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ISSUE: The ovation received by
the Vishwa Mangal Gau
Gram Yatra all through its
Gou Gram
course, in almost all states
2
Yatra of Bharat, was an indicator
of the longing of the farm-
ers and villagers towards
Bhutanese Refu- 7 the traditionally time
gee Farmers Sell tested cow based agricul-
Shares of Indian ture. Villages after villages
Vegetables
were all festooned the first
Bhutanese Refu- 8 of its kind of Yatra high-
gees : A Brief lighting the importance of
History
Food For 8 Massive response to Gou Gram Yatra
Thought
Yatra turns into a mass movement
Contact 8
The Vishwa Mangal Gou
Gram Yatra has turned into a
mass movement. The enthusi-
asm developed among the
people by the Yatra has
started agitating the people.
The speeches of the saints
exhorted the people espe-
cially the youth to come for-
ward to protect the cow. On
the other hand the subyatras
being taken out in many
states have awakened the
people at the grassroots level.
The groups of workers edu-
cated the people about the
need of cow protection and
rural development.
“Gau Mata” and the yearn-
ing for the development of
the villages through agro
based industry which has
the potential to provide
employment on a mass
scale. The yatra has gener-
ated environmental aware-
ness together with organic
farming, usage of Ay-
urveda, water manage-
ment, afforestation and all
related issues.
On the very first day itself,
i.e. October 1, 2009 the peo-
ple waited for hours at the
places fixed to welcome the
Yatra in bright sunlight. The
Yatra was normally moving
late due to the unprece-
dented reception being ac-
corded to it by the gobhaktas
at different places. People
stoped the yatra in middle
way and did not allow it mov-
ing further till they welcomed
the saints, performed goupuja
and expressed their commit-
ment for cow protection.
People in villages were happy
as they felt that for the first
J A N U A R Y 8 , 2 0 1 0
Social activists from vari-
ous foras joined hands for
the successful completion
of the Yatra while Swamis
and Sadhus provided the
spiritual support to the
Yatra in abundance, gracing
the Yatra all along. This
issue is devoted to the
“Vishwa Manga Gau Gram
Yatra” for the benefit of
our readers.
time some-people were fight-
ing for their cause. People
from all sections of the soci-
ety including children, youth,
old and women participated
with full vigour and fervour.
The Yatra has also cleaned
the image of Indian youth
who are depicted an anti-
Indian culture by a section of
media. The youth in particu-
lar were seen highly energetic
for cow protection and village
development.
The way the villagers ex-
tended warm welcome to the
Yatra in whole India, is a clear
indication that they are ready
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Gou Gram...
to fight for their rights and
also for cow protection. The
Yatra has not only mobilized
the common man for cow
protection but also estab-
lished the fact that the forces
committed to restore pride
of the nation were not yet
weakened. Women in Hisar
(Haryana) distributed more
than 10,000 food packets to
the gobhaktas. An emotional
wave was seen in the areas
Women in Hisar of Punjab too where the
(Haryana) Yatra visited. It also received
warm welcome while enter-
distributed more
ing in Jammu on October 6,
than 10,000 food
2009 which is considered as
packets to the
highly sensitive region for
gobhaktas. An security reasons.
emotional wave It is unique Yatra spreading
was seen in the the message of Bharatiyata.
Recognising the cow as a
areas of Punjab too
symbol of change, it was
where the Yatra moving with the objective of
visited. It also bringing a positive change in
received warm the system. It was an initia-
welcome while tive, which generated a de-
bate all over the nation, for
entering in Jammu
the first time after Independ-
on October 6, 2009 ence, whether the model of
which is considered development we adopted
as highly sensitive during the last 62 years led
region for security us to prosperity and develop-
ment or to destruction.
reasons.
The Vishwa
Mangal Gou
Gram Yatra
formally began
from Kuruk-
shetra on
Vijayadashami
Day i.e. Sep-
tember 28,
2009. Began
with the Gayatri yajna and
Kamdhenu yajna performed
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on the banks of Brahm
Sarovar in Kurukshetra, the
Yatra touched more than five
lakh villages of country in 108
days. The Yatra basically edu-
cated the countrymen about
the significance of govansh,
Indian traditional social, eco-
nomic structure and their
relevance in today’s perspec-
tive. The senior saints were
educating and exhorting the
common men for cow pro-
tection and her preservation
at various halts and also in
the welcome meetings nor-
mally organized at night halts
of the Yatra.
Starting from Kurukshetra
the Yatra turned to north
direction. Within just one
week it reached the beautiful
valleys of the Himalayas
where the nature still exits
with its full youth and beauty.
As the Yatra moved forward,
subyatras continued to join it
and very soon it took the
form of a gigantic movement.
Crossing many mountains
and valleys of Jammu and
Himachal Pradesh the Yatra
entered Uttarakhand, situ-
ated in the Shivalik range of
Himalayas. The enthusiasm of
the people even in the small
towns was very encouraging.
There was the same
shankhdhvani, the same slo-
gans for protection of the
cow, the Ganga and the Gita
and the same inspiring
speeches of the saints, but
the crowd listening to the
speeches and raising slogans
was different at every place
but with same vigour, energy,
faith and devotion.
Originating from the hills
and joining many tributaries
as the Ganga takes a gigan-
tic form while entering the
plain area, the Vishwa
Manga Gou Garam Yatra
also took a gigantic form
receiving energy from the
subyatras that joined it at
many places. This form of
the Yatra began from
Chandigarh and continued
to assume bigger and bigger
form.
When the Yatra was in
Haryana, the Ramlila
Grounds at Paper Mill was
packed beyond its capacity.
There was a big line of the
vehicles driven by the villag-
ers participating in the wel-
come meeting. They in-
cluded buses, jeeps, trac-
tor-trolleys, etc. People
from adjoining villages of
Yamunanagar and Jagadhari
like Nadgarh, Darpur, Ram-
pur, Golani, Khajuri, Budiya,
Thana Dhapar, Sathora,
Mugalwani and others had
started reaching the ground
since noon and stayed
there till Swami Akhilesh-
waranand administered
them the oath of cow pro-
tection at 8.14 pm. The
people responded with
clappings on the speech of
Shankaracharya Shri
Raghaveshwara Bharati
Swamiji. The ground con-
tinued to reverberate with
the clappings and slogans.
This response proved that
the public was still with
those who were honestly
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Gou Gram…
fighting for their cause.
People’s participation was in-
spiring in this agitation launched
to make the village self-reliant
and taking the nation to the
pinnacle of economic prosper-
ity. After crossing the river Ya-
muna, the Yatra reached Saha-
ranpur city of Western Uttar
Pradesh where thousands of
gobhaktas had assembled even
in early morning to welcome it.
Even after the Yatra left Saha-
ranpur, the people continued to
come in tractor – Trolleys and
in other vehicles.
Besides the local people, there
were many leading saints at the
function held in Haridwar.
Apart from the cow they also
expressed concern over the
deteriorating condition of the
River Ganga. Prior to it, the
Yatra received overwhelming
welcome at Dev Sanskrit Uni-
versity in Shantikunj. Many sen-
ior leaders of Gayatri Parivar
were present at the function.
The meeting held in Roorkee at
night was very impressive. The
BT Gang crossing of the city
was packed beyond its capacity.
Those who did not get the
place to sit were standing on
the sides. Noted Muslim leader
Chhote Miyan Moinuddin Sabri
described the cow slaughter as
anti-Islam at the function and
appealed to the people of all
communities to save the cow at
any cost.
The scene in Muzaffarnagar was
no less impressive than in Saha-
ranpur. There was a large
crowd of gobhaktas and the
people were contin-
ued to come. The
main attraction at
this meeting was the
presence of noted
farmers’ leader Shri
Mahendra Singh Ti-
kait. Addressing the gathering in
his local style he said, “Cow is a
unique gift of the nature to the
mankind and everything she
gives is useful for the man.” He
also explained how she is useful
for the agriculture and what
adverse effects the people are
facing today due to the negli-
gence of the cow and her prog-
eny. He said , “It is his own
experience that the family,
which has a cow, encounters
less disease than the families,
which do not have cows”. He
also quoted Swami Dayanand to
prove his argument. After the
speech when some youth
started asking him some ques-
tions he said: “I had almost lost
all hopes that somebody will
save the Indian breeds of cows.
But looking at the response to
this Yatra it appears that our
Indian cow will definitely be
saved now”.
The Tyagi Hotel Ground of
Meerut was packed to its ca-
pacity, and there was a huge
crowd at the meeting in Garh
Mukteshwar. The slogan of Go-
mata ki Jai was reverberating
from the venue to the banks of
the Ganga. The pain of the
farmers and the villager was
clearly visible during the speech
of Shri Raghveshwara Bharati
Swamiji. It was a very emotional
moment when the young saint
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Shri Atul Krishna Maharaj ad-
ministered the crowd of more
than 20,000 people the oath of
cow protection. The meeting in
Moradabad began late in the
Noted Muslim
evening and concluded late at
night. After the speech of Shri leader Chhote
Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji Miyan
the local mediapersons reached Moinuddin
the place where he was to stay Sabri described
at night.
the cow
Beginning from Moradabad and
slaughter as
passing through Haldwani,
Khatima and Pilibhit the Yatra
anti-Islam at
reached Bareilly where people the function
had been waiting for hours. The and appealed to
atmosphere at the meeting
the people of
turned very emotional when
all communities
Shri Atul Krishna Maharaj in-
formed the gathering that
to save the
Bareilly is the historic cow at any
Ahichchhatra region. Recalling cost.
his family traditions Shri
Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji
informed that his ancestors
migrated to the southern re-
gion from this Ahichchhatra
region itself about 1500 years
back. The next morning he
went to see the ruins of the
Ahichchhatra Empire. These
ruins spreading over 100 km
near Anwala
and its sur-
rounding
areas can be
seen even
today.
When Shri
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Raghaveshwara Bharati Swa-
miji offered
Sashtang
Pranam to the
Shivlinga there
it appeared as
if the gap of
centuries had
filled in a mater
of second. He
also resolved for renovation
of this land of his ancestors.
A total of five large
Passing through Badanyun, the
meetings were held in Yatra reached Kasganj on Oc-
tober 13, 2009 where it re-
Delhi at Lado Sarai,
ceived grand welcome. People
Kalyanpuri, Yamuna were showering flowers from
both sides when it passed
Vihar, Pitampura and through the main streets of
Uttam Nagar. More the city. People extended spe-
cial welcome at many places.
than one lakh people The participation of rural peo-
ple was very inspiring here.
participated in all the
Same day the Yatra reached
meetings. Apart from Mathura, the birthplace of
Lord Krishna, where a large
it, various social, number of saints were present
religious and cultural at the meeting. Gopalan and
goupujan is an integral part of
organisations of Delhi daily life here. The Yatra
reached Agra on October 14,
also welcomed the
2009 where the gathering of
Yatra at more than people was very inspiring. In
the presence of thousands of
100 places. people, the Yatra was flagged
off from Western
Uttar Pradesh on
October 15, 2009.
Visiting Dhaulpur of
Rajasthan and Mu-
raina and Gwalior of
Madhya Pradesh it
again entered Bun-
delkhand region of
Uttar Pradesh.
Traversing over 19,000 kilo-
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metres the Vishwa Mangal Gou
Gram Yatra reached Delhi on
December 26, 2009. The re-
sponse it received all over the
national capital was tremen-
dous. Youth took out vehicle
rallies and burnt firecrackers to
vent out their enthusiasm. At
the same time people show-
ered flower petals from both
sides of the road and women
conducted kalash yatras as well
as performed deep pujas.
Addressing the goubhaktas at
Uttam Nagar, Gokarna
Peethadhishwar Shankaracharya
Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati
Swamiji said the goubhaktas
would not bend before the
government, rather the govern-
ment would be forced to im-
pose complete ban on cow
slaughter. “If one fourth popu-
lation of the country signs the
memorandum to this effect, the
government shall have to ban
cow slaughter and enact a Cen-
tral law for it,” he said.
Earlier, addressing a gathering
at Andheria Mode on the night
of December 26, 2009 the Go-
karna Peethadhishwar said,
’The Yatra is not being con-
ducted by any religious sect,
Peeth, political party or the
person of any State, it is being
conducted for the welfare of
the whole world. The larger
number of cows which are be-
ing killed today in so-called
Independent India, were not
killed even during the British
and Mughal period. It is very
unfortunate that the policymak-
ers and rulers have to be told
that cow is their mother and if
she is not saved today the very
existence of the country will be
at stake,” he said urging the
government to save the coun-
try from destruction and enact
a Central law for cow protec-
tion.
A total of five large meetings
were held in Delhi at Lado
Sarai, Kalyanpuri, Yamuna Vi-
har, Pitampura and Uttam Na-
gar. More than one lakh people
participated in all the meetings.
Apart from it, various social,
religious and cultural organisa-
tions of Delhi also welcomed
the Yatra at more than 100
places. In Yamuna Vihar, some
Muslim youth participated in
the procession in an open car
and extended complete sup-
port to the cause of cow pro-
tection.
Addressing the gathering at
Netaji Subhash Place in Pitam-
pura Akhil Bharatiya Sewa Pra-
mukh of RSS Shri Sitaram Kedi-
laya said, “Formation of Gram-
rajya is must for the formation
of Ramrajya. That is why Gan-
dhiji had called upon the edu-
cated youth to move to the
villages and take concrete steps
for village protection”. Describ-
ing the cow and the village as
two eyes of the country he
said, “Both these eyes are in
danger today. It is due to the
blind following of the west,
both in deeds and thinking, that
we are totally dependent on
the west”, He emphasized, “If
the nation has to be protected
from destruction and has to be
led to prosperity and develop-
ment three mantras have to be
kept in mind and to be fol-
lowed in practical life. These
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Gou Gram…
mantras are—turn to the village,
turn to the cow and turn to the
nature”. A ‘Kavi Sammelan’ was
also organised at Pitampura in
which various leading Hindi po-
ets including Shri Gajendra So-
lanki participated.
Addressing the gathering at Ya-
muna Vihar, national secretary
of the Yatra Shri Shankar Lal
appealed to the government to
stop cross-breeding of cows and
set-up a separate ministry at the
Centre for cow protection. He
also demanded declaration of
the cow as national animal and
strict implementation of the
anti-cow slaughter laws in the
states where they have already
been enacted.
Mahant Naval Kishore Das ap-
pealed to the countrymen to
boycott all the things made of
leather and contribute in cow
protection by using the prod-
ucts made of panchgavya and
other things provided by the
The Gou
govansh. He stressed the need to
save one rupee and a chapati eve- Gram Yatra
ryday for cow. Underlying the
visited all over
religious significance of the cow
he said, “The benefit one gets by India
conducting the parikrama of 33
including
crore gods and goddesses, the
same benefit can be get by just Haryana,
one parikrama of the cow.” Pradesh. The concluding cere-
Punjab,
Swami Ramate Yogi and Smt mony of the main Yatra held at
Nagpur on January 17, 2010 and
Shahnaz Afjal of Muslim Rashtriya Himachal
Manch also addressed the gather- signatures of crores of people
would be handedover to the Pradesh,
ing in Yamuna Vihar.
President of India Smt Pratibha
The Gou Gram Yatra visited all Jammu &
Patil and Prime Minister Dr Man-
over India including Haryana, Pun- mohan Singh on January 31, 2010 Kashmir,
jab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
in New Delhi.
Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Uttarakhand,
Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West According to Shri Shankarlal over
10,000 subyatras had been con- Uttar
Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh,
Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, ducted in different parts of the Pradesh,
Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, country which touched each and
Bihar,
Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Gujarat every village in their respective
and Rajasthan. A section of the areas. A total of 175 subyatras Jharkhand,
were conducted in Delhi alone
main Yatra segregated from
from December 18-20, 2009 West Bengal,
Siligiri traversed in north-eastern
states. It concluded on January 13 which visited each and every col- Orissa,
ony of Delhi.
at Parashuram Kund in Arunachal
Andhra

Pradesh,
A world record of signatures
The founder of Arya Samaj, Mahrishi Dayanand Saraswati had once appealed to the Puducherry,
countrymen to collect two crore signatures for cow protection. He hoped that the collection Tamil Nadu,
of the signatures in such a huge number would force the government to ban cow slaughter.
But unfortunately two crore signatures could not be collected then. After that, many Kerala,
signature campaigns were conducted demanding ban on cow slaughter. The biggest record of
Karnataka,
such campaigns is the collection of two crore signatures by RSS swayamsevaks in 1952 on the
call of the then RSS Sarsanghachalak Shri Guruji. But the Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra is Goa,
going to break this record too and will set a new world record. As per the initial indications,
the signatures being collected will be in at least nine digits. Maharashtra,
The signature campaign has gotten tremendous response all over the country. There was no Dadra &
lack of people signing the memorandum, rather the number of workers collecting the
signatures was falling short. Nagar Haveli,
At the meeting in Rajkot, Shri Raghaveshwara Bharati Swamiji received 12.65 lakh signatures
Gujarat and
collected from Rajkot city, Amareli and Jamnagar districts. A cow of ‘Geer’ breed was
worshipped at this function. The unique attraction of this function was that a total of 492 Rajasthan.
goubhaktas donated blood at this function equal to the weight of this cow. A digital
signature campaign was also launched at the website of Vishwa Mangal Gou Gram Yatra
(www.gougram.org) which too received tremendous response.
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Bhutanese Refugee Farmers Sell Shares

of Indian Vegetables for 2010 Harvest
It has been 18 months since Bhutanese of Nepali origin started arriving in
Greater, Cleveland areas in the largest refugee resettlement in the UN history.
With 20,000 arriving into the US till now, over 400 have settled down in the
Greater Cleveland area.
Though many of the Cleveland Bhutanese found entry-level jobs in this difficult
economy, a majority of the working-age group over 40 years of age are having
a difficult time due to language and lack of marketable skills (40% of eligible la-
bor). This population cohort is the most vulnerable and is growing as more
Sewa rufugees of lesser skills trickle in. The Bhutanese population is expected to
International quadruple over the next three years in Greater Cleveland.
donors gifted a Enter Mark Mackovjak, a farmer from Madison, Ohio, started training a group
camper-on- of Cleveland Bhutanese through Project Krishi of Sewa International USA. A
wheels and volunteer-based organization Sewa International is a 501 (C) (3) nonprofit or-
ganization that is working to resettle the Bhutanese refugees in 30 cities across
stationed it on the USA. Introduced to Sewa International by Prof Francis Weng (Adjunct Fac-
the farm to ulty, Horticulture Department, University of Akron). Mark promptly offered his
solve the wellequipped 104-acre farm with its own water supply (farm is 4 miles from
problem of day- Lake Erie), two netural gas wells, twelve greenhouses, a deer pen, and a large
barn with a big walk-in cooler, for year-round farming.
to-day
Ten Bhutanese families took advantage of the opportunity to learn farming un-
transportation
der North American conditions. Mark taught these Bhutanese how to use
from Bhutanese farming equipments. Working patiently and overcoming the language and cul-
apartments on tural barrier, Mark turned out to be a natural Guru for teaching these enthusi-
the West side of astic students.
Cleveland to Tradiing the oxen for tractors and modern farming equipment, the Bhutanese
Madison. farmers learned quickly. They in turn brought in their organic farming skills to
create a hybrid technique to seed, plant, weed, prune, fertilize and finally har-
vest a variety of pesticide-free vegetables including tomato, beets, broccoli,
peppers, superhot chillis, Hungarian green and sweet potatoes, cucumbers,
herbs, etc.
Sewa International donors gifted a camper-on-wheels and stationed it on the
farm to solve the problem of day-to-day transportation from Bhutanese apart-
ments on the West side of Cleveland to Madison. The camper came complet-
edly equipped with electricity, gas, air-conditioning, kitchen, beds and a shower.
A portable toilet was also installed on the farm. With this the number of trips
were cut down to once a week. Most Bhutanese do not have a driver’s license,
and cannot afford to own a car with insurance.

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Bhutanese Refugee Farmers…
Come the time of harvest –
what to do with the pro-
duce? Sewa volunteers
again solved the problem of
marketing by settling them
up with farmers markets in
Cleveland Clinic and at
Cleveland State University,
and, helping them to sell
produce retail through
groups of Indian commu-
nity such as the Sai Group
of Solon. The Sai Group of
Solon along with Sewa vol-
unteers through the Value-
Added Produce Program
taught Bhutanese women to
pickle the excess produce
that would have gone to
waste. Two hundred twelve
oz bottles of South Indian
pickles were made, sealed,
and sold for $6 a bottle,
which was instantly gob-
bled up the Indian commu-
nity.
Fast forward to the present.
With the pilot of Project
Krishi a success, the Bhu-
tanese fromed Shangrila
Farms LLC along with
farmer Mark. They are now
selling shares of the pesti-
cide-free produce for the
2010 harvest through a
Community Supported Ag-
riculture (CSA) approach.
CSA is gaining popularity
for more than 15 years in
the USA among locovers
(literally local produce eat-
ers), and people who worry
about food travel miles –
that is how far this tomato
at the supermarket has trav-
eled from its origin.
The CSA concept is simple.
Farmer Mark explains, “In
January 2010, you invest in
a share from Shangrila
Farms. From June thru Sep-
tember (20 weeks), pickup
pesticide-free produce of
12-15 lbs. Each Saturday
from a local distribution
point in your neighborhood.
In addition to staple vegeta-
bles like tomatoes, peppers,
beans, onions, potatoes and
such, we have formulated a
special produce mix for the
Indian community – bottle
gourd (loki), bitter gourd
(kerala), Grey pumpkin,
gherkins (tindora/tonda),
snake gourd (padval), fenu-
greek leaves (menthe), brin-
jals (round variety and log
variety), and okra (bhindi)”.
If you are unable to pick up
our share for instance due to
vacation that week, do not
worry your share will be
donated in your name to the
local food bank to feed the
needy.
Santi ram Poudel, leader of
Bhutanese farmers, adds,
“The beauty of CSA is that
weekly produce mix
changes and you will not be
bored, each vegetables is
grown at its optimal grow-
ing time and picked fresh
by us on the day of deliv-
ery, hence guaranteeing you
the best and frehest. On top
of that you get your Indian
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herbs like mint, ginger,
etc.”.
Hira Foretedar, a Sewa In-
ternational volunteer
closely involved with the
project, says. Sewa
“Not only you will get pes-
ticide-free fresh vegetables volunteers
delivered to your neighbor-
hood, you will be helping again solved
many refugee families settle
down in the US.” the problem of
Santi Ram continues “We marketing by
are happy for all the support
of the Indian community settling them
and the mainstream Ameri-
can community that has up with farmers
provided in this difficult
time in our lives. We are markets in
grateful for that”.
Anil Kumar Singh, the co- Cleveland
ordinator for Sewa Interna-
tional Cleveland Chapter Clinic and at
adds, “Sewa is proud to
Cleveland State
help the refugees who are
our brothers from the sub- University, and,
continent.
“We are also happy that helping them to
Project Krishi was covered
by the Plain Dealer, Chris- sell produce
tian Science Monitor, and
TV Channel 5 bringing retail through
awareness to the tribula-
tions, hopes and triumphs of groups of
the Bhutanese refugees”. --
Indian
Courtesy: India Interna-
tional, Jan 2010 community
such as the Sai
Group of Solon.
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“Sewa Hi Parmo Dharmah”
(Service to Mankind is the Supreme Dharma)
Bhutanese Refugees : A Brief History
Xenophobia (majority in
Bhutan follow Tibetan
Buddhism and are of
Mongolian descent),
preservation of political
status quo and resistance
to democratic reforms by
the Bhutan monarchy led
to pogroms – arrests, mur-
ders, rape, and looting
through state security ap-
paratus on the minority
Hindus in the late 1980’s
to early 1990’s.
This led to a large-scale
deportation and forced
migration of nearly 90,000
of these Bhutanese Hin-
dus to nearby Nepal via
India (Sikkim).
“If any men or creatures come to you, do
no discourteously drive them away, but re-
ceive them well and treat them with due
respect. Shri Hari (God) will be certainly
pleased if you give water to the thirsty,
bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked
and your verandah to strangers for sitting
and resting” — Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Sewa International
A Registered International Charity
Having lived in difficult vide a new home to
refugee camp conditions them.
in a state of limbo for 17 Sewa International USA is
years with no visible working in 30 cities across
agreement between Ne- the United States to help
pal and Bhutan, the UN resettle the Bhutanese
Human Commission of after the government
Refugees (UNHCR) re- programs, which end af-
quested its member ter 4-8 months after they
countries to absorb the arrive.
now 107,000 size refugee
population.
The US responded by
agreeing to resettle
60,000 between 2008 -
2012, while Canada, the
UK, Norway, Denmark,
Australia and New Zea-
land also agreed to pro-