期刊名称：International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度：2003
期号：30
出版社：International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要：I welcome Mr Giri's response to my research report on 'The Life of Hindus in Britain' (IIASN 27, p.23) for a dual reason. First-ly the initial motive behind writing the report – to introduce the research to interested individuals and consequently encouragethe generation of more contacts – could be better facilitated. Mr Giri is correct; I am yet to interview Nepalese Hindus. In thisregard I hope he will be willing to introduce me to individuals he thinks should be interviewed. More generally, his reaction pres-ents me with an opportunity to clarify aspects of the research that have perhaps been misunderstood.The agenda of the research is not to 'bring positive input into people's lives' or to 'simply end up as another unread academicreport' (Mr Giri's inferences). Neither is 'actual change for the Hindu community' a driving force behind this work. Such policy-driven agendas make too many assumptions about the existence of a homogeneous Hindu community and a distinct identity ofinterests amongst such a group
