Aims & Objectives

Perpetuating the fight against the Western Model of Development leading to crass consumerism and mass poverty, ecological destruction of the Third World in general and India in particular. Questioning the Western cultural imperialism and that of market forces in the name of profits and shareholder - values negating all higher human and spiritual values.

• Carrying on anti-liquor movement throughout India, networking with Religious leaders of all major faiths, Women’s Organisations and social political activists.
  
  

• Strengthening the Arya Samaj Movement to fight against various forms of casteism, communalism, religious obscurantism and other social evils.
  

• Assisting women’s movement with a view to ensuring their equal participation in all walks of life, particularly sharing of political and economic power.
  

• Continuing the fight against bonded labour, child labour and child prostitution by making Right to Minimum Wage & Right to Education as fundamental rights.
  

• Trying to get the religious debate into the mass-media such as Radio and TV.
  

• Struggling against all forms of religious fundamentalism, bigotry, dogmatism, casteism and all narrow-minded racial or other such ill feelings between the different sections of society. Striving for establishing a liberal, egalitarian society based on tolerance and mutual accommodation. Coordinating efforts under the banner of "Religions for Social Justice".
  

• Social Action Achievement: Led a multi-religious pilgrimage to the site of the senseless killing of Christian missionary Graham Stewart Staines and his two little sons in Orissa in March 1999. It comprised Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist religious leaders, thinkers and social activists. Prayers were held at Manoharpur and Narayanpur. The goal of this pilgrimage was to inspire people of India to form multi-religious initiative for social transformation and nation building.

Annual report