Be real tigers, not just on papers
Sir,
Donation for noble cause
is considered as a pious job all over the world but for
some social, political and religious organisations of the
Jammu and Kashmir State their job is to only appeal the
general public to donate generously than to come forward
themselves for this noble cause.
This is evident from the
statements of a number of organisations which are coming
to the fore, since the natural catastrophe struck the
State of Gujarat on Republic Day in which thousands of
people lost their lives and unaccounted number of people
have become homeless, appealing the general masses
through their handouts released in newspapers to donate
liberally for what they suggest others a noble cause.
Since January 26
newspapers have been flooded with statements of such
organisations in which they have expressed sympathies
with the people of earthquake ravaged Gujarat state and
extended every possible help for the relief and
rehabilitation operations in that State. But, it is very
disappointing that only a few organisations have come
forward for making donations in cash or kind for the
affected people so far while most of them have seemingly
indulged in conveying condolences and expressing
sympathies with the natural calamity stricken people.
If these organisations are
sympathetic and want to render helping hand in the relief
and rehabilitation measures then they should come forward
themselves in helping the natural calamity stricken
people rather than asking the general masses to donate
generously keeping in mind that they are also living on
the same earth and can become canon fodder for the
natural calamity. The condition of these organisation is
like that of a man sitting idle in a burning house and
asking the others to extinguish it.
Instead of crying these
organisations should firstly donate cash and kind and
then ask others to follow them as this step will
encourage the people for this noble cause.
Keeping in view the number
of organisations which have taken the task of collecting
the cash or kind by raising donation boxes and making
heart-touching appeals to attract the donors, the people
while donating should see the antecedents of such
organisations so that money really goes to the right
quarters because earlier it had been noticed that many
people with vested interests came with fake organisations
to take the benefits from such disasters.
We all know that
humanitarian and economic devastation in Gujarat will
require much more as terrible devastation caused by an
earthquake of this magnitude can easily overwhelm the
ability of any Government to respond. It is a prime
responsibility of all the Indians to try to mobilise
emergency financial aid for the reconstruction of Gujarat
as they had done for the families of those security
personnel who attained martyrdom during the Operation
Vijay in Kargil.
Here are my suggestions to
all those organisations/bodies which have not donated any
thing so far, to offer all they can to help people in
Gujarat through proper channels to ensure that, these
spring back, to their lives.
As human beings it is our
duty to help those who have lost whatever they had in the
devastating natural catastrophe because their
rehabilitation is not an easy job. At the time when
foreign countries like the United States, the United
Kingdom and Russia etc are coming forward for the relief
and rehabilitation of the Gujarat people, we living in
the same country should not lag behind and donate
generously whatever we can for this noble cause.
Yours etc....
Mohinder Verma
Shant Nagar, Old Janipur, Jammu.
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