Guest guest Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 dear all, I believe this is more a case of the marxist idealogy followed in West Bengal than any other motive. For 70 years the orthodox church in communist russia had to live a hidden existence as well. We do not hear of big religious festivals in other communist countries as well. regards, GB --- Girish <girishsv wrote: > > In the recent context of Hinduism for schools - list > members may find > this news interesting. > It is ironical that in West Bengal. the state where > Sri Ramakrishna > and Swami Vivekananda were born, the Ramakrishna > Mission had to > declare itself as a non-Hindu organization to > prevent government > interference in it's day-to-day functioning. > > http://education.independent.co.uk/schools/story.jsp?story=609413 > When a failing London comprehensive was closed down, > the local Hindu > community took it over and transformed it into a > thriving school. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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