Urgent Relief Needed for Tamil Nadu Tsunami and Earthquake Victims
dear friends & family,
thank you for all your letters of concern & outpourings of love. i am truly grateful that i have all of you in my life & cannot even begin to express how much it means to me to start this new year by simply being able to thank each one of you for being there. james & i are in varkala, kerala at the moment & totally safe & sound. our hotel is atop a cliff face overlooking the beach & it is almost (almost!) as if the tsunami didn't hit here. but it did. & people were affected. & we are still working out what we can do to help while at the same time working out how to go on with our trip. there was a surreal quality to our new year's eve. i'm not sure quite how to describe how i'm feeling exactly except to say that i am overcome with both sadness & joy at the same time. my whole day yesterday was spent in the waves. i couldn't get out of the water. struck by awe & wonder. in a strange way i think i have been making my peace with the ocean. tomorrow we are heading to kollam which was hit harder by the tsunami & i've contacted the organization i've working with in gujarat to see if they can use my help while i'm in the south...we'll see. otherwise, james & i are attempting to help with money & clothing donations & also by simply being tourists in a tourist economy. i've pasted a letter from lakshmi that lists ways that you can help if you're able.
i am wishing you all a safe & happy new year that will hopefully be filled with much more joy than sorrow.
i'm really really sorry that i haven't been blogging or even sending out many updates but this trip has overwhelmed me a bit & i hope that at some point i'll be able to send out something poetic. i keep saying it will be soon & then it's later already.
ciao.
love,
ish
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Lakshmi V."
To: ish
Subject: For ish kundawala, Urgent Message
Please forward this urgent appeal to all your friends and relatives.
Urgent Relief Needed for Tamil Nadu
Tsunami and Earthquake Victims
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Dear friends and devotees,
Jaya Sri Rama. Please accept my humble pranams.
We are all very saddened about the terrible devastation that has fallen on our brothers and sisters in South India and other parts of the world.
In response to the recent tsunami, the Bhaktivedanta Ashram is arranging a team of volunteers in Tamil Nadu to begin relief work to help the victims. Relief activities are expected to begin on Thursday, December 30th. Within several days an additional team of volunteers from our Orissa ashram will join them to provide further relief supplies including basic necessities for children and their families. Due to the long term effects of this disaster, the Bhaktivedanta Ashram plans to open a permanent relief center in Chennai so that relief activities can continue even after the immediate media attention dies down. With our past experience of the Orissa cyclone in 1999 we know that such disasters lead to long term difficulties for the victims that continue even after the relief organizations leave. With that in mind we are planning to maintain our relief center in Tamil Nadu permanently so that we can continue caring for those in need, especially the children who are affected by this disaster.
Reports indicate that the death toll in India has reached over 12,500 so far, with children accounting for up to a third of all the dead. Health reports state that the spread of disease could kill as many people in the coming weeks.
In such a situation with millions of displaced people suffering in need of food and clothing it seems an impossible task, but we should not let this discourage us. Let every one of us help in whatever little way we can.
We humbly request all those with sufficient means to donate towards the tsunami relief work in Tamil Nadu. To donate by credit card you may visit our website and enter your donation through our secure server:
http://www.foodrelief.org
Donations may also by sent by check made payable to "Bhaktivedanta International Charities" with the words 'Tamil Nadu Relief' in the memo field:
Bhaktivedanta International Charities
P.O.Box 34153
Los Angeles, CA 90034
United States of America
I would like to again thank all of our friends and donors who have contributed towards our projects in the past and request everyone to offer whatever service they can, regardless of how small, to help this urgent cause.
Yours in service,
Jahnava Nitai Das,
Bhaktivedanta Ashram &
Bhaktivedanta International Charities
http://www.foodrelief.org
How you can help:
The following are among the aid agencies accepting contributions for those affected by the earthquake and tsunamis in Asia. Contact the individual group for information on how to send donations.
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street
New York, NY 10018-7904
800-889-7146
www.ajws.org
American Red Cross
International Response Fund
PO Box 37243
Washington, DC 20013
800-435-7669
www.redcross.org
CARE USA
151 Ellis Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-422-7385
www.careusa.org
Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
www.catholicrelief.org
Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
www.directrelief.org
Doctors Without Borders
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
The First Church of Christ, Scientist
Tsunami Relief
175 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-450-3205
International Orthodox Christian Charities
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
www.iocc.org
International Medical Corps
11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 506
Los Angeles, CA 90064
800-481-4462
www.imcworldwide.org
Oxfam America
26 West Street
Boston, MA 02111-1206
800-776-9326
www.oxfamamerica.org
Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
888-256-1900
www.mercycorps.org
Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
www.opusa.org
Source: Associated Press
posted by ish @ 8:36 AM
1 Comments:
This is to inform everybody about the fraud Jahnvanitai Das who is the ownner of Indiadivine.org and many other Gaudiya websites. He is taking donations on names of sadhus and posting data which is been illegally leeched from other websites. He also removed his facebook a/c after a police case was filed against this man. He is hiding somewhere.
We arewill be filing a police case at http://www.cybercellraj.com/
This case will be filed under following sections:
1. Section 499 of IPC:
Section 499 of IPC says that whoever, by words either spoken or intended to be read, or by signs or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm, or knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm, the reputation of such person, is said, except in the cases hereinafter excepted, to defame that person.
The offence of defamation is punishable under Section 500 of IPC with a simple imprisonment up to 2 years or fine or both.
The law of defamation under Section 499 got extended to "Speech" and "Documents" in electronic form with the enactment of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
2. Section 469 of IPC:
Section 469 of IPC says that whoever commits forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged shall harm the reputation of any party, or knowing that it is likely to be used for that purpose shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
The phrase “intending that the document forged” under Section 469 was replaced by the phrase “intending that the document or electronic record forged” vide the Information and Technology Act, 2000.
3. Section 503 of IPC :
Section 503 of IPC defines the offense of criminal intimidation by use of use of emails and other electronic means of communication for threatening or intimidating any person or his property or reputation.
Section 503 says that whoever, threatens another with any injury to his person, reputation or property, or to the person or reputation of any one in whom that person is interested, with intent to cause alarm to that person, or to cause that person to do any act which he is not legally bound to do, or to omit to do any act which that person is legally entitled to do, as the means of avoiding the execution of such threats, commits criminal intimidation.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000
The Section 66A of the Information Act, 2000 does not specifically deal with the offence of cyber defamation but it makes punishable the act of sending grossly offensive material for causing insult, injury or criminal intimidation.
Section 66A of the Information Act, 2000
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