As on today there are 600 districts & 3342 Taluks in India. Assume that the financier wants to start a school at least one per taluk. The cost of starting a school (price of land, construction, equipment & furniture, salaries, recurring costs & so on) works out to an average of 10 crores if you want to start an average school & about four times more if you want to start a high quality school. On an average, this works out to 50,000 crores to have a mix of at least one school per school per taluk.
If you want to impart good education, you have to keep out reservation based on caste consideration both for the teachers & for the students that the government would never agree thanks to their perpetuation of caste based vote bank politics.
Assuming that they indeed permit such a happening, who do you think would collect such a huge sum & administer/collaborate assuming that there is a conglomerate of different institutions? It would be like putting several frogs on a pan at the same time, because each of these institutions would have a separate agenda.
Even for people like Ambanis also, this amount (10 Billions) would be sizable. In any case, education is NOT their cup of tea or priority. This is indeed very sad, since they can deliver the education well. On the other hand, the government that has funds will never be able to deliver because of multitude of factors like corruption, caste politics, reservation & so on.
So what is wrong if the rich in India fund temples? Our temples belong to our cultural heritage. To preserve it, funds are required. Do you think that our 'secular' govt will care a damn to protect the ancient traditions of hindu temples.No, the govt will only take away the funds of hindu temples.In india, there are very rich churches and mosques, and no govt control on them. But this secular govt only wants to control the funds of hindu temples.Getting a good conduct certificate from the rich west is more important for the secularists than protecting ancient temples and traditions.What a shame?
Re: funding temples
by Vikas Ravindran on Dec 20, 2009 11:05 PM
Common sir, now please dont say that you are giving money to the temples to preserve that. I can show you hundreds of ancient temples which are in ruins. If you really want those to be preserved, you should give it to ASE and not to the temples. And it is really interesting to see how people interpret one's statements. Tarun Tejpal wants to convey that not much people invests in our children for a good future of our country.Even the institutions managed by the rich temple trusts (and of course christian and muslim institutions) collect huge amounts of money from their students. So it is very much clear that their agenda is not to impart education or do some kind of charity, but just business. Whatever you say, Religion is the biggest business in India.
education is used as tool to make money and control followers by religious trusts . one of critian missionary group running schools and collages have turn over of more than 100 crore and now facing court battels for selling trusts land in mumbai
Re: religious trusts are the most corrupt
by purva on Dec 20, 2009 11:33 AM
Whether the rich fund temples or shrines should not be any of his concern. It is their money! They can spend it on what they want.
Who does he think funds the mosques? India's rich muslims and the rich Saudi family.
Who funds the large Cathedrals and churches? It is the rich Christians from all the different denominations - Baptist, Mormons, Pentacostals, Seventh day adventists ...
The Government of India which should be a neutral body takes the 'tax payer' money and funds Muslim Haj pilgrimage so why should the India's rich not fund their own temples.
Anyway why is the government of India not use that money to set up good educational institutions?
Majority of American institutions are "State Universities". Even those endowed American universities take money from the US government.
Re: Re: religious trusts are the most corrupt
by prakash shetty on Dec 20, 2009 11:45 AM
purvas commented very well for this stupid statement.the money donated to the temples ultimately goes to the govrnment and from there it goes for the welfare of muzlims.but the money donated to mosques and churches doesnt goes to government and from there for the welfare of zindus.this guy is giving statement with prejudice.
Re: Re: Re: Re: religious trusts are the most corrupt
by v vv on Dec 20, 2009 02:37 PM
Many of the major temples/ religious trusts are running educational institutions. It is more beneficial to contribute to religious trusts than to political parties, who are not doing anything for the nation, except fighting elections/disrupting the progress etc. What is the contribution from Tarun for educating the under-privileged in our country. Any of his establishment adopted any small educational institutions that provide education for the needy. Let every major establishment adopt some educational institutions and run them as part of their CSR.
Re: Re: Re: religious trusts are the most corrupt
by RSSFakeNationlist on Dec 20, 2009 04:50 PM
purva and shetty. both uneducated illetrates he is not saying them to fund temples but seeing the quality of education india it should be improved.
Re: Re: Re: Re: religious trusts are the most corrupt
by purva on Dec 21, 2009 09:54 AM
Hey genius, Can you read? This is Tarun Tejpal's statement: "On the other hand, the rich in India fund shrines and temples, rather than invest in educational institutions..."
Whether the rich fund temples or shrines should not be any of his concern. It is their money! They can spend it on what they want.
The government of India which takes it upon itself to fund Haj - can most certainly divert the money to education. The rich are not elected as PM or do not have the dynastic power of Sonia or Rahul.
Whether the rich fund temples or shrines should not be any of his concern. It is their money! They can spend it on what they want.
Who does he think funds the mosques? India's rich muslims and the rich Saudi family.
Who funds the large Cathedrals and churches? It is the rich Christians from all the different denominations - Baptist, Mormons, Pentacostals, Seventh day adventists ...
The Government of India which should be a neutral body takes the 'tax payer' money and funds Muslim Haj pilgrimage so why should the India's rich not fund their own temples.
Anyway why is the government of India not use that money to set up good educational institutions?
Majority of American institutions are "State Universities". Even those endowed American universities take money from the US government.
I think the state government is taking all the money from the temple Hundis. When the govt. is already corrrrrrupt it is any bodys imagination the fate of these Hundi money of temples.
Re: Temples and Hundi money .
by purva on Dec 20, 2009 11:32 AM
Whether the rich fund temples or shrines should not be any of his concern. It is their money! They can spend it on what they want.
Who does he think funds the mosques? India's rich muslims and the rich Saudi family.
Who funds the large Cathedrals and churches? It is the rich Christians from all the different denominations - Baptist, Mormons, Pentacostals, Seventh day adventists ...
The Government of India which should be a neutral body takes the 'tax payer' money and funds Muslim Haj pilgrimage so why should the India's rich not fund their own temples.
Anyway why is the government of India not use that money to set up good educational institutions?
Majority of American institutions are "State Universities". Even those endowed American universities take money from the US government.
