RE: Re: Bangalore Brahmo Samaj

Clarification
 
 
This has reference to a remark made by one of the members of the group saying that Bangalore Samaj has fallen into the hands of property dealers and godless Christians like Global Christian Network.
 
The fact is that Bangalore Brahmo Samaj had got itself registered under the Foreign Exchange Control Act way back in 1983 to receive a small contribution of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) from the Social Service Network of International Association for Religious Freedom, an organization which is more than 108 years old, of which Brahmo Samaj is a Founder Member. The said donation was received to establish a Tailoring Unit at Brahmo Samaj Appavu Pillai Girls School, Bangalore.  It is false to say that heavy donations were received from foreign Christian Aid Organizations to convert Schedule Caste in Karnataka to Christianity.  The show cause notice issued by the FERA relates to whether the registration under FERA should continue or not.
 
The Bangalore Brahmo Samaj website is registered in the name of Dr. Ashoka Gurudas, President of Bangalore Brahmo Samaj.  This has the approval of the Executive Committee of the Bangalore Brahmo Samaj.
 
It would be better if members seek clarifications before emphatically passing judgements on any individual or institution by publishing questionable facts.
 
 
Dr. Ashoka Gurudas
President
Bangalore Brahmo Samaj

To: brahmoconferenceorg@...: jagannath.chatterjee@...: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:47:26 +0530Subject: [brahmoconferenceorg] Re: Bangalore Brahmo Samaj



This is extremely serious,  even Bangalore Samaj hasfallen into the hands of property dealers andgodless Christians like Global Christian Network.Actually the Gurudas family are realtors and runninga hospital and medical transcribing unit.It is learned that the Bangalore Samaj had got itself registeredunder the Foreign Exchange Control Act, and heavydonations were received by it from foreign Christian aidorganisations to convert scheduled castes in Karnatakato Christianity until the Home Ministry took noteof this in 2004 and issued show cause notices toaccount for these funds - which the Committee ignored.Finally in 2005 the Bangalore Samaj was notified as aFCRA evader by Home Ministry of Government of Indiaon 18 November 2005.The earlier website of GCN was gcnhome.com but after theHome Ministry lookout advisory it looks like they haverenamed it as gcnhomes.com
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Saurav Brahmo <saurav@...> wrote:
The owners of both websites are Bangalore basedand domains are registered with Net4domains-india.The Bangalore Brahmo Samaj website is registeredto Ashok Gurudas - President of Bangalore BrahmoSamaj, but GCNHome is the GLOBAL CHRISTIANNETWORK - an evangelical TV channel of USA.Saurav



On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:21 PM, jagannath chatterjee <jagannath.chatterjee@...> wrote:
This is very strange, the site is an exact copy of the bangalorebrahmosamaj.org siteJagannath


>I just came across this website>>gcnhomesDOTcom>>Saurav
 





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