36.
See
Appendix H, consolidated spread-sheet of the IDRF grants from 1994 to 2001. Source:
Annual Reports from the IDRF web-site.
37.
These numbers are our approximations based on inexact information about all the grantees. See Appendix H, consolidated spread-sheet of the IDRF grants from 1994-2001. Source:
Annual Reports of IDRF
38.
A NRI’s Quest For Serving The Underprivileged, by Dr. Vinod Prakash
39.
For example, Bharat Kalyan Pratisthan, which received over $86,000 in the IDRF funding for ‘tribal welfare’ has been specially designated by the VHP to receive money for Shuddhi ceremonies for Dalits and Tribals, “to neutralise the Conversion Crisis that is presently threatening to swallow up the Hindu Society” and also “to re-establish the spiritual & moral glory of Hinduism,” according to the Hindutva ideologue
SP Attri 40.
Anti-Christian violence on the rise in India: New Report details politics behind extremist Hindu attacks Press Release by the HRW Full Report at
POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS: Attacks Against Christians in India HRW Report, September 1999
41.
U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: India Released by the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Washington, DC, September 9, 1999
42.
Trouble anticipated in Dangs village after Swami's return, Indian Express, April 3, 1999 and
Halmodi tense as HJM gears up for shilanyas, Basant Rawat, Indian Express, December 22, 1999
43.
Christian tribals beaten up, ostracised in Gujarat village, Basant Rawat, Indian Express, December 4, 1998
44.
Controversial Swami does a disappearing act, Indian Express, February 4, 1999
45.
http://www.idrf.org/news/vanvasi/ 46.
http://www.idrf.org/seva_proj/gujarat.html 47.
Tribals made cannon fodder in Gujarat's communal war, by Chandrakant Naidu, Hindustan Times, May 6 2002,
48.
Poisoned Edge: The Sangh exploits Dalit and tribal frustration to recruit soldiers for Hindutva's 'war,'Davinder Kumar, Outlook June 24, 2002.
49.
Sewa Bharati and Ekal Vidyalays organized the Hindu Sangam in the tribal belt in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year. A report from Sewa Bharati is available at
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0102/98.html. The aggressively anti-Christian flavor of the meet, and the concomitant tensions it created are described in
RSS temples for tribals spell trouble for Digvijay, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Indian Express, January 7th 2002 . For Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram’s role, see Appendix F.
50.
RSS outfit stripped of its licence in MP, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Indian Express, February 28th, 2002
51.
The IDRF lists Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram. Kotda in its “
Statewise Listing of Sewa Programs”
52.
VHP offshoot behind reign of terror, Mohammed Iqbal