Community Relations
Council of Dharmic Faiths launched in UK
{jathumbnail off images=”images/stories/ritatrust/dialogue/dialg-1567-8219a.jpg,images/stories/ritatrust/dialogue/dialg-1567-8340g.jpg,images/stories/ritatrust/dialogue/dialg-1567-8242h.jpg,images/stories/ritatrust/misc/codflogo.jpg”} The first ever Council of Dharmic Faiths, CoDF, was launched in the UK at the House of Commons on 16 May 2011 The Council was formed to unite in spirit the four major faiths of India, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism and the ancient faith of Persia,…
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Basildon Council held a roundtable debate on increasing the diversity of leadership in the public sector on 31 March 2011, hosted by CEMVO, at the Civil Service Club Baroness Verma, Minister for Equality and Women, and Bala Mahendran, the CEO of Basildon Council, chaired a roundtable discussion on the very…
Read More »The Big Society Debate at the House of Commons
{jathumbnail off images=”images/stories/ritatrust/commrelations/cemvo01.jpg”} Anil Bhanot OBE, Chairing the Debate at the House of Commons Terraces hosted by CEMVO, introduced Stephen Hammond MP and other eminent speakers – see profiles below – and he set the scene for the debate by his following introductory brief: The Big Society is about empowering…
Read More »Equality Bill –Caste Legislation Debate
A Response to the House of Lords proposal on 11 Jan 2010 to insert “Caste” in the discrimination legislation after representations by the Lobby Group ACDA/DSN [ACDA – Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance and DSN – Dalit Solidarity Network: Both Evangelical Missionary Christian based organisations with a Conversion agenda in India]…
Read More »Shiva’s Cosmic Dance
Shiva’s Cosmic Dance in the idol of Lord Natraj depicts the continual cycle of creation and destruction or the regeneration of energy throughout the Cosmos. Metaphorically, scientists equate Shiva’s dance to the dance of subatomic particles manifesting as in the turn of seasons, in birth and death of all life…
Read More »Oxford Union Debate 25 Nov 2010
A World without Religion is a world without Meaning – A Hindu Perspective by Anil Bhanot OBE Namaste, which means I bow to the divinity in you all and as I join my hands I hope our minds, may meet in unison. The divinity in us all is our Atma,…
Read More »A Speech to The Worshipful Company of I T
Hinduism and its relevance to modern globalisation A talk by Anil Bhanot on Hinduism and its relevant to modern globalisation, to the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. First of all, I want to thank you for your work in Information Technology, as I believe your field has enormous potential to…
Read More »Gayatri Mantra at Westminster Abbey
The Commonwealth Day 2010 Service at Westminster Abbey in the presence of the Queen, the Head of the Commonwealth, was led by the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, the Dean of Westminster. Leaders from major faiths were invited to say prayers, and Anil Bhanot, representing the Hindu community, recited the…
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