Author: Immanuel Joseph

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Great preaching! 

Sounds too Evangelical, but still good. 

Yes, Scripture is a record of events and their interpretation. But does that interpretation need further explanation and contextualization (Contemporary Theology)? 

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/09/media/polling-media-missed-trump/

(Referred by Solan Chelliah)

What an apocalyptic event!
An immense amount of shocked head-scratching & sober/penitent introspection is due…
Truly the birth of a new order of things.

Is this the harbinger of a global wave of anti-establishment anger?

But would this guy really be good for the rural White working class people who voted for him?? I guess we just have to wait & see……

Fuck all the so-called projections & predictions from now on. Period.

Via BBC News

Somebody explain to me how & why this has happened…!

Was the economic factor the key?

When even the Republican party was not fully supportive of him, & the media was against him, how did he manage to overcome all these odds??

Isn’t this the guy responsible for redrawing the electoral college map? If so, doesn’t that make him a great leader & a true genius?!

Is this an awful tragedy? Wasn’t this that clown-villain who was the underdog & wild-card at the beginning of this election campaign?

BBC News

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/demonitisation-of-rs500-and-rs-1000-currency-notes-reactions/article9320639.ece

– The middle class (which I am a part of) will also suffer along with the super-rich crooks. But it might be a worthy cause! – This move deserves support across all party lines…?
– Sometimes the human shield used by criminals must be destroyed (as collateral damage), in view of the long-term & common social gains.

– Hmmm. . . Is this (the beginning of) Judgment Day?! 

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/yashwant-sinhaled-team-submits-report-on-kashmir-unrest/article9320469.ece

– Is India equally responsible, as Pakistan, for the pathetic plight of this state?
– Why not just have a referendum? But that can only be a first step toward a complex solution.
– Should a third party mediator be brought in to facilitate the dialogue process?

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/with-drs-umpires-are-brave-enough-to-give-people-out-cook/article9320365.ece

– Why did the BCCI reject UDRS initially?
– Cricket should learn from tennis on the benefits of using technology (prudently) to enhance the game, both for the players & the fans. – A future-oriented/farsighted policy
– Ethical & aesthetic think-tank

Via India Today

– Regional satraps
– Strange bedfellows
– Caste/religion-based votebank politics
– Powerful vested interests hijacking the democratic process – It has come to a question of which (party) is the lesser evil……