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Vol: 1 No: 18

April 28, 2022

Father Vincent, Daughter Venizeia and Son Vance Carlo

Inida’s Famous Power Lifters

Father Vincent, Daughter Venizeia and Son Vance Carlo

Inida’s Famous Power Lifters

Vincent prakash Carlo s/o.

Mr Norbert carlo and Late smt Veera monis working in State Excise Dept.

As a second division Assistant. O/o joint commissioner of Excise Mangalore Division maryhill mangalore. Me also Awarded Dk district Rajyotsava Award 2021and Sandesha Award 2020.

Selected Indian team for the World Benchpress championship to be held at Almaty. kazakhstan from 20th to 30 May 2022 Son: Vance Fallon Carlo secured . 1 Silver medal. 1 Bronze medal in National powerlifting championship and 1gold medal in Asian

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powerlifting championship held at Dubai 2018 Venizeia Annie Carlo:

1 silver medal in the Equipped Benchpres championship 1 Silver medal in the Classic

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International Events 5 Gold medals in Asian Powerlifting Championship 2 Silver medals in Asian Powerlifting Championship 1 Bronze medals in Asian Powerlifting Championship Strong women of India 2014 Strong woman of India 2015 Strong women of India 2017 Strong women of Karnataka 2016 Strong women on Karnataka 2018 Strong women of Karnataka 2021

Benchpress Championship Qualification: Bachelor of commerce Discipline: Powerlifting National Events 14 Gold medals in National Powerlifting Championship

Venizeia’s Goal To participate and win in the Commonwealth, Asian and World's Powerlifting Championships And make India Proud.

World Classic/Equipped Powerlifting Championship to be held at Guayaquil, Ecuador from 26th August-4th September 2022.

Looking forward to participating in Commonwealth Classic/Equipped Powerlifting /Benchpress Championship held at Auckland, New zealand from 28th November-4th December.

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3-Asian Powerlifting Championship Date: 4th-9th December 2017 Place: Alappuzha, Kerala Medal/palace won: 1st place 2 Gold medals 1silver 1 bronze medal 4- Asian Powerlifting Championship Date:18th-24th September 2018 Place: Dubai Medal/place won: 1 Gold in the Asian Classic Benchpress Championship 1 Silver in the Asian Equipped Benchpres championship

Representing Gym: Carlo's Gym Name of the championship : 1-Asian Powerlifting Championship Date:20th-26th July 2015 Place : Hong Kong Medal/ place won: Third place 1silver medal 3 bronze medals 2-Asian Powerlifting Championship Date: 27th-30th December 2016 Place: Jamshedpur, India Medal/Place won:1st place 3 Gold medals one Silver medal

5- Asian Equipped and Classic Powerlifting and Benchpres Championship Date:24th-30th December 2021 Place:Turkey, Istanbul Medal/place won: 4 gold medals in the Equipped Powerlifting Championship 4 Gold medals in the Classic Powerlifting Championship This is the only family where there are 3 members of the family are Powerlifters and claiming Gold Medals in District, State and International level competitions.

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These competitions are very pricy. Each person must spend 1.5 lakh to 2 lakhs plus for each competition just for registration and other expenses!

Below is the letter which received by Vincent and Venizeia for their forthcoming competition for your kind reference.

I request all good hearted Veez readers to contribute whatever you can to support this family to attend National, International Powerlifting competitions and bring success, pride and joy to our country and community.

Their bank information is as follows: Canara Bank Account No. -01052010066705 IFSC/CNRB0001176 Name- Venizeia Annie Carlo Branch- Kadri Mobile number and Google pay number: 7892352915 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 Veez Illustrated Weekly

OMG, where art thou?

(By Philip Mudartha) Preface As I write, it is Good Friday for Orthodox Christians. Both Russia and Ukraine are marking the Holy Week and will celebrate the Orthodox Easter on April 24.

Russia and Ukraine are

overwhelmingly Orthodox Christian nations with about 80% population identifying themselves as Orthodox.

In 1991 when officially atheist Soviet Union collapsed, only 39% had said they were Orthodox Christians. God of Abraham, Moses and Jesus seems to have liberated these nations from the scourge of communism and taken them unto His fold.

Today, 105 million Russians and 35 million Ukrainians together form more than half of the 260 million Orthodox Christians worldwide. In both countries, about half say religious leaders have some influence in political matters. In

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both countries, state and church are entwined like Siamese twins. The church provides religious legitimacy to the state and its policies while the

state bankrolls the church and its leaders. There is no separation of church and state which is the secular concept of Western Europe.

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How Christianity came to Slav nations According to the Church Tradition, Christianity was first brought to the territory of modern Belarus, Russia and Ukraine by Saint Andrew, the first Apostle of Jesus Christ.

Some sources present the following story of arrival of Christianity to Kievan Rus’ and conversion of pagan prince Vladimir in 987 A.D. The Byzantine Emperor Basil II of Constantinople sought assistance of Rus' to put down the revolt by some of his rebel generals. Prince Vladimir agreed on the condition that Emperor Basil II gave the hand of his sister to him in marriage. He also agreed to accept Christianity as his religion and bring his people to the new faith. Following Vladimir’s baptism, Kievan population was baptized en masse. Sooner than later, Orthodox Christianity was established as Royal faith in Kievan Rus’ (modern day Ukraine, Russia and Belarus). Hence, Prince Vladimir is venerated as a saint in these countries.

In 1988, the faithful of the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches which have roots in the baptism of Kiev celebrated a millennium of Eastern Slavic Christianity. The great celebrations in Moscow changed the character of relationship between the Soviet state and the church. For the first time since 1917, numerous churches and monasteries were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Great Schism of 1054 A.D The schism split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. Today, they remain the two largest denominations of Christianity. On July 16, 1054, Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius was excommunicated from the Christian church based in Rome, Italy. After the schism. the Bishop of Rome, as the Pope, headed the Roman Catholic Church and some national churches who swore loyalty to him. The Patriarch of Constantinople became the head of Eastern Orthodox Churches.

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Then came the crusades.

Constantinople fell to Islamic invaders of Ottoman Empire in

May1453. At that time, Orthodox Christianity was already entrenched in Russia, whose political and de

facto religious center had shifted from Kyiv to Moscow. The Russian Orthodox Church, a part of the Church of Constantinople until the mid-15th century, was granted “autocephaly” (full independence) and elevated to the rank of Patriarchate in 1589. The Russian political and ecclesiastical elite came to view Moscow as the Third Rome.

The Schism of 2018 A.D. This schism split Orthodox Christianity into two main factions, first loyal to Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, and the second the Russian Orthodox Church looking to Moscow Patriarchate for spiritual guidance.

The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople of 11

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October 2018, confirmed its intentions to grant autocephaly (full independence) to the Eastern Orthodox church in Ukraine. The permission granted in 1686 to the patriarch of Moscow to ordain the metropolitan of Kyiv was revoked.

In its decision of 15 October 2018, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church barred all members of the Moscow Patriarchate from taking part in communion, baptism, and marriage at any church controlled by the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Moscow had controlled the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for about 332 years. But, in 2018, the Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I accepted the decision of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to split from its Russian counterpart and granted it autocephaly (full independence).

Metropolitan Epiphanius I was elected Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine and became the primate of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church does not accept this

decision and the independence of Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Consequently, the loyalties of millions of believers in Ukraine are divided between the Kyiv and Moscow patriarchates. Of the 45 dioceses comprising of nearly 20,000 parishes, at least 22 dioceses pledge their loyalty to Moscow Patriarch. These are mostly in the Russian Speaking Crimea and Eastern Ukraine.

This reflects not only the continuing military conflict between the two countries since 2014, but also the important political role Orthodox Christianity plays in the region. The split between the Orthodox churches in the two countries is part and parcel of a wider history of political tensions between Russia’s geopolitical ambitions in the region and Ukraine’s resistance to them.

Attitudes in Ukraine toward Russia’s political and religious leadership are also highly divided between the eastern and western parts of the country. Eastern Ukrainians have

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more positive attitudes toward Russia than do western Ukrainians.

For example, the 2015 survey by Pew Research Center found that 55% Eastern Ukrainians said that Russia has an obligation to protect Orthodox Christians living outside its borders. In western Ukraine, 58% disagreed with this view. The patriarch of Moscow also receives higher support in eastern Ukraine than in western Ukraine. Western Ukrainians look to their own national patriarchs as the highest authority of the Orthodox Church.

The 2022 Invasion of Ukraine The Russian Orthodox Church has echoed the rhetoric of the Kremlin in justifying the war in Ukraine. It is a stance that appears to be driving large numbers of Ukrainian priests and parishioners belonging to Moscow Patriarchate to turn their backs on Moscow.

Patriarch Kirill is the current Moscow Patriarch. He blessed the Russian army and gave his blessing to the war. It was not just him but the majority of priests and bishops of

the Moscow Patriarchate including some in Russian-speaking Eastern Ukraine supported the invasion.

Having failed to unequivocally condemn the killing of innocent people in Ukraine, or call for a ceasefire, Patriarch Kirill suggested in sermons that the Kremlin's war is a righteous one about the future of Christianity. He said the Russian soldiers are doing God’s work in Ukraine. In other words, God the Savior is on Russian side.

But, many of his parishioners in Ukraine are deserting him: "When we hear our patriarch say the Russian soldiers are protecting us and fighting some 'Holy War', we know they are either blind, or they are not serving God but the devil."

Nearly half of dioceses in Ukraine belonging to Moscow Patriarchate have stopped praying for Patriarch Kirill. It is an Orthodox Christian tradition to pray for their patriarch, just as Roman Catholics pray for the Pope.

Patriarch Kirill is a trusted advisor to President Vladimir Putin, and benefits from his support to Putin.

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So, he cannot but support Putin in this war, which the rest of the world sees as fratricidal and unjust. His bête noire Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I openly condemned the war saying “the whole world is against Russia.” And in front of a crowd at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican, Pope Francis pleaded, “In the name of God, I ask you: stop this massacre,” calling the invasion an act of “unacceptable armed aggression.”

Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople. Matters were not helped when Bartholomew I approved and blessed the independence of Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the aftermath of schism of 2018 A.D. Many have criticized Pope Francis over what his detractors see as “fence sitting”. Pope Francis has good relations with Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I. Francis has made efforts to improve relations with Moscow Patriarch Kirill and met him six years ago in Havana, Cuba after Kirill had refused to meet the Pope on European soil.

Francis may be anxious not to jeopardize his stated goal of uniting all Christian Churches.

Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I is highest spiritual head of orthodox Christians worldwide under the “first among equals” title inherited since the early days of apostolic church.

However, as an aftermath of the fall of (Christian city in Greece) Constantinople (now, Istanbul in However, Putin’s war in Ukraine has Islamic Turkey) to Ottoman Empire caused “new wounds” in the body of during the crusades, the Russian one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Orthodox Church has contested the church. established primacy of Ecumenical ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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East-Indian Community

For details about the book and authors click: Insights into Colonial Goa. Company in control of the entire (Continued from last week)

Part of the English Raj –

Indian

became

heartland, part

of

“Desh” the

which

Bombay

Presidency. Thanks to the railways

Bombay Presidency Continued internal rivalries and power struggles between Maratha

leaders weakened them, and the English won the third (and final) Anglo-Maratha War (1817-9), after which they entirely dislodged the Marathas from their region. For the colonized Indians, the situation hit a low point. What started as an effort

to keep the Marathas out of Bon Bahia / Bombay, left the East India

which soon crossed the Ghats into the heartland, the port was even busier with exports from the interior – cotton, textiles etc. Bombay became

the

city

for

‘native

enterprise’ and manufacturing for

all ethnic groups. Soon there was a homegrown varied urban middle class (multi-cultural, multi-lingual,

multi-religious) who dominated the Bombay

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and

British-Indian

economy and commerce.

occupation

of

white

collar

professionals and an intelligentsia Along with the territories, the Raj

segment

of

society

in

short

acquired control over a significant

becoming westernized as opposed

portion of the native population,

to those in rural occupations.

including the descendants of those

converted by Francis Xavier, who

The English built the city of Bombay

was in Bassein in 1544 and again in

specifically to facilitate sea trade,

1548 to inaugurate a new college,

manufacture,

among other religious centers. The

economic

natives

as

attracted various ethnic groups

Portuguese-Christians, and settled

from near and far to relocate to

in multiple villages in the north

Bombay, where they formed their

environs of Bombay with their

own pukka (permanent) and kutcha

‘Mother Church’ at Holy Cross in

(temporary) ghettos in various parts

Kurla, and spoke a dialect of

of the various islands; some of these

Marathi. Their traditional dress is a

still dot the city.

variation of a red or green sari called

preferred lucrative employment and

a “Lugra;” black for widows. For the

reliable paychecks to the vagaries of

Portuguese-Indians living around

farming. Each ethnic group had its

North Bombay, having the powerful

own way of pronouncing “Bombay,”

East India Company in charge of

and some writers enumerated at

governing the area ushered in a

least 20 such variations.

romantic period filled with visions of

interim, land reclamation resulted in

a prosperous future.

the combination of the seven

English

were

with

referred

access

to

They learnt to

higher

islands

of

and defense.

rewards

Bombay

of

The

trading

The workers

In the

into

one

education; and government jobs in

peninsula.

civil servants, railways, etc and a new

men-of-war docked at its sheltered

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Merchant ships and

/inland port, and eventually the

economic

quay had berths for 20 vessels. Dr.

exponentially increased after the

d’Orta’s manor house, which was

Suez Canal opened in 1869.

destroyed

Steamships eliminated the need to

by

marauders,

was

and

trading

center

reconstructed in 1661 into what is

wait for the monsoon winds

known as Bombay Castle with an

The construction of St. Xavier’s

added

College was completed in 1873.

attraction

of

a

nearby

lighthouse. Bombay truly became

In 1886, Goa was connected to

“the Gateway of India” and it was

Bombay via the railway network at

fitting for an arch to be built in

Londa on the Hubli-Poona line.

Bombay in 1924, as a city landmark

In

facing the sea to commemorate the

epidemic

visit of King George V and Queen

Bombay and took a heavy toll on

Mary.

the population in terms of mortality

1896,

the

Bubonic

ravaged

the

Plague city

of

and out-migration.

The timeline of some significant events in Bombay’s history:

Given the typically English penchant

In 1853, the railway system was

for fermenting religious/ cultural

introduced in India, and the first

differences between various groups,

passenger

the Portuguese-Christians began

service

operated

between Bombay and Thana.

referring to themselves as East

The University of Bombay was

Indians in the late 1800s as a way of

established in 1857.

protecting

By 1860, railway lines belonging to

becoming victims of discrimination.

eight companies crisscrossed and

The timing of the naming coincided

connected the Raj, with major hubs

with the celebration of Queen

in Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta.

Victoria's (r 1837-1901) Golden

Bombay’s importance as an

Jubilee

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on

themselves

May

26,

from

1887.

Additionally,

the

newly-minted

to the sub-continent. The East

nomenclature

East

Indians

Indians

was

honor

the

apostle

St.

deliberately selected to honor the

Bartholomew just as the Syro-

East

The

Malabar community in Kerala holds

to

the apostle St. Thomas in high

differentiate the Goans from the

esteem. Like the Syro-Malabars of

East Indians and served to assure

Kerala, these Christians too were

the English of the group’s undivided

part of the ‘Church of the East’ and

loyalties. As the Bombay Christians

under

were no longer under Iberian rule --

(Nestorian) Patriarch headquartered

political, military, or religious -- they

in various cities in the Mideast

were

India

Company.

designation

also

outside

imposed

by

arrangement established churches

served

jurisdiction

of

its

the

restrictions

(Ctesiphon, Fars, and Baghdad).

the

Padroado

When there were wars and religious

the with

the

Pope Portugal.

operated

under

had

turmoil in the Mideast, and as ruling

The

dynasties changed hands (Parthian,

the

Sassanid,

Abbasid), (Persians

many

Propagation Fide, in other words,

Nestorians

Christians)

directly under the jurisdiction of a

migrated to India’s west coast

bishop, who was appointed by the

adding to the Christian population

Pope and not Iberia’s king, as in the

and beliefs. As a result, there was a

past. The year 1887 was a defining

significant

one for the East Indian community.

(along with Jews and others) in the

Nestorian community

Maratha-Konkan before

coastal

region

Lusitania’s

arrival.

Several renowned religious leaders

even

have visited India. In addition to the

When the Iberians arrived in early

Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier, two

sixteenth century, they called the

of Christ’s apostles -- St. Thomas

resident Christians “Norteiros” and

and St. Bartholomew – also traveled

later with new converts the group

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was called “Portuguese Christians.”

of-war were extremely well-trained.

But the 17th century witnessed

It is noteworthy that because the

powerful

East Indians did not have to leave

Spain, France, Holland, and England.

their homeland to be able to work

Lusitania

for the British, the natives does not

though it did not coin the term.

appear to have a diaspora group,

With colonies established in South

unlike the Goans.

Despite their

America, Africa, and Asia in the 16th

turbulent history, the East Indians

and 17th centuries, Portugal can

did not feel the need to migrate to

rightfully claim to rule the First

other parts of India or overseas to

Empire on which “the sun never set”;

the Mid-East or Africa.

Perhaps

in her empire’s capitals in Lisbon,

their excellent cuisine and to-die-for

Goa and parts of Asia, it succeeded

“bottle masala” kept them tethered

in bringing together peoples, their

to their birthplace.

art, and ideas. After mastering the

The native

language of East Indians is a dialect

art

of

Marathi,

of

colonial started

rivalries

with

“Globalization,”

international

trade

and

spoken

by

intrigue, the Iberians handed over

and

the

the play-book to the English. When

the

that figuratively took place, power

convoluted history of both groups.

and prestige shifted from Lisbon to

Refer to the section on Education in

London; and from Goa to Bombay;

Bombay in the chapter entitled

and from Pax Lusitania to Pax

“Diaspora.”

Britannica. In the process, an urban,

Advancement of the North Coastal

industrial world that we know today

Region

was born.

In the 16th century, Iberia created

governor’s duty straddled India,

its vast coastal empire through her

Mideast, Africa and sea-traffic in the

superior maritime power. Her men-

Arabian Sea; and his status became

Maharashtrians, incorporated

words

reflect

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Like Goa, Bombay’s

even more significant with the

Raj, while the political capital was

opening of the Suez Canal. Bombay

located in Calcutta and later in

became the economic capital of the

Delhi.

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Championing Coastal Badminton

scores of players to shine in this famous game and today is lauded as a master. His dream of making this rich man's game available to every child from across all stratas of our society is the main catalyst. Such has been his passion for the game he has been relentlessly working to make this sport popular for the last four decades.

Sadashiv Kotyan Udyavar hailing from Udupi District, just marked his 60th Birthday, he is seen as a legend championing the cause of badminton in Karavali here. Known to be an ace player and coach for several decades, he has nurtured

Badminton is a game named for 'Badminton' the country estate of the dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England, where it was first played about 1873. The roots of the sport can be traced to ancient Greece, China, and India, and it is closely related to the old children's game battledore and shuttlecock. In India it has become

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a very popular game producing many champions.

In Coastal Karnataka it is now a very popular and widespread sport of a very high caliber generating the best interest and players.

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock or a ball across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity

in a yard or on a beach; formal games are played on a rectangular indoor court. Points are scored by striking the shuttlecock with the racquet and landing it within the opposing side's half of the court.

Each side may only strike the shuttlecock once before it passes over the net. Play ends once the shuttlecock has struck the floor or if a fault has been called by the umpire, service judge, or (in their absence) the opposing side.

The shuttlecock is a feathered or (in informal matches) plastic projectile which flies differently from the balls used in many other sports. In particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly.

Shuttlecocks also have a high top

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speed compared to the balls in other racquet sports. The flight of the shuttlecock gives the sport its distinctive nature.

The game developed in British India from the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. European play came to be dominated by Denmark but the game has become very popular in Asia, with recent competitions dominated by China.

Since 1992, badminton has been a

Summer Olympic sport with four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles, with mixed doubles added four years later. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed, and precision. It is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet movements.

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Sadashiv Kotyan Udyavar : Born April 15, 1962 at Bolje in Udyavar, his keen interest in Sports and theatre was a magnet. He is married to Saroja, an avid sports enthusiast who, even at the age of 55 years is still an active throwball player. True to the old saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, his children Sanath & Samarth are badminton champ players and they have represented the sport at State & National levels respectively.

Sadashiv Udyavar owns and operates a firm along with his

children by the name of 'Unique Credit Corporation'.

Having completed a Bachelor's in commerce, he is a master at several skills and trades. Despite facing several ups and downs in his life, he has always remained true to his commitment towards the sport. He has been felicitated multiple times by various prestigious organizations and groups. Most of the badminton players in Udupi are his proud students.

Sadashiv

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Participating

in

60

tournaments, following are a few of his many trophies won : 20.05.199394 Krishnachaya trophy, 06.05.1993 Spark winner trophy, 12.01.1995 Bimes trophy , 06.03.1991 Canara trophy , 21.03.1992 Hatric bimes trophy, 09.01.1994 Young trophy, 30.04.1990 Madhu trophy, 18.01.2001 Abhideep trophy, His achievements are many and spell out his interest and application to the game.

Golden Jubilee Club, Manipal, he has fine tuned the need for coaching the economically backward youth and offered free coaching to many kids with enthusiasm. He currently trains badminton enthusiasts at Doddannagudde Club. As a theatre enthusiast, he has been an ardent lover of drama art. He has acted in numerous plays and won accolades too. Under Udyavar Nagesh's direction , Sadashiv has staged many plays and also bagged trophies at district level. He has been a flag bearer of sports and always vouched for it, he believes that sports has a lot to teach one individuality, giving strength and confidence to face life under any circumstances.

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Open letter condemning the increasing communalism and

casteism in Karnataka under the BJP regime Dear friends, please do share widely and also with media contacts and human rights organisations.

This letter endorsed by 330 individuals expresses serious concern about the growing state led and state- sponsored targeted violence and discrimination against Muslim, Christian and Dalit communities in Karnataka that can have several long lasting and adverse consequences, particularly on the most marginalised and vulnerable. The judiciary, media, police and bureaucracy are complicit in this violence and discrimination.

primary responsible to prevent and address these forms of untouchability, targeted harassment and discrimination against vulnerable communities in the state. If the government itself has become an enabler of these social vices, then the country is hurtling towards disaster. The police need to be pulled up for failing to file FIRs, offer protection to the victims and witnesses and instead becoming middlemen of the right wing aggression. The media needs to be held accountable for making already vulnerable communities even more likely to face attacks on their livelihood, dignity, homes and lives.

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The government of Karnataka is an elected representative of the state and needs to take cognisance of multiple needs of the people of the state. As a group of concerned individuals and progressive organisations, we demand that the social determinants of health such as employment, education, food, water, sanitation, nutrition be addressed on priority. The state has to act against hate speeches and the vicious calls for violence as well as social and economic boycotts. The courts in the state have to take suo moto cognisance of the misinformation and false stories against communities that aggravate their risk of being subjected to violence and discrimination. This includes social media and other media platforms.

from the mental health/public health and social justice movements. Communalism and casteism are as much a public health crisis as the Covid pandemic and can spread just as virulently. They need as serious an intervention as any other public health crisis.

We condemn this growing communal and caste violence in Karnataka and calls upon all concerned individuals and organisations with a conscience not to keep silent. There needs to be resolute condemnation by larger national and international groups

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Dr. Sylvia Karpagam https://independent.academia.edu/ SylviaKarpagam

We write this letter with tremendous concern about the growing state led and state sponsored targeted violence and discrimination against Muslim, Christian and Dalit communities in Karnataka that can

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have several long lasting and adverse consequences, particularly on the most marginalised and vulnerable. The judiciary, media, police and bureaucracy are complicit in this violence and discrimination.

Thousands of bright, young Muslim women have been subjected to daily harassment on the pretext of the hijab that has become a tool to deny education by not allowing them into educational institutions, refusing permission to attend exams and not even offering online classes. Indeed, other than Muslim students, Muslim teachers too have been sacked from their jobs in complete misapplication of the Karnataka High Court’s questionable judgment that awaits a Supreme Court imprimatur.

This concocted hijab issue has now spiralled from the colleges onto the street making any hijab- wearing Muslim woman vulnerable to discrimination, harassment, public humiliation and denial of access into public spaces.

Karnataka has also witnessed vicious public campaigns to boycott Muslim businesses, instigated by

sitting ministers and led by Hindutva groups, with blanket impunity from the authorities.

Muslim traders have had their stalls attacked at fairs and festivals.

There is a call to boycott Muslim drivers and tour operators. There is also a call for what has been called “fruit jihad” - boycotting Muslim fruit sellers as well as halal meat and seeking a ban on the Azaan. This, with regressive laws like cattle slaughter ban is pushing Muslim and Dalit communities into economic destitution. Targeting livelihood through the age -old casteist methods of social and economic boycott is in conflict with the Constitutional principles as embodied in Article 19(1)(g) of the Indian Constitution and is also violative of Articles 14 and 15 of the Indian Constitution for being arbitrary and discriminatory.

As part of the steep rise in attacks against Muslims, the Ram Navami festival offered another opportunity to launch militant marches by Hindutva groups in several areas, with swords and trishuls, blaring provocative music and slogans

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outside mosques and in Muslim dominated areas, during the holy month of Ramzan and at the time of breaking of the daily fast, often in the presence of the local police. This had an all India character and Karnataka was one of the states chosen for this display of toxic machismo. It is not surprising that riots erupted in so many states - as they were indeed meant to. In a completely illegal and unprecedented move, the Madhya Pradesh government has egregiously demolished the residences of the alleged rioters, predominantly Muslim households.

The Muslim community across the country has been targeted by the state machinery and there has been very little recourse to police support, honest media reporting or judicial oversight. This in effect, makes the community extremely vulnerable, visible in the everyday humiliation and efforts to subjugate the community. Even seemingly innocuous activities or cultural practices are being given dangerous tints that lead to ‘othering’.

Othering a community has

devastating consequences and is a concerning step towards genocide.

We have terrible examples from history to prove this .

The community was not even spared during the Covid pandemic and the targeting that they were subjected to led them to real life consequences in terms of their mental health, livelihood, income, access to healthcare etc. A textbook that attributed the Covid pandemic to Muslim community had to be withdrawn following public outrage.

As part of the anti-minority agenda of the fascist Hindu agenda, even the Christian community in Karnataka has been targeted by the state machinery.

The anti conversion law that was planned and is being considered to be brought in as an ordinance attempts to criminalise people’s choice of religion which is protected under Article 25 of the Indian Constitution.

The expected consequence of this is that Christians praying peacefully in their private spaces have been subjected to threats and physical violence.

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Christian prayer areas have been vandalised. This law, which has been brought in or amended to make it more rigorous in multiple states, also seeks to criminalise inter-faith marriages of choice by adult citizens, especially where the husband is Muslim. Even as constitutional challenges to the law are pending before various High Courts, the law has given impetus to local goons to intimidate, attack and separate couples marrying outside their community and has also resulted in the filing of several false and fabricated cases by the police.

While communalism is escalating in the state, age old caste practices continue to be maintained and aggravated under the current regime. One the one hand, caste atrocities in the state are on the rise and on the other hand, basic entitlements such as the Postmatric scholarship are being delayed.

Karnataka has also seen a sharp rise in the number of atrocities against the communities belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesIn Dec 2021, a group of Dalits

were beaten up by caste Hindus for entering a temple in KR Pete. Mr Chandru and his son Mr. Nitin were attacked for operating a sugar cane stall in February 2022. In March 2022, a Dalit woman ,Daneshwar,i was fatally burnt by her dominant caste boyfriend, while Mr. Sunil Kumar a Dalit youth was beaten up for the ‘crime’ of ‘staring’ at caste Hindus in April 2022 in the capital ‘smart-city’ Bengaluru.

These are some of the incidents that have made their entry into the public domain, but most cases are largely unreported or pushed off the radar by a combination of threat, coercion and allurement.

Between March 2020 and March 2021, there were 2327 cases registered, which is a spike of 54% over the previous year. In fact, Karnataka’s conviction rate is also very low. In 2017, it was reported that the conviction rate was 2.7 per cent, in 2020 it was reported that is a mere 0.4 per cent.

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atrocities against members of the Dalit and Adivasi communities, this is not available to most affected members of the Dalit community. At the very least, following complaints of a caste atrocity, FIRs would need to be filed and criminal proceedings initiated. Justice has to be ensured for targeted individuals.

The Post-matric scholarship scheme for Dalit students, started in 194445 by the then British Government on the insistence of Dr. B R Ambedkar and available to Dalit students pursuing post-matric courses and whose parents/guardians annual income does not exceed Rs. 2.5 lakhs, is a centrally sponsored scheme. The disbursement of scholarship amount has been plagued by serious delays in Karnataka causing extreme financial burden on the students and may even force them to drop out, thus undermining the primary purpose of the scheme.

The post matric scholarship for Dalit students needs to be urgently streamlined and monitored to ensure that students do no fall through the social safety net. The

state government has to take proactive measures to ensure that no student eligible for the scholarship is left out for bureaucratic reasons.

This information should be put out in the public domain and be open to public scrutiny.

While all these incidents, events and behaviours can be seen as isolated events and ‘not really a major problem” the fact is that this culture of discrimination along with impunity offered to the offenders leads to exclusion, ghettoization, denial of essential services etc.

Individuals, especially those who are more vulnerable and from oppressed communities face the brunt of this, leading to adverse effects on their mental health.

The Covid-19 pandemic and aggressive lockdown has already had a serious mental health impact which the state hasn't even considered documenting, leave alone addressing. This is over and above the other communicable, non-communicable and reproductive health issues that were not addressed during the pandemic.

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Instead the state is finding new and creative ways to further subjugate vulnerable communities.

The government of Karnataka is primary responsible to prevent and address these forms of untouchability, targeted harassment and discrimination against vulnerable communities in the state. If the government itself has become an enabler of these social vices, then the country is hurtling towards disaster. The police need to be pulled up for failing to file FIRs, offer protection to the victims and witnesses and instead becoming middle men of the right wing aggression. The media needs to be held accountable for making already vulnerable communities even more likely to face attacks on their livelihood, dignity, homes and lives.

The government of Karnataka is an elected representative of the state and needs to take cognisance of multiple needs of the people of the state. As a group of concerned individuals and progressive organisations, we demand that the social determinants of health such

as employment, education, food, water, sanitation, nutrition be addressed on priority. The state has to act against hate speeches and the vicious calls for violence as well as social and economic boycotts. The courts in the state have to take suo moto cognisance of the misinformation and false stories against communities that aggravate their risk of being subjected to violence and discrimination. This includes social media and other media platforms.

We condemn this growing communal and caste violence in Karnataka and calls upon all concerned individuals and organisations with a conscience not to keep silent. There needs to be resolute condemnation by larger national and international groups from the mental health/public health and social justice movements. Communalism and casteism are as much a public health crisis as the Covid pandemic and can spread just as virulently. They need as serious an intervention as any other public health crisis.

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1. Vinay Sreenivasa – Advocate 2. Vishal Onkar- Swaraj India 3. Vijay Kumar – Retired visiting professor, IIM, Bangalore 4. Vidya Dinker – Indian Social Action Forum 5. Victor Fernandes- Headstreams 6. Venkat Srinivasan- Consultant 7. Veena Shatrugna-Independent Medical Scientist (Rtd) 8. Vasant Ramaswamy- CareCentra 9. Varsha S- Independent scientist 10. Vandana Prasad- Public Health Resource Network 11. Uma – Private practice 12. Tiba Kouser- New Oxford English school 13. Thaseen Fathima- Teacher 14. Teesta Setalvad – Citizens for Justice and Peace 15. Tasneem Farzana – Jamaath islami hind 16. Tanzeem Naqvi- Student 17. Tanvi- Campaign Against Racism 18. Tabrez pasha – No Broker org 19. Syeda Hajeera Iqbal- Forward Trust 20. Dr. Sylvia Karpagam, Public health doctor 21. Manisha Gupte – Human rights activist

22. Fr. Cedric Prakash – Human Rights activist 23. Brinda Adige – Women Rights, Karnataka 24. Syed Zahirulla- Social worker 25. Syed Salman- Masjid One Movement 26. Swati Narayan – Academic and Social Activist, Bengaluru 27. Swathi Shivanand- Independent researcher 28. Swarna Bhat- Social Activist 29. Sushmita – Soliya 30. Lara Jesani - Advocate 31. Sunita Sheel – Forum for Medical Ethics Society 32. Surabhi – Self employed 33. Sulakshana Nandi – Jan Swasthya Abhiyan Chhattisgarh 34. Sujata Jena – National Lawyers’ Forum 35. Sudha N Researcher & Activist 36. Srinivasan G – AID india 37. Siddhartha Das – Health activist 38. Siddharth K J – Independent Researcher, Bengaluru 39. Shiva Shankar – IIT Bombay 40. Sherry Mukkada – Elak estate 41. Shashank SR – People’s Union for Civil Liberties 42. Shama Angelina Chatterjee-

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Indian Christian Women Movement (ICWM) 43. Satyavrat KK- General Secretary – Karnataka, AIITEU (All India IT and ITes union) 44. Sarosh Kuruvilla- Professor 45. Sarojini N- Independent Researcher 46. Saqlain Mohamed – Sapthagiri hospital 47. Santana Pereira- Eusebia Welfare Centre, Pune 48. Sannidhi- KSEB 49. Samji – FMCG 50. Samir Kumar Dass – Jharkhand Science Forum 51. Samina Banu- FORWARD TRUST 52. Saleha- Trainer 53. Sakina- Straw board Mills Ratlam 54. Sajida Begum- House wife 55. Saifi Akbarali Chulawala – We Speak Out 56. Sagar Ramteke- JRF @IIT (ISM) Dhanbad 57. Sachidanand Sinha- JNU 58. Sachi Hegde – AISA 59. Sabyasachi Chatterjee – AIPSN 60. Saba Ali – Jain university 61. S M Durairaj – GGDSD college

62. Ruth Manorama- Women’s Voice, Karnataka.

63. Rosaline Pereira- Auxilium Skills Academy 64. Riz Syed- Environmental Consultant 65. Ritash (aka Pushpa)- Women against Sexual Violence & State Repression (WSS) 66. Richa- Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Delhi 67. Reha Sharma – Azim Premji University 68. Ravi Duggal- Public Health Researcher and Activist 69. Rameeza Shaikh- Muslim Women Study Circle 70. Ramdas Rao – PUCL 71. RAMAN VR- Public Health Practitioner 72. Rajshree- All India IT n ITES 73. Rahima Banu – Housewife 74. Raghunath J- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 75. R. Govinda – Council for Social Development 76. R A Janab- Karnataka peace organization 77. Pushpa S- Activist/ Swaraj Abhiyan 78. Prof.Mohan Rao- Independent

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public health researcher 79. Praveen Kumar- MedPure 80. Prakash Louis- Bihar Migrant Hub, Patna 81. Prajval Shastri- Astrophysicist, Bengaluru 82. Poonam Batra- Delhi University 83. Ponniah Rajamanickam- TNSF 84. Parveen Mujhtar Independent 85. Pallavi Gupta- Independent Practitioner, New Delhi 86. Nizamuddin Davangere – Bahutva Karnataka 87. Niyaz- Salaried Individual 88. Nivedita Menon – JNU, Delhi 89. Nishan – Free lance 90. Nirmal- Ambedkarite 91.

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V.PDevelopment Educationist 92. Nikhil Pandhi – Princeton University 93. Nikhil Mandalaparthy- Hindus for Human Rights 94. Neelufer- N designs 95. Nawaz Aman- Ex Serviceman 96. Navsharan Singh- Independent Researcher 97. Navina Shettigar GGC School 98. Nancy Rodrigs- Nirmala institute 99. Najma Banu- Principal of a private school

100. Nagaragere Ramesh- Peoples’ Democratic Forum 101. Naeem Khan- Teacher 102. Nadiya JIH 103. Mythili – Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) 104. Munavar Hussain M – Professor 105. Moina Parveen – FORWARD trust 106. Mohmed – KIMS 107. Mohammed- Nurse 108. Mohammed Yusuf – Student 109. Mohammed Sadik – Analog devices india pvt ltd 110. Mohammed Khizer- Aegis India pvt ltd 111. Mohammed Imran- NRI 112.

Mohammed Asim – Construction Safety 113. Mohammed Abid- Rawabi Holding Oil and Gas 114. Mohamed Sirajudeen – Tamilnadu government 115. Mohamed Ridwan- MMF 116. Mohamed Kareem Basha MMF 117. Mira Bakhru Retd faculty , IIMB 118. Merlyn Mathew – Asha Deep 119. Maya Menon- The Teacher Foundation 120. Maya Menon – The Teacher Foundation

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121. Mathew – Farmer, Ketala 122. Maria- Sochara 123. Mansoor Alam Mallick – Freelancer 124. Mani- Educationist 125. Manan Kumar- Freelance journalist 126. Mallappa Kumbar – Karnataka sexual minorities forum 127. Maitreyi Krishnan- AILAJ 128.

Maitreyee BoruahIndependent journalist 129. Madhuri- Filmmaker 130. Madhu Bhushan – Women’s rights activist 131. M.A.Lawrence – Gideons 132. M Kesudeen- SMMCHRI 133. Latifa – Movement for Justice 134. Kuldeep Garg- Independent Educator 135. Khan – IFN 136. Keerthana Jagadeesh- Indian Institute for Human Settlements 137. Kawsar Jahan – Trainer 138. Kavitha Kuruganti – Social activist 139. Kavita Srivastava – PUCL 140. Kathyayini Chamaraj- Forum for Democracy & Communal Amity 141. Kasim Abdul Salim – NHS 142. Kashish Naqvi- Student

143. Kaneez Fathima – Arafath school 144. Kalpana Mistry- Aangan Trust 145. K. P Mayan- Democratic Alliance 146. Karthi Marshan – None 147. Juned Kamal- APCR 148. Joseph Xavier- Indian Social Institute Bangalore 149. Jose Lobo- Atlántico University 150. Jayshree Oza- Consultant 151. Jerald Dsouza – Advocate 152. Jayati Ghosh- University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA 153. Jansi- Slum Mahila Sanghatane 154. Janavi Sridhar- Medical Student 155. James V – Concerned Christian 156. James F Fomba- Campaign against racism 157. Jagdish Patel- PTRC 158. Indranil- JSA Delhi 159.

IndiraPublic Health Researcher 160. Hema Swaminathan IIM Bangalore 161. Heena Kouser – Teacher 162. Hathija – House wife 163. Haleema – Teacher 164.

Gurumurthy KasinathanNational Coalition on the Education

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Emergency 165. Gulab Pasha- SWARAJ INDIA 166. Gouranga Mohapatra- Patient right group, Odisha 167. Girish B- City Corporation 168. George – Montfort School 169. Firdouse Khan – FORWARD TRUST 170.

Fazlu – Vadagara Sagerdayavedhi Muscat 171.

Farooq Mohammed – SOCHARA 172. Farita Viegas – Teacher 173. Farhan Ahmed K – JIH 174. Farha Madrasa 175. Enas A Enas- MD CADI ReSearch Foundation USA 176. Dr.C.Ramakrishnan- BGVS 177. Dr. Reshma Parveen – I.G .Khan Memorial Trust 178. Dr. N. A. Hussain – Tertiary care hospital 179. Dr. James Deutsch- University of Toronto 180. Dr Shakeel – Centre for health and Resource management 181. Dr Shabreen Kauser- Masters in Dental surgery 182. Dr Nasser Yusuf – SAVE LIVES 183. Dr Antony K R – Independent Monitor, National Health Mission

GoI a 184.

Dibakar BhattacharjyaAdvocate AILAJ/LSJHR, West Bengal.

185. Denzel Joyson A J – MPT Acharya Anarchist Reading Circle.

186. Deepika Joshi- People’s Health Movement/ Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Chhattisgarh 187. Deepak Malghan – IIM Bangalore 188. Deepa – Public Health Practitioner 189. Dawood S- Engineer 190. Dalhia Mani- Professor 191. D Parthasarathy- IIT Bombay 192. Christina Samy- Swaraj India 193. Chandrika- MILANA 194. Cavery Bopaiah – Swaraj Abhiyan 195. Brinelle D’souza – Academic and Activist, Mumbai 196. Bindiya Shajith- All inclusive Foundation 197. Banu Azeez – Housewife 198. Balu- Bangalore Dalit Forum 199. Azeez pasha- Business 200. Azam pasha- Student 201. Ayub pasha- Transportation 202.

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203. Ayesha Kidwai- Jawaharlal Nehru University 204. Ashok Narayan- Retired doctor 205. Ashok Maridas Samvidhanada Haadiyalli 206. Asfia Aejaz – IIMB 207.

Arun Chockalingam – University of Toronto 208. Arul Pandian- NEXGEN – Melbourne Australia 209. Arslan Naqvi- Student 210. Apurva Vivek- Hashiya SocioLegal Centre for Women 211. Thasneem- Public sector 212. Anusha S- IT for Change 213. Ananya Dasgupta – Self employed 214. Anant Phadke- Shramik Mukti Dal (D) 215. Amruthavalli- Individual activist 216. Ammu Abraham – Forum Against Oppression of Women 217. Amjad Pasha- Business 218. Amar Jesani- Independent Researcher and Teacher, Public Health and Bioethics 219. Adnan Yunus- HSBC 220. Adeeba Fathima – Student 221. Abhay Shukla- Jan Swasthya Abhiyan

222. Abeer- Jamat islami Hind 223. Abdul Yunus- Ex-servicemen 224. Aarti Bhatt – Campaign Against Racism MN 225. Zoya N Fatehally- Retired Engineer 226. Yezdani – Private Company 227. Yasmin Iqbal – Home maker 228. Sana Fatima- NGO 229. Senthil- AC3 230. Spoorthi Cotha 231. Somnath Seal – HPE 232. Siddiqui Heena – Teacher 233. Seema Koshy – Atelier 234. Concerned individuals 235. Sweta Dash 236. Anjali Lal 237. Narendra Gupta 238. Anita Rego 239. Talib Sadikali Tinwala 240. Tajamul Hussain Shaikh 241. Venita Kaul 242. Rajendran Narayanan 243. Dipa Sinha 244. Ashika Shetty 245. Jean Dreze 246. Rebekka Ninan 247. Rumi Harish 248. Supratik Chakraborty 249. Alice Kerketta 250. Ajith Thomas

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251. Afshan Yasmeen 252. Aditya Krishnan 253. S. Nirmal Chandran 254. Irfan 255. Iqbal 256. Imran 257. Imran Naqvi 258. Huzefa 259. Gurumoorthy 260. Fatema 261. Dr.rahmathunisa 262. Faquih Abdul Sattar 263. Fahim Aziz 264. Manan Wan 265. Paul Varghese 266. Pachalal Bhawaddin Karimi 267. Prabir KC 268. Priyanka Bopana 269. Nicolette Ketchum 270. Ghouse Hussain 271. Mumtaz Fathima 272. Muhammad Zaheeruddin 273. Mohamed Sajeed 274. ML Ramprakash 275. Mustafa 276. Nafees Batool 277. N.Balanaraysnan 278. Niveditha 279. Pooja Ramanunni 280. Noorin 281. Mamur Ali

282. Malarvizhi 283. Lesley Birnur 284. Leena Gomes 285. Latha 286. Khaleel Ahmed 287. Marzia 288. Mary Swapana 289. Margarita.

290. Maqbool Ahmed 291. K S Parthasarathy 292. Abishek Ramasubramanian 293. Soni A 294. Sufi Roshan 295. Sudha. S 296. Sulaika 297. Sunidhi 298. Sumithra S 299. Suresh 300. Suresh A 301. Syed Najmuddin 302. Syed Haseeb 303. Alishah 304. Akhtar 305. Alwyn D’Souza 306. S Parveen 307. Safi Ahmed 308. Rashida 309. Rajluxmi Vaish 310. Rakshita 311. Raheel 312. Rajesh M

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Expert Psychologist-Nun launches maiden Book.

- Ivan Saldanha-Shet.

Sr.Dr. Judith Lewis, a well known Ursuline Franciscan nun of Mangalore, on Sunday April 16, 2022, released her maiden book “The Pearls for Sound Living''. She is well versed in the subject with a doctorate in Psychology and Counselling and has honed her skills in the

Philippines and at home to a sharp peak. The book is sure to reflect her experience and prowess in giving the best advice and solutions to tricky life problems encountered by young and not so young, day to day. A book from her is sure to be a boon to many in the education hubs, HR and institutional establishments,

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parents, students and so on, do NOT miss it; sure to be very useful and handy in many ways.

“The Pearls for Sound Living '' is the title of the maiden new literary creation of Sr. Dr Judy Lewis, a name that carries a lot of credibility for all kinds of institutions and media, she is a regular contributor to online and print magazines. The book is a

collection of pedagogical concepts that all can grasp, which are useful to parents, youth, adolescents, couples and people burdened under stress and anxiety.

The author has received excellent positive feedback for her articles published and she can hope for equally positive and encouraging reception for her maiden written work, a sum total of most of her published work in book form.

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Maiden Book Launch : At a brief book launch took place, organised at St. Anne's Church Thottam April 16, 2022 after the Easter Vigil service. The parish priest Rev. Fr. Francis Cornelio, Fr. Romeo Lewis, Fr, Vincent Furtado, Fr. Prakash Lobo, Capuchin, Rev. Sr. Precilla the Superior of the UFS Convent and Mr. Sunil Fernandes Vice

President of the Parish Pastoral Council were on the dais. Fr. Vincent Furtado released the book and highlighted the importance of the science of Psychology in the contemporary world and its relevance in maintaining good mental health in the current society where psychological vicissitudes are in abundance in the day to day lives.

He wished a brilliant career to the Author, who is a trained Clinical Psychologist. Fr. Romeo Lewis raised the Vote of Thanks.

Reflecting on the Book : Packed with deep reflections from a

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psychological perspective concerning vital issues faced by a cross section of people from children to adults, this book is weighted by vast and varied experiences of the author who has faced unusual tests in her professional career. Each article / chapter in the book discusses and gives advice on issues that are often faced by us, but swept under the carpet, reading the book can quietly bring practical solutions to individuals. Parts of the contents can help in making the right choices in career, marriage and so on. For people troubled with anxiety, neurosis, behavioral imbalance, emotional issues reading the book can suggest wonderful inspired solutions and remedies. The 19 chapters in 167 pages is indeed a very handy and useful book for many individuals and professionals in the 'People management game' at all stages.

Prime topics like purpose of life, Happiness, Real life thoughts, need for counselling, Building friendship, Understanding divorse, teachers understanding of students, adolescence problems, Aptitude

tests, Love and trust, Doubts in Marriage, Alcoholics, Addictions, Managing emotions, Anxiety, Jealousy, Corona and stress of the Pandemic, are some of the topics the book deals with. Reading the book will enlighten and create confidence to tackle day to day problems. The book has special emphasis to combat stress at all levels for a healthy and sane life.

The author - A Clinical Psychologist of note regularly delivers talks, conducts workshops and counselling sessions in a wide range of institutions all over the country.

She earned her Doctorate from a renowned university of Manila, Philippines and has been a visiting professor in various institutions, she was head of the department of Psychology in St.joseph's College, Bangalore. She has had ample hands-on experience and participated in international conferences and published scientific articles in journals and media. Her commitment and dedication with her sincere efforts and concern will surely pay dividends and help the needy.

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The book is dedicated to the the benevolent God bless author's parents - Late Mr.Peter all." Indeed this is a blessing for all.

Lewis and Mrs Justine Lewis. Sr.Dr. Judith Lewis UFS said that her aim in The book is published by ATC bringing out the book is purely to Publishers, Bangalore, of ensure that many categories of international fame and printed at people in authority from Parents to well known Brilliant Printers - it is CEOs can have reliable guidance well formatted. The copies of the and matter to rely on while book will be available in Jeroza in tackling everyday psychological Mangalore, and a few church and and habitual hurdles associated institution book stalls and so on; at with many difficult scenarios in a Rs.200/= it is a gift. ATC publishers professional and proper manner. can be seen The book is sure to be a support to at www.atcpublishers.com / joyof gi a wide cross section of mentors at fting.com - ISBN 978-93-91399-05all levels. In her preface of the book 4. Interested readers may contact she says, " I present these few the author at 95353 09187. A true pedagogical reflections to the social support for people public in the form of a book. May everywhere.

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St Agnes College organizes Sports Day Media Release DaijiWorld.Com

Mangaluru, Apr 16: The Annual sports meet of St Agnes College (Autonomous) for the academic year 2021-22 was held on April 1. The Theme was ‘Fruits and Vegetables,’ based on the UN theme for the year.

The chief guest for the inaugural function was Dr K S Prasad Panicker, The president of Asian Sports Federation, The president of

Vivekananda Trust, chief editorial advisor for a Dalith Andholan Patrike.

The guest of honour was Janet Jacintha Goveas Panicker, an Alumna of St Agnes and also a successful business woman. The principal of the college, Sr Dr M Venissa A C and the physical director Vasudha S were also present. The event was flagged off as the principal handed over the College flag to the sports secretary, Likitha Shetty.

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The march past was led by the sports teams, NCC, NSS and followed by 25 class teams. They were dressed in vibrant colors and had props that represented their chosen theme. The marching teams were judged by sports directors of other colleges based on their marching, costume

and creativity classwise. The chief guest Panicker, in his address, motivated students to participate in sports as it is integral for overall personality development. All the classes were introduced to the chief guest and guest of honour. The chief guest declared the annual sports meet open and symbolically the torch was lit up by the sports achievers and with the oath taking ceremony, the formal inaugural function came to an end.

The informal function and activities started at 10.00 am sharp. It began with cheering competitions between

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classes. All the classes were provided 5+2 min time to cheer their classes.

There were some spot games. Laghori and Dutch ball games were also conducted for students as well as for teaching and supporting staff.

Simultaneously, Shot-put and discuss throw final round was conducted. A flash mob by sports volunteers was also one of the highlights of the programme.

All the final rounds of all the events were conducted in the noon and simultaneously the individual prizes were distributed. There was a walking race for women staff members and 100m race for the men. After all the events came to an end, the most awaited event was ‘Tug Of War’ between all the classes which had registered for the same.

The valedictory function started at 3.00 p.m. sharp. The chief guest was

Dr Adelaide Saldanha, associate professor department of Mathematics, St Agnes College, Mangaluru. The other dignitaries included the principal Sr Dr M Venissa A C, vice principal Sr Clara Rodrigues A C, Jeanette, the vice president of the St Agnes Alumni association, Mangaluru Chapter. The physical director Vasudha was also present.

The chief guest Dr Adelaide Saldanha addressed the students and gave a message of peace and love that could be achieved through sports. All the team prizes were distributed and overall championship was awarded to individual and as well as classes. The Annual Sports meet came to an end with the symbolic handing over of the college flag and the responsibilities to Prakrithi Shetty, the Sports secretary for academic year 2022-23. The Sports day ended with the singing of the National Anthem. *********** -----------------------------------------

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Mangalurean lad Ethan Pinto shines in Canada, bags top honour •

Gerry D’Mello Dajiworld Media Toronto

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Toronto, Apr 20: The Mangalurean lad Ethan Pinto gave a stupendous performance and won 1st place in the first edition of the ‘What’s UR Talent – Easter Edition’ singing contest organized by Grandieu at the prestigious Millennium Gardens Banquet Centre in the city of

Brampton before a live audience yesterday. He bagged in addition to an attractive Trophy $1,000 cash prize and a contract to record a song.

Talented singers from Afro Caribbean, Spanish, French and Asian descent participated in this much-acclaimed Singing Talent contest. The final round had a battle between three finalists, of which 2 finalists were in the singing category and one performed dance. Ethan was the

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youngest of the finalists. The winner was declared by the audience vote and Ethan emerged as a clear winner.

He performed two songs. 1 – Amazed

by Lonestar 2 – Now and Forever by Richard Marx.

The emerging Super-Star Ethan, the elder son of highly talented couple Ashith and Babita Pinto was born in 2009 and along with his parents and younger brother Zach immigrated to Canada just a year ago. Before moving to Canada, he participated and won many prizes and laurels in many singing competitions held in Mangaluru. To name a few: In consecutive years he won 1st place at the diocese level singing competition organized by the Konkan Natak Sabha at the Don Bosco Hall. He has sung for yet to be released Konkani movie ‘Vodthanthle Ful’. He has rendered his beautiful voice in a CD directed by music maestro Apolinaris D’Souza. Music lovers can listen to some of his great numbers on the YouTube channel –‘Ethan & Z’.

The recent arrival of the highly talented Pinto family to the beautiful shores of Canada has given new inspiration to many Konkani-speaking

people, especially Konkani singers living in Canada. Ashith and Babita the versatile musicians/singer of Konkani, worked tirelessly to furnish a new and modern dimension to the Konkani Music in Mangaluru. They were instrumental to organize and present, one-of-its-kind marathons and a successful singing competition, ‘Mhozo Thallo Gaithalo’ involving a multitude of Konkani singers of the Coastal Karnataka region and then, also to the Gulf countries. Ashith had developed the concept of DeReMiFa on TV Daijiworld 24x7 and planned the full show presentation. He was instrumental in the release of two video songs ‘Novo Bhorvoso’ in December 2021 and ‘Deva Dayall’ in March 2022, the first-ever video song released from Canada under the newly created banner of DoReMiFa Creations.

The Mangalurean diaspora in Canada wishes for many more laurels and accolades for Ethan in the very near future.

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Harold D’Souza is an inspiration to so many –

invited to address International Conference at Visakhapatnam on Human Trafficking Top Indian dignitaries, CID Chiefs – Heads of Anti Human Trafficking Cells of the states from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Orissa, Maharashtra, and Goa will be participating at this mega conference.

Once a common man from Bajpe, Mangalore today crusader Harold D’Souza is doing uncommon humanitarian deeds across the World.

Indian American Harold D’Souza former U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking appointed by President Barack Obama and continued his services with President Donald Trump, will be speaking at the International Conference on Human Trafficking held at Visakhapatnam on 6th May 2022.

Representatives of Embassies from United States of America and United Arab Emirates will be presenting at the conference.

Internationally proclaimed inspirational speaker Harold D’Souza will address his journey from India to The White House with hurdles of slavery, stigma and sorrows to success.

Inauguration of the Session will be done by DGP Sri KRN Reddy IPS by lighting the lamp and unveiling the theme logo. The Key Note address

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will be by the Chief Guest Honourable Justice Shri Amanulla of Andhra Pradesh High Court.

The objective of the International Conference on Human Trafficking is to focus on different types of human trafficking and to find out the ways and means for better interstate and interagency Coordination. The goal is to share best practices and to have a master plan to tackle the menace.

resources, solutions, and collaboration at the International Human Trafficking Conference organised at Visakhapatnam.

True to believe, ‘To Be Free’ in development, is the debut feature documentary film produced and directed by Benjamin Ryan Nathan and executive produced by Hollywood Actor Martin Sheen.

The best and most beautiful life of Harold D’Souza will be showcased Activist Harold D’Souza will be on his Bollywood Biopic Blockbuster flying from the United States of Silver Screen Film by International America to share on the problems, Film Producers and Directors.

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Inauguration of IGBC (Indian Green

Building Council) Student Chapter

Date: 18-04-2022

Venue:

Sanidhya Time: 03.00 pm – 04.30 pm Members Present (Offline): 1. Rev. Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, Principal, St Aloysius 2. Mr D B Mehta, Chairman, IGBC Mangaluru Chapter 3. Miss Jennifer Mescharenhas,

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Dena for Extension Services 4. Mr Glavin Rodrigues, Chief Coordinator for Centre for Environmental Concern 5. Miss Bindiya Shetty, Former Program Coordinator 6. 53 students from different streams and 6 staff members Members Present (Online): 1. Dr Chandrashekar Hariharan, Senior Fellow, IGBC 2. Dr C Velan, Chairman, IGBC Green Foundation 3. Ms Sri Rekha, Counsellor, IGBC 4. Ms Vasumathi R Shetty, Chief Strategy Officer, NIS

5. Mr Sidhesh Kumar – Programme Co-ordinator The launch of Student Green Chapter of IGBC took place at St Aloysius College as a part of its Green Initiative. IGBC is a part of CIIGodrej GBC which is actively involved in promoting Green Building concept in India. The council is represented by stakeholders of construction industry comprising of Corporates, Government, Nodal agencies, Architects, Product manufacturers, Institutions etc. The vision of the council is to serve as single point

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solution provider and be a key engine to facilitate all Green Building and Net Zero activities in India.

The program was launched by Mr D B Mehta handing over the certificate to Rev. Dr Fr. Praveen Martis. Mr Mehta addressed the gathering

about the need of Green Building, the importance of student participation in Green initiatives and the steps to take towards achieving a green campus and green society.

St Aloysius is one of the first among non-technical colleges to take initiative towards establishing a Student Chapter of IGBC. The principal of the college congratulated and appreciated the students for this venture. The steps already taken by the institute towards environment friendly campus and the efforts of persons behind making it possible were highlighted.

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The members of the IGBC board participated in this event and presented the idea of a Green gained knowledge about the new Building to the members present venture. 3 Faculty members from and discussed about the BSC and 1 staff member from possibilities of future events in the Centre for Social concern and 2 campus. from Environment concern were 36 students from Eco Warriors and present to support the initiative.

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Mangalorean Association of DC awarded non- profit status Media Release

Maryland, Apr 16: The DC Mangalorean Association was founded by Letitia Joyce D’Souza of Hyattsville, Maryland, USA, in the year 1989.

said, "The Mangalorean Association was officially registered as a corporation in July 2010 in Maryland, USA. I took over as the 10th President of the Mangalorean Association in 2019, which was extended to a second term due to strong member support. In the current term, we have a dynamic and able committee of executive and general committee members, who are energetic and full of new ideas. Our current committee consists of 4 executive and 2 general committee members.

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"We have received many kudos on this achievement from our members and several other Mangalorean Associations and cultural organizations. In addition to the several congratulatory messages received, here are a few excerpts from our own committee members: "At this time, I am very proud to announce that our association was granted the Non-profit status (501c3) in March 2022. This has been our dream goal and I want to recognize the contribution from the committee members and the volunteer members who were involved in the preparation, review, and submission of the necessary documents to obtain the approval.

"Moreover, I want to thank all our members who stood behind the association in support of this venture. Also having achieved the task that I had committed to when I took over as president of the association in 2019 gives me an immense sense of satisfaction since it has taken a lot of effort to finally accomplish this objective.

“The MCA is now our very own nonprofit organization, giving all of us an opportunity to donate and invest in our community. As an allvolunteer organization, 100% of all donations comes directly back to us to grow our membership and celebrate our culture — for us and our next generation. As a nonprofit we will provide full disclosure and will be fully accountable to our members, giving them confidence that their donations will be well spent for the benefit of the community.

“The Nonprofit status will help the association extend its reach and increase its impact in fulfilling its mission of connecting Mangaloreans in the DC-Maryland-

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Virginia region “This achievement will open new doors for our association to do the things that we could not previously attempt because of us not having the non-profit status. The possibilities are now endless!

"As I write this article, the Mangalorean Association is nearing 33 years and has stood up as a very successful organization and community, well known in the USA and around the world. The association has kept growing and more members have joined the community from DC, Maryland, and Virginia areas. We keep trying our best to grow the organization — in terms of membership and to bring people together. We are not merely focused on cultural/religious events but will continue to focus on social and charity-related work to fulfill the vision of our founder. Now that we have achieved the non-profit status, it makes these tasks much easier than before.

"At this time, I invite members and companies to come forward and support our association through donations so that we can continue to support charitable causes, in addition to organizing bigger cultural and religious events in the future. Please note that all the donations are tax-deductible.

"Please visit our website at https://www.mangaloreanassociati on.org/ to learn more about our association, our upcoming events, and how to make a donation.

"On behalf of my committee, I want to thank everyone for your support, cooperation, and participation in various ways to make our association successful," he stated in the release.

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Dear Veez Readers: Herein I want to introduce my Lion Isa Khan friend’s daughter from Kalina, Mumbai. Dr. Shumaila Khan, B.P.T/B.A.M.S. I really got impressed by looking at her art as an amateure.

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Yoga Show at St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru

As a prior preparation for International Yoga Day, St Aloysius College hosted a grand Yoga Show on 20th April 2022 in College Auditorium. This Yoga Show was organized jointly by the Student Activity Cell of the College and

Physical Education department in association with Delampady Yoga Pratisthana, Mangaluru. Proud alumnus of the Collge and founder of Delampady Yoga Pratishtana, Yogaratna Gopalakrishna Delampady was the chief guest of the programme and guided the entire Yoga Show by College students.

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Praveen Martis, SJ, through his message expressed his joy looking at the involvement of students and staff members in various Yoga activities organized by the College.

Through Yoga and Meditation, everyone can get sound mind and health. Healthy person with positive mind can contribute much to the society. Students need to involve more in Yoga and meditation for very good concentration, he added.

After the formal programme, students Sanvi Shetty, Dilton

Ashwin Mascarenhas, Yukta and Samhita Tantry demonstrated complicated Yoga asanas like Eka Pada Rajakapothasana, Eka Pada Sirsasana, Yoga Nidrasana, Trikonasana, Urdwa Prasarita Padasana, Matsyasana and so on.

At the end, students of Delampady Yoga Pratishtana, Neena Pai, Bharati S Rao, Suma Shetty and Suneeta presented few Yoga asanas which added colour to the entire programme.

Dr Ishwara Bhat S, Dean, Student Welfare welcomed the gathering.

Sindhoora compered the programme.

Durgashree and Jackson Christ D’Souza did invocation. Mr Arun D’Souza,

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Physical Director of the College, proposed vote of thanks.

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Food for Gut Immunity

On the 22nd of April 2022, a National Seminar on “Foods for Gut Immunity” was held by the collective efforts of the undergraduate departments of Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Botany, and Food Science, in association with KSTA (Government of Karnataka).

The event began at 9:30 a.m. with a prayer song recited by Saumia and the team, followed by a dance recital by Malvika and the team. S Harsha Paul, Dean of Biosciences, and the HOD, Department of Microbiology had given the welcome address and introduced the chief guest, Prof. B. P. Veerabhadrappa, Honorable Vice-

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Chancellor of Kuvempu University.

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B. P. Veerabhadrappa, addressed the gathering with a speech on the diversity of food found across the world and how men adapted to it which varied accordingly across generations. The Hon. Vice-Chancellor also briefed the gathering about the

opportunities that persist in both private and public sector jobs in the field of science and commended the workings of our prestigious institution and suggested more courses be added to obtain the university status. Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis SJ, Principal, then gave his presidential remarks. Ms. Shameena

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K.A., head of the Department of Biochemistry, proposed the vote of thanks for the inaugural portion of the seminar.

The Inauguration was followed up by a keynote address on “Therapeutic Uses of Fermented Food” by, Dr. Prakash M. Halami, Chief Scientist and Head of the Department of Microbiology and Fermentation Technology at CSIRCFTRI, Mysuru, the resource person for the event. The speech proceeded with the basic concept of how our gut works and the

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microorganisms that it harbors. He pointed out key sensitive topics regarding how various harmful pathogens inflict inflammation which leads to Inflammatory Bowel

Disease, the role of Bifidobacteria in the large intestine and Lactobacillus in the small intestine, the Benefits of Bifidobacterium in humans, and

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how it could be the key tool in maintaining the longevity of the lifespan of a person, Bifidobacterium a key probiotic which does not lead to contamination in any form and fit for human consumption, etc. He concluded with his current research on how they synthesized curds with both Lactobacillus and

Bifidobacterium, where the approval for mass-scale production is yet to be initiated and where the Indian society could view Bifidobacterium to be equally as important as Lactobacillus. A Question & Answer session was held, where the students actively

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participated in the discussion and the seminar concluded at 12.30 p.m.

The exhibition on fermented foods, “Fermentato La Fiera”, was inaugurated by the Chief guest, Prof. B.P. Veerabhadrappa, in the LCRI Block Entrance, compered by

Mr. Ian Castelino. The exhibition consisted of 27 teams exhibiting multiple kinds of fermented foods such as kimchi, buttermilk, cheese products, and various types of pickles and wines. Dr. Ambarish C. N., Postgraduate Department of Biochemistry, and Dr. Santhosh Wilson Goveas, Postgraduate Department of Biotechnology, judged the exhibits. The exhibition hall was managed under the supervision of Dr. Vaishali Rai, Department of Microbiology. The exhibition concluded at 1:15 p.m.

The valedictory program began at 3:15 pm. Dr. Richard Gonsalves, Director, LCRI Block was the guest of honor, accompanied by Prof. Harsha Paul S, Dean, Biological Sciences, and Ms. Shameena, Dept of

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Biochemistry. Ms. Nidhi Shenoy, the place was secured by Shreyas K.B student coordinator, had given the and Sushupthi. The vote of thanks welcome speech, followed by the for the exhibition and valedictory distribution of prizes. First place was ceremony was proposed by Mr. secured by Shriya Rao and Vishal Shridar Moger, the student Pratheeksha, second place was coordinator. The event concluded at secured by Alroy Nazareth and 4 p.m.

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The silver jubilee of Catholic Sabha, Bendur unit, Mangalore

The silver jubilee of Catholic Sabha, Bendur unit, Mangalore was held at Msgr Lesly Shenoy community hall on 19/04/2022 at 6.30 pm The programme began with welcome

dance by St Agnes Pry. Scholl children. The guests Fr Walter D Mello,Spiritual Director ,Catholic Sabha, ;Fr Vincent Monteiro,Parish priest ,Bendur and Vicarvar of

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Episcopal city Varado, ;Mr Stany Lobo Catholic Sabha President of Mangalore Centre,; Mrs Noreen Pinto, President , Episcopal city Varado, Catholic Sabha,;were

escorted to the dais by Mr Kishore Fernandes, President, Bendur unit, Mr Ronald Valder,Secretary and Mr Lancy Lasrado, convenor. Mr

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Kishore Fernandes ,welcomed the guests with floral bouquets.

The program was inaugurated by Fr Walter D Mello by lighting the lamp. In his opening remarks,he called upon the youth to take charge of the present situation and act positively.

Secretary Mr Ronald Valder, gave

the brief report of the Bendur unit for past 25 years and he also gave the report of the activities during the silver jubilee year .

The past presidents were felicitated by Mr Stany Lobo.

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was read by Mr Lancy Lasrado. Mr Felix Pinto, spoke on behalf of past presidents.

Mr Stany Lobo addressed the gathering and called upon the members to work for the betterment of the community. The donors were felicitated by Fr Vincent Monteiro. Fr Vincent Monteiro ,in his address congratulated Catholic Sabha for the good work.

Mr Kishore Fernandes, President presented the mementos to the guests. Mr Ronald Valder,proposed vote of thanks.The programme was presided over by Mr Kishore Fernandes.The programme was compered by Mr Leslie Rego.

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A Gracious Passing on the Baton at Sandesha, Mangalore

‘A director of collaborative team spirit, great administrative skills promoting art, culture and

education strengthened Sandesha’ said Fr JB Saldanha the Chief Guest while felicitating Fr Francis Assisi D’Almeida the former Director of Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education in Kulshekar,

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Mangalore – the revered academy for Dance where a plethora of students get trained in a variety of art forms: dance, music and drawing. Sandesha gets a new director in the person of Fr Sudeep Paul MSFS a native of Bangalore, from Shimoga Diocese. He has to his credits a Ph D in Social

Communications and Journalism and experience of being the Dean of NISCORT, Delhi and the Principal of Suchethana Vikas Kendra, Shimoga.

The baton was graciously passed on

by Fr Francis Assisi D’Almeida after the Farewell Function which was

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held at the Kala Bhavana of Sandesha on 20 April 2022 at 4.30 pm.

Feeling a great sense of just pride in

what Sandesha has accomplished in spite of Covid 19 predicament Fr Francis Assisi said that he kept the fire of art burning through extension classes and succeeded to revive and resume the classes, both summer and regular classes.

Sandesha Awards held together for both years 2021 and 2022 was his

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Antony Shera the CBE Secretary, Fr Santosh Rodrigues the Director of Pastoral Centre, the Jury of Sandesha Nada Shetty, Lancy D’Cunha the AICUF president, Mr Joylous Pereira and the Media Personnel and other dignitaries. Mr great achievement.

Stany Alvares offered the citation to Sandesha is going to propel the Fr Francis Assisi Almeida. Prof. John promotion of art and culture under DSilva introduced the new Director the new Director Fr Sudeep Paul of Sandesha. Ms Irene Rebello MSFS. compered the programme. Mr Mr Roy Castelino one of the Trustee Aloysius D’Souza the Headmaster of of Sandesha welcomed the Rosario High School proposed vote gathering of well-wishers viz., Fr of thanks.

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