Guest guest Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 ================================================================================================ PRESS RELEASE 2nd April 2008 Eton College Installs First Hindu Tutor Jay Lakhani, Head of the Hindu Academy and Education Director for the Hindu Council UK, has been appointed to the post of part time Hindu Tutor at Eton College. Mr Lakhani’s role will be to provide pastoral support and religious teaching to Hindu boys at the school, and contribute to school inter-faith activities. Because religion plays an important role at Eton, all boys are expected to take part in weekday chapel services. For many years Jewish boys have been able to take instruction from a Jewish Tutor during Sunday Chapel and, for the last four years, the College has had a Muslim Tutor to offer the same service to Muslim boys. The appointment of Jay Lakhani’s means Hindu boys will now be offered the same choice. The series of events leading to Mr Lakhani’s appointment began when the Head of Divinity, Michael Wilcockson, met Jay at a conference for Religious Education teachers earlier this year. “I asked him to give a talk on science and Hinduism to our philosophy society, which so impressed the Hindu boys, they asked if they could have him as their Hindu Tutor,” explains Mr Wilcockson. “I thought this was an excellent idea, feeling Jay would fit in superbly with our Jewish and Muslim Tutors because his views on other faiths are so inclusive. He is always intellectually robust, which Tutors have to be here, and passionate about his own faith tradition. I approached the Provost and the Head Master, who were equally supportive of the idea, and so Jay is to hold his first session here on Sunday 20th April.” Mr Lakhani, who is also a Director of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, says of his appointment: - “I see this as an exciting opportunity to explore a broader vision of spirituality with the boys at Eton College, particularly how the Hindu idea of spiritual humanism manages to reconcile differences between religious and secular world-views. Religious pluralism offers the best prescription for making religions once again the cohesive force in our society. It is wonderful to see Eton College embracing these wider aspects of personal and spiritual development.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 To Shri Jay Lakhani. Dear Jay, I am so thrilled with the news. Congratulations Dipak ( Dr. D. Chakrabarti. Wales.) To: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 My heartiest congratulations to Shri Jay Lakhani...... May the Holy Trio bless him in this endeavor and show all concerned the right path!! Jai Ma, Jai Thakur. Aprup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Jay, Congratulations to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Dear Jay, Heartiest congratulations and God-Speed in your work! Regards, Sunder Ramakrishna , " Vivekananda " <vivekananda wrote: > > > ====================================================================== ========================== > > > PRESS RELEASE > > 2nd April 2008 > > > Eton College Installs First Hindu Tutor > > Jay Lakhani, Head of the Hindu Academy and Education Director for the Hindu Council UK, has been appointed to the post of part time Hindu Tutor at Eton College. Mr Lakhani's role will be to provide pastoral support and religious teaching to Hindu boys at the school, and contribute to school inter-faith activities. > > Because religion plays an important role at Eton, all boys are expected to take part in weekday chapel services. For many years Jewish boys have been able to take instruction from a Jewish Tutor during Sunday Chapel and, for the last four years, the College has had a Muslim Tutor to offer the same service to Muslim boys. The appointment of Jay Lakhani's means Hindu boys will now be offered the same choice. > > The series of events leading to Mr Lakhani's appointment began when the Head of Divinity, Michael Wilcockson, met Jay at a conference for Religious Education teachers earlier this year. > > " I asked him to give a talk on science and Hinduism to our philosophy society, which so impressed the Hindu boys, they asked if they could have him as their Hindu Tutor, " explains Mr Wilcockson. " I thought this was an excellent idea, feeling Jay would fit in superbly with our Jewish and Muslim Tutors because his views on other faiths are so inclusive. He is always intellectually robust, which Tutors have to be here, and passionate about his own faith tradition. I approached the Provost and the Head Master, who were equally supportive of the idea, and so Jay is to hold his first session here on Sunday 20th April. " > > Mr Lakhani, who is also a Director of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, says of his appointment: - > > " I see this as an exciting opportunity to explore a broader vision of spirituality with the boys at Eton College, particularly how the Hindu idea of spiritual humanism manages to reconcile differences between religious and secular world-views. Religious pluralism offers the best prescription for making religions once again the cohesive force in our society. It is wonderful to see Eton College embracing these wider aspects of personal and spiritual development. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 The new is in many of the leading Indian dailies http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/UKs_Eton_gets_first_Hindu_tutor/articleshow/2924380.cms http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2008/4/3.shtml#2 http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/04/03/0804032154_hindu-ld_tutor.html http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/03uk.htm http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1158515 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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