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| April 13, 2010 | Hindus resent proposed Canadian immigration marriage regulations | |
Nevada (US):Hindus have strongly criticized the proposed new Canadian regulations concerning immigration and marriages, saying that these unfairly target their centuries old traditions. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement
in Nevada (USA) today, said that in Hinduism, vivah (marriage) was the most important
samskar (sacrament). Traditional Hindu marriage was a sacred rite and was believed
to be binding not only in this life but in the life hereafter also. And Ottawa
saw "bad faith" in it, he added. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of
Hinduism, argued: A large majority of us still go for arranged marriages and we
are proud of this fact. But "arranged" should not be mistaken for "forced". We
are not rogues as Ottawa is trying to hint, we just happen to be different. Rajan
Zed further said that Ottawa was attempting to destroy their traditions while
claiming to be "safeguarding the integrity of the immigration process". Ottawa
was trying to tell us "how to live and love and choose marriage partners".
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