HCUK were invited to a reception by Harriet Harman on their launch of equality targets.

Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP was the key note speaker followed by Sadiq Khan MP Minister of Transport. It was good to see a number of professionals from our community who were present.

Imagine a summer’s day on which millions of us, throughout the UK, sit down to have lunch together – in the middle of our streets, around our tower blocks and on every patch of common ground.  The food, entertainment and decorations we will have grown, cooked or created ourselves.  This will be a day to break bread with our neighbours, to put a smile on Britain’s face.
It’s called The Big Lunch and this is your invitation.

The Big Lunch is inviting you and all 61 million people across the UK to simultaneously sit down to eat lunch with your neighbours, in the middle of your street on Sunday 19th July as a simple act of community.

PRESS RELEASE

Tuesday 2nd June 2009

For Immediate Use

Hindu Council UK Statement on Sri Lanka

The Hindu Council UK (HCUK) this week called a meeting at the Highgate Murugan Temple in Archway Road, North London, for all those considering themselves to be ‘Friends of the Tamils,’ to agree a resolution calling upon the Sri Lankan Government to take immediate measures to preserve life in the region.

for the Hindu community to engage
By Alok Mitra Chair of EMBG the lead executive for business for HCUK,

Our May event at London City Hall was a great success with over 150 businesses and VIPs attending. They came to share their experiences, network and find out how businesses can get their slice of the £9.3bn Olympic Games budget.  This was a high profile important event for the Hindu Community in London and was well attended by the wider community as well.

Dada Vaswani's biography is briefed here. Dada as he is affectionately known, celebrated his 90th birthday on 2nd August 2008. His 90th birthday celebrations continue. As a mark of Dada attaining this memorable milestone, the Sadhu Vaswani Centre UK donated funds to the KK Eye Institute (part of the Sadhu Vaswani Medical Complex, Pune) for the performance of 900 eye procedures for the needy in India. The eye campaign championed by Dada – “Sight for the Sightless” has benefitted several thousand poor rural folk - adivasis, dalits, farmers, tribals, woodcutters, shepherds and landless labourers all earning meagre daily wages. As they age, they become blind and sadly they continue to live with their blindness. High levels of illiteracy coupled with the fact that they are unable to afford even the basic necessities of life prevent them from seeking this simple cure of eye surgery. But, it doesn’t have to be this way as a vast majority of this blindness can be prevented or treated.

PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday 8th June 2009

For immediate Use

The Hindu Council UK (HCUK) has reacted with shock and disgust to the news that food manufacturers in three EU states have used bulking agents made from pork and beef bones and gristle to inflate chicken breasts, before selling them on to the UK market at a higher price.

Despite Joseph Rowntree Foundations Findings of February 2007 that “Hindus are the most likely to vote of all the religious groups common in the South Asian electorate.” However there are many who may think their vote is irrelevant, if we had adopted this precept then we would not have a very small number of MPs, GLA Assembly member, MEPs or local Councillors.

All children, parents and grandparents are invited to a third and final performance Masti Maja.

A Gujarati play for all the family to enjoy. Please see attached flyer.

The production is kindly supported by HCUK.

Deepajyothi parabrahma
Deepa sara tamopahaha
Deepena saadhyate sarvam
Sandhyaa deepo namostute

I light the dawn/dusk lamp, whose light reminds us the Knowledge Principle of the supreme Lord, which removes the darkness of ignorance and helps us achieve all in life and after.

         
.......... Swami Chinmayananda