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Uproar over attempt to project Hindu culture as Indian culture
Paramaribo (Surinam), June 09: The World Hindi Conference was rocked today when efforts were made to project Hindu culture as Indian culture with its opponents alleging that it was an attempt to saffronise the meet.
Paramaribo (Surinam), June 09: The World Hindi Conference was rocked today when efforts were made to project Hindu culture as Indian culture with its opponents alleging that it was an attempt to saffronise the meet.
In a session on "Indian culture and Hindi", a delegate from Trinidad and Tobago, B Upadhyay snatched the mike from a speaker who sought to project Hindu culture as composite Indian culture.
The uproar began when the chairman of the session Dharmpal Maini in his speech dwelt at length on Hindu culture and started throwing light on the caste system and the belief in reincarnation.
The chairman of Sanatan Dharm Mahasabha of Holland, Shyam Pandey took exception to it and said it was not proper to regard Hindu culture as Indian culture. It was then opposed also by Bhagwat Rawat, Kamla Prasad and Rajesh Joshi of Madhya Pradesh.
In the midst of this, representatives from Surinam, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago began speaking in support of Dharmpal Maini.
Ram Bachan Rai of Bihar then came on the dais and opposed the view point of Maini. Maini is among the ten persons from India chosen for being honoured at this conference.
Upadhyay then uprooted the mike and said the session was over. When the address system was restored, it started playing verses from Ram Charit Manas.
Rawat, Prasad and Joshi condemned the development as an attempt to saffronise the conference and said this had converted the World Hindi Conference into World Hindu Conference.
Bureau Report
In a session on "Indian culture and Hindi", a delegate from Trinidad and Tobago, B Upadhyay snatched the mike from a speaker who sought to project Hindu culture as composite Indian culture.
The uproar began when the chairman of the session Dharmpal Maini in his speech dwelt at length on Hindu culture and started throwing light on the caste system and the belief in reincarnation.
The chairman of Sanatan Dharm Mahasabha of Holland, Shyam Pandey took exception to it and said it was not proper to regard Hindu culture as Indian culture. It was then opposed also by Bhagwat Rawat, Kamla Prasad and Rajesh Joshi of Madhya Pradesh.
In the midst of this, representatives from Surinam, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago began speaking in support of Dharmpal Maini.
Ram Bachan Rai of Bihar then came on the dais and opposed the view point of Maini. Maini is among the ten persons from India chosen for being honoured at this conference.
Upadhyay then uprooted the mike and said the session was over. When the address system was restored, it started playing verses from Ram Charit Manas.
Rawat, Prasad and Joshi condemned the development as an attempt to saffronise the conference and said this had converted the World Hindi Conference into World Hindu Conference.
Bureau Report