February 8th
There have been a lot of allegations about AID (the Association for India's Development) that it is a Marxist fellow-traveler that only sponsors Marxist-blessed charitable activities. Here is disturbing information that suggests it is potentially pursuing more risky activities.
This is a sad commentary on what happens to a lot of gullible Indians: I have mentioned a case before where a vague and woolly-headed person was converted into a traitor by deft handlers. Here is what I said:
"He is a perfect example of the kind of person who becomes a 'secular' 'progressive' 'intellectual' in India. Someone with touching but half- baked ideas of being a do-gooder, who is brainwashed first by the Macaulayite/JNU-ite education system, and then by some handler who recognises him as a perfect recruit: an innocent whose head can be filled with dubious ideas and who fails to realize that he's being turned into an anti-national."
Alas, it looks like some of the genuinely decent people who have been working for AID fit the same symptoms.
Thanks to reader Vedapriyan. Download pdf from the link provided.
68 comments:
Oh puh-leeeze, Mr. Rajeev "sitting in Cal" Srinivasan,
If and when you care to become a balanced journalist and a human worthy of love, please take a minute or two to go lend a helping hand with your Hindu brothers atleast, for the tsunami affected. That'd be better than sitting down miles away in California, to talk about which Marxist helped and which didnt.
At the least, you'd be accruing some good karma as per the Hindu norms, and at the best, you'd be out doing better good than your writing.
-V
Rajeev
I cannot beleive an experienced journo like you decides to post something without the necessary due dilligence.
I don't even want to stoop down and write a comment on the post because every sane individual knows the kind of work AID does and their exemplary relief and rehabilitation effort in the tsunami affected areas....
And Rajeev, please get a life
guys, gratutitous personal attacks as well as injured innocence noted.
now could we move on?
would you care to rebut any of the well-referenced accusations in the above pdf file? or do we just take it that they dont agree with your view of the world, therefore they must not be true?
Rajiv,
brains that are brainwashed by the christin missonaries and eyes that are closed by "my faith" the ultimate cant see rality...
didnt they say "ignorance is bliss" keeping in mind ppl like these....??
Well,nizhal yodha, if you are really into facts and figures, lets take up the question:
what are the exact facts of AID's association that are represented in the document? Putting up a dozen links doesnt make a document well-referenced, as you might know from technical and financial journals. The links also need to be factual and supported by facts.
The document says that AID works with IMC-USA, and IMC-USA works with Al Qaeda, therefore AID works with Al Qaeda. The accounts for AID are public, so are the decisions (hmmm, when was the last time we have seen RSS's accounts in public space?). Your linked document does not provide any details or facts on what AID's association is with IMC-USA, leave alone IMC-USA's with Al Qaeda or any other group. It does not give any details on what context and grounds AID has worked with DYFI or any other organization for that matter, in tsunami relief. The argument presented is similar to the following : If you work or are in some way financed by Wall Street firms, and it is known that there are links between Wall Street firms and Columbian drug mafia, then it means that you are working with Columbian drug mafia, which infact, makes you a worse terrorist than Marxists!
Going by the familiar Set Theory relationship, if A intersection B is >= 0, and B intersection C >= 0, please prove to me that A intersection C is >= 0. So, even using mathematical reasoning, your claim doesnt stand scrutiny.
However, if the above is proved, then apart from accepting your argument, I'd also nominate you for the Abel medal. Otherwise, I'd have to admire you for your Bush-like ability to cloak dubious facts into strong reasons for doubt.
That apart, if one wishes a response to dubious facts, one must be willing to take the trouble to learn the details.
Please also listen closely to what the Upanishads have to say about Truth: Truth cannot be manufactured by the mind, it can only be interpreted (as it is falsely in this case) by it.
-V
To anonymous "V": Do you believe the sudden disappearance of all references in AID documents showing its links to Marxist youth hooligan outfit DYFI was a coincidence? Do you believe it is a coincidence that the majority of AID's support comes from pseudosecular outfits/personalities? If you cannot grasp logical inferences drawn from established facts and evidence, you need help that is beyond the scope of your high school maths course whose knowledge you proudly displayed.
What we have from you is a display of pseudosecular-ishtyle filibustering along with a pathetic attempt to couch the most puerile reasoning with an air of "mathematical" respectability.
-dharam bhrashta
Wow, we have some high school kids who have just learnt basic set theory defending AID here.
AID's dubious links are documented at
this website
http://www.geocities.com/aid_india_info/AID_DOC.html
Mr. Anonymous
You can also read AID's answer to those claims mentioned in that website
http://www.aidindia.org/AIDRebuttal/
Sure, if basic math and reasoning is lost on you, I can see why my arguments are seen as filibustering.
That apart, I'd be very interested to know what secular perspectives are, and how one can differentiate them from psuedo-secular ones. Maybe the other commenters on this page will be able to help me as well. I've heard both words quite a bit on these columns, and maybe it'll help to hear them from people who use them often. Ofcourse, details and clear explanations will be appreciated over hand-waving and meandering words.
-V
now, now, AID guy 'v', let's not deviate from the topic into theological discussions about secularism although this is one of the favorite rhetorical tactics of the old left -- diverting attention (eg. look, look, up in the sky, is that a bird, or a plane, or superman? yes, it's superman!). no, no. kindly answer the questions raised. is AID allied with imc-usa? what are AID's ties to CAIR?
what are AID's ties to DYFI, SFI and other marxist organizations? do you deny the allegations about the DYFI's and SFI's and other marxist fronts' violent activities? can you prove that AID money -- that is money paid to AID by donors -- was not used to fund various acts of terrorism by DYFI/SFI etc? if you cannot, the
you can give the approved PR answers of course, nobody expects you to divulge the truth of the matter.
To add to the split personality of "Anon Ymous"
1. Puhleeze, Raviv, puhleez stop reminding us Glorious 18-Hour Volunteers of AID that we are idiots suckered into collecting money to fund Naxals.
2. How dare you NOT agree with Our Comrade Leaders when they say: "... (the truth) was just something unedited, posted by a tired volunteer ..."
3. When will u learn to be a REAL journalist, like those at PRAVDA in the 1970s and New China News Agency today?
4. So, lets see, AID Comrades: Exactly WHY have you been so busily deleting all your Commie links from your websites, again?
Try spelling "H O M E L A N D S E C...." Ooo! Gotta run to the potty now, sorry! See u there, Comrades!
To add to the split personality of "Anon Ymous"
1. Puhleeze, Raviv, puhleez stop reminding us Glorious 18-Hour Volunteers of AID that we are idiots suckered into collecting money to fund Naxals.
2. How dare you NOT agree with Our Comrade Leaders when they say: "... (the truth) was just something unedited, posted by a tired volunteer ..."
3. When will u learn to be a REAL journalist, like those at PRAVDA in the 1970s and New China News Agency today?
4. So, lets see, AID Comrades: Exactly WHY have you been so busily deleting all your Commie links from your websites, again?
Try spelling "H O M E L A N D S E C...." Ooo! Gotta run to the potty now, sorry! See u there, Comrades!
take it easy, nizhal yodha. I aint deviating at all. You have claimed access and information on all the funding, and the work. I have said, go to the ground and get it an idea of what/where AID is working with other organizations. Is AID allied to IMC: Sorry you get the answer you want to hear: No. AID's ties with CAIR: you have argued you know the details. I have again said, go to the ground. Find out the details, then make a claim. I think your (or anybody else's for that matter) claims without knowing the details and being on the ground are ridiculous. I have also said that there is a need to see what work is being doing together by the organizations. See what part of tsunami relief AID works with DYFI, see for yourself all the money going straight to the people and not getting stuck with middlemen. To call an organization as a front for terrorism is a serious charge, I'm asking to appreciate the implications, and the nuances when you make that charge. I hope you get my point.
Re: all other judgements you've passed:
I dont have to give you AID PR approved answers, because I'm not an AID spokesperson. Besides, I aint an "AID Guy", either, in your male dominated view of the world.
I wasnt the one who went into theological discussions on secularism, none of my initial posts talked about God,religion or secularism. It was one the other commenters who said that my responses were that of a psuedo-secular and there I demand an explanation how basic reasoning connects to secular/pseudo-secular. If you want to clump me into some group to make you and your arguments feel more secure, feel free to do so.
Lastly, you have claimed to present a Hindu Nationalist point of view, I wonder how much of Hindu philosophy you understand/practise if you cant appreciate subtleties. Or are you a Hindu by convenience and market economics, but a Left-bashing, jingoistic subsidy beneficiary otherwise? One wonders.
Take it easy.
OAO.
Folks, did you know that Hamas does "excellent" charitable work and collects funds from mainstream Islamic charities in the West? One can "see for oneself" the work they are doing by helping poor Palestinian widows and street children.
So according to our AID bandhu, such charitable work clearly disproves all evidence linking Hamas' to terror!
Anyway, looks like (s)he finally decided to pack it in by throwing some cowpat at the messenger("nizhal yoddha, you suck!") and scooting.
-dharam bhrashta
" see for yourself all the money going straight to the people and not getting stuck with middlemen."
Again, very true. Apparently, (and I am stating what I read in the "Re-Butt-Al" from AID) AID-India (US) money goes STRAIGHT to AID-India (India) where it goes STRAIGHT to the CPI(M/L) a.k.a. People's War Group, an organization which is so highly regarded here that it is has a coveted place in the State Department's List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
Who says AID-India "Volunteers" are CPI(M/L) (PWG)? Hey, none other than that famed "non-Communist" - Sandeep Pandey.
Note: CPI people would be disgusted if you confused them with CPI(M). Likewise, CPI(M) would be shocked at being confused with CPI(M/L). The lengthier the acronym of these comrades, the more violent their record. Maybe PWG is officially Marxist-Leninist-Maoist _ I wouldn't know.
So I agree - its very unfair to accuse AID of giving money to DYFI. Instead, they actually give money STRAIGHT to CPI(M/L) who then allot funds to the DYFI, SFI, Naxalites, etc. etc.
Please do donate to AID. AK-47s and IEDs and RDX are getting more expensive all the time.
ok, AID guy formerly known as V and now as 'oao' or something like that: i see you insist on argument by obfuscation.
i am not biting on your red herring about sexism. this was another 'oh, look, there's superman' type of digression. as is the 'secularism' feint, and the 'let me attack nizhal yoddha' diversion and the 'let me teach you hinduism' duck-and-weave. these are all diversionary rhetorical tactics. nice try. but sorry, no cigar.
the only question that needs to be answered is: is AID a terrorist front?
you have 'answered' this by saying: "on the ground they do great work". very lame, very lame. you're avoiding the question.
your second attempt at evasion suggests that i have made allegations about AID and know a lot about them. no, i claim no such knowledge. i am merely referring to a pdf doc that was brought to my attention, which appears prima facie to make a case. YOU objected to it, so it is YOUR problem to prove that the pdf doc is incorrect. i am an observer -- think of me as a person who has donated to aid and asha in the past and is now seriously wondering if it was a mistake.
the onus is on YOU to prove that the allegations are false.
alas, you are doing a very poor job of defending AID. anyone who reads this set of comments is likely to conclude that all the allegations in the pdf doc are in fact correct.
and i do like the anonymous2's conclusion that the whole point behind AID's new-found vigor in 'ethnically cleansing' the DYFI connection is... (drum roll), the homeland security dept. what, you AID guys want to be marxists and STILL keep your green cards? can you spell H Y P O C R I S Y?
Dear Rajeev: Some 2 years ago, my friend and I had attended the AID-Bangalore conference, in which Sandeep Pandey was invited to give a talk on the Gujarat riots. Initially, Pandey showed a video on Kashmir, why pakistan is so great. We were so aghast to hear that these guys are literally supporting pakistan, and Pandey was freely talking about how good Musharaff is,and blasting Sri.Vajpayee-ji. The next item was his Gujarat riots talk. Oh, God, it was so nauseating, his allegations, his Hindu-bashing, his rants- everything. More nauseating was the pin-drop silence from the audience. I confess that in all that uneasiness, I too did not have any courage question Pandey, but just walked out of that place. And there was actually a lot of GLEE in the faces of all those volunteers during P's talk. My God, and these people call themselves selfless workers for India's development - my foot.
>>AID guys want to be marxists and STILL keep your green cards? can you spell H Y P O C R I S Y?Well Sandeep Pandey's ASHA is US based and collects US $ for his boondongles in Pakistan but still claims that "USA is the biggest evil power on earth"
H Y P O C R I S Y?
I came accross an email, this AID head honcho (Kirankumar Vissa) has sent an email to all AID volunteers requesting them to infiltrate listservs, yahoogroups and blog and post trash in defense of AID.
I came accross an email, this AID head honcho (Kirankumar Vissa) has sent an email to all "regular" AID volunteers requesting them to infiltrate listservs, yahoogroups and blog and post trash in defense of AID.
Mr. Srinivasan,
I was checking the AID "repository" site again, and I noticed that there is a new doc there in which AID has again mentioned sending money to DYFI. It seems that tired AID volunteers fantasize about sending money to DYFI.
Here's the key point that the AID jholawalas conveniently duck: Is DYFI a violent organization? (the answer is indeed, yes. There is lots of evidence). Has AID collaborated with DYFI, a known VIOLENT organization? And they answer instead, "... but they do good work on the ground ...". They would never extend a similar courtesy to IDRF.
Please read http://hamsa.org/ for interesting information.
Heard about a saying what goes around comes around? That is what happened to AID. Two years ago it was IDRF's turn to take the blame from p-secular idiots. Now AID organization is paying the prize for it. I personally know many people who work for AID. They are just people like you and me who want to help the poor and needy...but AID India does seem to have some association with communists which i will not approve. In the case of a disaster like Psunami if you on the field helping people...you do not care who is helping you. Just want to more hands...but if you had strategically worked with DYFI...then your motives are questionable. AID will have to come clean about this mess otherwise they are going to lose supporters like me.
Regarding Sandeep Panday...if that is what he did...let us find out more about it and let us blacklist ASHA.
AID repeatedly claims that "we took help from whatever was available viz. DYFI/SFI".
That is where they engage in politics. RSS members are amongst the first ones to reach any calamity hit areas. AID could have partnered with RSS. But no, they decided to go with people who oppose RSS.
Vikaas Chahiye, POLITICS Nahi.
did anyone check this
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p526/ar02.html#d0e1127
--- snip ----
You cannot deduct contributions to organizations that are not qualified to receive tax deductible contributions, including the following.
4. Communist organizations.
--- snip ---
see a very interesting article by narayanan komerath at http://www.indiacause.com/columns/OL_050117.htm for more on AID, tsunami, and DYFI
AID sends email to volunteers requesting them to infiltrate mailing lists.
http://www.geocities.com/aid_india_info/AID_DOC.html#aid_letter
Its good to see such simple faith (or simple absence of inhibitions about lying):
"Is AID allied to IMC: Sorry you get the answer you want to hear: No. "
Wow! Sure, sure Except that AID leaders use donors' hard-earned money to pay the plane fare, registration fees, and what- two nights? three nights? to attend and be very visible honchos, and run a BOOTH at the IMC's Annual Convention. According to the article below, the room rate at that hotel is $180 per night. So lets see: Round trip plane fare, U. Maryland / U. Cincinnati to Los Angeles: $350.
Room: 2 nights @180 + 20% tax= $432. Food: $30/day, 3 days = $90. Registration: $100.
Rental Car: 3 days @$50 + 5 gal. gas + 20% tax: 180 (assuming no charge for insurance). Booth fee: $500.
Assume Total for 3 AID attendees at the IMC convention last June (and there were many more than 3, per eyewitness accounts: $3606.
For clearly political purposes. For what they did at the IMC Convention, see this article I found on the web:
"The Lashkar-e-Pinocchio" Rides Again.
http://www.geocities.com/charcha_2000/essays/Lashkar-e-Pinocchio.html
I guess that "no links between AID and IMC" declaration shows why this author calls them "The Lashkar-e-Pinocchio". If this keeps up, maybe next year they can just stick a webcam up their noses, sit in U.Maryland or U.Cincinaati, and let their noses do the talking, seeing and listening in California.
:)
I have come accross some very interesting information about AID with will be made public shortly.
Watch this space!
Why is ASHA Madison getting it's undergarments twisted into knots about Modi's visit to US. Red slip's showing
http://www.sulekha.com/news/newsitem.aspx?cid=415785&com=y#focuscom
Next day, on April 12, members of the DYFI encircled the American Centre and the British Consulate for nearly two hours in the afternoon. Several thousand young men and women shouted anti-US and anti-UK slogans, waved banners that read “Bush and Blair: A Terrorist Pair.” They also burnt effigies of the US president and the UK prime minister on the spotSource: http://pd.cpim.org/2003/0420/04202003_kolkata_protest.htm
AID provided the $ and DFYI provided the manpower right?
Remember the Nov 2001 cartoon where the Afghan kid is holding a food pack wrapped in US Flag air dropped in Kabul saying "Gee they give food to eat and flag to burn, how generous of them yanks". Similarly can imagine Balaji Sampath laughing all the way to the bank, can't help but feel sorry for those naieve AID donors.
Check out Sandeep Pandey's similarities with other 'great' and stupid people:
http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Jan04-Print-Edition/1631200434.htm
1. "Kashmiris is for Kashmiris only" - Sandeep Pandey
"Maharashtra is for Maharashtrians only" - Bal Thackeray
2. "Nepal has no army" - Sandeep Pandey
http://cross.fortt.com/2004/10/bush-skewered-by-pat-robertson-on-cnn.html
"I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army." - George Bush
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4190315.stm
"At least 24 Nepalese troops and police have been killed by Maoist rebels in the east of the kingdom, the army says."
http://indiauncut.blogspot.com/2005/02/politics-of-social-work.html
Look at Amit Varma's clarification about AID funding DYFI. Try replacing DYFI with Al Qaeda and you will see how stupid the whole thing looks.
I felt the need to clarify this because there’s been too much controversy recently about AID India’s relationship with Al Qaeda. Frankly, I think it is all a fuss about nothing. AID India have set certain objectives for themselves in terms of socal work, and using Al Qaeda’s manpower can help their achieve those goals. I am strongly opposed to terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda in the political and economic spheres, where I believe their naïve and misguided ideas can cause a lot of damage. But in terms of social work, they do a fantastic job. That is the only sphere in which AID India associate with them.
See, when different people say different things, the answer is often that they all right, except only partially.
This is clearly one of the Great Mysteries.
1. DYFI is reported as being happy - they had no money, but now with AID there, that is not a problem (this is what I read from that "Winners - Wave Rats - Whinos" article (Incidentally, are AID the Rats or the Whinos???)
2. AID very upset by people concluding that the above means "AID funds going to DYFI".
3. Amit Varma says that AID and DYFI share goals & objectives, etc. etc. and are working together.
What explains all these facts?
Ah! Elementary, Dr. Lenin!
AID does NOT GIVE MONEY to DYFI. Its like the People's Republic and North Korea. They give them AID in KIND.
They buy them lunch, Party Offices, Red Banners, Hammer-Sickle flags, Molotov Cocktails, AK-47s, the odd IED, whatever they need. Its like parents and kids. No money given - they just buy them what they need - or the tools to go loot what they need.
In other words, DYFI and AID ARE ONE AND THE SAME.
I am sooo sorry I didn't see this earlier, and so unfairly accused AID of FUNDING DYFI!!! (cry - cry..)
There u have it - the explanation that fits all observed facts.
I think the reason why AID is in a hurry to dissociate itself from DYFI, which is an Indian communist front, is the following clause in the US Immigration and Nationality Act:
"Any immigrant who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any other totalitarian party (or subdivision or affiliate thereof), domestic or foreign, is excludable."
I think the reason why AID is in a hurry to dissociate itself from DYFI, which is an Indian communist front, is the following clause in the US Immigration and Nationality Act:
"Any immigrant who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any other totalitarian party (or subdivision or affiliate thereof), domestic or foreign, is excludable."
More on AID's political bedfellows / orgymates:
"The Lashkar-e-Pinocchio Rides Again "
http://www.india-forum.com/Columns/Narayanan_Komerath/The_Lashkar-e-Pinocchio_Rides_Again/26/
Hey, dude, your estimate of the AID Political Boondoggle budget was far off.
Number of AID Delegates at 2nd Annual Convention of the IMC: AT LEAST SIX POSITIVELY ID-ed. Travel budget: $7200 minimum.
Your AID Donations At Work
"'Naxals do what they like at booths'
Ehtasham Khan in Hazaribagh | February 02, 2005 | 18:46 IST
Bansidhar Singh, 50, calls it "punishment for some sin he must have committed in�his previous life."
Singh, who is a clerk in the irrigation department in Barhi village in Hazaribagh district, has been assigned work as a polling officer at a booth in Barkagaon village.
This village is said to be the turf of Naxalites, who have been waging a war against the state and have been terrorising not only Jharkhand but also five other states extending up to Nepal.
The Naxalites, belonging to the outlawed Maoist Communist Centre and People's War Group, have called an election boycott.
..
Posters are put up in many places by�an extreme Left outfit asking people not to vote.�One poster says the first voter will face the worst punishment.�The voters'�thumbs will be chopped off, says�another in Barkagaon, in the outskirts of Hazaribagh....
"I want to run away. But I am a government servant. I have to follow orders," he says.
Private vehicles have stopped plying three days before the polls adding to the problems of ordinary people.
Singh's polling booth is in a village deep in�a forest area.
Singh and his colleagues are therefore compelled to wait till a vehicle is arranged to ferry them and the voting machines to the remote area.
"If they (the police) cannot arrange a vehicle then how are they going to protect us from Naxals?" asked a worried Singh.
"My wife is scared. There is no phone around to inform her that I am safe so far."
Satyanarayan Yadav is another polling officer, whose posting is in naxal-hit Katkumsandhi village.
He said: "It is a good that it is raining. At least the landmines will not blow up."
Most polling officials are scared to go to villages, but have no problem with urban areas where the naxal threat is not so bad...
..
(Former polling officer Salahuddin) said: "In the Lok Sabha elections last year, I was posted in Giridih. It was a nightmare. I didn't interfere in anything. I allowed them (criminals) to do whatever they wanted. I just watched everything from a distance. I do not want to face it again"
"Anything can happen. The Naxals can do anything to show their terror. I don't want to be a victim."
Family members of polling officials are praying for their safe return. Sandhya Chaurasia said: "I will be happy only when he returns. Till them I am so scared."
Her husband Mahavir is a driver in the police department. He will be on patrol duty in the sensitive Chatra district.
..
Purwar, however, accepted that naxal activities have increased in recent times and that there is a bigger threat this time as compared to the Lok Sabha elections last year.
..
Some constituencies in Palamu, Chatra and Latehar are considered supersensitive.
Given the�naxal threat, observers are predicting low turnout in some areas.
In the Lok Sabha elections last year, there was no voting in 41 booths.
.. There have been isolated incidents of violence in some areas in the past week when supporters of the naxal bodies attacked campaigners.
One BJP�road show was attacked in Simaria on Sunday.
There was one landmine blast in the outskirts of Hazaribagh district on Sunday, while�another landmine was detected on Monday.
Police officials say there could be some more landmines in Katkumsandhi, Vishnugarh and Mandu areas...
Planting�landmines are a common method used by Naxals to deter voting in Jharkhand. It is mainly targeted at poll officers.
"
Hmm! No wonder Naxal activities are up this year ... it must be the Sulekha Matching Fund for AID.. after all, AID itself does not fund DYFI, the funds go straight to the CPI(M/L)...
AID is funding Sandeep Paney's jaunt to Pakistan.
This is what AID means by development
http://www.geocities.com/aid_india_info/AID_DOC.html#aid_appeal
I am surprised that AID's anti-smear group has yet to put a response to the discovery of their funding padyatras and nakhras of the likes of Sandeep Pandey.
Their silence is clearly an admission of guilt.
Rajeev,
Thanks for the link.
Have a look at the budget for just the India leg of the padyatra.
http://www.geocities.com/aid_india_info/IndoPakPeaceMarch_FundingRequest.pdfBudget for the India leg of the Peace March
Poster and Publicity Material (in 4
languages - Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and
English) Rs. 2,00,000
Fuel for 2 vehicles Rs. 1,00,000
Travel (Indian leg of the march) Rs. 2,50,000
Telephone/ Fax/ E-mail Rs. 50,000
Inaugral Programme Rs. 1,00,000
Material with yatra (microphone, solar light) Rs. 30,000
Miscellaneous Rs. 1,00,000
TOTAL Rs. 8,30,000
The figures are clearly out of the world. Rs. 1 lakh for fuel, Rs 2 lakhs for publicity and a whopping Rs. 1 lakhs is simply miscellaneous!
I feel like an idiot for having donated to AID
ooops..so Iam a paphi..sinner!
yes..not only did I heavily contribute to Asha (for the past 3 years) and AID (during Tsunami) but I also campaigned hard and got 50 others contribute..all those swiss franks for a leftist commie jokers..
how can I wash my sins?
Oh! Bharathamatha - forgive me..
what a fool I have been..how will I react to people when they come to know of these commie's activities and question my rational to ask them to contribute too!
hey you " non secular fundamentalists" - please advise!
-ananthoo
From the "sepia_mutiny" thread on "See what you are funding".
Shows that your favorite "CHARITY" is in the lead in anything to slander India. No, I don't condone any killings in Gujarat. Not the riots of 2002, not the Godhra terrorist massacre so well planned by the Commie-Pakis to set off those riots, and not the riots of 1969 under benevolent Congress Rule where many more people were brutalized and murdered. Point is, AID and Kamala Visweswaran and Kaleeem Kawaja and "Sri" Sriram and "Rat" Ravishaknar are very selective in their outrage. Their algorithm is:
If " It Can Hurt India" (TRUE) Then
Do It
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I am posting in full because we need to remember that AID is a FULL, REGULAR CO-ORGANIZER OF ANTI-INDIA campaigns. Its not NEW - Sriram of Johns Hopkins U. is a WELL_KNOWN friend of Commie Kamala Visweswaran.
Just to attack a serving Indian Chief Minister, these commie-Pakis go and slander India to "investigative reporters", "ad-busters", every "major" (meaning stupid) newspaper, etc. etc.
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http://www.pittsburghindian.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=11567#11567
and much much more here
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Here is slew of emails (we know where this comes from, don't we Shailabh Nagar icon_wink.gif ), the posts by SRIRAM ANANTHANARAYANAN have been put in bold.
SRIRAM ANANTHANARAYANAN is leader of AID JHU see http://www.aidprojects.org/projects-view.asp?login=guest&id=188
Kaleem Kawaja, the initiator of this exchange is well known for his support to Taliban, in this article
http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/01032002/0103200254.htm
where he asks his brother to spare tears for Taliban.
Note the presence of Pakistanis like Ms. Toor in the exchange.
These are kind of people AID guys interact with. People are known by the company they keep.
Of course if you have any doubts about AID's leftisit connections visit
http://www.geocities.com/aid_india_info/AID_DOC.html
Quote:
Kaleem Kawaja
Email : kawaja@worldnet.att.net
Date : Jan 30 , 2004
Friends:
The butcher of Gujarat 2002 Narendra Modi has been invited by the Asian American Hotel Owners of America (AAHOA), an organization comprising mostly of people from the state of Gujarat who own thousands of motels in US, as the chief guest in their convention in March.
It is time for all like-minded Indians regardless of who they are to band together and take concrete action in this regard. The following actions can be taken.
1. Write letters to the US State Deptt requesting that based on his criminal & murderous record he should not be given a visa to visit US.
2. If he receives the said visa, we can group together to hold a massive protest against him when he visits US. When he visited London last year the Indian folks there organized a massive protest.
3. Let us not remain silent. Let us organize.
A few weeks ago I read an article in India Abroad by Prof Jyoti Motwani, a top Indian-American community leader and top leader of Overseas Friends of BJP, in NYC, who justified the killing of 2000 Muslims following the Godhara train burning incident as a "strategic necessity for India".
Kaleem Kawaja
Kaleem Kawaja
Email : kawaja@worldnet.att.net
Date : Feb 16 , 2004
Hello all:
As some of you may have heard, Narendra Modi, the butcher of Gujarat, is likely to visit US to be the chief guest at the AAHOA convention in Ft Lauderdale, FL, on March 24-26. A coalition of several Indian humanitarian organizations is planning to organize a protest campaign against Modi/his party BJP/those who are funding the campaigns of oppression of the minorities and secular folks in India. Part of the campaign is publishing advertisements in US newspapers to inform the US public about how the above culprits have violated the human rights of a segment of the preople of Gujarat and India.
The Coalition needs the support of everyone who believes in the basic humanity of mankind and believes that these human rights violations are awful. You can provide this support in many forms: Contribute financially so that an advertisement can be published in US newspapers; attend the public protest meetings/rallies (date, venue to be announced).
With only 1 month to go time is very short. Some volunteers have started the development of the advertisement. At this time the first and urgent need is to collect donations for the publication of the said advertisement. It will cost quite a few thousand dollars. So your immediate and generous donations are earnestly requested. You may send your donation to the Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM), one of the members of the above mentioned coalition.
Kindly mail your checks to:
Association of Indian Muslims of America
PO Box 10654, Silver Spring, MD 20914.
Many thanks for your generous help.
Kaleem Kawaja
Name : Nicole Poyyayil
Email : npoyyayil@yahoo.com
Date : Feb 16, 2005
Initiative: No Visa for Modi
Dear Friends
I am very concerned about Modis`visit to the USA. As you are fully aware, AAHOA has invited Modi as the chief guest to the 2005 annual convention which will be held on march 24-26th at Ft.Lauderdale, Florida. I strongly emphasize that all possible actions should be taken to prevent Modi from entering the USA. Therefore it needs immediate actions by all of us. On my part, I have already contacted the US Embassy, where the responsible Mr. Scott Hartmann will act accordingly. As to him, it is very important to provide him with detailed facts and proved reasons why Modi should not get a visa to enter the USA. Beeing a swiss citizen, I am compelled to act through the US Embassy in Switzerland. I am counting on you and hope to get your support for this very important action.
What could you do:
- Please send me a list / summary of detailed facts (incl. sources etc) on Modis criminal actions (past and present).
- Please send me the informations as soon as possible
- You could also submit the informations directly to Mr. Scott Hartmann to the US Embassy. If you wish to do so, this is the addresse: US Embassy, Visa Section, To the Attn. Mr. Scott Hartmann, 3001 Bern, Switzerland.
I strongly believe that any possible actions must be taken and I will definitely do so.
Best wishes
Nicole Poyyayil
Name : Kamala Visweswaran
Email : kvis2001@yahoo.com
Date : Feb 16 , 2005
!PeoplePeoplePeople!
Multitudes, minions, and apparently sleeping masses. Time to do something about Modi's visit.
I am ashamed and embarassed at the relative silence on this list about Modi's visit, and the fact that Muslim and Christian organizations have so far had to take the lead in developing the Modi campaign. This is neither fair, nor tactically sound, given the vulnerability of the Muslim community in the US after 9/11. Secular organizations have to step forward to do the work, planning, and to shoulder responsibility. We need to build a broad coalition fast, which includes POI, CAC, CSFH, YSS, DRUM, Mango Sisters, Sakhi, Manavi, Worker's Awaaz, etc. etc.
We should definitely make all efforts to get his visa denied, but we cannot expect that it will be. We should write editorials and articles. But we need more. I propose:
1) We aim to mobilize 10 busloads of protesters to converge on Ft. Lauderdale March 24-25. Let's organize some freedom rides down the East Coast and into Florida to make M-24 Indian diaspora anti-genocide day. We need to issue a call immediately, rent the buses (maybe ANSWER has some discount rates we can avail of), literature, street theatre, drumming (Raja is hereby nominated) and agit prop. (I will try to mobilize a bus from Texas).
2) We tell AAHOA that if they persist in "honoring" Modi, we are organizing a massive boycott call of all AAHOA owned hotels in the US and Canada. We will take out ads, jam the diaspora list-servs, and show up unannounced at Patel Motels everywhere with signs, stickers, and literature explaining the boycott and listing alternate hotels in the area to be patronized.
I propose we form two commitees to organize each mobilization, and further propose that the East Coast FOILers who are more numerous and have more critical mass TAKE CHARGE NOW. We have 5 weeks to pull off something massive.
Please, people let's have the next slew of e-mails be people signing up to do work on either committee. We can debate the finer points of the mobilizational strategies in the work groups; let's not do it on the listserv.
Kamala
Name : SRIRAM ANANTHANARAYANAN
Email : sriram@jhu.edu
i'm in. particularly with committe number 2. do you have a list of action items? should we start by writing out an appeal of sorts, maybe a letter to send to aahoa bigwigs, and the participants in the trade show? what about letters to the state regarding the visa stuff?
once more people have signed up, maybe we should have a phone conference one of these evenings to thrash out action items.
sri
Name : Kamala Visweswaran
Email : kvis2001@yahoo.com
Hi Sri:
You are hereby nominated to head up the Boycott Committee; thanks. icon_smile.gif Who else is joining?
Can you come up w/a list of action items, maybe brainstorm w/some Alliance people? Who else is signing up to work on this committee.
Yes, there is a letter being drafted to the AAHOA suggesting that a boycott will happen. It will circulate soon.
Can also get you the membership list of AAHOA id the committee wants to do mailings to them.
Good idea to do a conference call in the next few days to consolidate ideas and strategy.
Kamala
Name : SRIRAM ANANTHANARAYANAN
Email : sriram@jhu.edu
among others, these are some of the action items i could think off
straight away:
1) boycott letter needed.
2) checked the aahoa website (http://www.aahoa.com). i think we should concentrate our emails more on the founding sponsor list (under "allied directory" on the left hand side). these have people from all over the country, and from different companies who can ill-afford bad publicity. this is in direct contrast to the board of directors (out of 9, 8 are patels), the exec committee (out of 10, 9 are patels), and the regional directors (out of 18, 17 are patels). all these can be found under "about aahoa" on left hand side. it is very likely that many of these people are quite entrenched with the sangh's philosophy, else they wouldn't have invited him in the first place.
3) we should consider contacting newspapers (particularly the investigative journalists) in atlanta (aahoa hq) and fort lauderdale (conf venue). there are 5 major newspapers in atlanta and 4 major ones in ft lauderdale. we could use the letter as a template, you know talk of the pogrom that took place in gujarat, the modi-govt's complicity, as well as the support the sangh recieves from expats in the states and request them to do an investigation, and a write-up.
4) we should also i think try and send the letter to managers/employees in the various companies that are there as founding sponsors of the aahoa.
5) maybe think of sending it to investigative journalists in other newspapers as well.
6) send it to hotels that are NOT under the aahoa. if nothing else they would like to help in hurting their competition.
please add more as you see fit. we should probably have a conf call this weekend.
thanks,
sri
Dear Sri:
These items are a terrific start. Am not sure that the other letter will circulate after all, but perhaps it's not bad to have multiple letters to AAHOA.
Great idea to send letter to the sponsors and to non-member hotels of AAHOA.
I think we should also think about what a long term successful boycott would look like. Can we draw up a two year time frame?
I think we may need to do a little research for the longterm:
1) What are the strategies used by other successfu boycotts: i.e. UAW boycott of grapes, GLBT boycott of Coors, etc?
2)How much money do AAHOA hotels make a year? Do they derive any part of their business from Universities, which we use student pressure to boycott? We should research the Ft. Lauderdale hotel/university connections first: if we find a link, we can use that to mobilize students in the area.
3)what percentage of the hotels are roadside POTELS? If we find that a alrge number of them are distributed along interstates, we will need to figure out a way of publicly identifying them.
--Kamala
Saadia Toor
Editor http://ghadar.insaf.net
(Pakistani Activist)
Email : saadiatoor@yahoo.com
may i also suggest that we mobilise support through other, non-south-asian social justice channels? for instance, if we can send a press release or action alert out to indymedia or z-net or something, that will help spread the word, and help in fund raising should we decide to go with any of the crazy ideas i'm about to throw out. i think it's best to have a base of support that is not limited to south asians or people of south asian descent... or at least hope that we can. and maybe this sounds very ambitious or whacky, but what about sending something, a short op-ed piece or a letter to the editor, to _the nation_? also, i think we may need to consider taking ads out in a newspaper or magazine? i have no idea how much buying space on a major newspaper would cost, but if we could manage to pool the resources of all or most of the organisations and groups fighting hindutva in the US, couldn't we manage something? having our message out there in a major newspaper conveys some!
thing about our strength and sends a message to the powers-that-be within the US political scene as well. and as long as i'm throwing out crazy ideas, how much does renting billboards cost? i can get in touch with ad-busters, whose raison d'etre is subversive anti-advertising, for help. we could do posters and flyers (and billboards?) using modi's words and the obnoxious cheery posters of the gujarat tourism board (which hit me as soon as i came out of the international terminal at JFK last year) in which modi invites people to come to gujarat for garba ras!!
saadia
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Bottom line: AID is ANTI-INDIAN-DEMOCRACY
I sent a letter to charity navigator providing them "new" information about AID's communist affiliations and how they have violated their 501(c)(3) rules as a tax free donations recepient.
I even detailed their links to communists in India.
This is the response I got from them:
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"Thank you for your interest in Charity Navigator, America's premiere charity
evaluator.
At Charity Navigator we work to advance a more efficient and responsive
philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of over 3,700
of America's largest charities. We do not perform any subjective
evaluations/ investigations of those charities' programmatic endeavors. I
suggest you contact your state's Attorney General's Charity Division.
They'll be able to review your specific concerns."
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What this response from Charity navigator tells me is that a rating from charity navigator does not mean anything. An organization can have the highest rating and still be involved in all sorts of anti-social and anti-national activities.
It is also strange that the staff asks me to report any concerns with the "state's Attorney General's Charity Division", rather than report it to the IRS.
This whole charity navigator thing now looks like a big gimmick to make charities look and feel good.
Charity Navigator reports on the "Financial HEALTH of the LARGEST.." and helps them "reduce weight" by relieving them of some of their Overhead. U steal more in overhead? Give a little Baksheesh to Charity Navigator and they're happy to report that u r in "Great Health".
No "watchdog" that takes money from the thieves they are supposed to be watching (or their enemies), can be anything but a WatchRat. I've interacted with the slimy 2nd-in-Command at Charity Navigator. No doubt about it - they're as slimy as it gets.
I checked up AID and found it to be one of the most inspiring organizations I have come across. They are doing really great work in the field of literacy,health and social upliftment. THe volunteers are dedicated,honest,sincere and have a single minded focus of channeling the funds to the best use. They don't just philosophize and talk big things. AID is doing many small things which will eventually bring a big positive change in our society. Anyway thanks for pointing me towards AID as the best organization to work with for india's development even though your intentions were something else. I think your propoganda will surely help AID get more volunteers like me.
Hi!
I completely agree - Great Post! I too have been looking for a really Leftist organization that can launder money from US to deserving recipients in Northeast etc. Which part of AID are you volunteering for? DYFI, SFI or CPI(M)? I think the CPI (M/L/M) sounds really cool.
I am sure the anonymous AID volunteer was similarly impressed by Enron's probity.
TerrorAID?
http://www.india-forum.com/Columns/Veera_Vaishnava/Terror_AID/26/
Pakistan kicks musharraf-kisser Sandeep in the kisser?
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=78714&cat=Asia
Pakistan stops "peaceniks" at the border
Quote:
Lahore, April 21 : A peace march from New Delhi to Multan might have to be called off as Pakistan has cited security concerns to deny visas to the 22 Indians who are part of the 31-member group.
The peaceniks were to have crossed into Pakistan from the Wagah land border Wednesday, but could not do so due to the lack of visas.
"We received a report from India (on Tuesday) stating that the Indian activists had been granted visas and would arrive in Lahore accompanied by nine Pakistanis. By late night (Wednesday) we knew that their names had not been cleared by Pakistan," Daily Times Thursday quoted Karamat Ali of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research as saying.
Nine Pakistanis who were part of the group did cross over and have now been asked to wait here pending the outcome of a meeting in Multan to decide the fate of the march.
In a worst-case scenario, the nine Pakistanis could be asked to cover the remaining distance of the march.
Pakistani actress Meera was among the marchers who were flagged off under dramatic circumstances in New Delhi late last month. Meera was detained at the Delhi airport and was even put on a flight home because she did not have a visa for the Indian capital - but had one for Mumbai, where she was shooting a film. She was allowed to disembark at the last minute and joined the marchers. It was not immediately known if Meera was among the nine Pakistani marchers who crossed the Wagah border Wednesday.
Meera has been in the eye of a storm in Pakistan after fundamentalists objected to her allegedly intimate scenes with an actor in an Indian film she is featuring in.
The Pakistani Peace Coalition, an informal alliance of NGOs, temporarily halted the peace march, which is scheduled to end in Multan May 11.
"We have been told that the Pakistani high commission in India is not clearing the names as a security measure. We believe there is no security risk for Indians marching to Multan," Ali said.
"We have requested the nine Pakistanis to wait at least a week before returning home. As a last resort, we can ask the Pakistani (activists) to walk to Multan and conclude the march," Ali added.
The Pakistani activists who crossed the border condemned the government for not issuing visas to the Indians. They said this contradicted the government's claims of pursuing the peace process with India.
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More to the point: The Pakistanis showed an amazing amount of class by denying visas to scumbags whose claim to fame is that they are traitors.
A nice expose about AID - rouge organization masquerading as charity
http://www.charitymonitor.org
I will say one thing. I was introduced to AID by a close friend in Pittsburgh 5-6 years ago. I donated about ~500 USD to AID at that time. Over time, I disagreed with them on their Narmada Bachao Andolan expenditure and decided to stop my donation. If AID is spending resources on refuting what others said and funding political outfits, I would rather take my money to someone who does not have this extra expenses. It is as simple as that. Everytime you talk to philonthropists, tell them AID has dubious practices - let it die a natural death.
Oh Donors and Phollowers of AID: Arise! Rejoice!
More evidence that your money is well-spent, and your resume is with the FBI. See AID on the prestigious "FOSA" (Friends of South Asia) list:
"Friends of South Asia
EKTA
Association for India's Development (AID) - BayArea.
Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA).
American Muslim Voice.
Pakistanis at Stanford.
Pakistan American Alliance.
Progressive Muslim Union of North America.
Asia/Pacific Research Center at the Institute of International Studies, Stanford.
ARC/India Program in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford
EKTA,
ASHA Stanford.
Associated Students at University of California(ASUC) in Berkeley."
Such great company to be in, too. Congratulations. Wonder why Al Qaeda is not officially represented. Oh! I forgot! FOSA = ISI = Al Qaeda.
AID Donors, AID Fundraisers! Rejoice! Your money well spent, yet AGAIN. Remember all those hours u spent collecting / working for the $$ you handed over to AID Politburo to help Tsunami victims? It was spent to pay Pakistani "Security" for Caliph Sandeep Pandey.
" http://www.jang.com.pk and http://www.jang-group.com
The India-Pakistan peace march continues
Sandeep Pandey
The India-Pakistan Peace March from Delhi to Multan is symbolically over, but the Indian participants are leaving quite dissatisfied at not being allowed to march within the country. "
Congratulations, AID Donors! YOUR dollars at work:
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Deccan Herald » Front Page » Detailed Story
Naxals kill Congman, STF rushed
DH News Service Menasinahadya/ Bangalore:
The government has offered incentives to STF personnel. It’s another matter that they are yet to receive anything for their role in countering the Veerappan menace.
Suspected Naxalites belonging to the Communist Party of India (Maoist), shot dead a Congress tribal leader, P Seshaiah (52), at Menasinahadya village in Koppa taluk of Chikmagalur district on Tuesday night, suspecting him of being a police informer.
In a swift response, the State government decided to deploy the Special Task Force (STF) in Malnad region and bordering districts of the State for anti-Naxalite operations from Thursday.
“As many as 350 STF personnel will be deployed in Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts, besides 220 STF personnel in the bordering districts of Tumkur and Raichur,” Chief Minister N Dharam Singh told mediapersons in Bangalore on Wednesday after holding discussions with Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and top police officials.
The Malnad mission was a new assignment for the STF, constituted to nab forest brigand Veerappan. The STF, headed by DIG Jayaprakash V Nayak, would begin combing operations from Thursday itself and there would be no withdrawal of the operation, Mr Singh categorically stated.
The strike
Earlier on Tuesday night, eight Naxalites barged into Seshaiah’s house at Horikonda in Menasinahadya village at 9:30 pm on Tuesday and dragged him out of his house. They tied his hands and legs before attacking him with lethal weapons. He was made to squat on the ground before being shot dead at point-blank range.
The Naxalites also assaulted Seshaiah’s wife Kandamma who rushed to her husband’s rescue. On information, top police officials rushed to the village to take stock of the situation.
Seshaiah was shot in the head in the same manner as Naxalite leader Saketh Rajan was killed by police near Menasinahadya in an encounter, 100 days ago.
Seshaiah’s family had served food to Saketh Rajan and his associates a day before he was killed on February 6 last, official sources in Bangalore said.
According to the sources, Seshaiah reportedly liaised with local people when IAS officer Chiranjeev Singh visited the Malnad region to prepare a report on Naxal activities and the problems faced by tribals of the region.
In retaliation to Rajan’s killing, the Naxalites had shot dead nine police personnel at Venkatammanahalli village and had been lying low since then. Tuesday’s killing is the first violent action by Naxalites after Sudhakar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh took charge as Secretary of the Karnataka unit of CPI (Maoist). Reddy replaced Saketh Rajan.
High-level meet
In Bangalore, the Chief Minister and his deputy held a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the situation in the Naxal-affected region.
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Home Secretary Brahm Dutt, Additional Chief Secretary Vijay Gore and ADGP (Intelligence) D V Guruprasad among others were present in the meeting.
Later speaking to newspersons, Chief Minister Singh said that after the Venkatammanahalli massacre, the police had stepped up vigil against Left extremism. Tuesday night’s killing proved that Naxalites continued to be active in parts of Chikmagalur, he said.
About Tuesday’s attack, Mr Singh said: “It’s unfortunate that a person who supported the government has been shot dead.”
The STF personnel engaged in the anti-Naxal operations would be provided incentives similar to that extended when they were involved in anti-Veerappan operations, he said. The incentives included a 50 pc increase in salary and Rs 10 lakh compensation in case of death during the operations, he added.
Mr Siddaramaiah, who holds finance portfolio, said Rs six crore would be released for providing incentives to the STF personnel.
Asked about the delay in rewarding the STF personnel for their role anti-Veerappan operations, Mr Singh said the government had already held meetings on distributing incentives. “We will make an announcement soon,” he said.
Police in the State capital attributed Tuesday’s attack to the Naxalites’ desire to send a message that they still called the shots.
ADGP (Law and Order) Subhash Bharani, who was present at the meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, said STF men would also be sent to Andhra Pradesh to get trained by Greyhounds which is engaged in anti-Naxal operations in the neighbouring state.
ANTI-NAXAL STEPS
*STF to be deployed from Thursday in Naxal affected areas
*STF operations to be led by DIG Jayaprakash Nayak
*Greyhounds’ of AP police to train STF personnel in anti-naxal operations "
AID is Anti-India Dorks, right? Here's proof: AID netas marched butt-to-butt with the Paki anti-India Terrorist Association in California. That's YOUR MONEY used for this, dear DONORS - and the money YOU helped collect, dear dork Volunteers. See what they were peddling:
http://www.sulekha.com/news/newsitem.aspx?ctab=t&cid=424875#focuscom
Here are some AID slogans:
"INDIA STOP KILLING (AID'S TERRORIST BUDDIES) IN KASHMIR!
ALLAH WILL DESTROY TERRORISTS - STATES INDIA - AID VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS!
10,000,000,,0000,0000 WIMMEN RAPED EVERY DAY 200,000,000 TIMES IN KASHMIR! AID ENDORSES MADARSSA MARYLAND MATH!
INDIA HONORS UN RESOLUTIONS ON KASHMIR! AID MAD ABOUT THAT!"
Enjoy the "Name the AID Neta" contest, dear terrorist-supporting AID donor!
AID need couple lacs to spend on a SUV so that Pandey can go on his 'Padyatra'?
Seems like a SUVyatra.
Next donation request:
Please donate generously for a hunger fast to be held at All-you-can-eat Taj's buffet-by-the-sea.
PS: Attendance for the hunger fast is by invitation only.
HA HA HA.......
Shadow Warrior, its easy to comment man.
What have you done to the country to make yourself worth being a critic of something which you even dont know of completely.
Mother India should be happy that you left the home.
lv
tammiraju
Hey Tammiraju, it's better than your friends at AID and DYFI who stay in India but worship foreigners like Mao & Stalin who are hated by their own countrymen.
Oh yes.. the AID is definitely a facade so are most of the organisations and NGOs run by CPI,CPI-M. what they basically nurture and anti state sentiments..
During Tsunami also, lot of international aid workers have spoken about the divisive and political character of AID and other NGOs owing affiliation to SYFI and other hooliganistic groups
hey Nizhal Yodha,
Let's see if you have balls to post this.
This comment is a 'personal' attack on your integrity, intellect or as a matter of fact your existence. Like it or not, but you and your creeds are the parasites in the society.
The reality is you do not have the organizational ability, mental zeal or compassionate heart to do any good work for India's development. So, keep off, there are many Asha'ites, AID'ites or development'ites who are going to create a 'better' India and you cannot do anything about it and just 'CRIB'.
Good luck with more journal writing.. I promise and urge to others not even look at your malicious, untruthful jornal.
see you bud!
-t
hey "t"
This is not a question of weather Nizhal Yodha has the organizational abititlies bility, mental zeal or compassionate heart to do any good work for India's development or not.
This is a question of weather or not Aid (Or Nizal Yodha) are cheating the public.
AID is lying to its donors about its tax free donations status. After having affilitions with communist organizations AID should relinquish its 501 (c)(3) status as its 501(C)(3) status is in violation of US tax laws.
In so far as I know Nizal Yodha is not cheating the public the AID actually is.
I cannot understand why people like you cannot understand this.
Also, for more info on illegal AID activities, please visit www.aidindia.info regularly.
Regards,
Proud Indian
Its amazing how much effort is being put by Khakhi short walas to malign a noble organization.
They are trying very hard to link AID with DYFI etc.etc..
(unfortunately the only link they could find is in context of Tsunami relief where the circumstances were extraordinary and even in those circumstances AID did not fund DYFI)
Its funny how they think DYFI is violent and BJP/RSS/Congress etc is not...
The person called "-V" in the chain of comments is a person called Vivek G , and is an asha member
If you are really worried about terrorist funding then you must try and stop the NRI's from funding Hindu Jehadi outfits like the VHP.
Rajiv,
This is a bit late in the day as far as the date of your post goes but I hope you will respond.
From a few blogs I read, it is true that AID has done good work during the tsunami. Imagine a non-member who wanted to 'do something', hitched a ride with AID (after finding that they are organized well), went into a village and worked with DYFI members and helped a lot of people.
Are you suggesting that the work done is maligned? What difference does it make if the persons who provided succor to the suffering are members of DYFI or something else?
Let me clarify that am not associated with AID in anyway (in fact, I attended one or two meetings in my university just to check it and found that most attendees were self-righteous and were there only for self-gratification. Haven't gone back since).
My point is that helping others has no ideology. Atleast acknowledge some of the good they have done.
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