NHSF (UK) International News
World Hindu Congress 2023
“Jayasya Aayatnam Dharmah”- Dharma, the abode of victory. The theme of the World Hindu Congress in Bangkok 2023, with seven parallel themes running throughout the three day event. NHSF (UK) had the privilege of speaking at the Hindu Youth Conference within three...
My Deepāvali: Family, Festivities and Food!
Deepāvali - the ‘Festival of Lights’ - is a time of togetherness, celebrating the triumph of good over evil. Preparations for the five days of festivities begin days, sometimes even weeks, in advance with the cooking of sweets and savouries being made, purchase of...
International Day of Yoga 2019
Yoga: the latest new fad in physical exercises, or an ancient dhārmic tradition rooted in spirituality and the liberation of our suffering? Friday 21st June 2019 saw the fifth celebration of the International Day of Yoga, an initiative pioneered by Indian Prime...
Kashmiri Hindus’ Exodus Day 2019
Whilst Makar Sankranti marks the point in the Hindu calendar after which the days the start to lengthen and the nights start to shorten, for approximately 350,000 - many sources suggest more - Hindus in the Jammu and Kashmir region in 1990, this signalled the...
NHSF (UK) at WHC 2018
Between the 7th and 9th September 2018, 2500 delegates from 60 countries gathered in Chicago for the second World Hindu Congress with the theme, Sumantrité Suvikrānté - ‘Think Collectively, Achieve Valiantly’ The WHC aimed to provide a global platform where Hindus...
International Women’s Day 2016
Tuesday 8th March 2016 will be celebrated as International Women’s Day. Worldwide, the contributions of women will be celebrated and pledges will be made to bring about new changes. It will stand as a reminder, a solitary day in our calendar of the greatness of women....
The World Culture Festival 2016
The Art of Living will be celebrating 35 years of service to humanity in 2016. To commemorate this momentous occasion, The World Culture Festival is being organised on the 11th, 12th and 13th of March 2016 in New Delhi, India. Over 3.5 million people are...
Press release on the exile of the Kashmiri Pandits
Indo-European Kashmiri Forum (IEKF), Kashmiri Pandit Association Europe (KPAE) & Hindu Council UK (HCUK) Commemorate 26 years of the exile of Kashmiri Pandits/Hindus from their homeland On Tuesday 19th January 2016, a round-table meeting was arranged at the...
Paris Attacks
Merely moments after Prime Ministers Cameron & Modi spoke about the issues of terrorism and their mutual co-operation in their speeches at Wembley on Friday, we received the shocking news of the outrageous and heinous attacks in Paris. Our thoughts and prayers go...
Paris Syndrome!
Yajur Shah NHSF (UK) National President Ah Paris! If ever there was a city imprinted in our minds as that of beauty, romance and splendour, it would be that of Paris. It is a city where the worlds of technology and infrastructure do not dominate but instead one where...