ABVA writes to Ford Foundation re. Siddharth Dube's book 'No One Else'

To,

Ford Foundation,

New York, USA.

Sir,

I am writing to you on behalf of AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan (ABVA), a non-funded, non-party organization working on the issue of fighting discrimination against those affected by HIV/AIDS and those targeted as the high risk groups. Mr. Jacob Gayle, the then head of the Ford Foundation’s global initiative on AIDS was instrumental in funding Mr. Siddharth Dube’s book ‘No One Else’ published by HarperCollins Publishers India in 2015. The said book contains aberrations pertaining to ABVA’s work. It also attempts to hijack ABVA’s work in the name of Siddhartha Gautam who was a member of ABVA for a brief period and violates intellectual property rights of ABVA. Ford Foundation is jointly liable along with the author and publisher of the said book for the moral, ethical and legal responsibility of hijacking a non-funded group’s work for commercial purposes. Ford Foundation also failed to exercise due-diligence into the credentials of the author, Mr. Siddharth Dube before funding him for this project. The entire book rides on the shoulder of work of other people.

A copy of an email dated 26 January, 2016 and legal notice dated 29 February, 2016 sent to Mr. Dube in this regard are attached herewith for your perusal and necessary action. These are also available at ABVA’s blog at:

1.             http://aidsbhedbhavvirodhiandolan.blogspot.in/2016/01/abvas-email-to-siddharth-dube-on-his.html

2.             http://aidsbhedbhavvirodhiandolan.blogspot.in/2016/02/legal-notice-to-siddharth-dube-author.html

Dr. P.S. Sahni

Member, AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan