Secular Citizen Vol.23 No.25 dated 23rd June 2014 by Lawrence Coelho

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BURIALS – A very ‘grave’ issue

Taking into consideration that the issue concerning the availability of graves has reached alarming proportions and space from government or the municipality is most difficult to come by, the Church in Bombay must needs take active, even drastic, steps to resolve the issue before the situation gets completely out of hand. It is commendable that Orlem held an emergency meet on the issue. It would be in the fitness of things if the Archdiocese, taking a cue from this initiative, were to make the issue itself a topic of urgent discussion at the Parish Pastoral Council level in parishes across the diocese, led by the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council. The discussions must touch on - among others - the following: 1. Permanent graves – The era of family tombs is long past. We need to look at the wider picture—the family of believers in need of burial space. No longer can any parish afford to hold on to the practice of permanent or family graves as though they were mini residential flats purchased on ownership basis. 2. Temporary graves – All graves to be made temporary. If the parish of the Holy Magi in the East Indian village of Gorai, with its local community comprising of kulbis (farmers), kolis (fisherfolk) and bhandaris (toddy-tappers) could do it, why not parishes anywhere and everywhere else in the diocese! From dust we all came, to the same dust we shall all return (on which the Church would do well to dwell), Amen! 3. Time factor – With all graves made temporary and thus more graves available, the reopening of the grave for the next burial could well be delayed up to 4-5 years, by which time decomposition could most certainly be complete. 4. Methodology – There seems to be a faulty notion as regards wood preventing the decomposition of the corpse. This can happen probably in the case of real Teak wood which is too expensive for use today anyway. The Church would do well to collaborate with undertakers to have the latter come up with alternatives like the use of the most ordinary wood – ‘junglee’ wood, wood used for making fruit crates and the like (I would like mine to be made from such wood and neither lined nor covered with cloth), ensuring that the carrying arrangement is attached to the base (for sturdier handling) rather than the sides.

Some time back there were reports about bamboo being found suitable. Further, the possibility of an alternative to lime that would bring about quicker decomposition by Ladislaus L D’Souza could also be looked into in right earnest. The Niche – Just where did the idea of niches originate I wonder! We go ballistic over ensuring that the grave-digger (read parish office) skips the grave of our near and dear one and does not return to it until a long, long time! And then we are ready to stand and watch the grave-digger exhume the remnants of our dear one for the purpose of storing the same in a holy niche, even if that means swooning and fainting at the sight of half-decomposed flesh. Pray, WHY? And the remains of how many of our dear departed are we going to store in a single niche? To what purpose? What do we do with those remains when the box in which they are stored is full to capacity and the next generation following us has already migrated? Further, isn’t the concept of a niche contradictory to that of the grave? No offence meant here. Yet, while a grave makes possible the return of the mortal remains of our people to the earth and, in effect, to the Lord of the earth, a niche implies a refusal to let go and let the earth do its job, for we take back from the earth what we earlier consigned to it. WHY? Locals versus ‘outsiders’ – There’s also the issue of the so-called ‘locals’ taking umbrage at ‘outsiders’ being permitted burial in the parish cemetery. It amounts to having a 2-tiered parish community, the locals being ancient residents of the parish and so being accorded the privilege of a burial in the parish cemetery while the outsiders being people who are coming in from other parishes to settle down and thus being expected to look elsewhere for burial space. This doesn’t work – a parishioner whether ‘ancient’ or brand new to the parish, is a parishioner no less and has an equal right to all parish services including the granting and denial alike of burial space in the parish cemetery. Of course, parish priests would in all likelihood face an uphill task in this regard but their persuasive power could well win the argument! Alternative/s to burial – Cremation is already becoming fairly popular. But what do people do with the urn containing the ashes? How big can an urn be anyway and what happens to the ashes remaining after the urn is filled? To my knowledge, neither are the funeral rites complete until the urn itself is buried (which means the use of a grave!) nor is there a specific ‘Rite of Cremation’ as such. (Contd.. on p. 7)

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pg 2 - BURIALS - A very 'grave' issue pg. 3 - World Economic System Inevitably Leads to War pg. 5 - The Highway... pg. 6 - Reader's Views pg. 7 - Hopeful of 'Acchhe Din' Ahead! pg 8 - The Other Side of Surrogacy pg 10 - Your Signature Style pg 12 - Udupi - on my Plate! pg 13 - Major Risk to Family Wealth pg 14 - Spain Sees 'Astonishing' Jump In Mass Attendances pg 17 - Sister Christina Shows... pg 18 - How to be Strong and Independent pg 19 - Inspiration! pg 20 - Matrimonials pg 22 - The Work of Holy Angels

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World Economic System Inevitably Leads To War

ope Francis has said the world economic system inevitably promotes military conflict as a way to enrich the most powerful nations. He also condemned religious fundamentalism, defended the record of Pope Pius XII and said he does not worry about his personal security because “at my age I don’t have much to lose”. Pope Francis’ words appeared in a wide-ranging interview published June 12 in the Spanish daily La Vanguardia. “We are in a world economic system that is not good,” Pope Francis said. “A system that in order to survive must make war, as great empires have always done. But since you cannot have a Third World War, you have regional wars. And what does this mean? That arms are made and sold, and in this way the idolatrous economies, the great world economies that sacrifice man at the feet of the idol of money, obviously keep their balance sheets in the black.” Yet the Pope reiterated one of his signature themes, that globalisation’s failings are not only material but cultural, since it “cancels differences”. He called for an economic system that preserves each person’s “particularity, richness, identity”. The Pope also addressed the question of religiously inspired violence, noting that Christians had committed such violence in the past, for example during the 17th-century Thirty Years’ War. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all “have our fundamentalist groups, small in relation to the rest”, he said. “A fundamentalist group, even if it doesn’t strike anyone, is violent. The mentality of fundamentalism is violence in the name of God.” The interview with correspondent Henrique Cymerman was conducted on Monday, the day after Pope Francis presided over an “invocation for peace” at the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The Pope said that event took place in spite of scepticism from his own subordinates. “It was not easy,” the Pope said. “Here in the Vatican, 99 per cent said it would not happen and afterward the one per cent grew.” Pope Francis said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s decision to (Contd.. on p. 4)

(Contd.. from p. 3) attend the invocation was a “risky move” since it left him open to reproaches from other Orthodox Christians, “but he had to extend this gesture of humility”. The Pope also said opening Vatican archives relating to the Holocaust “will shed much light” on that subject, particularly the record of Pope Pius, who critics argue did not say or do all he could to oppose the Nazi genocide. “They have dumped everything on poor Pius XII. But you have to remember that once he was seen as the great defender of the Jews,” he said. “I am not saying that Pius XII did not make mistakes – I myself make a lot – but you have to interpret his role in the context of the time. Was it better, for example, that he not speak in order to avoid the killing of more Jews, or that he speak?” Pope Francis voiced irritation at what he characterised as a double standard for judging the wartime pope. “Sometimes I get a slight case of existential hives when I see that everybody has it out for the Church and Pius XII, and they forget the great powers”, who failed to bomb the train lines leading to the Nazi death camps. Reflecting on the Jewish origins of Christianity, the Pope said “you cannot live your Christianity, you cannot be a true Christian, if you do not recognise its Jewish root”. He characterised anti-Semitism as generally a phenomenon of the political right rather than the left, though not as a “strict rule”. Pope Francis also discussed his priorities and leadership style as pope. “I don’t have any personal agenda that I carried in under my arm, simply because I never thought they were going to leave me here, in the Vatican,” he said. “What I am doing is carrying out” the recommendations made by cardinals prior to the March 2013 conclave. Among those recommendations, the Pope said, was greater consultation with outside advisers, which prompted his establishment of an eightmember Council of Cardinals. Asked how he would like history to remember him, the Pope said: “‘He

Dates Set For Canonization Of Two Kerala Saints Thiruvananthapuram: The canonization of Blessed Chavara Kuriakose and Blessed Euphrasia of Kerala will take place on November 23. The date for conferring them sainthood was set by the consistory of cardinals held in the Vatican yesterday, church sources said. The historic event of Catholic community in India comes six years after Sr Alphonsa became the first woman saint of the country. Celebrating the occasion, prayers were held in churches in Kottayam and Thrissur, respectively the base of the two beatified persons. The Vatican had in April this year approved the acts attributed due to intercession of Fr Chavara and Sr Euphrasia before completing longdrawn procedures to be followed under the church rule before conferring sainthood. Both of them belonged to Keralabased Syro Malabar Church, from which Sister Alphonsa also hailed, and were beatified during the tenure of was a good guy, he did what he could, he was not so bad.’ I would be happy with that.” Admitting he still acts like a parish priest in some ways, for instance by turning off lights to save money, the famously informal Pope Francis insisted he takes his august role seriously. “One shouldn’t play at being a papal parish priest. It would be immature,” he said. “When a chief of state comes, I have to receive him with the dignity and protocol he deserves. It’s true that I have my problems with protocol, but one has to respect it.” The Pope acknowledged that his accessibility to crowds, such as during his 2013 visit to Brazil, has left him vulnerable to attacks, but said his safety “is in God’s hands”. “I cannot greet a nation and tell it that I love it from inside a sardine can, even one made of glass. For me that is a wall,” he said. “It’s true that some-

Pope John Paul II. Chavara (1805-1871), born in Kainakari near Alappuzha, was a social reformer and educator of Kerala's Catholic community. He founded the congregation called Carmalites Mary Immaculate (CMI), which runs several educational and charity institutions. He was beatified in 1986. Sister Euphrasia (1877-1952), who led a pious life of total devotion, hailed from Kattoor near Thrissur in central Kerala. Sr Alphonsa of Bharananganam in Kottayam became India's first homegrown saint when she was canonized on October 12, 2008. Source: business-standard

thing can happen to me, but let’s be realistic, at my age I don’t have much to lose.” Asked about the World Cup, which opened in Brazil June 12, the footballloving Pope said with a laugh that he had promised Brazilians his neutrality, because of their traditional rivalry with his native Argentina.

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The Highway…

South Bombay Parish Priest presiding in that Parish for five years and not interacted with his parishioners all this while except the official requirements, suddenly decides at increasing the participation of his parishioners to 100% in Parish activities fully knowing well from his past experience of over twenty five years that it is the same people who participate in all parish activities while the rest are either busy in their own activities or not interested. To remedy this situation and ensure his dream of making his parish a “Model Parish” he decided to open the participation of parish activities to non parishioners. Non parishioners from the surrounding Parishes who have created problems and are not wanted in their own Parish attend his Church service regularly. The Parishioners being aware that this had been tried earlier and met with no success started wondering why the Parish Priest now wants to start this all over again and to accept non parishioners to participate in the Parish activities when all is going well with a dedicated group of parishioner participation The Parishioners who are mostly educated adults say that if the Parish Priest is disciplined as well as evolved then evolution will trickle down the whole Parish. But if the Parish Priest is in laziness mode, then it is impossible for the dedicated parishioners to get participation of the balance parishioners. Therefore those who are at the helm of affairs – the Parish Priest - have to maintain the highest standard of integrity, leadership and commitment. If the Parish Priest wants his Parish and his Parishioners to improve, he has to improve first. The Parish Priest dedicated his Sunday sermon to invite all his parishioners to participate in some parish activity and make his parish a “Model Parish” and told them that he had prepared a list of 75 activities the parishioners can opt to participate in the Parish. He also invited all people who attend

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Who Is A Parishioner? his Church Services and highlighted that there will be no distinction between a Parishioner and Non Parishioners all are invited to take part in the Parish activities. He even got a retired Bishop to celebrate the Eucharist and give a pep talk during his sermon to participate in the parish activities. But as is know in our community it is courtesy and hypocrisy that prevails and that was what the Parish Priest and the retired Bishop were showered with in regards to their sermons which made them happy and they decided to take it to the next level. The Parish Priest and the retired Bishop then put it to the PPC to take this forward. The PPC decided that in order to know how many Parishioners they are targeting they require a Parish census to be done wherein they will get to know the different age groups, etc. and be able to plan accordingly. It was decided that those people who are domicile in the Parish will be classified as parishioners and the others like domestics, students staying in hostels, people on transfers would be classified as quasi domicile but enjoy the same privilege as the domicile parishioners. There was someone in the PPC known to have carved a niche with the Parish Priest both in matters of following his requirements and throwing his weight around and was enjoying a second spell of sunshine, thanks to the recent flip flops made by this PPC person to get back in the Parish Priest favor. But despite this PPC person careful reading of the Cannon Law, as claimed, this PPC person remains curiously naïve and to the point of being delightfully non understanding. So when this PPC person wanted to impress the Parish Priest this PPC person said that we need to go as per Canon Law 100 only

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which he said meant that everybody who attends the Church services can be a parishioner, there is no distinction. The Parish Priest seconded this claim. It was one of the PPC members who have also read Cannon Law gently brought it to their notice that – Cannon Law 100 should be read together with Cannon law 101 to 106 for understanding as Cannon Law leaves a lot open on this matter, and in comparison said that - Baseball is like Church or Cannon Law. Many attend or read, few understand and set out to define a Parishioner which is - A member of a particular parish / one of the members or inhabitants (domicile) of a parish or local Church. The retired Bishop explained that - Keeping in view the legal consequences of domicile and its various forms it may be defined as a stable residence which entails submission to local authority and permits the exercise of acts for which this authority is competent. To this definition the laws and their commentators confine themselves, without touching on the legal effects of domicile. Domicile, properly so called, is the place one inhabits indefinitely (locus perpetuæ habitationis), such perpetuity being quite compatible with more or less transitory residence elsewhere. It matters not whether one be the owner or simply the occupant of the house in which one dwells or whether one owns more or less property in the locality. The place of one's domicile is not the house where in one resides but the territorial district in which the house or home stands. The canon law has never recognized as domicile an unstable residence in different parts of a diocese without intent to establish oneself in some particular parish. Canon law allows a double domicile, provided there be in both places a morally equal installation; the most ordinary example of this being a winter domicile in the city and a summer domicile in the country.

(To be contd...)

Campa Cola and the Common Man There is the famous Management story of a group of children playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child is playing on the disused track, the rest on the optional one. They are blissfully unmindful of an approaching train. You are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing at the disused one would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way? Most of us might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one lone child. But do we also remind ourselves that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place? Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us every day. In politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are."Remember that what's right isn't always popular, and what's popular isn't always right." Everybody makes a mistake, that’s why they put erasers on pencils. With utmost respect to the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the Campa Cola case is a stern’ Buyer Beware’ warning. However, there should also be an equal warning for the

sellers to beware. On humanitarian grounds, will the Church and PPCs help? —Denis Khan

Migrants, Refugees and Slaves (The Secular Citizen— 15th June 2014)

In his message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees—Towards a Better World, Pope Francis stated: “From the Christians standpoint, the reality of migration like other human realities points to the tension between the beauty of Creation, marked by Grace and Redemption, and the mystery of sin. Solidarity, acceptance and signs of fraternity and understanding exists side by side with rejection, discrimination, trafficking, exploitation, suffering and death…. There is little effort to adjust and sacrifice for the growth of the others. The ‘I’ becomes more important than the ‘we’; what is mine becomes more important than what is ours.” Now, an Index published by the

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Australia based “Walk—Free—Foundation, ranked 162 countries based on 3 factors that include estimated prevalence of modern slavery, a measure of child marriage and a measure of human trafficking. According to the Index there are 30 million people in modern slavery globally. India leads the world with 14 million or nearly 50%. The study reveals that in India by far the largest proportion of slaves are Indians exploited by Indians through debt bondage, bonded labour and casteism. India is one of the few countries that has not ratified the ‘Child Labour Convention’. In India we have the dubious phenomenon of migrants and refugees fleeing to big cities and urban centres for jobs, a better life and to avoid famine and persecution back home. The Most Blessed Trinity gives us a beautiful example of a Communitarian Society, One that lives and works for mutual growth through consensus and dialogue and through the outpouring of love. The Trinity is also a model of social life, and reminds us how we must live together in mutual love and sacrifice. The only manner to mitigate the scourge of migrants, refugees and slaves is to “pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness; and to fight the good fight…” (1 Timothy 6:11). —Dr Trevor Colaso, Bandra

News Item The Daughters of St Paul, are launching PAULINE APPs , a mobile application with four free e-books (based on study tips, health, youth prayers, earth) as part of their centenary celebrations which open on 15 June, 2014. It can be downloaded from Google Playstore. They also have launched a renovated website (www.paulineindia.org) with a payment gateway, to make religious and self-improvement books and media material easily accessible. Registration on the website entitles you to various discounts, specially if you are a religious or priest and other discounts for lay faithful too. Besides Pauline Publications, books of other well known publishers will also be made available soon.

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Hopeful Of ‘Acchhe Din’ Ahead!

fraid of BJP’s communalism and its roots in Hindutvaadi RSS, we witnessed the rise of new Modi government with suspicion. But the Modi moves over the last month show signs of achhe din ahead. Both critics and supporters alike acknowledge Narendra Modi's ability to dedicate himself. He did a nearly year-long gruelling campaign - covering 300,000 km, 5,187 events and direct interaction with 234 million people. As a result an Aam Aadmi like Sunita Singh too is hoping Modi will bring jobs to her Amethi. Modi may have over-committed. "The new government comes in with extreme expectations," says Jagannadham Thunuguntla, at SMC Global Securities. Yet Modi shows determination to fulfil the hopes. In the corridors of power in Delhi, there is a sense of panic as Modi is unsettling the status quo by replacing largesse with efficiency and loyalty with talent. A leaner cabinet, accountable bureaucrats and a reformed Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will be the cornerstones of his political management in Delhi. The UPA government had 82 secretaries and around 80 ministers; Modi's cabinet is expected to be two-thirds the size. His team is likely to be a mix of bureaucrats, technocrats and politicians. Already Economists Bibek Debroy and Laveesh Bhandari had sug-

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Immediate agenda awaiting Mr. Modi seems to be this: -Empower the Prime Minister's Office with more direct involvement in decision-making. -Restructure key ministries such as finance, external affairs, energy, infrastructure -Strengthen relations with the US. -Empower bureaucrats and technocrats to enable faster decision-making. -Flexible policy on FDI. -Tax reforms to include roadmap for GST and DTC. -Increase involvement of chief ministers in decision-making, include them in Cabinet. -Committee on Security and in natural resource allocation decisions -Greater thrust on agriculture, manufacturing and infrastructure -Greater trade engagement with Japan, South Korea, China and Southeast Asia Would UPA have done this reform if it was reelected? No. But the BJP can do this thorough reform because it has the majority on its own. Only if corporates

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BURIALS – A very ‘grave’ issue (Contd.. from p. 2) There is no gainsaying the fact that the resolution of drastic situations calls for the adoption of drastic measures. The foregoing comprising of hard facts as it were needs to be faced squarely and tackled headon. No superficial solution can help. Perhaps URGENTLY setting up a ‘Diocesan Funeral Board/ Commission’ to look into every aspect concerning the Rite and modalities of Catholic funerals would be a step in the right direction. Is anyone listening!?! More than that, is anyone willing to stand up and act at least by way of joining a debate? Or are we each going to remain silent until we are faced with a piquant situation concerning lack of burial space in relation to a funeral in our own individual families?

The Other Side Of Surrogacy Women Forced To Sell Their Wombs For Money

by Mousumi Mukherjee Yesterday, I saw a deeply disturbing documentary by filmmaker Surabhi Sharma. This documentary â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can we see the baby bump please?â&#x20AC;? on Indian surrogate mothers takes the perspective of the rights of these poor subaltern third world women, who are making hazardous choices in agreeing to be surrogate mothers driven by poverty and deprivation led by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;ethnic entrepreneursâ&#x20AC;? (including medical practitioners) of their own country involved in the billion dollars worth fertility industry. These â&#x20AC;&#x153;ethnic entrepreneursâ&#x20AC;? are in a way â&#x20AC;&#x153;pimpingâ&#x20AC;? the cheap labour of their poor women in not just the garment manufacturing companies but also their reproductive labour in the global economy capitalizing on their poverty, doing business and making profit, as feminist cultural critic Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak (1999) would argue. The stories of some of these women are horrifying, especially those who miscarry the baby and are even deprived of any payment for 5-6 months of pregnancy, they also have to bear the financial burden of follow-up treatment and the burden of guilt within that cultural context imposed by others who judge these women for bearing someone elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s child, even when the women

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themselves think they are doing something good in helping others. During Q&A, the filmmaker also narrated that the one thing each of the surrogate mothers regretted is that they would not be allowed to even see the baby once after giving birth! Knowing that cultural context well, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even imagine the emotional pain of these women, where ancient mythological stories of motherly love for even adopted child is so woven in the cultural fabric of the society. One can criticize me for taking a normative stand here, but there is something inherently wrong with this billion dollars transnational industry and marketisation of the womb exploiting these poor women. Though one can argue that these women have agency in making this choice to be surrogate, but even if we would look at this issue through the â&#x20AC;&#x153;social choiceâ&#x20AC;? theory, what are the choices of subaltern slum dwelling women in the third world developing countries like India? Do these women really have any real choice in their life driven by their poverty and deprivation? An upper class Indian woman can

choose to fast for dieting to reduce excess fat, but for these women, fasting is probably a ritual to feed their babies and husbands, so is the choice of surrogacy to support their family financially, as some women in the documentary narrated that it was easier for them to bear a child for 9 months rather than working in the garment factory sweatshops. Moreover, India has one of the worst records of childhood malnutrition, womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and maternal health in the world. The reproductive labour of these already deprived semi-literate, illiterate, and malnourished women (with multiple children and without provision for contraception and any formal sex education within that society) are getting exploited by their own family, their fellow citizens of their country and the world. But, what about the human ethics and values of those who are utilizing their labour and those who are running this booming business utilizing their labour? What kind of a moral world order we are living in? Its true that lot of these poor women have agency. They are choosing to be surrogates driven by extreme poverty and deprivation and there are

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(Contd.. from p. 8) powerful people politically behind this booming industry with well thoughtout discourse about medical ethics and law within that context. There are also local activists fighting for this issue, especially with a law about it pending in the Indian Parliament as reported by the documentary filmmaker, Surabhi Sharma yesterday. But, maybe raising collective voice, support and advocacy by educated and relatively privileged women like us globally will help to open up better alternatives of education and employment for these women, rather than having to rent their womb for others to do business. Since yesterday, I have been wondering about those Indians who are running this business and have also built a strong discourse around medical ethics and helping the poor women of their country. Scientific inventions for IVF & surrogacy were made by hard labour of scientists, who sought to solve a human problem for the infertile and the childless who want babies. But, should we as human beings accept quietly this kind of industrialized mass production of babies and marketisation of the womb? Childless parents in developed economies in Canada, US, Europe, Australia and upper-class Indian parents, who have the means to rent the womb of a poor woman from the slums of India or Thailand or some other developing country, are paying as buyers for their babies to be produced as a market transaction. How is this science being used in a country

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like India for profit-making business? What about their much publicized Indian spirituality and family values? Is this some kind of a cultural schizophrenia? What are the people associated with this exploitative industry doing in the name of business, helping the poor women of their country and childless parents around the world? The activists fighting about this issue at the grassroots level are framing it within the framework of human rights of these surrogate mothers. But, even this rightsbased advocacy framework does not take into consideration the economic, social and cultural impact of this practice for these subaltern women of the third world as revealed through the voices of these women in the documentary. And, what does it do to our basic human values of motherhood? Are we, as a global society (not just American society), turning from a market economy to a market society as Michael Sandel (2012) would argue? What are the moral limits of market and what money cannot buy? Isn’t it time that we, as citizens of the world, collectively ask these questions? These questions have been haunting me since last evening. The powerful elite of the Indian society is using science to exploit the child-bearing labour of the poor subaltern women of their own country, even when women’s chastity and motherhood is still idealized the most within the mainstream Indian society and there are so many cultural rituals about it. These poor women of the third world are bearing the worst brunt of these cultural prejudices, guilt and transnational business transactions in the global economy. I personally thank the filmmaker Surabhi Sharma through this article for giving voice to these subaltern women to speak about their experiences of surrogacy and their feelings! Her purpose was to give voice to these subaltern women surrogates. Though the filmmaker did not take any normative stand about commercial surrogacy as good or bad in the documentary; I, as an educator and a woman from that region of the world as the surrogates in the documentary, can’t

Iraq On The Verge Of Siege Today, the whole world sympathises with the people of Iraq and the families of Iraqi soldiers who have fled their homes in large numbers after the terror attacks and brutal killings unleashed by Sunni militants of the ISIS, an offshoot of the terrorist al -Qaida organistaion. Iraq has never had it so bad as of now, even during the 1982 Iran-Iraq full-scale war , where life continued as normal under former President Saddam Hussain , and suicide bombers and car bomb explosions were unheard of. Sectarian violence was also at a minimum and only raised its ugly head after the entry of US troops and its allies in 2003--spawned an abetted by the divide and rule policy of the US. Today, with President Obama adopting a wait-and -watch policy, and refusing to send his troops to quell the rebellion, and Britain’s ex PM Tony Blair refusing to accept that the present crisis in Iraq is due to the Anglo-US invasion of 2003, the future of the present Shia govt of prime minister Nouri al Maliki lies in jeopardy , as the ISIS continues its relentless attacks and march to the capital city of Baghdad.

—A. F. Nazareth, Alto Porvorim. help but take a moral stand about this issue. This social “class apartheid” as Spivak (2002,p.26) would argue, and oppression which perhaps begins with the segregated Indian schooling system that reproduces these insensitive classes of people who exploit others for profit-making needs to change, even if it takes another 100 years! courtesy: youth ki awaaz

Your Signature Style Size When you begin to consider things your signature says about you, a good place to start is the size of your letters. If you use small letters you are probably shy, withdrawn or possibly concentrated and meticulous. If your letters are average you are considered well-adjusted and adaptable. And if your letters are large you are probably outgoing, outspoken and love attention. You have a lot of confidence, or at least pretend that you do.

Legibility It's been said that a person with a consistently illegible signature is probably arrogant. Not taking the time to ensure others can read your signature shows an assuming attitude that they should already know who you are. If your signature is legible, it shows that you are open and straightforward with others. It usually means that you are happy with who you are and have nothing to hide.

Placement Take a look at where your signature is placed on the page. If your signature is to the right, you are considered natural with a tendency to look forward in life. Is your signature in the center of the page? If so, it's a sign of a need for attention or that you consider yourself important. And if your signature is placed on the left side of the paper, you may be withdrawn and cling to the past.

Direction Next, take a look at the direction the letters in your signature face. The analysis on this is pretty short and sweet. If your signature slants to the right, you are considered outgoing and bubbly. However, if your signature slants to the left you probably don't push yourself forward enough.

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Embellishments Do you like to have a fancy signature? I remember I used to sign my "i" with a heart on top back in the day. Well, embellishments can also give you clues into your signature personality. If you have lines going through your signature, it's a sign that you aren't happy and are self-critical. If you underline your name it's a sign of importance and the need for recognition and status. Do you draw a circle around your signature? If so, this is a sign that you want to be protected and could be defensive.

Pressure Pressure is how hard you press while writing your signature. If you apply heavy pressure to your signature, this is a sign that you are good with commitment and taking things seriously. However, if it's too heavy this can be a sign that you are uptight. Do you use light pressure? If so, this is a sign that you are sensitive and empathetic by nature. It could also be a sign that you lack vitality.

Content What do you include in your signature? For years I have signed my first initial, followed by the first part of my last

name. If you choose not to use your first name it can be a sign that you dislike your name or you prefer to be reserved and formal. If you write your full name, it shows a more relaxed approach to life.

I's & It's Do you remember to dot your Is and cross your Ts? Both letters can reveal information into your personality. Let's start with your Is. If you dot high, that's a sign of a great imagination. A dot to the left is a sign of procrastination, while a dot directly over the i shows you are organized and detail-oriented. If you circle your dot you are probably a visionary or child-like. Next let's look at your Ts. If you cross your T in the very center, this is a sign that you are confident and comfortable in your own skin. Short crosses can be a sign of laziness and lack of determination, while long crosses are a sign of enthusiasm and being stubborn.

Round Vs Pointed Finally, let's have a look at the shape of the letters in your signature. Are your letters round or pointed? If your letters are round, it's a sign that you are creative and artistic. Pointed letters are a sign that you are very intelligent, intense and possible aggressive.

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Udupi on my Plate!

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t was a sight for hungry eyes! The green banana leaf was heaped with mounds of ‘one of my favourite’ things- goli baje, jackfruit gariyo, banana buns, shamige, pathrode…. authentic coastal food, prepared from the yield of the rich land with ingredients freshly harvested from nature! I envied the two travellers sitting at the table laden with the sumptuous spread, savouring the delights!! In these times when brand ‘ organic’ is attached to foods grown without chemicals, it has become fashionable to pay through one’s nose for such items from up-market shops. When nature’s vast gardens are filled with good things that only need to be harvested, before they can be moulded with other ingredients into lipsmacking cuisine, why do we fall prey to these marketing gimmicks and chase the label of ‘organic’? The term ‘organic’ did not exist as a label to attract buyers some decades ago because everything was grown organically. Villages and small towns had enough space and soil in every backyard to grow a few vegetables, fruit trees and medicinal plants. With urbanization came degeneration of priorities. What a tragic end to it all…… Watch the travel/cookery shows on television, right from imported chefs carefully avoiding the filth on the jetty in their calf-leather patented shoes, to the home-grown cooks bent over firwood choolas - it is so delightful. But

the two guys dancing down the highways of the country carrying their appetites on their faces are proving to be brand ambassadors for authentic food judging from their genuine appreciation of all kinds of culinary wonders of India. On their jaunt down the West coast, they touched Udupi and Mangalore and presented to the world not only traditional food but also the link the locals have forged with nature! Organic is not only grains and vegetables but also other products, the label can be extended to fresh leaves. Our ancestors have done well to explore nature and put to good use the varieties of leaves from local trees grown in one’s own compound. The tiny Drumstick leaves, packed with nutrition get thrown by the fistful into any vegetable preparation fortifying its nourishment. No Coastal curry is complete without Curry leaves that are a boon to those suffering from bad Cholesterol. The small-sized tree grows wild and is so prolific that the baby shoots from one tree cover a huge area around it. Ground with fresh coconut or used in gun powder, (spicy, red dry chutney accompaniment to idli) the curry leaves alleviate an ordinary dish into sublime! The turmeric leaves, treasured all over the East as a flavouring agent grow in abundance if one bulb of turmeric has been planted years ago. Rains fill new life into the bulbs and leaves spring up in neat little rows. As rains ease, they are culled and used to

make ‘patholeo’, like the Mexican Tamale, not savoury but sweet. When being steamed the aroma of this sweet is so powerful that it fills the whole locality with the unique fragrance of turmeric flowers! Call it Patrel, Patra, or patrode, the Colocasia ( Arvi) leaves with their medicinal value, form the main ingredient of this tasty snack prepared by different communities in scores of ways. When preparing dishes that call for the use of bay leaves, they can be plucked green from the trees that grow in abundance over the Konakan coast. Leaves are used to wrap and steam rice flour, especially at the end of monsoon and the festivals that come with it- Chaturthi, Ashtami, Navami etc. Like patholeo, Kottige and Moode top the list of these preparations. I can go on and on and readers will remind me what I have missed out on, but the RSS ( Rashtriya Swayampaak Sena)will surely once again discuss this topic to draw out more pleasant and useful information. However, the green banana leaf itself is the plate that enhances the taste of food served on it. Used extensively during festivals, in temples and also in some ethnic eating places, it is the best way to avoid wastage of water ( for washing hundreds of plates) and the leaves transform into excellent manure used to grow vegetables. . This is a valued custom in coastal Karnataka where banana orchards provide an unending supply of flowers, fruits, leaves and other parts of the plant that are put to good use. Well, environmentalists are shouting from the rooftops their well-known cry- go back to nature and all that is organic will fall into your plate. Udupi being a world famous temple town has been featured often on television, the community kitchen at the famous temple being the core feature of the show. But the scene of the two wayfarers with plates walking down the National Highway from Udupi to Mangalore, one of them with a yellow banana bunch propped like a gun on his shoulder, still manages to bring a smile to my lips!

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Major Risk to Family Wealth

ll too often, family wealth fails to last. One generation builds a business – or even a fortune – and then it is lost in ensuing decades. Why does it happen, again and again? It is because families fall prey to seri ous money blunders – old and new. Classic mistakes are made, and changi ng times aren’t recognized. Hesitation: This isn’t simply a matter of failing to plan, but also of failing to respond to acknowledged financial weaknesses. Minimal estate planning: A finely crafted estate plan has the potential to perpetuate and enhance familywealth for decades, perhaps generations. Without it, heirs may have to deal with probate and a painful opportunity cost: the lost potential for tax-advantaged growth and compounding of those assets.

for decades to come, heirs have to understand the how and why. All family members have to be on the same page, or at least read that page. If family communication about wealth tends to be more opaque than transparent, the mechanics and purpose of the strategy may never be adequately conveyed to heirs.

The lack of a “family office”: Years ago, wealthy families sometimes chose to assign financial management to professionals. The family mansion boasted an office where those professionals worked closely with the family. While the traditional “family office” has disappeared, the concept is as relevant as ever. Today, wealth management firms consult families, provide reports and assist in decision-making in an ongoing relationship with personal and responsive service. This is a wise choice when your financial picture becomes too complex to address on your own.

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financial decision-making is vertical and top-down. Parents or grandparents may make a decision in private, and it may be years before heirs learn about it or fully understand it. When the heirs do become decision makers, it is usually upon the death of the elders – only now the heirs are in their forties or fifties, with current and former spouses and perhaps children of their own to make family wealth decisions more difficult.

What’s More Valuable, Money Or Knowledge?

aving money is one thing; knowing how to make and keep it is another. Business owners naturally value control, but at times they make the mistake of valuing it too much – being in control becomes more of a priority than sharing practical knowledge, ideas or a financial stake with the next generation. Or, maybe there simply isn’t enough time in a business owner’s 60-hour workweek to convey the know-how or determine an outcome that makes sense for two generations. A good succession planner can help a family business deal with these concerns. As a long-term direction is set for the family business, one should also be set for family money. Much has been written about baby boomers being on the receiving end of the greatest generational wealth transfer in history – a total of roughly $7.6 trillion, according to the Wall Street Journal – but so far, young boomers are only saving about $0.50 of each $1 they inherit. If adult children grow up with a lot of money, they may also easily slip into a habit if spending beyond their means, or acting on entrepreneurial whims without the knowledge or boots-on-the-ground business acumen of mom and dad. Vision matters. When family members agree about the value and purpose of family wealth – what wealth means to them, what it should accomplish, how it should be maintained and grown for the future – that shared vision can be expressed in a coherent legacy plan, which can serve as a kind of compass. After all, estate planning encompasses much more than strategies for wealth transfer, tax deferral and legal tax avoidance. It is also about conveying knowledge – and values. In the long run, nothing may help family wealth more.

Spain Sees 'Astonishing' Jump In Mass Attendances

ike Quebec, Ireland, or Boston, Spain has epitomized the fad ing of Catholic faith. In the twentieth century, religious practice in Spain fell sharply, especially as the country transitioned to democracy and resentment of the Church’s support for Franco’s dictatorship surfaced. Recently, however, the downward trend has stopped and is recovering. According to Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), the proportion of Spaniards attending Mass has increased from 12.1 to 15 percent between 2011 and 2012. In absolute terms, the number of Spanish Catholics attending Mass weekly grew by an astonishing further 23 percent between 2012 and 2013, according to CIS. Meanwhile, between 2007 and 2013 the number of Spaniards contributing part of their taxes to the Church rose from eight to nine million. Not only are Spaniards attending Mass more frequently, but also youths are rediscovering the priesthood and religious life. In 2013–2014, the number of Spanish diocesan seminarians increased for a third consecutive year to 1321, a steady growth from 1227 in 2010–2011. Active female religious orders are also vibrant—each year, about 400 Spanish girls become non-cloistered sisters, a slowly increasing number. The number of women at the Poor Clares Convent of the Ascension in Lerma has surged from 28 in 1994 to 134 in 2009. One of the Lerma nuns, Sister Verónica, created her own community, Jesu Communio. The Vatican approved the rapidly growing order, known as the “sisters in jeans” because they wear denim habits, in 2010. Immigration cannot explain this growth in monastic and priestly vocations. Today, young Spaniards are leaving the country for the more prosperous parts of Latin America (especially Chile) and for Germany and Britain. Considering Spain’s massive youth emigration and the fact that the country has one of Europe’s lowest birth rates, Spain’s youth population is shrinking, so this vocations rebound is

more impressive. Perhaps no one puts a more attractive face on Spain’s return to Catholicism than Olalla Oliveros. Last month, the 36-year-old Spanish model stunned Spanish society by becoming a nun of the semi-cloistered Order of Saint Michael. Perhaps Oliveros did this out of frustration? On the contrary, she was at the height of her career and was recently offered a lead role in a bigbudget film. Some would dismiss these recent developments as resulting from the economic crisis. Currently, unemployment in Spain is almost 27 percent; in the European Union, only Greece suffers from a worse jobless rate. Spain plunged into recession in 2008, with anemic GDP growth in recent quarters. Perhaps Spaniards are rediscovering the pews and seminaries because economic hardship is leading them to look for a last resort in religion? Furthermore, Spain is not only experiencing a religious revival of its society, but its public sphere is also turning away from the moral relativism of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s government (2004–2011). In 2005, Zapatero legalized same-sex “marriage” and the adoption of children by homosexual couples. In 2010 Zapatero’s government legalized abortion on demand. Also, Zapatero made “express divorce” legal, ended mandatory religious education in schools and removed crucifixes from public buildings. However, today’s government of Mariano Rajoy is challenging Zapatero’s revolution. Currently, it is pushing a bill banning abortion except when the pregnancy results from rape or threatens the mother’s health or life. The bill would make Spanish legislation as pro-life as it has been since 1985. Spanish elites feel that Zapatero went too far in deChristianization. Ireland, too, has also suffered economically. However, Irish Catholicism remains in the doldrums since the eco-

nomic collapse; no trends similar to the Spanish ones can be observed there. The number of Irish youths entering seminary remains depressingly low; many Irish parishes are closing; popular and political pressure to embrace same-sex “marriage” and abortion are mounting; Mass attendance in Dublin is fast approaching the single digits with no end in sight. What, then, accounts for this surprising turnaround in the state of Spanish Catholicism? Perhaps it can be partially attributed to Pope Benedict XVI, sometimes criticized by some for excessively focusing on the re-evangelization of Western societies, being a Don Quixote trying to resurrect Christendom where it is obviously dead. Yet Spain mattered to Benedict. He visited the country three times, attracting some of the largest crowds of his pontificate. Spain’s slight retreat from secularization can’t simply be chalked up to economic difficulties. Something else is at play, whether a response to Benedict’s summoning of Europe to return to its roots, a rediscovery of the beauty of religious life, weariness with Zapatero’s secularist aggression, or something else entirely. For some time, many had predicted that Spanish Catholicism would share the fate of the woolly mammoth and that Gothic churches in would be turned into pizzerias and discotheques. However, Spanish Catholicism is regaining a vibrancy it has not seen in decades. When Pope Francis visits Spain next year, he will find a struggling local Church, but one where Catholic culture is being visibly reborn.

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Where Jews, Christians, Muslims Unite In Prayer

erlin Christians, Muslims and Jews, all praying under the same roof - that's the groundbreaking project of a pastor, a rabbi and an imam in Berlin. Still a sand- strewn vacant construction site, St Peter's Square in the centre of the German capital will - God willing - by 2018 host a building that's so unusual it doesn't have an official term. Not a church, nor a synagogue, or a mosque as such, but a bit of all three, the centre known currently as a " House of Prayer and Learning" will be unlike any other religious venue in the world, its initiators say. The aim of the $ 60- million project, whose fundraising was recently launched but has been several years in the making, is not only to show the importance of multi- faith dialogue but to mirror multicultural Berlin. " It seemed to us that there was a very strong desire for the peaceful coming together of the religions," said Roland Stolte, one of two Protestant representatives on the board of the association behind the project. Not by coincidence, it will stand at a location with a strong and long religious significance. In 2007 archaeological excavations unearthed the foundations of four previous St Peter's churches that had stood on the site at different periods since the Middle Ages, Stolte told AFP in an interview.

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The last one, which had a striking 100- metre- tall steeple and dated from the mid- 19th century, was damaged in World War II and later demolished by the former East German communist state in the early 1960s. A car park then occupied the site which the city authorities later handed back to the local Protestant community. " We wanted to revive this place, not by building a church again but by constructing a place that says something about the life of religions today in Berlin," Stolte said. Nearly 19 per cent of Berlin's 3.4 million residents described themselves as Protestant, according to 2010 official data. Some 8.1 per cent said they were Muslim and 0.9 per cent Jewish, while more than 60 per cent said they did not adhere to any religion. Pastor Gregor Hohberg said it had been crucial to also get the centre's Jewish and Muslim partners involved right from the start, well before work got underway on building it.

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Unity Is Distant But Still Our Goal, Pope Tells Anglican Leader

ope Francis has told the Arch bishop of Canterbury that al though unity is distant it is still their goal, during a meeting at the Vatican today. The Pope and Archbishop Justin Welby prayed together in one of the Vatican chapels following their second private meeting since the Pope’s election. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope also reiterated their committment to fight modern slavery and human trafficking. During his address to Archbishop Welby, Pope Francis said: “We cannot claim that our division is anything less than a scandal and an obstacle to our proclaiming the Gospel of salvation to the world.” He continued: “The goal of full unity may seem distant indeed, it remains the aim which should direct our every step along the way." Pope Francis also discussed the ‘intolerable crime’ of human trafficking. He said: “At our first meeting, Your Grace and I discussed our shared concerns and our pain before a number of grave

evils afflicting our human family. In particular, we shared our horror in the face of the scourge of human trafficking and forms of modern-day slavery. I thank you for the leadership you have shown in opposing these intolerable crimes against human dignity. “In attempting to respond to this urgent need, notable collaborative efforts have been initiated on the ecumenical level and in cooperation with civil authorities and international organizations. Many charitable initiatives have been undertaken by our communities, and they are operating with generosity and courage in various parts of the world. I think in particular of the action network against the trafficking in women set up by a number of women’s religious institutes. Let us persevere in our commitment to combat new forms of enslavement, in the hope that we can help provide relief to victims and oppose this deplorable trade. I thank God that, as disciples sent to heal a

wounded world, we stand together, with perseverance and determination, in opposing this grave evil.” The Archbishop of Canterbury said that the crime of human trafficking must be tackled with urgency. He said: “Your Holiness much has happened in the year since I first received your gracious hospitality here. I am grateful for the progress that has been made through the generous support of many, to draw to the attention of the world to the evils of Modern Slavery and Human trafficking."

23 June 2014

Sister Christina Shows Talents Are For Evangelization Too

Catholic Nun has proved that the gifts and talents are not just to use for self gain but to evangelize the world too. On 5th June 2014 the history of the Catholic Church had a new chapter added with the stunning victory of Sister Cristina Scuccia, a 25 year old Nun belonging to the Ursuline Sisters of the Holy Family from Milan, Italy. “The Voice of Italy” is a musical reality show akin to "American Idol" or "Britain’s Got Talent”. She presented herself in modest manner, in religious habit and a simple shoe, but with a warm and powerful voice. It has exemplified the recent call of Pope Francis to witness the Gospel among the people by using all talents. Even after grant victory she is quoted as saying that she would leave it up to her superiors to decide whether a career in show businesses was an appropriate activity for a nun. "I would also be very happy to go back to singing with the children in parish churches," she reportedly said. A few months back while talking about new evangelization Pope Francis said that ‘we must be open to the action of the Spirit of God, without fear of what He asks us or where He leads us. Let us entrust ourselves to Him! He enables us to live and bear witness to our faith, and enlighten the hearts of those we meet. The Spirit also instils the strength needed to bear courageous witness to the Risen Christ; he is the spirit of mission and evangelization. Let us renew each day our trust in the working of the Holy Spirit, open our hearts to his inspiration and gifts, and strive to be signs of unity and communion with God in the midst of our human family.’ It is a natural question that comes to our mind; how does Sister Cristina evangelize through this particular programme? It is a fact that some of the traditional Catholics have been angered of a Nun taking part in a musical reality show but we need to go a bit deeper to understand the role of Holy Spirit worked through her. In usual sense in

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such reality shows the victory movement is witnessed by tears, tantrums, and tediously long speeches by the stars and gusts but never the Lord's Prayer recited. The media quotes that when her victory was confirmed – at 62% it was even more of a landslide than Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's showing in the European elections, and possibly more heartfelt – she smiled and gave a cheerful thumbs up.

Fr. Anand Muttungal "The last word of thanks, the most important, goes of course to him in heaven," she said, moments before. "And my dream is to recite a Padre Nostro together … I want Jesus to enter into this." Then, standing in her habit next to the bemused hosts, she started to recite the Lord's Prayer. Further, when she got selected to participate in the show the show's panel questioned her on whether she was a real nun to which she answered absolutely true. Then they asked why she wanted to do this and she said it's a way of evangelizing and reaching out to masses. She said Pope Francis said to make noise and this is what she's doing. The show demonstrates that she definitely touched something in the hearts of the most professional judges along with millions across the world. The judges with one voice say that they were mesmerized by the voice and words she sang we could see one was holding back the tears of emotions. It was also emotional to see her fellow sisters on the sidelined cheering her on plus her parents and probably her Mother Superior, who at the end of Sr. Cristina's singing wiped away tears from her eyes. This was one of the most powerful ways she evangelized million saying that it is time to return to the Lord. Sister Cristina said the lyrics she sung are her inspirations that she received in prayer. Yes today we need

the religious to come in the forefront to reach out using different means to turn people to God. I am sure that Sister Cristina will continue to inspire millions to use their talents to proclaim the message of Jesus. It also makes us to meditate on the talents God has given to each of us. God has given us unique abilities, talents, and spiritual gifts. If we think that our talents are simply for us to make a lot of money, retire, and die, then we have missed the point of your life. The Bible says, “Each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Peter 4:10). We can conclude it with the parable of the ten talents in St. Luke 19, if we don’t use what God has given us, he will take it away and give it to someone else who will. But if we use our talents wisely, God will give us more. If we use our energy wisely, God will give us more energy. If we use our influence wisely, God will increase our influence. God will bless all levels of our faithfulness and willingness to evangelize or proclaim, ‘God is love’.

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How To Be Strong And Independent Being independent is a vital skill for people who want to take more control of their lives and feel like they don't need others to accomplish their goals. Being more independent will give you the freedom to do what you want without caring what others think

you’ll demonstrate others that you are certain in what you say and do. Though it doesn’t mean you have to behave arrogantly. These are rather different things. Self-confidence is only the way to show people that you are content and happy.

All people try to reach independence throughout their life, however, not everyone can fulfill this great desire successfully. Independence is the first step we should take on our way to freedom, self-development and happiness. That’s why it is extremely important for us to do our best in order to enhance our independence. I should say it’s not difficult but it is really worth trying. Certainly, you won’t feel happy and satisfied when you always have to rely on others and depend on them. It would be much better if you could control your life without anyone’s help and interference. Make sure you use at least some of the tips below and you’ll be able to become an independent personality.

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pleasure from everything you do. Think of all your achievements, surely, you can be proud of yourself as you’ve done a lot. No matter whether others approve your methods or not, your success is evident. To become an independent individual you shouldn’t follow the ideals and thoughts of the masses but to preserve your own vision of this world.

Surround Yourself with Posi- Develop Your Self-Confidence tivity Communication with negative people may influence my mood and finally spoil the whole day. Even if you are a positive personality, someone’s pessimistic words and attitude to life will make you lose your joy and inspiration. Whenever you come to some place and meet with people you expect to feel only cheerful and pleasant emotions. So, I would recommend you to avoid those personalities who bring you sadness and frustration. Instead surround yourself with positivity, communicating with those who make you feel comfortable and relaxed.

Undoubtedly, self-confidence contributes greatly to our success and it determines our relations with people who surround us. Being non-confident, you will face numerous problems while making efforts to achieve your goal. Simply relax and go to your dream with a bit of self-confidence. You’ll be amazed at the final outcome. This way

Making decisions is not an easy job to do. Sometimes it can take you a lot of time to make the final choice without any hesitations. In such situations most of us usually turn to our close people for advice. But still the last word must be yours because you have your own point of view, interests and characteristics that will influence your decision. First of all, you should trust yourself and then you can let someone else come into your life.

Be Self-Motivated The next thing I would advise you to do is to find out your talents and passion so that you can definitely see your dream. Then you should spare no efforts to improve your skills and abilities. Focus on those aspects that are the most significant for you and don’t get distracted by any trifles that can ruin all your plans. If you are devoted to something you can be sure you will reach the best results ever. Self-motivation is an indispensable part of your success as it will give you inspiration even when the things are going tough.

Ignore Others’ Opinions Every time you need to make some serious decision, keep to your own opinion and don’t mind what others say. You should understand clearly what you really like in your life and get

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The Slow Killer Of ‘Your’ Personality Lying is a slow killer of our personality. Here are some reasons to stop lying from today and start telling the truth.

owadays lying is a widespread problem of many people. This behaviour problem seriously affects life. It is easy to lose trust of friends, the dearest and the nearest people, because of lying. Lying also causes serious mental and relationship problems. When trust is lost, it is impossible to regain it. Nothing in life is worth doing if it leads to loss of trust. To rectify the harm caused, we may have to spend years, yet fail. In the presence of trust, even impossible situations can be faced. In the absence of trust even simple situations become impossible. Do not let lying affect your happiness and progress. Here is a small list of reasons to stop lying from today and start telling the truth.

Truth is a sign of ‘bravery’

that increases your worth and respect.

Distress to de-stress: You are fighting between telling the truth and telling a lie, you may feel anxious. However, after the incident you are stress free if you have told the truth. You will be stressed for a long long time, if you have told a lie. Choose wisely.

Drop your mask: Lying can create various inner conflicts and stress, which affects moods and awards one with more problems. There is a risk to get used to lying. Often, we will have to tell more lies to cover up the first one. It usually causes inner controversy and you can do nothing about this fact. Furthermore, it affects your confidence and self-esteem. You always feel like a thief. You always carry a mask. It rips you off peace and keeps you always uncertain. Neither will you be genuine nor will you have people around you who are genuine.

Deprived of accomplishment?

It takes more bravery to tell a highly inconvenient truth than a lie that helps you to escape for a little while. Truth is the priority of strong and wise people. I do agree that sometimes it is extremely difficult to tell the truth, especially when it comes to feelings and relationships and complex people. In the long run, genuine people always stay back with people telling the truth.

You know that liars create a myth of their “successful” life, but they are depriving themselves of accomplishment. Admit that any achievement that has the support of lies, are hollow, and you won’t run away from yourself. Give up lies and live a genuinely accomplished life.

Lies breaks down trust

Do you believe that lies help you solve your problems? If yes, then you are seriously mistaken. Lying delays but redoubles your problems. Tell the truth and face the consequences of your actions. Face it and learn. Avoid lying and embrace the truth.

Those who prefer to lie lose authority. People always doubt liars even when the liars are saying the truth. People who say the truth are highly appreciated by others around them. Being trustworthy is a great trait of character

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What is Arbitrage ? Buying an asset in one market and simultaneously selling an identical asset in another market at a higher priceis known as arbitrage. Sometimes these will be identical assets in different markets. Often the assets being arbitraged that will be identical in a more complicated way, for instance, they will be different sorts of financial securities that are each exposed to identical risks. Some kinds of arbitrage are completely risk-free-this is pure arbitrage. Opportunities for pure arbitrage have become rare in recent years, partly because of the globalisation of financial markets. Today, a lot of so called arbitrage, much of it done by hedge funds, involves assets that have some similarities but are not identical. Arbitrage pricing theory This is one of two influential economic theories of how assets are priced in the financial markets. The other is the capital asset pricing model. The arbitrage pricing theory says that the price of a financial asset reflects a few key risk factors, such as the expected rate of interest, and how the price of the asset changes relative to the price of a portfolio of assets.

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The Work Of The Holy Angels “ Opus Sanctorum Angelorum “

f anything, the work of the Holy Angels looms even larger in the Roman Catho lic consciousness now than it did a few decades ago, a fact that Catholic theologians unanimously defend. The Lateran Council IV and Vatican Council I stated that “simultaneously at the beginning of time, God created from nothing both the spiritual and corporeal creations, i.e, angelic and mundane” (D.428,1783). So, what exactly are Angels? Fr. Alfred Boedekker,O.F.M, from America says, “The Angels are real finite persons, fellow-creatures, with sharp intellects and free wills, but without physical bodies.” Unlike most of God’s creations, the angels by their nature are superior to other creatures, even men, and have a greater possession of intellect and power (2Peter.2:11). Angels are mentioned 148 times in the Holy Bible (Old and New Testament). The angels move faster than light and are independent of space, matter and time. Pope Saint John XXIII said, “ An angel of Paradise, no less, is always beside me, wrapped in everlasting ecstasy on his lord. So I am ever under the gaze of an angel who protects and prays for me.” In Europe and around the world are many organizations dedicated to the “work” of angels, for priests, religious, lay apostles and missionaries. ‘Opus Angelorum” is very deeply involved in the doctrine and work of angels. When a person becomes a member, in the admittance ceremony they promise to be “led by your Guardian Angel, you are truly to become another, Christ.” Pope Pius XII declared: “We must be linked up with the Holy Angels, we must form with them one “strong family because of the times that are to come.” The angels are venerated because they have been “glorified by God for having remained on His side in their test. SS. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael are known as the Archangels. The Masses and Feast days honor and venerate all angels, especially the Guardian Angels. “In adoration and joy we make their hymn of praise our own: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might Hosanna in the highest.” In his encyclical, Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII reprimanded those who did not regard the angels as personal beings. An-

gels are totally spiritual persons. The late John Cardinal Wright, who was Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the clergy wrote: “The angels confirm us in the faith and increase our hope and love for God.” He went on to say: “angels owe their theological status to divine revelation.” The General Catechetical Directory 1971, declared that the teachings of the Catholic faith include the angels as objects of Catholic belief. The early writings of the Christian faith state that “believers have Guardian Angels.” Our Lady is the Queen of Angels. The stigmatic priest, Padre Pio, who is now a saint once told a person that he would get the information from his Guardian Angels. “Can you actually hear the angel?” asked the man in awe. At that moment the saint spoke with a smile, “Do you think I am deaf? The movement in the Church, Opus Sanctorum Angelorum (The work of the Holy Angels, can be comprehended only in the light of divine faith. For the Message of Fatima to be sent, God made use of the holy angels. He used the Angel of Peace (the Angel of Portugal, also known as the angel of the Holy Eucharist). The angel would prepare the three shepherds for receiving the Message. The Old and New Testaments recall the work of the Holy Angels. Pope Saint John Paul II said, “The New Testament highlights the role of angels in Christ’s Messianic mission. Pope Innocent III framed a dogmatic decision called, Firmiter, “God alone is the creator of all things visible and invisible, spiritual and corporeal, the angelic, that is, and the sensible (material).” Three is the number of the Trinity. The Message of Fatima is Trinitarian. How? Well, to begin with there are three children. The angel appeared three times. The prayers from the angels were repeated three times. Our Lady appeared six times: two into three. The Church of St.Peter in Chains is in Rome. The chains which had bound Peter are still there. We are told in the Bible how Peter awoke to see his cell bathed in a bright light. “Behold, an angel of the Lord appeared and told Peter to dress quickly, the chains fell from his hands.” Then the angel instructed the first Pope, “Wrap your mantle around you and follow me.” Catholics visit the

church to this day and pray before the chains, especially to the Guardian Angel of the Pope. Like most pilgrims Christians move as BY MELVYN BROWN a team in faith, devotedly protective of their beliefs in Guardian Angels. The Second Vatican Council told members of the Church that we are a pilgrim Church, our ultimate goal being heaven. “I myself will send an angel before you…”(Ex.23:20-24). The birth of the Saviour was first announced by holy angels to simple shepherds out in the field. An angel comforted Jesus in the Garden of Olives. Upon the Resurrection of Christ, an angel kept watch at the empty tomb. Roman Catholics practice in teaching their children the Guardian Angel Prayer : “ Angel of God, my guardian dear; to whom God’s love commits me here. Ever this day and night be at my side, to light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.” In the meantime the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels”(334.CCC). Human life is always under the watchful care and intercession of Holy Angels. Priests and Religious have turned to their Guardian Angel in a special Act of Consecration to the Guardian Angel by virtue of which the Holy Angel radiates his Light into the soul, so that they may understand the realm of faith and receive a new joy in their life of faith. Pope Paul VI on the 23rd October, 1968 said :”The OpusAngelorum is a great work of love for our brothers in the priesthood, and has an important missionary mandate in the Holy Church. “In the ascetical life we are reminded of the law of the holy angels : silence, listening and obedience. In a Missionary Letter of the Confraternity of Priests of the Holy Cross in the Opus Sanctorum Angelorum (1973/11). “There are many ways leading to God; one of them is through the guidance of the holy angels. It is also a sure way , “Finally, through the centuries; Catholics have had abundantdevotion and received doctrines on the Holy Angels, providing the faithful with both mental and vocal prayers and practices, including methods to invoke the guidance of angels.

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The Hovenring is a suspended bicycle path roundabout in the province of Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands and the first of its kind in the world. It is situated in between the localities of Eindhoven, Veldhoven and Meerhoven which accounts for its name, which is Dutch for "Ring of the 'Hovens'". Designed by Ipv Delft, Hovenring comprises of a 70-

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