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Protest over Lord's Accusations against Sewa International:

Protest over Lord's Accusations against Sewa International:

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Publication: Sewa International
Date: October 15, 2002

In the second fortnight of August many articles appeared in mainline dailies of UK protesting over Lord Adam Patel's accusations against Sewa International. One of those was contributed by Mr. Nayan Mistry published in Asian Voice, August 24" 2003. Following is an excerpt from that article: "Being a British Hindu who was born in the UK, I have little knowledge of religious problems in India. However, I am in a position to comment on the activities of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS) and Sewa International in the UK, from my own experiences since early childhood.

The aim of HSS has always been to promote the virtues of Hinduism and the Hindu way of life by uniting the Hindu community. These virtues include the concepts of duty to the family, duty to surrounding society, protecting nature and the environment etc. In fact, HSS has always stressed that we should not merely tolerate other religions, as to tolerate implies that you still disagree with their beliefs. Instead we are told to accept other religions and their beliefs for all their benefits to society.

HSS also encourages Hindu youths to serve society through various means, one of which is through charity work. It is for this reason that Sewa International is a branch of HSS. The virtues of Hinduism mentioned above are carried through in our charity work and as a result, Sewa International strongly believes in providing aid to all sections of society regardless of religion, creed or colour. The word 'Sewa' itself means 'selfless service' and encourages us to provide charity work without seeking benefit or reward for ourselves.

I have personally helped to raise money for relief work after the earthquakes in Maharastra, Turkey and Gujarat. During a trip to India last year I took the opportunity to visit the rehabilitation work funded by Sewa International in the villages of Chapredi and Mitha Paswalia in Gujarat, where all the money is being used to build new houses and public amenities. The level of destruction in these areas was quite horrific and despite the generous donations from the UK citizens to Sewa International, there is still a great deal of rehabilitation work required in the Kutch region of Gujarat. I therefore doubt that Sewa International has the spare resources to fund any Hindu "terror organisations" even if it wanted to! From personally witnessing the work being carried out in Gujarat, it is clear to me that Sewa International far from attempting to "stir racial hatred", is rebuilding societies with absolutely no discrimination against the religious beliefs of the victims."
 


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