yes, we should help the professor's family..it is just like one of India's son went away and settled somewhere else-does not mean that he is no more the son of the soil. we should also help all those Indians who are out of the country in need of time, like how we helped our countrymen when the Iraq war started. However, here are some observation/suggestion I wanted to make: 1. All Indians who have gone abroad to make a forture should also help India monetarily to prosper - there needs to be an Embassy like office where they get register themselves and remit say 3% of the income per annum to Indian Government which will be kept in reserve for need of time. 2. All Indians who are working abroad leaving their family behind should remit 5% of their annual income to the Indian Government to be kept in reserve for help in need of time. 3. Help to those families and NRI's only would be provided by Indian government when such crises happen outside India..
RE:RE:Help to Professor's family
by Anusha R on Apr 18, 2007 10:06 AM Permalink
Dear Manikandan...I am sorry if i hurt your feelings...what I was talking is a mechanisam, where the Government would have a separate kitty always to help our brother/sisters living outside India in need of time. By creating such a policy, the help from our own country is guaranteed to the families of the affected person. I did not say that NRI Indians are not doing anything to the progress of the country. There are many many NRIs who voluntarily provide monetary assistance to NGOs and other social organisations (particularly from the US)...but we could always channalise thse remittance through a Government mechanism...that is what I meant.
RE:Help to Professor's family
by shashank chauhan on Apr 18, 2007 10:21 AM Permalink
wouldn't have bothered to write but I feel that many of us are just plain ignorant of the fact that thr r lots of thing which ppl in US do for our country. As a student here in US, i am a part of an organization called AID (Association for India's Development), every year we raise close to $20K and use that money to fund various projects done by several NGO's back in the country. Our's is a primarily Student chapter but there are over 40 chapters of AID in USA and doing thr part towards serving the country. And AID is just one organization, thrs ASHA and thr r several others. I am not sure if u know abt contribution and awareness that these organizations raised during Tsunami. For more information u can go and check the website www.aidindia.org I agree that we dont really do the grassroot work, but let me tell even if we were in India we wldnt have been able to do so, cos not only it requires a lot of commitment but also a lot of specialized training and all that requires time which sadly not all have (ask urself this ques, if u have time and motivation and more importantly for how long u can sustain that). I feel that rather than pointing fingers we better do our part in best possible manner.
RE:Help to Professor's family
by Anusha R on Apr 18, 2007 10:31 AM Permalink
Shashank...these are voluntary contributions which a miniscule percentage of NRIs do to help their fellow citizens...being India, I too contribute directly and indirectly to many NGOs, social organisations etc, besides paying Professional Tax, Income Tax, Surcharge, Service Tax, Education Cess etc. We also know very well how much of the NRI fund is being put to the actual use by the mushrooming so called NGOs. We, Indians are always thankful to those brothers/sisters who help us from outside. At least, we are having a constructive discussion on this issue - but see others remarks and comments - most of those idiots say NO to help the poor Prof.'s family... while on this subject, I would even recommend all NRIs to create a Trust called the NRI trust and contribute to the same according to individual capacity, so that one need not depend on the stupid Indian government to discuss/debate and decide about rendering help.
RE:Help to Professor's family
by Jo on Apr 18, 2007 11:28 AM Permalink
Dear Anusha Madam, If anything is done voluntarily that's really with a good heart. If you channelize things throught govt then I am sure Govt will corrupt that system also. ha what a joke through Govt!!!.
