Insult to women

Tuesday 30th April 2019 17:32 EDT
 

I want to respond to Miss A's letter in Asian Voice of 26th April 2019. It starts with a headline "Does Hinduism discriminate against women?"

No Hinduism does not discriminate against women, but Hindus do. Here we are talking about Swaminaranyn. In the past when I have brought up the issue of the Swamies don't allow women in their presence, they have c;aimed not to be Hindus. If this is a new religion which reduces a woman to someone who cannot be in the presence of a chased man, In Hinduism the highest position has been given to the mother, she is the first guru and and she is to be given more respect than anyone else.

Did the Swamies not have any mother's? Were they created in a test-tube?

To me it is shocking that they think that because they have taken vows of chastity that women will someway attack them if they come in their presence.

When Prince Charles and Princess Diana went, Prince Charles sat on the Dais with them and Princess Diana sat on the floor. The Baroness who went with them said to me "We have to follow your culture".

Well let me say This is not my culture.

By the way the beauty of a temple does not eradicate the insult to women.

Baroness Flather

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