These include memorials to Sikh soldiers in Leicester, Wolverhampton and at the National Memorial Arboretum; the Chattri memorial near Brighton, which commemorates Hindu and Sikh soldiers who died in the First World War; and a memorial for African and Caribbean soldiers in Windrush Square, Brixton. However, the British-Indian army that made up the bulk of the forces wasn’t organised on religious lines. Why keeping on dividing an already divided world?” and “The erstwhile empire still continuing its divisive politics”. “The memorial is the proof of why British allowed Partition” said another.Trupti Patel, president of the Hindu Forum of Britain, said: “A memorial should represent all faiths. If there is a Muslim one, there should be a Hindu one, a Jain one, a Parsee one – where does it end?

Source: The North Africa Journal March 08, 2024 19:37 UTC