“In the Appendix E, E.1.1, the report is accusing me by
associating with IDRF and donating money to the victims of September 11th
attack on World Trade Center in USA as funding non-Muslims alone. I strongly
refute the accusation. I am an American citizen and believe in justice to all
and discrimination to (sic) none… The title of the report ‘Stop Funding
Hate’ and the language used therein has implied assassination of my personal
character, integrity and values I believed in”.
Vijay
K Mallampati
1117 Perimeter Center West,
Suite E-104, Atlanta GA 30338, USA
(The
report in question was prepared by distinguished researchers and
deals predominantly with the way in which IDRF collected funds are
disbursed in India. The only reference to Mr. Mallampati’s name is
in note 29 (Chapter
3 Placing the
IDRF Inside Hindutva: An Institutional Analysis)
which is based on the source, hskonline, referred to in the note.
This
reference was published in good faith on a question of vital public
interest. The funds collected by the IDRF for the relief of the
victims of the dastardly terrorist attack on September 11 was a
small part of the report. It should be evident to Mr Mallampati that
there is no attempt at his character assassination anywhere in the
report. However, in view of his communication to Sabrang
Communications, in the interest of fair reporting, we have
reproduced above Mr. Mallampati’s response to the report – Sabrang
Communications and Publishing Pvt. Ltd.)
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