Waited for a week to see poll results. Here is where it stands – out of 1279 readers, 211 answered the poll.
Nearly 20% of the readers are willing to contribute. Thanks to all who have pledged. With my sincere prayers to Periyava I am going to accept these donations. Hope Periyava will guide me….Your support and encouragement is immense. Above all, your trust in me makes me feel more responsible and nervous at the same time !
Here are few points to remember::
1. I am going to have you all pay to my personal account (both in India and in US). If you are in US and need tax advantage from this contribution, pl let me know. If you are in India and need tax deduction, not sure if I can help you. Regardless, pl email me separately at mk.netid@gmail.com.
2. For making payments, from last time’s experience, I want to make this very easy to manage with all my professional commitments etc. With that in mind, I am not going to accept any physical cheques in India and will accept only electronic transfer. As most of us now use net banking, hopefully it should not be an issue. If this is an issue, pl let me know via email/comments here.
3. Folks not in India, US and Canada, please ask someone in India to transfer the funds to my account.
4. When you make the payment, please drop an email with your name and contribution amount so that I can maintain a record of all donations.
5. Any drive has to have an end date. I would like to keep this drive open for 2 months. By end of May, I want to close this drive.
6. Last but not the least, the guidance I provided of $64 or Rs 2400 was based on Periyava’s calculation. It is NOT the minimum amount. I do know that many feel that Rs 2400 is a small amount. However, it is a very relative statement. With that in mind, I want to state that there is no min and no max amount set for this drive – I will accept anything.
My India account details::
My US Bank Details::
Thanks for reading this long email. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Thanks for participating in this drive. I am sure Periyava will bless all of us for even thinking about helping a veda patasala – even if we do not donate, we still get the punya.
Jaya Jaya Shankara Hara Hara Shankara
Sincerely,
Mahesh
