Anti-national statements by ASHA Founder?

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> >Anti-national statements by ASHA Founder? > >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

>----------------------------- >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

>----------------------- >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 > >Aid India AIDIndia.Org > > >___________________ >To

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at: >click here >http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/186926 > >Thank you.

>Mahendra Joshi >'Cause We Care' >___________________ >We care for a cause

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