Fringe Mechanism derailing the Indian Nation Building Process (2)

The role of NGOs in the fringe Mechanism, dis-harmonizing social divisions

Why Tamil Nadu tops the list of most protests in India since 2009? and why the sudden increase after the demise of the former TN CM Jayalalitha? (https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/a-state-of-protest-why-tamil-nadu-tops-list-of-most-protests-in-india-since-2009/story-Vkq7rBAfNIFnBcuMH1dcsL.html )

Unless the above questions are debated to find and implement the right answers, Tamilnadu’s decay towards anarchy cannot be checked.

After the ‘mysterious medical treatment & death of the TN CM Jayalalitha’, TN public transport & normal life experienced frequent unforeseen disruptions, causing the unreported causalities due to ambulances not reaching the hospitals in time, daily wage earners deprived of their earnings, apart from disrupting the working of the schools and offices on such days of paralyzing the normal life. The culprits are the political parties and other organizations emotionally misusing the issues, as witnessed in the recent Chennai anti-IPL cricket matches.

I shall not be surprised if an impartial probe revealed that the foreign funded Christian NGOs were linked to most of ‘such struggles’, mostly led by the leaders leading affluent lives, with no lawful transparent sources of income. 

The role of NGOs in the fringe Mechanism in dis-harmonizing the social divisions, is discussed in this post; as a continuation to the following observation in the previous post.

‘Fringes both in pro-Hindutva & anti-Hindutva groups consciously or unconsciously compliment in their role of derailing the Indian Nation Building Process.  The complimentary role was enabled by the Fringe Mechanism of undue emotional exploitation of real, or/and distorted and unattended sectional grievances, weakening the rule of law. The fringe leaders successfully camouflage their selfish agenda with the mask of the emotional speeches, strengthening the fringe addiction of their foolish followers. 

In my observation the media focused ‘warriors of human rights & women rights’ so far did not probe into the TN fringe leaders’ corruption and sex related offences, suggesting their complimentary link with the foreign funded NGOs. Most such ‘warriors’(?) were silent spectators, unwilling to risk the displeasure of the ‘powerful persons’ indulging in corruption and sex related offenses in the universities and colleges/offices they had served, or the places where they lived. The social insulation between the micro-world and the macro-world in TN, fool Amnesty International like world bodies to praise ‘such warriors’; unaware of the extra-constitutional powers of the fringe leaders over that of the TN govt in silencing their critics, with the indirect support of such ‘warriors’’. ( http://tamilsdirection.blogspot.sg/2018/04/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_17.html  )

Amnesty International, Oxfam, Ford, etc linked NGOs support to the TN fringe leaders, shall be subjected to an impartial probe to uphold the transparency and accountability in TN public life, decayed after 1967; In view of the following media reported pitfalls in the functioning of such forums.

The leaked IB report on the ‘Impact of NGOs on Development' had alleged that protests against development projects fuelled by some foreign-funded NGOs had caused a presumptive loss of 2-3% to India's GDP. The report also named a number of NGOs namely Greenpeace India, Cordaid, Amnesty as those fuelling such protests. NGOs receive over Rs 11,500 crore in foreign funds annually. (https://www.oneindia.com/feature/transparency-ngos-funding-is-need-hour-1477657.html )

Oxfam India: Spends 70% of Donations as Fund-raising Cost ; https://capitalmind.in/2011/06/oxfam-india-spends-70-of-donations-as-fund-raising-cost/

 

Also “nearly 120 charity workers had been dismissed over the past seven years for sexual offences that British prime minister Theresa May has dubbed “horrific.” There were 87 incidents involving Oxfam, 31 involving Save the Children and two that concerned Christian Aid.” ( https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/right-and-wrong/oxfam-scandal-reveals-dark-side-of-do-gooder-ngos/  )

Those making ‘loud anti-Brahmin & anti-Hindutva’ noises in Tamilnadu, can be categorized into two groups; one leading upper middle class & affluent life, and other mostly semi-literate leading lower middle class mostly from the poor families in the villages or slums in the city.

Unfortunately, the latter category does not probe, who all in the former category were the beneficiaries of foreign donors like Oxfam, Ford foundation, etc or linked to the ‘corrupt’ political leaders in India.

Also, I had come across college students from the rural areas with skills in oration, writing stories & poems, catching the attention of the foreign funded Christian NGOs, in turn attending their camps imbibing the Westernization, including the western style serving of the rich food, developing their skills, and becoming the ‘warriors’ fanning all kinds of social divisions on the basis of caste or religion or language, derailing the Indian nation building process, in the name of ‘social justice’(?).

Did anyone of the TN NGOs who had supported Kaveri river dispute related Chennai anti-IPL cricket match, try to rope in Karnataka NGOs for sensitizing the farmers in Karnataka about the sufferings of the TN farmers & the working of the mechanism for sharing the water in the case of rivers like Danube (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube ) and Nile(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile )  flowing from one country to the next neighboring country, crossing several countries? 

Similarly, instead of inculcating empathy among the Backward castes about the unjust sufferings of the Dalits, and also inculcating empathy among the Dalits about the unjust behavior of ‘some Dalits’ humiliating the Backward castes (I had come across such instances);

and reducing the tension between the castes to work out the viable solutions;

Why should the Christian NGO’s programmes and the fringe leaders, through their ‘hate speeches’, cause the tension between the two antagonistic castes leading to caste riots?

‘Hate speeches’ against caste, religion, language, region, country is categorized as ‘dangerous speech’ and ways to counteract it, are explored in the research projects abroad. ( https://dangerousspeech.org/ ) Hence all the hate speeches in Tamilnadu need to be collected and subjected to similar study projects, to rescue TN from the evil leaders.

There are good and bad people in every caste. Only the programmes that socially polarize the good people in every caste to distance themselves from the bad people, will successfully address to the sufferings of the victims in every caste, including the Brahmins.

In the previous post, I had referred to the ‘mother tongue-based identity loss’ in TN during the growth of the Dravidian parties, which probably led to increased addictions, adventurism, depressions, suicides, etc, as social signals suggesting the dying of the Tamil language. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8311000/8311069.stm ) Also the probable relation in the social mechanism of the ‘mother tongue-based identity loss’ in TN to the growth of the Christian NGOs and to the growth of the fringe leaders, shall be probed to identify the ways and means to rescue Tamil & the Tamils in TN; which in my view may be related to rescuing the derailed nation building process.

Contrary to the Nehru family style of the dynastic Indian nation building, sensitizing all the Indians to decolonize their minds to feel proud of the achievements in India prior to the colony invasion, and hate all caste, religion, language, region-based discriminations to empathize with all the victims without any bias, and contribute to solving their problems without favoritism and discrimination, will contribute to the Indian Nation Building Process. 

Note: According to the 2002 United Nations Development Programme  (UNDP) Human  Development  Report, nearly one-fifth of the world’s 37,000 NGOs were formed in the 1990s. Much like social movements, NGOs contested spaces previously held  by  labour  unions  and  political  parties,  in  both  the  political and social  arenas.  Supposedly, the increase in numbers and presence were part and parcel of the advent of civil society—and civil society organizations (CSOs)—at the national and international level.

While the prevalent image of NGOs is that of entities independent and critical of governments, one cannot  be  naive.  Powerful  governments  turn to,  or  even create,  NGOs—government-organized  NGOs—in order  to  further  the  interests  of  the  state.  While  the  NGO  would  argue  endlessly  that  it  is  independent,  the  reality  could  be  different,  whether  by  direct  control  or  by setting  a  political,  financial  or  even  ideological  framework  defined  by  the  powers  that  be.  The  difference  may  be  that  even  governments  may  claim  that  the  NGOs  they  work  with  are  independent, albeit the close working relationship on many issues raises eyebrows.

Other  governments  have  no  such  qualms.  For  example,  the  United  States  (US)  government  makes no apology for the use of NGO-delivered  “humanitarian aid ” that happens to also serve Washington’s political  and military  objectives.’; from : ‘NGOs and Social Movements - A North/South Divide? By Alejandro Bendañ; http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/Bendana.pdf

The leaked IB report on the ‘Impact of NGOs on Development' had alleged that protests against development projects fuelled by some foreign-funded NGOs had caused a presumptive loss of 2-3% to India's GDP. The report also named a number of NGOs namely Greenpeace India, Cordaid, Amnesty as those fuelling such protests. NGOs receive over Rs 11,500 crore in foreign funds annually. The 21-page report calls the NGOs' activities "anti-development" and has highlighted their plans for 2014. These include a campaign against palm oil imports from Indonesia and disposal of e-waste of Indian IT firms, organising construction workers in urban areas, protests against identified projects such as Gujarat's Special Investment Regions, Par Tapi Narmada River Interlinking Project and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

Who is pumping money to stall development in India? 

According to the 2010-2011 Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) reports published by the MHA, the top three donor countries were USA, Germany, and UK. Over the last decade, more than Rs 20,000 crore by the US and nearly Rs 8000 crores by Germany/UK have been donated to the NGOs. What the facts say: According to a Home Ministry report, NGOs receive over Rs 11,500 crore in foreign funds annually and the number of such associations is increasing very fast. There are more than 20 lakh NGOs in the country but less than 2 per cent of them - which is 43527 - were registered under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act up to March 31, 2012. During 2011-2012, 22,702 NGOs reported receipt of foreign contributions amounting to Rs 11546.29 crore. Among all States and Union Territories, NGOs in Delhi received the highest amount of foreign funds- Rs 2285.75 crore in 2011-12.

The IB report has thrown light on an alarming issue. Realising gravity of the issue, the Modi Government should take immediate step to make the process of funding more transparent beside making Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act more stringent it should have close watch on the NGOs, which have emerged out as den of corruption. All NGOs should be made accountable and this could only be done by putting them under RTI ambit.’; https://www.oneindia.com/feature/transparency-ngos-funding-is-need-hour-1477657.html

 

On February 11, the Sunday Times (London) revealed that nearly 120 charity workers had been dismissed over the past seven years for sexual offences that British prime minister Theresa May has dubbed “horrific.” There were 87 incidents involving Oxfam, 31 involving Save the Children and two that concerned Christian Aid. There was even a reported case of child abuse in India by an employee of the Grail Trust. The worst cases, however, related to the cynical sexual exploitation of local women in Haiti in the aftermath of the horrific earthquake in 2011. At a House of Commons Committee hearing, a British MP suggested that the aid workers viewed local women like “trinkets” and Priti Patel, a former minister, said that the sector had become a refuge for “predatory paedophiles”. The outrage was strong enough for the British government to suspend the 32 million pounds of public money it donated to Oxfam annually and some 7,000 individual donors to cancel their standing orders.; https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/right-and-wrong/oxfam-scandal-reveals-dark-side-of-do-gooder-ngos/

 

An investigation by The Times unveiled how the charity had allowed three senior male staff to resign following an inquiry into sexual misconduct, and fired four others for gross misconduct and bullying, including the use of prostitutes in Haiti. It also emerged that one of the alleged perpetrators had faced allegations while working in Chad for Oxfam, but had still been assigned to Haiti following the earthquake……“The Charity Commission and government departments have serious questions to answer: why did they take no action in response to concerns raised by Helen Evans in June 2015 and August 2015? Are there other whistleblowers that have brought safeguarding concerns to the Charity Commission only to be ignored?,” asked the Labour’s spokesperson on international development Kate Osamor.’; https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/columns/vidya-ram/the-ugly-truth-about-the-oxfam-scandal/article22776668.ece