By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 13, 2020: Four decades ago as a student of philosophy I was shocked to learn the expression, “God is dead” by Friedrich Nietzsche, a 19th century German philosopher. Seeing the addiction of people to religion and its innumerable rituals another German philosopher Karl Marx said,Continue Reading

By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Sept 4, 2020: India has a sacred tradition of venerating teachers. Our scriptures are full of references glorifying teachers. Much before we started celebrating Teachers on September 5, we had the tradition of celebrating Gurupurnima. All of us know and quote the famous quote from GuruContinue Reading

By George Cheriyan Jaipur, Sept 3, 2020: The Covid 19 pandemic will have severe negative impacts on achieving the targets of most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, while unlocking and reconnecting, pandemic offers countries an opportunity to rebuild recovery plans that will reverse current trends and change theContinue Reading

By chhotebhai Kanpur, Aug 31, 2020: This title would be intriguing for those who don’t know Latin. Neither do I! It is the title of the prayer in the Breviary that priests are expected to recite before going to sleep at night. It is the prayer of the Prophet SimeonContinue Reading

By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 24, 2020: The intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the Church leadership is exposed every time the final statement of the Syro-Malabar Synod of Bishops is published. The major focus of the previous Synod held in January 2020 was about ‘love jihad’ which brought much criticismContinue Reading

By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Aug 21, 2020: Did you ever notice that the alphabet “C” has shot to prominence in this Covid-19 era? See the “Sea of Change” that the alphabet “C” has brought! No one expected that the alphabet “C” would play a completely overwhelming role compared withContinue Reading

By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad, Aug 9, 2020: Three significant observances mark August 9 every year: the anniversary of the ‘Quit India Movement,’ the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Though each of these observances have their own specificity, thereContinue Reading

By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, Aug 8, 2020: The subtle line separating the religion and the State has been breached. By performing the bhoomi pujan of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the clock back. His act has taken the secular country to a pathContinue Reading