Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement on Monday, said that Lord Ganesh was meant to be worshipped in temples and home shrines and not to be made a laughing stock on theater stages.
Applauding Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg for the reported pledge to give majority of his wealth to philanthropy, well known Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has called upon India's billionaires/millionaires to make similar pledges.
Indian American community leader Rajan Zed has criticised Vanity Fair magazine's just released prestigious '2009 International Best-Dressed List', claiming the list was 'biased and uneven'.In a statement issued in Nevada, Zed, who is president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said that although the list claimed to be 'international', its 53 listed best-dressed people belonged to only ten countries, representing only about ten percent of the world population.
Upset Hindus have asked for the immediate recall of the toy 'Hanuman plush doll', calling it "inappropriate, upsetting, and denigrating". Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said that inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees' feelings.