When you say you e involved in Asha, does it mean monetary help ormore?
It’s more than mere money. Of course, anyone who donates is appreciated. Butthere are two major functions. One is fund-raising which involves doingcultural events, etc. The second thing is identifying projects. That processis very interesting because we don’t do the projects ourselves. Rather, weidentify people who are doing it in India. So when I say I’m involved inAsha, it’s mostly fundraising. Like in April 1999, we had `Cultural Bahar’ -an Indian musical concert. Around 600 tickets were sold and all the moneywent towards Asha for Education projects. Then there was Spice Week, forwhich we got together 12 Indian restaurants. The money raised from SpiceWeek also went to these projects. Are Indians in the US interested in such events? It’s interesting because there are two groups. There are some people wholeave India and leave it behind. Then there’s another group who have asocial conscience. So it’s the people in the second group who have a desireto do something for India. Often India
