Dear Readers, I am looking for a site which can host a mailing list which I intend to start for a non-profit organization for which I represent. I am hereby providing a summary of the organization which will tell you what we stand for. The discussion in this mailing list will be on the issues mentioned below. I would like to point out the fact that the organization is a total non-political one and we request you sincerly to support our just cause by hosting our mailing list. I usually do not follows the discussion groups, hence I request to communicate with me directly at my email address. Thanks and hoping to see a reply soon. Mahesh Bagade [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D E S A B H A K T A M O V E M E N T On the initiative of D E S A B H A K T A T R U S T Founded by Shri T.N.Seshan ======================================================= 1) GOAL A just and fair society in which individuals and institutions can secure their fundamental rights by functioning in a responsible manner. 2) BARRIER Probably the most formidable barrier to achieve this goal is rampant and pervasive corruption which has engulfed institutions and organizations in every sphere of life, across the country. This has forced individuals willingly or unwillingly to participate in corrupt practices. 3) SOLUTION People acting together as a countrywide movement to make institutions and organizations function in an open and accountable manner. Achieving this shoud result in an environment where corruption can not flurish. 4) PREMISE This approach is based on the conviction that the natural inclination of a self respecting person is to lead a life free from the evils of corruption. Given the opportunity and leadership, people will work together to fight and eradicate this menace. 5) OUR CREDO The Deshbhakta Trust will draw its strength from two fundamentals: a) Action is the need .... with people ready and willing to lift the burden of inertia and despair. b) A sense of Indianness is emerging ..... based on self esteem and pride. WE SEEK YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THIS GREAT ENDEAVOUR 6) The Main Objects of the Trust are: a) To draw up and propagate for national adoption any or all programmes fo rthe regeneration of India. b) To suggest and promote modification to the structure and functioning of constitutional and other institutions in India connected with the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legislature for more appropriate governance of this country. c) To suggest and propagate schemes for the economic advancement of the country. d) To suggest and propagate schemes for the social upliftment of the country including but not restricted to the promotion of religious tolerance and the removal of conflict based upon caste, community, creed, language or ethinicity. e) To devise and propagate methodologies for the greater advancement of arrangements to enhance the quality of life of the citizens, including but not restricted to education in all aspects, health and sanitation, control on growth of population, habitat management, housing, etc. f) To suggest and propagate methods for the advancement of infrastructure in the country including but not restricted to drinking water, sewage and sanitation, electrical and other energy, transport and communications... g) To suggest and propagate methods for the management of agriculture in this country including but not restricted to land use, crops and cropping patterns, agricultural development, animal husbandry, agricultural incomes etc.... h) To suggest and promote the growth of industry in the tiny small, medium and large sectors in rural and urban India. i) To suggest and promote specific areas of work to be undertaken by the State in the economic field in addition to tis legal duties in respect of security (internal & external), banking and finance, foreign relations, etc. so as to ensure the greater freedom of the individual. j) To work towards the protection of the environment and to ensure that all progress takes place on the basis of ecologically sustainable development. k) To actively promote freedom of speech and expression and all forms of art through all media including written, the spoken and the visual. l) To generate and promote in all its varying aspects science and technology and their application to the alleviation of human problem in the country. m) To ensure that the State refrains from operating in those areas where private entrepreneurship can be in a better position to produce and supply of goods and other services. n) To so modify the administration as to reduce the volume of government and its interference in the day to day life of the citizens. o) To ensure that laws and structures are devised which will ensure the total elimination of discrimination based on religion, caste, language, state etc. and in particular ensuring this by the creation of agencies outside the executive committee with total unfettered freedom of speech. p) AND without prejudice to the detailed items set forth above, carry out all and every other activity connected with the identification and propagation of methods to ensure the rebirth and regeneration of India leading to a renaissance of its ancient and holy traditions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------