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This is TOI report about statements allegedly made by one of the
‘Asha for Education’ Founders, Dr. Sandeep Pandey who was awarded the 2002
Ramon Magsaysay Award.
http://www.ashanet.org/sandeep/
NRI’s in US donate thousands of dollars every year for ASHA programs
http://www.ashanet.org/workanhour/
If the report is true ASHA should dissociate with Dr.Pandey as their first
step. We hope ASHA will make an official statement on this issue.
The report in TOI says:
“During his recent visit to the Indian Institute of Technology here, Pandey
had allegedly tried to justify ISI’s activities in India, saying that RAW
(Research and Analysis Wing) was carrying out the same activities in
Pakistan. He had also allegedly advocated independence for the people of
Kashmir and praised Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for his positive
approach in initiating talks with India.”
Report also quotes Lawyer Nandlal Jaiswal as saying: “Pandey has been running
his projects with grant from foreign countries ... and now his statements
about India show that he was speaking against India just to please those
donors.”
TOI report
And Times of India calls this as “Candid statements on the Kashmir
issue and Indo-Pak relations” ???? Is Pandey under pressure from
Anti-National elements to make anti-national statements?
Comments by Dr.Pandey
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Kiran Yedavalli:
I would like to bring to your notice an article in the Times of India about
the Magsaysay award winner and founder of ASHA. Agreed that ASHA is helping
children in educating them. But the following article has forced me to
rethink about ASHA and the founder of ASHA. I would appreciate it if you
could let others know about it too. Why is he acting as if he has solutions
for all the problems of India?
I have also been told other people that he has been cornered on political
matters by ASHA members when he visited USA. I think ASHA is not at fault
here and only Snadeep Pandey is. ASHA should not be held resposible for
Sandeep Pandey. ASHA should boycot him.
Here is the article and the link:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=18401230
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Sanatani (IndiaCause message board):
Boycott ASHA (www.ASHAnet.org)
ASHA's founder, Sandeep Pandey, issued anti-Indian statements at Kanpur
recently.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=18401230
(As usual, Times Of India puts a spin on his comments by calling them "candid
statements" read: anti-Indian)
I have been donating to ASHA for a few years now, and participated in their
"work-an-hour" and "support-a-child" projects. However, in the light of this
news, I have decided to boycott ASHA and find a new charity.
If you have been donating to ASHA in the past, and would like to find a new
charity, there are many more US based charities working for India. You'll
find many on the web, some of them:
India Development and Relief fund
IDRF.ORG
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