HindusimNow sends condolences for Lee Kuan Yew, the sage of Singapore: Press Release

Press release, Bangalore
Monday, 23 March 2015

Hinduism Now, The Apolitical Voice of Integrated Sanatana Hindu Dharma, has offered condolences on the passing away of Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore’s founding father, in Singapore General Hospital early this morning.  He was known as one of the giants of this century who oversaw the transformation of Singapore, which was rife with drugs and prostitution, into a gleaming model city-state.

Mr Lee had helped Tamilians in Singapore become integrated and a strong part of the community while  still retaining their culture and had  given hope and opportunity for millions of Indians from Tamil Nadu to work and learn from Singapore

Mr. Lee met had with nearly every Prime Minister, particularly Narasimha Rao, and Manmohan Singh, whom he met frequently in New Delhi and Singapore, as he pushed India for the need to “look east” more. But while Mr. Lee had an easy and often warm relationship with Indian leaders, he was caustic in his criticism of how India had developed post-Independence. 

“Mr. Lee didn’t dislike India, but he was disappointed with India,” former Confederation of Indian Industry chief Tarun Das told The Hindu. “He had seen the potential of India and seen it go what he thought was the wrong way, the socialist way.”. Mr. Lee called India “a nation of unfulfilled greatness.” “Indians will go at a tempo which is decided by their constitution, by their ethnic mix, by their voting patterns, and the resulting coalition governments, which makes for very difficult decision-making,” he conceded.

The world of Hinduism recognizes and remembers his  contribution to the world