Comments on: Akshayapatra – feeding India’s children

By: Jangchup

Jangchup — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:27:26 +0000

Hello Subra,

It is good to happen to drop on your blog. I saw interesting articles in your blog. Helpful to understand many things.
I am head of a religious organization. We look forward to acquire a charitable status but it is confusing for me to which one is more appropriate; Trust or Society. Present structure of our organisation is; we are exclusively Buddhist organisation and we train many youngsters in Buddhist teachings mainly philosophy and various cultural aspects of Buddhism. We need to continue present activities and functioning after getting charitable status. Are we permitted to do that under getting charitable status. What could be most appropriate way to register for charitable status. It is important for us to continue our activities after getting charitable status. Can you please advise on this matter.

By: NARESH SHARMA

NARESH SHARMA — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:38:34 +0000

A nicely worded article. And it simply moved me. For sure I will be pointing this out in my friend circle. Aty least we, have ones, owe this to the world. Let’s joing to achieve the bigger goal – Let no one go to the bed with even dreams of hunger. AMEN….

By: subra

subra — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:03:35 +0000

Actually Manish Money is earned to pay taxes, current consumption, meeting own goals, and giving for charity. Sadly personal finance sites do not talk enough about charity. So people go and get fooled while doing charity. Charity can begin simply be setting up a website which enumerates good charities, then getting Crisil kind of an organisation to rate/ rank them, see how much they are spending on admin costs…etc. So that it can be organised well. What i like about A’patra is they have spread across Orissa, UP, Rajasthan, Karnataka, AP, Gujarat (Modi is a big fan),…and if u see the website you realise that they are well organised. The feed hindus, christians, Muslims…..no caste, creed, gender bar. I think they are doing a great job. Now if u put it on your site, and say 2000 people see about it, I am willing to bet just between 2-3 blogs we can raise 10,00,00,000 over the next 2-3 years. Not bad!

By: Manish

Manish — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:12:48 +0000

This is nice … People are ready to pay if they know its going in trusted hands and It will be utilised . I recently raised Rs 3600 for some 3 families I talked about in one of my articles .. Feels great to see that people are ready to help .

Let me see the site

Manish

By: subra

subra — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:25:44 +0000

When you feed 12,00,000 people a day – say it costs Rs. 5 a meal, it means you are generating food of value of Rs. 60,00,000 every working day. This is just too great. If they grab land from the government, I AM HAPPY. If they evade tax I AM HAPPY. Not that I am saying that the end justifies the means, but when u run an organisation of this size, you can create enemies. Media looks for NEGATIVE news. So whether it is against Sachin Tendulkar or any successful organization, media picks up something which is sensational. If you visit the schools which A’patra is supporting, and see a few kids smiling because they are well fed, forget what you read in the press. Do your own investigation – if you are unhappy then be worried. Their sheer size is daunting – and frankly it is a great cause. Like I said in the article to even think you can run such a big organisation is a major achievement. After all good intentions have to be executed.

By: Manav

Manav — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:09:53 +0000

I have a been a regular contributor to akshaypatra for 4 years now. I was introduced to the organization through ISKON temple. The best thing about it was I knew the money was being well utilized.

My confidence was little shaken when ISKON was found to be involved in land grabbing and tax evasion. But confidence in akshaypatra still stands for me.