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Judicial Activism Could DebilitateIndian Democracy, Impact Social And

Religious Minorities

Fed up with massive corruption in the politicaland bureaucratic system and gross social inequity, the people of India have in the last ten

years or so put all their faith in the country’s judicialsystem, specially the Supreme Court. So deep runsthe faith in the Supreme Court that hapless plaintiffsapproach it for just about everything – from issues ofidentity to definitions of religion, the right to food, lifeand livelihood. The court is seen as the sole scourgeof social ills, and targetted crimes, including gangrapes, custodial deaths and profiling by a deeply bigoted police apparatus.

But with so many eggs in just one basket, it is inevitable a few will crack, andthat a few will elicit a rotten judgment. And with a total judicial backlog of about30 million cases, many will have to wait an eternity before justice is done. Itbecomes positively touch and go when decisions can impact tens of millions ofpeople in core areas of identity and rights. The additional risk is the implied threatthat unbridled judicial activism can do to democratic and republic institutions andprocesses, and how they can exacerbate the people’s growing distrust.

Two recent controversial judgments by the Allahabad High court and theSupreme Court have shaken the political and social edifice.

The Allahabad High court judgement seems to appeal to “people like us”and the apolitical and non ideological middle class by outlawing “caste-based”public demonstrations, meetings and rallies, so common during election timebut not unusual on other occasions including birthdays of patron saints andpolitical leaders. The middle class sees it as a blow to identity politics, speciallythe sort practiced by the Dalit leader Miss Mayawati, or the Backward communityicon Mulayam Singh Yadav and their counterparts in other states of the country.

But this is a body blow to marginalised and victimized people who formillennia have been disenfranchised and silenced by the social system, and nowseek cohesion and articulation in such public meetings. Among those adverselyimpacted would be Christians, particularly Dalit Christians, for whom a publicdemonstration seems the only way to focus attention on persecution aftermeeting with failure in approaching the police or the courts.

(Contd.. on p. 4)

John Dayal

Contentspg. 3 - Judicial Activism Could De-

bilitate Indian Democracy, ...pg. 5 - Views on Newspg. 6 - Parents Day – Appreciation

Day !pg. 7 - Reader's Viewspg 10 - Celebrationspg 11 - Rest In Peace Cardinal Simon

Pimentapg 14 - A day in the life of Pope

Francispg 15 - Comedians Who Never Made

Us Laughpg 16 - Catholic Wedding Ritualspg 17 - The Spiritual Exercises...pg 19 - Inspirationpg 20 - Matrimonials

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The government and the courts donot suggest any alternate forums forsuch voices to be heard by those whoexercise power, evolve policies and dis-pense both resources and justice. Atthe end of the day, the judgments killdemocratic freedoms.

Another Supreme Court judge-ment apparently strikes at democraticprocesses in the guise of cleaning upthe electoral system of criminals. TheSupreme Court affirms that people whodo not have the right of vote – and thosewhose right to caste a vote is suspendedbecause they are in jail – cannot alsoseek elections. Then it goes severalsteps forward and says that everybodywho is in jail, whether as a suspect in acrime or any other violation of the law orafter a conviction by a court, will bebarred from election to Parliament orthe State legislatures and local self gov-ernance institutions. There is no sur-prise in the middle class once againwelcoming this as a historic judgmentthat will clean up the system.

The ground reality in India is very

different. Not every lawbreaker andcriminal is in jail. It is equally true that noteveryone who is in jail is a criminal.Thousands of Muslim youth – thosewho have not been liquidated in extra-judicial killings called “fake encounters”– are in jail on mere suspicion of beingterrorists. Most of them are eventuallyreleased, but by then they have spentthe best years of their life behind bars.Also in jail are student protesting socialills, trade union leaders, and politicaland social activists, specially those work-ing with Tribals and Dalits. There arealso fears that Indian political partieswho are in government at the federallevel or in the states would in vindictiveaction put their political opponent in jailon trumped up charges to get them outof the election process. The courts havenot said anything on how these abusesof the law will be prevented.

For the small Christian communityin India, the courts have dealt a verymixed clutch of judgements in the de-cades since Independence. Every timethe community has gone to the Su-preme Court seeking a protection of its

Constitutional rights to run educationaland other institutions threatened by gov-ernments, the courts have found occa-sion to circumscribe them to an extent.The courts have also upheld the so-called Freedom of Religion Acts of vari-ous state governments which interferewith the people’s rights to a faith of theirchoice.

A poignant example is the DalitChristians’ request for statutory ben-efits as “scheduled castes” to compen-sate them for their historicmarginalization in the obnoxious castesystem. The courts many years agosaid such benefits to Hindu Dalits [laterto Buddhist and Sikhs Dalits, too], couldnot be given to Muslims and Christianconverts from the same former untouch-able castes. Ironically, Dalit Christiansand Muslims are in court again seekinghelp in regaining those rights. Almosteight years on, there is no progress inthe court. If anything, the so far falsehope from the legal appeal has appar-ently impeded a more vigorous asser-tion of their rights by the Dalit Christiansthrough democratic mass movements.

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Mouring For The DeadIn the decades gone by, it was

customary for the mourners to cryaloud bordering on hysteria. Thereused to be screaming and howling.One started it and the other membersof the family joined in. With everyclose relative or a friend of the de-ceased entering the house, the samething was repeated. So much so thatprayers were recited at regular inter-vals primarily to ensure that the mourn-ers calmed down. When the coffinfinally was shifted from the house forthe Church / cemetery, there was realchaos with the mourners actually fall-ing over the body and preventing itfrom being taken away. All this wasunderstandable in the context of thesituations and customs prevailingthen. If the scenes were less dra-matic, tongues would wag with someexceptions.

It was also incumbent for thefamily members to wear full black or atleast avoid bright colours in their at-tire. For widows it was more stringent.Any disregard to this accepted normwas taken as ‘no love for the dead’.What the society felt was more impor-tant than the mourning itself. Publicopinion mattered as it shaped soci-etal behaviour.

Things have changed drasticallysince then and that too at a very fastpace. Mourners are more mature intheir approach to death. There is nodrama anymore. People have cometo accept death as a natural processunless of course, if the loss of some-one is premature or unnatural. Familymembers are more composed andaccept condolences with a lot of grace.Today nobody wears black or evenblue. Mournful attire is no longer con-sidered important even for a widow.This is the result of women empower-ment which unfortunately has not yetreached the villages.

Mourning lasts for one yearthough after the month’s mind, it ison the wane and tapers gradually.Once the first anniversary is over,generally it is almost the end of thechapter. With society no longerdominating people’s actions, soon,

like the shorter version of cricket,the mourning period will be limitedto one month.

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Food For ThoughtCome election season and it is

bonanza time for the electorate espe-cially for the poor and the marginalized.While politicians only talk about thepoor during the off season, it is duringthe election time that they actually trans-late their concern into promises. A lotof freebies are announced by parties –from laptops to gold. The era of TV setsis over.

There is competition among po-litical parties to woo the poor. There arepromises galore; of course, all at thecost of the public exchequer and thattoo only if they win. Parties not expect-ing to win can promise the sky but indoing so put the other parties in a fix.This has prompted the UPA govern-ment to go for the ‘kill’. Blaming theopposition parties for not allowing theparliament to function through disrup-tive politics, they decided to promul-gate the Food Security Ordinance. Thishas infuriated the opposition parties.

The Congress Party has made it aprestige issue and they are preparedto any length to bring the proposal tofruition. With JD[U] support, Congresscan breathe easy. Mulayam [SP] ismanaged by dropping the DA case.On the other hand, the opposition ishell bent on creating a ruckus over theissue because otherwise the UPA willtake full credit for it. Forget the eco-nomics; this shrewd move by the rulingcombine has left the opposition wor-ried. If that was not enough, now theUPA is trying to introduce cash sub-sidy for LPG in Modi’s backyard toblunt the latter’s move to providepiped gas which is in anyway cost-lier in Gujarat. The battle lines aredrawn.

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Puppy LoveNarendra Modi appears to be

confused not knowing whom to im-press. On the one hand he wants towoo the minorities and on the other hedoes not want to send wrong signalsto the bigger constituency which hehas nurtured post 2002. His actions /utterances of late do not project himas a mature politician. First it was the‘rescue fiasco’ in Jharkhand and thena series of comments, though notderogatory yet unpleasant for thehighly sensitive minority community.Modi baiters were quick to pounce onhim. The puppy comment was un-called for. He should have simply said‘any human being’. There is a lot ofdifference between a puppy and ahuman being. Puppies are expend-able – not humans.

His assertion of being a HinduNationalist was deliberate. While tell-ing the minority community that hewas only joining two innocuous words- Hindu and Nationalist, he assuredthe larger constituency that he re-mains a hard core Hindu Nationalistwith a distinct ideology. Those twowords are harmless if taken individu-ally but when put together they meansomething different and explosive. Themessage that is conveyed, in the pro-cess, is certainly not going to help himwin minority votes.

Here is a man who is aspiringto be a PM, yet antagonizes peoplewith irresponsible comments. It istime he shows statesmanship andinspires the electorate that if hedons the mantle of PM-ship, his willbe an ‘inclusive’ approach. He wantspeople to forget 2002 but stead-fastly refuses to apologize. Puppylove will not garner votes. Unfortu-nately, he himself is hiding his realpersona under a burkha.

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E veryone likes Appreciation,whether it is from colleagues atthe work place, from members

in our co-op. society, from people inthe neighbourhood, members of asso-ciations we belong to, from membersof the family. Appreciation sure is agood thing, and when that apprecia-tion does not come our way, we feelsort of disappointed. As parents, wetoo would like to see some apprecia-tion from our children. But, many atime, we find that does not happen. Ithink with parents it is a little differentthough; they take it all in their stride.They are able to do this probably,because of their ‘un-conditional’ Love fortheir children and thatis what keeps themgoing, enables them togive their best.

Is it easy being parents ?Certainly Not ! NicholasSparks, an author, writes“What it’s like to be aparent: It’s one of the hardest thingsyou’ll ever do but in exchange itteaches you the meaning of uncon-ditional love.” We need to ask toourselves, what do WE give our ownparents for the Love they shower uponus, for all that they do for us – instead,we take them for granted?

As we celebrate Parents Day on the26th of July, we could take a closer lookat Mary & Joseph, the parents of Jesus.Did they also struggle in life as otherparents do ? Yes, they must have.Were they educated ? – they wereordinary people. Mary was a peasantwoman and Joseph was a carpenter.

They too had difficulty understandingJesus like any other parents. They alsomust have felt let down, like for in-stance, when Mary and Joseph wentsearching for Jesus from their way backfrom the pilgrimage at Jerusalem. And,when they had found Jesus, they saidto Him, ‘why have you done this to us,don’t you know your father & I havebeen worried and searching for you ?’And what does Jesus have to say, ‘whywere you looking for me, don’t youknow I must be about my Father’sbusiness’? Certainly, this was too

much for Mary and Jo-seph to understand, butthey kept all this in theirheart. What about ourchildren ? Do we under-stand them ? Do theyunderstand us ? PerhapsMary & Joseph could serveas a model for us parents.

Recently, I was at the Felici-tation function of Bishop Savio. At theend of his Thanksgiving speech in whichhe thanked a host of people – priests,nuns, relatives, friends, CardinalOswald Gracious who was present atthe function, and others who have hadan impact on his life, there was a thun-derous applause. That seemed to beend of his talk, but then he moved fromthe centre of the hall to the sides wherehis mother was seated on a wheelchair, and he said, it is those who areclosest to us whom we tend to takefor granted. And then he went on topraise his mother, about how she hadmanaged to bring up the family afterhis father had passed away, in thosedifficult times. The point is, we tend to

take for granted, those who havebeen responsible for our upbring-ing, especially the mother – how true!.

Parents Day is approaching and onceagain there will be a celebration, thefocus will be on parents. After that,what ? they are forgotten ! For thoseof us who have our parents around,it would be fitting to pay tribute to ourparents now in their lifetime. Tomor-row it may be too late. After they areno more, we go back in time andwish we would have done thingsdifferently, maybe, we would haveshown them a little more concern.

As I look back today, I can feel the loss,especially the loss of mummy. Could Ihave visited her a little more often ? Ithink of all the struggles she wentthrough to ensure that our needs weremet – sufficient food, clothing, educa-tion, etc., besides shielding us fromoutside forces. I can see her sittingthere at the table, going down memorylane – about her struggles in her earlierdays, the twists and turns life had takenover the years, and so many otherthings. I look at that picture on the wall

which says, “WWWWWhahahahahat is homet is homet is homet is homet is homewithout a MOTHERwithout a MOTHERwithout a MOTHERwithout a MOTHERwithout a MOTHER”.How true, what IS a home WITHOUT AMOTHER ? I remember what papawould say, ‘what a home, what amother !’ And I say to myself, yes,“What a Home” – such a nice ‘home’you have created for us, and “What aMother” – what a caring mother youhave been to us, a large family ofeight sons, we couldn’t ask for more!

Happy Feast to All Parents !

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Relief Material ForUttarakhand Victims

Recently, a leading national newschannel displayed shocking picturesof relief material despatched by theUttarakhand govt. for the residents ofsome of the villages in the state, whowere rendered homeless and withoutfood and water for days after the devas-tating flash floods. While the grain un-loaded from the trucks was insect-in-fested and unfit for human consump-tion, the clothing sent was also torn, fullof holes, and unusable. Earlier it wasreported that small hotels in the vicin-ity, also made a fast buck , capitalisingon the plight and misery of the victimsby selling eatables and foodstuff atunbelievably high rates. It is a shameand a crime that such things keephappening every time the nation isplagued with a national calamity andthe beneficiaries of the national relieffunds are the middlemen involved intheir distribution. Is it not the moralobligation of the people of our countryto reach out to their people in times ofdistress and suffering ? Or, is it that wehave become too self centred to beconcerned about others. It is now hopedthat the proposed monetary relief of Rs5 lakh / by the Uttarakhand govt to thekin of the deceased and the missing,reaches the correct persons , giventhat the number of missing people isstill to be ascertained and in the regionof 6000/.

—A. F.Nazareth, Alto Porvorim

Receiving of HolyCommunion

This has reference to Deniz Khan"sletter ( S.C.july 8/2013)-On account of the introduction of thechange ( option ..on tongue or on hand)confusion and diminution of devotionhave been present.Even some casesof theft and abuse of the sacred hosthas been reported in many parts of theworld. Though the option wasgiven,Pope John Paul and PopeBenedict XVI said on few occasionsthat they prefer the way of receiving on

the tongue. In some countries manypeople receive on tongue by kneelingdown. This is the practice in few placesin the U.S.A and Australia

The fact that we are receiving thebody and blood (in some countries thesacred blood is given to the communi-cants) of our Lord Jesus Christ and sowe must receive it most humbly anddevotedly must be announced oftenfor the benefit of all. I am sad to say thatI had the experience of being refused" to receive on tongue" by a priest inIndia.I had to go to another priest toreceive the Eucharist on my tongue.........may be priest,s ignorance of therules or his stubborness and ego. Letus have more devotion

—K.C. Thomas

Make RulesEqual To All

Very loud music till late in thenight during Hindu festivals has madelife miserable for Mumbai residents.Complaining to the police does nothelp, as they themselves are hand inglove with the organisers. When itcomes to Catholic weddings, the mu-sic has to be stopped at 10 p.m. sharp.Is this fair? Catholics too should alsobe allowed to play their music till 12.00midnight during weddings.

—Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili

Security Gurds –Fitness Levels

In light of the recent spate of

crimes, I have some worthy points toshare which, if implemented could helplead safer lives in Mumbai.

The concept of employing secu-rity guards is nothing less than a joketoday. Regardless of their fitness lev-els, ability to combat with criminals orjudge strangers – many security agen-cies employ every Tom, Dick and Harryas security guards. What is worse isthat 90% of the guards employed insociety buildings, ATM kiosks and evenshopping malls are paid a pittance anddo not enjoy even the most basic ben-efits. This matter should be brought tothe notice, so skilled guards can beemployed with decent salaries and logi-cal working hours.

With all that is said, it is timeMumbaikars take all possible precau-tionary measures, work hand-in-handwith law enforcement agencies andassist them in any way they can.

—Oliver Peter D’ Souza, Vasai.

Communalism VsSecularismI have read with interest your

Editorial dated July 1, 2013 and theearlier article about Modi by Mr. JohnDayal. At the same time I have beendaily watching on the T. V. the rise ofMr. Narendra Modi on the Nationalscene as face of BJP. I am a littlesurprised in what both your articles areconveying with regard to the impact ofModi is having in polarizing the IndianSociety. It is plain from the beginning,as soon as Modi was officially appointedas the one who will take charge ofplanning for the coming Parliamentaryelections, he has carefully planed touse both the Economic Growth andHindutva to polarize the voters. Modiwill use the RSS to spread the Hindutvato overcome the Caste divide whichgoes against BJP. For all practicalpurpose Modi has given up trying toget the votes of Muslims and Christians.He will do his best to ensure to get theBuddhists,Jains & Sikhs to side withthe Hindutva brigade.

The danger is that if all secular forcesare not awake to this danger and take

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required safe guards it will be too late tostop this rapidly building communalismtaking over our governance. We in Indiawill land to be to be to a situation similarto what is happening in Egypt thesedays. So what we should do asChristians. I think the Christians in SouthKanara have given a clue. They got ridof BJP by trying to ensuring everyeligible Christian had a voting card andon the date of voting actually voted.They also took part in debates in thepress and Internet to defendSecularism. Our Christian youngstersshould be encouraged after sometraining to take on Modi brigade onFace Book and Twitter to take up thecause of Secularism. It is time forChristians specially in Mumbai to wakeup to the danger we face in the comingtwo elections.

—Eric D'Sa

We Need Fear-less LeadersMy wife and I are sad to know that

our dear Norbert D’Souza is no longerwith us in this world but certainly hedeserves the rich reward promised byour Saviour as I will mention a casebelow. It is because of fearless leaderslike Norbert, Mr. Anthony Vellara,chhotebhai and our great, reveredleader, Mr. George Menezes who al-ways fought for the deprived and pow-erless that I took up the case, in aprestigious school in Kolkata, of asweeper, whose son was not givenadmission because he was a sweeper’s

son. Even our entreaty to the Principaland the hierarchy that the small boy begiven admission as he was a Catholicand his father was a member of thestaff, fell on deaf ears.

With the encouragement of theAICU leaders mentioned above and Fr.Horace Rozario, S.J, the Editor of TheHerald, Calcutta, we had a dharna inthe school premises but it was of nouse because hardly anyone, includingthe school staff and the hierarchy, sup-ported us. I was a member of the staff.The hierarchy said that they could notinterfere in the school affairs whilepreaching that our first preference wasalways for the Catholics and the weakersections. We failed the case but thememory of what we did for the good ofa sweeper’s son and the backing wegot from Norbert and the AICU office-bearers including the Bombay Catho-lic Sabha, led by Mr. Dolphy D’Souza,cannot be forgotten! May Norbert’sSoul Rest in Peace!

In the same issue (Secular CitizenJuly 8, 2013), my wife and I were happyto read George Menezes’ article. It istrue that today we have a young anddynamic leader in Mr. EugeneGonsalves from Kolkata as Presidentof the AICU but we need more fearlessleaders like George, Vellara,chhotebhai and Norbert to support him.Thank you George for your inspira-tional article and for truly pointing outthe great leaders we had. I was happyto hear too that you gave a word ofpraise to Mr. John Dayal (though youdid not mention his name). He is trulyputting himself out of the way to helpthe community.

—Dominic J. Azavedo

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In a simple ceremony at Saint Mary’sChurch, Calcutta, Fr. John Mohandas,Parish Priest, released the book, The-ology of the Catholic Faith written byMelvyn Brown, founder of the Ambas-sadors For Jesus, a lay Catholic move-ment. (See pic). The event coincidedwith the Year of Faith which will end inNovember 2013. Melvyn has designed,published and circulated colourful post-ers promoting the Year in the Archdio-cese of Calcutta, for the propagation ofthe Catholic Faith ever since January2013.

by a Correspondent

Fr. John MohandasAt The Launch Of

Melvyn’s Book

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Goans know how to give you thebest where dinner, dancing &drinks are concerned. They

have excelled as chefs & musicians. Asfor drinks, from their early years theyhave learnt to distil & consume feni, theNectar of the Ghats. World-wide thistalent with liquor has been recognizedto the extent that the world’s largestliquor company, Diageo, has now ap-pointed a Goan, Ivan Menezes, to headits operations.

The Goans show off these talentsthrough celebrations — A true Goanwill celebrate for any or no reason. Shewill celebrate a birth, a christening, anengagement, which must be followedby a bigger celebration at the wedding,a death and the month’s mind 30 dayslater. She celebrates the miraculousgraduation of the good for nothing son,his going away to the Gulf & his unex-pected visit several years later wheneveryone had given him up as lost.

I was invited for a birthday partyrecently and was pleasantly surprisedto hear the toast being raised to cel-ebrate my talents and virtues, most ofwhich I was unaware of. Then suddenlythe eulogy switched to my wife andchildren — the names mentionedbrought me to my senses — theFrancis that was being toasted was notme but the one whose birthday wasbeing celebrated.

Birthday celebrations start withthe first birthday, when the kid knowsnothing about what went on to bringher into this world. I remember the firstbirthday of a girl down the road. Theparty was brought suddenly to an end.The news was on the radio. MahatmaGandhi had been shot. I rememberedthis because the birthday girl, now asenior citizen, was at the party I at-tended.

Though a Goan, I have never beenable to master any musical instrument.The guys strumming the guitars alwaystold me “It is so easy”. It is like the IT folkwho tell you mastering the iPad is soeasy. But you fail to understand how

they managed to retrieve the messageyou wanted from the archives or torestart the system which mysteriouslybroke down.

Recently I saw on the InternetVladimir Putin singing “On BlueberryHill”. I realized the Power of Music tohave its appeal irrespective of age or

Celebrations

the faces of the seniors, who thoughthey couldn’t utter a note, participatedin spirit. The only one with a seriousface was a guitarist. My analysis wasthat he was trying to keep up with theother musicians & straining his ears toplay a tune he was not familiar with.

At my age I have many reasons tocelebrate starting with being able toget up in the morning with going to bedat night. I celebrate the ability to enjoya good meal & the noise and laughterof children. There is so much to do thatI have no time to feel sad. And wheneverything seems quiet and peacefulthere are enough folks around to cre-ate turmoil and trouble. THIS IS THELIFE! CHEERS!!

Francis Lobo

position. It makes one acceptable, loved& respected. It brings happiness. Thosewho join in want to be part of the Hap-piness of the Occasion. As the guitarsstrummed I saw happiness written on

The Goans show off ..... talents throughcelebrations — A true Goan will cel-ebrate for any or no reason. ..... willcelebrate a birth, a christening, an en-gagement, which must be followed by abigger celebration at the wedding, a deathand the month’s mind 30 days later.

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priest who had a heart attack, and thepriest told me after his recovery thatthe cardinal was doing fine and washappy."

Cardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta, Arch-bishop emeritus of Bombay (India),was born on March 1, 1920 in Marol, asuburb of Bombay. He did his studies

in philosophy and theology at the semi-nary of Bombay, and obtained a bac-calaureate in pedagogy and mathemat-ics from the State University.

He was ordained a priest on De-cember 21, 1949. In 1954 he obtaineda doctorate in canon law from the Pon-tifical Urban University in Rome. Uponreturning to Bombay, he served asassistant pastor, secretary to Cardinal

Rest In PeaceCardinal Simon Pimenta

Cardinal Emeritus SimonPimenta, the secondcardinal of the Archdio-

cese of Bombay, passed awayon Friday night 19th July 2013at the age of 93 at the clergyhome in Bandra.

He passed away at 8.30pm onFriday. The clergy said that thecardinal was not suffering fromany ailments at the time. "Thenews came as a shock to us. Iused to meet the cardinal regu-larly at his Bandra home andmet him last before my ordina-tion as the Bishop in June," saidauxiliary bishop SavioFernandes. "In fact, I was inBandra yesterday to meet a

Valerian Gracias, vice-chancellor, anddefender of the bond. From 1959 to1960 he was parish priest of the Cathe-dral, professor of liturgy at the semi-nary, episcopal vicar for the formationof young priests and for the liturgy, andrector of the major seminary St. Pius X.At the same time, he also publishedsome works.

On June 5, 1971, he was ap-pointed titular Bishop of Bocconia andAuxiliary of Bombay, receiving episco-pal ordination on June29 of the sameyear. On February 26, 1977, Paul VInominated him Coadjutor Archbishopof Bombay and on September 11, 1978he became Archbishop.

As Archbishop, he called for adiocesan synod and was very active inpastoral and charitable activities espe-cially in managing 12 hospitals and 44dispensaries, and has dedicated muchto catholic education. He served aspresident of the Catholic Bishops' Con-ference of India for three consecutiveterms until 1988.

Created and proclaimed Cardinalby John Paul II in the consistory of June28, 1988, of the Title of S. Maria ReginaMundi a Torre Spaccata.

He became Archbishop Emeritusof Bombay on 8 November 1996 withthe appointment of Ivan Dias as hissuccessor in that see. He died on 19July 2013.

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A tribute of love from:Father: Isidore (Babu) Rasquinha

(Joyce Caterers, Kamani - Kurla)Mother: Leena RasquinhaSisters: Haisintha and LiyandraBrother: Aarain and entire family

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Your life on earth was innocently pureEach moment with you we still treasure,We miss you sorely that is trueBut we know you are happy in the great wide blue.

Your life on earth was innocently pureEach moment with you we still treasure,We miss you sorely that is trueBut we know you are happy in the great wide blue.

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Francis’ alarm clock goes off at4:45 every morning in room 201 in St.Martha’s House, when everything isstill pitch black. Such an early start tothe day means Francis has to have asiesta after lunch. Juan Perón calledthis time of rest an “almost liturgicalmust” which made it possible for himto fit “two mornings” into his day.

The first few hours of Francis’day are dedicated to prayer and medi-tation on the Readings which the Popecomments on, in the brief homilies hegives in his morning masses in thechapel of the place he likes to call the“boarding school”, commonly knownas St. Martha’s House: a simple andmodern building decorated with light-coloured marble and stained glass.The Bishop of Rome sits in the pewsat the back of the chapel to pray.

These spontaneous but not com-pletely improvised morning

preachings are one of the most impor-tant changes of the new pontificate.And this is where the third leg of ourjourney begins. The Pope is assistedby cardinals, bishops or visiting priestsand the masses are attended mostly byVatican staff – from IOR staff to rubbishcollectors - and their families.

Francis greets all of them one byone and then has breakfast in the St.Martha’s House “common room”. ForFrancis, being with people and hug-ging them one by one is in no way achore or a waste of time: in Argentinahe would spend whole nights listening

A day in the life ofPope Francis

to confessions without wearing hiscardinal’s insignia, so anonymously,when big pilgrimages to Our Lady ofLuján would take place.

The man who deals with requeststo participate in the Pope’s morningmasses and sends out invitations is apriest from the northern Italian city ofBergamo, Fr. Tino Scotti. The Pope/parish priest breaks the Gospel downfor and with the faithful who attend themass, in such a way that Vatican Ra-dio is able to provide a summary ofwhat Francis said, just two hours later.

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There were good actors,bad actors and very goodbad actors

The leading men and the ladies inbollywood are sons and daughters of the leading men and the

ladies of the super seventies! Only thetimes have changed, but stars remainthe same. And don’t be surprised, dur-ing award ceremonies that they refereachother as ‘aunty’, ‘Uncle’, Beta’,Beti!!! They literary mean it, all are some-how related to one & other.

But here we take a look at some ofthe actors drubbed as ‘comedians’,and hence were in a mission to makeus breathlessy-laugh, but never able tosucceed. These actors ( call themselvesactors) insulted our common sense,tested our patience, increased our bloodpressure, made us bang our headagainst the wall, robbed our precioustime and money and made us hatebollywood and everything associatedwith that.

Khader Khan: In the turbulent decadesof bollywood, there ruled a turbulentactor, who amplified the turbulent times(the 80’s and the 90’s) that bollywoodwas going through. Khader Khan canbe safely called as the ‘Father of BadComedy’. Khan mostlyplayed supporting roles,as a ‘brain frying’ father ora brainless grandfather orsimply a retarded old buf-foon. Khader Khan’s de-livery was loose, his comictimings was offbeat anddidn’t even bother to im-prove it. Neverthless, hewas a regular pick up bydirectors and the disastrous scriptsjammed well with Khan’s shady perfor-mance.

Govinda: Following Khader Khan’s foot-steps was an overweight, shapelessbodied, loud noisemaker, who coulddance. Govinda never attempted toimprove his physique or his acting skills.Govinda relied heavily on creepy dia-logues that were annoyingly unpleas-ant and were largely un-laughable. Hecreated a record of twenty consecutive

movies with similar sequel and theme.Whenever his movies are played ontelevision today, one feels like peltingthe remote at it. Govinda’s comedysounded like brass brand played in afuneral possession.

Shakthi Kapoor: The man whose rolesupported another embarrassing actor

Govinda, that togetherearned them the title as‘Disaster Duo’. ShaktiKapoor played roles thatmore often resembled hisoff-screen mind-set.Kapoor portrayed himselfas a shamelesswomaniser, a loud-mouthed jerk and an ele-ment in the movie that

torments the audience, each time hisface appears onscreen. Even to theextent where, people used to hateSkaktiKapoor look alikes!

Tushar Kapoor: with his sisters grace,the junior jithendra was rammed intothe silver screen in early 2000’s.TusharKapoor’s facial expressions, hispeculiar voice, his confused looks andvast inability became the object of ridi-cule. Tushar started as a boy next doorromantic lead, and saw his films being

bombarded at the box office, so thisbrave gentleman decided to turn tocomedy! And what followed was filthand garbage, TusharKapoor made filmsthat shouldn’t have been made by pro-fessional filmmakers and certainly notfor the well educated 21st century audi-ence. His dialogues forces one to leavethe seat and run out of the theatre infrustration.

Johny Lever: As a talented stand upcomedian and mimicry artist, JohnyLever burst into the stage and screenworld in the mid eighties. He often imi-tated and parodied Politicians, actorsand famous personalities. But eventu-ally when he got into bollywood, due tothe substandard scripts, Johny Leverlost his midas touch, with once he usedto make his audience laugh. By the latenineties Johny Lever era began to fadeaway, as he failed to innovate his comicskills and delivery. And with the emer-gence of comic power lords likeRajpalyadav, Suresh Menon and theenigmatic BomanIrani, the filmmakersbegan to ignore Johny Lever, and wasnever considered as the first choicecomedian.

Akshay Kumar: Akshaykumar’s roleswere composed of abusive-humour,foul language, hyperbolic action se-quence, unsuitable dialogues and overestimatedself image. Akshay Kumar’segoistic attitude has made him demandabnormal pay price and profit sharingratio, undue to his credit. Akshay’smovies makes you to tear down yoursofa with rage, as he pinpoints his fe-male co-star in ‘Rowdy Rathore’ as‘Maal’ atleast five times and breaks allmoral codes in ‘KambakhthIshq’ usingworst kind of foul slang’s, never used inIndian cinema.

However, traditionally bollywoodhas been blessed with majestic sup-porting actors with genuine class andelegance.But eighties and nineties ofBollywood were the most disappoint-ing. Where Mafia overtook bollywoodand influence replaced merit. The Starsof the yesteryears had begun introduc-ing their spoilt brat good for nothingchildren into the industry, whereby cre-ating a vicious cartel system. That hasruined the magic of creative humourand haunts every form of art to this day.

ComediansWho NeverMade Us

Laugh

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In Christianity, marriages are considered to be a union between manand woman, predestined by God.

Christian wedding rituals are conductedin church, amidst all friends and familymembers.

Wedding banns (or notices) areread at each other’s parish church dur-ing Mass for three consecutive Sun-days, calling for any objections to theunion from any of the parishioners.This is done to safe guard the interestsof both the parties, so that neither ofthem may get cheated in the end.

A week after the last banns isread, the priest from the girl’s churchsends a no objection letter to the boy’sparish priest and the priest from theboy’s church, sends a no objectionletter to the girl’s parish priest. Then thewedding preparations begin.

After this, there is the formal henparty known as the bridal shower. Allthe unmarried girls gather at the bride’s-to-be place and rejoice by singing anddancing. Food and hotdrinks are also served. Thegirls shower gifts on thebride-to-be and she in re-turn, offers them a pinkcoloured cake with a hid-den thimble in it. Whoevergets the piece of cake withthe thimble, is supposed toget married next, as thetradition goes. In a similarmanner, the groom-to-be celebratesthe bachelor’s party with his unmarriedmale friends. This is considered a wildparty bash, wherein he celebrates hislast night as a bachelor,

Goans and Mangaloreans have aspecial bangle-wearing ceremony forgirls called ‘chuddo’, which consists ofa set of fifteen bangles of green, brownand yellow colours on each wrist. Theboy or the girl getting married is alsodrenched in milk. Coconut juice and apaste of turmeric are also applied onthe boy’s or the girl’s hands and face.Goans and Mangaloreans call this cer-emony, ‘roce’. This signifies the lastbath that the bride-to-be or the groom-to-be will be taking in their bachelor-

hood/spinsterhood. With the ceremonyof 'roce', the wedding celebrationsbegins. Both, the bride-to-be and thegroom-to-be have to undergo this ritualin their respective homes. This cer-emony also signifies the mother's lovetowards her son or daughter. Theguests, who are invited for the ‘roce’ceremony, are warmly welcomed bythe hosts.

East Indians (MaharashtrianCatholics) conduct a ceremony called‘umbracha pani’ and all those attend-ing the ceremony go in a processionaround their area singing and dancing

to draw water from thewell, which is used by thebride-to-be or groom-to-be to bathe. East IndianMarathi songs are playedand people, irrespectiveof whether they are Goans,Mangaloreans or East In-dians, enjoy them. Sincethere are no wells in

Mumbai, people go to one of theirrelative or friend’s house to bring waterin a huge vessel. The water is thenpoured on the bride-to-be or the groom-to-be in his or her respective home.This is a ritual that has been takingplace since centuries among the EastIndian Catholic community of Mumbai(Readers, please take note of this: EastIndians are the original inhabitants ofMumbai. They speak Marathi, as wellas English).

After all these rituals, finally thewedding day arrives.

On the day of the wedding, thegroom-to-be sends a car to pick up thebride-to-be and waits for her outsidethe church. After she arrives, the best

man of the groom-to-be welcomes herwith a bouquet of flowers. Then thecouple walks down the aisle along withthe bridesmaids, flower girls, best man,page boy and family members to reachthe altar, where they are given a specialplace to sit. There, the priest shakeshands with them and offers them hisbest wishes. The Mass is then cel-ebrated and the priest reads psalmsfrom the Holy Bible, which is followedby a sermon called the ‘homily’ on thesacredness of their wedding.

Following this, the priest asksquestions to the bride-to-be and groom-to-be regarding their consent for themarriage. The couple makes promisesto stay with each other, in good timesand in bad, and in sickness and inhealth, all through their married life.Rings are then exchanged and blessedby the priest. The nuptials concludesby signing in a register and then thenewly married couple walks down theaisle holding hands, as the choir singsthe song, “You by my side, that’s howI see us…”.

After this, a grand reception isheld in a hall.

Outside the reception hall, thebride’s family assembles at one endand the groom and his family, at theother end. Wine is spilt in the centre tomake a partition. Then the father of thebride, hands over his daughter to hisson-in-law, and the couple departs in awell decorated wedding car. Friends,relatives and all those who have at-tended the wedding, shower confettion the couple, as their leave for theirhoneymoon, thus concluding the fes-tivities and celebrations of the wed-ding.

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The SpirThe SpirThe SpirThe SpirThe Spiritual Exitual Exitual Exitual Exitual Exererererercisescisescisescisescises – – – – –

During the great religious upheaval of the sixteenth centuryin Europe, when a grave crisis

of faith engulfed the Church and thou-sands abandoned it on account of theReformation, God gave to his Churchthe timely gift of the Spiritual Exercisesof St. Ignatius of Loyola, to revive thefaith and rebuild his Church. This ex-ceptional little book, based on the spiri-tual experiences of St. Ignatius (thefounder of the Society of Jesus), duringthe period of his conversion, has beeninstrumental in transforming the livesof millions over the past almost fivehundred years. Ignatius gave theseexercises to each of his first compan-ions, Francis Xavier, Peter Faber andsix others, over a period of 30 days.This profound experience led them tochange their lives completely and tooffer themselves, wholeheartedly, tothe service of the Eternal King, JesusChrist, beneath the banner of the Cross,in the Church militant, under the Ro-man Pontiff or Vicar of Christ on earth.The entire 30-day retreat (or spiritualexercises) is made by every fully formedJesuit at least twice during the courseof his formation – once during the novi-tiate and again during his final year oftraining or tertianship. Today, shorterversions of this retreat (of 3 to 8 days)are made by Jesuits, most religiousand many lay people, every year, allover the world.

The Spiritual Exercises begin with anAct of faith in God, the Creator of all thatexists, with the words of the First Prin-ciple and Foundation: “Man is createdto praise, reverence and serve God ourLord, and by this means to save hissoul. The other things on the face of theearth are created for man to help him inattaining the end for which he is cre-ated. Hence, man is to make use ofthem in as far as they help him in theattainment of his end, and he must ridhimself of them in as far as they provea hindrance to him.” With these solemnwords, the person making the exer-cises is invited to believe firmly in theone God and to seek Him above all

stroy God’s architecture of the world,such as family-life and peaceful coex-istence, merely to satisfy his petty andpassing whims and fancies.

Next, the retreatant goes through theexercises of the First Week -- a time ofpurification of the soul, preparing it toexperience the mercy and forgivinglove of God. He is taught to confront thereality of sin in his own life and in theworld. By reflecting upon various bibli-cal passages describing sin, he is ledto the realization that sin is basicallyself-assertion, a turning away from Godfor whom he has been made, an act ofrejecting Him and His plan for humanbeings and the created world, a weak-ening of faith. Like the Prodigal Son, heis moved to sorrow and repentance forhis sins and to turn back to God with arenewed act of faith and hope in Him.During the Second, Third and FourthWeeks of the Exercises, the retreatantis led, step-by-step, to know, love, imi-tate and serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Inthe Second Week, there are medita-tions on the great mystery of the Incar-nation of the Word of God and on hisKingdom. These are followed by con-templations on the infancy, childhoodand hidden life of the Saviour. Variousevents in his life – his preaching,miracles and other mysteries, like theTransfiguration and the Eucharist -- arethen pondered, with a view to seekinga personal encounter with the DivineMaster. The exercises of the Third Weekpresent, vividly, details of the sufferingand death of Jesus -- from the Agony inthe Garden to the Crucifixion on MountCalvary -- to assist the retreatant inunderstanding and accepting the mys-tery of suffering and the cross in hisown life and in the world. He begins torealize that there is no authentic Chris-tian life without the Cross of Christ, asPope Francis has been repeatedly re-minding people from the day he as-sumed his august office. Finally, in theFourth Week, the mysteries of the glo-rification of the Lord Jesus: the discov-

Joseph M. Dias, S.J.things, since He is the one sole Abso-lute for whom man is made. Thus, thereis no place for secularism, relativism oratheism – ideologies which today arethreatening to make the faith irrelevant,and which Pope Benedict XVI, duringhis pontificate, strove relentlessly tocombat through his brilliant teachings.The purpose of all other things – livingcreatures and the goods of the earth –is to serve all human beings, rich andpoor, male and female, and to enableeach individual to attain his or her ulti-mate destiny, viz., God. Therefore, thethings that God has made, including allour material and spiritual possessions(talents, honours, graces) are not idolsto be worshipped, but precious gifts ofthe Creator -- to be valued and usedjudiciously in order to attain the pur-pose for which we have been madeand sent into this world. They are sa-cred signs and symbols pointing out tous the Mystery of God. It is, therefore,the privilege and duty of man to pre-serve and protect all these creatures,upon which his life depends and whichwere made to help him fulfil his missionin this world. By considering these ba-sic truths, the retreatant cannot escapethe conclusion that man has the obliga-tion to protect his human and naturalenvironment, and not to abuse or de-

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ery of the empty tomb, the apparitionsof the Risen Lord to Mary Magdalene,the disciples of Emmaus, the elevenapostles and the Ascension are con-templated so as to experience the reali-ties that lie beyond this material worldand the ‘new life’ that the Redeemercame to give us.

The month of the Spiritual Exercisesconcludes with the Contemplation toattain the Love of God. It consists offour points, ordered to help theretreatant to see and find God in allthings and to be so overwhelmed withgratitude to God for all the graces andblessings personally received, that hespontaneously exclaims: “Take, Lordand receive all my liberty, my memory,my understanding and my entire will,all I have and possess…..” In addition,the Book of the Exercises contains awhole series of practical directions onhow to pray, on different methods ofprayer, on the examination of con-science; Rules for Thinking with theChurch, and aids to know oneself bet-

(Contd.. from p. 17) ter: like reflections on the Three Classesof Men, The Three Kinds of Humilityand notes on scruples.

In the Spiritual Exercises, every Chris-tian can find a powerful and practicalmeans to make great progress in thespiritual life, even in the midst of ourhighly secularized world with its dis-tractions, snares and pitfalls. The con-sideration of the Two Standards (ofSatan and Christ) and the two sets ofRules for the Discernment of Spiritsoffer profound insights into the work-ings of the good and evil spirits in ourlives. There are also rules which givetrustworthy guidance in making theright choices in daily life, in the choiceof the right state or way of life and infinding the will of God at all times.Undoubtedly, the Book of the SpiritualExercises is a concise, yet fairly com-prehensive Compendium of the Faith -- a God-given instrument which has,over almost five hundred years, dem-onstrated how the faith can transformlives and revolutionize the world in ac-cordance with the plan of God revealedin Jesus Christ.

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Santa joined new job. First day heworked till late evening on thecomputer. Boss was happy andasked what you did till evening.

Santa Keyboard alphabets werenot in order, so I made it alright.

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Santa: What is the name of yourcar?

Lady: I forgot the name, but isstarts with 'T'.

Santa: Oh, What a strange car,strts with tea. All cars that i knowstrt with petrol!

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InspirInspirInspirInspirInspiration!ation!ation!ation!ation!

Family problems areeasier to cope with whenBible counsel is applied. Infact, applying such counselis the key to family happi-ness. So husbands, haveyour wife, and treat her asJesus treats his congrega-tion. Wives , submit to theheadship of your husband,and follow the example ofthe capable wife describedat proverbs 31:10-31 par-ents, train your children(proverbs 22:6) Fathers,

The Key to Family Happiness

'preside over your household in a five manners.' (1 Timothy 3:4, 5; 5:8) Andchildren, obey your parents. (col3:20) None in the family are perfect, for allmake mistakes. So be humble, asking one another for forgiveness.

vital. It is during these critical situa-tions that your team will look to youfor guidance and you may be forcedto make a quick decision. As a leader,it's important to learn to think outsidethe box and to choose which of twobad choices the best option is. Don'timmediately choose the first or easi-est possibility; sometimes it's best togive these issues some thought, andeven turn to your team for guidence.By utilizing all possible options be-fore making a rash decision, you cantypically reach the end conclusion

you were aiming for.If you're not a suit, don't try to be

one. Empoloyees and others dealingwith your company will be able to tell ifyou're just pretending to be some oneyou're not. That could make them ques-tion what else about you might be inau-thentic . Have a passion for funkyshoes? wear them. Are you an inau-thentic and hilarious presenter? Getthem laughing. Use your strengths andpersonility traits to develop your per-sonal leadership style.

Learn To Be CreativeAnd Authentic

Some deci-sions will not alwaysbe so clear-cut. youmay be forced attimes to deviate fromyour set course andmake an on the flydecision. This iswhere your creativ-ity will prove to be

Religion, MotherTongue Must OnSchool Certificate

The Maharashtrian east IndianChristian federation is happy to an-nounce that due to our efforts, theGovernment of Maharashtra early thisweek has sent a notification informingthe school education department toincorporate the details of a student’sreligion and mother tongue in theschool leaving certificate.

“This is to make it easy for astudent to prove his/her identity as aminority while seeking admission to aminority run institution,” said a minor-ity department official.

“However, unlike caste which isbecause of birth, religion is a matter ofbelief The Government feels it cannotissue a minority certificate on the linesof a caste certificate,” said the official.

Parents are requested to see thatwhile filling the school admissionforms of their wards, they fill in theirreligion as well as the caste. Evenwhile seeking admissions in collegesthe should do the same. This will Helpyour ward in future.

The undersigned along with thecommittee members had apprisedabout the caste to be incorporated inthe school leaving certificates ,first toMr.Manikrao Thakare,President ofMaharashtra Pradesh Congress Com-mittee on 21st April 2013 in his office atTilak Bhavan ,Dadar and then toMr.Munaf Hakim ,Chairman ofMaharashtra State Minorities Com-mission at a State minority commis-sion meeting at Sahyadri State GuestHouse,Malabar Hill, Mumbai held on15th July 2013.

—Herbert D. Barretto,President

Maharashtrian East Indian Fedration

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MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor, age 29 years, Ht.5’ 9”, Wt. 72 kgs, Wheatish Complex-ion, Edn. B.Com., MBA, LLB., work-ing with I.T. Co., in HR Legal. Loving,caring, sober with good mannersseeks suitable match. Mangalorean,simple working in Mumbai / NaviMumbai. Contact : 98205 45508 ORemail : francoroyal@rediffmail.com(Regd. No. 5943)BANGALORE : Mangalorean Catho-lic parents settled in Bangalore, seekalliance for son 31/5’8”, slim, B.E.Bangalore, double Masters USA,working in USA, from God fearing,good looking, slim, MangaloreanCatholic spinster, preferably workingin USA, age below 29. Contact email :pgzmonteiro@yahoo.com Or Mob.:9845417838. (Regd. No. 5940)GOA : Goan Roman Catholic Bach-elor, aged 29 years, Ht. 5’ 9”, Wt. 73kgs, Fair Complexion, Edn.B.B.A.,working as a HR. Executive, workingin Kuwait. Contact email :gretafern@gmail.com. OR9890656294 (Regd. No. 5936)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicBachelor, aged 38 years, Ht. 5’ 5”, Wt.80 kgs, Wheatish Complexion, Edn.MBA, Having own Business. Contactemail : cmaneckji@gmail.com OR28928350 (Regd. No. 5931)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor, aged 33 years, Ht.5’ 8”, Wt. 60 kgs, Fair Complexion,Edn. Diploma in Hotel Management,working on the ship. Contact email :marshall-liberty007@yahoo.com OR9769775073 / 9819442577. (Regd.No. 5928)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor, aged 29 years, Ht.5’ 5”, Wt. 64 kgs, Wheatish Complex-ion, Edn. MBA., M.Com., working asa Sr. Associate. Contact email :lloydlobo84@yahoo.com OR9833687379 (Regd. No. 5924)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor, aged 32 years, Ht.183 cms, Wt. 80 kgs, Fair Complex-ion, Edn. B. Com., working as a Man-ager in MNC. Seeks a graduate work-

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ing Mangalore Girl. Contact email :dsouzajery@yahoo.com OR9967873644 (Regd. No. 5922)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicBachelor, aged 29 years, Ht. 5’ 9”, Wt.75 kgs, Wheatish Complexion, Edn.B.Sc., working as a Manager. Contactemail : lorna1905@gmail.com OR9850044561 (Regd. No. 5921)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor, aged 33 years, Ht.6’, fair complexion, Edn. B.Com., work-ing as a Sr. Officer. Seeks a good catho-lic family background girl. ContactEmail : trevorfernandes69@gmail.comOR 9819420120 (Regd. No. 5920)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicBachelor, aged 27 years. Ht. 5’ 10”, Wt.55 kgs., Fair Complexion, Edn. T.Y.B.Com., Working as a Sr. CollectionAdvisor. Contact Email :perpthevirgo@yahoo.co.in OR9821302840 (Regd. No. 5919)MUMBAI : Tamilian Roman CatholicDivorcee, aged 47 years. Ht. 5’ 4”, Wt.66 kgs., Fair Complexion, Edn. B.Com.,BBA., MBA (Finance), working as a Fi-nance Manager. Seeks a suitableMatch. Contact Email :talentedgradewisdom@yahoo.comOR 9819939479 / 9930559783 (Regd.No. 5914)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelore aged 31 years. Ht.5’ 10”, Wt. 64 kgs., Wheatish Complex-ion, Edn. B.Com., working as a Ac-counts Officer in MNC. Seeks a simpleworking graduate Mangalorean girl.Contact Email:ashwin_roche@yahoo.com IR9892386686 / 9403644066 (Regd. No.5913)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor aged 40 years. Ht.5’ 8”, Wt. 65 kgs., Wheatish Complex-

ion, Edn. S.S.C. A/C Tech. Course,working as a A/C. Technician in U.A.E.Contact Email : jeedza@gmail.comOR 8976361324 / 24460855 (Regd.No. 5911)5909. MUMBAI : Mangalorean Ro-man Catholic Bachelor aged 31 years.Ht. 5’ 3”, Wt. 58 kgs., Wheatish Com-plexion, Edn. L L B . ,B.Com., working in Indian Railways.Seeks a Mangalorean educated girl.Contact Email :graceydsouza@gmail.comOR Tel.: 26787431 (Date of Birth 9-11-1981)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor aged 33 years. Ht.5’ 4”, Wheatish Complexion, Edn.B.E.Mech. working as a Manager. Seeksa suitable match. Contact Email :graceydsouza@gmail.com OR Tel.:26787431 (Regd. No. 5908)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Bachelor aged 32 years. Ht.5’ 5”, Wt. 65 kgs, Wheatish Complex-ion, Edn. PGDB (Marketing), Workingas a Marketing research, Seeks aSimple, honest, Mangalorean girl.Contact :dsouza_dyson@yahoo.co.in OR9821607121 (Regd. No. 5903)MUMBAI : Roman Catholic Bachelor,aged 30 years, Ht. 5’ 10”, Wt. 85 kgs,Fair Complexion, Edn. B.Com., + PostGraduate, well settled in Mumbai,Seeks a suitable good looking, work-ing girl. Contact email :riya.anthony11@gmail.com OR8390022313 (Regd. No. 5898)

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MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 31 years, Ht.5’ 1”, Wt. 60 kgs, Wheatish Complex-ion, Edn. B.Com., working as an Ex-ecutive Admin & Finance. Seeks awell settled bachelor. Contact email :vvndsouza@gmail.com OR23826915 (Regd. No. 5946)MUMBAI : East Indian Roman Catho-lic Spinster aged 31 years, Ht. 5’ 4”,Wt. 45 kgs, Wheatish Complexion,good looking, Edn. B.Com., workingad as Deputy Manager, Seeks a suit-able match. Contact email:candita.patel@gmail.com or28950832 (Regd. No. 5945)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic parents seek alliance for theirdaughter 28 years, 5’ 4’, fair goodlooking smart Chartered Accountantworking for a reputed company inMumbai from well settled Profession-ally Qualified CA or MBA or EngineersRC bachelors below 33 years goodfamily background and values prefer-ably from Mumbai. We would appre-ciate if your response includes a full-length latest photo, contact number,relevant personal and family details.Email : gjl1505@gmail.com (Regd.No. 5944)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 30 years, Ht.5’ 2”, Fair Complexion, beautiful, Edn.MBA Finance working in Private Lim-ited Company. Seeks a suitablematch. Contact email :lavitac@gmail.com OR 9930936622(Regd. No. 5942)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicSpinster aged 23 years, Ht. 5’ 5”, Wt.55 kgs, Wheatsish Complexion, Edn.M.Sc., good looking and smart, work-ing as a Maths Analyst. Contact email: mariaferns71@yahoo.com (Regd.No. 5941)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 26 years, Ht.5’ 6”, Wt. 69 kgs, Wheatsish Complex-

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ion, Edn. MBA in Marketing, workingas a F & B Executive. Seeks a suitablematch. Contact email :flaviajet86@yahoo.co.in OR 28816294(Regd. No. 5939)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicSpinster aged 29 years, Ht. 5’ 5”, Wt.68 kgs, Wheatsish Complexion, Edn.MBA (Finance) working as a ResearchAssistant in Pvt. Sector. Contact email: roshan.gomendes@ yahoo.co.in OR9167140184 (Regd. No. 5938)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicSpinster aged 35 years, Ht. 154 cms,Wt. 62 kgs, Fair Complexion, Edn.B.Com., working in Flight Cabin Crew.Seeks a well settled graduate bachelor.Contact email :milly.ruprell@emirates.com OR9819041830 (Regd. No. 5937)MUMBAI : Roman Catholic Spinsteraged 27 years, Ht. 5’ 8”, Wt. 57 kgs,Fair Complexion, Edn. Electronic Engg.working as a Key Account Manager inBank. Contact email :rinal_11@hotmail.com OR9820247177 (Regd. No. 5935)MUMBAI : Goan Roman CatholicSpinster aged 28 years, Ht. 5’ 3”, FairComplexion, Edn. B.E. (Mumbai) MBA(USA), working in Reputed IT Companyas Business Analyst in USA. Contactemail : virginia4u@gmail.com OR9833099037 / 9821373880 /9222380052 (Regd. No. 5934)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 24 years, Ht. 5’8”, Wt. 60 kgs, Fair Complexion, Edn.BMS in Marketing, MBA in Retail Man-agement, Working in Retail Sector.Contact email :aarikhalws99@gmail.com OR9930672317 (Regd. No. 5933)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 33 years, Ht. 5’,Wt. 62 kgs, Fair Complexion, Edn. B.A.,PGDBM, Working as a HR Manager.Contact email:lumfers1954@hotmail.com OR9819352481 (Regd. No. 5932)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 30 years, Ht. 5’

2”, Wt. 50 kgs, Fair Complexion, Edn.B.Com., CAIIB., working as a Officerin Private Bank. Only Child. Contact :mpascal009@gmail.com OR9869316408 (Regd. No. 5930)MUMBAI : Anglo Indian RomanCatholic Spinster aged 38 years, Ht.5’ 3”, Wt. 68 kgs, Fair Complexion,Edn. B.Sc., MBA (HR) working as aAGM (HR) Contact email :berny2002@hotmail.com OR26771992 (Regd. No. 5929)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RomanCatholic Spinster aged 29 years, Ht.5’ 2”, Wheatish Complexion, Edn.MBA (Marketing) working as a Man-ager. Contact email:diana.g.fernandes@gmail.com OR25923985 (Regd. No. 5927)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RC Spinsteraged 31 years, Ht. 5’, Wt. 50 kgs, FairComplexion, Edn. M.A. B.Ed.,Teacher by profession. Contact email“ carol.chitale@yahoo.com OR9769775073 / 9819442577 (Regd.No. 5926)MUMBAI : Mangalorean RC Spinsteraged 29 years, Ht. 5’ 4”, Wt. 50 kgs,Wheatish Complexion, Edn. Master’s,Lecturer by profession. Contact email: easand59@gmail.com OR7738805305 (Regd. No. 5923)VALSAD : Goan + Mangalorean RCSpinster, Godfearing, faithful and un-derstanding, aged 27 years, Ht. 5’ 5”,Fair Complexion, Edn. D’Ed., BA,B.Ed., Teacher by profession. Con-tact Mob.: 09377099024 (12 a.m. to2 p.m. & 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) (Regd.No. 5830)

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