In the first of this two-part feature, a British born Hindu-Punjabi woman gives a deeply personal account of the hell she had to endure as a result of a marriage which she forced into.

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Vallabhai Patel, was one of the towering figures of pre-Independence Indian politics. Given the appellation “Sardar” (leader), he also became known as the “Iron Man of Indian politics”.

He is correctly remembered as perhaps the only figure in the Indian National Congress, India’s main political party of the era, who didn’t flinch in the face of the aggression displayed by the colonial administration as well as Mohammed Ali Jinnah’s Muslim League. He is one of the architects of the India that we see today, being largely responsible for successfully negotiating the incorporation into Independent India of the hundreds of ‘princely states’ of British India.

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Dear readers,

Hindu Voice UK has recently been approached by a professional media team who are collecting research about cases where Hindus (or other minority religious groups) have been victimized in any way due to their religion, with the aim of producing a documentary.

They are eager to speak to anybody who has first hand experiences in this regards. It does not necessarily have to relate to violence, but can including cases of psychological intimidation and pressure, such as this.
 
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HinduHistory.net is a sister project of Hindu Voice UK. It aims to make learning about the history of Hindu civilization both accessible and fun. The site will combine serious research and scholarship, yet…

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In the concluding portion of this gripping two-part series, a young Hindu describes an unfortunate event where he confronted a group of troublemakers at his community Navratri event, where the security were not discharging their duties. The confrontation set off a chain of events which ended in him having to spend the night in a police cell, followed by a long drawn out court case. Such events are not isolated, and have been an unfortunate part of our Navratri celebrations in Britain.

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To anybody familiar with Hindu lore, the Bhils need no introduction. These forest dwellers have dwelt in the forests of central, northern and western India for thousands of years. They are mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. In the Ramayana, a Bhil king acted as boatman to Rama in the early section of his exile from Ayodhya, and Shabari, that famous devotee of Rama, dwelt in a quiet hermitage, belonged to the Bhil community. She lived her life in the expectation that the Avatar would visit her one day - and indeed he did, eating the berries she had collected for him. The Bhils are probably the oldest community of the forests. They can be fearsome - and never let a tresspasser cross their land without inflicting a serious injury on them. Even today, a war-cry (kilki) from a Bhil would cause hundreds of Bhil youths to gather within minutes!

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We apologise sincerely to the runner-up prize winners of our recent Ramayana quiz & prize draw, who have not yet received the prizes they were supposed to. We haven’t forgotten, however have hit a bit of a problem.

Next time someone tells you to always keep a back up of all your files on your computer - don’t dismiss them. Take it from us, the inconvenience of maintaining proper back ups isn’t even a scratch on the stress and work that follows when you lose all your data.

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The devotion that many Hindus harbour towards Ganesh can only be seen to be believed. This is especially so in Mumbai, where the annual Ganesh festival ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ is the largest festival in the whole year, which this year fell on September 15th 2007. In the week prior to Ganesh Chaturthi, millions upon millions of devotees participate in the processions, rituals and jubilance of the festival.

Then, as a mark of their love (sarcasm intended) they leave His images scattered disgustingly all over beaches and streets throughout the city. A sacrilege to Ganesh and to the environment. How can people be so thoughtless?

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I doubt many of you have served or been remanded and enjoyed the hospitality of Her Majesty’s Prison Services. Spiritual well-being is important to me and I was glad to find out there was a Hindu Service once a week.

I started of in HMP Pentonville, which is a holding prison for all categories of prisoners to be detained until they have been allocated another prison (hopefully) after they have been risk assessed. It is a tough place to say the least, especially for someone like me who was there for driving offences and was forced to live with murderers and violent criminals…

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