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| June 16, 2010 | Hindus upset at Vogue editor for trivializing Hindu gods | |
Nevada (US): Hindus have strongly objected to Vogue India editor remarks about Hindu gods, in which she was quoted as saying 'neither the rains nor the Hindu gods could stop the shoppers from coming' to Fashion's Night Out. Shopping extravaganza "Fashion's Night Out" is being spearheaded by
Vogue globally, which it is labeling as "biggest fashion party in history" and
"Global Celebration of Fashion" and will be held in September this year. Indian
Vogue editor Priya Tanna reportedly told WWD: "Fashion's Night Out last year was
the first luxury shopping festival to take place in India . It followed three
consecutive days of rain and took place during an inauspicious time on the Hindu
calendar for buying expensive items. But neither the rains nor the Hindu gods
could stop the shoppers from coming." Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in
a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that Hindu deities were meant to be worshipped
in temples and home shrines and not to be trivialized in the fashion world. Vogue
should not unnecessarily drag Hindu deities in promoting its fashion extravaganzas.
Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that
trivialization of deities hurt the feelings of devotees and Vogue should not take
it lightly. Meanwhile Bhavna Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening has asked Vogue
and its India editor Priya Tanna to immediately tender a formal apology on this
issue and refrain from insulting Hindu gods in the future. Vogue and its editors
should be focusing more on fashion-celebrities-beauty-trends-shopping and not
challenging the powers of Hindu gods, Shinde added. Founded in 1892, Vogue, a
monthly fashion-lifestyle magazine, is published in 19 editions worldwide by New
York based Conde Nast Publications, which is a subsidiary of Advance Publications
Inc., a privately held communications company headquartered in Staten Island (New
York). Samuel l. Newhouse Jr. is the CEO of Advance Publications while Charles
H. Townsend is CEO of Conde Nast. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion
of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate
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