Philippines: Unlike most of his peers who are already retired and relaxing in their golden years, Lamberto Ramos, 66, will begin a new life in June — as a newly ordained priest. Unlike most of his peers who are already retired and relaxing in their golden years, Lamberto Ramos, 66, willContinue Reading
Chennai: Music maestro Ilayaraja sparked off a controversy by his comments on Jesus Christ during his recent visit to Google headquarters at Silicon Valley in the USA. While interacting with the staff, Ilayaraja allegedly said there was no evidence to prove Jesus Christ had resurrected. Around 30 people, including women,Continue Reading
Thrissur: Kerala is closer to getting another saint, thanks to Christopher’s survival story. Little Christopher was baptized the day he was born. The doctors feared he would not live long to be baptized in the normal way. The child’s lungs were underdeveloped. His heart had three holes. He could have died any day. But theContinue Reading
Islamabad: Marvia Malik, a journalism graduate who has also worked as a model, told the BBC she was moved to tears when she was offered the job. She anchored her first show on private broadcaster Kohenoor on Friday, after three months of training. Transgender people face discrimination in Pakistan andContinue Reading
Kolkata: The Greek community has long vanished from Kolkata. Besides the Greek Orthodox Church at 2A Library Road, the Panioty Fountain (named after Demetrius Panioty) at Curzon Park that is featured in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Paras Pathar’ still stands testimony to Kolkata’s Greek connection. Tucked behind the Metro construction at PhoolbaganContinue Reading
To counter the ‘anti-Christian’ tag and woo voters in the Christian dominated state, the saffron party in the run-up to the 13th Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, promised trips to Jerusalem if it was voted to power.Continue Reading
In Hinduism, the right to spiritual equality is restricted. In glossing over the fact in his new book, Shashi Tharoor is playing into the hands of the proponents of HindutvaContinue Reading
A prophetic protest also has its place when closed door dialogues fail to address the issuesContinue Reading
The police officer who died after taking the place of a hostage in France was a practising Catholic who had “experienced a genuine conversion” around 2008. Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame died on March 24 after volunteering to replace a female hostage during a terrorist attack on the Super U supermarket inContinue Reading
Union Minister of State for Tourism, Alphons Kannanthanam has sparked a social media storm with his comments on the country’s controversial biometric identity scheme. Alphons Kannanthanam said Indians had no problem “getting naked” for a US visa, but object to the Aadhaar scheme over privacy concerns. It is not clear whatContinue Reading