Telugu women, Beware of Muslim Men!
Shezian M
Letter in "India Post"
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Hindu Girls! Don't get Trapped
I am on a visit to this wonderful country and am fond of reading
community newspapers. I must admit that India Post stands out as one of
the best Indian newspapers with its colorful appearance and sections
for everybody. The articles by Anita Chakarborti, Bodansky and the
editorials are very informative, enlightening and awakening.
Selection of India Post by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton for her
weekly column, itself speaks volumes about India Post. I wish one day I
might read the UK edition of this paper. I want to share my experiences
and encounters with the Indian community in England and other
countries. One of these is as follows:
After my high school graduation, I made a big blunder. Despite my
parents' cryful pleas and the warnings of my brother, I married outside
my religion to a Muslim from Bangladesh. I did not know at that time
that I was abusing the liberties and freedom bestowed on me by my great
religion, Hinduism. I realize now that I was just copying some of the
film girls of Mumbai, who by marrying this or that Khan, are proving to
be real bad role models for young Hindu girls like me. I understand now
that this is all being orchestrated by the menace of the Middle East
oil money.
My ex-husband and his family started questioning and frowning on my
dress and my Hindu ways. They pressured me to change my religion. I
knew I was fully trapped, because I thought if I go back to Hinduism, I
will not be fully accepted and it will be almost impossible to remarry
a Hindu. Due to the persistent and relentless pressure of my Muslim
in-laws family, I had to give up my beautiful name, religion and
dresses, just to please them.
It did not stop there. They started labeling my parent's family and any
contact with them as bad influence on my sisters-in-law; they even
severely beat my youngest sister-in-law for developing friendship with
a Sikh young man. That was too much for me and I confronted them for
their double standard. When I could not take it anymore I got separated
and filed for divorce.
I wondered why I had left Hinduism. I did not know the real philosophy
and history of Hinduism which withstood successfully the onslaughts and
massacres of invaders. The only Hinduism I knew was going to the
temple, sing arti, eat prasad or dance before goddess Durga once a year
during Navratri festival.
To prevent my Hindu sisters from committing the same blunder I did, I
educated myself about my religion. Later I started giving lectures in
various British temples, on important topics such as 'Youth and
Marriage' and 'Erosion of Hindu Culture and Values in Movies from
Mumbai.' I also helped in arranging all-Hindu dances and discussions on
these topics. The majority of Hindu temple officials gave me a lot of
problems in the beginning, these influential, yet ignorant, souls told
me to arrange my talks and lectures outside the temples as 'only
religion' could be discussed inside the temples. This was flawed and
suicidal thinking and I had to go to individual devotees and families
to persuade the temple management to relent.
Hindus should participate in the financial decisions of their temples
to divert some money for awakening Hindus in the West and back home.
Hindus should also give a fixed percentage of their income to dharma
raksha and related projects, as perhaps we are the only people who
don't do it. I realize that to get money from the average Hindus for
such projects seems more difficult than hitting a California Lotto
jackpot. But that is very important. They should also donate money to
institutions and associations, other than temples, dedicated to
awakening of Hindus.
The parents should also start reading about the religion and its
philosophy to convey the message and knowledge to their children. They
should start discussing with their daughters at an early age on the
topics of religion and marriage, also they should not restrain their
sons too much, to the extent, that they will not be aggressive enough
in developing positive and natural relationships with Hindu girls.
Through inter-discussions we found out that the Muslim boys contact the
young and innocent Hindu girls using their own sisters for initial
contact and slowly trapping them into relationships. (I am told that
several Muslim/Arab countries give financial incentives for such
relationship and marriages.) Hindu boys should not turn their heads the
other side when some undesirables try to take advantage of the
innocence of Hindu girls to trap them in marriages.
This will ward off the unwelcome and unwanted advances of boys from
other religions who cannot tolerate a Muslim girl marrying a Hindu boy
even in a movie, let alone in real life. When a Muslim boy approaches a
Hindu girl and tells her, 'You are the most beautiful thing on earth,'
etc she should be immediately alerted that he is actually fulfilling
the Islamic command of grabbing and converting non-believer women by
all possible means. It is not a reflection of my personal bitterness, I
remind you of fatwas issued by Mullahs in England for Muslim boys in
colleges and universities to marry Christian, Hindu, and Sikh girls and
they specially ask to target Sikh girls.
I want educated young girls in England and elsewhere to take pride in
themselves and their great Hindu religion and if someone asks them to
convert to facilitate a marriage, ask them instead to get converted to
Hinduism first. In genuine love there should not be this religious
angle. The Hindu associations in USA should arrange all-Hindu youth
dances and other events to bring together Hindu youth from all the
states and countries. They should also make special videos to train and
inform the youth on various concerned topics such as 'how to handle the
new-found independence (away from parents) at the universities' and
'how to reject the undesirable advances of boys of other religions' who
have a hidden agenda. Another video can show the stories of brave
Hindu girls like Princess Surya and Chanda of Sindh (daughters of King
Dahir) and the story of the exemplary bravery of the Mehta sisters of
Gujarat, Tana and Riri (who single-handedly defeated the designs of the
cruel Generals of Akbar), Vir Haquiqat Rai, Ma
In addition, the youth should know and analyze the follies of Emperor
Prithvi Raj Chauhan who ignored Shri Krishna's Gita message and let go
the enemy Mohammad Ghori more than once and paid the ultimate price
with his life and the freedom of his nation that is still suffering
from the trauma of that unfortunate event. We should learn from our
Sikh brothers who remember their martyrs everyday while doing prayers
and reading Sri Guru Granth Sahib. We should also not forget traitors
like Jai Chand and Jai Singh and remember the awful damage they did to
India. It is also very important for us to analyze the historical
decisions made by leaders such as Nehru and Gandhi and compare their
performance with revolutionaries like Subhas Chandra Bose and the
magnificent and unparalleled Sardar Patel.
Pratibha Bhambri
West Midlands, UK
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