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London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who met renowned Ramayan \u2018kathakar\u2019 Morari Bapu at Cambridge University on Tuesday on the Indian Independence Day, said he was there \u201cnot as prime minister but as a Hindu\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n Sunak called himself a \u201cproud British\u201d and a \u201cproud Hindu\u201d as he addressed a gathering of people of Indian origin at the Jesus College which is hosting such an event for the first time to mark Morari Bapu\u2019s 921st recital titled \u2018Manas Vishwavidyalay\u2019, said a release.<\/p>\n Sunak began his address with a \u201cJai Siya Ram\u201d and said: \u201cBeing Prime Minister is a great honour, but it is not an easy job. There are difficult decisions to make, hard choices to confront and our faith gives me courage, strength, and resilience to do the best that I can for our country\u201d.<\/p>\n He added how a \u201cgolden Ganesha sits gleefully on my desk at 10 Downing Street\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a constant reminder to me about listening and reflecting on issues before acting,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n Mr Sunak reflected upon his childhood years in Southampton where he often visited his neighbourhood temple with family.<\/p>\n \u201cGrowing up, I have very fond memories of attending our local mandir in Southampton. My parents and family would organise havans, pujas, aartis; afterwards, I would help serve lunch and prasad with my brother and sister and cousins,\u201d said Mr Sunak.<\/p>\n \u201cOur values and what I see Bapu does each day of his life are the values of selfless service, devotion and keeping faith. But perhaps the greatest value is duty or sewa, as we know it. These Hindu values are very much shared British values,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n Sunak noted how many among the hundreds gathered at the Katha had parents and grandparents who came to the UK with very little from India and East Africa and worked their way up to give his generation the greatest opportunities ever.<\/p>\n \u201cI leave here today remembering the \u2018Ramayana\u2019 that Bapu speaks on, but also the \u2018Bhagavad Gita\u2019 and the \u2018Hanuman Chalisa\u2019. And for me, Lord Ram will always be an inspirational figure to face life\u2019s challenges with courage, to govern with humility and to work selflessly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He concluded his address with the words \u2018Jai Siya Ram\u2019 and went on to participate in an aarti on stage, with Morari Bapu invoking the blessings of Lord Hanuman.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who met renowned Ramayan \u2018kathakar\u2019 Morari Bapu at Cambridge University on Tuesday on the Indian Independence Day, said he was there \u201cnot as prime minister but as a Hindu\u201d. Sunak called himself a \u201cproud British\u201d and a \u201cproud Hindu\u201d as he addressed a gathering of people of Indian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5092,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5090\/revisions\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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