By Nick Gier Idaho, June 9, 2020: I have a special affection for the people of Kerala, one of India’s 36 states on its southwest coast. During my first sabbatical to India in 1992, I did research at a Roman Catholic seminary in Bangalore. I enjoyed living with students, brothers,Continue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, June 5, 2020: A week ago religious leaders heaved a collective sigh of relief when they came to know that places of religious worship would be opened with effect from June 8. Some even issued victorious press statements hailing the decision. They had obviously not read theContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan and Amar Deep Singh Jaipur, June 4, 2020: World No Tobacco Day is celebrated around the world every year on May 31. This yearly celebration, informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco. Tobacco kills more than 8 million people globally every year. More than 7Continue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, May 27, 2020: The members of legal fraternity, especially of the judiciary, ought to know the implications of the dictum, “Justice delayed is justice denied” better than the ordinary citizens. Unfortunately, in the case of India, the Supreme Court seems to have forgotten this dictum. TheContinue Reading
By Amitabh Kant New Delhi, May 23, 2020: Everybody agrees that we are living through unprecedented times. The nature and scale of the crisis that the Covid-19 pandemic has unfolded are unparalleled. In such a scenario, solutions are unlikely to come from past experiences or best practices. The biggest sourceContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai, May 22, 2020: Lockdown is all a bit of a shock being enforced in just four hours from the time PM Modi made this announcement, and honestly, even if you followed the build up from the start like some sort of Bollywood film there really wasn’tContinue Reading
By Debapriya Sen Vaite New Delhi, May 19, 2020: Governments around the world are reorienting their outlook towards public health amid the Covid-19 pandemic. While influenza pandemics have occurred in the past and have a potential to reoccur, the current situation must be viewed in the larger context of overallContinue Reading
By Sr Jessy Kurian New Delhi, May 16, 2020: From 1987, bodies of about 20 nuns have been found in the wells of various convents in Kerala, including Sister Abhaya’s in 1992. In all these cases, neither the convent authorities nor the diocese nor the Kerala Catholic Church has lodgedContinue Reading
By Ash Narain Roy New Delhi, May 14, 2020: Socrates was born in Athens but he considered himself “a citizen of the cosmos.” H.G.Wells believed borders eventually disappear, and geopolitical gurus have proclaimed the “end of geography.” The protagonists of globalization celebrate the advent of borderless world. “The future hasContinue Reading
By Mansi Singh Aligarh, May 12, 2020: A large number of people took to social media after the recent Boy’s Locker room incident to express their rage and anger and to play their part in confronting the problem. But a question of concern here is, “Is this locker room incidentContinue Reading