UNICEF Accused of Ignoring Hindu, Sikh Festivals

[krsna]

UNICEF Accused of Ignoring Hindu, Sikh Festivals

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_561918,00050003.htm

 

LONDON, U.K., February 5, 2004: A major controversy has erupted after

UNICEF's UK branch printed a diary ignoring Hindu and Sikh religious

festivals while listing religious festivals from Christianity, Judaism,

Islam and Buddhism. Swami Nathan from the World Hindu Mahasangam

explained, "I wrote to them three years in a row. .... They have not

responded to any of my letters.The irony is that the very first

message in the UNICEF diary requests people to donate money to help

education in India," said Venilal Vaghela, Chair of the Hindu Council

of Brent. "India is the land where Hinduism originated, and yet they

choose to ignore our feelings completely.Besides Christmas and

Easter, the diary lists over 20 days related directly to Christian

saints of different denominations. Surely they ought to afford at least

three or four days for Hinduism," commented Swami Nirliptananda, Chair

of HINCOM. "Their refusal to even reply to Swami Nathan's letters only

highlights the Judeo-Christian bias of some of our world

organizations."

 

When contacted by Ramesh Kallidai, General Secretary of the Hindu

Centre for Communications, UNICEF's Press Officer Joanna Robert told

him, "I spoke to the person responsible for the diaries yesterday and

she was very apologetic. It seems that she recently took over the

project, and copied the important religious days from the previous

edition and she was unaware that the Hindu dates had not been included.

This has been a breakdown in communications, for which we apologize. We

would like to point out that all other UNICEF diaries and calendars

contain Hindu dates."

[Guest guest]

These people are so nasty, i mean ignoring the oldest and the greatest civilization in the world. Hinduism is the only true religion, evey other religion is ..