​The Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) firmly believes that the protection of Sanatana Dharma must not be confined to mere theories or speeches. True defense of Dharma lies in standing firmly with every single Hindu brother and sister facing oppression on the ground. In alignment with this mission, the National General Secretary of the organization, Rajesh Thunuguntla, recently undertook a two-day tour of the border regions of Rajasthan to oversee the ongoing service activities and directly inspect the living conditions of refugees. For the past two years, GHHF has been silently working in the Pakistani Hindu refugee camps located around Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. As no representative from the central organization had visited the field during this entire period, this tour was planned to personally study the harsh realities and formulate extensive long-term support systems. Currently, around 20,000 Pakistani Hindu refugees are living in extreme poverty and deplorable conditions in the desert areas surrounding Jaisalmer.

​On the first day of the tour, a visit to the '54 Rd Refugee Camp Digga' and '75 Rd Refugee Camp'—situated in the scorching heart of the desert, nearly 70 kilometers away from Jaisalmer city—revealed a heart-wrenching lifestyle of our fellow Hindus that would move anyone to tears. These human beings lack even the most basic civic amenities. The water they consume is so heavily contaminated and muddy that a person would hesitate to even wash their hands and feet with it. Yet, they are forced to drink this very water to quench their thirst and preserve their lives. Fleeing continuous violence, atrocities, humiliations, and forced conversions in Pakistan, these families have abandoned everything they owned to cross the border with the sole hope of saving their faith and the dignity of their children. Had they converted to Islam in Pakistan, they might have lived in comfort with full state benefits. However, driven by a fierce resolve not to abandon Sanatana Dharma till their last breath, they arrived here believing that Hindusthan would embrace them and fellow Hindus would stand by them.

​Yet, the ground reality they face here is profoundly inhumane. Most of them entered India on tourist visas and, out of pure fear for their lives, stayed back as refugees instead of returning to Pakistan. Since they have not yet been granted Indian citizenship, they possess neither Aadhaar cards nor Ration cards. Deprived of Ration cards, they face severe food shortages and struggle daily for a single meal. Worse still, on the pretext of not having an Aadhaar card, government hospitals deny them even basic emergency medical services. Just a few months before this visit, a heavily pregnant woman experiencing severe labor pain was rushed to the Jaisalmer Government Hospital. Despite desperate pleas from her family, the medical staff refused to admit her. That mother writhed in agony for two hours in the hospital corridor under the blazing heat and passed away without receiving any medical attention. Such tragic incidents have become a regular occurrence there. Furthermore, local government schools deny admission to refugee children, pushing an entire generation into the dark abyss of illiteracy. While political parties shower lofty promises of helping refugees, no one bothers to check on them at the ground level. Shattered by these brutal conditions and the dark future of their children, a few families have tragically returned to the living hell of Pakistan—a bitter truth shared by the locals with heavy tears.

​Presently, the refugees in these camps subsist as agricultural laborers in local farms, living in tiny makeshift huts built on the fields. Though each camp accommodates around 200 to 400 families, they do not live close together in a regular colony. Instead, they are scattered across agricultural lands spanning an area of 5 to 10 kilometers, living in isolation. Exploiting their helplessness, some locals extract forced labor from them, paying meager wages and subjecting them to immense hardship. During the visit to these two camps, small community meetings were organized with the residents. The village elders and seniors attended these meetings in large numbers. Describing their harrowing daily struggles, they broke down in tears, folded their hands, and pleaded with the organization to provide basic education for their children and healthcare facilities to save the sick. The deep pain and desperation in their eyes were enough to melt any heart.

​We sit in the comfort of our homes and weep over the attacks on Hindus dying in Pakistan and Bangladesh, but we cannot directly go to those countries to change their fate. However, we can absolutely support the 20,000 fellow Dharma Bandhus who have arrived on our soil as refugees, holding their lives in their hands. What is the value of our existence as Hindus if we cannot provide even the absolute basic necessities of food, shelter, and healthcare to those who came here trusting our Dharma? While granting citizenship is an administrative matter under the central government's jurisdiction that we cannot directly execute, we hold a collective social responsibility as a Hindu society to offer them an unshakeable reassurance. Currently, GHHF runs four Bala Samskara Kendras in Rajasthan to instill cultural values in children, but that alone is far from enough. The Global Hindu Heritage Foundation has resolved to establish dedicated schools for these refugee children, implement skill development programs to provide self-employment opportunities for the youth, and deploy Mobile Medical Clinics to deliver emergency healthcare directly to their doorsteps. A comprehensive mega project is being designed and will soon be presented to the public. This initiative does not require monumental wealth; if we all join hands, it can be accomplished with ease. By doing so, we can bring a new dawn into the lives of thousands of Hindu refugees. It is the bounden duty of every lover of Sanatana Dharma to honor and protect the trust with which these souls stepped onto the sacred land of Hindusthan.

​Dharmo Rakshati Rakshitah! 

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