Saturday, November 26, 2022
Victory Dassera
May your happiness be on your victory from this Dassera onwards
The victory of burning the evil in you
The victory of burning multiple personalities you display to the world and none of them have honesty, integrity, ethics, humanity, love, caring and reaching out
The victory of buring evil in you that may have depirved anyone anything that should have been rightly theirs and you got it with your influence or position in society
The victory of burning pride and sharing how many could benefit from your knowledge, experience or abundance of prosperity God had blessed you with
The victory of burning greed where you desire what someone has more then you. Greed to gain only for your benefit. Greed to abuse Mother Nature exploiting its natural resources and killing it. Not realising that in exploiting or destroying Nature, Nature is not destroyed but you are destroyed and destroying future generations.
Not only to burn the evil Ravan in today's society but the victory of burning the Ravan in us that could be the source of evil to anyone or society or the world at large or to humanity.
Wishing your family and you a Victory Dassera and you being a source of Happiness and Hope in the evil world.
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Playing ball with the Arabs
Arabs are the reason for the failure of Palestinian people. Like the Isreali lobby (read specific Jewish), the Arabs failed to lobby unitedly and help the Palestinians who are majority and primarily Muslims. Failed to unite as an Arab race or as a religious body. At the same time their unity to boycott Indian goods over alleged negative remarks by Nupur Sharma an Indian politician on Prophet Mohammed, was perplexing. Similar to what happened during the bubonic plague in 1994 in India. Indian produce was banned and the Middle East and they realised that they would end up starving without Indian food supplies. If religion is of paramount importance, how many American products were banned in the Middle East when the Koran was burnt in USA. Without American technology and it's military support the Arab nations would be regaled to their mideviel times and be transversing the desert on camels.
Why this selective boycott of Indian goods by the Arabs over a politician's remark on the Prophet? Has India ever exerted the same same power over Arabs on Indians abused in the Middle East. Most of them treated worse than slaves. An employee can not even resign a job and move for better prospects in GCC. Just like bonded slavery. No naturalization or nationality conferred to foreigners that work for decades in these countries. How good is following religion and abusing humanity? Migrant labour abused to build stadiums for the World Cup to show the world what? That they can build world class stadiums on low class human values.
Arab infighting is there still, just not visible but definitely obvious. Boycott of Qatar was the most visible some years ago because of it alleged support to some extremist groups that had allegiance with Iran. India stood by Qatar in that moment and even assured of food security. What gratitude did Qatar reciprocate with? Was the first to condemn India over a remark made by an Indian Politician which was factual infornation about the Prophet. A country that gave asylum to a renowned Indian Global Artist M.F. Hussain who painted Indian goddesses in nude. Today they bring Zakir Naik a fugitive from India as a guest for World Cup. Nothing short but intimidating and insulting India.
Then it is no brainer to know from where do terrorists get their funding, including terrorists of 9/11. Regaled as kingdoms, it would always be a primarily ruling family's benefit, security and being in power that is paramount and citizens would be secondary, or even lower after the extended families of the royals. Just that the dole outs are so big that even the citizens feel royal and sell their souls (if they have any?) into being subjects of royals. When the royals will be the first rats to flee the sinking ship in times of crisis. Iraq invasion is a clear example.
Succession to the throne would always be another anxiety and a fear in the ruling Arab families and a matter of concern for the citizens. This is no way trying to prove how good democracy is in India the world's largest democracy. How succession to power in GCC kingdoms is public knowledge. Atleast in India even with democracy being a hypocrisy the common man can decide who they want to rule or ruin them. In the Arab world it is just the ruling family succession or even infighting within the family and in Qatar the current ruler toppling his father to claim the throne. Sad the world patronises such a country to host the World Cup. Then Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has proved to be Fraudsters of International Football Association. It is just business and nothing to do with football as you could play with any balls if it brings in the money. So if it is business or sports with inhuman nations, so be it. If it is business where spectators cannot enjoy a beer at a game of football, so be it. Who are the Arabs fooling? They don't drink? Saudi Arabia has opened bars in the country.
Oil has proven to be a bane for Middle East. A blessing by nature which technically should have got the Arab to rule the world, ending being the complete opposite. When from a grain of food to survive to an underwear to cover their modesty is imported. At the same time Israel which is in the same geography is literally a land flowing with milk and honey. A land which is growing crops, best scientists churned out, best of cutting edge technology and the list is endless.
Education in GCC countries cannot compete intellectually in the real world. A geography that allegedly boasted of knowledge in Astronomy, Algebra and many scientific achievements are now nations window dressed with prosperity to display and imploding within.
Alternatives to oil is already weakening Arab nations. India needs to research and look at Thorium as a fuel which is abundance and can last for thousands of years. India should not slip on oil diplomacy to fuel its economy. Where are the Arab voices when autrocities of Muslim invaders are being unearthed in India. Where was the outcry on the fugitive Zakir Naik holed up in a Muslim country Malaysia? Where were the Arab nations where an Islamic Country Pakistan is for decades threatening India with terrorism? Does Islam support this? Arabs better learn that fast that they cannot live on oil alone as it is depleting. Even it is there forever the world would not want it is polluting and opting for cleaner fuels
Shame on the International community still wanting to play ball with the Arabs, who are slippery as their crude oil.
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Cecilia
A name that brings this song to my mind
https://youtu.be/b3PzLbneVjI
Came to know that the name is also shared by a Roman Catholic Saint, whose feast that many Catholics in India may not even know about it. Or maybe only me. A Saint who is honored as the Patroness of Musicians. A Saint made popular in Bombay in 2011 by a priest and some popular lay musicians with a celebration of a mass, every year on her feast day.
The number of saints that the Catholic Church churns, there will be no more reasons left to which a Saint's name can be attributed to? To that extent there are Saints for drunkards, alcoholics, beer and vodka.
Could that be a reason in good old days Catholics were portrayed as alcoholics in Hindi movies? Phir na kehna Michael daru pekey dhandha karta hai.....lines from a very popular Hindi song characterized by Pran and later Amitabh Bachchan acted as a Catholic named Anthony Gonsalves in the movie Amar Akbar Anthony, and was well known for his dialogue in the movie “You see the whole country of this system is just a position by the hemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity”. A gibberish narrative that he rattled off before singing the song “My name is Anthony Gonsalves.” The original name planned for the movie Amar Akbar Anthony was “My name is Anthony Gonsalves.”
Anthony Gonsalves was a real person and a famous Goan musician in the Golden Olden Era of Hindi Music. He worked with Laxmikant Pyarelal and RD Burman, and amongst the best music arrangers in the 1930s. Some of the best musical talent in those days was brought by Catholic migrants who came from Goa to settle in Bombay. These were talents that were mainly groomed in the Churches.
A beautiful video https://youtu.be/Q3pOUyfjHNg featuring one my best and closest friend Ashton Colaco. This got me thinking as to why are our Churches not grooming talents? Why is the Church not giving free music classes or coaching for entrance and civil exams. Most of our youth are not even aware of these exams.
The Catholic community is losing its voice in India because it is not churning out Intellectuals and most get into mediocre jobs due to lack of guidance. Then there is also a dearth of vocations into priesthood and Nuns. The Church evangelization plans are seen suspiciously as converting people into the faith with dubious means.
So instead of getting more into the Catholic fold it is time the Church and the laity look at improving its own lot. If not maybe a Cecilia or Michael from India in future would be canonized and venerated as a Saint of the Jobless and the Useless.
Tuesday, November 08, 2022
Conversion of Religion & Politics
Once again another old attention diversion tactic by the Ghodi Media on Christian conversions happening across India.
Fake Babas, Gurus and Christian Pastors is something that was, is and will be a part of Global Phenomenon till the day of Apocalypse or as the Christian call it the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Yes the Christian (especially the Catholic) Church has been responsible for big inhuman atrocities from colonial era. Indians lured or forced into conversion and during the inquistion even killed and properties forcefully taken. Now this has happened in Kashmir with Pandits driven out by the Muslims. Even till today with abrogation of Article 370, Pandits are being killed. Then Muslims butchered with allegations of them trading in beef.
So religious followers, unfortunately are not following what their religions teach and religious preachers don't practice what they preach. Sectarian selectiveness by politicians, especially the current government, for diverting attention is the danger. Is Religious conversion the only problem in India today? Christian Pastors claiming cure from illnesses. Is that not what all fake self proclaimed religious leaders not doing. Claim of cow urine curing cancer, praying at graves of some Muslim religious leaders that bring about healing.
When will India awake to realise the real cancer is the Political System that is using religion to mask their corruption or incompetency. Religious fake leaders using it as a business model. If foreign missionaries or even Indian preachers of any religion are fooling the innoncent or illiterate with cure or money, then let there be a law passed for stringent, strict and the harshest punishment.
Let the same law be applied to politicians and police parties that lure the country with promises of 15 lakhs in every Indian's Bank account, promise of getting black money, promise of getting criminals especially financial criminals eradicated back to India, promise of great infrastructure. The list would be longer than what the Fake Babas, Gurus or Pastors are promising. Are not Political Parties luring candidates of other parties into their party on claims of them aligning to their ideology, when they are actually purchased. Similar with fake religious preachers who buys the masses or fools them. Are not freebies not luring? What's the difference?
Time for India to realise who are the real criminals. The one who uses religion as a tool to cheat and convert or the ones who take an oath on a Religious Holy Book and ruin a nation?
Friday, November 04, 2022
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
A news article highlighted how Political Parties indulge is religious appeasement. Some of these religious groups are the same subjected to the wrath of political parties. Then comes elections and they get showered with promises.
Guess everything is fair in love, war and politics?
https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/marathi-muslims-bjp-shinde-uddhav-sena-support-base-8247814/
However in the process of war and love in politics, one community that is left to the mercy of God is the Catholic Community. Neither they are recipients of mercy and help from the Church or the Political System.
Is is high time. Infact no time left, for Catholics to awaken and get into main stream politics.
Catholics need a Political presence, as you cannot live only on every word that comes from the mouth of God, what the Church wants us to believe.
Polarization with religion, sectarian classification are the divisive and appeasement tools that Indian Politics has always functioned ever since Independence.
When was the last appeasement political promises made for Cathollics or Christians. On the contrary we are branded as a religion that is into conversion, through charitable works. The less privileged lured into conversion are also losing their rights of being in a particular caste that receives benefits. Evidence has even proven these converts don't even disclose their religious conversion and continue with their same caste based names to avail benefits.
In Mumbai city, Catholic concentrated pockets have diminished. Primary reason Catholics as a community lack financial vision or planning. Many who gave up primer properties and settled in the distant suburbs, have realised they have been short changed. The next reason is the exodus of migration, which is good. Then maybe they have been inspired by the Book of exodus in the Bible.
Migration maybe good then what happens to the elderly parents. No one to care for them. All that the children want is the property if they are from the affluent class.
We need to come on a Political Platform or be victims to a Political system. Don't expect God or the Church or the Clergy to help. Catholic educational institutions have become business enterprises. Converting normal schools inro International schools where the average Catholic cannot afford to educate their children. Catholic hospitals again business.
No harm in commercializing and being a religious capitalist entities. Then most of the land these Institutes stand are land that was forcefully taken during colonial times or donated by Catholics or funded by Catholics through the Church. What do Catholics get in return? Holy water sprinkled at baptism, First Holy Communion, a slap during confirmation, final blessings when you are in a last stage of sickness and ending with mud thrown on the coffin when lowered into a grave.
So it is time that the Christian laity awakens and realise that you cannot expect God to help, if you don't want to help yourselves. You will never get reservations in these elite Catholic educational Institutions with free or subsidized fees or health care in Catholic hospitals. These Institutes will have Christian names but no Christian values.
So when you are in-between the devil and the deep blue sea, one of them being the Church and the other the Political system, the only choice you have is to get into the Political system and get the change you want, as you cannot change a Church that is controlled by Rome
No guesses on who is the Devil?
Thursday, November 03, 2022
Dear Mr. Murthy (Part III)
It was with amazement and laughter I watched your congratulatory messages to your son-in-law, Rishi Sunak. I mean your levels of racism stinks Mr. Murthy and you think no one can see through that stone face and honesty halo you try hard to keep it shining.
Your offices in US offices are issuing instructions not to hire women with children at home, candidates aged 50 or above and people of Indian origin. But you feel proud of an Indian origin PM and because he is also your son-in-law. How cheap levels of racism you can stoop too? Not to hire women with children at home? Not to hire candidates above 50? What levels of inhumanity to run a business entity?
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/infosys-directed-to-avoid-recruiting-candidates-of-indian-origin-in-us-reveals-former-employee-11665288828947.html
Earlier you had problems with IT professionals going to the US wanting a green card and settle there. Your son-in-law's parents too migrated to UK and settled there and today their son is the Prime Minister of UK. So that is ok. Your daughter making the obnoxious stinking amount of wealth and staying in UK and not paying taxes there is ok? Revoking offer letters of your company and given to candidates and project an image of being a great company?
Your wife oozing simplicity, modesty and how she does not crave for fame is great motivation but does not motivate. Your claiming once that one does not need more than a two bedroom house. Do you still live in a two bedroom house? Your theatrics of travelling in the company staff bus to work, was good marketing.
All this is good Mr. Murthy. There is no harm is accumulating wealth and ensuring your kids are provided with the zillions, but don't project a humane face as you don't have one. Don't hide behind a face of modesty and austerity when what you are pursuing, is just capatilist and even racist
My earlier blogs on Mr..Murthy
11 Sep 2013
https://sunnyfernandes.blogspot.com/2013/09/dear-mr-murthy-part-ii.html?m=1
27 Oct 2010
https://sunnyfernandes.blogspot.com/2010/10/dear-mr-murthy.html?m=1
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
All Souls Day
Suddenly we remember souls of the dead on 'All Souls Day'.
How many of them were revered in the same passion of thought and rememberance when alive?
We pray for souls of the dead to be prayed for as religious rituals taught to us by 'pastords' or religious business houses, the Church where you buy Masses for the dead.
Reality is we need to (not only pray) but reach out to living souls, and not just reach out to the graves of the souls of the dead.
Too much holy crap we have been made to consume of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. Reality is we all are blessed to be in Heaven on earth, as we have the basics and even more. In Hell are those suffering calamities, diseases or any other difficulty WHICH WE CAN REACH AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. In Purgatory arw those who want to make their lives hell, with vices, selfishness, greed, ego, etc.
If we want to pray (though I don't know the real meaning of prayer) is wishing good for living souls. You have been a great soul in the journey of my life and I wish you the Heaven on earth you be blessed with. If u r in a situation of grief, sorrow or pain and if I can make a difference, I will be there.
Those is purgatory, you still have a chance to share your blessings with less privileged (not of material and monetary possessions) but of love, someone to talk too, someone to trust, someone to spend time with
So I prefer living souls rather than the souls of the dead, to whom I can make a differece. To the souls of the dead, I extend my respect, gratitude and appreciation for what they have been in life. I prefer to apologise to living souls for my indifference or hurt I may have caused, than go to a grave and say sorry, as the dead may not hear.
I rather offer flowers of my hospitality to the living souls who are generous to visit my humble abode than put flowers on a tomb stone where it would wither alongwith my thoughts and rememberance too, only to be remembered again on 'All Souls Day' next year, instead of remembering, thanking and enjoying 'All Souls around me everyday'
It is All Souls Day, this includes the living souls and not only the souls of who are dead.
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