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AUNG San Suu Kyi used her first interview with the BBC in years to deny the existence of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya. Having led the pro-democracy and human rights movement against a military dictatorship in Burma (Myanmar), Suu Kyi has attracted widespread criticism for her failure to condemn persecutionContinue Reading

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Dirang : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Thursday consecrated a Buddhist monastery in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district even as China said his state tour will fuel bilateral tensions. Hundreds of people from across India and neighbouring Bhutan gathered at the Thupsung Dhargyeling Monastery at Dirang, 50 kmContinue Reading

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By Philip Mathew Kottayam: Kochurani Abraham, a feminist theologian, left a congregation of women religious to lead an independent religious life in her home state of Kerala, southern India. Her name, “Kochurani,” means “little princess.” Although born in a traditional Catholic family, she said religion did not attract her whenContinue Reading

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Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Come April 7th and World Health Day will be observed once again. The focus this year is on ‘Depression’, which as the WHO statement says, “affects people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries. It causes mental anguish and impacts on people’sContinue Reading

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Kochi,Kerala:  For 37-year-old Shaju, from Nilamel in Kollam district, it is a second birth, thanks to Sister Merrin Paul, a retired headmistress of Infant Jesus High School, Aranattukara in Thrissur district . Sister Merrin Paul donated her kidney to Shaju, who was suffering from kidney ailments for the past 17Continue Reading