Coconut' Generation has fused food  habits, blended fashion trends, merged the East and the   West, amalgamated belief systems and have developed a unique sense of identity, consciousness and spirituality . . . Fusion food is served at the trendiest restaurants in London and New York. The popular glue of Bollywood (and its siblings Tollywood and Mollywood) has played a crucial role in creating a universal consciousness of the Indian mindset. Sam George explains more about 'coconut' - a metaphor for being brown on the outside and white on the inside.

Every Good Friday, in most churches around the world, the people of God would meditate on the seven verses spoken by Jesus from the Cross... Jesus said, "Father, forgive them for they do not know what  they are doing.."  Read and be blessed by  the seven powerful life-changing words of Jesus 

 

"This Letter was written for you and its words are penned from a God who loves you and desires to be the Father that you have been looking for all your life. Wherever you are in your journey, we hope that this love letter will encourage you, comfort you and guide you."  Read and HEAR - in an audible voice the words of the Father's Love Letter in the South Asian languages of Malayalam, Manipuri, Dari, Duala, Punjabi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Urdu and of course English. Print it, e-mail it, SMS it, text it, talk about it . . . the living words of this letter will change your life.

"Do faith and science necessarily have to be at odds with one another? Pastor Pritam Singh discusses the evidence for Intelligent Design and how science and the exploration of God's universe is actually an enterprise that can and should testify to God's fingerprint in every facet of creation. In particular, Intelligent Design constitutes the best and most causally adequate explanation for the origin of the genetic information in the DNA necessary to produce a living cell.

The article on CNN potrays very candidly the absurdity going on in the world. As if poking our faith wasn't enough, an atheist from Italy is taking the matter a little too far by filing a complaint against a priest for claiming that Jesus Christ did indeed exist! Cascioli says the Roman Catholic Church has been deceiving the people. The trial has been set for next week. Read further on CNN.

Government statistics show that on average, South Asian students in the UK are more likely to achieve 5 GCSE grades A* - C than all other ethnic groups, except Chinese. A significant proportion goes on to university, with British Indians more likely to have a first degree . . .

Ms. Alees Samaan, a Christian woman became the first non-Muslim to act as Speaker of parliament in Bahrain, a predominantly Muslim country. God has raised Alees Samaan as an Esther, even if it was for a brief moment. She was at the right place, at the right time for the right reason. God is indeed in control with a purpose in His hands. This significant and historic story has been published widely on Arabic newspapers. Read more on the BBC.

The Washington Post reports of an amazing true story of Pastor Dayalan Sanders, a Sri Lankan Orphan Director who spoke directly to the oncoming tsunami wave and commanded it to "Stop!" in Jesus' name.