Chairperson of Arghyam Trust Rohini Nilekani at a Function
New Delhi, India (CHAKRA) – Forbes Asia enlisted four women in their 48 Heroes of Philanthropy. Out of 48 people, only four made Indians made it to the list and all four of them were women. The four heroes are as follows:
Anu Aga, 67, director of Thermax, donates 1% of Thermax’s profits towards charity. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, 56, Chairman of Biocon, contributed $10 million to the Bangalore Cancer Centre, annually donates $2 million towards health insurance for villages, and devoted $3 million to the Hyderabad Business School. Kiran Nadar, 58 and wife of HLC Technologies Co-founder Shiv Nadar, opened a Art Museum. Rohini Nilekani, 50, and Infosys investor donated $40 million over recent years.
The above are the four female heroes of philanthropic deeds. Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman said in a statement to Nevada (USA) today that each Indian should take a vow to help at least one charitable project for this year to support the underprivileged members of the community. Zed who is the president of the Universal Society of Hinduism quote Hindu scriptures saying that donating to charities and helping others in related ways is a duty of society which should be taken seriously with modesty and sympathy. He suggested that Hindu should search for inner peace, should teach more about spirituality to their children, explore wisdom in Hindu scriptures, stay away from greed and always keep God in your life.
Rajan Zed stressed renunciation while pointing out three opening words of ancient scriptures from the Isha Upanishad: “tena tyaktena bhunjita”, which means by renouncing the world, enjoy it. The Bhagavad-Gita, another ancient scripture, also promises “freedom through renunciation”.
Rajan Zed further argued that consumerism is what has caused the neglect of spiritual values by Hindus. The Gita states that there are three gates to self-destructive hell: anger, greed, and desire. If these three attributes are discarded then one will reach a higher form of freedom and achieve life’s highest goal.
Hinduism is the oldest religion out of all world religions and its ultimate goal is moksh which means liberation. Forbes is an American publishing company headquarters in New York (USA) and was started in 1917. Steve Forbes is the editor-in-chief of the company.
By Sukhdharshan
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