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Vol: 1 No: 19

May 5, 2022

A Family Behind Expert Group of Institutions

Prof. Narendra, Dr Ushaprabha, Ankush and Deepika

A Family Behind Expert Group of Institutions

Prof. Narendra, Dr Ushaprabha, Ankush and Deepika

Narendra L Nayak: (Chairman,

Expert

Group

of

Institutions, Mangalore) Son of a poor famer, Narendra L Nayak hails from a rural place called Sastan in Udupi district of

Karnataka. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the prestigious Mysore University. An Alumni of Malnad college of Engineering Hassan, Prof. Nayak passed out in 1986 in First Class with

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distinction . He started his teaching career at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal in 1987. Simultaneously, he started his own Institution EXPERT Coaching Classes, in a rented small place called The Mangalore Theosophical Soceity.

In the last 33 years, EXPERT has become a premier institution in imparting quality education to the Science learning students at PreUniversity level. Now EXPERT Group 11 Veez Illustrated Weekly

of Institutions include EXPERT Pre-

Foundation, which helps many poor

University College (two campuses

and needy meritorious students.

one at Kodialbail and one more fully

Considering his exemplary services

residential

at

Valachil),

EXPERT

Edufront Pvt. Ltd, Expert Coaching classes

and

Expert

Publishing

House.

in the field of education and economy, the All-India Business and Community Foundation of New Delhi bestowed on him the Bharat

Under the able leadership of prof.

Gaurav Award. He was also given

Nayak, Expert

has the pride of

the National Award for Excellence in

securing top ranks in competitive

Education by the Indian Economic

exams like NEET, JEE (main and

Research

advanced), CEt and KVPY. At least 10

Association, New Delhi.

selections to IIT’s, 35 selections to prestigious NITK Surathkal and 30 selections to Bangalore Medical College every year depicts the quality of education imparted to the students at

Expert. Expert is

branded for its discipline too. Mr.

Nayak is a popular

mathematics

teacher who teaches Mathematics with a blend of Physics. He is also an

author of many reference books in Mathematics

for

Pre

university

Level.

Mr.. Nayak is

the Chairman of

EXPERT Educational and Charitable

and

Development

Mr.Nayak is well known for his tremendous ability to guide the young minds and their parents in

the

form

of

Career

Guidance

Programs both in India and abroad.

Mr. Nayak is also the Vice-President

of

Sangeet

Bharati

Foundation

under whose leadership the people of Mangalore and around could witness

the

Hindustani

popularization

Classical

music.

of He

himself is a musician from his childhood and is a B high graded

artist

(Harmonium

Player

in

Hindustani Music category) of All

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India Radio and Doordarshan. He had been associated with musical activity from his childhood.

Mr. Nayak is ably supported by his better half Dr. Ushaprabha N. Nayak and this couple is blessed with a son Ankush, who is a B.Tech graduate from NITK, Surathkal, a postgraduate in Material Science

and Engineering from University of Arizona,

USA

and

presently

pursuing Phd from NITK, Surathkal.

He is

working as director of

Information

Technology

and

heading EXPERT’s popular online

achieved great success in their annual exams as well as in CET, JEE and NEET in the academic year 2018-19, informed chairman of Expert Group of Institutions, Prof Narendra L Nayak.

Addressing media here on Saturday, June 29, Prof Narendra L Nayak said, "Students have worked hard and from the support they got made a huge difference in their life. They have sacrificed all their entertainment life at the age of 16, to do something to realize their dreams. Expert is the only college where you have a bunch of students getting ranks which is all because of the sheer hard work and dedication by the students.”

training programmes for various competitive

exams.

He

is

a

professional Sitarist too.

Some success Stories: Mangaluru: Sacrifice led to Expert PU students' success – Prof Narendra L Nayak

Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje Daijiworld Media Network Mangaluru (ANK)

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He also said, "Thousands of students write KVPY exam in which only 1500 students get selected. Students of Expert College too got selected and they are eligible to get scholarship for the next five years up to Rs one lac every year if they continue in the science stream. I congratulate the teaching and non-teaching staff of Expert institution in bringing out some excellent results.”

CET results 2019 Expert Pre-University College has attained an unprecedented success in Engineering and other allied sciences.

R Chinmay (Engineering) and Bhuvan B (Agricultural Science) have secured second rank.

In CET 2019, students of Expert PU College have bagged a total of eight ranks out of top 10 ranks in seven different fields.

R Chinmay - 3rd rank in Pharmacy, Samarth Mayya K - 5th rank in Engineering, Bhuvan B - 6th rank in Naturopathy and Yogic Science, Sudesh Gowda -7th rank in Agricultural Science and Yash Banur has secured 9th rank in Agricultural Science.

In 7 fields, the first 48 ranks out of top 50 are bagged by Expert PU College students. The following students have 15 Veez Illustrated Weekly

achieved ranks in the respective fields: Ashay Jain CN -12th rank in Veterinary Science, 14th rank in B Sc Agricultural Science and 27th rank in B - Pharm, Mahindra V-15th rank in Veterinary Science and 28th rank in BPharm, Priyanka G Pai -16th rank in Engineering and 41st rank in B Pharma, Ankit Vishal Pandit - 16th rank in Naturopathy and Yogic Science, 20th rank in B Sc Agricultural Science and 27th rank in Veterinary Science, Samarth Mayya 17th rank in B Pharm, Atharva N Pickle -19th rank in Agricultural Science, 22nd rank in Naturopathy and Yogic Science and 26th rank in Veterinary Science, Bhuvan B -22nd in B-Pharm, Pramith S -23rd rank in Veterinary Science, Sudesh Gowda- 23rd in Engineering, Vidya Mudgalya- 27th rank in B Sc Agricultural Science and 43rd rank in Naturopathy and Yogic Science, Joseph John- 32nd rank in B-Pharma and 19th rank in Veterinary Science, Aishwarya Bhat- 30th rank in Agricultural Science, 28th rank in Veterinary Science and 14th rank in Naturopathy and Yogic Science, Vaishnavi P - 33rd rank in B Sc Agricultural Science and 50th rank in

Veterinary Science and 33rd rank in Naturopathy and Yogic Science , Vickson Stevin D’Souza - 36th rank in B Pharma, 17th rank in Veterinary Science, Pranith S- 40th rank in B Pharm, Yash Bannur - 42nd rank in B Pharma, 18th rank in Naturopathy and Yogic science and 20th rank in Veterinary Science, Chandan H C 44th rank in Veterinary Science and A Rahul -50th rank in Engineering.

Expert PU College students have created a new record with the CET results. In seven different branches, they have secured 88 ranks out of first 100,127 ranks out of first 150, 156 ranks out of top 200, and 213 ranks out of top 300 and so on.

NEET As many as 32 students of Expert PU College scored more than 600 out of a total of 720 marks.

In this exam, out of a total of 1212 students, 1185 i.e., 97.77% of the students are eligible of securing seat in medical colleges.

As many as 32 students of Expert PU College scored more than 600 out of a total of 720 marks. 154 students have scored more than 500 marks. In the general merit category, out of the first 1000 All India ranks, 10 ranks are bagged by Expert PU College

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students.

In the general merit category, the following students have achieved success.

Ankit Vishal Pandit - 482nd rank (marks 661, category rank 373) Ashay Jain C A -528th rank (marks 660, category rank 115) Joseph John 538th rank (marks 660, category rank 411) Karthik Palled - 713th rank (marks 655, category rank 544) Bhuvan V B - 811th rank (marks 653, category 624) Vickson Stevin D’Souza- 833 rank (marks 652, category rank 178).

There are 65,000 medical UG seats to be filled in medical colleges in India every year. While15 lac students appear for NEET every year, only 5% of them actually get medical seat. At Expert, 45% of the total students appearing for NEET get into medical college. This is a matter of pride for the institution.

AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences): Ashay Jain has secured 98th rank (OBC category) and got an opportunity to do his medical education in AIIMS at New Delhi. It was his dream and he has got an opportunity to fulfill it.

Students of Expert PU College, Yash Banur - 526th rank, Atharva N Pickle-

846th rank and Bhuvan V B - 905th rank have achieved success.

JIPMER Expert PU College’s Ashay Jain CA secured 294th rank (OBC Category) in the National level JIPMER exam.

JIPMER is also an exam with other National level competitive exams which comes under the central government. Yash Banur - 449th rank, Ankit Vishal Pandit -532nd rank, Ajit kumar Bhat - 826th rank are the other top students.

PU Board Examinations 2019 Expert PU College, Kodialbail students secured 100% results.

Out of 853 students, 97 students have scored more than 95% and 841 students have scored more than 85%.

Bhuvan V B scored 4th rank in the entire state with 591 out of 600.

Maneesh Sriram and Meera B S scored 589 each. These three students emerged the college toppers. Bhuvan V B and Meera B N scored 100/100 in three subjects and Maneesh scored in two subjects.

6 students have got 100/100 in three subjects and 27 students scored 100/100 in two subjects. 33 students scored 100 in Physics, 10 students scored 100 in Biology, 32 students scored 100 in Chemistry, 54 students

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scored 100 in Mathematics, four in Statistics, 13 in Computer Science, two in Electronics, 23 in Sanskrit and in Kannada one student secured 100.

Ankith Vishal Pandit 588, Dristi Patil 586, Amulya Angadi V M 586, Aishwarya Bhat 585, Arun R Bhat 585, Priyanka G Pai 584, A Meghana 583, Yash Bannur 583, Eesha B Talamani 583, Sneha M Iyer 583, Vickson Stevin D’Souza 583, Gaurav Pai V 581, Mokshith Hegde 581, Anusha 580, Varsha H V 580, Sathvik C O 580, Apoorva A 580 and Varshitha R 580 are the other top scorers.

KVPY Success In the KVPY exam conducted by the Department of Science and Technology this year, Expert PU College students of Kodialbail, Mangaluru, Adithi Kamath, Umm Kulthum, Vickson Stevin D’Souza and students of Valachil – R Chinmay, Goverdhan S, Bhuvan V B, Ankith Vishal Pandit, Ashay Jain, Yash Bannur, Sandeep S V, Atharva N Pickle, Aishwarya Bhat and Pramith S are the scholars. These students will get an annual scholarship of Rs 80,000 – Rs.1,12,000, If they continue their education in basic sciences.

KVPY exam comprises of written, oral and other tests.

NEET Long Term The students of Expert Long term NEET coaching have proved in this year’s NEET results that if they get good coaching, able guidance and if they work hard great measure of success is attainable.

The following are the successful students (given in bracket is their marks in the last year’s NEET) Thejaswi Shenoy 562 (280) Sahana G M 561(308), Kavya Shree R 528 (280), Vinayaka P S 509 (300), Alok Guru Gouda Biradar 503 (321), Avvammath Yasmin 502(240), Prajin R P 498 (285), Shreya Raikote 496 (219), Fathimathul Mursida 491(212), Dithin Kariyappa K A 490 (230), Ayush Umesh Gadwal 490 (399), Keerthana T K 483 (294), Pranav Deshpande 473 (369), Akshay P 470(90), Brunda H 468 (280), Sarthak S M 468 (277), Jeevan N M 463 (305), Srusti Hirmati 462 (310), Kirthi K J 444 (225), Nisha Yadav 433(260), Raksha P Shetty 431 (279), Nithin Kamath 426 (258), Saveen Nester Lobo 425 (233), Prakruthi S Patil 425 (255), John Mascarenhas 422(240), Sharada T R 418(231), Sheral Maria M 418 (208), Dhanush K S 417(190), Sinchitha H L 414 (235), Rakshithananda G S 411 (245), Sahana H 408(225) and Dhamini T 401(193).

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These are the students of different colleges and who could not do well in NEET 2018, then joined EXPERT Coaching classes for training, worked hard, appeared for NEET 2019 and did well.

JEE Main and JEE Advanced Exam As many as 147 students scored above 90 percentile.

R Chinmay – 99.9642359, Samarth Mayya - 99.7827873, Priyanka G Pai – 99.6153985, Sudesh Gowda J 99.6027590 , Arun R Bhat 99.3785935, Shridhar Sanjay Shanbhogue 99.2646047, A Rahul – 99.2192323, Adithya D Pai 99.0427024, Yash Bannur 98.8498840, Chandan T B 98.8411132, Atharva N Pikle 98.7596056, Anchit Kannot Veedu – 98.6224620, Vidya Moudgalya B M – 98.5567371, Bhuvan V B 98.4702324 are few of the toppers.

R Chinmay has secured 489th All India Rank in general merit category (among 12 lac students) and brought laurels to the college. JEE Main is a prestigious exam whereby students get seat in 31 NITs inclusive of NIT-K Suratkal.

Every year Around 40 students get admissions into to NITK from Expert PU College alone. Out of the 12 lac students writing JEE Main, only the

top two lac students (16%) are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced. In the year 2019, out of 1153 Expert students, who wrote JEE Exam 564 students (48.9%) were eligible to appear for JEE Advanced. R Chinmay has put a feather in Expert’s cap by securing the 345th ALL India Rank in JEE(Advanced) 2019. Every year at least 10 students from EXPERT get a seat in the prestigious IITs of our country and this is a matter of great pride to our institution.

Vice-chairperson of the Institution Dr Ushaprabha N Nayak, director, Information and Technology Ankush N Nayak, principal of Kodialbail campus Prof Ramachandra Bhat and principal of Valachil campus Dr N K Vijayan were present.

Students from Dakshina Kannada excel in CET Sep 21, 2021

Narendra Nayak, chairman of Expert Institutions gives sweet to Reetham

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B, a resident of Kolar, studied at Expert PU College in Mangaluru, who bagged ranks in four streams – second in BSc Agriculture, third in BNYS, BVSc and tenth rank in BPharm Mangaluru: Aspirants from the coastal district have excelled in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) results announced on Monday.

In the list of top 10 rank holders in BSc Agriculture, Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), Bachelor of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences (BNYS) and BPharma and D Pharma streams, students from the district have bagged nine ranks. However, no student made it to the top 10 rank list in engineering stream. Students of Expert PU College have bagged six out of the nine ranks.

Reetham B of Expert PU College has bagged ranks in four streams – second in BSc Agriculture, third in BNYS, BVSc and 10th rank in BPharma. Thejas from Expert PU College has secured fourth rank in BSc Agriculture and Sanjana Kamath Panchmal from the same college has secured the seventh rank in BSc Agriculture.

Sujnan R Shetty from Alva’s PU

College in Moodbidri has secured fifth rank in BSc Agriculture. Sathvik G Bhat from Excellent Science and Commerce PU College, Moodbidri, has got eighth rank in BNYS and seventh rank in Bachelor of Veterinary Science.

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Compare These Cash Back Credit Cards Reetham B, a resident of Kolar who studied in Mangaluru, said he was happy about his results but his aim is to pursue medical education. “I am waiting for the NEET results and would like to pursue MBBS at the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI),” he said.

Reetham said, “It was just consistency in studies that helped me to excel. The mock tests conducted by the college helped me significantly to prepare for entrance exams. The support and motivation of teachers, who cleared my doubts instantly through WhatsApp, also helped a lot in my studies. I never felt demotivated even during offline classes because of the motivation of teachers.”

Sathvik Bhat, from Ujire, said he turned the lockdown into an

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opportunity to prepare himself to learn. Bhat, who is also waiting for NEET results, added that students will be able to crack competitive exams if they have a strong base in subject knowledge.

Sujnan Shetty, a resident of Kundapura, said he is focusing on NEET results. “Revising chapters learnt in classrooms the same day has been my routine. Meanwhile, my teachers have also motivated me to be more consistent in studies,” he said.

While 8,088 students had appeared for KCET in Dakshina Kannada, 7,386 are eligible for engineering, 5,557 for BNYS, 5,170 for BSc Agriculture, 5,552 for BVSc and 7,774 for BPharma and D Pharma.

opportune occasions to promote national integration, harmony and peaceful co-existence.

Mangaluru, Dec 27: 'Christmas 2016' was celebrated at Expert PU College, Valachil with a festive spirit.

This was in compliance with the

noble, value-based education imparted at Expert, where festivals are

Ivan D'Souza, chief whip of the ruling party, Karnataka Legislative Council was the chief guest. Professor Narendra L Nayak, chairman Expert Group of Institutions presided over Rafique Khan, trustee, Expert Group of Institutions and Dr NK Vijayan,

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alumnus, Expert PU College; Ustad

principal graced the occasion.

The guests marked the beginning of the celebration by inaugurating the Christmas crib and lighting candles.

Ivan D'Souza did the honours of cutting the Christmas cake in the presence of Santa Clauses, fairies and angels.

the programme. Ushaprabha N Nayak, vice chairperson, Expert Group of Institutions; Ankush N Nayak,

Ivan D’Souza was immensely pleased with Expert’s vision of education which treats all faiths alike, without any discrimination. He stressed the importance of celebrating festivals by understanding the humanitarian values embedded in them.

Acknowledging the selfless service of missionaries in the field of health and

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education, he observed that Christmas should inspire us to work for the betterment of the society by promoting values like peace, amity and philanthropy. He also urged the students to make the best use of the quality education provided by Expert and enjoy the fruits of hard labour all their lives.

Professor Narendra L Nayak, chairman Expert Group of Institutions wished Merry Christmas and New Year greetings to the students. He also presented a memento to the chief guest.

Christmas celebration witnessed the active participation of students in decorating the campus with Christmas tree, crib and stars. They sang carols and danced to the tunes of Christmas-related songs.

welcomed the gathering, while Aditya P Kamath, fine arts secretary (boys), student parliament proposed the vote of thanks. Megnel Leona Menezes (Q1 batch) compered the programme.

Rakshith K mathematics faculty and programme director co-ordinated the event by providing valuable guidance to the students.

At the end of the programme, guests and students were treated to a grand Christmas dinner served by ‘Chef on Wheels’.

Dr. Ushaprabha N Nayak, B.Sc., MBA, PhD.

Niriksha Esther James, fine arts secretary (girls), student parliament offered a succinct introduction about the historical significance of Christmas and recited selected verses from the Bible.

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Dr. Ushaprabha N Nayak, ViceChairperson of Expert Group of Institutions, is an inspirational figure, 24 Veez Illustrated Weekly

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much loved teacher, and creative genius whose ideas constantly inspire and motivate the faculty and students of EXPERT to strive towards perfection in every aspect. Married at the age of 18 and had a child by the age of 19, she set an example that a woman does not have to give up her dreams and ambitions in order to also enjoy a fruitful family life.

A science graduate by qualification, Dr. Ushaprabha N Nayak gravitated towards administration and completed her MBA degree from Mangalore University specializing in Marketing with a minor in Human Resource Management. She was awarded the Gold Medal in Marketing for topping the University in MBA. Besides having a teaching experience spanning 18 years, she has several international research papers and publications to her credit in the fields of branding in higher education institutions, impact of instructional technology in teaching-learning, and factors affecting students’ choice of engineering colleges. Her research won the Best Paper Award at the National Conference on Integrating Technology in Higher Education in 2013. Her continued thirst for

knowledge and interest in research led her to complete her PhD titled ‘An Empirical Study of the Brand Building of Engineering Institutions in Karnataka: A Strategic Framework’ at the prestigious National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal.

Expert Group of Institutions has been setting benchmarks in quality education and academic excellence since 30 yea rs, and is the preferred destination for students at the preuniversity level from all over Karnataka, as well as the rest of India and the world. Expert’s results speak volumes about its success story and Dr. Nayak’s d reamchild- a 5l-acre pre-university college campus in Mangalore overlooking the Netravati River and the Western Ghats, and providing the best in education to over 2000 residential students has added another feather in Expert’s cap.

She has been instrumental in the growth of the institution and responsible for the perfection and quality that are synonymous today with the EXPERT brand. I n 2021, she was presented the Outstanding Contribution Award for Nurturing Coastal Karnataka as an Educational Hub by FICCI. She has also received

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other awards and accolades including Gaurav Puraskar 2020 on International Women’s Day and the Seva Ratna Award in 2021 by Max Life Insurance for humanitarian service rendered in the field of education during the pandemic.

Dr. Nayak has been invited as a resource person for career guidance programs and branding workshops in various academic and corporate events. She has also served as a Zonal Advisory Board member for Life Insurance Corporation of India since 2017.

500 doctors, in addition to hosting quiz shows. “Hello Usha" was one of the most acclaimed TV programs of her career, produced by her own home production company Ushaprabha Productions. Some of the programs featured differently abled children and old-age homes. The social awareness created by these programs were appreciated by the society as a whole. She has also been a judge on several reality shows.

Dr. Ushaprabha Nayak is an ideal example of the success women can achieve in today’s society. As an entrepreneur, educationist, teacher, She is also a popular TV anchor of researcher, orator, anchor, and coastal Karnataka. She has hosted organizer, she has redefined several shows on health and versatility in a way that only a woman education having interviewed over is capable of.

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Labor Day: the struggles of proletariat.

(Philip Mudartha) I joined the national workforce in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1973, a fortnight after Labor Day. The topmost iron and steel company of that era hired me in their “staff grade”. I referred to this grade as the “sandwich grade” because employees in this grade were neither workers nor management.

The workers were compulsorily enrolled in the “official Labor Union”.

Official because the factory management recognized it as the representative of its workforce. The union was a member of CITU, the trade union affiliated to the communist party of India (Marxist), CPIM.

CITU was the predominant trade union of the seventies of previous century in India. The CPIM was very popular with the labor classes.

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office. The “time officer” checked the timecards everyday to make sure that supervisors are following the eight-hour workday strictly for the workers under their control.

Within days at my job, I discovered that there was a category of workers who had no right to join the official labor union. They were the contract laborers called “coolies”. Only the core operations of steel production were manned by workers on company’s payroll. The non-core operations were “outsourced” to private contractors, even though the term “outsourcing” was not in vogue then. The private contractors brought in their coolies on daily wages and deployed them into gangs to work in different areas of the factory. Several gangs were overseen by a supervisor, who most often was a relative of the contractor, if not the contractor himself.

1973 is also the year a Hindi movie called Namak Haraam (Traitor) became an instant hit at the box office. The film starred Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, the superstars of the era. I saw the movie in a movie hall not far 29 Veez Illustrated Weekly

from my workplace. I could identify many faces in the front rows which were occupied by workers of nearby factories including where I worked.

They had come straight from work and were in their sweaty clothes smelling of metal dust. From their loud reactions as scenes unfolded on the screen, I could tell that they had watched the movie half a dozen times!

For my younger readers, here is the plot of the movie in brief: Somu (Rajesh Khanna) and Vicky (Amitabh Bachchan) are two rich friends from their college days. Vicky, the owner’s son confronts the union leader of his factory about him not doing any work and in turn feels insulted by the response. When Somu learns of this, he plots to avenge. He infiltrates the factory as a worker and later the trade union as its leader. However, Somu is moved by the plight of the workers and is influenced by their ideals, which leads to a confrontation between the two friends. This story concentrates on the rise of unions with the backdrop of Bombay's textile mills and inflation in the early 1970s.

Similar plot unfolded at my workplace. A rival trade union, INTUC affiliated with Congress Party, burst on the scene from nowhere and broke 30 Veez Illustrated Weekly

the monopoly of CITU. It was led by Dr. Dutta Samant, a local physician.

It should be recalled that in the 1960s and 1970s, the MumbaiThane industrial belt witnessed successive working class strikes and protests, with multiple trade unions competing for the allegiance of workers and political control. These primarily included George Fernandes of the CITU and Dutta Samant of INTUC.

Samant became one of the most prominent INTUC leaders and grew increasingly militant in his political convictions and activism. He enjoyed success in organizing strikes and winning substantial wage hikes from companies. He ignored the company's statistics and business information, and consistently refused to settle on compromise concessions.

In 1976, while CITU agreed to the management offer of a month’s pay as bonus, Samant demanded that all workers shall be paid 20% of annual pay as bonus. His union went on strike. The resulting union rivalry was a godsend for the factory owners who declared a lockdown. Street fights erupted between the rival unions and violence became the order of the day.

The management did not relent but continued to deliver the “stockpiled” manufactured steel products using coolies. The delivery operations had to be directed by those of us in the “staff grade”. Thus, the staff were 31 Veez Illustrated Weekly

sandwiched between management and workmen, and bore the brunt of the workers’ wrath.

This was the India that I left behind in 1977. Forty-five years later, having returned to another kind of India, I reminisce about those days. "By the 70s, Mumbai saw successive strikes by multiple trade unions fighting less for workers and more for political currency," says a renowned socio-cultural historian. "George Fernandes (CITU) and Dutta Samant (INTUC) grew increasingly militant after successful strikes resulted in substantial wage hikes for their followers. Though Samant won assembly elections on a Congress ticket, Indira Gandhi had him arrested in 1975 during the Emergency. Two years in jail increased his popularity and emboldened him to lead mill workers in a strike that shut the city's textile industry through 1982. Fearing port and dock workers would join him, the government refused to budge despite severe economic losses."

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In central Mumbai, once home to as many as 130 textile mills, vestiges of the mills dot the 600-acre stretch (shown in the picture above) where the skyline was once punctuated by mill chimneys. This Bombay of yore is quickly being gobbled by mushrooming, shiny, glass towers. "Not just mills. Mill workers' chawls too are making way for high rise residential blocks for the rich and mighty," laments a 68-year-old former millworker who has been a CPIM cadre for 42 years.

In Worli Chawls, there was a Communist bastion built in 1960 where trade unionists like George Fernandes, PB Rangnekar, his wife Ahilyabai, Dutta Samant and others met and drew up plans. It was here, strategies for various strikes or agitations which shook Mumbai and sent shivers down the spines of capitalists and those in power, were planned over chai and heated discussions.

In the dusty, decrepit hall the walls of which are occupied by large, framed portraits of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Che Guevara and smaller ones of Indian Left icons, a few old and young communist activists gather to plan the Labor Day 2022 activity. "We'll gather and hoist the red flag. But the numbers have been dwindling." they lament.

"The establishment, in cahoots with capitalists, has managed to create such a fear of loss of livelihood that nobody wants to organize. They don't realize this lack of unified mobilization opens doors to further exploitation and subjugation."

The country's trade union movement was born in Bombay. Narayan Lokhande, a prominent colleague of Mahatma Phule, mobilized textile workers in the19th century, crusading for better working conditions and laying the foundation for labor laws that benefited millions. Lokhande was the first to protest hiring of children as mill hands. It was his struggle that got mill workers a weekly holiday on Sunday (six-day week), a half-hour recess in the afternoon (lunch break), extra pay for extra hours (48 hours week with overtime for additional hours), and compulsory dispensing of advance salaries to workers by the 15th of every month. “Before the trade 33 Veez Illustrated Weekly

union movement, millowners were looked up to as benevolent masters, in a feudal hangover of sorts, who distributed largesse” elaborates the 68-yr old comrade.

From the zenith of that era to the utter disarray the movement finds itself in now is a result of several factors, insists the socio-cultural historian and labor studies scholar, Dr Sobita Mukhopadhyay. "Realizing they couldn't win in a fair contest with the Communists, the Congress began cultivating lumpens to create the Shiv Sena. Several prominent businessmen who felt communists-led trade unions were eating into profits also actively funded the Sena."

The ascendant regional force, the Shiv Sena was set upon the Left trade unions, and was used to cut deals with mill owners to break the strike. "After a prolonged stalemate, the strike collapsed. There were no gains, thousands were left unemployed, and in the succeeding years, owners called mills unprofitable and moved them out of Mumbai.

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May 1 is a holiday in Mumbai, which the youngsters are told is Maharashtra Day. No one reminds them that it is International Labor Day. Only a handful of communists will gather in rusty and dusty party offices in Mumbai to hoist the party flag and reminisce about their days of glory. The young workers of today will flock to the super malls to enjoy the holiday with a movie, eat popcorn and ice-cream and in general look at the shiny mannequins in the windows of western-style dresses and suits. The picture above stands on the plot of land where the iron and steel factory that I worked once stood. Whenever I visit the mall, I can’t help but go to the exact spot where my work desk once stood. It brings a lot of memories, including of the struggles of those low-paid and over-worked workmen.

Happy Labor Day 2022!

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Athena Hospital in Mangaluru is into Silver

In the prime area of Falnir in the heart of Mangaluru, an important medical hub of Karnataka and India - well known for its medical facilities, hospitals and medical Colleges, and services relied upon

by surrounding areas and city, Athena has many state-of-the-art institutions which are over a hundred years old. This popular modest and beloved hospital of the city which served many needy sick citizens touched the 25 years silver

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multi dimensional hospital complex houses amongst other facilities, state of art equipment and conveniences designed to meet any diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and primary healthcare requirements.

milestone. It was time to cheer and laud it, and that is what exactly happened in March 2022. Athena Hospital, at Falnir a modest, popular, respected and totally integrated multi speciality hospital and healthcare promotion center of medical excellence, which was established in the year 1997. The

The Fresh Look Update: Athena Hospital occupies a preeminent position in every area of medical activity under one roof and is steered by dynamic professionals all of whom work towards a common desired objective with unified concern and commitment towards the patients. The farsighted vision of the Trust has gone a long way in bringing Athena Hospital to a position of excellence in healthcare. A vision of quality and affordable healthcare made real through a team of the finest medical and nursing professionals, the latest medical technologies, advanced tools and equipment; a deep sense of caring and commitment to excellence in every aspect of medical care has written its name in Gold .

Athena Hospital is a popularly known multi specialty

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high-tech 310 bedded hospital situated in Falnir in the heart of the city of Mangalore. It is easily accessible by many modes of transport. It has the most sophisticated equipment and is served by a panel of internationally renowned consultants. Nursing care is of the highest standards provided by fully trained nurses. Athena Hospital has completed 25 years of meaningful services in the health care sector.

Athena Hospital's excellent facilities like Cardiology, Casualty/Emergency, Dental Surgery, Internal Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Neonatology, Nephrology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics/ Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Physiotherapy, Pulmonary Medicine, Radiology Imaging, Urology, Vascular surgery is well known to medical caregivers and professionals. Athena Hospital has always been sensitive to social

needs regarding healthcare, which was a key factor to start Nursing Education programs.

Athena Institute of Health Sciences is a unit of Athena Hospital, a Registered Society under Akshath Charitable Trust. It is a Christian Minority Educational Institution affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru. The school of nursing came into existence in 2003 with a 3-year Diploma in Nursing (GNM) and in 2004 B.Sc. Nursing.

Later in 2009 P.B.B.Sc. Nursing and M.Sc. Nursing programme also started. Another milestone was graduate courses in Allied Health Sciences under Athena Institute of Health Sciences by starting B.Sc. Renal Dialysis Technology course in the year 2017, B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology, B.Sc. Operation Theatre Technology & B.Sc. Imaging Technology in the year 2020 & B.Sc. Emergency & Trauma Care Technology in the year 2021.

With the motto “Excellence in Education and Quality in Service”

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the Institution equips Quality Health Care Personnel to cater to the health needs of people regardless of caste, religion, and language.

The Institution is managed by Mr. R.S. Shettian as the Chairman and Mrs. Asha Shettian as the Secretary and Dr. Ashith Shettian as the Trustee.

Foundation : On this singular occassion are gratefully remembered with respectful homage to Late Bishop Rt. Rev. Dr. C.D. Jathanna in whose heart the seed of vision brought forth life and Bishop Rt. Rev. D.P. Shettian whose wholehearted support and contribution allowed this vision to be actualized in the soil of South Kanara- Mangalore. Today their efforts have left indelible memories in the history of this Institution. As long as they were on this earth they supported us through their contribution, encouragement and motivation. But today they continue to sustain us through their powerful intercession.

So the divine providence continues

to help this Institution grow from strength to strength, to suit the changing and challenging needs with renewed vigour and enthusiasm to keep the light of service and learning shine brightly spreading its radiance far and wide.

Chairman Reiterates : Mr. R. S Shettian, Chairman & Managing Director in his message reiterated and stressed, ever since Athena Hospital was born, we have striven hard to maintain high ethical, moral, and academic standards in all our institutions. The credit of whatever we have achieved goes to the Untiring efforts of our employees, principal, teaching & non-teaching staff, students, and alumni. Look at our achievements, the present steps and the plans and vision. Let it also give the lead, how to improve and deliver what is good for our institutions. My vision is to see all our institutions grow to be model institutions and bring about the best in the graduates.

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our goal is to prepare our students into well-grounded future professionals who provide leadership and exemplary healthcare services to improve the society. We aim to foster a learning environment that promotes responsible and principled behaviour, which respects the dignity of all the members of the society. Our mission is to be an excellent value driven Institution and research centre marked by quality and commitment. Our intent is to improve the health and wellbeing of the citizens in the region and the society at large. Athena group of Institutions is committed to provide quality healthcare to the clients/ patients with professionally competent nurses with adequate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and leadership qualities to provide holistic healthcare to the clients.

With unbounding joy, of the fruitful 25 years Silver Jubilee, we extended our sincere THANKS to all doctors, contributors, and people of the region for the great trust that has

been extended to us. At this opportunity we reaffirm our commitment to maintain the highest standards in the field of healthcare by consistent development of the highest quality of compassionate and efficient care.

At ATHENA Hospital, we value health to the highest degree possible we are NABH accredited(EL) and ISO 9001:2015 Certified. Among the facilities available are : Specialist qualified Doctors, Top caliber Nursing, Luxury, deluxe and ordinary rooms, Medical Intensive care MICU), Radiology department, Keyhole Surgery (Laparoscopy) , Joint Replacement, Spinal Injury centre, Neonatal Intensive care unit, Pharmacy, Ambulance, International Standard OT/LT, Trauma & emergency care, Kidney Foundation (Dialysis), Pediatric ICU, IRCT for Piles (Laser Therapy), CT Scan, Dr.Nishita's Centre for Laser & Cosmetic Gynaecology and relevant advanced care.

The Silver Lining :

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The Athena Institute of Health Sciences and Athena Hospital celebrated their Silver Jubilee and Graduation Day on 30th March 2022 for the outgoing batches of GNM, B.Sc, P.B.B.Sc., M.Sc. Nursing and B.Sc. Renal Dialysis Technology in Father Muller Convention Centre.

Rev. Fr. Richard Aloysius Coelho, Director, Father Muller Charitable Institutions as the Chief Guest, Dr. G. G. Laxman Prabhu, Professor of Urology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore & Secretary Elect, Urological Society of India and Dr. Bindhu Mathew, Vice Principal St. John’s College of Nursing Bangalore; & Dean of Nursing Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore as the Guests of Honour and presided over by Mr. R.S. Shettian, Chairman Athena

Institute of Health Sciences. The Annual report of Athena Institute of Health Sciences was presented by the Principal Rev Sr. Deepa Peter.

Mrs. Asha Shettian, Secretary Athena Institute of Health Sciences was also present on the dais. The presence of the management committee, teaching and nonteaching staff, students, parents and guardians enhanced the beauty of the occasion to persevere till greater times ahead in serving the sick and people of the region.

- Compiled : Ivan Saldanha-Shet.

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East-Indian Community

For details about the book and authors click: Insights into Colonial Goa. The ships’ top speeds were (Continued from last week) Bombay’s peninsula fortunately has a sheltered, deep port and a major ship-building yard both of which contributed to make it the busiest port in India now, just as it was during colonial days. A short summary of shipping and trade would be in order. The sailing ships of the 15th-18th century represented the epitome what we would term “environmentconscious transportation” as they were powered by wind power, a natural renewable green source of energy with no pollution effects.

comparable with alternative forms of power, except that they had to deal with the uncertainty of the availability of the wind and its direction.

Today, the most widespread anthropogenic ocean noise is the chronic underwater sounds generated by commercial ships (cargo and container) plying the oceans and by underwater drilling. The ships noise pollution worsens other environmental harms, muffles communications, and adversely affects the social networks of the ocean’s mammals - whales, orcas, and dolphins. The

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damaging underwater sounds come from shipboard machinery and bubbles caused by the spinning of the propellers. Alternative forms of energy – fossil fuel (coal and diesel), electricity, and nuclear can result in the pollution of water and the environment. In addition, the emission of greenhouse gases contributes to climate change.

Acidifying oceans, melting Arctic, and Antarctic ice absorb less sound, and open waters amplify ocean sounds.

Bombay was growing, and by the 18th century, became a major trading center. Its prosperity attracted a huge influx of migrants from the surrounding region, including Hindus, Muslims, Goans, Jews, and Parsees, in addition to the English, Irish, and Anglo-Indians. All these groups interacted with the other immigrant-ethnic minorities who had come to Bombay to make a living and participate in the city’s economic boom. Many missions, affiliated with various denominations and ethnic groups,

built institutions to serve the new migrants’ education, healthcare, and social needs. The learning institutes themselves were staffed by “Orientalist Scholars.”

The Portuguese were the longest rulers of the North Bombay coastal region. And their subjects were continued to be called PortugueseChristians, even after Iberian rule ended. To pacify the British rulers, differentiate their identity from other L-I groups, and show their loyalty to the English crown, on the eve of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1887, the L-I changed their community name from PortugueseChristians name to East-Indians.

With Anglicized first names, today most East Indians have long forgotten their Lusitanian linkage, due to the strong influence of the English. Yet, with Iberian family/ paternity/ surname, like Fernandes, Pereira, Aguiar, DeSouza, etc, the linkage is obvious even to those with no knowledge of their history.

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Roman Catholic faith.

Yet the English managed to get the community to deny, overlook, and forget their Indo-Iberian links.

The East Indians made a giant leap forward under their own steam.

They mastered the basic procedures with a systematic approach to learning. Being natives, they could find someone who would open the door to share his wealth of knowledge. They had the perfect personality - motivated, assertive, curious, energetic and good humored. Residents of the North Provinces who migrated to the city of Bombay were naïve at the outset, but they had a support that set them squarely on the fast track to success. For some the progression was painfully slow and for a few it would be a long slow road to independent living in a concrete jungle n a sea of migrants.

East Indian Trailblazers The first East Indian trailblazer was Gonsalo Garcia (1556-1597), who was born Gundi Salvi Garcia in the

village of Agashi in Vasai. Unlike most of today’s East Indians, he was a mestizo. He was educated in Bassein by the Jesuits and demonstrated an active interest in commerce and languages -- fortes which led him to travel to various parts of the eastern world – Japan and the Philippines, to name a few of his destinations. There he came in contact with the Franciscans, joined the order as a lay brother, and assisted in a leprosy colony in Manilla. Garcia later traveled on a Spanish boat, which was blown offcourse and took him to Japan.

Along with 25 others, Garcia was nailed to the cross in Nagasaki, Japan, on February 5th, 1597, a martyr for his faith at the age of 41.

The group of martyrs was beatified

by Pope Urban VIII in 1627 and canonized by Pope Pius IX in 1862.

February 5 is designated St. Garcia feast day. Gonsalo Garcia is the first native-born Indian saint and is now honored as the Patron Saint of the Archdiocese of Vesai as well as the Archdiocese of Bombay / Mumbai.

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named for St. Gonsalo Garcia and honor the memory of this selfless missionary.

Joseph (Kaka) Baptista (1864-1930) was a lawyer and Freedom Fighter.

He was a graduate of University of Bombay and University of Cambridge. He was a close associate of Lokmanya Tilak and others in the Home Rule Movement.

He was the first president of the Indian Home Rule League in 1916, and Mayor of Bombay in 1925. Kaka Baptista is credited with coining the slogan “Swaraj is my Birthright” which was later popularized by Tilak, and became the rallying cry of the younger generation of freedom fighters in the Quit India crusade.

Like other Indians, East Indians have blazed a trail throughout India and across the world; and in professions from politics to science to investment banking. No doubt the diaspora children will carry the torch to new heights.

Norte region 1534 to 1739 (205 years) Marathas acquired Bassein from the Iberians and ruled it from 1739-1802 (63 years) Britain ruled the Bassein region (north of Goa) from 1802 to 1947 (145 years) Britain ruled Bombay from 1665 to 1947 (282 years) August 15th, 1947 India won its independence from Britain.

We hope you enjoyed reading this aspect of history, which includes a lot of “food for thought.” Please forward these articles to your relatives, friends, peers, as well as Indian and Iberian chat sites.

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Birthday Greetings to stanswamy@heaven.home 26 April 2022 Dear Stan,

It is your earthly birthday! You would have certainly felt embarrassed and even winced at the thought of anyone wishing you, leave alone celebrating your birthday today! In a style which has characterised you all your life here on earth – you would have shunned and even run away from the very idea of anyone attempting to organise anything for you on this day!

Today however, dear Stan, you really have no choice, for the simple reason (which I am sure you will understand and humbly accept), your birthday today is about ‘us’, about we celebrating fond

memories of you, thanking God for the gift of you to this earth and her people, particularly to those who needed you the most and above all, trying to see in what ways we can internalise and actualise the rich legacy we have inherited from you!

This is the day we need: your untimely death on 5 July 2021 left a deep void in our hearts and lives; some us feel orphaned and have still not been able to overcome that feeling; there are others who miss your visionary insights, the servantleadership qualities which you radiated, your relentless pursuit of truth and justice and essentially that unflinching commitment to the Gospel of Jesus and the Constitution of India.

I am re-reading the letter which I wrote to you on this day last year, whilst you were incarcerated in Taloja jail. I addressed it and sent it to you c/o the Jail Superintendent there! I doubt whether it reached you; and/or if it did, whether you

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had the opportunity to read it.

However, I did make the letter public and some magazines and online portals did publish it. In that birthday letter to you, I highlighted several dimensions of your extraordinary and exemplary life as a citizen, Jesuit and priest. There was a hope, at that time, that you would be vindicated and would be released to be among the people you loved so much! Our hopes sadly, were dashed! At this moment, without reproducing that letter, I stand by that letter in its entiretyevery single word of it!

We once again listen to those profound words which came from your heart, a short while before your arrest on 8 October 2020 “What is

happening to me is not something unique- happening to me alone. It is a broader process that is taking place all over the country. We are all aware how prominent intellectuals, lawyers, writers, poets, activists, students, leaders, they are all put into jail because they have expressed their dissent or raised questions about the ruling powers of India. We are part of the process.

In a way I am happy to be part of

this process. I am not a silent spectator, but part of the game, and ready to pay the price whatever be it”. On this earth, you were never a silent spectator: you were visible and vocal; today you watch over us from above – challenging us, our way of proceeding and perhaps wondering…

Yes wondering: why so many of us here below, prefer to be silent spectators: invisible and muted!

True, thanks to your prophetic courage and inspiration, there are some who are going aheadwhatever the consequences. Sadly, the vast majority us Jesuits and others, within the Church do not want to rock the boat; there are the cosmetic acts of tokenism. We have put some words and statements on paper, but they have remained there! Unlike you, we are afraid: to rock the boat, to challenge the system on behalf of the excluded and exploited. Some of the powerful and other vested interests continue to be associated with us. So naturally we do not want to get out of our comfort zones and ‘disturb’ the status quo! All through your life you took us up on this very point –

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which certainly did not help in your popularity ratings. That did not bother you! You did exactly what Jesus did. Today you ask us to do the same!

Dear Stan, as you look at what is happening to our beloved India at this moment – I hear you saying, “did I not tell you so?” Yes, the marginalised and the minorities, the Adivasis and the Dalits, the other sub-alterns and vulnerable sections of society, are all at the receiving end of an inhuman, unjust, divisive and violent system controlled by fascists. You know of all this; you went through immense pain and suffering because you took a stand on behalf of the victims. The perpetrators, the powerful, ensured that you were silenced forever. They were wrong and conveniently forgot that persons like Stan never die; they live on and forever! Yes, Stan you live on, in the hearts and minds of thousands of Adivasis and other marginalised communities, of human rights defenders and numerous others from civil society and from every walk of life! We celebrate this fact today!

The irony of it all, is that the unjust system we live in, has not yet declared you ‘innocent and free’!

You are aware that your case is still being fought in the courts. They are determined to prove that you were a criminal, a conspirator and an antinational. Not just you, but the others incarcerated in the BhimaKoregaon conspiracy case and other human rights defenders! In fact, anyone who stands up for the Constitution of India, for the human rights of others, for truth and justice is hounded, condemned and even exterminated. This happens with frightening regularity. That is why, you struggled to help release the powerless Adivasis who were imprisoned because they only demanded their jal, jungle, jameen, dignity and rights which were legitimately theirs!

Yes Stan, I can see you smiling from above – telling me “I know all this!” and asking me “what are you going to do about this?” Well Stan, I certainly cannot be another you; but at this moment, the only ‘birthday gift’ I can give you, is to try in every possible way to imitate your COMPASSION, COURAGE and

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COMMITMENT! Pope Francis in all his teachings has been insisting that all disciples follow the Jesus of a Gospel without compromise; the Society of Jesus wants every Jesuit to internalise and actualise faithjustice mandate, and finally, pledge as ‘we the people of India’ to protect and promote the Constitution of India as envisaged in the preamble: justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, dignity and integrity!

The journey is ahead going to be tough; but we know that with you as our inspiration and guide we will all see and experience the light at the end of this darkness. Your death will never go in vain! Thank you for being Stan: for all that you have meant (and continue to mean) to me and to millions of others. Its your birthday Stan – I am fully aware that you have been reading every word

of this greeting to you – even as I put it down! This letter has reached you! Say a prayer for me and all of us mortals below!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STAN! Your brother, Cedric

*(Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ) *(Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ is a human rights, peace and reconciliation activist/writer.

Contact: cedricprakash@gmail.com )

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Women’s Hockey Star Elvera Britto - Tribute -Compiled : Ivan Saldanha-Shet.

Former outstanding Indian women's hockey team captain Elvera

Britto (15.6.1940 26.4.2022) passed away on April 26, 2022, due

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to age-related setbacks. She was aged 81 years. Elvera, the eldest of the famous Britto sisters (others are Rita and Mae, also it is to be noted an elder sister Presilla played for Mysore for a short spell before she married), ruled the hockey circuit from 1960 to 1967, piloting Karnataka to seven national titles. Elvera represented India against Australia, Sri Lanka and Japan. Her life and her sports contributions (she was also known for swimming, tennis and playing the guitar and flower arrangements as a hobby) are worth many awards,

her being invested with the prestigious National 'Arjuna Award' is the least that could be done by the Government of India.

In 1965, Elvera became the second women's hockey captain to be conferred with the Arjuna Award after Anne Lumsden (1961). Elvera was single throughout life like her sisters. Hockey India condoled the death of Elvera. "It is saddening to learn about the passing away of Elvera Britto. She was ahead of her times and achieved so much in women's hockey and continued to serve the sport as an administrator with the state," Hockey India president Gyanendro Ningombam

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said in a statement. "On behalf of Hockey India and the entire hockey fraternity, we would like to express our deepest condolences to her family."

A resident of Bangalore and Cooke Town, people just poured in to express their admiration after her passing away. The Mysore team's half back became a legend, the team was always the best winning team and dominated the national women's Hockey scene 1960 to 67, then as popular as cricket. She was the famed captain of the national team and was crowned by the President of India Dr.S Radhakrishnan with the top sports award 'Arjuna Award' in 1965.

Elvera's dedication to the game along with her two sisters is a memory that will never fade for hockey lovers, she did her best to promote and improve the game for decades, she even practiced with the men's team to toughen her game. She was the idol of Punjabi fan's who had a special cheer for the game of Hockey. Her sister's Mae and Rita lived with her till her last days and their emotion was indeed deep and the sentiments they expressed are heartfelt. It is perhaps rare that the three sisters Elvera, Mae, and Rita studied in the same school and later taught there as well - St.Francis Xavier High School, Fraser town, Bangalore, is a famed institution well known.

After her playing career, Elvera further served as the President of the Karnataka State Women’s Hockey Association for two terms.

Elvera, and her two sisters, Rita and

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Mae, were synonymous with women’s hockey and played for Karnataka between 1960 and 1967, during which they won seven national titles with the three sisters at the helm.

Former India men’s hockey captain Jude Felix talks about Elvira’s determination to improve women’s hockey status. “Every time I see you I am amazed that she is passionate about women’s hockey. She felt that women were not given the same opportunities as men in sports. And she tried to make everything better for women’s hockey. She was beautiful. Glad that our academy – Jude Felix Hockey Academy – includes girls in our program. In fact, she also donated to our educational institution. She’s a woman who expresses, not words,” Felix said. “I haven’t had a chance to see her play. But our seniors always speak highly of her skills. During a recent interaction with Elvira, she mentioned the forgotten skill of using the bat. Her technical knowledge surprised me,” Felix added. The Karnataka State Hockey Association (KSHA) has expressed its condolences on her

passing. Hockey was first love, Elvera Britto did not marry and devoted herself completely to the game of hockey. Brito always felt that women’s hockey is not given the same importance as men’s in the country. But Brito did not give up and always worked for the betterment of women’s hockey.

Backdrop of the Mangalore Family : The Britto clan that Elvera and her sisters Mae and Rita come from are a well-known Mangalore Konkani Catholic family (A Prabhu clan) .

According to well documented basic genealogical work of a well-known researcher of Mangalore communities worldwide, their first known ancestor is Nicholas Britto about 1760, the founder of the family so to say had come from Goa like many Konkani Saraswats of that time. Nicholas had 3 sons who were the dons of different branches of the Brittos'. His eldest son Joseph Britto (1790) is the head of the 'Kodialbail-Falnir' branch of this family that Elvira belongs to. Elvira's grandfather was Joseph's eldest son Fidelis Nicholas Britto (18641932) who had an estate in the

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Western Ghats it is said. Fidelis had 4 sons, the second of whom was Robert Henry Britto (1904-71) who is Elvira's father and served in the Telegraphs Department in Bangalore, her mother was Letitia Britto.

Elvera has an elder brother, Adolf (Dolphie) Britto, born 1939, who held a very senior rank of Vice Admiral in the Indian Navy, other siblings exist too. So much for this great family, more may be researched about them.

Some messages in the social media mention that Elvera's grandfather donated the land that is now called Nehru Maidan, there is no authentic information about its history. During British times, it was known as Central Maidan – and the fact that it was situated close to the Collector’s office suggests that it was government property. St Paul’s Church was also closely associated with the British government in Mangalore, and so too the Imperial Bank of India (renamed State Bank of India after Independence). All were in the neighbourhood of the Collector’s Office, now the DC office complex . There is substance

in Sabina Severina Coelho’s husband Jacob Mariano Britto, one of the famous Britto Brothers, of the Central Mangalore Prabhu clan who were very wealthy – and had their business in the Bunder area. It is possible that Nehru Maidan may at one time have belonged to these Britto Brothers, then fell to the share of Jacob Mariano Britto – and after his death in 1901 to his widow Sabina Severina Coelho, a wealthy landowner of the early 1900s; some members of this family maintain that Nehru Maidan was a gift to the government from this philanthropist who has donated property to the church too. Note....

But Elvera Britto hailed from another Britto family. The Britto Brothers of the Central Mangalore Prabhu clan were of different profile . Elvera’s grandfather Fidelis Britto married into the Falnir Coelho family, one of the elite families of 19th century Mangalore, that the other Britto clan was close to, that may be the cause for the confusion.

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particularly admirers of hockey recall this great sports star with an undying commitment to Hockey Elvera Britto and the kind human soul she was with her two younger sisters and fittingly pay due tribute to her memory. The Hockey Sports body of India too could very well institute a memorial to this great woman of Indian

Sports. Long Live Hockey in India and sports of high caliber who have given much to Immortalize the game in early times. May sports stars always be immortal.

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Leksa Lighting’s Ronald Silvan D’Souza bags South Asia High Flyers 50 Global Indians Award Daijiworld Media Mangaluru (SB)

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Mangaluru, Apr 27: City based entrepreneur and executive director of Leksa Lighting, Ronald Silvan D’Souza bagged the prestigious 2nd edition South Asia High Flyers 50

Global Indians Award.

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in an event organized by High Flyers

service and a strong commitment to social progress through his business, Leksa Lighting’s Ronald's name was at Renaissance Mumbai Convention

Center Hotel, Mumbai. Considering

the exemplary innovation, quality of shortlisted for the award.

‘High Flyers 50’ is a unique platform wherein people who deserve to be honoured and recognized are discovered. The organization finalizes 50 people from different walks of life and felicitates them in very distinguished ways.

The firm recognizes organizations that shows remarkable resilience and those who have shone through the challenges of these times.

Born in a middle class family, Ronald grew up with a challenging atmosphere. By self-determination and dedication, he successfully set up his own business which was highly challenging in the industry. Being a specialized person in lighting, he developed his business under the slogans of 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ and 'Make in India'. His innovation and commitment towards the clients attracted the corporate world and

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gave his firm Leksa Lighting entertainment production houses and Technologies Pvt Ltd, a wide market media rooms in India and the across the globe. The lighting neighbouring countries. installed by Leksa Lighting is a great Providing jobs to more than 160 attraction at the Bharat Ratna Atal families, Ronald has played a vital role Bihari Vajpayee Udyan located at in providing employment to educated Pune. The firm is the exclusive youths from villages. supplier and installer of major --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A NATIONAL CALL: “END THE HATE”!

-*Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Several citizens representing and belonging to a wider spectrum of civil society participated in a virtual National Consultation on Sunday 24 April 2022, to address and to plan

actions regarding the targeted violence, hate and discrimination which has been taking place across the country. The consultation was initiated and under the aegis of ‘Bahutva Karnataka’. A preparatory note for the consultation said, “the year 2022 has seen a sharp upsurge in organised violence by Hindutva groups, especially against Muslims.

The ‘Sulli Deals’ and ‘Bulli Bai deals’ which attacked the dignity and freedom of Muslim women, the genocidal calls in the Dharam Sansads, the misinterpretation of

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the HC’s orders in Karnataka and the subsequent harassment of Muslim girls, calls for social and economic boycott to the Ramnavami violence.

There have been open calls for mass rape of Muslim women, all in the presence of the police. Prior to this there was also violence inflicted against the Christian community in several states and unconstitutional anti-conversion bills have been passed in various states. Atrocities against Dalits and Adivasis have also been steadily rising even as the conviction rates remain poor. What is also of concern is that the Sangh Parivar is using youth from marginalised and oppressed communities as foot soldiers in their project of hatred, as was evidenced by how they provoked students of government schools into hatred when the Hijab matter was being heard”. The outcome of the consultation was a national call to address and “end the hate” which has engulfed the nation today!

The painful fact is that it has been happening with frightening

regularity: slowly, steadily, surreptitiously yet incessantly!

These past weeks has seen it unfolding in more dangerous and vicious ways which are intended to destroy the democratic fabric of Indian society perhaps to a point of no return! Hate which is unleashed to demonize, denigrate, discriminate, dehumanize the ‘other’. In the face of all this, we need to urgently listen and respond to those who cry, “end the hate!”

The Jahangirpuri demolition, with bulldozers, which took place recently, in brazen insensitivity, till the Supreme Court intervened, is just the tip of the iceberg. Any citizen, with a little intelligence, will easily conclude that the act was not about illegal structures (there are millions of illegal structures in Delhi and elsewhere) but the way a policy is being abused to demolish a minority community.

Several thinking citizens of the country: academics, lawyers, human rights defenders, corporate leaders, intellectuals and other members of

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civil society unequivocally say, “end the hate!”

country who want the hate to end now!

In a hard-hitting article ‘What the Communal flare-ups manifest’ in the Hindustan Times (22 April 2022) well-known media personality Rajdeep Sardesai writes, “The impunity of their actions in recent times — be it organising hatespewing dharam sansads, spearheading violent gau-rakshak movements or commanding divisive love jihad campaigns — are aimed at resurrecting their political equity in the crowded Hindutva marketplace. That the VHP-Bajrang Dal chose to defiantly go ahead with a shobha yatra on Hanuman Jayanti in Delhi, despite not having police permission, stems from their conviction that their benefactors in power will ultimately protect their interests”. Sardesai goes on to say that, “a deliberate attempt is being made to find polarising issues at othering Muslims-hijab, halal meat, azaan- the list is growing.” He is simply voicing the sentiments of several well-meaning citizens of the

Among these is Dushyant Dave, one of the finest legal brains of the country and a former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association; in a statement(post/tweet) which went viral on social media Dave says, “There are 731 unauthorised colonies in Delhi with lakhs of people, and you pick up one colony because you target one community.

The police and the civil authorities are bound by the Constitution and not by the orders of a BJP leader.”

The politics of hate, discrimination and revenge are there for all to see.

Such a thing was perhaps unthinkable in the country a decade ago! Now it seems to have become an “in-thing”, a meek acceptance!

Before it is too late there must be a public outrage to “end the hate !”

The international media is simply aghast at what is happening in India today; editorials and op-eds across the world and in key global languages are literally appalled by

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the way democracy is being destroyed in India, presided over by a Prime Minister and his fascist regime. Their message is loud and clear: India is now referred to as a ‘banana republic’ where law and order seems to have disappeared.

The warning by all is, before it’s too late, to “end the hate!” UKs prestigious ‘The Guardian’ in a lead article says, “The surge in communal violence has sparked concern among many in India who fear the country is becoming more polarised than ever along Hindu-Muslim lines.

For many, the blame has been directed at the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, led by the prime minister, Narendra Modi. The BJP is accused of overseeing a religiously divisive agenda and emboldening hostility towards India’s 200 million Muslims, relegating them to second-class citizens. Meanwhile, Hindu vigilante groups such as VHP have been allowed to operate freely and have increasingly begun to take the law into their own hands”.

The equally prestigious and analytical ’Washington Post’ also does not mince words, “The incident was just the latest in a string of clashes between Hindus and Muslims that have shaken India in recent weeks. They have happened on different days, in different parts of the country, but there is a pattern to them: Groups of young Hindu nationalists join peaceful celebrations during religious holidays, then lead rowdy processions into Muslim neighborhoods, sparking violent confrontations ”“Adding to the sense of foreboding, observers say, are a rash of incendiary speeches over the past year by right-wing leaders, including a priest’s appeal to fellow Hindus in December to pick up weapons and “conduct a cleanliness drive” that would kill off Muslims.

The cleric, Yati Narsinghanand, was accused of hate speech and arrested. While out on bail, he made another appearance this month in north Delhi, near Jahangirpuri, where he warned the audience that nearly half

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of India’s Hindus would be killed if the country elected a Muslim prime minister”.

Christians in India have also been at the receiving end of a meticulously planned and executed campaign of hate. Every effort is being made to target Christians and to portray them as all out converters, who are trying to destabilise the country.

The ruling regime with its fascist divide – and – rule strategy has succeeded in some places, in putting a wedge between different Christian denominations and also between Christians and Muslims. It is ‘not you but them!’ kind of divisive game! How else could one explain that some Christian prelates are naive enough to use insensitive and un-Christian terms like ‘love jihad’ - terminology straight out of the glossary of the Sangh Parivar.

Fortunately, India still has a vibrant civil society group! Campaigns against hate speech are emerging and converging from all over.

Webinars and physical meetings

have taken place and continue to do so. There is a groundswell of support and the numbers are growing. The underlying message is clear “end the hate!”. Most just say ‘enough is enough’ and demand the hate to stop now! But mere words are not enough. Many of the hate mongers continue to do so with impunity and have cloaked themselves with immunity. They know full well that they are just delivering for the ruling regime what they actually want! There is, they are convinced, absolutely nothing in the law-and-order mechanism which can ever touch them. It is so obvious that there is no political will to stop the agenda of hate which is being mainstreamed in the country. On the contrary, there is every effort from the highest seats of power to instigate and foment hate and divisiveness everywhere. They know it pays rich political dividends at election time! With polarisation, majoritarianism naturally increases!

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increasing in India is incontrovertible. ‘Hate crimes’ are simply crimes that are hostile and prejudiced in their manner, when targeting a person merely as a result of their: disability, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation and transgender identity. We see this happening all the time in India today! The perpetrators are well known, the victims are obvious. It goes without saying that the targeting of minorities in India today is a well-planned political agenda toward the General Elections of 2024(and some of the State Elections just before that).

Above all, it is the grand scheme towards 2025 when the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will complete hundred years of its existence and in their dreams the establishment of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ The writing is on the wall. The signs are ominous! Will the people of India arise and take up the challenge to preserve the rich pluralistic and democratic fabric of the nation?

The preparatory note for today’s consultation also stated that, “a nation-wide, coordinated response from Civil Society to counter this is much required before the hate engulfs our land fully. We need to demand that the government functions as per the constitution and we need to demand accountability of the political and administrative machinery and of the constitutional courts. This is a call for all of us to get together and get on to the streets to defend our constitution, to stand in solidarity with all those oppressed and say that we will not tolerate the targeted Hindutva violence. Some of the ideas could be to have coordinated nation-wide protests on the same day, co-ordinated processes by which we express solidarity to all those who have been hit hard by the violence and other actions. Importantly we all need to be in conversation about how we resist this together”. A beginning is made!

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take a cue from Civil Rights leader love, for love comes more naturally Martin Luther King who says, to the human heart than its “Darkness cannot drive darkness; opposite”.

Hate has never Light can do that. Hate cannot drive succeeded; only love triumphs. We out hate; Love can do that.” Or from need to “end the hate and now!” another stalwart Nelson Mandela who says, “No one is born hating 24 April 2022 another person because of the colour of his skin, or his *(Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ is a human background, or his religion. People rights, peace and reconciliation must learn to hate, and if they can activist/writer.

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Litterateur Umesh Rao Ekkar bestowed with Late K G Mallya Memorial Award Philanthropist

Harikrishna Punarooru felicitated

Kinnigoli - During a simple ceremony at the Yugapurusha Sabhagraha here on Saturday, April 23, 2022, the first Late K G Mallya Memorial Award was bestowed on the senior Kannada litterateur

Umesh Rao Ekkar by the president of Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Nandagopal Shenoy in the presence of Vedamoorthi Sri Laxminarayana Asranna of Shri Kshetra Kateel, Dharmadarshi Harikrishna Punarooru, special guests, Shrimati Laxmi Mallya, wife of Late K G Mallya, Rajesh Nayak, president of GSB Samaja, Kinnigoli, and well known Poet Udaya Kumar Habbu.

Kinnigoli Ganesh Mallya had retired

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as deputy General Manager of Syndicate Bank and was a wellknown writer who had 26 books in Kannada and English to his credit on banking and social subjects. He had written more than 400 articles for Yugapurusha, daijiworld weekly and Saraswat magazines. He passed away on January 26, 2021 following heart attack.

A poetry session was held as part of the program led by Jossie Pinto Kinnigoli. Ka. Vi Krishnadasa, Dayamani Shetty Ekkar, Krishnananda Shetty Aikala, Manu Kashyap Kateel, Yashawant Rao Kinnigoli, Vatsala Yogish Rao Elinje, Jossie Pinto, Naveen Pereira Suratkal, Edmond Noronha (Pritam

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Kirem) and Joyce Pinto presented their own poems.

Nandgopal Shenoy, president, Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Mangalore bestowed the Late K G Mallya award on Umesh Rao Ekkar. He explained the technological initiatives undertaken at the Vishwa Konkani Kendra so that small programs in

small towns like Kinnigoli can be reached to a larger audience.

In the beginning Bhuvanabhirama Udupa, chief editor Yugapurusha and a member in Karnataka State Religious Board welcomed the gathering explaining how the thought to launch an award in memory of Late K G Mallya came to

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mind and the persons behind the thought. He particularly thanked Hemacharya and Jossie Punto for being supportive in this initiative.

He explained the contributions of K G Mallya to the Kannada, Konkani and English languages by writing in all these three languages. He called him as a 'simple banker' who

preserved his savings in the hearts of thousands of his friends and readers.

Dharmadarshi Harikrishna Punaroor was felicitated upon his return to his town, after receiving the honorary doctorate presented to him by the Mangalore University.

Vedamoorthi Asranna blessed the ceremony and highlighted the good works of Late K G Mallya and Harikrishna Punaroor in his felicitation speech.

Udayakumar Habbu, the eminent Kannada litterateur highlighted the human qualities of K G Mallya and expressed his happiness over launching a new award in his name.

His new book, ‘Bhoomiya Sutta’ was released by the dignitaries.

Hemacharya, one of the organisers recalled the days with K G Mallya and his personal contributions in his life, as a friend, as a writer and as a religious guide. He said it was due to Mallya he could meet most of the Swamijis by visiting the temples within Karnataka. He thanked all those who supported to organise the program within short notice.

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Sharad Shetty conducted the program.

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Infant Jesus shrine, Carmel Hill, Mangalore, celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday today. Rev. Fr. Onil Dsouza

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Inauguration and blessing of Assisi Sadan Salvadore Monteiro home held at Bajpe

Assisi Sadan Salvador Monteiro Senior Citizen Home at Siddhartha Nagar, Bajpe was blessed by Most Rev Dr Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangalore and inaugurated by Mr Salvadore Monteiro the Philanthropist on April 26th , 2022.

Most Rev Dr Peter Paul Saldanha presided over the solemn inaugural thanksgiving Eucharistic Celebration and 9 priests concelebrated. Rev Fr Dr Joseph Martis broke the word of God and preached meaningful homily on this

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occasion. The senior citizens are to be taken good care in the evenings of their life, knowing this fact Mr Salvador Monteiro and his family have generously came forward to donate the land and newly built building to the Ursuline Franciscan Sisters of Mangalore Province who have willingly and gratefully taken

up this mission. The newly built chapel and premises of the senior Citizen home was blessed by Bishop and concelebrants. Rev Fr Vijay Machado helped to participate meaningfully in the liturgy.

Mr Salvadore Monteiro inaugurated the beautiful Senior Citizen Home by cutting the ribbon and very Rev Sr Susheela Sequeira, Superior

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General of Ursuline Franciscan Congregation and Rev Sr Clara Menezes Provincial Superior of Mangalore Province unveiled the plaque.

Thereafter the felicitation programme was commenced with a

prayer song in the Premises of Senior Citizen Home. Mr Salvadore Monteiro was honoured and felicitated for his generous contribution of 88 cents land and building for the noble task of caring

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senior Citizen Home at his graceful age. Rev Sr Clara Menezes read and presented the words of Honour.

Professor Dr Francis Monteiro son of Mr Salvadore, expressing deep down words of his father, in his speech, my father always said ‘I utilize little portion, out of abundance before I leave that which my society has gifted me’ therefore my father finds fulfilment and contentment in reaching out to the

needy of the Society, so gives priority to the senior citizens and the purpose was clear.

“Mr Salvadore sacrificed what he had without thinking of himself; he has been sharing the blessings that he has received from the Lord. I along with Ursuline Franciscan Congregation thank Mr Salvadore for his generosity” Most Rev Dr Peter Paul Saldanha said in his

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address.

Mrs Poornakala Y.K in her address appreciated the donor for setting an example for all of us for being so generous and concerned about senior citizens and he is an inspiration for all of us. Such person like Mr Salvador is a blessing to the society.

Very Rev Sr Susheela Sequeira, Superior General in her presidential speech said, “A light isn’t a light if it shines for itself, A flower isn’t flower

if it blooms for itself, A life isn’t a life if it’s lived for oneself unless its lived for others and Mr Salvadore is one such examples who generously donated his own place and built the beautiful senior Citizen Home for a noble cause.”

Along with chief guests, Rev Sr Clara Menezes and Rev Sr Susheela Monteiro, contractor Mr Lancy D Cunha, all the workers who worked for the building were honoured on this occasion.

Rev Fr Dr Ronald Cutinha, Parish Priest of Bajpe, Rev. Fr Marcel Saldanha, Vicar Forane, Pezar Vicariate, Rev Sr Dr Rita Vas former Provincial Superior and Mr Ganesh Arbi, former president of Malavoor Grama Panchayat were on the dais.

Sisters of Ursuline Franciscan Congregation are grateful to Mr Salvadore Monteiro and his family for their generosity.

Councillors General, Priests, Sisters, parishners and neighbours were present for the same. Delicious meal was served to all who attended the programme.

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was established at the Bishop's House, Manglaore and the same was blessed and inaugurated by Most Rev. Dr Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangalore on Monday, April 25, 2022, at the Bishop's House, Mangalore.

Very Rev. Msgr Maxim L Noronha, Vicar General of the diocese, Very Rev. Fr Victor George D'Souza, Chancellor, Public .Relations Officers Rev. Dr J. B. Saldanha and Mr Roy Castelino, Director of Pontifical Mission Society Rev. Fr Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha gave a Rupesh Tauro, Diocesan Estate solemn opening of the new Public Manager Rev. Fr Maxim Rosario, Relations Office by invoking God's and Rev. Fr Valerian Fernandes, blessing through prayer. He also editor of Raknno weekly, Rev Fr blessed the renovated office of Rohan Lobo, Bishop's Secretary and Pontifical Missions Organisations at Bishop's house staff members were the same time. present among the many.

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Three-day Summer camp "Nakthiram Ektar 2022" on 25, 26, 27 April at Holy Rosary Church Alangar

and Bro. Joel Fernandes from st Joseph's Seminary Jeppu.

Camp masters Bro. Johnson Crasta

Input session on Importance of

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Bible in life, importance of Prayer and good manners by Fr Joswin D'Souza, Role of Mother Mary in Catholics life, importance of praying

Rosary, Eucharist and confessions

by Fr Rakesh Mathias, mass media

by Fr Prem CSSr, on love and friendship by Sr Felcita HMR

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Singing, acting, dancing, fun games and activities were the main attractions of the camp. 70 parish children of 4th to 10th benefited took active part in the camp Sisters and Catechism teachers rendered help as animators.

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Here at Hindus for Human Rights, our primary goal has always been to mobilize Hindus around the shared vision of a progressive, inclusive Hinduism that rejects hate and division, and emphasizes the dignity and human rights of all.

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Over the weekend, we released a statement condemning anti-Muslim hate, in which we proclaimed that "the time is long overdue for Hindus around the world to break our collective silence and speak out against this hate that violates the deepest teachings of our tradition."

Read the Statement So far, the statement has been signed by 18 Hindu organizations and 41 Hindu leaders, from Ayodhya to Australia, representing 6 countries—and the number of signatures grows every day. Our statement has been published in The Indian Express, and has been shared widely on social media in India, the United States, and around the world. So far, it has been translated into Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu—if you or anyone you know can help us translate it into more languages, please write to us!

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Can you make a donation to Hindus for Human Rights today to sustain this work?

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This fight is far from over. Every day, the forces of Hindu nationalism continue to rear their ugly heads in India and across the globe, and every day we continue to stand up and fight back. With your valued support, we will continue to do exactly that.

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PRAWN & MUSHROOM CURRY🦐🍄 side dish.

Mild, light, simple & delicious prawn mushroom curry. Its divine with our Mangy style boiled rice | Kozo thandlache seeth & some sukka as

INGREDIENTS: 25 - 30 cleaned prawns (shrimps)

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1 tsp cumin powder 1 tbsp coriander powder 4 cashew nuts Few curry leaves SEASONING: 1tbsp coconut oil 1/2 sliced onion Few curry leaves METHOD:

1 pkt of mushrooms { 200 - 250 gms}

▪︎Clean, wash prawns & marinate with pinch of salt, turmeric & lime juice. Keep aside.

▪︎Clean, wash mushroom, cut as required and keep aside.

FOR MASALA PASTE: 5 - 6 green chilli or as required 1" ginger 4 cloves garlic 1 onion 1 small tomato 8 - 10 pepper corns 1/2 bunch coriander Stem with very few leaves.

1/2 tsp turmeric powder Small ball of tamarind 4 tbsp desiccated or fresh coconut

▪︎Grind all ingredients into fine paste under masala.

▪︎Take cooking kadai, add oil, once hot add onion & curry leaves saute well { take out some of it for garnish}, add masala paste & stirr well few mins. Add water, salt to taste & adjust consistency to medium thick. Simmer well.

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NOTES: ▪︎Adjust all ingredients as per your taste & spice control.

▪︎Add mushroom & prawns cook for few mins, until done. { Don't over cook prawns as it will become hard & rubbery}.

▪︎Garnish with curry leaves. Done👍 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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