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Pluralist vision triumphs in Bihar

                                                                       Editorial in the Hindu, Nov.9/15   ...

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Church leaders see victory for secularism in Bihar elections

Defeat of India's pro-Hindu party a boon for religious minorities. Patna: UCAN – The defeat in a state election of the ruling pro-Hindu party that runs the federal government is viewed as a victory for secular and democratic values in India....

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Foul play suspected in activist’s death in Goa

(In the pic: Bismarque Dias sings at a protest in Panaji in November 2014.) Former Blessed Sacrament priest fought against illegal mining, other environmental issues. Panaji: UCAN – People in the western Indian state of Goa suspect foul play was behind the reported...

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Pope Francis says Leaks won’t deter him from reform agenda

Pope Francis waves during his Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 8, 2015. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi) By Rosie Scammell  in National Catholic Reporter,  Nov. 9, 2015 (During Pope Benedict’s time it was “Vatileaks”. It led to his...

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BJP’s Options: What are they?

Learn Lessons, Deliver on Promises Or Turn Belligerent and Chaotic New Indian Express Editorial, Nov.9/15 (“Bright, brief and begone” are said to be the three traits of a good speech. That can be said of this Indian Express Editorial. The...

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Is this the future of marriage prep in the Church?

By Peter Jesserer Smith. Lafayette, La., Nov 8, 2015 / 03:09 pm (National Catholic Register).- Father Michael Delcambre looked at his congregation on Sunday and realized he had what other pastors might call an unusual sight: He counted 10 newly married...

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Will defeat change Ways of Modi, Shah?

Editorial in  The Asian Age, Nov 08, 2015 (It will be interesting to see how the BJP proceeds to shield Mr Modi and Mr Shah from a natural political downsizing after the Bihar loss. All make mistakes. The wise learn...

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Step on accelerator, or be thrown out

(Rahul Gandhi, along with other party leaders, addresses the media on the Bihar results . (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay) Taking a dig at Mr Narendra Modi over the NDA’s setback in Bihar, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that the...

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Invincible Modiji Deafeted – The Asian Age

Bihar’s  Nitish defeats Modi     Lalu emerges kingmaker –  Nov.8/15 – Lalu Prasad Yadav with Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI/file) (Exit polls had hinted at all possible outcomes, But where is  Chanaky’s granting Modi clear lead of 155 and now Nithish winning...

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Clergy called to Serve, not to do business

Church leaders can’t live ‘the life of a pharaoh’ Pope assails status-seekers in interview with a street paper sold by the homeless By Inés San Martín, Vatican correspondent November 6, 2015 Street paper vendor Marc from Utrecht in the Netherlands...

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‘Acche din’ not here, neither ‘bure din’

Arun Shourie is  right & wrong   –  By  Arihant Panagariya, in First Post.com (Repeated silence on the part of the ruling party, especially Modi,  encouraged both frequency and visibility of BJP’s  vicious communal attacks, verbal and physical. This  dimmed...

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A Moral Boost For Juveniles – Editorial, Indian Currents

Dr Suresh Mathew  In the abnormally growing crime scenario in the country, two features stand out strikingly – an escalation in the number of juvenile criminals and an increase in child abuse cases. The cases involved are not petty ones,...

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Registration of Greenpeace India cancelled

(Matters India) New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies has cancelled the registration of Greenpeace India, the environmental NGO that has been campaigning against air pollution and the unsustainable use of natural resources in India. Greenpeace India, registered as an...

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Child abuse – Is Pope Francis going to bite the bullet?

(Curtsy – http://www.catholica.com.au/gc4/kt/013_kt_051115.php) Pope Francis has been described as an enigma now by quite a few commentators, including Bishop Geoff Robinson in his most recent book. In this commentary, lawyer,Kieran Tapsell, puts the case that while Pope Francis's calls for mercy and compassion are greatly...

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Bihar exit polls over what next?

(In the pic: Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi in file photos. PTI) (Will people in Bihar with literacy level so teach politicians a lesson? Even in a literate America, they describe, democracy as a government of hypocrites, by hypocrites, for...