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Excerpts from India's
Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's musings from Goa (12/31/2002).
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here for the full text of his
message.
" ..... As a
matter of fact, there are tens of thousands of unsung or little-sung
heroes of development, both individuals and organisations, all over the
country. They are inspired by the spirit of nationalism and the true
meaning of religion as service to society --- Nar Seva is Narayan
Seva.
Many of them
are young people. Few things bring me greater joy than when I get to meet
these selfless volunteers with soaring idealism. May the number of such
individuals and organizations increase a thousand fold, and may they
inspire each of us to do something more for our country in the New Year.
......"
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Miraj Medical
Center
is in the "Religious" category, and its
main activity is “welfare/health care”. “Religious”? True enough, but only
the curious reader would bother to discover [7,8] that ".. the Miraj
Medical Center, affiliated with the Church of North India, is the
only fully comprehensive health care entity in a 150 mile radius...Ref.
[7 &8 ] are the websites of the Presbyterian Church, USA, and the
Church of North India, respectively.
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The
International Center for Cultural Studies, Nagpur,
is also R-rated. It is also classified as being into “Hinduization”. ICCS
has established enough credibility with Maoris of New Zealand to be
running joint programs with them, according to the New Zealand website
[14]. "Hinduizing" Maoris ?
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Ambedkar
Vaidyakeeya Pratishthan
(Ambedkar Medical Establishment). Sabrang /FOIL rating: “R”. Activity:
“e” – religious conversion. Dr. Ambedkar, world renowned jurist was one
of the fathers of the Indian Constitution. He was a passionate advocate
of the interests of underprivileged, so-called “low-caste” people – the
people whom Mahatma Gandhi named “Harijans” or “The Lord’s People”. They
are Hindus. The following unsolicited letter was received on Dec. 1,
2002 from a gentleman who has been there.
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