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Dear Bhaktas:

 

During the recent couple of weeks, you all may have heard about the

recent happenings in India. This hightened media coverage, as you know,

is due to India conducting Nuclear tests. It is disheartening to view

the negative portrayal of India and Indians in general. Due to this, I

have been compelled to write this letter and urge all the members of

this organization to take interest in the matter. Please contact the

media, governmental officials, and TV and radio stations to express our

sentiments and to state that we can't tolerate such negativism. Let us

all make a difference. Some of us who are Indian Americans can use our

clout to talk to our respective US Senate and House Representatives. I

have already done this. I am sure that some of you have already taken

steps in this direction. For others, I want to appeal to you, please

join us in this crusade. I feel that it is our collective

responsibility to portray India as the greatest country on earth.

 

I thought of writing this letter after recently reading an editorial in

one of our local papers that showed Lord Shiva dancing with bombs on the

streets of New Delhi. Our Indian Association wrote a strongly worded

letter to the newspaper expressing anger and displeasure over this

article. To this the newspaper responded by writing an apology letter

to the Indian Community. This is not all. Yesterday I heard several

commentators on TV, describing India as an aggressive nation based on

its past track record against Pakistan. I was not born during

India-Pakistan wars, but my father tells me that this portrayal is

wrong. I am sure several of our respected elders share the same

sentiments.

 

I apologize to everybody for using this stage to express my political

views. I hope I have not offended anyone. After reading and hearing so

much negative news, I just wanted to do something. I will also

appreciate if you can convey the essence of this letter to other Indian

people who are not part of this organization. Also I would like to

inform you that the views expressed herin are my own personal view and

do not reflect the opinion of Metrix-Inc.

 

Thank you very much.

 

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>Anand Vangipuram

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