As ever, Mr Jhalla has got it wrong. In his first paragraph he says "the law saying that caste discrimination should be legal" is either a misprint or he has got the wrong end of the stick. What I said is that caste discrimination should be illegal not legal. And then I went on to say that why should Hindus get so agitated when they believe there is no discrimination. As Shakespeare says I think they protest too much!
Secondly, once again, according to Mr Jhalla, I said that two prosletising religions save converts from going to hell. I am sorry I did not say that, perhaps Mr Jhalla could have another look at my letter. What I said was that the reason why Muslims and Christians try to convert people was that they believed they were saving the "Hindu heathens" from hell and then I said that Hindus are not a religion which converts people, it is according to the persons choice. No force or pressure is ever put on people. I finally said that we should not demean ourselves by becoming like the Christians and the Muslims.
I know that Mr Jhalla has been attacking me ever since the caste discrimination legislation first raised its head in the House of Lords but if he does want to attack me he should at least make sure that he's got my views right.
Shreela Flather
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