AMERICAN HINDU ASSOCIATION, INC. (AHA) [Tax-Exempt Organization under Internal Revenue Code, Section 501(c)(3)]. AMERICAN HINDU ASSOCIATION, INC. (AHA) is soliciting your tax-deductible contribution for the EARTHQUAKE victims in India.               We cannot leave our brothers and sisters at the mercy of  their fate. At this moment they need our help to tide away the calamity that has fallen upon them, to survive hunger and disease, to rebuild their life. AHA will channel your generous contributions to the voluntary, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), who have been engaged in the relief and rehabilitation of victims in the past.                    In turn, AHA is administered by volunteers without any honorarium.  Please help your fellow brothers and sisters in India, who are victims of Earthquake.  Please respond to the needy people in GUJARAT, and do your part.      Donations to AHA are tax exempted in United States, and You will receive an email confirmation of your generous gift from AHA. In the memo, please mention India Earthquake Relief. Make checks payable to AMERICAN HINDU ASSOCIATION and mail it to the following address:                                                                         AMERICAN HINDU ASSOCIATION                                                                           India Earthquake Relief                                                                           P.O.Box   55405                                                                           Madison  WI  53705 For further information: Web Site:       http://www.oocities.org/whindu/aha.html     Email: whindu@usa.net

Sunday, January28, 2001

Vajpayee urges nation to stand behind quake victims

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today expressed the nation's resolve to meet the trail of devastation left by yesterday's killer earthquake in Gujarat on a war footing to bring swift succour for the thousands of victims.

''We will soon rebuild the flattened houses and resettle inumerable habitations which were wiped out by the quake,'' the Prime Minister said addressing the NCC cadets here this morning.

Before the beginning of the proceedings at the NCC PM's rally, a minute's silence was observed for the victims of the quake that killed thousands and injured many more in Gujarat, particularly in the areas around its epicentre Bhuj and Ahmedabad.

Calling upon the entire nation to stand behind Gujarat, Vajpayee said,''Man has never accepted defeat while fighting against natural calamities.''

''We have to be always ready to fight against all odds as also the fury of the nature,'' he said while exhorting the youth to contribute towards nation-building. The Prime Minister lauded the role of NCC and urged the countrymen to adopt its motto of ''unity and discipline''.

''You have to shoulder more responsibility towards achieving the national objectives,'' he told the cadets drawn from all over the country. UNI

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