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Addressing young peoplefrom Korea and otherAsian countries on their

concerns about the future, PopeFrancis said the best hope forreunification of the divided Ko-rean peninsula lay in brotherlylove and a spirit of forgiveness.

“You are brothers whospeak the same language,” thePope said August 15. “Whenyou speak the same languagein a family, there is also a hu-man hope.”

The Pope’s remarks camein response to a question froma young Korean woman, Ma-rina Park, attending an AsianYouth Day gathering in Solmoe,about 60 miles south of Seoul. Park asked the Pope howyoung South Korean Catholics should view communist NorthKorea after six decades of “reciprocal hatred” between thetwo countries.

“Are there two Koreas?” Pope Francis asked in re-sponse. “No, there is one, but it is divided, the family isdivided.”

To promote reunification, the Pope said he had onepiece of advice to offer and one reason for hope. “My adviceis to pray, pray for our brothers in the North,” he said, “thatthere might not be victors and defeated, only one family.”

He then led the audience of some 6,000 people in silentprayer for Korean reunification.

To illustrate his reason for hope, Pope Francis cited theOld Testament story of Joseph, who forgave and fed hisbrothers even though they had sold him into slavery.

“When Joseph’s brothers went into Egypt to buy foodbecause they were hungry, they found a brother,” he said.“Joseph noticed that they spoke the same language.”

The Pope also cited the Gospel parable of the prodigalson, a familiar reference in his preaching. A group of youngperformers had enacted the parable onstage a few minutesearlier.

The prodigal son’s father embraced his repentant sonimmediately, “he didn’t let him speak, he didn’t even let himask for pardon,” the Pope said. “He celebrated.”

“We can do very ugly things, but please don’t despair,”he said. “There is always the Father who waits for us.”

Pope Francis’ answer was not part of the original pro-gram for the afternoon event, which called for him to read aprepared text in English, only the third time as Pope that hehas used the language before a live audience.

He also answered the question of a young Cambodianwoman, Leap Lakaraksmey, who said she was trying tochoose between entering religious life and continuing heruniversity studies in order to help the poor in her native village.

“When the Lord calls, he always calls us to do good forothers,” the Pope said. “But you shouldn’t choose. The Lord

Pope Says Forgiveness Key To Reconciling Divided Korea

chooses. You have to ask: ‘Lord, what should I do?’”The Pope also assured the young woman, who la-

mented the lack of canonized saints from her country, that hewould ask the Congregation for Saints’ Causes to look intothe possibility of recognizing the martyrdom of Catholicskilled in Cambodia in the 1970s by the communist regimeunder Pol Pot.

China requires Catholics to register with a government-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association, which has ordainedbishops without approval of the pope, and Chinese authori-ties have frequently arrested members of the so-called un-derground or clandestine Catholic communities there. Ac-cording to unconfirmed reports in Korean media, someChinese Catholics planning to attend events with Pope Francishad been prevented from traveling to South Korea.

After the event, Pang told reporters that the pope hadassured him he would be praying for China.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman,told reporters Pope Francis had chosen to avoid “political”topics such as China at an event whose character wassupposed to be “pastoral.”

The Pope appeared at the Solmoe event following alunch with Asian Youth Day participants from various coun-tries and a visit to the reconstructed birthplace of St AndrewKim, the first native-born Korean priest, who was martyred in1846 at the age of 25.

On his way into the tent set up for his meeting with youngpeople, the Pope was greeted with cheers and outstretchedhands, many holding tablets and cell phone cameras. Beforestepping up to the stage, he stopped and allowed onemember of the audience to attach a yellow-ribbon pin to hiscassock.

The pin has been adopted by family members of thosekilled in the April sinking of the Sewol ferry, some of whom thepope met earlier in the day, who are pressing the SouthKorean government to appoint an independent investigationof the disaster.

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World's aging populationset to affect economies

The Moody’s Global Credit Research Team, which regularly prepares reports for in-

vestors and finance firms, warnedinvestors this month in a specialreport that ‘the unprecedentedpace of aging’ will slow economicgrowth over the next 20 years world-wide.

Aging reduces economicgrowth because it reduces laboursupply, and causes saving rates to decline which reduces business investment.It makes sense that over 65’s are spending their savings, rather than makingfurther investments.

By next year 68 of the 112 countries assessed by Moody’s report will beclassified as “aging”, 34 “aged” and five, the rather amusingly categorised,“super-aged” – a category you achieve when more than 20% of society is aged65 and above.

Germany, Italy, and Japan are already “super-aged”, and are soon to bejoined by Finland and Greece. Eleven more countries, including the UnitedKingdom, the Netherlands, France and Canada will get there by 2025, and therewill be a total of 34 ‘super-aged’ economies by 2030. All countries, except a fewin Africa, will face either a slower-growing or declining working-age populationfrom 2015 onwards.

The Philippines is one of only 23 economies whose over 65’s are expectedto constitute below 7% of the population until 2030. The report showed that thepercentage of elderly people in the overall Filipino population is estimated to beat 4.1% in 2015, 4.9% by 2020, 5.6% by 2025, and 6.3% by 2030.

Guillermo M. Luz of the Philippines National Competitiveness Councilconsiders that will sustain the Philippines' attractiveness as a “very goodinvestment site well beyond 2030". “Having a young and educated work force,brought about by reforms in education, will make Filipinos very competitivecompared to its peers in Southeast Asia,” Mr. Luz said yesterday. Somethingalso to do perhaps with the value put on having children and family by the largely

Contentspg. 2 - Pope Says Forgiveness ...pg. 3 - World's aging population set

to effect economiespg. 4 - PM Modi's I-Day Speech:..pg. 6 - Reader's Viewspg. 8 - How Can India Progress!pg 9 - How India Can Progress Nowpg 10 - Prayer...pg 11 - Views on Newspg 12 - High Status Family ...pg 15 - 25 Crucial Points PM Modi

Made ...pg 17 - Thoughts for Teacherspg 18 - Truth About Marriage Re-

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Catholic Filipino population.Other countries which may be

set to enjoy an economic so-called‘demographic dividend’ are the Gulfcountries. In 2015 the elderly consti-tuted only 0.5% of the total populationin the United Arab Emirates, and isexpected to reach 1.8% in 2030. InSaudi Arabia the elderly constituted3% in 2015 and is expected to reach7% in 2030.

Sharp declines in fertility ratesare a big part of the problem. Thesefigures are already upon us, so it is alittle late to turn them around. How-ever, Moody’s suggests that policyreforms that improve labour partici-pation, spur immigration in a country,and encourage financial inflows canall partially mitigate the impact of agingon economic growth. Innovation andtechnological progress that improvelabour productivity can also dampenthe effects of the rapid demographicchanges on economic growth overthe long term.

He appeals to the people on the basisof a shared past, a sense of identityderived from a collective belonging.But his speech is not sentimentallymoulded. He doesn’t dwell upon rheto-ric. He speaks to the people “ in thelanguage of the common man” andmanages to touch hearts. He doesn’tspeak from a position of privilege. Thespeech is personalised, repeatedly ad-dressing the crowd as “Bhaiyon aurBehnon.”

• “Main Pradhan Mantri nahin PradhanSewak hun.”(I’m not the Prime Ministerbut your Prime Servant), he begins bysaying. From the very start, he estab-lishes a direct contact with the prole-tariat. He professes to be not a ruler buta worker, proclaiming that if you put in12 hours of work, I will put in 13. As thegreat Aristotelean tradition affirms thatthe ending end of knowledge is not inknowing well, but doing well. Similarly,he aspires to put in all his knowledge,experience and expertise in doingthings, not just saying things.

• PM asserted in his speech that anation is not built by its ministers orgovernments. But recognised the farm-ers, workers and teachers as the truemakers of the nation. A PM after alloperates in the public sphere. His ac-tions cannot be viewed in completepolitical isolation. But when he explainsthe distinction between a “private job”and “public service”, he does soundinformed. I like his point about the needof skilled workers as the need of the

hour. Respect for workmanship, crafts-manship and labour has been longabsent from our economic apparatuswhich still continues on a hierarchy,originated in the “scriptures”. This couldbe a path breaking move if individuals,irrespective of their caste, are trained inpublic institutes to become proficientworkers.

• His Mantra : One Direction. One Vi-sion. One Aim. He clarifies that he doesnot seek to operate on majoritarianism,but upon the strength of a united front.He welcomed the opposition and theirrole. Said he wanted to break downwalls and end differences. “ Main Dillike liye outsider hu,” he stresses, clearlydistancing himself from the elite classesand bureaucrats. He’s not an “urbanPrime Minister”, but a man of themasses.

• As a woman, what I couldn’t ignorefrom the PM’s speech was: “Jab ladkighar se baahar jaati hai, usse sainkdonsawaal kyu kiye jaate hain ?” ( When adaughter steps outside home, why isshe asked a million questions?) It is avery fundamental question that we needto ask ourselves.

He spoke of women safety, drawingattention to the importance of upbring-ing. Family is a charged microcosm ofsociety. Gender Socialization beginsat home. The roles we internalise athome, are the roles we employ as fu-ture citizens.

PM Modi’s I-Day Speech:Will The ‘Achi Speech’ Translate Into ‘Ache Din’?

by Kanika Katyal

Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modidelivered a powerful speech at the RedFort on 15th August 2014. Every year,the Prime Minister addresses the na-tion in a ritualistic ceremony. The tradi-tion holds enormous spatial, culturaland historic significance and is a part ofthe rites of passage that each PM un-dergoes to become the leader of thepeople.

It is a platform held in high reverenceand Modi’s speech not only upheld thedignity of the site but added manifold tohis own integrity. His speech wasn’t apolitical propaganda but ardent withnationalistic fervour.

• He begins by placing his speech inthe context of India’ s historic past,reminiscing the contributions of digni-taries such as Gandhi and Ambedkar.

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A boy who’s out clubbing at night,while his sister does chores at home,will look at girls at the club as ‘easy’.Because, girls belonging to “good fami-lies”, such as his own, stay at homeafter dark. The gender divide needs tobe completely done away with.

It really is as simple as that. He talksabout the alarming sex ratio and ap-peals to end female foeticide. If the PMof a country is so cultivated in his viewsabout women, it certainly is a sign ofhope. While I agree that rapes andsexual assaults are complex issues,that involve a number of factors morecomplicated than just familial respon-sibility. But in a nation like India whereNetas accuse Chinese food of instigat-ing the boys to rape, this comes acrossas words of profound wisdom.

• Isn’t the dignity of women our re-sponsibility? he asked. On our 68thIndependence Day celebrations, at aformal occasion, a voice of our leaderrises from the cultural bequest of theRed Fort and directs our attention tothe lack of latrines for women. Whileone could be taken aback, to see thePrime Minister, the highest authority,touching upon scatological subjects.But it reflects his proximity with thegrassroot level. This move, for me, issymbolic of bridging the gap betweenthat which is organic and the supreme.He calls upon Corporate Social Re-sponsibility and MPs alike to contributeto the making of toilets in all govern-ment schools within one year.

• Modi introduced the ‘Jan-Dhan In-surance Scheme’ to provide bank ac-count facilities to the poorest of poor.Under this scheme, Insurance worth 1Lakh rupees would be guaranteed toeach family. Is it similar to UPA’s Sub-sidy scheme or a revolutionary newscheme? It does sound like a windowfor economic security and empower-ment. Parties in power make a lot ofpromises but when it comes to em-ploying the stratagem to supplementthe schemes, it falls flat.

• He also announced the ‘Adarsh GramYojana’ whereby each MP is to adoptone deprived village and transform it

into an affluent “adarsh”(ideal) village.Well, what’s new about it? Suchschemes and programmes are alreadyin progress in states like Maharashtra.Policies are great on paper, but howeffective when it comes to manage-ment? Adarsh villages are fabricatedand rewards are claimed, but then wediscover that they were fraud. So, anindication of the parameters fororganisation was found missing in hisspeech.

• Good news came to me in the form ofhis declaration to get rid of the long-established, ancestral, conservativePlanning Commission to make way fora new institute, build upon a stronger,adept system aiming towards optimumutilisation of the natural resources aswell as the human resources. I look at

it as a great move towards federalism.His awareness of the arm-chair natureof meetings, and voicing that, was re-markable. Fresh, youthful energy, andcreativity were his catch words.

• In his entire speech, Modi did nottouch directly upon communal poli-tics. He called religious and caste divi-sions as poison in the path of progress.“Bohot hua“, he says. “Shastr chod keShaastra apnao”. He advocates unity,brotherhood, solidarity and compas-sion. Raises questions upon the futilityof violent acts. Cites King Asoka asexample, who turned a new leaf in hislife. Such examples appear abstract inthe face of terrorism. It is an entangledmesh of ideologies, which can hardlybe resolved by metaphysical reflec-tion. Nevertheless, it made him comeacross as a sorted, stable and secularleader.

The question arises – does this lay thefoundation for the start of somethingnew?

Well, he lays down his Ten Year Plan,making his approach to work very clear.He speaks with a lot of conviction. Butdevelopment is a combination of policymaking and its correspondinginfrastructural and socio-economicprogress. He has the first step right.Stronger Policy building does providea strong foundation. But at the sametime, bare walls do not make monu-ments. The strategies have to be imple-mented in a concrete manner. I believethat if you’re able to say it well, it is halfthe battle won already. So, I’m reallyhoping that “ acchi speech” translatesto “acche din” soon .

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We Need To Shine AtNational Level

During the last 20-30 years or so adeclining trend in education has startedin our community. Boys headed to thegulf region after dropping out fromSSLC and girls found some employ-ment opportunities either as a nurse ora telephone operator thus stagnatingtheir growth at that level. But the trendstill continue withe exception of somecomputer professionals who couldspend a considerable money eithersent by their parents or brethren fromthe gulf.

Earning back home is very mini-mal, those could not go to gulf re-mained either pre-matric or got them-selves engaged in doing manual jobsor at the maximum landed in Hotelmanagement so they found it little lu-crative because of some left overchange by customers in addition totheir pay. So, we have fully succeededin producing a generation of ignorantpeople, forget of producing any intel-lectuals and missed the bus totally.

Many of you may remember thatsome years back there used to be a lotof bankers (but also drunkards), doc-tors, advocates & , IPS/IAS officers inevery sphere of national activity. Nowwe can hardly name anyone exceptone or two, who are also retired. Whyso much neglect of educational stan-dard in the community in spite of run-ning the BEST educational institutionsby the community?. Who can be heldresponsible for this mess, parents orthe institutions?

Today, look at the mess at theNational level. A north Indian from theHindi speaking belt can become aPolice commissioner an Income Taxcommissioner or a jnanapeeth awardwinner but not a Christian, why? Be-cause we failed in producing intellectu-als, we have stopped growing mentallyand we have become sheep. Somecommunities have started groomingtheir youth for IAS, IPS and IFS but wehave not opened an account in thisdirection. CAN WE ALL WAKE UP TOTHE DIRE NEED OF THE COMMU-NITY?

—Alex D'Mello

Bharat—Beti—Bonanza!

Narendra Modi has dedicated hisAug 15th 2014 Independence DaySpeech from the Red Fort to Bharatand Beti! We hope this resoundingrhetoric converts to a ‘walk –the- talk’—a boost and bonanza for the girl child.

1) NaMo expressed concernabout the dipping sex ratio of940 females to 1000 males. Herequested doctors not to killthe girl in the womb to line theirpockets. He revealed how well-

to-do sons leave parents in oldage homes while single childdaughters shun marriage totake care of ageing parents. Ihave seen families where onedaughter serves parents morethan five sons. Female foeti-cide is a blot on 21st centuryIndia. Mothers and sistersshould not sacrifice daughterin the hope of a son. This isgreed, he insisted.

2) He urged parents to try puttingas many fetters on sons asthey do on their daughters tocontrol rape incidents. Daugh-ters are our saviours he dis-closed.

3) Make arrangements for in-house toilets for the dignity ofour mothers and sisters. Thereshould be separate toilets inevery school for girls. This iswhat he meant by SwachBharat or Hygienic India

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The above 3 observations are exactlywhat our first pope wrote: “Pay honor tothe woman as the weaker sex, sincethey are also heirs to the precious gift oflife” (1Peter 3:7).

—Dr Trevor Colaso

Organ Donations

John Wilkinson, in his book, ‘Chris-tian Ethics in HealthCare, says thatorgan transplantation and donationsshould be encouraged by the com-mandment of Love: ‘Love your neigh-bor as yourself.’ (Matthew 5:43). Fail-ure to donate organs can be construedas being contrary to biblical charity.

There are two types of donations:Dead donations: Ventilator brain dead

donors.Living donations: Related / Spouses/

or emotionally extended donors.

As per the Transplant Registry,

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India has 90% living donors; the Westhas 90% deceased donors.

This is possible because in theWest, funerals are professionally man-aged, and the Funeral Parlor manag-ers actively assist organ donations.

In India, the grief stricken family,being emotionally overwhelmed, mightsometimes forget or decline to donatethe organs of the deceased.

The feasibility of approaching un-dertakers in India to boost organ dona-tions should be explored, as undertak-ers usually have an overall control overFuneral procedures, from obtainingDeath certificates, inserting ads, ar-ranging funeral rites, etc.

This will boost Organ Donations.

—Denis Khan

Former Lok Sabha Speaker PurnoAgitok Sangma has advocated agrand federation of tribes of north-

east to help all indigenous people inthe region get their due recognition.

“My idea is to have a Grand Fed-eration of the NE Tribes (GFNET) whereeach tribe will have autonomy as beingproposed in the Sixth Schedule of theConstitution,” said Sangma, who is rep-resenting Tura constituency ofMeghalaya state in the Indian parlia-ment.

Sangma further said he has beendiscussing his big plan for NE with theleaders of the region.

“There is a need to convert theNorth Eastern Council (NEC) into NorthEast Commission on the line of Euro-pean Commission and on the line ofEuropean Parliament,” the leader said,adding “That’s the only way you cangive due recognition to all the tribes inthe North East.”

According to him, these autono-mies will have a North East grand as-sembly or it can even be called a par-liament, where each tribe should haverepresentatives.

On the burning issue of bifurca-tion of Meghalaya, Sangma said hehad clarified during the election cam-paign that any bifurcation of Meghalaya

has to be mutually agreed by majorcommunities – the Khasi, the Jaintia onone hand and the Garos on the other.

Asked whether the creation of aseparate Garoland would solve mostof the problems in Garo Hills hit bymilitancy, the MP said here, “We don’tknow. No solution is a complete solu-tion in any issue…But there are someamong Khasis and Jaintias who arearticulating for a separate Khasi-JaintiaState.

“Similar sentiments have been ar-

Sangma Moots Grand Federation Of Northeastern Tribesticulated by a section of the Garos…We cannot ignore those sentimentsbut it has to be mutual.”

Earlier, before the last Lok Sabhaelections, Sangma had expressed hisdisfavor of a separate state. Statingthat in the North East, there is no con-cept of statehood, he said, “We areforcing people to live together.” Headded, “We have to realize the realityand by experience we have to think ofsomething else.”

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1 To reflect and ... act. The differencebetween the poor and rich nationsis not the age of the Nation.

2 This can be demonstrated by coun-tries like India and Egypt, which aremore than 2000 years old and arestill poor countries.

3 On the other hand, Canada, Austra-lia and New Zealand, which 150years back were insignificant, todayare developed and rich countries.

4. The difference between the poorand rich nation does not also de-pend on the available natural re-sources.

5. Japan has limited territory, 80%mountainous, unsuitable for agri-culture or farming, but is the secondin worlds economy. The country islike an immense floating factory,importing raw material from thewhole world and exporting manu-factured products.

6. Second example is Switzerland , itdoes not grow cocoa but producesthe best chocolates in the world. Inher small territory she rears animalsand cultivates the land only for fourmonth in a year, nevertheless manu-factures the best milk products. Asmall country which is an image ofsecurity which has made it the stron-gest world bank.

7. Executives from rich countries whointeract with their counterparts frompoor countries show no significantintellectual differences.

8. The racial or colour factors also do

not evince importance: migrantsheavy in laziness in their country oforigin are forcefully productive inrich European countries.

9. What then is the difference?10. The difference is the attitude of the

people, moulded for many years byeducation and culture.

11. When we analyse the conduct ofthe people from the rich and devel-oped countries, it is observed that amajority abide by the following prin-ciples of life:

12. 1. Ethics, as basic principles. 2.Integrity. 3. Responsibility. 4. Therespect for Laws and Regulations.5. The respect from majority of citi-zens by right. 6. The love for work. 7.The effort to save and invest. 8. Thewill to be productive. 9. Punctuality.

13. In the poor countries a small mi-nority follow these basic principlesin their daily life.

14. We are not poor because we lacknatural resources or because na-ture was cruel towards us.

15. We are poor because we lack atti-tude. We lack the will to follow andteach these principles of working ofrich and developed societies.

16. WE ARE IN THIS STATE BECAUSEWE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGEOVER EVRYTHING AND EVERY-ONE. WE ARE IN THIS STATE BE-CAUSE WE SEE SOMETHINGDONE WRONG AND SAY - “LET ITBE” WE SHOULD HAVE A SPIR-ITED MEMORY AND ATTITUDE…ONLY THEN WILL WE BE ABLE TOCHANGE OUR PRESENT STATE.

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India’s Progressby Bill Gates

India’s progress over the past 20years has been quite phenomenal. It deserves recognition es-

pecially now, as rich countries con-sider whether to continue investingin global development assistancedespite all the economic problemsthey face at home.

India still faces many chal-lenges. More than 400 million Indi-ans live in extreme poverty. The coun-try is home to half of all the world’smalnourished and underweight chil-dren and one fourth of the world’stuberculosis.

But over the past 20 years, In-dia has really emerged as a dy-namic, influential country. It’s beenone of the world’s fastest growingmajor economies, and it’s playingan increasingly important role inworld affairs, including as a memberof the G20 and the BRICS group ofnewly industrialized nations.

The current situation in India isquite hopeful. The country has a lotof talented people. The universitiesare improving. Government spend-ing is going up because of thenation’s economic strength. Somereforms are needed, and that’s pro-gressing, gradually. India representsall the challenges you face whenyou have lots of people living inpoverty. And so India can contributeto how we solve problems globally.

During my recent visit, I had achance to see the latest progress onthings that matter a lot to us: oneradicating polio and curtailing thespread of infectious diseases likeHIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, for ex-ample. And I saw how India is emerg-ing as a model and increasingly acatalyst for improvement in otherdeveloping countries. For example,India has become a world leader inthe development of high-quality, low-cost vaccines and other bio-phar-maceuticals, which are playing ahuge role in improving health notonly in south Asia but also in Africaand elsewhere.

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How India Can Progress Now?

We have heard too many timesthat India is a land of hugepotential. If the statement

seemed routine in the past, there is adefinite shift towards realization of thatpotential in the days ahead to come. Ibelieve that Goldman Sachs BRIC re-port was the first tangible recognitionof the fact that India is moving frompotential to possibility. The underlyingcatalyst for this is obviously the chang-ing economy and demography. Onealso needs to understand the buyingcapacity that a considerable number ofIndians enjoy today. So how to convertthis huge potential into huge possibil-ity? How can India progress now? Itshould be something like the Roadahead for India in the coming days?Share your views like what do you thinkthat needs to be done to tap that poten-tial we are talking here.

It is said that for any country to prosperin terms of its potential which matcheson the world stage there has to be astrong synergy amongst the govern-ment, academia and industry. The edu-cation system has to create the nextgeneration ready to address the mar-ket demands. The government mustput priority on electronics design andmanufacturing as a national agenda.Finally, Manufacturing has to be a keycomponent of this exercise.

Why manufacturing I will give my sup-porting argument for that. If one looksat the history, it will be evident that inthe US and other developed countries,

government played a huge role in thedevelopment of the high tech sectorthrough its national laboratories anddefense investments. Lets take a closerlook near home, in countries like, Ja-pan, Korea, Taiwan and China, govern-ment has taken major steps to promoteelectronics as a national program be itin telecommunications, SoC design,chip start-ups, incubation or local manu-facturing. Even in a small country likeSingapore, their government arm, EDB,plays a significant role in promoting thehigh tech industry.

by An Expert Engineer

I think there is very less activity in thisregard where entrepreneurship isnot getting the right attention and

focus from the concerned people. Imust admit that it does seem a bitmuted at this point of time. Not be-cause we lack intelligent risk takingpeople but for entrepreneurship to suc-ceed one needs seed capital at anearly stage. There is definite dearth ofsuch funding and hence we are lim-ited. More over no one wants to investin traditional business formats. But thenthese days people are interested inareas such as green and clean tech,renewable energy, low cost medicalelectronics, there are still interestingopportunities which are finding invest-ment.

—An Expert Consultant

I agree with sudeep. To be true Indian parents want their childrens tostudy well and get a good job. In the

school their screwed up with lot ofstudies. Most of us fail when we enterthe real life, because we don't haveright guidance. two years ago APJ

Abdul kalam insisted Entrepernershipdevelopment program to be part of thestudy. It hasbeen encorporated insylabus. this gives fair idea how to startan industry, what are all the qualitiesnecessary to become an entreperner.This will in many ways help studentsabout the subject.

— A Mechanical Engineer

I think people in our country are notholding attitude that will let our country grow, we already lack the feeling

of patriotism (exceptions are every-where) we are deeply influenced byethical, communal, religious beliefs andvalues and we are not able to evolvefrom this. Moreover,our people are sortof greedy person they run after moneynot whether there act is a part of nationbuilding act or not. We should try toinvest our energy and time to make ansmarter India by implementing our skillsand knowledge, if we are able to dosomething better and that too must besustainable then we should think ourcontribution worthwhile. An act doneby a public figure plays a very impor-tant role in building an attitude of ayoung person so education systemmust promote public figures morerather than statistics. And electronicmedia should hold some responsiblityto try and motivate people to makeatleast the minimum one can give tothe nation.

—A Software Developer

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Vatican City: The degeneration of theturmoil afflicting Iraq has led PopeFrancis and his staff to an unprec-edented move that marks a new quali-tative leap in relations between theHoly See and representatives of Islam.

The Pontifical Council for InterreligiousDialogue, the Vatican department re-sponsible for maintaining relations withIslam and other non-Christian faiths,just published a statement demanding"a clear and courageous stand by reli-gious leaders, including Muslims."

That Pontifical Council, led by the former"minister" of Foreign Affairs under PopeSt. John Paul II, the French CardinalJean-Louis Tauran, has been extremelycareful in recent years to avoid offend-ing the sensibilities of Islamic religiousleaders.

Cardinal Tauran, who was appointedby Pope Benedict XVI for that office in2007 after the huge crisis created byinterpretations of his speech at theGerman University of Regensburg, nowuses a language that is totally unusualin the Vatican (Cf. Statement of Pontifi-cal Council for Interreligious Dialogue,August 12, 2014).

The document is part of the campaignthat Pope Francis is leading to confrontthe atrocities committed against Chris-tians, Yazidi communities and otherminorities by the self-styled IslamicState of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, orISIS).

In addition, the Vatican has just pub-lished the Pope's letter to Ban Ki-moon,Secretary General of the United Na-tions to demand an immediate reac-tion from the international communityand UN agencies to prevent the hu-manitarian catastrophe taking place inthe north of Iraq.

As this article was published, CardinalFernando Filoni was packing to travel

to Iraq to bring Pope Francis' personalcloseness to the people, along with allthe knowledge of the country that heaccumulated as a nuncio for John PaulII, since he was one of the few diplo-mats who did not leave the countryduring the Second War Gulf in 2003.

The Vatican letter sent by the PontificalCouncil for Interreligious Dialogue callson Muslim religious leaders to con-demn "the execrable practice of be-heading, crucifixion and hangingcorpses in public places."

It also requires that they oppose thechoice that the Islamic State is placingbefore Christians and Yazidis: "Con-version to Islam, payment of a tax (jizya),or exodus."

It calls for a reaction from Islamic reli-gious leaders against "the abductionof girls and women from the Yazidisand Christian communities as warbooty," "the imposition of the barbaricpractice of infibulation," and "the de-struction of Christian and Muslim placesof worship and mausoleums."

"No cause can justify such barbarism,much less a religious one," explainsthe Vatican. This is an extremely seri-ous offense against humanity and God,who is the Creator," the Pontifical Coun-cil says, explicitly quoting Pope Francis.

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Cardinal Cleemis Thottunkal,president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India

(CBCI), visited Prime Minister NarendraModi yesterday.

The Office of the Prime Minister inits Tweets said the cardinal "called onthe PM' and published a picture of theprelate presenting a gift to Modi. "It wasa courtesy call," according to a govern-ment press release.

The meeting comes soon afterthe bishops expressed concern overincreasing attempts against religiousfreedom in the country, while they ex-tended support for Modi.

The bishops' Aug. 6-8 standingcommittee meeting in a statement reit-erated the support of the CatholicChurch to the democratically electedNDA Government and extended theirgreetings to Prime Minister NarendraModi.

The statement also extended sup-port his efforts to lead the nation to newheights of peace and prosperity for all.

However, the statement also ex-pressed over certain sporadic eventsof violence against Christians in certainparts of India. One of them was anunprecedented move in Chhattisgarhwhere 50 villages passed a resolutionin Gram Sabha, denying entry to Chris-tian Priests in the villages, a move for-tunately foiled by the timely interven-tion of the District Administration.

The bishops also urged the Cen-tral Government and the State Govern-ments to keep constant vigil over suchsinister moves designed to weaken thevery character and nature of our secu-lar and democratic Constitution.

The Bishops’ Committee also ex-pressed deep concern and anxiety overcertain statements made by respon-sible and highly placed persons in theJudiciary favoring particular religionand its sacred books to be included inthe school curriculum.

They also had expressed appre-hension on certain moves on the part ofthe Government and the Judiciary tobring about the uniform civil code andto legalize euthanasia.

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Twist In The ‘Tale’ WithA Yale

In a recent interview to one of thechannels, our learned HRD Minister,Smriti Irani gave a whole new meaningto education, diplomas and degrees.Her qualifications have always beensuspect ever since she was sworn in asHuman Resource Minister of the NDAgovernment. I am sure she is awarewhat her role is in the formation of theacademic future of the millions of thecountry’s youth. Their future is in herhands because she is going to presideover the deliberations on the road mapto chalk out the programme.

From day one, she has been elu-sive and guarded as far as her creden-tials are concerned. She has not beenable to come out with a clear and un-ambiguous statement on what exactlyare her qualifications. It is better tocome out clean rather than beat aroundthe bush. Which stream did she qualifyin [if any]? Sometimes it is Arts and atother times it is Commerce. Surely, youmust know if others don’t. You cannotquestion those who question you. If thePM had to give you another ministry -say Women and Child Development,nobody would have bothered aboutyour academic background. We can-not have a 12th standard to sit over thedestiny of the millions.

Now our HRD Minister says [with-out any degree of conviction] she isholding a ‘degree’ from the Yale Uni-versity. Great! Why was she hiding allthis important information from thepublic for the past 10-12 weeks? Wasshe checking with the university con-cerned and we are sure she must havea copy of the degree certificate. Whydid she not produce a copy before theTV anchor? We have a Minister and aHRD Minister at that who thinks that a‘refresher course’ spanning over a weekor so entitles one to a full fledged Uni-versity degree. What are those whospend some 4 or 5 years in these uni-versities doing if they could get a de-gree in a week or so? Can we have aHRD Minister who is an ignoramusabout the difference between a re-fresher course certificate [even if it is forexcellence in leadership qualities] anda University Degree? A degree is earnedand not conferred. It is a fruit of hardwork.

Actually, it is easier to get an

Honorary Doctorate even without at-tending a refresher course. Whoknows, she may have been conferredthe Doctorate by the Yale Universityafter her appointment as HRD Minis-ter which she is mistaking for a de-gree. By the way, if education is allabout saffronization of the youth andeducation, you need not be qualified– there are enough people in Nagpurfor that and a beginning has beenmade in Gujarat already.

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Sleep Walking ?Every body is pouncing on baba

Rahul for whatever he did the other dayin Parliament. Heartless people, I mustsay. Poor little fellow is in the habit ofshort naps and sleep walking – some-thing that he developed in his youngerdays. By that force of habit, he rushed tohis mama, who was sitting close to thewell of the House. Nobody heard whatthe mother told the little fellow. May beshe told him that he could have beendisturbed following the din around andthought that they are playing the gameof ‘student-teacher’. Seeing his friendsplaying in the well [cozy little place,unlike the cramped seat in which hewas dozing] he also joined that drama.He did not even know what the talk /argument was all about. Half sleepy, hemay have heard that the teacher is notallowing his friends to talk and werebeing scolded. This could have upset agenerally cool guy who kept continu-ously murmuring till all the MPs left thathallowed place, called Parliament. Sowhy bother? His own party men do nottake him seriously, post general elec-tions.

All small boys have enemies andso does Rahul. They are upset that hehas his mama around to guard andguide him. They are actually jealous.They berated him for insulting the ‘highoffice of the speaker’ and felt that he hascommitted a grave offence of belittlingthat high office. Perhaps she was rightin getting upset. Her party colleagues,however, were not. They alleged thatthe miniscule opposition party [readCongress] is trying to disturb the pro-ceedings. The right to create a ruckus inParliament was the sole prerogative ofthe then opposition party [BJP]. They

now feel that the opposition is behav-ing atrociously and lowering the dig-nity of the House. This, they felt, is avery serious situation in which the 300plus NDA MPs, elected by the peopleto give ‘acchhe din’ are not being al-lowed to do their duty.

One may recall that the BJP virtu-ally lived and grew up in the well of theHouse during the entire 2009-2014which did not allow any real businessto be carried out by the then govern-ment. The BJP leaders are now lectur-ing on the cardinal sin committed by aVice President of a party by enteringthe well. These very leaders of therespective Houses then [Sushmaji andJaitleyji] blatantly allowed their cadresto raid the well every day, every ses-sion. This is worse than actually rush-ing into the well. The same leaders feelthat the Congress is irresponsible butagain the same leaders insisted on TVdebates that it was their democraticright to rush to the well of the House.How is it that the same right has nowbecome a sacrilege now that they areon the other side of the fence?

The people are watching thesame drama which the BJP unfoldedon the nation. They are today blam-ing the Congress for opposing thesame legislations which the latterwanted to introduce? Very intelli-gent question! But how come thesame BJP is now introducing thesame legislations ‘verbatim’ whichthey opposed tooth and nail whenthey were in the opposition? TheNDA will have to suffer the samediscomfiture which the last govern-ment did. The Congress too will haveto remember that it cannot opposeeverything for the sake of opposingbut consider each case on its meritsand then take a call. They did well togo with the tide on the Judiciary Bill.They must not forget that they them-selves hope to make a comeback inthe foreseeable future; unless ofcourse, they feel otherwise.

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such as keeping an open mind andtrying new things are ways to get yourbrain out of a rut. Here are some cre-ative thinking tips:

Become an expert:The more widely you research a prob-lem, the better prepared you are toengage in true workplace innovation.

Observe:Keeping your eyes open to the worldaround you is a great technique forboosting creative thinking.

Know your audience:Cast a wide net as you brainstorm, butnarrow your ideas by the specific nec-essary characteristics that the solutionneeds.

Step out of your comfort zone:Do new and different things. Do oldthings in a new and different way.

Be willing to work alone:You are likely to have the best creativethinking potential in the beginning of aproject when you are brainstorming onyour own.

Talk to outsiders about your work:People in different areas and differentfields can offer a new perspective onthe same old problems.

Have fun:Research shows that a happy mindcould increase your capacity to makenew connections.

Take a nap or let your mind wander:Both your conscious and unconsciousmind can engage in problem solving,so take advantage of both!

Take a break:Even the most efficient employeesneed to reboot their brains from timeto time. Refocus on the problem laterafter you've had a break.

Challenge yourself:Start from scratch, let go of your inhi-bitions, do whatever you need to do toget yourself on the right creative track.

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'Why should I care' attitude anddedicate ourselves to the nation'sprogress

* It is easy to give expert opinions. Iwant to ask parents, when daugh-ters turn 11 or 14, they keep a tabon their movements. Have theseparents ever asked their sons wherethey have been, who they havebeen meeting? Rapists aresomebody's sons as well! Parentsmust take the responsibility to en-sure that their sons don't go thewrong direction

* Message to Naxals: Let's abhor vio-lence and walk the path of peace

* We have had enough of divisivenessand communal wounds inflictedon Mother India. Peace and broth-erhood will give strength to take thecountry forwards. I am sure it canbe done.

* India's sex ratio is 1000 boys for 940girls. Who creates this disparity?Don't fill your coffers at the altar ofthe mother's womb. People feelthat sons will take care of themwhen they are old. But I have seenaged parents in old-age homes orsingle daughter taking care of oldparents.

* Indian athletes made us proud in theCommonwealth Games. 29 of themedals were won by girls. Let'shonour them.

* Why are farmers committing suicide?Who will protect the poor? We arerolling out a PM Jan Dhan Yojanawill connect the poor with bankaccounts. They will be given a debitcard. Every account holder will beprovided with Rs 1 lakh insurance.

* We are nation of the young. Have weever thought of harnessing thepower of the youth? We need skilledworkers. The youth needs to im-parted with skills that earn themfame around the world. We want todevelop job creators.

* The world has changed. India is notalone, cannot operate alone. Eco-nomic powers have changed. Wehave to think differently. The gov-ernment has taken some measures.We have to improve our manufac-turing sector. We invite world na-tions and the Diaspora, 'Come Makein India'.

* From automobile to pharmaceuticalto satellite to satellite to plastic, I amtelling the world, 'Come, Make inIndia'.

* The mantra of our country's youthshould be to at least make 1 prod-uct that we import. Don't compro-mise in manufacturing; Stress onZero defect, Zero effect (impact ofenvironment).

* India used to be known as land ofsnake charmers. Today, our IT pro-fessionals have left the world spell-bound. Technology must beadopted increasingly.

* We have to head towards a digitalIndia. We today import a huge pro-portion of electronic items. If wedream of a digital India, we have toaim for good governance via e-governance.

* Do we want to live in unhygienicconditions? Can't our nation beclean? If billions of Indians pledgeto keep the surroundings clean,can't this nation be cleaner? Whatdo we give Mahatma Gandhi on hisOctober 2? People's participationis necessary to ensure that ourschools, hospitals, roads and infra-structure are clean.

* Can't we arrange public toilets? Whydo our womenfolk need to wait tilldark to use the toilets?'

* You may wonder what kind of PMtalks of toilets and cleanliness fromthe ramparts of the Red Fort. But I

Prime Minister Narendra Modi onFriday addressed the nation onthe 68th Independence Day

from the ramparts of the historic RedFort for the first time.

Here are highlights of his speech:

* Politicians haven't made this nation,parties haven't made this nation,governments haven't made thisnation. Instead it is the farmers,scientists and common people whohave built this nation.

* 'We don't want to go ahead with thestrength of numbers; we want to goahead with unanimity. This couldbe seen in the just concluded Par-liament session. We have taken theOpposition in agreement at everystep.'

* 'I am an outsider in New Delhi. I havebeen away from the elite in this city.In the 2 months I have been here Inow have an insider view. I wasastonished. I saw many govern-ments functioning within a govern-ment. One department fighting theother. So we are trying to break thiswall; we want to have one missionand target: Take the nation for-ward.'

* Can someone tell me, whatever weare doing, have we asked ourselvesif our work has helped the poor orcome to benefit the nation in anyway? We should come out of the

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have come from a poor back-ground; I know how the situationis on the ground.'

* So I want to, starting from Oct 2, seta 4 year target to bring about achange. MPs must use theirMPLAD funds to set up toilets inschools; so should corporates.

* Many programmes are running inthe names of PMs and otherleaders. Today, I announce aSansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.Let each MP adopt a village andtake care of its sanitation, edu-cation and other needs. Makemodel villages.'

* I will place the blueprint for thisprogramme before MPs andstate government on October 11of Jai Prakash Narayan's birthanniversary.

* The need to the hour is to eliminatepoverty. Can't we overcome pov-erty? Come, let a billion country-men promise to eradicate pov-erty.

* To SAARC neighbours: Let's giveup fighting each other and in-stead work to ensure that we area force to reckon with.

* I can assure you. If you work 12hours, I will work 13. Why? Be-cause I am not a Pradhan Mantri,but a Pradhan Sevak.

* Want to salute the nation's securityforces for its valour and sacri-fices.

(Contd.. from p. 15)

The Italian journal, Corriere dellaSera, published August 9 thestatement of the exiled

Chaldean Archeparch of Mosul, AmelNona. The statement is brief and ex-ceedingly powerful. Christians havebeen in Mosul for 1700 years. Theyare driven out or killed by the newIslamic State following the principlesof its own founding.

We think that these tragic eventsdo not affect us. Archbishop Nonadoes not agree. “Our sufferings arethe prelude of those you, Europeansand Western Christians, will also suf-fer in the near future. I lost my dio-cese. The physical setting of myapostolate has been occupied by Is-lamic radicals who want us convertedor dead. But my community is stillalive.” This blunt passage is not un-like that of the Archbishop of Chicagowho has stated that he expects hissuccessors either to be jailed or killed.

Such events make us realize howdifficult it is for us to understand some-thing like the killings of Christians inMosul and other Muslim places. Welike to think we can get along witheveryone, that these are deeds of“fanatics.” It cannot happen here. Butwe can no longer be so sure of this. Itturns out that our constitutional andsentimental views almost make usblind not to the event but to its causes.

“Try to understand us,” Arch-bishop Nona pleads. “Your liberal anddemocratic principles are worth noth-ing here.” Indeed, we can even arguethat these principles paralyze us andmake us blind to the reality of perse-cution by and in Islamic spheres. “Youmust reconsider our reality in theMiddle East because you are wel-coming in your countries an ever grow-ing number of Muslims.” We thinkthese immigrants are coming to findjobs or to escape violence. But in factmany are coming with missionary pur-poses, to convert in one way or an-other everyone to Islam. The Chris-tians of Mosul were given the stan-dard Muslim choice—conversion or

death. Some managed to flee. TheIslamic State means business.

“Also you are in danger. Youmust take strong and courageousdecisions even at the cost of contra-dicting your principles.” We wonder:What is the man saying? “Contradictour principles?” Are these principlesnot what make us free? The Arch-bishop sees them as the avenues bywhich the Islam that is now destroy-ing his diocese and city will destroyEuropean and American cities. Wefind this preposterous. Hence, we willnot consider that the Archbishop maywell be right. This is just some reli-gious aberration in some far-off place.

We are largely utopians who thinkthat things are as we want them to be.We are not realists like a man be-comes who sees his people killed andthe physical buildings of his peopleeither destroyed or taken over. Is thearchbishop wrong to universalize hisexperience? Is this not just a passinglocal affair? “You think all men areequal, but that is not true. Islam doesnot say that all men are equal. Yourvalues are not their values. If you donot understand this soon enough,you will become the victims of theenemy you have welcomed in yourhomes.”

The Muslims who immigrate intoEurope or America often do not as-similate. They soon form their ownenclaves wherein they can practicetheir own religion under their own law.This phenomenon is what the Arch-bishop was pointing to. The clash ofvalues is a momentous one, but it is aclash of values, a completely differentunderstanding of what man, God, andthe world are about.

The Archbishop’s message tous is a warning. But it will not bebelieved. He seems to be aware ofthis. His witness is disturbing enoughbecause it brings to our attention theplight of his people. But it is evenmore disturbing as an understandingof our culture and values from theoutside. It is not that Islam is unintel-

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ligible. Rather, it is unintelligible if wepersist on seeing it through our prin-ciples that are not universally acceptedwhen we assume they are. “Try tounderstand” this fact. Such is the lastmessage from Mosul’s Christian mar-tyrs.

1725 August 2014

Thoughts for Teachers

The best way to find yourself isto lose yourself in the serviceof others”. – Mahatma Gandhi.

As a teacher of High School Mathsand Science, I am beginning to won-der what exactly we are teaching inour schools today. Do we teach ourchildren collaboration? Do we teachthem to create a thriving ecosystem?Do we instill in them the thought ofworking to build a better community,a better world?

Most educators today are foundlamenting about the indiscipline inchildren. When a child gets goodgrades, parents are so happy andwill gift the child whatever s/he wants,that in the bargain they forget to teachthe child how to live life. In the rat raceof trying to outdo one another, we havegot so engrossed with grades that wedegrade the life skills of children. It isscary to see how millions of studentsare approaching their school life. Adecade or so later, these very childrenwill be out on the streets. What will betheir attitude? What will be theirthoughts which will translate into talkand action?

If we do not start addressing thesimple issues of life, we are surelyheaded for disaster. We need to beginto teach our children to keep a watchon themselves so that we make oursocieties and cities places worth livingin. Our life always expresses the resultof our dominant thoughts – wrote SoresKiekegaard – a Danish philosopher andauthor. “There is nothing more beauti-ful than someone who goes out of theirway to make life beautiful for others”succinctly said Mandy Hale – a hitauthor and motivational speaker. Weall yearn for a safer world; a peacefulplanet but most of us choose to workwithin our comfort zones and extend asmuch help as will flow within the frame-work of our social obligation. We tendto sympathize with the unfortunate be-cause we have been conditioned to,but we fail to empathize with them. Toquote Mandy Hale again – “All progresstakes place outside the comfort zone”.

I am sure my fellow teachers willagree with me when I say that the onusof making the present and the futurebetter lies on us, through the childrenwe mould. I see a sad future withvictims of materialistic and digital livesliving in a bubble exclusively their own,with no understanding of the less fortu-nate or the suffering. The more ourchildren get to interact with the realityof what is truly happening around them,the richer dividends it will pay in theirlives. Education is not just literacy. It isa process of stimulating and awaken-ing persons from the core of their be-ing, enabling them to unlock and de-velop the power within them to createtheir own happiness. Education doesnot entail just qualifying in a discipline,and obtaining academic degrees inorder to land oneself plum designa-tions. It calls for a positive engagementwith life and its activities. “Life is eithera daring adventure or nothing at all”. –Helen Keller. Your life is your messageto the world so make sure it is inspiring,should be the thought that every edu-cator instills in the children. No matterhow much external factors change, theworld will never get better as long aspeople remain selfish and apathetic.As John F. Kennedy said way back in1963, “Our problems are man-made,therefore they can be solved by man.And man can be as big as he wants”.

An inner change for the better in theheart of a single person is the essen-tial first turn of the wheel in the pro-cess of making the human race stron-ger and wiser. This would necessi-tate an introspection of our thoughts,words and resulting actions everymoment of the day – at school, homeand workplace. Let’s face it – Schoolis the place to cause this inner trans-formation leading to our universalgoal of a change in mindset produc-ing peace within oneself, in the fam-ily and in society.

Communal aggression and ev-eryday happenings of belligerenceshould sound an alarm and awakenus to understand the emergency of

the situation we have got so accus-tomed to, casually accepting and con-tinuing to live with. Until and unless weas educators endorse thoughts ofchange, we will only be producingliterate and not awakened studentswilling to take on the responsibility ofbringing a change in society. We needto work on the behavior patterns of ourstudents to respond to situations ratherthan to react to them. Schools areessentially a place for building enlight-ened individuals. Today most parentsare highly qualified and also have themeans to opt for home schooling. Stillthey choose to send the child to school,simply because they understand whatis achieved within its hallowed pre-cincts. They know that “The differencebetween ordinary and extra-ordinary isthat little extra”. – Jimmy Johnson –American football broadcaster andformer player and coach, a life chang-ing thought which their child will hear,understand, appreciate and learn theutility of only in a school.

This ‘Teacher’s Day’ let’s joinhands,no matter which standard orsubject we teach, whether in an aidedor unaided institution, across the differ-ent boards operating in India, to guardagainst creating illiterates in the 21st

century, who know to read and writebut who cannot learn, unlearn and re-learn.

Ninette D'Souza“

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Despite all research about thenature of leaders, practitionersand scholars still acknowl-edge

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Often, leaders are identified as pos-sessing a remark-able quality that setsthem apart from others. It causes oth-ers to be attracted to them and enablesthem to achieve remarkable outcomes.That quality has most frequently beenlabeled “charisma,” a term that comesfrom the Greek word meaning “gift.

There are different approaches toinspiring leadership that go beyondhaving “charisma” The ability to Inspireand Motivate Others is a behavioralskill that anyone can develop.

There are countless leaders who areidentified by their colleagues as highlyinspiring who are definitely not charis-matic.

Warren Buffett is a highly inspirationalleader that people trust because of hisexpertise. If he buys railroads, railroadstocks go up; if he sells, they go down.He definitely inspires others. So doesOprah Winfrey. However, Oprah’s styleis much different. She is warm andinviting, and is probably most knownas the best interviewer in the world.Two people, both inspiring, but in en-tirely different ways.

There are six consistent approachesindividuals use. Most leaders tend touse one or two of the six the last two areused far less frequently. Here they are:

Visionary—providing a clear pictureof the future and being able to commu-nicate that to the team.

Enhancing—creating positive one-

on-one relationships along with teamrelationships by being a great listenerand connecting emotionally withpeople.

Driver—displaying a focused pursuitto make the numbers and completethings on time and generally beingaccountable for personal and groupperformance.

Principled—providing a powerful rolemodel of doing the right things in theright way.

Enthusiast—exuding passion and en-ergy about the organization, its goalsand the work itself.

Expert—providing a strong techni-cal direction that comes from deepexpertise.

Can leaders learn to become moreinspiring?

Some believe inspiration is just some-thing leaders need to provide on bigoccasions. They see it as the yearlyspeech where leaders get up in front ofthe employ-ees to get them revved upand encouraged. However, inspirationis much more than this. Everything aleader does, every day, impacts theiremployees. If a leader would take evena few minutes to ask people how they’redoing, thank them and encourage themto do more; that effort counts. In fact,everything counts. Likewise, everythingemployees do, on every level, countswithin the organization’s results as awhole.

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XVI stood on the podium to give hishomily for the new blessed, CardinalJohn Henry Newman. Thousands ofthe faithful crowded the Square to wit-ness the grand beatification ceremony.

The Pontiff said, “ Cardinal Newman’smotto, ‘Cor ad corloquitur’ or Heartspeaks unto heart, gives us an insightinto his understanding of the Christianlife as a call to holiness, experienced asthe profound desire of the human heartto enter into intimate communion withthe Heart of God. He reminds us thatfaithfulness to prayer gradually trans-forms us into the divine likeness.”

Note the simplicity of the Holy Father’swords, which remind us of the VictorianCardinal who is lines up to become thefirst English saint in over a generation.

John Henry Cardinal Newman was arenowned Christian intellectual born inLondon in 1801. He grew up in theChurch of England family and was or-dained in the Anglican Church.Newman was 23 at that time. But, as weall know God works in a mysteriousway His wonders to perform. Twenty-one years later, John Newman wasconverted to Catholicism and wasbrought into the Church in 1845.

Newman was ordained aCatholic priest in Rome on1 June 1847.

Newman was directly re-sponsible for founding thefirst English Oratory in Bir-mingham. With a sincerededication he worked forthe less fortunate. In the earlier yearshe had been a fellow of the Oriel Col-lege and a leader of the Oxford Move-ment. It was a time when he delved intothe roots of the Catholic faith in En-gland. By the year 1842 he wrote anessay on “ The Development of Chris-tian Doctrine”.

John Newman’s theology of Con-science had always appealed to HisHoliness Pope Benedict XVI. Newmanmade 56 trips to Ireland and back in thepassage of seven years. He did this toestablish the University (as we know ittoday) the University College, Dublin.

This was accomplished on the invita-tion from the Bishops of Ireland to forma separate university for Roman Catho-lics.

In the conclusion of Newman’s beatifi-cation homily, the pontiff added, “ Thedefinite service to which blessed JohnHenry was called involved applying hiskeen intellect and his prolific pen tomany of the most pressing ‘ subjects ofthe day’. His insights into the relation-ship between faith and reason, into thevital place of revealed religion in civi-lized society, and into the need for abroadly-based and wide ranging ap-proach to education were not only ofprofound importance for Victorian En-gland, but continue today to inspireand enlighten many all over the world.

The extraordinary devotion of JohnNewman to his apostolate moved PopeLeo XIII to an unprecedented gesturewhen he made Newman a Cardinal in1879. John was 78 years old. Elevenyears later the Prince of the Churchpassed away from pneumonia, andwas laid to rest in a cemetery in Rednal,

Worcestershire.

John Newman’s beatifica-tion process started in 1958when a miraculous cure wasmade to dean Jack Sullivan’sspinal column through inter-cession to the Cardinal.Pope Benedict XVI officially

recognized and approved the miracu-lous cure in July 2009.

We are informed, today, that the re-mains of Newman after exhumationwas given at the request of the Vatican’sCongregation for the Causes of Saint-hood. Newman’s remains, placed in anew coffin is put in a marble sarcopha-gus at the Oratory in Birmingham. Ma-jor relics removed from the body – suchas fingers- first sent to the Vatican sothat pilgrims can pray before them.

It was well put when Peter Jennings,the man who made the negotiation forthe Archdiocese of Birminghamwrapped up the glowing tribute to Car-dinal Newman as a national figure andas a figure of great importance to thecountry, the Church and to dialoguebetween faiths.

A prayer composed by CardinalNewman is a golden nugget of Chris-tian faith and belief:

“ God created me to do Him somedefinite service;

He has committed some work to mewhich He has not Committed to an-other.

I have my mission. I may never know itin this life, But I shall be told it in thenext…

Therefore, I will trust Him… if I am insickness, my Sickness may serve Him,if I am in sorrow, my sorrow

May serve Him… He does nothing invain. He may Prolong my life. He mayshorten it,

He knows what He is about.”

Unconditional Devotion In Cardinal Newman’s Life

BY MELVYN BROWN

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Going away to college can befun. It is also an important riteof passage for every girl as it

teaches you a lot about life. On top ofgiving you a degree and help you geta job, a college also teaches you a lotof life skills that you can use.

It makes you more mature andresponsible. You also have to under-stand that once you are off to collegeyou are going to have a lot more workto do and that you will be responsiblefor your actions. As much as fun it canbe, you should also know a few thingswhen you are in college. Here are afew things every college girl shouldknow.

Have funThe first impressions that you make inthe campus and with your professorslast and it is very important that youhave a good name. Impressions caneasily affect your grades, so makesure that you are good in the campus.

trolled but it is always better to be safethan be sorry. Do not venture outalone in the dark and always have afriend with you if you have to stay outalone in the night.

So have fun and enjoy your collegelife, as it won't ever come again.

College Girl Must KnowTry not to bunk classesYou will learn a lot more from yourlectures than your books at times. Stayin class as much as you can and takenotes.

Make friendsYou may have some very good child-hood friends but the friends you makein college are a breed apart. When incollege you are making friends whoare mature and share many commonthings with you. These friendships canalso last for a lifetime irrespective ofdistances so be open to making friends.

Take picturesPictures bring back some very fondmemories, so take as many as you can.It does not matter if you are dowdilydresses or if your hair is a mess. Youwill regret not taking a lot of pictureswhen you are out of college.

Do not venture out aloneCampuses are usually safe and pa-

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