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What is the future of religions, even if there is collaboration amongst them?
Varghese Pmplanil This is in response to Dr. Kottoor’s article in CCV “If no Religious Collaboration, Goodbye to Organised Religions!” Note: Sri Varghese Pamplani, a Keralite SM Catholic now living in UK, began his life as a teacher and retired...
Cast out caste practice from India – Cast it out first from the Catholic Church
The report below on Cuddapah Kidnap appeared in CCV on May 17, 2016 1. Are Indian Catholics practitioners of Casteism? 2. What about Catholic clergy – Priests and Bishops in India? 3. ”No caste-minded person can be...
If no Religious Collaboration, goodbye to organised religions!
Collaborate, don’t Collide – dr.james kottoor (Chicago) “Muslim take over of Europe! Is ‘biggest story of our time’ and nobody knows it?” This is the heading of a story. (Read it below) Is there anything wrong with this...
Generation Zero Film of Bannon – Trump’s Adviser Steve Bannon
(Note: We received this from Moneynews, Aug.25, 2017 – newsmax@reply.newsmax.com, under the heading “Steve Bannon’s Dark Secret”. We have been discussing about Steve bannon, Catholic and Chief strategist of US President. It is actually he who got Trump elected, they all...
Role of the Cattle Class is to stand & wait to serve to speak & act as leaven
Silence can be suicidal dr. james kottoor(Chicago) One of the pass-times of ‘professional theologians’, especially with too many degrees and titles may be to discuss endlessly topics like: “How many angels can stand on the pin point of a needle?”...
Transgenders’ plight in India – National plans in states fail to get implemented
dr.james kottoor (Chicago) The immediate provocation for focusing on this topic is the fact that Donald Trump, president of the oldest democracy in the world has criminalized over 15,000 transgenders in the military through a tweet and declared them to...
Build a religionless world! Aren’t religions man-made?
dr.james kottoor (Chicago) Belief in a supreme power – some call it “Sachidananda” (Sat-Chit-Anand), others ‘Embodiment of all goodness’(Summum Bonum), others, the Process of evolution – guiding the destinies of the universe is wide spread and universal. Equally widespread is...
65 Prominent Indians’ signed protest What is going wrong in India? All are ‘anathema’ in democracy
(Note: This is a very important open letter of concern and anxiety from a group of 65 retired IAS, IFS, IPS, IRS anguished public servants, across the country who have given their names and addresses below. They are terribly worried...
Atheist admires humility in Christianity The Quiet Power of Humility
Be a keen listerner Humility is truth and listening Only way to wipe out ignorance. dr. james kottoor An atheist finds HUMILITY as the top virtue in Christianity,(read article below) though it is not a forte among...
Church has to be humane, neither male or female! ‘Holy Father Church’, aging, dying?
A reflection on Kochurani’s interview report below dr. james kottoor From the time of Constantine, we always had only the “Holy Father Church”, patriarchy, male dominated. Vatican II brought in Collegiality with bishops. Pope Paul VI asked “Where is...
Alt-truth & Post-truth were discussed Alternate Christianity
By Dr. J. A. Dick, Belgium in his blog, Another Voice, March 25, 2017 (Note: This is an article by Dr. J. A. Dick, Belgium, a friend of CCV. He writes regularly in his Blog, ‘Another Voice’ ....
Left, Right, Centre give three views Do we need a presidential system?
By Raju Ramachandran, Shashi Tharoor, Upendra Baxi, in the Hindu, MARCH 24, 2017 (Note: The US has a Presidential system of Government. Now Turkey’s President is campaigning in and outside the country for a vote to have a...
This ugly Indian church must change!
This article titled "മാറണം, മാറിയേ തീരൂ!" written in almayasabdam blog (Malayalam) was my response on the heinous sex abuse case, recently unearthed in Kerala, according to which a Syro-Malabar top brass raped a 16 yr old girl and she eventually gave...
Three cheers to President Trump
Make America the Greatest! dr.james kottoor “Where is the Capital of United States of America?” I remember asking this question, to kids and friends, pretending I knew a great deal. That was when I was studying journalism at Marquette in the...
Thelugu Churches embrace each other – FEDERATION OF TELUGU CHURCHES (FTC)
(Apex Body of Bishops & Church-Heads in A.P. & T.S.) (known earlier as A.P. Federation of Churches – Regd. No. 89 of 2008) TCBC Center, 2/3 Sikh Village, Secunderabad, T.S. – 500009. Cell: 9849965958 E-mail <federationofteluguchurches@gmail.com> (Note: “I pray that they will...
Modi still Has it? There’s support still for Modi
Rajib Bhattacharjee, in the Statesman, Kolkata, January 22, 2017 (Note: Most governments are faulted for inaction for fear their action may rock the boat and prevent their smooth sail in office. Modi is just the opposite, he is...
Barkha Dutt quits NDTV After 21 years, likely to start own venture
In Indian Express, January 15, 2017 (Note: Yes the buck – NDTV’S Barkha Dutt — has stopped! Quit? Sacked? Whatever, only for the time being, we hope, as we still need persons like her to carry on and complete...
Former bureaucrat writes to PM Modi demanding probe into lavish weddings
Published In Times of India,: Dec 11, 2016. (Note: It looks, that a systematic discussion of Modij’s demonetisation has only just begun. Yesterday we published two letters, from GroundReport India, addresse d to the PM on Dec.4th and 6th...
Letters to the prime minister Narendra Modi by Dr EAS Sarma – former finance secretary of india
Demonetisation ongoing debate – In Ground Report India (http://groundreportindia.org/monthly/columns) Dr E A S Sarma, PhD, Master of Public Administration, Harvard, USA, Ph.D, IIT, Delhi, Formerly Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt of India (1997-98), Formerly Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Govt of India...
