Uchabali High School, Bhubanaswar, Orissa

This was cyclone relief work (see below) but the Sabrang/FOIL  call it  "Hinduization"

From the website of the Oriya Sevak Group [[i]]: “The Oriya-Sevak Group was formed soon after the devasting cyclone of Orissa in October 1999 by a handful of enthusiastic volunteers, mostly from Northern California, to render aid to the severely affected Cyclone victims. This group of motivated people collected generous donations from individuals, corporations and various other organizations through personal contacts and other fund raising events. It is a unique group with minimal organizational structure. The volunteers work through joint team effort and in a cohesive manner to coordinate various activities.

The group meets once a month to discuss different projects and proposals. Our initial goal was to extend all our help to the Cyclone victims, however, as we move forward we have decided to expand our horizon to include other projects such as educational improvement in rural areas of Orissa. We are specifically interested in projects for developing and improving the quality of life of village people.

The Oriya-Sevak group works in collaboration with IDRF (Indian Development and Relief Fund), SEEDS and Cisco-Sevaks to distribute funds for these charitable activities.”

Uchabali High School [Cost $40, 000]: The high school, located in Uchabali, Jajpur dist., was completely demolished by the cyclone and flood. There is no other high school in the Gram Panchayats. The project aimed at rebuilding the high school. The completed building can not only be used as a school but also be used as a shelter during an emergency . The school is double storied with emergency kitchen on the top. This project provides education to 500 students. It is also aimed to provide long-term shelter during emergency like this super cyclone

Project Status: 100% complete since December 2000.

US Coordinator: Sudam Sahoo”

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WHO WANTS THIS SCHOOL PROJECT SHUT DOWN?

The "South Asia Faculty". Here's a partial list:

Dr.Angana Chatterji, CIIS, Vijay Prashad, Trinity College, CT, Dr. Vinay Lal, Associate Professor of History, UCLA, Jamal Badawi, St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Akeel Bilgrami, Columbia University,Dr. Biju Mathew, Rider U., Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Hamilton College, Satya Mohanty, Cornell University, Mustaque Ahamad, Georgia Institute of Technology , Muneer Ahmad, American University, Shabbir Ahmed, Georgia Institute of Technology, Omar Atalib, Ashland University, Meena Alexander, City University of New York, Ali Asani, Harvard University, Pranab Bardhan, UC Berkeley, Milind Wakankar, SUNY Stony Brook, Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University, Ainslee Embree, Columbia University, Omar Atalib, Ashland University , Elena Bashir, The University of Chicago, Dina M. Siddiqi, University of Pennsylvania, Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Padmini Mongia, Franklin & Marshall College Montclair State University, Shahnaz Rouse, Chair, Social Science Faculty, Sarah Lawrence College, Arjun Appadurai, Yale University, C.M. Naim, University of Chicago, Shankar Mahalingam, UC Riverside, George Verghese, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University, Isha Ray, UC Berkeley, Moiez A. Tapia, University of Miami, Muhammad Umar Memon, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Malini J. Schueller, University of Florida, Asma Afsaruddin, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Notre Dame, Syed Akbar Hyder, Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Sahir Imam, Adjunct Faculty, Miami-Dade Community College, Ashutosh Varshney, University of Michigan, Bella Mody, Michigan State University Purnima Bose, Indiana University Paula Chakravartty, UC San Diego Meenakshi Chakraverti, Independent Scholar, South Asian Studies Sharad Chari, University of Michigan Manu Bhagavan, Manchester College Vivek Bhandari, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Rajesh Bhatt, University of Texas, Austin Mohan Trivedi, UC San Diego Stephen Slawek, University of Texas at Austin Amritjit Singh, Rhode Island College Prem Singh, Johnson and Wales University Mriganka Sur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology George Verghese, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Gauri Viswanathan, Columbia University Joanna Williams, University of California, Berkeley Ritu Birla, University of Toronto, Debraj Ray, New York University Barbara N. Ramusack, University of Cincinnati Falguni Sen, Fordham University Bharath Sethuraman, California State University Northridge Jenny Sharpe, Los Angeles Annanya Chatterjea, University of Minnesota Kim Berry, California State University, Humboldt Malathi de Alwis, New School University Elisabeth Armstrong, Smith College Manali Desai, UC Riverside Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Montclair State University Ravina Aggarwal, Smith College Arun Agrawal, McGill University Durba Ghosh, Wellesley College Sally Engle Merry, Wellesley College, Sankaran Radhakrishnan, University of Texas at Austin Valerie Ritter, University of Chicago, S.G. Badrinath, San Diego State University, A.P.Balachandran, Syracuse University, Bhaskar Sarkar, UC Santa Barbara, Mahua Sarkar, Binghamton University, SUNY, Natalie Sarrazin, University of Virginia, Carol M. Babiracki, Syracuse Univ., Paola Bacchetta, UC Berkeley, Janaki Bakhle, Columbia University. Indra Balachandran, Thomas Jefferson University, Radhika Balakrishnan, Marymount Manhattan College, Deepika Bahri, Emory University, Clinton Seely, University of Chicago, McKim Marriott, University of Chicago, Colin P. Masica, University of Chicago, Sampath Kannan, University of Pennsylvania, Sangeeta Kamat, UMass Amherst, Frederick M. Asher, University of Minnesota, Gary Tartakov, Iowa State University-Ames, Robert Thurman, Columbia University, David G. White, UC Santa Barbara, Suvir Kaul, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University, Nicholas B. Dirks, Columbia University, Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Smith College, Prasenjit Duara, University of Chicago, Jana Everett, University of Colorado, Shelly Feldman, Cornell University, Dane Kennedy, George Washington University Hans Henrich Hock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Geraldine Forbes, State University of New York Oswego, Rajmohan Gandhi, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Paul Greenough, University of Iowa, Ann Grodzins Gold, Syracuse University, Peter Hook, University of Michigan, Eugene Irshick, UC Berkeley, Kannan Jagannathan, Amherst College, Inderpal Grewal, Professor and Director Women's Studies, University of California, Irvine Sumit Guha, Brown University Ron Herring, Cornell University Robert A. Hueckstedt, University of Virginia Nita Kumar, University of Michigan David Ludden, University of Pennsylvania, Ania Loomba, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Itty Abraham, Social Science Research Council M. A. Muqtedar Khan, Adrian College, Adrian, MI K. V. Lakshmi, Yale University Velcheru Narayana Rao, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sandra P. Robinson, Sarah Lawrence College Anuradha Dingwaney Needham, Oberlin College Veena Talwar Oldenburg, City University of New York Sheldon Pollock, University of Chicago Gyan Prakash, Princeton University R. Radhakrishnan, Amherst Lloyd Rudolph, University of Chicago Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, University of Chicago Gail Minault, University of Texas, Austin Jayadev Misra, Schlumberger Chair, University of Texas at Austin Bella Mody, Michigan State University Purnima Bose, Indiana University Paula Chakravartty, UC San Diego Meenakshi Chakraverti, Independent Scholar, South Asian Studies Sharad Chari, University of Michigan Manu Bhagavan, Manchester College Vivek Bhandari, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, Nikhil P. Singh, University of Washington Mrinalini Sinha, Penn State University Richard Shapiro, California Institute of Integral Studies Aradhana Sharma, Wesleyan University Sandhya Shetty, University of New Hampshire Sudha Shreeniwas, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Sandhya Shukla, Columbia University Bakirathi Mani, Swarthmore College Purnima Mankekar, Stanford University Rama Mantena, Smith College Saloni Mathur, UCLA Sucheta Mazumdar, Duke University Sahar Shafqat, St. Mary's College of Maryland Nayan Shah, UC San Diego Dina M. Siddiqi, University of Pennsylvania William Mazzarella, University of Chicago Amrita Basu, Amherst College Arvind Rajagopal, New York University S. Ravi Rajan, UC Santa Cruz Aneil Rallin, California State University, San Marcos Harsha Ram, UC Berkeley Priti Ramamurthy, University of Washington, Seattle Anita Ramasastry, University of Washington School of Law Carla Petievich, Montclair State University Kavita Philip, Rutgers University Center for Historical Analysis

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