Baroness Flather’s letter entitled “Caste Bias” in last week’s Asian Voice needs some clarification.
Baroness Flather asks why Hindus protest about the law saying that caste discrimination should be legal when no caste discrimination exists.
The Baroness forgets that the law was proposed by disgruntled elements and was supposed to be rammed down the throat of harmonious Hindus. This law would have created a ghost of caste scare; would have generated unsavoury ethos against Hindus. We must be grateful that vigilant Hindu organisations did not yield to pressure and consequential embarrassment. Her contention that two proselytising religions saves converts from going to hell. Considering that these religions are about 2,000 years old, hell must be over crowded by souls who departed thousands of years before these religions! Were these two religions created to ease overcrowding in hell?
Also considering that as relatives of newly converts who died before advent of these two religions ended in hell, heaven would be very lonely place for neo-converts, away from relatives.
How can a neo convert be saved from hell, when both faiths preach dust to dust and sleeping in grave till clarion’s call?
But credit must be given to both faiths for instilling dignity and improving living standards of neo-converts.
Ramesh Jhalla
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