--- On Wed, 8/12/09, Mohan Gupta <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Mohan Gupta <[email protected]> > Subject: Fw: IGNORANCE & APATHY ARE NOT THE PROOFS OF NON-EXISTENCE > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 8:39 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > _filtered #yiv1778292003 { > font-family:Cambria Math;} > _filtered #yiv1778292003 { > font-family:Calibri;} > _filtered #yiv1778292003 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} > #yiv1778292003 P.MsoNormal { > MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";FONT-SIZE:12pt;} > #yiv1778292003 LI.MsoNormal { > MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";FONT-SIZE:12pt;} > #yiv1778292003 DIV.MsoNormal { > MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";FONT-SIZE:12pt;} > #yiv1778292003 H1 { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";MARGIN-LEFT:0in;FONT-SIZE:24pt;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;MARGIN-RIGHT:0in;} > #yiv1778292003 H2 { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";MARGIN-LEFT:0in;FONT-SIZE:18pt;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;MARGIN-RIGHT:0in;} > #yiv1778292003 H3 { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";MARGIN-LEFT:0in;FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;MARGIN-RIGHT:0in;} > #yiv1778292003 A:link { > COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv1778292003 SPAN.MsoHyperlink { > COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv1778292003 A:visited { > COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv1778292003 SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { > COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} > #yiv1778292003 P { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", > "serif";MARGIN-LEFT:0in;FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN-RIGHT:0in;} > #yiv1778292003 SPAN.Heading1Char { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";FONT-WEIGHT:bold;} > #yiv1778292003 SPAN.Heading2Char { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";FONT-WEIGHT:bold;} > #yiv1778292003 SPAN.Heading3Char { > FONT-FAMILY:"Times New Roman", "serif";FONT-WEIGHT:bold;} > #yiv1778292003 .MsoChpDefault { > } > #yiv1778292003 DIV.Section1 { > } > #yiv1778292003 OL { > MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;} > #yiv1778292003 UL { > MARGIN-BOTTOM:0in;} > > > > IGNORANCE & APATHY > ARE NOT THE PROOFS OF > NON-EXISTANCE > Dr Pravin > Togadia > Organiser > Work > is being done for years by HINDU > ORGANIZATIONS like > > RSS, > VHP > & > by THE HINDU SADHU SANTS like > SRI > SRI GURUJI RAVISHANKARJI, > SRI > SATHYA SAI BABA JI OF PUTTHA PARTHY, > THE > LTE SWAMI LAXMANANAND JI, > SRI > DUDHABABA JI, > SADHVI > RITAMBARA JI & many many of such people. > > Sant > shri Asaramji Bapu > > Over > 10,00,000 poor students getting FREE & STANDARD QUALITY > > Education, > over > 20,00,000 poor being given free Medical Help, > over > 1,00,000 poor being helped by free Legal Aid, > over > 5,00,000 poor youth getting professional vocational > training like Computers, > Mechanical, etc., > over > 3,00,000 poor women got smiles on their faces through their > own work aided by > Self Help Groups, > over > 1,50,000 poor Heart patients to be operated free at the > most hi-tech ultra > modern Heart Hospital (2500 patients already operated at > Zero > cost), > 700 > villages got clean drinking water free through modern > efficient water pipes, > > over > 5,00,000 patients to benefit from various > programmes, > over > 25,000 poor couples are happy that they could get married > at no cost, > > over > 23,000 families of Diamond / Construction / Textiles > workers got monthly food > grains free after the workers lost jobs due to the current > economic slow > down > over > 1,00,000 to get it, > over > 500 Ambulances are moving all India all the time to help > the poor > anytime, > over > 30,000 Health & Medical Centres with Medical > Dispensaries / Mobile > Dispensaries are operating efficiently free for the poor, > > over > 5,000 orphan children are under warm shelter of love & > care & also > getting modern education….LIST IS TOO > LONG----- > WHICH > IS NEVER MENTIONED BY THE MEDIA BECAUSE IT IS CONTROLLED BY > CHRISTIANS AND > MUSLIMS BUT WHAT WE HEAR BY THE MEDIA ------- > > > That > Hindu Organizations & Hindu Sadhu Sants do not do any > concrete development > work for the society / Hindus & that they only do > agitations for the ancient > issues like temples etc. > It > is a high time that the people at large WAKE UP TO THE > REALITY. > Projecting > Hindutva as anti Development has become a fashion off late. > > It > is important to KNOW, REALIZE &! ; UNDERSTAND the truth > & then perceive > anything & create perceptions in the minds of public. > > > MEDIA projects > Hindu Organizations can’t do anything in their lives > & therefore join such > organizations or take Sanyaas and only do > agitations and derogatory > things. > > Very > well qualified professionals are in these HINDUU > ORGANIZATION such as > ----RSS, VHP, ABVP who > are-----Doctors, > Engineers > from IITs, > MBAs > from IIMs / Universities abroad, > CAs, > Marketing professionals once launched great brands in MNCs > & Indian FMCGs, > > learned > & globally respected researchers in Psychology / > Sociology / Economics / > Science / Space Research etc, > renowned > Lawyers & Judges, > Poets, > Music Directors / Singers, > veterans > in many other Fine Arts… > many > people associated with & working in such Hindu > Organizations have fabulous > academic & career background. > Be > it RSS, VHP, ABVP or be it Ramakrishna Mission, Arya Samaj > or > be > it Sadhu-Sants who may have long hair & beard but under > those long haired or > tonsured heads, many have very high IQ brains- some of them > being > General > Surgeons, > Cardiae-Surgeons, > > Cancer > Surgeons, > Space > Scientists, > Engineers > from IITs, > Ex > Judges & many other professionals! . Most of them like > --- > Sri > Sri Guruji Ravishankarji, > Sadhvi > Ritambharaji, many Mahants & Shankaracharyaji are not > just well qualified > but also have given their lives for the betterment & > development of > Hindus. > > It > is a basic responsibility of all Hindus in India & > globally as well as of > media to once & for all stop seeing what has been > projected artificially by > a section of the society to defame Hindu Organizations > & Sadhu Sants & > start looking at the other side of such organizations & > such people. This > other side occupies over 90% part of Hindu Organizations > & the highly (& > mostly wrongly) publicized (by the vested interests media) > image of Hindu > organizations & Sadhu-Sants shadows the real > scion-developmental work these > organizations & these people have been doing for years > together without > being in the governmental power & facing physical & > political oppression > in many states. > > From > U.P. to Arunachal Pradesh, from Karnataka to Jharkhand, > from Maharashtra to > Tripura & in many other countries, Hindu Organizations > & Sadhu-Sants > have contributed to amazing scion-developmental work of the > society. Just a > glimpse of some of such projects & the number of the > poor & the needy > covered under those is mind-boggling. > > > > RSS has 16,208 Educational > projects, > 11,665 Health > Projects, > 8994 Self Reliance > Projects & > 16,412 Social Projects. > These all total up to > 98,768 as of now. These projects every year cover not > less than 10,00,000 > needy & poor children, old people, women, ill people > etc. > The work by RSS done > whenever there is any natural > calamity has not even been mentioned here but very > silently & with > dedication RSS reaches 1st in any calamity to > help people – be it > floods, earthquakes, fires or so on. > -------- > > > > VHP’s 1 Teacher Schools > (Ekal Vidyalaya) number up > to 26, 880 & they cover 7,72,065 students of which > around 6 Lakhs students > are from Tribal areas. This is the largest Hindu > Missionary work in India > & perhaps even the world by a single organization. > > What’s more, wherever > there is a Ekal Vidyalaya, > there is Village Development Unit under which a Medical > Centre is run, making > the Medical Centres also to 26,880. > VHP also has other > Educational Projects: 569 > Primary schools covering 59,300 students, 156 Secondary > schools covering > 12,750 students, > 53 Sr Secondary > schools covering 2120 > students. > 15 Residential > schools, > many Night schools, > > 104 Hostels including 44 > Orphanages. All these > cover over 75,000 poor & needy children who are given > standard quality > Education & many other facilities of life. (From one > of such Tribal > schools, last year Board result was 100% & the > highest score a student has > got was 93%, recently I met a smart student of > 2nd year MBBS. To my > joy, he was from one of VHP’s Orphanages.) > VHP has Health Projects: 34 > Hospitals, > 99 Dispensaries, > 19 Mobile Dispensaries, > > 28 Ambulances, > 192 First Aid Centres, > > 4 Medicine Collection > Centres, > 13 Goumutra Therapy Centres > & many such > related centers. > TOTAL PATIENTS > COVERED UNDER THESE ARE > ANNUALLY 2,80,000 min. > Just recently in Pune a > project Niramaya has > covered 68 slums & 18 Construction Sites for > Vaccination of children there > in age group 1 day to 6 years. > Total 12,025 children > are vaccinated & 1 > Lakh doses were given. They have a mobile van too so that > the poor children do > not need to come for it, Niramaya goes where they > are. > Not just Education or > Health, some Sadhu-Sants are > doing what ideally falls under the governments in power > only. In Andhra > Pradesh Ananthpur Dist, 700 villages have been supplied > clean drinking water > through modern pipes worth Rs 350 Crore. NOT by any > government, but Sri Sathya > Saibaba. And its free. > Arya Samaj has 700 schools > covering 15,00,000 > students & 80 colleges covering 16,800 > colleges. > Swaminarayan Gurukul > schools are 142 covering > 12,000 students, 160 High Schools with 1,20,000 students > & 25 > colleges. > Sadhvi Ritambharaji runs an > Orphanage for little > girls at Vrindavan, which has at this moment 350 little > girls taking modern > education. They would have been wandering on streets > becoming victims of > heinous crimes but now they have bright dreams of future > in their little eyes. > > Sri Sri Guruji > Ravishankarji’s developmental work > covers at least 30,000 villages where Natural > Agricultural projects, > Organic Farming are being > done where only in > Karnataka 2000 youth are engaged full time & all > India at least 20,000 > youth look after this. > He also has > established a program for > awareness about & help to AID patients all India. > Recently there was a > well attended caucus of Hindu Leaders organized for this > & many of us have > pledged our active support to it. > Hunger is the number 1 > killer in the world & > in India. VHP, to fight this is doing a project ‘Ek > Mutthi Anaj’ where the > workers of various industries who lost jobs due to recent > economic slowdown > were provided with 15 kilos of food grains each for their > families & the > target is to cover at least 12,00,000 families with this > ‘Anna Daan’ So far we > have covered 15,000+ families. > It also has a Food > Bank where house wives > take out 1 mutthi anaj everyday, it is collected by > volunteers for > distribution systematically. > NO family has to come > begging for the food is the > most important part in it. Ek Mutthi Anaj Programme goes > to their houses & > respectfully gives food grains to them as Anna-Daan. > > > > Sri Sathya Saibaba also has > a high-tech Heart > hospital where they target to do 1,25,000 heart > surgeries. 25,000 surgeries > are already done with ZERO cost. > NOT just > socio-developmental projects but VHP also > doing a lot in Art & Culture. In Pune, a music album > made waves > recently. > Songs sung by Pundit > Jitendra Abhisheki’s > son Shounak, > Pundit Bhimsen Joshi’s > shishya Upendra Bhat > & > Shri Vasantrao > Deshpande’s grandson Rahul > Deshpande made this album a great hit & it was done > by VHP. > The artists gave programmes > for VHP & then the > album was made & available on the stands. Art is an > important part of > Hindu Dharm & it is our duty to preserve our fine > arts. > This effort was done even > in children’s paintings. > In tribal schools, a painting competitions were > organized which got > tremendous response. > 12 paintings were awarded > & brought to people > as greeting cards. All participants got nice > certificates. > At Dharmasthal near > Mangalore Manjunath Devasthana > is doing a unique project of innovative natural > Agri-systems in 500 villages. > > They also have a legally > accepted local justice > system. > Self Reliance Projects by > us are helping youth > & women in many villages with > 94 Sewing centers, > > 63 Computer Training > Centres, > 306 Women’s Self Help > Groups with Micro Credit > & savings facility, > 2 Mechanical Training > Centres, > 1 Honey-Bee Centre, > > 16 House Hold industry > Centres, > 112 Libraries… The list > is too long. > > & the > beneficiaries are in > millions.----- > Sadhvi Maa Amrith Anand myi > ji has been running a > multi-specialty hospital in Kochi which serves around > 48,000 patients > annually, > has 38 hi-tech departments > & 1,650 beds- The > largest in Asia and many more ---- > > Effort of > giving above details is > done only to draw attention of all well-meaning Hinduus to > the reality that > Hinduu Organizations & Sadhu-Sants have been engaged in > much > socio-developmental work for Hinduus. > This is just a > glimpse of it. I apologise > to any other Hinduu Organization & to ALL SADHU-SANTS > & many Hinduu > Researchers who have been doing mountains of such > socio-developmental work for > years. But due to limited space I could not mention them > here. > > From Education to > Health Care, > > from Micro Credit to > Self Reliance, > > from Agriculture to > Clean Drinking Water > supply, > from > Vocational Training to Free > Food Supply & > from Child Care to > Women’s Welfare….... > Hindu Organizations & Sadhu Sants are busy doing what > is truly termed as > Socio-Developmental work with utmost dedication. The only > part of Development, > which they are not able to do is Infrastructure > Development, which obviously > governments in power are authorized to do as yet. As it is > a responsibility of > Hinduu Organizations & Sadhu Sants (& all Hinduus) > to protect heritage, > monuments, culture & people of Hindu Dharm; this > responsibility of Hinduu > Socio-Developmental work is also being perfectly taken up > by the Hinduu > Organizations & Sadhu Sants, what with their limited > resources . > > The happiest part of > this > socio-developmental work is that it is a great joy to see > tribal, poor > children’s eyes shining bright when the study & go > ahead in life., to see > poor women happily telling friends as to how they got their > daughters married > with their own income, to see a terminally ill poor old man > getting cured free > & walking on his own feet…. > > The saddest part is > that the one-sided > media & a few vested interests groups purposely ignore > / demean such a good > work & focus on tarnishing image of Hinduu > organizations & Sadhu-Sants > with some one-off incidents & paints them (& > Hindutv) as > anti-development & out dated. The saddest part is also > limited financial > & other resources with Hinduu Organizations. But the > HINDuU DREAMS ARE > BRIGHTER & THE HORIZIN IS MUCH LARGER… > > ( Readers wishing to > visit any of the above > projects, the writer can be contacted on the e-mail > given here.) > > > The writer is a Cancer > Surgeon & VHP’s > Secretary General & can be contacted on [email protected]) > www.vhpsampark.org > > ------------------ > Sant shri Asaramji > Bapu did the social welfare > activities which are very numerous, whether it may be > help to poors and > needy or during national calamaties, their volunteers work > round the clock. > There are 18000 Bal Sanskar Kendras run by them, which give > good teachings and > sanskars to children. the work done by their institution > for the adivasis and in > the interior areas is really disturbing the christian > missionaries, and hence he > was defamed like anything since last > year. > buttermilk and water is served during summer > days, while > distribution of sweater, kambals, hot caps, etc. in > winter. > Free distribution of notebooks to poor students is done, > along with bag, shoes > etc. > The anti campaign that media has done against > him since last 1 year > is ridiculous. the media has gone down to such a extent > that its shameful. > > > Many Hindu organisations are serving humanity > selflesssly without > any desire of money and fame but anti-Hindu media of > Bhaarat never mention the > activities of these selfless workers. > > >
