Thane (Maharashtra): Shri. Kaustubh Phatak, a devout Hindu from Ambernath was assured by the workers in 'Oxford Book Center' at Churchgate that the controversial book 'Holy Cow' would not be sold in their shop. Bajarang Dal had burnt the effigy of the author of this book yesterday as a mark of protest since it contains derogatory criticism on Hindu deities, Dharma, Indian culture and Hindu Organizations.
A news item was published in the daily newspaper 'Dainik Sanatan Prabhat'. Shri. Kaustubh Phatak read the news and called up 'Oxford Book Center' at Churchgate and explained about denigration of Hindu deities and Dharma in the said book resulting in hurting religious sentiments of Hindus. (Congratulations to Shri. Phatak for being so prompt in finding the contact number of the shop and registering protest – Editor). Two workers from the shop assured him that there were only 2 copies available for sale in the shop and they would keep them aside; besides, they would also inform the chief distributor about the same.
'Holy Cow' book denigrates Hindu deities, author' effigy burnt
Thane (Maharashtra): Sara MacDonald, an Australian author of a book titled ‘Holy Cow – an Indian Adventure’ has made mockery of Hindu deities and hurt religious sentiments of thousands of Hindus. (Hindus must realize that nobody dares to say anything against objects of worship of Muslims as they are fanatics. But anyone and everyone takes advantage of over -tolerance of Hindus. Hindus should therefore, first develop love for their Dharma, only then such denigration would stop. – Editor)
Book Cover of 'Holy Cow'
This book contains derogatory matter related to temples, Indian Armed Forces and different castes; besides, some objectionable statements against few Hindus. Shri. Anil More, the Thane district-chief of Bajarang Dal along with 25 members of the party, protested against the book by burning the effigy of book’s author. A representation against the said book has been sent to Mrs. Pratibha Patil, the President of India as also to the State Chief Minister, Home Minister, Governor, Police Commissioners of Mumbai and Thane, Thane District Collector, leaders of all parties and chiefs of Gurudwaras etc. It has been mentioned in the representation that deities worshipped by Hindus are continuously denigrated in Western countries and has hurt religious sentiments of Hindus. The book has been published in the year 2003 by an American Company called ‘Broadway Books’. Presently the book is available on sale at ‘Oxford Book Stores’. It has been further mentioned in the representation that sale of the book should be immediately banned as it hurts religious sentiments of Hindus else, copies of the book would be burnt. If ban is not imposed on the sale of this book, the Government would be responsible for outburst of people’s rage. Shri. More informed that after burning of the effigy of the author of the book, publishers and ‘Oxford Book Stores’, case will be filed against them under Section 295-A (Hurt religious sentiments) and 153-B (disturb communal harmony).
Few of the objectionable things from the book
Lord Shiva has been shown on front page of the book wearing sun glasses;
There is scornful criticism on Indians, Hindu deities and Dharma, Buddhists and Sikh Dharma, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP),
Tolerance of Indians towards their attackers is made fun of in the book and India has been derided as ‘Holy Cow’.
On page 15 of the book, Goddess Lakshmi has been termed as a doll, Bhagawan Sree Krushna has been called as ‘troublesome shepherd God’,
Sikhs learning yoga is stated to be good for sexual pleasures,
Kashmir has been described as ‘Heaven in Hell’, India has been said to be a country of nude ‘sadhus’ and all bad and dirty people,
there is criticism on those responsible for demolishing Babri Mosque and BJP and the author has favoured Muslims,
there is a reference of a statement made by aJihadiabout how Indian Defence Services are demonic and his working in Indian Air Force during the day and working against it during night,
There is pervert description of Lord Shiva as the God endowing sexual powers. About Lord Krushna, it has been mentioned as he was one of the famous incarnations of Lord Vishnu who was a lustful shepherd and he married more than 1000 girls by enticing them with his flute,
It is said that Hindu Dharma is a musical concert of Gurus
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ambu Patel, United States of America
11 Feb 2008, 14:59
She is certainly jelous of Hindus and their TRUE REAL AUTHENTIC HINDU GODS, just like her non-existant immaginary jelous desert god jehova.who acted like a terrorist in the arabain desert area.
That is why she is writing filthy things on our TRUE RELIGION AND DEV - DEVATAS.
Manjunath R, United Arab Emirates
12 Feb 2008, 14:31
The author seems to be a maniac who has just come of out of a lunatic assylum, these kind of people should be ruthlessly punished and put behind bars conferring highest capital punishment.
ARUN PAWAR, India (Bharat)
13 Feb 2008, 03:52
She is the most fool woman in the world. She is critisizing the great religion on the earth. She is not worthy even to take the names of Hindu Gods. Like her I criticise Christian God
Dilip govindji, United Kingdom
13 Feb 2008, 12:13
This writer of the book is ignorant of the Hindu Way of life. It will take her 5000 years for her to understand the Hindu Culture because it is very vast and liberal in the world. She is very narrow minded attitude towards Hindu culture and must be stopped at every cost of her insane and disrespect thinking towards the Hindu deities and to the Hindu community of the world. She must and willfully say sorry, opologize and pay a fine towards her unreasonable character towards the hindu thought.
KSV SUBRAMANIAN, India (Bharat)
13 Feb 2008, 23:38
There are certain persons who like to be always in filth. Their creed is filth. How can anybody expect something good from these germs who thrive on faeces.
vaibhav, India (Bharat)
17 Feb 2008, 10:06
Is the author making an adventure or insulting....
these kind of shameless, disgusting people shud be hanged as soon as possible....
coz our govt is only shameless ..
for these kind of people a new hell is created... god surely dump these unwanted things soon....
Ramachander, India (Bharat)
21 Feb 2008, 02:37
People living in gutters want others to do so. I quote a story:-. Lord Brahma took pity on one His creations, The Pig.
He wanted to reform them
. Came down to earth and held a meeting of all pigs. He apologized for their miserable condition and told them that He would take them to Heaven. The pigs asked Him how the Heaven looked like. He explained in detail the comforts and the enchanting surroundings. Then, an elderly pig stood up and asked whether there were "Gutters" there as on the earth. He said, "No chance" Then the elderly pig said " If there are no Gutters for us to play about we don't want your heaven."Brahma left in anger
MORAL :- The author is like the pigs stay put in Gutter
Raj, India (Bharat)
03 Mar 2008, 05:50
Dear brothers & sisters,
What does a mother do when a daughter writes filth about her? If sanatana dharma is the mother of all religions, what does a mother do to reform an ignorant sibling? let somone who knows her address send her a book describing the meanings of the forms in our dharma & how it leads us realise the formless God. doesnt mocking an ignorant person, degrade our level of spritual standard set by the great dharma we are part of? there is a lot of salt in the vessels around, so lets keep adding water to reduce the salt instead of mocking & adding any more salt.
AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING 5000 YEAR OLD RELIGION ??
BOB MALHOTRA, United States of America
03 Mar 2008, 10:19
i would like to know her reaction if we denigrated jesus the same way.
if we respect jesus christ. this is what we get back. we have had enough tolerance with these people and now it is the time to retalitate. it can be taught to the worshippers of jesus christ about how false their religion is.
aadithya, United States of America
03 Mar 2008, 11:05
Its people like Sarah who are so insecure about their religion that they are not able to accept the truth and sanctity of hinduism. Have you ever seen a hindu preaching conversion....but u find christians outside the tirupati balaji temple distributing pamplets to convert....furthermore, they entice people to convert by paying money.....i mean how cheap can u get. It shows that you dont have faith in the principles of your own religion. So much for their "great" religion...the cracks of which were bought out in the open so beautifully in the da vinci code.....
SWAMI PARAMATMANANDA, India (Bharat)
03 Mar 2008, 12:55
Shiva means auspiciosness.Such depictions are very much HURTING.Hindus should speak in single voice.
gopal, India (Bharat)
03 Mar 2008, 15:56
We need hindu awareness.
pawanchuriwal, India (Bharat)
04 Mar 2008, 05:37
The Author's pedigry must be checked, otherwise no sensible persons dare to write,such remarks on other religion or on their deities.
The person should be xxxxxx till xxxxx
They are not able to accept the truth and sanctity of hinduism. How can anybody expect something good from these germs who thrive on faeces.
K.V.Vasudeva Nayak, India (Bharat)
05 Mar 2008, 02:45
High time we tell the world that tolerence is not weekness,but strength
Jagdish Mandhare, India (Bharat)
07 Mar 2008, 04:51
I really feel pity on the author of the book. If the author ever tried to understand the essence of Hinduism she will become a folower of the same. Poor Fellow. . . Inspite of ALL the Critisism Hinduism will be guiding the world all over, through ages. Critics will be the loosers.
Chaitra Rama Murthy, India (Bharat)
14 Mar 2008, 06:30
If the synopsis on the book is true.. this is just another foreigners stupid reflection of what her little mind could grasp wrongly about our culture. Not surprising at all, in an age, where most Indians would wonder and think questioningly, if not agree with the author.
Westerners (read as people of white origin), seem to have no qualms in belittling ideas, new places, religions and gods. While their ignorance may be pardoned, their attitude cannot be. Their country , sustained by dole and a beer binging ideology , which is historically a land of rejected convicts and crooks, cannot come up with such refined philosophy , even after a few light years !
For several centuries there has been an organized movement to defame Hinduism starting from the misinterpretation of the Vedas. Most people or so called philosophers of the west never had any understanding of Sanskrit. Some converted Brahmins fools sold their soul and wrote some crap to justify their actions. Unfortunately, Hinduism is not an institutionalized religion which is the need of the day to keep check on writers, speakers and other con man. The VHP which claims representation of Hindus is lost in itself. There are pockets here and there but not a single representation. The question is which institution represents Hinduism and protects its interest. I don’t know. Can someone tell me
amit chandan, India (Bharat)
23 Aug 2008, 00:58
people should come ahead strongly as this kind of incident is occuring from past regularly.writer should feel sorry and book should be taken back from market.
Amit, India (Bharat)
21 Feb 2009, 03:35
Ban the Book or ask the author to change the cover
Abhijit Bandekar, India (Bharat)
23 Feb 2009, 08:25
The Author must be punished in public for abusing religious feelings of Hindus. I request the outsiders that are tolerance should not be considered as our cowardness as it is just the teachings of our religion to Forgive. But there is always a limit and hence do not test our patience or else the consequences would be worst than what is happening today. Be Good And Do Good! Respect others Religious sentiments. Thank You.
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