By Nameeta Renu Mumbai, Sept 8, 2023: “The bride of Christ” was one of the titles given by the fathers of the early Christian church to the church itself and, by extension, to the virgin martyrs. As various forms of dedication evolved, it was embraced by many, though not all,Continue Reading
By Isaac Harold Gomes Kolkata, Sept 7, 2023: On September 5, India’s President Draupadi Murmu sent out dinner invitations to foreign delegates (heads of state) who will come to New Delhi to attend the G20 summit. The dinner card read: “The President of Bharat requests the pleasure of ……….. onContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, Sept 7, 2023: I recently read an article “Why are Christians Persecuted Today?” by Mumbai Jesuit Myron Pereira. It was a brilliant analysis that, unfortunately, offered no solutions. It forced me to think. Are we indeed living in what Pereira describes as a “post-Christian” world? If so,Continue Reading
By Tejaswi Ravinder Battala Hyderabad, Sept 3, 2023: On July 26, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi moved a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha over Manipur violence. Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla accepted the no-confidence motion against the National Democratic Alliance’s government. Although the Lok Sabha speaker admitted the motion onContinue Reading
By Stanislaus Alla New Delhi, Aug 28, 2023: Possibly, no Pope has ever visited a country that houses a little flock — about 1,500 Catholics. In modern times Pope Paul VI initiated international travels, and Saint John Paul II, during his long papacy, visited 129 countries. Since 2013, Pope FrancisContinue Reading
By George Jacob Kochi, Aug 17, 2023: The National Medical Commission (NMC), India’s top healthcare regulatory body, recently issued a notification to doctors regarding prescription of drugs. The notification said, beside other things, doctors must avoid prescribing branded generic drugs. What are generic and branded drugs? ‘Generic’ implies the pharmacologicalContinue Reading
By Yogendra Yadav New Delhi, Aug 11, 2023: Democratic Backsliding in the World’s Largest Democracy, a yet unpublished paper by Sabyasachi Das, an economist who teaches at Ashoka University, has drawn attention, as it should. My first reaction was pure envy: I wish I could do this kind of dataContinue Reading
By Isaac Gomes Kolkata, August 10, 2023: India’s opposition alliance INDIA and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) party are now busy debating a No Confidence Motion against the federal government. The main reason for the debate for the ongoing violence in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur. The BJPContinue Reading
By Sunny Jacob Dublin, August 2, 2023: Historically, the words religious and spiritual have been used synonymously to describe all the various aspects of the concept of religion, but in contemporary usage spirituality has often become associated with the interior life of the individual, placing an emphasis upon the well-beingContinue Reading
By Tanishka Sodhi New Delhi, July 27, 2023: Nearly seven in 10 journalists experience an impact on their mental health as a result of their jobs. And 82 percent of them think their media organizations support the Bharatiya Janata Party. These are some findings of a Lokniti-CSDS report, Media inContinue Reading