Dear Babuti,

Congratulations, Wish you all the very best, hope BV scale new heights of glory under your able leadership.

In the past, I used to loiter around downtown Manama and peek into those clubs and sanghas looking for potrade and Udipi vegetarian dishes during my brief visits to Bahrain. In the future, I will head to BV club asking if they need a literary secretary...:D.
Keep smiling, enjoying and registering bachelor men and single women on work visas who may live isolated or are not regular church-goers.
And please do not drive if you have had some drinks on the house. Take a bleep taxi! :( sorry, I am a spoilsport:(

Dear Daniel and entire bereaved family,
Please accept our heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of your beloved mother. We pray that the Risen Christ grant you all the strength to bear this irreparable loss. May her departed soul rest in peace.

She will be remembered for decades and her ideas will be studied for centuries.
She impacted not only domestic but global politics. When India opposed her war policy on Falklands, I began to understand how her values systems and convictions, from which her policies stemmed. A true Iron Lady.

May the departed soul rest in Eternal Peace.

Congratulations to the Newly elected President of Bellevision - BHN Mr.Baptist Sequeira and Executive committee. Wishing you Good Luck.Enjoy.

Excellent program to kick start the New elected Committee. congratulations to Baptist, his team and all co-ordinators and volunteers for their hard work and dedication for entertaining the members. Here is a great example that only with unity and co-operation you can achieve success, so lets keep that unity intact and surge forward with good programs and events.

Good show, Wonderful gathering.Congrats to the new committee and thanks to the old committee.Any charity or social work done by BV BAHRAIN back home or any other places??? No where mentioned in the report.Just enjoying own??

Vinod and Santhosh, please take opinion of common man those approached Ivan for getting some job done. You may change your opinion. May be for the same reason Congress wants to avoid future headache. According to many people in Mangalore anyone contest against Ivan would win. JR Lobo is experienced adminstrator, clever and corruption free candidate. JR lobo has better chances of winning compared to other ticket aspirants of Congress. JR lobo will not show silly behaviour against party unity.

Congratulations!!! to dear Baptist and your entire team of Bellevision Bahrain. I'm sure with your innovative thinking you ll lead this association to greater heights. I am sure under your leadership our association will shine more and more. Nice pics. Good coverage. It was nice to see everyone was enjoying the Easter celebrations with their families.

Good report by Bellevision.
Sure people had fun, feel the newness in Bellevision.
Good write up and photos.
Keep it up Belleans.

Unfortunately BJP is utterly failed in the administration. You don't find even single good and capable leader to lead in front. Now Again BJP is banging for another chance? What they have a golden opportunity of ruling Karnataka about 5years. what did they do? What development they made? Only attacks, strikes and communal violence and now another chance to ruin our state? Ruling Karnataka in that matter even India..BJP KI BAS KI BAAT NAHI.

Congratulations to the Newly elected President of Bellevision - BHN Mr.Baptist Sequeira and Executive committee. Wishing you Good Luck.

What a great function! Within two years of its inception Bellevision Bahrain has grown in multifarious activities. The report and pictures highlight the Easter celebration. Congratulations to the outgoing Executive Committee and best of luck to the new Executive Committee led by Mr. Baptist Sequeira.

Congratulations the President Mr. Baptist Sequeira and the team on the happy occasion of the Bellevision Bahrain Easter celebrations and introduction of the new committee 2012-13. Thanks to Mr. Ronald Fernandis Sunil d sa for wonderful pictures and the write up. All the best for the future!!!

It was awesome to watch a nail biting end to the match. Great win for the Sunrisers Hyderabad against a star studded RCB. Sunrisers are weak in batting without Dhawan. But they have become Giant killers by fully exploiting limited available talent. Good to see the underdogs Sunrisers perform so well.

Our Hheartfelt condolences to his family members.May his soul rest in peace,

Why only kerala all Indians returing n facing such problems in saudi must be given such facilities.

I second the comments, and yes I am proud of my institute I have trained in.

This is the best backdrop banner of Kannada Koota,UAE...till today. very Nice.3 cheers to the organisers.

Dear Alphonse, timely article to coincide with the 109th monthly Psychiatric camp. The success of Rotary Shankerpura is the team work of dedicated members of around 15, who spend their valuable time on worthy social causes. I wish the current president Mr. Denzil and his team all the best including the evergreen team members, Antony D sa, Stany Rodrigues, Dr. Edward Lobo, Edward Mendonca, Francis D sa, Henry Castelino, Nagesh, Naveen, Vincent Saldanha Mark Vaz, Elias Monis, Valerian and not to forget Ivan. I have personally involved with Rotary Shankerpura for quite some time now and wish them all the best in all their future activities. Our help and support is always there with them.

Vinod I will appreciate ur comment on this party ticket.forget the good and bad.once people get power start making money.but Ivan has build this party,in mangalore.wht I suggest Ivan forget the party stand independent we will support.in this case we r not going to support lobo at all.let the bjp take share.

Thank you Mr. Alphonso. Your appreciation boosts us to do more work. This show case is the idea of our President Mr. John Crasta. I thank Bellevision for publishing this article.

Santhosh, Ivan may not get more the one thousand votes including yours if contested idependently. We need clean people representing us!!!

Ivan denied ticket because of money power of Ronald.this is rediculous,recently lobo joined the party it does not mean that other should be side lined.ivan work hard for the party he can gather n number of people,what lobo will do this,this is injustice,Ivan u pls contest as independent candidate,all this people got enough money from Ronald.ivan we will support u don t worry.

Great initiative by St. Josesph Konkani Welfare Association. When most of our traditional items are vanishing, you have made a great efforts in collecting a large number of Mangalorean traditional articles such as Kurponn, Mand, Kanye, Doy, Kundli, Modki, Sher, Bhati, Kail, Adallo, Kailato, Shinke, Chimny, Koiti, Lampyao, Koitul, Monnai, Mudo, Tovo, Apya kail, Musall, Kaanti, Gumat, Vaallni, etc. Hats off to you ladies and genetlemen in preserving these items in a specially made Show Case. Well done. Keep it up. All the best.

I began constituency-wise studies on voter behavior and preferences for twin coastal districts. I will be indebted to readers if they can provide critical information such as numbers of registered and likely voters in this constituency, and community-wise, caste-wise, and other ethnicity-wise breakdown of these numbers. It is interesting to find out why Congress has reserved it for Catholic contestants since my days in the city in the late sixties. It is also interesting to find out how BJP snatched victories four consecutive times with a Brahmin candidate? And so on...

Wishing well for today s camp and sending felicitations to each and everyone involved in promoting peace through service in Shankerapura and its neighborhood that includes Shantipura. Special regards to Dr. Edward Lobo.

Thank you

I Thank Bellevision team for giving me a chance to join your team. Thank you Alphonse Mendonca, Elias Dsouza and team for your support and guidance in this new place.

Congratulations! Rahul Sharad Dravid. A well deserved award and recognition from the Government of India. The Wall was arguably the most technically correct modern day batsman, a true gentleman of the game. He was always a sportsman, even when others may have lost their rag, he stood as a mentor to all aspiring sportsmen and women around the globe .I am proud and glad that I had an opportunity to be a Cricket s enthusiasts in his time. It s all because of him and few great cricketers like him. The most selfless cricketer India has seen in recent times. His contribution to Indian cricket is immense.

Vinod, sitting in USA you may not be knowing ground reality. Please do not under estimate noble person like JR Lobo and his credibility of a mountain. Congress has chosen a wise Man for the job rather than a losing candidate without any bright image. Please do not be under he impression that all youth are great leaders and non corrupt.

Thanks Alphs for highlighting the work of Shankerapura Rotarians. During my visit I had the opportunity of speaking to couple of Rotarians. In addition to various humanitarian work, they also help in providing education to the poor children of our society irrespective of cast and creed. I also agree with Charles that ˜Antany" (Antony D'Sa Stany Rodrigues) are one of the strong pillars of not only of Rotary but also of the entire community. Good luck Guys!!!

Nothing against J R Lobo, but why Congress decides to plant candidates from nowhere come election season and then rue they don't have grass root workers after suffering defeat? Rahul Gandhi had asked to give priority to loyal workers when he visited Maharashtra recently. On one hand Rahul Gandhi talks about building grass root democracy; at the same time Congress gives assembly ticket to someone who just joined Congress less than year ago. Now one pertinent question here: does J R Lobo have enough support in his own party? Does the party consult local existing leaders before making such appointment? We need good leaders and not just Christian leaders as tokenism. J R Lobo may yet turn out to be one such leader, but the process of giving assembly ticket lacks clarity and breeds doubts in the minds of congress workers. Ivan D'Souza has been the face of Congress party in Mangalore, and denying ticket to Ivan is nothing but injustice to his hard work.

Good job Rotary Shankarpura. Appreciate Alphonse Mendonsa highlighting the worthy efforts towards social causes.

Michael, will come again to Nairobi and will learn some tricks from you and your wise boss.

Jitu, kuch na kaho, bas, aise mera dost hamesha raho.
(aur kabhi yahan mujhe milne aaya karo...:D)

Please accept heartfelt condolence to all family members .May his soul rest in pease .

Dear Alvin,

Well done sir. good and crisp report covered all the points. wishing you all the best. Welcome to Bellevision Team and we have a long journey to make. The Omjoorean program was good as i heard and wishing them all success. Let the right of Omjoorean association shine forever. Also thanks to Omzooreans or honouring Sir James Mendonsa for his many achievements and good deeds and success and community servies. Hats off to you Omzoorean Dive. All the best for the future.

kindly tell the price of 1 cent in that area and give me approximate cost of this property

Mr.Prabhakar Lanjolkar was a good social worker good friend,May his soul rest in peace.

I fully agree with Wasim Akram s request to BCCI to allow Pakistani Cricket players to participate in IPL. We should not mix up the politics with sports, until and unless it is really warranted for. Involvement of good foreign cricketers and particularly from Pakistan will definitely give more impact of IPL matches with elevation for true sportsman spirit. Hence it is high time to look into the matter and allow Pakistan cricketers to participate. If BCCI can allow Pakistani umpires, commentators and coaches to feature in the ongoing sixth edition of the IPL then why not the Cricketer's!

Very Good selection and strong statement from the selection committee showing doors for the non performing senior cricketers in the team barring the mystery behind Pujara s omission! In a way, it is sensible that Pujara has been left out. We saw that he had not fully recovered from the knee and finger injuries that he had sustained during the Australian series. Now the curtains are coming slowly down on Zaheer, Sehwag and Harbhajan I don t think they will get a chance again in the future to play ODI s. Sad that Pujara missed out in the list of probables and I believe he should get a chance to prove his creditability in ODI also in the near future.

Our heartfelt condolences, so sorry to hear the demise of Uncle Antony.May god grant him eternal peace and I pray to god to give his family the courage and strength to bear the loss.

I doubt his win over Yogish Bhat. He has enemies within his own party and they are just want to see his downfall.

In UAE many of the websites are blocked and every time we need to find some alternative. It is too hard for some opening a new account every now n then.. Skype is doing well but some time due to busy server we do n0t get connected

Except for Gayle, there was no match winner on either side. Without Malinga, MI s bowling looks pedestrian. Ideally, after sending back the top three with 30-odd runs on the board, they should have restricted the RCB well below 140. Also, Ricky Ponting missed the trick of putting pressure on Gayle and taking him out. Although much criticized, the experienced openers did well for MI when it was required to negate any movement from RCB bowlers at the beginning. Not so good beginning for both the sides, though some positives for RCB in the form of Gayle and Vinay Kumar who yet again showed his experience at the death.

LPji,

Kuch kehna chaah rahe hain,
Par keh nahin paa rahe hain.
kyun lafz zubaan pe aa ke,
yunn theher jaa rahe hain.

A lot of thoughts racing in my mind reading this simple write up. I don\ t think I would be able to put forth all my thoughts. :)

So all I say is... All the best!! :)

Good article dear Alphonse. Rotary club Shankerapura doing really a good Job. I feel I must mention some of the pillars of this club whom I know personally. Dr. Edward Lobo, Antony DSa, Stany DSa and Edward Mendonca (Forgive me if I have missed any known persons). They are really pillars of this club made with special alloy which is yet to be named. I still doubt from where Dr. Edward Lobo is getting his energy to do the social service ..!!!!. I must say he is a Doctor I admire because of his Humanitarian Attitude. He has served in our village coming from Mangalore and took our village as his own (God sent Doctor). He is ready see the patients even at 2 am in the night (I have experienced this). I must salute him for his service along with other my friends.

Mr. JR Lobo is the right candidate and he will definitely succeed in "....bringing together all communities and regaining the lost glory of Mangalore."