-: [rti4empowerment] Appeal to attend Atlanta presentation on Corruption in India- yog Guru Baba Ramdev’s movement

Good day Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Its Monday, January 10th, 2011

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Appeal to attend Atlanta presentation on Corruption in India- yog Guru Baba Ramdev's movement

Saturday Jan 15: 4-6 pm

Ashiana, Global Mall (refreshments served)

Presentation: Vijay Anand, 5th Pillar ( http://5thpillar.org/ )- see profile below

(Other awareness presentations being held in New Jersey, Florida, Dallas etc.)

India, our motherland, is in vicious grip of unhampered corruption, in fact, plunder. To us Indian Americans, India will

and must always remain important coz not only we owe it to India but also it is our only fallback home in dire situation(s).

We cannot afford anymore to say 'oh what can we do sitting this far" or 'in a bad economy it is already tough to think or do anything'. Please consider would we have the same feeling if our parents were in need. The pain has risen beyond tolerance and it is time for us all to galvanize and show credibly that we will not bear any longer. It is ACTION TIME.

The level of corruption is rampant, uncontrolled and beyond imagination in India. It affects the morals, ethics, values, attitude, norms, relations and the very fabric of the society. Like termites, corruption is endangering and robbing our self-esteem, our personality, our families, our communities and the entire nation. Stashed money in Swiss banks needs to be brought back to India and corrupt leaders have to be exposed.

We request each one of you to seriously think about what role you can play, individually and collectively, to participate constructively in the anti-corruption movement being launched on a large scale by Baba Ramdev, under Bharat Swaabhimaan Aandolan. If we can all bring out and contribute our respective strengths in a collaborative spirit, without letting our individual egos collide, then certainly we will have ultimate success in "throwing out the corrupt leaders and officials," thereby rejuvenating the honor and glory of Bharatiya culture in accord with the Grand Vision of our rishis (sages).

Presenter profile:

Vijay Anand

He left successful professional career/entrepreneurship in US to dedicate on one issue, the issue of corruption in India. He is co-founder of 5th Pillar (http://5thPillar.org) that is fighting against corruption, addressed 600 colleges/Universities in India asking young people to fight against corruption and not be part of it, participated in the prestigious conferences on the corruption around the world and developed a brand of Zero rupee notes as symbol of fight against corruption.

Objective of the march/conference in Delhi, India March 2,3:

This conference is bringing together for first time the best international and national experts/activists to find ways to work together to combat this issue that is eating into vitals of the nation. The massive corruption problem in India is evident from the estimated at 1.4 trillion dollars stashed away in foreign havens while 60-70% still live in poverty.

Website: http://conferenceonindiacorruption.wordpress.com/

Why should you support this conference? What can we do?

Please read thru brief synopsis below and commit to attend the following talk in Atlanta and publicize so others attend too

While 50% of India's 1.2 billion live in poverty and 10% do not know where they will get next meal on one side, on the other side it is estimated that 1.5 trillion dollars was stashed away in foreign havens. If that money brought back to India, every one of 1.2 billion people will get 1 lakh rupees each. The corruption affects every single person, it shows in poor infrastructure, it shows in the money paid for any Government work done, it shows in the lawlessness and Goonda raj.

It is worse. This lack of development is fueling Maoist insurgency that has affected 1/3 rd of the country. The military purchase kickbacks and shoddy equipment is weakening India's military so much that India today cannot withstand wars with its neighbors. The country's mineral wealth worth trillions that belongs to all citizens is looted to the hilt by select few. Even the donations of devotees (Hindu and Jain) at their worship places are not spared and being misused.

All the development being talked about in India is helping only 13-15% of the people, leaving behind a sea of humanity impoverished.

In summary, corruption is crippling people, stunting development, causing insurgency and weakening the ability of country to defend itself and eventually will destroy the nation.

What is the scale of scandals? Just last few months, the 2G scam worth 1.73 lakh crore rupees (40 billion dollars) and the CVG (commonwealth games) scam is 40,000 crore rupees (9 billion dollars). Every day it is getting more audacious, more ruthless. According to Transparency International India ranks among worst in corruption, it stands same as impoverished African nations.

It is time to put a stop to this. It is time to get the looted funds back.   It is time for India to remove the oppressive barriers to India's genius which until 1700's held 25% of World's GDP. This genius is suppressed today with a small percentage of ruthlessly corrupt people.

Please support this great cause.   Our success with EVMs last year show that cooperation and coordination both nationally and internationally will make a great difference (http://saveindiandemocracy.org/)

NRI CONTRIBUTION

Many NRI's work hard to raise funds to help with projects in India and curbing even small portion of the stolen wealth means huge amounts available for development.

Those who cannot attend presentation but feel concerned and wish to help this noble cause, may make tax deductible donations to 501 C3 organization's website savetemples.org or mail check payable to Global Hindu Heritage Foundation ('GHHF'), Attention V. V. Prakasa Rao, 14708 Harmony Lane, Frisco, TX 75035. Tax ID # 41-2258630

Following Speakers are expected to address a huge rally/conference in Delhi on March 2 & 3, 2010
1) Swami Baba Rama Dev

2) Guru Sri Sri Ravishankar

3) Dr. Subramanian Swamy,

4) Supreme Court Chief Justice Kapadia,

5) Transparency International India,

6) 5th Pillar, RTI activists Anna Hazare,

7) Janaagraha,

8) Bharat Swabhimaan,

9) Ajit Doval,

10) Vineet Narain and

11) many international and national anti-corruption experts/activists

Several international organizations are planning to attend this march/conference.

World Bank STAR Initiative (Adrian Fozzard)
IMF Legal (Paul Ashin)
Global Financial Integrity (Dev Kar, Raymond Baker and others)
Tax Justice Network (Paul Christensen)
Basel Institute of Governance (Alan Bacarese)
UN Conventions Against Corruption
SHERPA (based in France, Ms. Maud Perdriel Vaissieri, did excellent work in relation to corrupt Ghana President)
Brookings Institute (Daniel Kauffman, world bank expert on Governance and anti corruption)
Center for National Crime Prevention, Univ of Wollongong, Australia (Prof Johan Walker, john.walker@ozemail.com.au )
Dept of Global Cooperation and Economy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark (Erik Bering Poulsen, Senior Advisor eripou@um.dk)
EURODAD, Brussels Director (Nurial Molina-Gallart)
Ministry of Finance (Anita Kapur, Joint Secretary anita.kapur@nic.in)

Support the march/conference on curbing corruption in India - New Delhi March 2 & 3.

The people invited for the conference are among the best who have made great contributions to tackle the issue.

INTERNATIONAL INVITEES

Geithner, Dev Kar, Raymond Baker, John Blum, John Christensen, Adrian Fozzard, Daniel Kauffman, Paul Ashin

Sanjay Pradhan, Julian Dill, Alan Bacarese, Andrea Figari, Mirella Frahi, Maul Perdriel Vaissiere, Prof John Walker

Erik Bering Poulsen, Nuria Molina-Gallart, Anita Kapur, Katherine Marshall

NATIONAL INVITEES

Chief Justice Kapadia, Baba Rama Dev/Col Vk Dhir/Pradeep Dixit, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, Sri Sri/Ravindra

Ajit Doval, Gopi Krishna, N. Vittal, Ajay Raj Sharma, Anna Hazare, Kalyanraman, Vineet Narain, Kiran Bedi

Prathap Bhanu Mehta, Hanuman Choudhary, Hilda Raja, Narayana Murthy, Quraishi, Dr. Abdul Kalam, Prashanth/Shanti Bhushan, Bhoomananda Tirtha, Karan Singh, Justice Krishna Iyer, Dr. Anil Gupta, Satyanand Misra, Sam Pitroda

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