We miss you my dearest Bavoji. You were a gentleman with great wisdom and vast knowledge. I will miss you forever. May your soul rest in peace. Heartfelt condolences my dearest sister, Ivy, Samson, Santosh and family. We will pray for you.

Deepest sympathies and condolences to Samson and rest of the family. Eternal rest grant on to him Oh Lord, let perpetual light shine upon him, may his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May his soul rest in peace.

May his soul rest in peace.

Bidding tear-full adieu to one of the greatest of Konkani literary geniuses. Fare you well in your "poinn" to eternal resting place. RIP

J and K is an integral part of Israels long term strategy with india due to its proximity with Iran and pakistan and it is crucial for their safety.It is definitely and advantage to both parties.

Sir,Eagerly waiting to know more about zionist movement and its leaders in india.
Was that movement only active in Europe?

Thank you Philip Saab for your detailed report on Palastine-Israel issues which is very relevant in the present situation.
Whatever may be the background, killing the innocent men, women and children are not at all justifiable. It’s brutally against the human civilisation and culture.
World countries spending billions to explore life in other planets whereas expending trillions to destroy human beings.
Very unfortunate and uncivilised attitude.
Let us pray for the suppressed and oppressed people

The historical relationship between the Malabar Coast and Jews dates back to ancient times, well before the birth of Jesus. Jewish communities settled along the western coast of India, coexisted with the local population for centuries.Baghdadi Jews did play a role in the economic development of Bombay.The rise of Zionism as a political movement in the late 19th centuries did indeed impact diplomatic relations and the global political landscape. India has historically maintained a pragmatic foreign policy that aligns with its national interests and changing global economic dynamics. After liberalization in 1992, India pursued a more open and market-oriented economic policy. In parallel, India also recognized the importance of developing diplomatic relations with various countries, including Israel, which had become a significant player in the global economy and technology sector. India s foreign policy decisions are typically influenced by its national interests, security concerns, and public sentiment. The country s evolving relationship with Israel is a reflection of these considerations, as well as its broader foreign policy goals

Dr Norbert Lobo obviously has left a legacy behind - in the form of his work, his students, his admirers and most of all in his loving wife and two talented and beautiful girls. Rest in Peace Dr Lobo. I am so privileged that I got to speak to you last March. And I am so proud to call your wife my friend.

I believe that India’s stand on the issue is firm and clear. Never be soft when it comes to terrorism. Say NO to terrorism, and while saying so do it firmly and clearly.
India was always on receiving end. It changed just recently only.
Remember 26/11..
You and me were just lucky not to be there at VT station on that day. Else we both wouldn’t be here to write and read this article.
Criticism on India’s stand on the issue is just political, to win few votes. It is disappointing….

very clear understanding of the geo-political scenerio in the region.
We pray for a peaceful treaty to end this massacre of innocent civilians.
continue enlightening us on the issues.

Nice one.
Even Egypt has now ties with Israel.

India’s position with Palestinian, during any regime at centre, was hypothetical. It enormously shed sympathies.

India’s relations with Israel, like the rest of the world except very few, was materialistic.

Dear Carminbai, Ivan, Lavina and all bereaved family members, please accept our heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of your beloved husband/dad. May the Lord give you the strength and courage to bear this irreparable loss. May the departed soul rest in Eternal Peace.

Heartfelt condolences to all family members. May her soul rest in peace.

Dear Mavis Voni, Preema, Alok and family, please accept our Heartfelt Condolences on the sad demise of our beloved Alfy Baab. May his soul rest in peace.

May he rest in peace. Heartfelt condolences to Mavis and family members.

Lovely poem, Crystal!

Congrats, Pramila. You made us, the Dindottu Mudarthas proud!

Congratulations Pramila. Great achievement.

Extensively researched paper.

Such a lovely home for senior Citzens of rural DK citizens . God bless Salvadore Monteiro and family !

May her soul rest in peace.

UCC will not make any difficulties for the main stream religious group like Muslims,Christians,sikhs etc as they are ready to obey the law of the country where they are living.But for the tribals and those communities which are not came to the lime light so far required special privileges by law to come to the mainstream.

Indian banking sector is the one which successfully defence the penetration of foreign banks to indian soil...Most of the foreign players wind up their indian retail operations...still easy to avail loans for small scale industries is a himalayan task..

very insightful article sir...waiting for the the continuation of this..Are the Bankrupt of major corporates like Essar,Jet airways,Kingfisher airlines and the latest in the list is bombay dyeing promoted go air due to this policy? ...

No doubt article is heavy in content and desires a slow phase of reading in order to understand sequences. Raghuram Rajan (RR) is a though professional with Indepth knowledge on both Macro (like MMS) and Microeconomics. His prior opinion on demonetization is a great example. On the other hand Subbu is vocal, nothing to learn from his practical application may be no opportunity.
Due diligence is too sharp on common man and fairly easy on rich and famous due to their support during elections. Thats the root cause of big time NPA s. Regulating man s arms on constant twist by high power, thats a big drawback in the system. And they get drifted in life and some into other areas. NPA is felt after few years and it s a mountain in any angle, at times may cause collapse of banks. Common taxpayer has to bear the brunt by paying tax on everything including scooty riders on bad roads after paying through the nose.
First term of Modi- NPA jumping from 2 to 11 lakh crore sums it all and generally lesser known (godhi M?).
India is still a vibrant economy due to size of population, honest and humble citizens, grain and food production, exports, industrial output. But for how long??

Thank you Philip Saab for the detailed history of Indian banking system through bold steps Indira Ghandi and Modij’s latest.
It was very well acclaimed MS economic action which saved India from the crisis
People are aware of everything

Raghuram Rajan s contribution to Indian economics, policies and currency is the best thing that happened in India history. Just like a car mechanic who finds previous mechanic was no good and same applies to current regime. I would say coastal belt is a loser in terms of generations old carefully maintained profit making banks are merged with bigger names with higher liability...probably exception of Canara Bank. I would say every bank is same, but the person whom you deal with in that institution would make it a better or bitter entity. I would strongly recommend educated financial rulers handling and framing banking scenario which is inseparable part of economy. Thanks for the article that is loaded with heavy content.

Informative article by Philip Mudartha which clearly addresses the issues and helps the readers to understand the real facts.

It is an important n informative article. Feeling nice having a good read material for the day.

The slavery was officially abolished just 150 years ago. Yet it will be hypocritical if we say that slavery has been eradicated from the human society. Knowingly or unknowingly we still practice and enjoy slavery. There are Human rights violations in many forms around us.
By BJP or non-BJP, let them bring one law in the land for all ensuring equality.

Congratulations Harold D Souza on winning this award. You are a true human in this era who is still working for the betterment of the society. It s the result of your efforts, dedication, consistency, persistency and motivation . You really deserve this award. I believe Eyes Open International will be in the top organisation of the year very soon.

Thank you, Philip, for details and unbiased information on UCC, author has covered everything related and facts. Starting from Pros and Cons it is structured very well. India being secular country, it may not need lot more of new laws. We need laws to tackle rampant corruption and anomalies committed by politicians and people in power. If political parties give up religion-based hatred, people getting more educated and developing rational thoughts, we may not need struggle of implementing UCC.

Very informative and important article by Philip Mudartha on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). It may be ideal and desirable to have the UCC. But it is highly impracticable to implement the same due to the multiplicity of religious, cast based, linguistic and ethnic communities which have evolved their own customary traditions and usages. Under these circumstances it will be very difficult to impose the UCC throughout the country. The need of the hour is the unity and not uniformity. "Unity in diversity" has been the essence of the Indian nation. But what we have been witnessing since past few years is the attempt to divide the communities based on their religion and region. The rhetoric to impose the UCC may be just an election ploy as the draft UCC has not yet been made public. Let us wait and see.....

Thank you for the in-depth and impartial analysis. Although BJP finger-prints and motivations are all over the place, this code should have been adopted at least 60-70 years ago. Only the appeasement and vote politics dragged it this far. In the cons section, only one bullet point is credible. Obviously, the the All India x Personal Law Board is keen to continue its vested interests and domination as long as possible. Time is here, time is now.

What is the role and responsibilities of Diocesan Director of Justice and Peace Commission? I never got justice from our Church and still struggling to get justice. Can he help me to get justice?

May her soul rest in peace Amen

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
~Amen~

Yet another well detailed article from the author. Quite informative.

Indian economy is improving with relatively stronger foreign policy. It is not about who is at Delhi. Modi or anyone at Power, India has to hit the mark. Because, it is now India’s turn to hit the mark.

Happy to read about the Yuva Samagam 2023 held at Belle church. Events like this are very essential for the overall growth of our youths.
But sad to see the number of attendees as shown in the pictures. Particularly the strength of Moodubelle ICYM unit is saddening. Looks like Belle unit is having hardly 15 - 20 youth in ICYM unit, whereas the entire parish will have more than 200 to 250 youngsters. More youth needs to be joined to the ICYM movement as it helps in the overall growth and particularly in leadership qualities which will be very essential in today s competitive world.
In every area, we can see that the Belle youth are far far behind compared to other parishes. Would like to know why our youngsters are not interested in ICYM activities. Why the parish leaders youth animators can not take serious interest with ward wise action plan

This is very sad. She did not murder the child. Ofcource she was responsible for caring that child in that shift. Sometime it is your destiny you have to deal these situations. She is very hardworking and sincere nurse. She worked in Uk more than 30 years. Very dedicated nurse.The law here and parents go to court to get compensation. Big money involved, poor nurse has to go through this consqunces. Her daughter also Paediatric doctor here.

vrey good essy very beautiful essay i loveded it from my hearty

Appropriate analysis of biography. True, author cumulatively sums it all -Vajpayee represents a bridge between the Nehruvian age and the Narendra Modi years. Spellbinding orator, coalition builder, wise statesman, benevolent father figure! Having said that he had his shares of controversies too. He was Whitty in talks and his words carried deep meaning. Though internally he was hindu favour, never exhibited communalism in his governance. Wish current BJP had few leaders of his calibre!!

In grama one Moodubelle the service is worst and the person has short temper and doesn t listen to the customer (I personally faced this issue). Behaves very rudely. Please consider my request that this problem may be faced by many residents , so change the person who knows to talk patiently and has system knowledge

Good to see a change of the guard at Karnataka, even though congress is nothing different from the ruling BJP.
People were not happy with the BJP government. So they decided to overthrow them.democracy zindabad!
The BJP government in the Centre will find it as an opportunity , though I don t want to term it as a blessing in disguise for them, to showcase the world that the election process and so as the democratic values in India are intact under Modi government.
This image is likely to attract more nationalistic votes to their box during the general election.
A section of JDS vote Bank switched its loyalties and JDS loss became Congress boost. This trend may continue in other coming elections too. Who is going to be the ultimate beneficiary? Anybody can guess.
But to you and me, as a common man, what difference is it going to make? We should remain silent observers of all unholy ways of governing. Corruption, nepotism,bribery, commission taking and above all goondaism became a right to the ruling party. They have even institutionalized all such odds for their benefits.
The way forward to us , pay taxes in time, keep aside one part of your earning for donations to political parties, do not ask questions and consider all chotta-bhada leaders as your netha.
Keep cool!

Good to see a change of the guard at Karnataka, even though congress is nothing different from the ruling BJP.
People were not happy with the BJP government. So they decided to overthrow them.democracy zindabad!
The BJP government in the Centre will find it as an opportunity , though I don t want to term it as a blessing in disguise for them, to showcase the world that the election process and so as the democratic values in India are intact under Modi government.
This image is likely to attract more nationalistic votes to their box during the general election.
A section of JDS vote Bank switched its loyalties and JDS loss became Congress boost. This trend may continue in other coming elections too. Who is going to be the ultimate beneficiary? Anybody can guess.
But to you and me, as a common man, what difference is it going to make? We should remain silent observers of all unholy ways of governing. Corruption, nepotism,bribery, commission taking and above all gundaism became a right to the ruling party. They have even institutionalized all such odds for their benefits.
The way forward to us , pay taxes in time, keep one part of your earning for donations to political parties, do not ask questions and consider all chotta-bhada leaders as your netha.
Keep cool!

As always, Philip Saab given an impartial pros and cons of Karnataka election victory of INC and the overall reaction of secular and peace loving masses.
Everyone is looking for the well-being of himself and the people around. One can’t be happy when his neighbor is suffering irrespective of his faith or colour of flag. The best religion in the earth is “LOVE” which upholds all. Any deviation from this can’t be tolerated or survive long.
Thanks again for the in-depth analysis and hope this report will enable the readers to understand and think about the realities.
Hope and pray for the peaceful, respectful and hate free living of all.

Interesting reading and crystal-clear analysis region wise and shift of affiliation defying the usual cast-based speculation. Looks like people desired a change especial Mumbai Karnataka and Central Karnataka. Coastal belt has a different mindset. There is a worry religion sentiment may have overruled development. It was a certain loss to Mangalore and Kaup considering efficient candidates failed in the votes. General opinion we get to see is rampant corruption was cause for failure of ruling regime. True, Lesson taught by voter is they like cordial social living. Evident is Modi magic is losing sheen. And point to be noted is King Maker is losing the base! Auther has shed light into percolation of their vote share. Great article on current event. Thanks to Philip for cumulatively connecting the facts just like a fish bone diagram leading to failure.

Very well written article with graphs and figures. Philip is maintaining his unbiased presentation sticking to facts and is right in his analysis. In coastal area, anti incumbency hawa was evident till election was announced. INC grassroots organizations are weak and so failed to cash in.

Very well written article presented with graphs and figures and is persuasive. He is right in saying polarization doesn t work every time everywhere. In the coastal area, INC grassroots organization is weak and so failed to cash in on the anti incumbency hawa which was prevalent till election was announced. Good analytical article.