I am glad that the editor of AV and GS and others have come round to my view that contributors of long standing to this “Readers’ Voice” column should be awarded a certificate of merit. The date and vene for the award ceremony have now been set in stone as 27 June at the Houses of Parliamnet in the Palace of Westeminster. I am sure I would not be jumping the gun if I ask whether we would receive a personal invitation together with the necessary passes to enter the Palace of Westminster! Would spouses be invited to join their letter writer husbands or wives? Not too long ago, I used to accompany Education Ministers to the HOC when it would be our Department’s turn to answer parliamentary questions. This visit to the HOC will revive past memories for me.
To date I have written 302 letters in the Readers’ Voice column of Asian Voice and hence, along with a few others, I am a prime condidate to receive a certificate of merit. Although I write about current topics which concern us here in this country, my main interest is to write about Jainism and spread the message of peace as propounded by Lord Mahavir Swami some 2600 years ago. I also gvie short talks about Jainism at local gatherings and write and sing Jain Stavans.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
