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India
needs soul searching, says Hindu religious leader
Saturday December 29, 2012 02:12:55 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: US-based
religious leader Rajan Zed Saturday urged India to do serious soul
searching on the way it treats women after the gang-rape victim
died in Singapore.
"India could not even provide safer environment for her own women
to go about their daily lives. It was blight on a country, which
prided herself on having joined the league of hottest growth
economies," Zed said.
The president of Universal Society of Hinduism issued a statement
from Nevada.
Quoting scriptures, Zed said ancient Manusmriti said: "Where women
are revered, there the gods are pleased; where they are not, no
rite will yield any fruit."
Continuing indifference to poor treatment of women was not
acceptable in the 21st century, he said.
"India needs to focus on urgent upliftment of women, forgetting
her political battles. A strong political will and some serious
and durable systemic reforms were urgently needed in this
direction," he said.
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