JESUS CHRIST WAS A TRUE REBEL.

Jesus Christ was a true rebel and his life was a continuous revolt against the corrupt political and religious leaders of his time. As Christians we need to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ and revolt against the corrupt, greedy, selfish and rogue elements that have infiltrated the Christian (catholic/protestant) religious orders, revolt against parish priests who misuse church funds, revolt against parish priests who are illegally selling away vacant church properties, revolt against christian/convent schools which refuse to reserve 50% seats for christians, revolt against corrupt sarkari babus, revolt against corrupt politicians, revolt against inflation, revolt against various scams & scamsters, revolt against slumlords, revolt against mafia backed builders, revolt against the incestuous network between the land mafia - bureaucracy - muncipality - builders - politicians, etc etc etc. We also need to encourage our Christian youth to work towards becoming IAS-IPS officers, Doctors, Lawyers, Architects, Engineers, CAs, IITians, etc etc etc. We also need to enourage our Christian youth to apply for jobs in Banking sector, Muncipality, Police forces, Commando Units, Defence Forces, Judiciary, etc etc. We also need to encourage Christian activists to contest Lok Sabha, Assembly, Municipal elections. We need to improve the standard of living of everyone.


To solve the shortage of priests in our churches we need to develop electronic robots and programme those robots to perform different types of masses.


If the Indian govt. can set aside 150000 crores for the defence budget why not set aside a budget of a few thousand crores to fund the election campaigns of politicians this way the politicians will not have to depend on builders, slumlords, landmafia, underworld for election funds. The Govt. should provide election funds to only those candidates who have been consistently involved in social work in their respective areas for the last five years.


Whatever negative things in India are happening because successive governments failed to improve infrastructure, industries, job opportunities in rural & backward districts, failed to strictly enforce the two child policy, failed to control female foeticide/infanticide, failed to pass stringent anti-corruption laws, failed to recover the black – hawala – swiss money and OFCOURSE failed to setup fast track courts to deal with Divisive Politicians & their Hired goons.


In Kerala some bishops are persuading the lay Christians to have more children but this persuasion is not going to work because Christians irrespective of whether they live in Kerala or any other part of India are only interested in one or two children. Planet Earth does NOT have Unlimited Resources to satisfy the wants and needs of every individual hence population control is justified. Christians across the world are sensible enough to have one or two children it is the other communities especially Muslims & Hindus whose population keeps growing and needs to be controlled.


In this country named India, democracy means rioting on the streets, attacking innocent civilians, going on strike every two days, stifling expressions of speech, destroying property, and spreading civil terror...Most of these marauders are religious-political parties, political leaders, and their hired goons. In other words, the very people who pull the levers of this democratic machinery are the ones looting and plundering on the streets.


At the heart of the problem in the corruption in the catholic church in Bombay is the concept of sole trusteeship whereby powers of acquisition, disposal and sale of Church property are vested in one person, the parish priest. With the surfacing of scams and the knowledge that parasitic priests are easily let off with punishment transfers, the growing fold of doubting Thomases has brought fundamentals to the fore. It is a crisis of character and not one of faith. As in every walk of life, priesthood is no longer a vocation, it is now a career. There's nothing wrong with it except that a priest should have the necessary qualifications that his work profile demands. The increasingly incensed laity is finally unwilling to go along with the conventional 'pray, pay and obey'. And with the willful loss of Church land, one notion has been gaining ground: that priests just want to have funds and why do the priests need tons of funds ? obviously to live a luxury lifestyle.


An important feature of Maharashtra 's economy is its pathetic dependence on the Bombay Metropolitan region. The Bombay Metropolitan region accounts for 75 per cent of the industrial activity in Maharashtra and nearly 65 per cent of the factory workers in the State. It is because of Bombay that Maharashtra appears to be India 's most urbanished and industrially advanced State. But excluding Bombay, even now, Maharashtra is not merely as backward as any other state in India but in certain respects indeed more backward than many other less industrialized states of the country. The infrastructure of the economy of rural Maharashtra is not much developed, Villages in Maharashtra generally lack adequate means of transport and communication. Particularly road mileage in Maharashtra is found woefully inadequate when compared to that in many less industrialized states in India.


Bombay culture is characterized by dhandha (transaction). The ethic of Bombay is quick enrichment. A well-executed scam is considered "a thing of beauty". Billionaires and repulsive deprivation abide in Bombay city where violence and muscle power can strike without warning. The corruption in BMC is the root cause of all the slums & illegal constructions in Bombay.


Unlimited Floor space Index, Unlimited TDRs, Exploitation of open spaces – mangroves – saltpanlands – gardens – playgrounds for construction purpose, SRA buildings, MHADA buildings, Skyscrapers, Big budget Residential complexes, Govt. Housing colonies, Maharashtra Rental Housing buildings a lot of construction is happening all across the Bombay region without any study being carried out on how all this constructions will affect the environment, water supply, transportation, garbage, drainage, etc etc etc.


Gabriel D'souza
Bombay.

ON SPORTS, CRICKET, INDIA & PAKISTAN.

Sports and fight because of sports is not a new phenomenon. Sports is organized to create peace and friendship but in the name of sports worst of enmities are created. Also in the name of sports best of friendships and strongest rapports have been created between and among the competing teams. Some of the greatest wars have been halted in the name and because of sports or at least during the matches played between the two waring enemy countries. In the name of sports and with the excuse of sports USA and Communist China under Mao and Cheu-en-lai created not only friendship but established diplomatic relationship. Henry Kissinger was the Secretary of State for USA under President Richard Nixon, Kissinger was a very brilliant statesman and when he realised the sports called Ping Pong the national sports of China will bring USA closer to China, he embarked on to the mission to Peking to talk of having a Ping Pong contest between USA and China. This led to the visit of US Ping Pong team to China followed by the official visit to China of President Richard Nixon and then establishment of diplomatic link between the two great nuclear powers. The friendly link created between the two nations thru the sporting event Ping Pong friendly is still in going strong.

In thirties Australia hosted England under the great skipper Jardin having in his team the deadliest ever bowler Larwood notorious for his fearful Bodyline bowling. Thru this type of bowling Larwood dismissd not only mediocre Autralian batsmen but also the great Bradman, Ponsford and their likes dismissing Australia very miserably. Within a minute Larwood became a Devil in Australia feared not only by the batsmen on the field but even outside the field. So much fear Larwood created in Australia during that time that crying children at night time were put to sleep by their mothers in the name of Larwood saying “come on baby, come on, go to sleep quickly otherwise Larwood will come to take you and he will bowl you on your chest and head and you will die”. Such was the terror Larwood has created and during one Innings Bradman while going back to the Pavilion hurt on the chest by the robust delivery of Larwood, angrily told one of the Pressmen enquring what has happened, “there are two teams out there on the field but only one is playing Cricket” and then continued on saying, “if we play Cricket like this then we better stop playing Cricket altogether”.

Next day in main cities of Australia banner appeared saying “we must severe our diplomatic ties with UK and cut our link with the Queen of UK”. In a similar manner some dailies in Australia next day issued statements forcing Foreign Office in UK to issue a diplomatic statement “offering its apology to Australia for the injuries unintentionally done to some of the best Australian cricketers but since Captain Jardin of England who is in charge of the situation we have full confidence in him and his captaincy that England is playing a fair game as per the rules of the game”. This has happened because of Cricket in a Cricket mad country Australia where Cricket is lie religion. Such a situation has never occurred anywhere in the Cricketing world except in Australia.

In a Cricket mad country India we see lot of fire into the common persons because of Cricket especially when there is a contest between India and Pakistan. In the last semi-final between India and Pakistan the atmosphere in India was NOT CRICKET but Warlike. I fail to understand why such an animosity appears in Cricket mad Indians when India play against Pakistan and when Pakistan is also equally guilty for creating such atmosphere in Pakistan and among common Pakistanis. On Wednesday the game of Cricket was uprooted from primary level and placed not only on secondary level but on tertiary level. It was not Cricket semifinal but Politics and revenge against Pakistan. We should in the name of Cricket avail the available opportunities to create a strong bond between the two neighbours. Manmohan Singh has rightly grabbed this opportunity to create a good link between the two nations while Cricket mad Indians all over the country and even outside created an impression that India is going for War against Pakistan. Pakistanis too acted in a similar manner.

We must create a feeling into the minds of common Pakistani that we are still their friends inspite of their dislike for India. I want a strong friendship between India and Pakistan created by the peoples of both the countries. Pakistan is a hurt nation because of the defeats it suffered from India in all the three wars Pakistan fought with India. Pakistan is not only deeply hurt but deeply distressed that India destroyed East Pakistan from the West. This hurt feeling of Pakistan and its citizens will not easily disappear from their minds. Besides, the atrocities committed on Muslims by Hindus and Sikhs during the partition of India are still fresh into the blood of Pakistanis especially the elders who as routine narrate these historical mishaps to their youngsters; this does not mean that Muslims were innocent, they were also guilty. Pakistan and common Pakistanis still feel that the major share of undevided Indian assets was grabbed by India thereby denying Pakistan its due share – even Ghandiji accepted this and felt guilty. India as a big brother should understand the hurt feelings of Pakistan and thereby show some signs of surrendering its rights and given an opportunity should condescend to pacify the hurt feelings of Pakistan. The tirade of the type Thakkarys under Siv Sena vomit against Pakistanis should be stopped by the Indian intelligencia because Indian government got no guts to confront wrong acts of Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena are not the custodians of India and they have no right to dictate terms to India. India needs a peaceful neighbour in Pakistan and in this direction India must make its first move even by condescending. Pacified and peaceful Pakistan will bring lot of peace in India.

Pakistan is undergoing crisis and its ripples can create disorder in India as well. The civilian government in Pakistan needs India’s support for creating peaceful atmosphere in Pakistan. India must offer its warm handshake to Pakistan. What terrorism a few disgruntled Pakistanis created in Bombay in October 2008 should not hinder India’s moves of reconciliation with Pakistan. If our Coast Guard system was in proper order those Pakistanis would never enter Bombay. Those terrorists were like robbers and if you keep your doors open and sleep nicely in your bedroom, naturally the thieves will rob all your money and the gold kept in your cupboard. Pakistani government still feels it is not the work of it, Pakistan is also controlled by other systems and agencies there over which government has very little supervision or no supervision at all.

About Cricket, Indian cricketers are almost as rich as any rich footballer in Europe because India has created ample of avenues for its cricketers including the IPL tournament to amass wealth. Such avenues are not existing in Pakistan for this reason may be some of the Pakistani cricketers are going for Match fixing, this does not mean I approve the Match fixing system to make money. Though Pakistan lost in the semifinal against India on Wednesday yet I salute them for playing an excellent cricket keeping in view the spirit of sports. Compared to India Pakistan is a small nation with small population having small number of opportunities to improve its performance yet they played well. During last two years there was no international cricket played in Pakistan yet they played well in the international tournament called World Cup. Inspite of so many hurdles Pakistan played so well reaching up to the semifinal where they lost to the host country India. It was luck that favoured India on Wednesday when Tendulkar was dropped for so many times otherwise final on Saturday in Bombay would be between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.

CATHOLIC PRIEST ATTACKED IN NORTH INDIA.

By: Nelson Rodrigues.


Priest attacked in Khandwa diocese in Madhya Pradesh.

Father Sebastian Kaiparambil in hospital
A Catholic priest was attacked and seriously injured by three youths today in Khandwa diocese in Madhya Pradesh.

Father Sebastian Kaiparambil, who received head injuries and multiple fractures, said the assailants entered his bedroom around 2:30am local time after breaking a window and demanded several school documents from him.

The priest, who runs St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, in Badwah, Khargone district, said he told them to come to his office in the morning at which point one of the attackers hit him over the head with a spade handle.

“I ran to the toilet screaming but the assailants, all in their twenties, followed hitting and kicking me,” he said from his hospital bed.

After beating me up, the assailants fled with two mobile phones and 70,000 rupees (US$1,555) in cash, he said.

After the attack Father Kaiparambil said he somehow managed to reach a security guard who informed some nuns.

The nuns took him to the government hospital in Badwah from where he was rushed to a private hospital in Indore, 70 kilometers away.
Doctors said the priest’s condition is not life threatening.

Khandwa Diocese public relations officer Father Philip Kaduthanam said police had been informed and were investigating.