The report starts with a summary of key findings and recommendations. Section 1 provides brief information on Hindutva and shows Sewa International UK’s connections with the RSS.  Readers familiar with these areas can skip to: Sections 2 – 4 which look at Sewa International UK, its activities around the Gujarat earthquake 2001 and its other supported projects. Section 5 documents extensive links between the HSS UK family of organizations and the Indian RSS. Background information on the RSS and Hindutva is given in Appendices 4 – 8. A glossary of Indian terms is included. Updates to the report are available at www.awaazsaw.org. All enquiries to contact@awaazsaw.org.

SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SECTION 1:  SEWA INTERNATIONAL UK & HINDUTVA
Section summary
Hindutva violence in India
How does this affect the UK?
Sewa International UK
SIUK: a part of the RSS Hindutva mission
Links with Sewa International India
Sewa Bharati’s supremacist agenda

SECTION 2:  THE GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE 2001
Section summary
The context
Discrimination against Dalits and Muslims
Intimidation of other NGOs
Hindutva intimidation
SIUK’s India Quake Appeal
Sewa Bharati’s use of village reconstruction funds
The funding of RSS schools
Other RSS projects
Anti-minority violence in Chanasma

SECTION 3:  THE SEWA INTERNATIONAL – FUNDED VILLAGES
Section summary
Chapredi
Mithaspasvaria
Rapar
Badanpur
Rampura

SECTION 4:  OTHER RSS PROJECTS SUPPORTED BY SEWA INTERNATIONAL UK
Section summary
Kalyan Ashram Trust UK
Orissa Cyclone 1999
Sewa Education Aid
Bharatiya Shiksha Samiti
Swa Roopwardhinee
Prabhodhini Gurukula
Devi Ahalyabai Smarack Samiti
The scope of SIUK aid
Conclusion

SECTION 5:  THE HINDU SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH UK & ITS ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS
Section summary
Modelled on the Indian RSS
UK affiliates
The HSS, religious sectarianism and religious hatred
Links with the Indian RSS
Attendance at major RSS / VHP events in India
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad UK
Links between VHP UK and HSS UK
Links with VHP India

APPENDICES
Appendix 1:  The finances of HSS UK and Sewa International
Appendix 2:  Sewa International UK one year progress report
Appendix 3:  Non-earthquake related organizations supported by HSS UK
Appendix 4:  Hindutva and the RSS
Appendix 5:  Women, dalits, adivasis and the RSS
Appendix 6:  RSS service and education networks
Appendix 7:  Historical associations with Nazi and Fascist ideologies
Appendix 8:  RSS languages of deception
Appendix 9:  Glossary

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1:  Sangh parivar and violence
Table 2:  The UK & Indian sangh parivar
Table 3:  Sewa Bharati-Gujarat Schools - Project 2
Table 4:  Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK Summary of Funds
Table 5:  Sewa International UK’s village progress
Table 6:  Sewa International UK’s infrastructure facilities progress
Table 7:  Sewa International UK’s school building progress
Table 8:  Organizations, projects and other work of Sewa International UK

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1:  HSS UK annual training camp 2001
Figure 2:  Homepage of Sewa Bharati
Figure 3:  Another Sewa Bharati website
Figure 4:  SIUK homepage, December 2002
Figure 5:  SIUK homepage, December 2003
Figure 6:  Atalnagar (Chapredi village)
Figure 7:  RSS dedication plaque at rebuilt Chapredi
Figure 8:  Hindu temple, Chapredi village
Figure 9:  Gateway, Chapredi village (Malayala Manorama)
Figure 10:  Bird shelter and community pavilion, Chapredi (Malayala Manorama)
Figure 11:  K. S. Sudarshan, Mithapasvaria village
Figure 12:  Bharat Mata Poojan at Karnataka girls’ school
Figure 13:  HSS UK 9-day annual training camp
Figure 14:  NHSF UK Annual lecture
Figure 15:  European HSS and VHP members attending World RSS Camp
Figure 16:  Barry Gardiner, Brent North Labour MP at VHP Wembley event
Figure 17:  VHP rifle training camp, Patan, Gujarat
Figure 18:  VHP UK at VHP International Coordination meeting

A NOTE ON METHODS
The report is based on:  site visits to Gujarat villages in September 2003; interviews in Gujarat from March – May 2003; interviews in the UK, US and other parts of India during 2003; and analysis of paper and electronic documents, primarily those produced by Hindutva groups.

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© Awaaz South Asia Watch Limited, 2004
ISBN 0 9547174 0 6 (PRINT VERSION)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Any final conclusions of fact or expressions of opinion are the responsibility of Awaaz – South Asia Watch Limited alone.  Awaaz – South Asia Watch would like to thank numerous individuals and organizations in the UK, India and the US for advice and assistance in the preparation of this report.  Awaaz – South Asia Watch would also like to acknowledge the insights of the report The Foreign Exchange of Hate researched by groups in the US.