Refuting media slander
Monday, February 26th, 2007In a recent article in The Guardian, it was said that Heinrich Himmler, one of the chief Nazis, used to carry around a ’special leather bound edition’ of the Bhagavad Gita, and quote from it when his executioners were having moral scruples about the mass-killings that they were asked to do. The implication was that Hindu teachings were used to justify the mass slaughter of innocents. Hindu Voice UK asked indologist Koenraad Elst, who has written extensively on the subject for an in depth response to this particular allegation regarding Himmler and the Gita.
I am a Hindu girl, an extremely proud Hindu girl that takes pride in the preservation of my self-respect and dignity. So, that means following a moral Hindu path. An easy escape route for some Hindus is that their parents never taught them about their culture and religion, so they can’t be blamed for anything they do. I brought this excuse for many years, and blamed the parents.
Fervent anti-Valentines Day protests are witnessed annually in India, and this year was no exception. Hundreds of protests took place across the country on February 14th against the celebration of Valentines Day. 
Karuna Sharma gives an extremely lively and vivid account of a trip to Mumbai’s most famous and busy temple - the Siddhi Vinayak Temple…the exhilaration of the crowds, the disappointment at the corruption and heavy security, the peace of the inner sanctorum…
A guest article by Aidan Rankin, who has recently authored the excellent book ‘
A ‘Hindu Safety Forum’ is to be set up by Scotland Yard, as a result of the first Hindu Security Conference, organized by the Hindu Forum and attended by representatives of the Metropolitan Police. The conference took place on the 22nf February, at the London School of Economics, and was attended by around 160 delegates. 