[Goanet-News] DEBATE: Identity is not always destiny (Rajdeep Sardesai in HT)
Identity is not always destiny Rajdeep Sardesai November 14, 2014 A simple tweet, all of 140 characters, can be hazardous to one's health as I have discovered to my cost yet again. Last Sunday, as Narendra Modi went in for his first Cabinet expansion, I tweeted: Big day for my Goa. Two GSBs, both talented politicians, become full cabinet ministers. Saraswat pride! I was referring to the induction of Manohar Parrikar and Suresh Prabhu in the Union Cabinet. Rather than see my tweet as a statement of fact, I was accused of being casteist and worse. Typical of the noxious side of social media, I was barraged with abuse and hate mail. GSB refers to the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins, a tiny, but highly progressive community of fish-eating Brahmins that I belong to which nestles along the Konkan coast, across Maharashtra, Goa, through to parts of Karnataka. In his valuable book *Saraswats*, Chandrakant Keni traces the history of the Saraswat community, of the migration from Kashmir, of how they faced oppression from the conquering Portuguese, how they zealously held onto their family traditions and village deities, and placed a premium on education as a path to upward mobility. Despite the small numbers, the Saraswat community has contributed enormously to the country: In cricket, led by the big two Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, Saraswats have scored more than a hundred Test hundreds; in cinema and the arts, we have the splendid Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Guru Dutt and the latest Hindi film dream girl, Deepika Padukone; in education, the Pais of Manipal have led the way; and in business and finance, the likes of Nandan Nilekani and KV Kamath have been pioneers. Which brings me back to my original tweet. Is expressing pride in a community's achievements a sign of casteism as the critics suggest? Casteism is when a caste identity is used to promote hatred and separateness towards the other, when it creates social barriers based on occupation, marriage or inter-dining. My tweet was aimed at highlighting a piece of trivia which I believed was interesting: of the four Cabinet rank ministers sworn in, two belonged to a small Brahmin community with no real political base. There is a political significance to this fact which we must not lose sight of, and which sadly the limitations of social media prevent a more detailed explanation of. Traditionally, Cabinet formation involves a certain tacit acknowledgment of caste, region and community pressures. This means that a Union Cabinet is often based on delicate negotiation and compromise with competing interest groups. You need, for example, a Ram Kripal Yadav to challenge Lalu Yadav's claim of being the foremost Yadav leader of Bihar; Giriraj Singh is a Bhumihar upper caste leader; a Birender Singh becomes the BJP's Jat face in Haryana; Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi becomes a minority face; there are Dalit and tribal MPs who need to be accommodated. Only extreme political correctness would prevent us from accepting this reality. In this political milieu, the Brahmins have usually lost out because their numerical strength doesn't justify greater political representation. Which is why it is significant that Parrikar and Prabhu made the cut: It suggests, importantly, that there is still space for merit within a caste-driven polity. Both Parrikar and Prabhu are highly educated, one an IITian, the other one of the youngest heads of a co-operative bank (incidentally called Saraswat Co-operative Bank). It is their track record as efficient technocrat-politicians that perhaps impressed the prime minister sufficiently to give them important portfolios. It didn't matter that their caste identity wasn't a potential vote bank: Their proven skills as administrators have rewarded them. Indeed, in the last month, we have seen the gradual melting down of traditional caste affinities when it comes to choosing politicians for key posts. For example, in Maharashtra, the BJP preferred Devendra Fadnavis, a Chitpawan Brahmin from Nagpur over a Maratha leader like Eknath Khadse. Even a few years ago, this would have been unthinkable as the Marathas are the dominant caste in Maharashtra politics while the three and a half per cent Brahmins are seen to have retreated to the private sector. Fadnavis was preferred because he was seen to fit in with the image of a younger, more dynamic leader than his rival for the post. In Haryana too, the BJP chose Manoharlal Khattar, a non-Jat leader ahead of any Jat claimant in the state because the party leadership felt he had the image of a clean, hard-working politician with strong proximity to Modi and the RSS. By disregarding Jat demands for
[Goanet-News] DEBATE: Return of the Peshwas (Rajesh Ramachandran, ET Blogs)
Return of the Peshwas Rajesh Ramachandran In the name of a Maratha warrior, the Brahmin priests of the west coast had run a medieval Hindu kingdom for long. In modern times, whenever the RSS and its political affiliates come to power at the Centre or the states, there is a distinct attempt at a Peshwa model of governance. That is, while the titular, at times a backward caste, ruler remains just a mask or mukhota, the real centre of power shifts to a Brahmin group, elsewhere. Well the Vajpayee government at the Centre and the Fadnavis and Parrikar/Parsekar governments in Maharashtra and Goa are the best-case scenarios where Brahmins get to be the real and titular leaders. But when a Brahmin cannot really lure the masses and scale the Raisina Hill on his own, the second best option is to leave the emblems of power to the representatives of the masses while holding the real reins of power. Just as the descendants of Shivaji remained mere rubber stamp rulers of the Maratha empire while the Brahmin Prime Ministers effectively ran the government, in the present times, the Brahmin members of the government hold the key to the Fort Raisina. There is an unprecedented number of Brahmins in the Union government. Three out of four ministers who were sworn in on Sunday were Brahmins. Something that made veteran editor, Rajdeep Sardesai, tweet: Big day for my Goa. Two GSBs (Goud Saraswat Brahmins), both talented politicians become full cabinet ministers. Saraswat Pride!! Well, Suresh Prabhu is not strictly from Goa, but he and Manohar Parrikar are Saraswat Brahmins, a community closely associated with the RSS. And JP Nadda is a Brahmin from the hill state of Himachal Pradesh. That leaves the cabinet committee on security, the cosy club of the country's most powerful people, a largely Brahmin affair. About 30% or eight out of 26 cabinet ministers are from one single community and they control the most important portfolios, while the rest are left to do skill development or manage water resources or alleviate urban poverty or plough the lowly fields of agriculture or rural development. Apart from the Prime Minister and the home minister, Rajnath Singh, the NDA government is primarily run by Brahmins, an oddity in the times of representational politics. After all, this community is just a miniscule minority in the larger ocean of Hindus. From finance minister Arun Jaitley to Sushma Swaraj, who holds the external affairs portfolio, to defence minister Parrikar to railway minister Prabhu to transport minister Nitin Gadkari to health minister Nadda, the Brahmin community forms the engine of this government. The same caste formula seems to have been applied while forming the Prime Minister's Office. The National Security Advisor, the prime bureaucrat among all the political appointees overseeing external and internal security, is a Brahmin from Uttarakhand and the principal secretary to the PM, Nripendra Mishra, is a Brahmin from Uttar Pradesh. And his deputy too goes by the same surname. It may seem a strange coincidence that the BJP had earlier chosen a Brahmin to the Constitutional position of the Speaker of Lok Sabha. Along with the President of India -- who was obviously a Congress choice and in this case a real coincidence -- we have a peculiar situation wherein the cone of the Hindu caste pyramid becomes the crown of the government of India. Apart from the brief interlude of Rajendra Singh, the RSS has only had Brahmin chiefs. The overpopulation of Brahmins among the highest echelons of the country's power structure would only bolster the argument that the RSS primarily represents the Brahmins. Sure, the Prime Minister has an 'other backward caste' status, but that is a mere a technicality as his caste was deemed an OBC only after he became an adult. So, he essentially grew up as an upper caste from the Vaishya brotherhood. And his choice for the head of the BJP is from his own community. A caste analysis of the government and the party would throw up a curious equation: is this a Brahmin-Vaishya coalition excluding the vast majority of the peasant castes and classes? A democracy, by rule, cannot afford to be run by a minority that keeps the majority away from positions of power. Then, the new Peshwa era of the RSS dreams may prove to be an exception to the old norms of democracy. http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/Polibelly/return-of-the-peshwas/
[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: This remix of Arnab and Swamy yelling at each other could be the next dancefloor super-hit
Sorry, this is very offtopic, but also very funny and creative! This remix of Arnab and Swamy yelling at each other could be the next dancefloor super-hit A super-catchy track with Goswami yelling 'I’m not stupid' over and over again. http://scroll.in/article/689072/this-remix-of-arnab-and-swamy-yelling-at-each-other-could-be-the-next-nightclub-hit/ http://goa1556.in/book/goa-in-sepia-tinted-postcards/
[Goanet] GOA’S MINISTER FOR ARCHIVES WITH A WELL ARCHIVED CRIMINAL RECORD
The awfully tainted Mickky Pacheco is finally once again a Minister further smearing Goa’s already soiled political landscape. Now as Minister for Archives, despite all his efforts he may never be able to conceal or even fiddle with his chequered and very dubious criminal records. It is now all a well embedded part of Goa’s archaeology. For the very controversial Mickky Pacheco this stint as Minister may be very short lived with the long arm of the law catching up with him at the Supreme Court where his six month jail sentence is currently on hold. He could be the first flamboyant inmate at the Colvale central jail which is scheduled to be commissioned soon. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
[Goanet] Music for today
Melodie D’amour by Edmundo Ros A little more information about Edmundo Ros. Born in Trinidad of indigenous Carib mother and Scottish descent father William Ross. Went to Venezuela where he he leant to play a couple of wind instruments. Settled in Mill Hill London, played in various clubs there. Listed in New Years Honours list in 2000 OBE ( 90 years old) , Celebrated 100th birthday in 2010. Retired to Alicante in Spain. Died just before his 101st birthday in 2011. Enjoy his vocalization of the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSZVLOcskfY --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
[Goanet] A DARK DAY FOR GOA?
Dear Floriano, bab You are right dengue mosquitoes will increase in Goa with Pacheco? What CM should do is, give him Portfolio of Health which Parsenkar had left behind. stephen Message: 4 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:03:15 +0430 From: floriano.lobo floriano.l...@gmail.com To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: Re: [Goanet] A DARK DAY FOR GOA Message-ID: C6D08200B41D4119BC7423956278BFC8@raj6ff150c824a Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8; reply-type=original Goa needs these mosquitoes. Or else how will Goans get the 'Dengue'? Cheers GSRP 9890470896 - Original Message - From: Aires Rodrigues airesrodrigu...@gmail.com To: goanet goa...@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 5:48 AM Subject: [Goanet] A DARK DAY FOR GOA With Mickky Pacheco?s induction today as Cabinet Minister it is yet another black day in Goa?s political spectacle. Ironically this government has declared Mickky Pacheco a defaulter for owing the Economic Development Corporation a whopping seven crores. M/s Giovanni Zibranni Shipping Company Pvt Ltd promoted by Mickky Pacheco and Viola Fernandes had obtained a Rs four crore loan which has now piled up to seven crores with recovery proceedings against Mickky Pacheco having been initiated.
[Goanet] Course on Wasting time on the internet?
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[Goanet] DEBATE: Return of the Peshwas (Rajesh Ramachandran, ET Blogs)
Return of the Peshwas Rajesh Ramachandran In the name of a Maratha warrior, the Brahmin priests of the west coast had run a medieval Hindu kingdom for long. In modern times, whenever the RSS and its political affiliates come to power at the Centre or the states, there is a distinct attempt at a Peshwa model of governance. That is, while the titular, at times a backward caste, ruler remains just a mask or mukhota, the real centre of power shifts to a Brahmin group, elsewhere. Well the Vajpayee government at the Centre and the Fadnavis and Parrikar/Parsekar governments in Maharashtra and Goa are the best-case scenarios where Brahmins get to be the real and titular leaders. But when a Brahmin cannot really lure the masses and scale the Raisina Hill on his own, the second best option is to leave the emblems of power to the representatives of the masses while holding the real reins of power. Just as the descendants of Shivaji remained mere rubber stamp rulers of the Maratha empire while the Brahmin Prime Ministers effectively ran the government, in the present times, the Brahmin members of the government hold the key to the Fort Raisina. There is an unprecedented number of Brahmins in the Union government. Three out of four ministers who were sworn in on Sunday were Brahmins. Something that made veteran editor, Rajdeep Sardesai, tweet: Big day for my Goa. Two GSBs (Goud Saraswat Brahmins), both talented politicians become full cabinet ministers. Saraswat Pride!! Well, Suresh Prabhu is not strictly from Goa, but he and Manohar Parrikar are Saraswat Brahmins, a community closely associated with the RSS. And JP Nadda is a Brahmin from the hill state of Himachal Pradesh. That leaves the cabinet committee on security, the cosy club of the country's most powerful people, a largely Brahmin affair. About 30% or eight out of 26 cabinet ministers are from one single community and they control the most important portfolios, while the rest are left to do skill development or manage water resources or alleviate urban poverty or plough the lowly fields of agriculture or rural development. Apart from the Prime Minister and the home minister, Rajnath Singh, the NDA government is primarily run by Brahmins, an oddity in the times of representational politics. After all, this community is just a miniscule minority in the larger ocean of Hindus. From finance minister Arun Jaitley to Sushma Swaraj, who holds the external affairs portfolio, to defence minister Parrikar to railway minister Prabhu to transport minister Nitin Gadkari to health minister Nadda, the Brahmin community forms the engine of this government. The same caste formula seems to have been applied while forming the Prime Minister's Office. The National Security Advisor, the prime bureaucrat among all the political appointees overseeing external and internal security, is a Brahmin from Uttarakhand and the principal secretary to the PM, Nripendra Mishra, is a Brahmin from Uttar Pradesh. And his deputy too goes by the same surname. It may seem a strange coincidence that the BJP had earlier chosen a Brahmin to the Constitutional position of the Speaker of Lok Sabha. Along with the President of India -- who was obviously a Congress choice and in this case a real coincidence -- we have a peculiar situation wherein the cone of the Hindu caste pyramid becomes the crown of the government of India. Apart from the brief interlude of Rajendra Singh, the RSS has only had Brahmin chiefs. The overpopulation of Brahmins among the highest echelons of the country's power structure would only bolster the argument that the RSS primarily represents the Brahmins. Sure, the Prime Minister has an 'other backward caste' status, but that is a mere a technicality as his caste was deemed an OBC only after he became an adult. So, he essentially grew up as an upper caste from the Vaishya brotherhood. And his choice for the head of the BJP is from his own community. A caste analysis of the government and the party would throw up a curious equation: is this a Brahmin-Vaishya coalition excluding the vast majority of the peasant castes and classes? A democracy, by rule, cannot afford to be run by a minority that keeps the majority away from positions of power. Then, the new Peshwa era of the RSS dreams may prove to be an exception to the old norms of democracy. http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/Polibelly/return-of-the-peshwas/
[Goanet] DEBATE: Identity is not always destiny (Rajdeep Sardesai in HT)
Identity is not always destiny Rajdeep Sardesai November 14, 2014 A simple tweet, all of 140 characters, can be hazardous to one's health as I have discovered to my cost yet again. Last Sunday, as Narendra Modi went in for his first Cabinet expansion, I tweeted: Big day for my Goa. Two GSBs, both talented politicians, become full cabinet ministers. Saraswat pride! I was referring to the induction of Manohar Parrikar and Suresh Prabhu in the Union Cabinet. Rather than see my tweet as a statement of fact, I was accused of being casteist and worse. Typical of the noxious side of social media, I was barraged with abuse and hate mail. GSB refers to the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins, a tiny, but highly progressive community of fish-eating Brahmins that I belong to which nestles along the Konkan coast, across Maharashtra, Goa, through to parts of Karnataka. In his valuable book *Saraswats*, Chandrakant Keni traces the history of the Saraswat community, of the migration from Kashmir, of how they faced oppression from the conquering Portuguese, how they zealously held onto their family traditions and village deities, and placed a premium on education as a path to upward mobility. Despite the small numbers, the Saraswat community has contributed enormously to the country: In cricket, led by the big two Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, Saraswats have scored more than a hundred Test hundreds; in cinema and the arts, we have the splendid Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal, Guru Dutt and the latest Hindi film dream girl, Deepika Padukone; in education, the Pais of Manipal have led the way; and in business and finance, the likes of Nandan Nilekani and KV Kamath have been pioneers. Which brings me back to my original tweet. Is expressing pride in a community's achievements a sign of casteism as the critics suggest? Casteism is when a caste identity is used to promote hatred and separateness towards the other, when it creates social barriers based on occupation, marriage or inter-dining. My tweet was aimed at highlighting a piece of trivia which I believed was interesting: of the four Cabinet rank ministers sworn in, two belonged to a small Brahmin community with no real political base. There is a political significance to this fact which we must not lose sight of, and which sadly the limitations of social media prevent a more detailed explanation of. Traditionally, Cabinet formation involves a certain tacit acknowledgment of caste, region and community pressures. This means that a Union Cabinet is often based on delicate negotiation and compromise with competing interest groups. You need, for example, a Ram Kripal Yadav to challenge Lalu Yadav's claim of being the foremost Yadav leader of Bihar; Giriraj Singh is a Bhumihar upper caste leader; a Birender Singh becomes the BJP's Jat face in Haryana; Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi becomes a minority face; there are Dalit and tribal MPs who need to be accommodated. Only extreme political correctness would prevent us from accepting this reality. In this political milieu, the Brahmins have usually lost out because their numerical strength doesn't justify greater political representation. Which is why it is significant that Parrikar and Prabhu made the cut: It suggests, importantly, that there is still space for merit within a caste-driven polity. Both Parrikar and Prabhu are highly educated, one an IITian, the other one of the youngest heads of a co-operative bank (incidentally called Saraswat Co-operative Bank). It is their track record as efficient technocrat-politicians that perhaps impressed the prime minister sufficiently to give them important portfolios. It didn't matter that their caste identity wasn't a potential vote bank: Their proven skills as administrators have rewarded them. Indeed, in the last month, we have seen the gradual melting down of traditional caste affinities when it comes to choosing politicians for key posts. For example, in Maharashtra, the BJP preferred Devendra Fadnavis, a Chitpawan Brahmin from Nagpur over a Maratha leader like Eknath Khadse. Even a few years ago, this would have been unthinkable as the Marathas are the dominant caste in Maharashtra politics while the three and a half per cent Brahmins are seen to have retreated to the private sector. Fadnavis was preferred because he was seen to fit in with the image of a younger, more dynamic leader than his rival for the post. In Haryana too, the BJP chose Manoharlal Khattar, a non-Jat leader ahead of any Jat claimant in the state because the party leadership felt he had the image of a clean, hard-working politician with strong proximity to Modi and the RSS. By disregarding Jat demands for
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[Goanet] Remo Fernandes and his Band Microwave Papadums
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[Goanet] HISTAG TO SEND REPRESENTATION TO SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION
*BEENA S.NAIK,* President, Higher Secondary Teachers Association, 2137,Near Swami Math, Gogol,Margao Goa 403602 2759555 9823458875 16th November, 2014 *HISTAG TO SEND REPRESENTATION TO SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION* PRESS NOTE Higher Secondary School Teachers’ Association Goa, has decided to send a representation to the Seventh Pay Commission to take into consideration Higher Secondary School Teachers’ Pay – scales in the State of Goa. In an Annual General Body meeting of HISTAG , presided over by its President, Mrs Beena S. Naik, held in the complex of Vidhya Vikas Mandal’s Damodar College Complex, on Sunday, the Association felt that the although 7th Pay Commission deals with Central Government employees, invariably, most of the State governments, adopt the Central Pay Commission report. In this situation it will be appropriate that the Association acquaints the Commission about the discrepancy that has resulted on account of 10 plus 2 plus 3 scheme which resulted in demotion of Higher Secondary School teachers. She further said that the teachers who were a part of College system earlier were not only demoted but deprived of their various upward promotions. She also said that due to this scheme the teachers were not only demoted and deprived but were also demoralized; and therefore, in order to boost the morale of the higher secondary teachers, the government should try to put the higher secondary teachers into a separate scale/category. Mrs. Naik further said that the association has already given a memorandum to the then Chief Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar and the association now proposes to meet the present Chief MinisterShri Laxmikant Parsekar, who was also a teacher by profession. Mrs Naik said that the HISTAG was happy to note that the ex- Chief Minister Shri Parrikar accepted the demand for scrapping of restricted criteria of 20 % for the grant of Selection Scale, and accordingly made a statement to that effect ,in his budget speech, during the last budget session. The association also decided to conduct a workshop for the teachers and also pay visit to the various higher secondary schools. HISTAG in their meeting passed a resolution to congratulate the new CM ,Shri Laxmikant Parsekar and hoped that he would understand the issues related to education better, he being himself a teacher. BEENA S.NAIK ATTACHMENT OF- Photograph of Mrs Beena S.Naik
Re: [Goanet] GOA’S MINISTER FOR ARCHIVES WITH A WELL ARCHIVED CRIMINAL RECORD
Aires Rodrigues wrote: The awfully tainted Mickky Pacheco is finally once again a Minister further smearing Goa’s already soiled political landscape. Now as Minister for Archives, despite all his efforts he may never be able to conceal or even fiddle with his chequered and very dubious criminal records. It is now all a well embedded part of Goa’s archaeology. For the very controversial Mickky Pacheco this stint as Minister may be very short lived with the long arm of the law catching up with him at the Supreme Court where his six month jail sentence is currently on hold. He could be the first flamboyant inmate at the Colvale central jail which is scheduled to be commissioned soon. --- Aires Rodrigues, Voters usually get what they deserve. Mervyn
[Goanet] Are Christian gawdas slaves?
Are Christian Gawdas of Goa are the slaves of the catholic church or its priest? Christian Gawdas which has been declared as Schedule Tribe along with the other Tribes of Goa have their specific culture, their ethos, their life style. From the studies it reveals that the catholic Gawdas among the other Tribal communities of Goa are the most backward economically, socially and educationally and the most voiceless community in Goa. There are so many reason for this, it appears that the Christian Gawdas of Goa have been treated as slaves by the high caste including the religious institutions to which they belongs to and History is witness to it. The unique culture the Gawdas have preserved even during the dictatorship of the state that is during the Portuguese regime when the church and the state was working hand in hand. But after liberation of Goa or when democracy has been introduce the church has destroyed the cultural heritage of Gawdas. Is it because the modern church in Goa considers it is the master and the Gawdas are its Slaves. It is history that slaves haves no right to preserve their culture, they to behave as per their master, they have no freedom. In support my above contention I hereby site one example. There is a traditional mand at Quineabhat Avedem Quepem belongs to the Gawdas, which is still alive. The Avedem Group has spread the culture of the Gawdas across the borders of Goa and even beyond the borders of India. This they could do because of the existence mand. As Amelia Dias who is the leader of the group puts it “ that because of playing on the mand we could get artist without training and thus we could keep our cultural group for 4o years”. But the latest development in Avedem is that the young assistant priest Fr. Natolino Fernandes, who have been appointed at Paroda church, being young who want name and fame and may be want fast promotion and who is the follower of Fr. Luis Countinho, ( the same priest Fr. Luis Coutinho was responsible for the destruction of the rich Cultural heritage of the Gawdas at Ambaulim when he was newly appointed at Ambaulim only with a motto to get name and fame) is propagating that the Gawdas should not light their traditional lamp on the tradition mand, they cannot brack coconut on the mand, they cannot sang certain songs at the mand, indirectly they cannot perform Dhalo at the mand. He has even took some of the ladies in the church and had taken a vow of not playing Dhalo at the mand, and even threatened them of dire consequences it they disobey. To dictate such things, are the Gawdas slaves of the church/priest and the church/priest are our dictators? The church or its priest may be considering so. From the behavior of the church/priest it appears so. This is against article 29 of the constitution of India which is the supreme law of the land which article guarantee cultural freedom. But it appears that we are in dictatorship rather than in democracy and the religious dogmas are supreme then the law of the land. This is a big question to be answered by all the likeminded.
