Inner Strength Foundation- trust or not?

Been looking around for some information but couldn't find much. My father had attended 4 or 5 of these "shivirs" in the past 2 years (BTW, I am completely against this hocus focus). He received receipts that stated that the foundation is registered as a trust with the govt and donations are exempt under the 80g act.

While filing this year's tax returns, my auditor asked me to provide the PAN no. of this foundation. Ah, missed that. We have donated to Cry, Helpage etc and their receipts prominently state the PAN no. Everybody who donates to these organisations cannot be expected to call up the offices to ask for the PAN no. But Inner Strength Foundation's receipts have no PAN no. stated.

Why not state it on the receipt if they have one? If not, why mention their trust/foundation status on their receipts?

So my auditor calls up the Delhi "office" of Inner Strength Foundation and amazingly, there is only one landline no. and 4 mobile no.s. For such a prominent organization, only 5 contact no.s?

011-32909026, +(91)-9811016531, 9999985961, 9999985962, 9999985963

The landline no. doesn't work. The first mobile is always busy or not available. One of the other numbers do work but you'll be lucky to get a call back if they don't pick up.

They have ashrams in various places but no contact information is provided about them. 

http://www.shivyog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=60

My main concern is that is this foundation a responsible one?

Takeawayloan.com FRAUD AVOID

So I receive an email from them a few days back. Lands up in my spam folder. Check out the site, think it's interesting and forget about it.

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A few days later, this comes back to my mind and I wonder are these guys really genuine? Can they really do the work of the bank? Why will anybody lend you money on such terms?

So I registered with them and the next screen tells me to deposit Rs 1000 in their HDFC bank account.

I can't find a phone no., no address, no person, no profile, nothing. These are your fly-by-night operators.

The screen I get when I registered.
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Name: www takeawayloan com
Branch: Viman Nagar, Pune -411014.

Your account will be activated on realization of Amount

Please Note after the payment kindly scan and email the acknowledgement to info@takeawayloan.com also mention your registered email ID, registered Mobile No and Registration Number.

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Next step, checking their domain info http://www.goodluckdomain.in/index.php/home/whois_result?domain=takeawayloan.com

gives me

Registrant:
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   Domain Name: takeawayloan.com
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   Administrative Contact:
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   Technical Contact:
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   Domain servers in listed order:
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There are a few ways to find out these fraudsters.
Give a police complaint and find out the name, address, etc through hdfc bank. They will give you the details if you go there with a police complaint letter.

Second, ask your police station to find out the domain info
at https://www.domainsbyproxy.com/Default.aspx

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These guys have done their email marketing through imaginecup.in which is owned by
http://www.bulkemailsmsindia.com

http://imaginecup.in/unsubscribe.php?M=51519812&C=6c62456917a0f41d26d07ccc36c637c8&L=1832&N=4861

You could ask your police station to call bulkemailsmsindia.com and get the account details of takeawayloan.com.

I will update this post with additional details as when possible.

Oshin english links

Nearly 6 years after my Oshin post, I'm updating some information about where to obtain the dvds or download it.

http://logtk.blogspot.com/2005/11/oshin-and-dvd-with-english-voice-over.html

You can buy it from here if you are in the US

http://www.ecrater.com/p/2364153/nhk-oshin-with-english-subtitles-dvd

If you out of the US, you could download some episodes(although they aren't complete.)

http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_49501_0.htm

http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_57948_0.htm

Posting hiatus

Other commitments have taken up much of my time. Will update very occasionally.

India Going to Crap?

In the shadow of its new suburbs, torrid growth and 300- ­million-plus-strong middle class, India is struggling with a sanitation emergency. From the stream in Devi's village to the nation's holiest river, the Ganges, 75 percent of the country's surface water is contaminated by human and agricultural waste and industrial effluent. Everyone in Indian cities is at risk of consuming human feces, if they're not already, the Ministry of Urban Development concluded in September.

Economic Drain

Illness, lost productivity and other consequences of fouled water and inadequate sewage treatment trimmed 1.4-7.2 percent from the gross domestic product of Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam in 2005, according to a study last year by the World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program.

Sanitation and hygiene-related issues may have a similar if not greater impact on India's $1.2 trillion economy, says Guy Hutton, a senior water and sanitation economist with the program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Snarled transportation and unreliable power further damp the nation's growth. Companies that locate in India pay hardship wages and ensconce employees in self- sufficient compounds.

The toll on human health is grim. Every day, 1,000 children younger than 5 years old die in India from diarrhea, hepatitis- causing pathogens and other sanitation-related diseases, according to the United Nations Children's Fund.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aErNiP_V4RLc&refer=home