tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post114437857983331348..comments2024-03-07T08:59:32.598+05:30Comments on My Think Pad: From rags to richessilverinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-25826628290543846592006-12-17T19:29:00.000+05:302006-12-17T19:29:00.000+05:30I had a conversation on similar lines with a colle...I had a conversation on similar lines with a colleague from TN recently. He described the "now rich" owners of a charity for orphans running purely on foreign donations. The facility is spruced up once a year when these "furriners" come visiting. Really makes one sick to see people can stoop to such levels for making money.Sachin R Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522796973945057166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144588330559984712006-04-09T18:42:00.000+05:302006-04-09T18:42:00.000+05:30@immigrantincanada: How ingenious!! It's money mak...@immigrantincanada: How ingenious!! It's money making at the end of the day.<BR/>@mindcurry: The church doesn't get any funds at all since it was stopped by the govt. some time back. And the orphanges and shools run by the Catholic church are in dire need of finances.But the so called NGO's and Charity Organisations make millions because they are registered. It is easiest way to make a quick bucksilverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144432303907999962006-04-07T23:21:00.000+05:302006-04-07T23:21:00.000+05:30what do i say to this...felt really sad reading th...what do i say to this...felt really sad reading this...i saw small kids hardly 5-8 years old hard at work in shops, homes and hotels when they should have been in school like us and i try to give them a smile...they look back with such a vacant expression that pained me...their childhood had been robbed...if you think the money these men siphon away could have helped these kids out then these menJibyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324353796946088382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144424617531144322006-04-07T21:13:00.000+05:302006-04-07T21:13:00.000+05:30no reason why india is still poor country even aft...no reason why india is still poor country even after 60 years of independence. these are things which create the great divide btn the rich and the poor.Sujithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378244335263949308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144393239041996312006-04-07T12:30:00.000+05:302006-04-07T12:30:00.000+05:30hahaa.. smart buggers.. actually one of my uncles ...hahaa.. smart buggers.. actually one of my uncles is the MD for a major charity organization in delhi.. seein his lifestyle, I can understand what you mean...<BR/><BR/><BR/>pssttt I am impressed baby, you actually noticed the rolex on the guys hand, atta girlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144388290827337122006-04-07T11:08:00.000+05:302006-04-07T11:08:00.000+05:30interesting...and reaffirms my faith in human fail...interesting...and reaffirms my faith in human failings :)...even the most well-run NGO's have such a huge administrative structure which eats up a lot of the donated money!!..and the pay in NGO's arent bad at all!!!<BR/><BR/>Tells me that charity (atleast the organized ones) is never the answer to problems in the long-term. It just attracts its own set of bureaucrats and becomes yet another Matter of Choicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856796561629927068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144387968064772072006-04-07T11:02:00.000+05:302006-04-07T11:02:00.000+05:30oh my god!! i really cannot believe that such thin...oh my god!! i really cannot believe that such things happen in the open..its terrible. i wonder if these people have a conscience or not.<BR/><BR/>in some ways i have grouse with the church as well..you know all our bishops and priests also capitalise on emotions such as faith and belief. anyway, if i get into that its never-ending.<BR/><BR/>the simple fact is that the world has become a place Mind Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788912357913882065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23425148.post-1144379641147808492006-04-07T08:44:00.000+05:302006-04-07T08:44:00.000+05:30years ago my mom told abt this Christian preachers...years ago my mom told abt this Christian preachers in Kerala who were collecting money from the Americans for the souls they were saving in Kerala.. One trick was to release helium balloons in to the crowd and everyone would reach out to gather the balloons.. In the photograph it would look like people raising their hand singing and worshipping.. I guess nothing has changed..Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13095085432288778802noreply@blogger.com