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Director Blessy on his new biographical documentary film about Bishop Chrysostom comments- “Bishop’s 99^th birthday celebrated recently. Usually, we realize the greatness of a person after their passing. But he is someone I have always been amazed by and I wanted to make this during his lifetime. The specialty of the Bishop is that he is beyond the representative of any one religion. He strongly believes that God resides within fellow men and not in churches or temples.” He also added the comments of Bishop “ without sinners, there is no need for a God”.

Maanya Kohli Tarot card reader “People today give excessive importance to themselves. They are too conscious of their looks, success and image. They get so consumed with themselves that they forget everything else. They forget that they are completely insignificant in the grant scheme of things. They take pride in the clothes they wear, the phones they carry or the cars they drive. This pride often leads to their downfall. After all, Pride is one of the seven cardinal sins.

Shujaat Khan – “There is too much of Bollywood for now, and because of that every art is suffering in this country. I am not saying it is a bad thing, but our folk music suffers because of Bollywood. It sometimes gives us lovely music, but sometimes it damages.”

Indian RBI Governer Raghuram Rajan “How do we alter global governance to accommodate important countries like India which are growing stronger by the day. How do we take cognizance of the fact that the world is quite integrated and therefore, policies across countries have spill-over effects and today we don’t have a system to co-ordinate these spill-overs; each country does what it has to and other countries have to accept that and the consequences.”

Jon Erlandson- An Archeologist – “Humans have literally impacted everything from mammoths to microbes. Most people have no idea how heavily we’ve altered things – and for how long.”

Sankaracharya Swarananda Saraswaswathy – said “ Leaders dining with dalit families was a purely political act. There is no differentiation on the basis of caste, creed or colour in rivers temples and religious places. Why don’t they dine with them without prior information?.”

Deshauna Barber – “As a woman in the United States Army, I think, we are just as tough as men. As a commander of my unit, I am powerful, I am dedicated. Gender does not limit us in the United states.”

Us President Barack Obama on next president candidate Ms. Clinton,. “ I am with her. Tens of millions of Americans made their voices heard. Today I just want to add mine. I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. I have seen her judgement. I have seen her toughness. I have seen her commitment to our values up close.”