Request for travel money

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

Dear Harish Chandra,

I sent your request to Many of my friends in the western hemisphere for

assistance to travel for conferernce, but I have not heard from them. Vedic

temple has paucity of funds and cannnot support the amount as you requested .

Bhudev sharmaji has offeredwaver of resistration and may provide

accomodatiion.

I am sorry to say Vedic Temple is not in any condition to help in this matter.

May be you can approach other organizations , or foundations like Hinduza

foundation, Infinity Foundations, etc.that may help I can ony suggest. I have

neverthe less made an attempt to forward this e-mail to as many as possible to

help gether the resources.I am sorry , I could have given you more posivtive

answer in this regard.

Sincerely,

Deen B. ChandoraMay 27,2002

>"Harish Chandra"

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>CC: "Bhudev Sharma"

>WAVES conf July '02 - request for travel support

>Tue, 21 May 2002 20:36:53 +0530

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>May 21, 2002

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>Ref: WAVES Conference on India's Contribution & Influences in the World"

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>University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA - July 12-14, 2002

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>Request for travel support

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>Dear Dr. Chandora:

>I had a research career of a combustion scientist associated with renowned

centres of learning and research in India, USA and Europe. Also, since my early

years I had been an avid reader of the Vedic literature. Since 1998 I have

dedicated myself to spreading the Vedic wisdom primarily among professionals.

My scientist background comfortably lets me put forth the Vedic concepts in a

rational and scientific manner with adequate rigor. In particular, the program

called SCOPE (Short Course on Personality Enhancement) that I developed two

years ago has been successful among the corporate bodies here. Besides four

theoretical sessions, SCOPE includes practices related to light body exercises,

breathing exercises (pranayama), mental relaxation techniques and meditation

too. In the last four years I have traveled to Mauritius (1998), Kenya (1999)

and the US (2000 and 2001) on extensive lecture tours, over and above the

numerous tours within the country, and the audience appreciated my approach of

conveying the Vedic teachings. I am fluent in both English and Hindi.

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>Last December I presented a paper in the WAVES India conference that reported

the excellent feedback that were received from about 1000 or so professional

participants of SCOPE program, including some belonging to Muslim and Christian

faiths. There Professor BhuDev Sharma (President, WAVES, Inc in USA) appreciated

my result-oriented work and encouraged me to present papers in their forthcoming

biennial conference at University of Dartmouth, July 12-14, 2002.

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>I proposed two titles for the said conference and he has formally accepted

their abstracts. Full paper of the first paper is now ready. The second paper

is under preparation. He has been kind enough to waive the registration fee for

me and has furthermore offered local hospitality during the conference. While he

regretted to support my travel through WAVES, he encouraged me to seek the same

from you. Knowing that you have been a founder of the Vedic Temple in Atlanta

region, I thought it wise to seek your help. Hence this letter.

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>Kindly note the following. (1) My paper in the WAVES India conference (Dec

2001) forcefully demonstrated that the Vedic teachings are universal in nature

by way of showing the feedback of the Muslim and Christian professionals. (2)

My two papers at the WAVES, Inc. conference in Dartmouth, MA (July 2002) will

show the scientific basis of Vedic teachings in two important areas, viz. (a)

human psychology and our consciousness, (b) universality of Vedic concepts

making them suitable to form the foundations of humanism - the future universal

religion of the mankind. (3) I have cut short my combustion research career of

world standards and have dedicated myself to being a Vedic missionary though I

am a householder with three small children. With God's grace and the goodwill

of several good people I have just barely manged to come to a point that I can

support my family. But last four years were full of struggle with my life time

savings evaporate to zero level. Kindly be assured that I am a genuine Vedic

preacher and you will not repent if you decide to support me.

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>I hereby request you/ your temple to support my travel to the Dartmouth

conference. My inquiry with the travel agent here reveals that the most

economical fare would be around $1200. I will request you to kindly deposit

this amount with Professor Sharma with your instruction to him to pay this sum

to me there. If so desired, I would be willing to devote 1-2 weeks of my time

in your Vedic Temple or in any organization of your choice. Details of the

program, including targeted audience can be discussed later. The dates must be

contiguous to the Dartmouth conference of July 12-14, 2002. I have the

necessary visa (10-year) to travel to the US.

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>My above request is supported by the following documents that are attached herewith:

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> a.. SCOPE related progress during 2000-'01:

> 1.. Brochure (the last page includes my brief profile)

> 2.. List of corporate bodies where SCOPE has been organized

> 3.. WAVES India conference paper presented in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh,

India, December 28-30, 2001

> II. Related to WAVES, Inc. USA conference in Dartmouth, MA, July 12-14, 2002:

> 1.. Full length paper on "Managing the Mind toward Master-Slave Relationship:

An Interpretation of Kapila's Philosophy of Samkhya"

> 2.. Abstract of the paper on "Vedic Concepts: Scientific Spirituality toward

Humanism" (the full paper is under preparation)

>Awaiting your early favorable response,

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>Yours sincerely

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>Harish Chandra

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