workforce than any other country.

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In January 2006 Hindu Voice UK carried an article on the crisis that has afflicted Nepal due to the long running ‘Maoist insurgency’ that has killed over 13,000 people. Since then, a lot has happened. This article is an attempt to highlight the recent developments that have taken place in the crisis stricken Hindu nation.

It was back in February 2005 that Nepal’s monarch King Gyanendra took the controversial move of sacking the elected government headed by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, and assuming autocratic powers. The King felt that the elected government was not doing enough to stem the 10-year Maoist insurgency.

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The Labour Party was rocked by two scandal’s last month. One of these was the news of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott’s extra-marital affair with his secretary.

Do you think individuals in positions of power and responsibility should be penalised for moral issues relating to their private lives, such as having an extra marital affair?

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By Raju Patel

This article puts another perspective on a phenomenon that no-one usually dares to mention without putting on a grimace of horror and uttering shrieks of indignation: Chaturvarna, usually mistranslated as the caste system.

Let me state from the outset that I am a firm believer in the Vedic verse “All men are brothers; no one is big, no one is small. All are equal” (Rig Veda 5.60.5). The four categories of society (varnas) were not originally intended to be hereditary categories. If we look at the matter carefully, they are in fact natural functional groups that exist in all societies. The varnas were originally fluid categories that allowed for mobility between groups.

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Dear Hindu Voice,

As the title of this piece suggests, I am writing to you in the hope that you and your readers will help me to answer an important question in my life: Am I a Hindu Fundamentalist?

I was born and brought up here in Britain and I think my parents always brought me up to know about my roots. From a young age we regularly visit our local temple, enjoy family evenings in with Bollywood films and my favourite event was always going to Garba every year. My dad taught me all about India’s struggle for Independence and my hero and role model was Mahatma Gandhi. I saw the Oscar-winning David Attenborough film as a kid and have watched it many times since.

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By Seema Patel

My son is a doctor.
My daughter is a solicitor.
Our children are doing Business Studies.

Ask any Indian parent what their offspring does for a living and I guarantee that over fifty percent of their answers will fit into the above, or similar, categories. These career paths are what most Indian parents long for their sons and daughters to walk upon, as they ensure hefty pay-cheques and a sense of ‘respectability’ amongst the Indian community. But with a natural inclination towards the Science, Law, and Business sectors of the job market, I am here to investigate why Indian children are discouraged from pursuing Humanities’ subjects, arguing that in the end our community is the one which fears and shies away from the notion of a child who strives to be different.   

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