By Don Aguiar Mumbai, May 8, 2020: The first thing that disappeared was the annoying sound of a power drill up the street, from a house under construction. Then the newspapers. Then the fruit sellers, the taxis, the rickshaws, and chicken. Day by day, life under coronavirus lockdown took awayContinue Reading
By Suhasini Haidar New Delhi, May 3, 2020: The Indian government has unequivocally dismissed the US Commission of International Religious Freedom’s latest report, which ranks the country on the lowest grade of “Countries of Particular Concern.” The report cites the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed National Register for Citizens,Continue Reading
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, May 2, 2020: ‘World Press Freedom Day’ (May 3) in India is a day of reckoning: a time for stock-taking and for soul-searching; to realise the abysmal depths to which the ‘press’ has fallen in the country and the way several journalists have stoopedContinue Reading
Ranchi, May 1, 2020: “We want to go home,” is the cry of most Migrant Laborers wherever they are. But what is awaiting them in their homes? What would they need to do to live in their homes with self-respect and dignity? Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy takes aContinue Reading
By M G Devasahayam Chennai, April 29, 2020: With the Gulf-pushback, Sangh Parivar’s merciless Muslim-bashing seems to have hit a rock. The nation-wide, intense anti-CAA agitation had come as a major setback and on its heels came the health pandemic Covid-19 from across the shores after killing many. Political leadership,Continue Reading
By J. Felix Raj, SJ Kolkata, April 20, 2020: More than 184 countries and territories have reported cases of Covid 19. As of April 20, the total number of affected cases in the world were 2,428,354 cases with 166,130 deaths (6.8 percent). The overall death rate is increasing every dayContinue Reading
By Swati Deb Dimapur, April 19, 2020: It has hardly anything to do with coronavirus crisis. But ‘genuine’ Indian citizens are getting restive in Dimapur township – only commercial hub and gateway to Nagaland – as a new law may be enforced soon to deprive the ‘non locals’ their legitimateContinue Reading
By Patrick Heller The global coronavirus pandemic is a natural, albeit brutal experiment. Just about every part of the world has been impacted and the range of responses we are seeing at the national and subnational levels reveal not only existing inequalities but also the political and institutional capacity ofContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, April 17, 2020: Several organizations and individuals all over the world are doing their best to save people from the jaws of pandemic Covid 19. Thousands of doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are the front line soldiers in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. The police, suppliersContinue Reading
By Stefan Gigacz On April 13, 1960, Cardinal Joseph Cardijn wrote to Pope John XXIII enclosing a 5,000 word note entitled “L’Eglise face au monde du travail” – “The Church and the world of work/labor.” These were the notes that the pontiff had requested to assist in the drafting ofContinue Reading