Monthly Archive: July 2016
[Note: It has been more than three months since the heinous crime of kidnap, dacoity and attempt to murder was perpetrated on Bishop Gallela Prasad of Kadapa on April 25. Yet there is no official word from Cardinal Cleemis, as...
By Karan Thapar in Hindustan Times, : Jul 30, 2016 (Note: Silence is a double edged sword. One who keeps quiet actually says nothing and uses silence to provoke critics to resort to guess work, to speak eloquently...
Source: All India | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Updated: July 19, 2016 00:02 IST (Note: The other day NDTV news channel showed that a panel of MPs has recommended 100% raise in MPs basic...
In UCANews, July 29, 2016 (Note: Geographically the Syro-Malabar Church (SMC) in Kerala is flourishing and prospering. For too long it was confined to India’s tail tip Kerala. They expressed their frustration and expectation when one of its bishops long long...
VARGHESE K. GEORGE, in the Hidu, Jul 29, 2016 AFP U.S. President Barack Obama in his endorsement of the former Secretary of State said: "…there has never been a man or a woman — not me, not Bill, nobody —...
AFP, Beirut, in Hindustan Times, : Jul 29, 2016 Islamic State executed at least 24 civilians after seizing a village in northern Syria from a Kurdish-Arab alliance. (AP File Photo) (Note: Are we to believe that Islam means PEACE even...
Caste related crimes in India In Hindustan Times, New Delhi, Jul 22, 2016 Balubhai, father of Dalit victim who was brutally assaulted by self-styled 'cow protectors' at Mota Samdhiyala village in Una, Gujarat. (Arun Sharma/HT Photo ) (Note: Are cows...
David Brooks in New York Times, March 3, 2011 (Note: It is against the background of Islamic State prompted terrorist attacks in Europe, Middle East, US and elsewhere that Huntigton’s Clash of civilizations becomes very relevant. It was some 23...
Published on July 27, 2016 Story By: mattersindia.com Nice:We are already half way through in 2016, and the world has witnessed some of the deadliest terror attacks that have come in quick succession. (Note: 2016 is the year of terrorism. It has...
PRESS RELEASE KANPUR (27th July): The Kanpur Catholic Association (KCA) expresses its shock and dismay at the dastardly killing of an 86 year old Catholic priest, Fr Jacques Hamel, in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in France yesterday; for which...
AP, Philadelphia, in Hindustan Times, Jul 27, 2016 Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during her California primary night rally held in the Brooklyn. (REUTERS) (Note: We wish good luck to Hilary! Only question in the minds of...
Father Jacques Hamel, A good priest in France – From the report in the Guardian UK Father Jacques Hamel: 'A good priest … who did his job to the very end' (Note: “Barbaric killing” and “horrific violence … in a church, a...
Josephine McKenna Religion News Service Jul. 26, 2016 (Note: Barbarism at its worst is slitting the throat of a priest saying Mass, expressing love of God and one’s neighbour. That took place in France on 26th July by...
(Note: Knowing the complex rules used for calculation of credit cards is necessary to get an idea of the damage a late payment can do to your financial well-being. In this article, let us understand how banks calculate interest...
dr. james kottoor An Open Letter on the Kidnap of and Physical Violence on Most Rev.Bp.Gallela Prasad, the Bishop of Kadapa was sent to His Eminence Cardinal Cleemis, President, CBCI, by Fr. AXJ. Bosco SJ, Adviser, Citizens Forum for...
Another kidnap of Pastor in MP Published on July 25, 2016 in Matters India Reporter (Note: First it was the kidnap and torture of a Catholic bishop, Prasad Gallela of Kadappa on April 25/2016, now it is that of a Protestant pastor Ramlal...
(Note: India has been ranked at the bottom of a list of 43 countries in terms of the best places to spend the sunset years, according to an index compiled by a French asset management company, according to a...
Of cows and caste By Tavleen Singh, in Indian Express, July 24, 2016 Violence against Dalits is not something that began in the past two years as the tenor of the debate in Parliament would have us believe. (Note:...
Published on: July 22, 2016 Story By: Matters India Reporter Cardinal Cleemis (Note: Finally, the whole Church in India can give out a sigh of relief and sing the “Te Deum” (song of thanksgiving) for the long awaited condemnation from Cardinal...
Indian Support for Trump! In Siliconindia News, Friday, 22 July 2016, (Note: Even when there is widespread criticism of Donald Trump, there comes a Chicago based Indian American, Shalabh "Shalli" Kumar, who heads the Republican Hindu Council (RCH) saying he...