NHSF (UK) Local News
NHSF Sheffield’s Shiva Puja for Hindu Awareness Week
It was a typical autumn morning in Sheffield, the chilly gusts of wind greeting those who were outdoors with the sun hiding away behind the clouds. However, for some of us, it was a very special Saturday morning - one that would be worth crawling out of bed for. In...
North Zone Sewa Day 2015 – NHSF Liverpool
This year, NHSF Liverpool hosted North Zone Sewa day! As well as many chapter members, we were also joined by guests from Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester, Huddersfield and Bradford. The day began with an Aarti, which was followed by inspirational talks from National...
Real people, real projects, inspiring actions – Sewa Pioneers’ Award
Sonal Keshav NHSF (UK) National Vice President Sewa Pioneers' Awards held at Portcullis House on Wednesday, 24 June celebrated and honoured the great work carried out all over the UK and around the world on Sewa Day last year. The awards presented by a number of...
5 things for Hindu students to consider in the polling stations
Yajur Shah NHSF (UK) National President Tomorrow is the big day! Many of us are still undecided and often because the world of politics is a dizzying whirlpool of policy, jargon and well, politicians that most of us just can’t relate to. We, at NHSF (UK) do...
How to register to vote
Have you registered to vote? Did you know you have to register individually to vote in any UK Election? In 2010, the NUS warned that 22% of students might not have been able to vote, as they weren’t registered. Last year the process was changed by Parliament so that...
A tribute to a true hero
By Vishal Patel The Hindu Community pays tribute to the five British Servicemen killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Amongst these Heroes was Flight Lieutenant Rakesh Chauhan, an intelligence officer with the Royal Air Force, who died when the Lynx came down...
The Hindu Lawyers Association takes the first step towards increasing legal accessibility for Hindu Communities
On 26 March 2014, The Hindu Lawyers Association took the first step to break down barriers between the legal profession and the Hindu Community with the Midlands launch of the HLA Guide for the Community. The legal guide addresses various issues encountered by Hindu...
Yashika Bageerathi
NHSF PR Team Yashika Bageerathi, an A-level student aged 19, The student had been in the UK since 2011, and was deported on an Air Mauritius flight from Heathrow Airport 2nd April at 9pm. A young student, who had arrived from her home country of Mauritius, to the...
Burglary at Shree Hindu Mandir Leicester
National Hindu Students Forum (UK) condemns the recent burglary at Shree Mandir on the 7th April 2013, Leicester in the strongest of terms. We appeal for anyone who has information regarding this robbery to contact the police as soon as possible to ensure justice is...
The Mayoral Race should be about uniting communities not dividing them
By Mayuri Parmar National Hindu Students Forum (UK) Alumni UK election results in the past few years have increasingly been about galvanising the vote of smaller ethnic, religious or immigrant communities. The reason for this is quite simple. Most of these communities...