1. Ability to stick to the committed time. : Constant delays and false promises on completion of the task together with irregular attendance of the labour has resulted in a task that should be completed within 10-15 days be dragged to more than a month. Clearly, incompetent attitude applied by your local staff responsible here? i was amazed on the blame game being played by the painters on the paint, the company on the painters and lastly the contractor on the supervisor and the supervisor on the manager. each time, we escalate a problem to the supervisor, the response turns up to be “Ill let my manager know”..NO Action! the pictures below also indicate some areas especially windows still with the old paint!

2. Quality of the Product. The Painting contractor and painters alike have complained the paint is of lower quality and has less coverage with brush strokes clearly visible even after 2 coats of paint applied The Painters went to the extent of applying undiluted (read, paste) in order to demonstrate the lower quality of paint procured. we have already begun seeing signs of degradations (attached pictures). i have serious concerns on the durability of the product and it started flaking and giving away in Just 2 months of application.

3. Integrity of berger india: The contractor who is assigned the task claims that Berger informed him that the contract was for 60,000 INR which we were charged circa 76,000 INR. this seems to be done inoder for Berger keep a higher share of profits to itself considering the revenue sharing agreement the company would have with its contractors. This clearly displays lack of integrity on the part of berger and leads me to believe that the initial value of this contract was grossly overstated and money in excess of 16,000 INR Charged from me on random terms. i would take it to the extent that there have been irregularities in measurement of the area. however the lack of integrity in dealing with their contractors suggests that i may not be spared either and truly wasnt spared at all.

4. Lack of supervision: I was told that service will be supervised by Berger staff and to my dismay find that none of this actually happens. I have had to be down at home to personally speak with the contractor and chase in some instances in order to get the task done. this was raised time and again to the local managers, their customer support team in Kolkata and even to their home painting division head based in Kolkata…ALL in VAIN! Again and i noticed that the supervisor began dropping in a bit more frequently but then, that hasn’t borne the results as each time we need to point out issues and he pretty much shakes his head to to acknowledge the problem.

I am now considering legal action against the company which will culminate with a lawsuit and a filing for compensation for damages in time and health caused due to negilence employed by the company.

If any of you are considering lewis berger paints or their services. My humble advice is a strong NO! they are not worth it. I have tried every bit to to explain to them and seek help but nothing happened. THe pictures attached will give you a sense of what i am speaking about.

Ms. Mary Patrao is now homeless. Her dream of spending her lifetime in her ancestral house is shattered. Her family without a roof in the hot sun. Their Cattle and pets without fodder.

The Court passes a in-Human judgement against Mr Gregory Patrao. The KIADB (Responsible for Industrialization of green cities) is swift enough to take their weapons to bring down a century old house worrying further legal action… The police stand as spectators “trying” to obey the court order. An INCOMPETENT Chief minister who is farmer friendly but has done nothing else but save his toilet seat and our very own home minister who claims to “ACT TOUGH” but is busy writing his blogs far far away from the people…

In these cases, Mary Patrao asks who will fight for me? who will give me Justice?

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Neil Rodrigues

You would ask me why? Numerous reasons.

Have you heard of two bajrang dal members being killed whilst making a bomb? If you havent google for “Bjarang dal bomb killed” you will find a lot of results to validate this news.

Bajrang dal has been playing the pseudo Hinduism card claiming to be the protectors of Hinduism, while they are destroying it. If Jehadi’s are Islamic Fanatics then what are Bajrangi’s

A terrorist spreads terror in the society knowing that his crime will spread disturbance within ( acts of mass destruction). There are numerous examples of what Bajrang Dal has done together with the VHP. Destroying the Babari Masjid was definitely one of the big ones.

Bajrang Dal still continues to spread fear in the society with its call to “reconvert or die” and “saffronization of the media”.

But why is it that only SIMI has been banned? why are these bajrangis let loose. If the Government does not act soon. God Forbid we may have a bigger terrorist outfit than LeT oe AL-Quida within our country, terrorising every nuke and corner of it.

I wouldnt say we will be in peace if these organizations are banned, but atleast they will be under control. The next time, if these people spread terror, the government should take the same steps that are taken against other terrorists( Encounters, POTA for the living)

Jai Hind! Bann Bajrang Dal

Whats really makes me sad is the fact that after all the attacks and protest there, how the church in Mangalore has divided and divided to such an extent that they are ready to talk to our Hindu brothers on peace but not internally.
Roman Catholic Church Accuses New Life of being the Route Cause for the Riots
Why? How many of us have proofs of hindu’s being forcefully converted? How many of us know if foreign funds actually come in to these Churches? What right do we have to keep New life out of the Christian church. We may want to remember that Christ did not come in to establish a religion, but he came in to establish a way of life. While you expect the world to appreciate your religion, why do you want bring someone else down.

At the end of it, the attacks were made by fundamentalists who were scared of the Christians on the whole? May be they cant do what we do? they wonder how the christian church can involve in so much of social activity of helping and bringing up people when they have failed to do so for years now.

In all sense, the attacks were attacks on Christians and not just catholics. So why cant we acknowledge that as a union. with 2.3% that we are in India, if we further divide our selves where do we stand? what picture do we paint to other Indians who donot have a clue on how Christianity works? THey would just laugh at us.

Catholics Not Involved in Conversion: A Fallacy

catholics were never involved in conversion? The very fact that you and i are catholics is just because we were converted by the Portuguese Missionaries who were Catholics. I am not sure if it was by force or by will.. but we were!

Of all things that happened in this week, the saddest element and the one thats gone unnoticed was the way the Bishops house acted in the story.
What stopped the Bishop from issueing a peace statement to all Catholics to be NON VIOLENT?
What stopped the preists from organizing a day of prayer rather than protests. No policeman would harm us unnecessarily.

WHy was the Bishop ignorant, It looks to me that he waited for the situation to get worse and when it really got worse, he came up with his PEACE Statement.
Weird isnt it? If i were in his place( for that matter any sensible person) would ensure that i ask my people to be peaceful and pray rather than harming public property.

The action by BD was extreme, The reaction by catholics was extreme too. How many protestants took to the road? how many evangelicals took to the road. IF we begin to act like everybody else. How will our country grow? How will we grow. Think about it. You will have your answer.

Having said that, no one has that right to publish any derogatory comments on any religion. However, New Life Church has openly denied have any published any derogatory statements on Hindu Gods. Do you want to believe them or do you believe the Fundamentalists(Terrorists)

Forcible Conversions: Truth or Fallacy???

on forcible conversions, do you know if a Hindu/Christian girl has to marry a muslim guy. She needs to be converted and there is no choice there? For me thats forceful conversion. where you dont have a choice…

In Orissa, Christians( Dalits earlier) who have been chrisitans for generations have been forced to reconvert to Hinduism. They are forced to decorate their houses with Hindu Gods. If they fail to do that, The punishment is Death!!!

VHP gave a call to every christian there, to either reconvert or Die! Read through this article for further details. THat is forcible reconversion, We havent tasted that yet and the day we taste it. Believe me, you would desire death!

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne190108re_convert.asp
http://www.theindiancatholic.com/report.asp?nid=10223

Read the story

Christians dying by the day in orissa

Have you heard of the NL Church doing this? i havent… if you have let me know… you have all the choice to follow or reject Christ’s way of life… so is it imposed on anybody.? my answer is no….

This video is disturbing for sure. My request to you after you have seen this is to pray for our land and the people and specially for those who are working day and night to spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

People criticize these poor pastors for giving money and converting. Being poor, would they use that money for themselves rather than use it for conversion??? Time to think brothers and sisters just before you make your conclusions.

He has posted photographs where there were roadblocks, Stones kept piled up, stones thrown back at the police. However, not a mention of the Attacks itself! Nor is there a photograph on any police attacks on innocent people.

Now isnt this double standards. I consider this height of irresponsibility! Home Minister..Please Go Home!!!

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Carry the National flag of the Country. No Police will dare to attack you when you carry the flag of the country with you. Walk with Candles and torches March ahead on every street of the city. Let every Concerned Hindu and Muslim join us in this protest. Lets fight this battle not as Catholics or Protestants but as Christians and overall as Indians… This is our Country, Our Land and no one has the right to question our freedom and our right!

March ahead folks. In the Name of Jesus our Lord!

The Situation in Mangalore continues to be Tense, with Churches being damaged and innocent people being injured by the attackof the Civil Forces.  Fear is spread across the whole city, with the Bells of all the Churches tolling and the people crying out for Vengence and mercy at the Same time.
A few Questions that arise.

Why was this crime perpetuated in the first place?
Why is the Government acting as a mute spectator?
Why are churches still Damaged?
Why are women and Children hit by the police?
What right does the police have to enter a private Church compound and Cane the people involved in Prayer?

The Government however, continues to support the Bajrang Dal. In statement earlier, Mr. V S Acharya the Home Minister of the Government of Karnataka “Condemned the Attacks” and mentioned that Bajrang Dal was not involved in. I smell a foul game here, When Bajrang Dal themselves claimed responsibility How did the Home Minister know it wasnt them? It was our mistake of getting the BJP government into Power and now if they cant protect the people of the land they must GO! and there are no two things about it.

Read the facts from an eye witness, Courtesy: Mangalorean.com

I urge upon all my fellow indian brothers to continue to put in your feedback and comments and make and prayers too. At the end of it all….Even if the Courts and the Governments dont listen to us, the Lord will and his love will never fail…. Lets get together in prayer for our people and for those people who are hurting us. Lets pray that God bless their families and them.

However, for all that has happened I say this again and i say this boldly, This day i am ashamed of being an Indian. But on the other side i will continue to pray for the peace of this Land.