Monthly Archive: September 2016
(Note: An excellent article on Stamp Duty in agreements by Ms Mamta Ramaswamy, an Associate at Doraswamy Law Chambers (DLC), Bangalore and a student pursuing her Diploma in Entrepreneurship Administration and Business Laws from NUJS, Kolkata. CCV's Isaac Gomes feels the...
Rachael Revesz ,@RachaelRevesz ,Friday 16 September 2016 2016 has also been one of the worst years on record for attacks on mosques, Muslims have overtaken atheists as the most disapproved group in America Getty (Note: In an effort to show extreme politeness...
Editorial in the Guaardian, UK, 27 September 2016 If the televised debates matter, then Hillary Clinton clearly did best on Monday night. But American voters may be too angry to care. Presidential debate highlights: Clinton and Trump trade blows (Note: This...
Not an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth – By Vinod Sharma, Hindustan Times, Sep 28, 2016 (Note: When our Prime Minister promised that those behind the Uri terror attack will not go unpunished, BJP pointsman for Jammu-Kashmir, Madhav, roared: “For...
Can there be an India with state fighting state? Language destroyed a culture in Babylon – By T J S George, in New Indian Express, 18/9/16 (Note: Legends, folk stories and biblical narratives teach us some unforgettable lessons. One such is the story of...
Where there's a way, there's a will – By Ravi Shankar, in New Indian Express, 11/9/16 (Note: For sure “India urgently needs to acquire the will to be a health superpower ….. It is pointless to speak about progress while our countrymen...
US Election Debate Takeaways: By AP. Published: 27th September 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gestures as she appears on stage with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 26, 2016....
By Robert Mickens, in NCR – Sep. 26, 2016, Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with nuncios Sept. 17 at the Vatican. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano, handout) (Note: "There is a serious lack of quality among priests and bishops” in today’s Church, thinks...
September 21, 2016 Ajay Ghosh in the Universal News Network Note: Once upon a time western nations colonized India. Now Indians colonize them. It is not political or geographical colonization we are talking about here but religious colonization, indoctrinating western minds with...
By the Editors in October 3, 2016 Issue of America, the national Catholic Reiview (Note: “The cow in the book never eats grass,” goes a proverb in Malayalam. No matter who preaches and how he preaches, if what is preached...
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD, IN NEW YORK TIMES, SEPT. 24, 2016 CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times,Our endorsement is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience and courage. (Note: Comparisons are odious. Yet New York Times says, “this is not a...
UK Guardian view on the US presidential debate: Editorial in the Guardian, UK, 22 September 2016 Monday’s television debate will be watched by 100 million Americans. The Democratic candidate should seize a chance to show she is motivated by the...
Yet another chance of clean politics gone – By T J S George, in New Indian Express, Sept.11/16 (Note: The headline tells it all. Congrats to TJS George’s tight and tart summary headline Aam Admi becoming “Harm Admi, then Damn Admi” which is...
Pope Francis Gives 2 Verbs of Mercy at General Audience – Published in Zenit, the world seen from Rome, Sept. 21/16 Reflecting on Merciful Love, Francis Says Christians Are Called to Give and Forgive, and Never to Judge and Condemn (Note: “Give...
September 21, 2016, in Times of India, Editorial (Note: Are we becoming famous or infamous? And that for the wrong reason? Weather one existed or not, all want to be in Paradise. We in India have two by popular approval: God’s own...
By: mattersindia,Sept.22, 2016, source: Times of India (Note: Certain things are forbidden because they are self-evident and intrinsically evil, like murder or daylight robbery; certain other things are forbidden by consensus for the sake of public order, like driving on the...
Joshua J. McElwee, in NCR, Sep. 20, 2016 (Note: Catholic peace group is called Pax Christi International. Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana is the head of Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. The theme for next world peace day...
By Bijay Kumar Minj, New Delhi, in UCAN India, September 20, 2016 The former 'untouchables' are promising to stand up against an increase in caste-based violence. Sitaram Yechury, leader of the Communist Party of India, addressed the rally in New Delhi on Sept. 16....
September 20, 2016, Tuesday — Appeal for Peace from Assisi (Note: Isaac Gomes brings for CCV readers this wonderful news from the Vatican on Peace Initiative by Pope Francis and his friends. Courtesy: Dr Robert Moynihan Inside the Vatican Magazine)....
We must dismantle our Walls, Brick by Brick! By David Kelly, in NCR, Sep. 19, 2016 Willie, one of the youth of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (Juan Acuña) (Note: “Delenda est Carthago” (Carthage must be destroyed) determination of the ancient Greek mythology...