Friends request for support by Francois Gautier for the Shivaji Museum of History in Pune. I am donating, have full belief in his work. U decide. Request below. Francois Gautier wrote. A thank u to all our donors… A note about politicians…and loans… As this photo shows, the Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History is developing, and the inauguration of 2d phase with HH the Dalai Lama was a big success, thanks to the support of many of you. I cannot here thank all those who made small donations – 1000 rs, 2000 Rs, 5000 rs, 10.000 Rs - but they should know that this Museum is built with such small donations and that it makes it a Museum OF THE PEOPLE. In the last five months, we needed appr 43 LAKHS for finishing the two Tibetan history/genocide buildings, printing the exhibitions and for the expenses of the inauguration. I would like here to thank publically our major donors: Abhay Sapru of Delhi, who gave 6 lakhs Dr Vaidyasubramaniam: 5 lakhs (thanks to Mr Gurumurthy) Dhiraj Shah: 5 lakhs Mr Chandak, who raised 2 lakhs Dinesh Himatsingar: 2 lakhs Bharat Welfare Trust: 1 ,5 lakhs Vadde Srinivas: 1 lakh Raghuvir Aiyar: 1 lakh Brij Mohan Thapar: 1 lakh Prafulla Goradia: 1 lakh Arvind Sitaraman: 1 lakh Sadashiva & Pune friends: 1 lakh Sowmini Ramesh: 50.000 Pankaj Sharma: 75.000 Mr Habbu: 25.000 Rs Dr Raj Gandhi who gave 3000$ Amitabh Sharma from Atlanta and his friends: 2000 $ Various US donors, via FACT USA & Utsav Chakrabarty 7000$ TOTAL/ 36 LAKHS Thus we were left, in spite of your generosity with nearly 7 lakhs minus. My wife and I then decided to seek a 5 lakhs loan from our trust bank, HDFC. As banks do not loan to Museums (highly suspicious), they very reluctantly agreed to give it on the guarantee of my wife’s salary, as nearly my whole time is dedicated to the Museum and I have no income apart from my books. And we are still minus 2 lakhs that we need to find somewhere, as bills of inauguration have to be paid + start reimbursing the loan. Thus we appeal once again to your generosity: this is a noble, but extremely difficult project where we encounter hurdles at every step. FACT is a registered trust and we have tax exemption. You can wire electronically your donations to : Foundation Against Continuing Terrorism (FACT) Account No: 04071450000237. IFCS code: HDFC0000407 Bank Address: HDFC Bank Ltd., T S No.6, 100 Feet Road Ellaipillaichavadi, Pondicherry-605 005. Telephone: 0413 2206044 Fax : 0413 2200662 Best
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:52:59 +0000
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