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An NRI's Reflection on Sangh Parivar & Swayamsevaks

Submitted by sjain on Wed, 05/21/2008 - 04:01.

Originial Link: http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian.kerala/msg/a13b3818e94...

It is time to say goodbye.  I will head for India in two weeks after thirty years in the USA to work full time for SEVA programs of Vishwa Hindu Parishad in India.

On this Visitors' Feedback section, I had the honor of reading Partha Banerjee, who frequently attacks the whole Sangh Parivar with gusto, repeatedly claiming at the same time his past membership with RSS.  Perhaps he stresses his alleged RSS connection to prove his credibility.  Myself, on the other hand, have a completely different perspective on the Sangh.  I never belonged to the Sangh, and yet today I have taken an early retirement (voluntarily, on my own terms; can be checked relatively easily), and will plunge headlong into Sangh programs in India.

HPI: Christian Institutions Top List of NGOs Operating in India in 2007

Submitted by sjain on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 00:08.

Source: http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/12/27.shtml#3

http://mha.gov.in/fcra/annual/ar2005-06.pdf

NEW DELHI, INDIA, December 27, 2007 (HPI note): Each year, the Government of India's Ministry of Home Affairs releases a report (URL above) entitled, "Receipt of Foreign Contributions by Voluntary Associations." Most of the donations go toward relief work, rural development, medicine and education. "Maintenance of priests/preachers/other religious functionaries" is 15th on the list of purposes, receiving $21 million dollars of all foreign funding. Of the fifteen top donor agencies given in a chart on page 20, eight are Christian, seven are secular and none are Hindu:


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