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Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandits, More than 30 Indian publications in the US and abroad have retracted the wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandits that they had picked up from a Chicago Indian weekly. This has ranged from direct retractions (e.g., below), to publishing the detailed text of our responses, to new positive news articles about the Pandits. <http://globalcountryofworldpeace.org/emailing/images/allvoices.gif> Dr. Prakash Shrivastava and Raja Bob LoPinto held 5 days of meetings with the Vedic Pandits at the Maharishi Vedic City campus, working with them about this situation, educating them about the consequences of Pandits going off on their own, and addressing any concerns the Pandits have. This is already having a positive effect. Some Pandits who had left the Chicago airport without returning to India have returned to Maharishi Vedic City and been given flights home. The vast majority of the Vedic Pandits are very dedicated to their program and happy with campus life. One special outcome of these on-campus meetings was identifying Pandits in Maharishi Vedic City who have been in the Movement for 20 years or more, and forming a council of these senior Pandits to give advice and guide the others. Again, thank you for your support for the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program and for all your kind responses to this current challenge. With this situation largely behind us, we are now working to bring more Pandits from India to replace those who are going home after completing their 2- or 3-year stays in the US. Jai Guru Dev, Raja John Hagelin
