Mangalore catholic history ..

In fact, the Mangalore catholics have been the christians in India who have been persecuted more than any other christian denominations in India. Tippu Sultan and his expeditions to Srirengapattanam will for ever remain some of the most blotted in Indian Christian history. Having escaped the Portuguese from Goa, after conversion into Catholic faith, they were treated badly by Tippu Sultan with so much of contempt and disdain, as they had helped The British to defeat his father Hyder and Portuguese in the Great Anglo Mysore wars. Finally in the fourth Anglo Mysore war, Tippu was killed and thus ended the cruel reign of Tippu against Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalorean_Catholics

Since i have Catholic friends from Mangalore, I can actually feel for them more than any one else.

george..

Fighting corruption ..

Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party are out to fight corruption in the different dimensions as how it exists today.

Corruption of ideology - communalism, corruption of character - criminal behaviour, corruption of materialism - crony capitalism and corruption of lineage - dynastic politics..

ge..

Rockefellers and ambanis ..

Exactly a hundred years ago immigrants like Rockefellers and Gettys may have engaged in crony capitalism in US by selling the oil they discovered to the people of US and getting extremely rich overnight (depriving and dispossessing the original owners, the American Indians of this wealth) ..

Maybe the US elected representatives were not smart to see through the game then.. (though Rockefeller eventually out of guilt, returned everything to the society ) Can a petty businessman like Mukesh Ambani in India continue to fool the people of our country using the same strategy ?

Should we allow a cheap works contractor like Mukesh asked to drill out national resources, claim ownership of these resources ? Let the people of this land decide ..

April 1 is the ultimatum Mukesh has given to the country to fall in line .. Atrocious !!

Thank you Kejriwal for bringing up such a relevant issue and sensitising the people of this country of the wrongdoings of such core criminals like Mukesh ...

Cliques and intrigues in the church ..

The poor and humble Pope Francis is fed up and bewildered with the intrigues, cliques, favouritism shown by Cardinals (old and new) and exhorts them to shun all those .. To become one with the ordinary man, partake in his sufferings and pains.. Be simple and humble, like their leader the fisherman from Galilee ..
The mafia within the church may not agree to him, he may soon be toppled in a bloodless coup .. The Catholic church ( as are all other churches) may be feeling upset with having to listen to the truth at times. .. Vested interests who enjoy the ill benefits of its great wealth will be the first to protest against this posting ..

The greatest wealth is to live content with little - PLATO 400 BC ..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Pope-tells-cardinals-to-shun-intrigue-cliques-of-royal-court/articleshow/30905971.cms

At sherons house, first birthday ..

Pink tabebuia trees in full bloom on outer ring road Bangalore..

Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky - Khalil Gibran .. 

The Outer Ring Road in Bangalore city approaching Silk Board from Sarjapur side is a very beautiful sight these days..

Rows of Pink Tabebuia trees on either side of the road are in full bloom with mesmerising beauty ..

ge..

Kejriwal and Dr Devi Shetty ..

Arvind Kejriwal, 

 

 

Dr  Devi Shetty..

What is the similarity between these two people ?

Arvind Kejriwal is Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (IIT KGP), Dr. Devi Shetty is MBBS, medical doctor from Kasturba Medical College) KMC Manipal, India India and FRCS from Edinburgh, UK.

Kejriwal is the Ramon Magsaysay award winner considered as Asia's Nobel Peace Prize, Dr. Devi Shetty is a Padma Bhushan awardee in India, the third top civilian recognition award of the govt of India.

Kejriwal is from the prestigious Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and former Comm. Of Income Tax, GOI, Dr Devi Shetty is founder of Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, , the worlds largest, cheapest and highest quality cardiac facility.

Still what is common between them ?

Both were trained under Mother Teresa, the saint of the gutters in Kolkata ..

If Dr. Devi Shetty is being worshipped and adored all over the world, can the other person be far behind ??

george..